阿摩線上測驗
44 According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
(A)The author and her parents had different views on what to study in college.
(B)The author eventually took a vocational degree.
(C)The author’s parents loved Greek mythology though they did not like their daughter to study literature.
(D)The author’s parents encouraged their daughter to develop creativity and imagination.
統計： A(754), B(318), C(306), D(186), E(0) #1330120
詳解 (共 5 筆)
I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do, ever, was to write novels. However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would never pay a mortgage, or secure a pension. I know that the irony strikes with the force of a cartoon anvil, now.
我相信我唯一想做的事，一直，都是寫小說。然而，我的父母，他們兩個都來自貧窮的環境而兩個都沒上過大學，所持的觀點是我過於活躍的想像是一個永遠無法支付房貸、或保住退休金的個人癖好。現在，我知道這諷刺的事如卡通鐵砧的力道般強大。
So they hoped that I would take a vocational degree; I wanted to study English Literature. A compromise was reached that in retrospect satisfied nobody, and I went up to study Modern Languages. Hardly had my parents’ car rounded the corner at the end of the road than I ditched German and scuttled off down the Classics corridor.
他們希望我可以取得一個職業學位，但我想學習英文文學。我們達成一個折衷方案現在回想起來沒有滿足任何人，就是我去學習近代語言。我父母的車才剛在路的盡頭轉彎我就拋棄德文然後小跑到古典文學學科的迴廊。
I cannot remember telling my parents that I was studying Classics; they might well have found out for the first time on graduation day. Of all the subjects on this planet, I think they would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology when it came to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.
我不記得我有告訴父母我在學古典文學；他們很可能在畢業典禮上第一次發現。這世上所有的學科裡，為得到總裁高級浴室的鑰匙，我想他們會很難說出一個比希臘神學更拉基的學科。
我相信我唯一想做的事，一直，都是寫小說。然而，我的父母，他們兩個都來自貧窮的環境而兩個都沒上過大學，他們認為我過於活躍的想像是種可笑的怪癖，因為它永遠無法付清房屋抵押貸款、也拿不到退休金。現在我明白了被卡通裡的鐵砧打中的感覺了。他們希望我可以取得一個職業學位，但我想學習英文文學。後來達成妥協，現在回想起來，誰都不會滿意，我跑去學習近代語言。就在我父母車開走幾乎還沒到盡頭的轉彎處，我已經拋棄德語然，往古典文學的走廊小跑步過去。
我不記得我有沒有告訴他們我在學古典文學；反正他們很可能在畢業典禮當天就會發現。這世上所有的學科裡，我想很難找到一個比希臘文學更沒用的，如果你想要擁有一把高級浴室鑰匙。
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參考影片：
我確信，我唯一想做的就是寫小說。然而，我的父母，他們兩個都來自貧窮的背景，而且都沒有上過大學，他們認為我過度活躍的想像力是一種有趣的個人怪癖，永遠不會支付抵押貸款或獲得養老金。我知道現在，諷刺的是用卡通鐵砧的力量打擊。他們希望我能獲得職業學位，但我想學習英語文學。達成妥協，回想起來沒有人滿意，我上去學習現代語言。幾乎沒有我父母的汽車在路盡頭的拐角處，而不是我拋棄了德國人並且沿著經典走廊蜿蜒而下。我不記得告訴我的父母我正在學習經典;他們很可能在畢業典禮那天第一次發現。在這個星球上的所有科目中，我認為在確保行政浴室的鑰匙安全時，他們很難說出比希臘神話中更有用的一個。