B2 Unit 5 課文重點

People enjoy hearing about others’ ¹_____, ²_____ those of famous people. Therefore, the paparazzi try everything they can to satisfy the public. Some secretly follow famous people and take pictures of them. Others pry into ³_____ personal lives. People who act like the paparazzi are often called “peeping Toms.” The phrase “peeping Tom” ⁴__________ someone who secretly watches others without their ⁵_____, and it comes from the story of Lady Godiva.

Lady Godiva lived in eleventh-⁶_____ England. She loved art very much and wanted to share her love of art with the ⁷_____ people. However, the people had to spend all their time working hard, and most of them could ⁸_____ ⁹__________. Thus, Lady Godiva asked her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to ¹⁰_____ their ¹¹_____ so that the people could have time for art. The earl finally agreed, but he asked his wife to ride ¹²_____ through the market. He wanted her to do so because the ¹³_____ Greeks and Romans had ¹⁴__________ the human body ¹⁴_____ a work of art. On that day, to show ¹⁵_____ for Lady Godiva, the locals stayed at home as she passed by. Yet, Tom, a ¹⁶_____ young man, could not ¹⁷_____ peeping at Lady Godiva. Then, he suddenly went blind. This is how the phrase “peeping Tom” began.

Today, the newest and easiest way to peep into others’ ¹⁸_____ lives is over the Internet. Some peeping Toms hack into celebrities’ computers and ¹⁹_____ their personal videos. Other peeping Toms find people’s private pictures on Facebook, Google+, or other websites. Because of the Internet, people’s private lives have become an open book for peeping Toms to read.

We can ²⁰_____ ourselves in some ways. First, we must be careful with what we ²¹_____ on the Internet. ²²__________ we put something online or just send an e-mail, other people can see it and pass it along. Second, we have to choose our passwords carefully and never share them. If our password is “123456” or “abc123,” then it is easy for a peeping Tom to guess the password. ²³__________, we should have different passwords for different websites. In this way, if someone steals one of our passwords, then not all of our personal ²⁴_____ will be at risk.

Today, people’s private lives are more public than ever. We must be careful so that we don’t show too much of ourselves to peeping Toms.

[Ans.]

1. secrets   2. especially   3. celebrities’   4. refers to  5. permission   6. century

7. local   8. barely   9. make a living   10. lower   11. taxes   12. naked   13. ancient

14. thought of; as   15. respect   16. curious   17. resist   18. private   19. steal

20. protect   21. post   22. As soon as   23. Last but not least   24. information

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人們喜愛聽聞他人的秘密，尤其是那些名人的。因此，狗仔隊極盡所能地滿足大眾。有些人偷偷地跟蹤名人以拍攝他們的照片。有些人則探聽名人的私生活。行徑像狗仔隊的人通常被稱為「偷窺狂」。「偷窺狂」這個詞語意指不經允許就窺視他人的人，而且源自戈黛娃夫人的故事。

1­1 People enjoy hearing about others’ secrets, especially those of famous people.
(1) hear about = hear of，表示「聽說，聽 

聞」之意。例：
‧I’m really sorry to hear about your

grandfather’s death.

(2) those為代名詞，代替前面提過的secrets，故可改寫為...especially the secrets of famous people。

1­2 ...the paparazzi try everything [they can]....
they can是前面省略受詞that的關係子句，修飾先行詞everything。

1­3 Some secretly follow...and take pictures of them.
(1) 此句與下一句是Some.... Others....的用 

法，詳細用法請參見本課句型解析一。

(2) take a picture of sb = take sb’s picture，

表示「幫某人拍照」之意。例：
‧Eddie took many pictures of his son in

the park.

1­4 People who act like the paparazzi are often called “peeping Toms.”
(1) act like表示「行為像……」之意，like

為介系詞，意為「像是，如同」，後接名詞。例：
‧Although Mr. Brown is sixty years old, he still acts like a child and likes to make fun of others.

(2) are called為被動語態，主詞為接受動作者，當發出動作者不明確或無需特別提出時，常可省略。例：
‧The typhoon is called “Molly.”

1­5 ...without their permission....
without + N/V­ing表示「沒有……」之意。例：
‧I was angry that Jake took my book

without asking me first.

戈黛娃夫人生長於十一世紀的英格蘭。她非常喜愛藝術，並想與當地居民分享她對藝術的熱情。然而，當地的居民必須費盡所有的時間辛勤工作，而大部分的人只能勉強餬口而已。因此，戈黛娃夫人便要求她的丈夫—麥西亞王國的伯爵—降低人民的賦稅，好讓他們有時間欣賞藝術。伯爵最後同意了這項請求，但是他要求他的太太裸身騎馬穿越市集。他要她這麼做是因為古希臘羅馬人將人體視為藝術品。……

2­1 ...eleventh­century England.
此為「數字 + 單數名詞」所組成的複合形容詞，類似用法有：four­meter、three­minute、eight­story等。

2­2 ...spend all their time working hard....
此為「spend + 時間 + V­ing」的用法，表示「花費時間做……」。例：
‧Oliver has spent much time preparing for

the English speech.

2­3 ...her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower their taxes so that the people....
(1) the Earl of Mercia為her husband的同位  

語，用來補充說明她丈夫的身分。

例：
‧Debra, a music teacher, is good at

playing the piano.

(2) so that 為從屬連接詞，引導表示「目的」的子句，詳細用法請參見本課句型解析二。

2­4 ...naked through the market.
naked在此修飾「人」(his wife)，故使用形容詞的狀態。
‧Daniel looked sad and remained silent all

day long.

2­5 He wanted her to do so because...had thought of the human body....
(1) so為副詞，在此表示前面提過的ride

naked through the market這件事。
(2) 從屬子句用過去完成式(had thought)表

示發生的時間點在主要子句的動作

(wanted)之前。

……在那一天，為了表示對戈黛娃夫人的尊敬，當地居民在她騎馬經過時都待在家裡。不過，一位好奇的年輕人湯姆，忍不住偷看了她。之後他就突然失明了。這就是「偷窺狂」一詞的由來。

2­6 ...as she passed by.
(1) as = when = while，表示「當……時」。

例：
‧As I was crossing the road, a car

accident happened.

(2) pass by為「經過，路過」之意。例：
‧Many buses passed by, but none of   

them was the one I was waiting for.

2­7 ...Tom, a curious young man, could not resist peeping at Lady Godiva.
(1) a curious young man為Tom的同位語。
(2) peep at sb表示「偷看某人」。例：
  ‧Victor peeped at his neighbor through   

the curtains.

2­8 ...he suddenly went blind.
   “go + Adj”表示「變成……」；go為連綴  

動詞，其後接形容詞來修飾主詞。例：
‧The sky went orange at sunset.

現今，最新、最簡易窺探他人私生活的方式就是透過網路。有些偷窺狂非法侵入名人的電腦，竊取他們的私人影片。有些偷窺狂在臉書、Google+或其他網站找尋人們的私密照片。因為網路的緣故，人們的私生活已經變成一本敞開讓偷窺狂閱讀的書。

3­1 over the Internet為「透過網路」之意。例：
‧Wendy made many foreign friends over   

the Internet.

3­2 Some peeping Toms hack....
此句與下一句是Some + N.... Other + N....的用法，詳細用法請參見本課句型解析一。

3­3 ...Facebook, Google+, or other websites.
(1) Facebook (臉書)是在2004年由馬克‧

祖克柏 (Mark Zuckerberg) 與他的哈佛大學室友們所創立，其名稱的靈感來自美國高中提供給學生包含照片和聯絡資料的通訊錄(或稱花名冊)。臉書使用者註冊後可創建個人檔案、將其他使用者加為好友、傳遞訊息，並在其他使用者更新個人檔案時獲得自動通知。此外，亦可透過整合的地圖功能分享使用者的所在位置。至今臉書使用者已遍及全球，每個月活躍用戶破十億人口，不   

僅成為全球最大的社群網站，更改

變了人們的交友與生活習慣。
(2) Google+ (= Google Plus)是谷歌公司

在2011年推出的社群網站與身分

服務；除了社群網站身分外，Google

也將Google+視為其旗下眾多服務

之間社交層面的補強，與傳統社群

網站僅能登入單一網站的概念不

同。Google+開放的24天後，使用

人數便達到2,000萬，據說這也是

Google挑戰社群網路競爭對手

Facebook最有野心的一次企圖。如

今Google+也成為全球熱門的社群

網站之一。

我們可以運用一些方式自我保護。首先，我們必須對自己張貼在網路上的東西小心謹慎。我們一將某物放上網或只是傳送一封電子郵件，其他人就可以看到並且到處傳送。第二，我們必須謹慎選擇密碼，絕不透漏讓他人知道。假如我們的密碼是「123456」或是「abc123」，那麼這樣偷窺狂就很容易猜到密碼。最後但同樣重要的是，我們應該在不同的網站設不一樣的密碼。如此一來，如果某人竊取我們其中一組密碼，這樣我們所有的個資也不會全處於危險中。

4­1 First, we must be careful with what we post on the Internet.
(1) 這一段用first、second和last but not   

least等表順序的副詞來說明保護個人隱私的方法。

(2) be careful with...表示「對於……很小心」之意。例：
‧Please be careful with the Chinese  vases.

(3) what為複合關係代名詞，是先行詞和關係代名詞的合體，前無先行詞，在此相當於the things that/which。例：
‧Billy told the doctor what he had eaten

yesterday.

4­2 If our password is “123456” or....
這是直說語氣的條件子句用法，表示假設的情況有可能發生，因此句子的動詞要用現在式。

4­3 In this way, if someone...be at risk.
(1) in this way = therefore = thus = as a

result，表示「如此一來」之意。例：
‧I’ll meet Tina tonight. In this way, we

can talk about our reports then.

(2) at risk表示「有危險，冒風險」之意。例：
‧The superstar has tried his best to stop

the rumors for fear that his popularity will be at risk.

現今，人們的私生活比以前更公開。我們必須要小心，這樣才不會向偷窺狂透露太多的個人資料。

5­1 ...more public than ever.
此為Adj­er/more Adj + than ever/before的用法，表示「比以前更……」。例：
‧We all think the Christmas party last night   

was greater than ever.

5­2 ...so that we don’t show too much of ourselves to peeping Toms.
(1) so that 為從屬連接詞，引導表示「目的」

的子句，詳細用法請參見本課句型解析二。

(2) ...show too much of ourselves to peeping Toms.
此為show sth to sb的用法，表示「展示某物給某人看」。例：
‧Some paintings of Pablo Picasso will be  

shown to the public in the museum next

week.