police_4th_general
115年
[行政警察] 英文
第 49 題
📖 題組：
When the Michelin Guide came to Tokyo for the first time in 2008, they planned to honor a number of restaurants with multiple star ratings. So, imagine how shocked they were to be greeted at the door by chefs with their arms crossed, refusing them entry. “No reporters, no cameras, no Michelin stars,” they were told, in no uncertain terms. And to this day, they haven’t budged.\nBut why? From ramen to omakase sushi, Tokyo isn’t short of restaurants that deserve a star or two. For one thing, Michelin stars would fill their reservation books for months in advance, stretch the line of would-be customers around the block all day, every day, and attract discerning eaters from every corner of the globe, which is the last thing in the world most Japanese restaurants want. The practical reason is that sudden fame means their loyal local regulars won’t be able to get a table, and when the fickle culinary tourists run off to chase the next hot chef, they may be left with no business.\nBut there’s a deeper reason too: Refusing Michelin stars is also about being satisfied with “enough,” which isn’t about success. It’s about knowing what you want, and being satisfied when you get it. Like many things in Japan, providing a service—or knowledge—is a two-way street. Paying in money is only the ante to be allowed in the door. Because the ultimate goal of many Japanese chefs isn’t fame, fortune, or a franchise in every major city of the world. It’s to innovate food for customers who put as much into their appreciation of the chef’s art as the chef puts into the food. Therefore, they operate more like private clubs, and you’re only allowed to eat there if you’re the guest of an established customer or introduced by one. And that’s the kind of relationship no Michelin star can buy.
When the Michelin Guide came to Tokyo for the first time in 2008, they planned to honor a number of restaurants with multiple star ratings. So, imagine how shocked they were to be greeted at the door by chefs with their arms crossed, refusing them entry. “No reporters, no cameras, no Michelin stars,” they were told, in no uncertain terms. And to this day, they haven’t budged.\nBut why? From ramen to omakase sushi, Tokyo isn’t short of restaurants that deserve a star or two. For one thing, Michelin stars would fill their reservation books for months in advance, stretch the line of would-be customers around the block all day, every day, and attract discerning eaters from every corner of the globe, which is the last thing in the world most Japanese restaurants want. The practical reason is that sudden fame means their loyal local regulars won’t be able to get a table, and when the fickle culinary tourists run off to chase the next hot chef, they may be left with no business.\nBut there’s a deeper reason too: Refusing Michelin stars is also about being satisfied with “enough,” which isn’t about success. It’s about knowing what you want, and being satisfied when you get it. Like many things in Japan, providing a service—or knowledge—is a two-way street. Paying in money is only the ante to be allowed in the door. Because the ultimate goal of many Japanese chefs isn’t fame, fortune, or a franchise in every major city of the world. It’s to innovate food for customers who put as much into their appreciation of the chef’s art as the chef puts into the food. Therefore, they operate more like private clubs, and you’re only allowed to eat there if you’re the guest of an established customer or introduced by one. And that’s the kind of relationship no Michelin star can buy.
According to the passage, what does “budged” most likely mean?
- A Desired.
- B Rejected.
- C Yielded.
- D Calculated.
思路引導 VIP
請試著觀察這段文字的時間軸：2008 年時，這些廚師對米其林調查員展現了非常強硬且明確的拒絕態度（arms crossed, in no uncertain terms）；而作者接著提到「直到今日（to this day）」，這種情況依然持續著。如果一個人在多年後依然維持當初那個強硬的「不」，那麼他對於自己原本的立場，展現了什麼樣的堅持？或者說，他「沒有」做出什麼樣的改變或退讓呢？
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脈絡推論與字義掌握
太棒了！你能精準判斷出 budged 在文中的含義，代表你對文章的情境轉換有很敏銳的觀察力。在閱讀測驗中，當我們遇到不熟悉的單字時，前文的動詞與態度就是最好的線索。文中提到 2008 年米其林指南初到東京時遭到廚師們明確拒絕（refusing entry），他們斬釘截鐵地說：「不接受採訪、不接受拍照、不需要米其林星級」。緊接著說「直到今日，他們依然沒有 budged」，這表示從過去到現在，他們的立場始終如一、毫無鬆動，因此這裡的 budged 對應到選項中的 Yielded（屈服、讓步） 最為貼切。
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