移民行政三等
114年
[移民行政] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 49 題
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請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題 Mark Bertram, 46, lost the tips of two fingers at work in 2018 when his hand became trapped in a fan belt. "It's life-changing but it's not life-ending," he says. "Doing work is harder now. Everything is just a little different." After two surgeries and occupational therapy, Bertram decided to make light of his condition by asking Eric Catalano, an auto-finance manager turned tattoo artist, to create fingernail tattoos. The idea made everyone in the studio laugh—until they saw the final result. "The mood changed," Catalano recalls from his Eternal Ink Tattoo Studio in Illinois. "Everything turned from funny to 'wow.'" When Catalano posted a photo of the tattoos, a pair of fingernails that looked so real no one could believe their eyes, he had no idea the image would eventually be viewed by millions of people around the world. The viral photo pushed Catalano, 40, further into the world of paramedical tattooing. Now people with life-altering scars come from as far away as Ireland to visit his shop. They enter Eternal Ink looking for the artistic healing they saw online. Using flesh-toned inks and a needle, Catalano transforms his clients' view of themselves. Leslie Pollan, 32, a dog breeder in Oxford, Mississippi, was bitten on the face by a puppy in 2014. She underwent countless surgeries to correct a scar on her lip. "Plastic surgery gave me no hope," she says. "So I looked for other options." She ultimately traveled six hours for a session with Catalano. He camouflaged Pollan's lip scar, giving her back a piece of her confidence. "You don't understand until you've been through it," Pollan says. "It made me have a different outlook on life." Using tattoos to blend in rather than stand out is a relatively new field, but it is growing, thanks in part to interest in cosmetic and plastic surgery. In fact, Americans spent more than $16.5 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2018. After tummy tucks, breast augmentations, and other procedures, some patients want to cover the scars that are a product of such operations.
請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題 Mark Bertram, 46, lost the tips of two fingers at work in 2018 when his hand became trapped in a fan belt. "It's life-changing but it's not life-ending," he says. "Doing work is harder now. Everything is just a little different." After two surgeries and occupational therapy, Bertram decided to make light of his condition by asking Eric Catalano, an auto-finance manager turned tattoo artist, to create fingernail tattoos. The idea made everyone in the studio laugh—until they saw the final result. "The mood changed," Catalano recalls from his Eternal Ink Tattoo Studio in Illinois. "Everything turned from funny to 'wow.'" When Catalano posted a photo of the tattoos, a pair of fingernails that looked so real no one could believe their eyes, he had no idea the image would eventually be viewed by millions of people around the world. The viral photo pushed Catalano, 40, further into the world of paramedical tattooing. Now people with life-altering scars come from as far away as Ireland to visit his shop. They enter Eternal Ink looking for the artistic healing they saw online. Using flesh-toned inks and a needle, Catalano transforms his clients' view of themselves. Leslie Pollan, 32, a dog breeder in Oxford, Mississippi, was bitten on the face by a puppy in 2014. She underwent countless surgeries to correct a scar on her lip. "Plastic surgery gave me no hope," she says. "So I looked for other options." She ultimately traveled six hours for a session with Catalano. He camouflaged Pollan's lip scar, giving her back a piece of her confidence. "You don't understand until you've been through it," Pollan says. "It made me have a different outlook on life." Using tattoos to blend in rather than stand out is a relatively new field, but it is growing, thanks in part to interest in cosmetic and plastic surgery. In fact, Americans spent more than $16.5 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2018. After tummy tucks, breast augmentations, and other procedures, some patients want to cover the scars that are a product of such operations.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true about Catalano?
- A He had experiences of enduring pain and deformity.
- B He is indifferent to those who are suffering from a disease.
- C His service was in high demand for his artistic healing.
- D His practice in cosmetic surgery boosted his own confidence.
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請試著在文中找找看，有哪些證據顯示了這位藝術家的名聲？當人們「遠從愛爾蘭」或「搭車六小時」來找他時，這反映了他的服務需求量如何？此外，文中是用什麼樣的詞彙來形容他在這些受傷者身上展現的「紋身成果」呢？
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藝術療癒的價值與影響力
這題的關鍵在於對 Catalano 工作性質的理解。文中明確提到，自從他在網路上分享了極其擬真的指甲刺青後，作品便迅速瘋傳（viral）。這也讓他進一步投入了「醫療輔助紋身（paramedical tattooing）」的領域。文中指出，顧客甚至遠從愛爾蘭（Ireland）或花費六小時車程前來，正是為了尋求他在網路上展現的「藝術療癒（artistic healing）」，這完全對應了選項 (C) 的內容。
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