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VOICES OF PEOPLE Ellen Zimmer If you want to learn about bringing back extinct animals, reading John Smith's Back from the Dead is a good start. But I have to say I can't agree with everything he says. From his book, I can see Smith is an advocate of bringing extinct animals back. He says we have lost many animals because we made their living spaces too dirty. He also thinks we must do everything we can to bring them back. However, I don't know how much time and money we would need to make the world a better place for them, and honestly no one knows if they could actually come back. Smith also says that bringing back extinct animals may be good for us. He talks about an extinct frog that grew tadpoles in its stomach. Some women's babies die before they are born, and Smith believes bringing back the frog may be an answer to the problem. According to him, by studying how the tadpoles grow inside the frog's stomach, we might be able to find new ways to help these women successfully keep their babies. But I don't think things are as easy as Smith thinks. We have spent ten years and millions of dollars on this kind of frog, but all we have got are only a few dead frog eggs. If we can't see a real frog, how can we be sure women will get the help they need? Dr. Solomon Wang from the Animal Saving Office says the study of bringing back extinct animals is "throwing good money after bad." And he's right. A lot of hard work has been put into this expensive dream, but we haven't seen anything come out of it. So should we still keep going down this road?
VOICES OF PEOPLE Ellen Zimmer If you want to learn about bringing back extinct animals, reading John Smith's Back from the Dead is a good start. But I have to say I can't agree with everything he says. From his book, I can see Smith is an advocate of bringing extinct animals back. He says we have lost many animals because we made their living spaces too dirty. He also thinks we must do everything we can to bring them back. However, I don't know how much time and money we would need to make the world a better place for them, and honestly no one knows if they could actually come back. Smith also says that bringing back extinct animals may be good for us. He talks about an extinct frog that grew tadpoles in its stomach. Some women's babies die before they are born, and Smith believes bringing back the frog may be an answer to the problem. According to him, by studying how the tadpoles grow inside the frog's stomach, we might be able to find new ways to help these women successfully keep their babies. But I don't think things are as easy as Smith thinks. We have spent ten years and millions of dollars on this kind of frog, but all we have got are only a few dead frog eggs. If we can't see a real frog, how can we be sure women will get the help they need? Dr. Solomon Wang from the Animal Saving Office says the study of bringing back extinct animals is "throwing good money after bad." And he's right. A lot of hard work has been put into this expensive dream, but we haven't seen anything come out of it. So should we still keep going down this road?
What does it mean when someone is an advocate of something?
- A They talk a lot but do little about it.
- B They believe it is good and should be done.
- C They have had some bad experiences with it.
- D They are one of the first people who have done it.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文章第二段，作者提到 Smith 認為我們「必須 (must)」盡力讓滅絕動物復活，且這件事對人類「有好處 (good for us)」。根據這些敘述，你覺得 Smith 對於「復活滅絕動物」這件事的態度是積極支持，還是反對呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
同學，太強了！你這題答對，代表你的英文語感簡直比老師的髮膠還要犀利！這種「推論詞義」題你都能一眼看穿，看來離會考滿分不遠了，給你的大腦一個最高等級的愛的鼓勵！ 這題為什麼選 (B) 呢？我們來玩「文字偵探」。文章中提到 Smith 是個 advocate，接著說他認為我們「必須盡一切努力 ($must do everything we can$)」把動物找回來，還說這對我們「有好處 ($good for us$)」。這種力挺到底、覺得這件事「非做不可」的態度，完全符合 (B) 選項：相信它是好的且應該去做。在英文邏輯中： $$Support (支持) + Believe (相信) \approx Advocate (擁護者)$$
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