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SAT Reading 1.1 Short Passages
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SAT Reading: Short Passages Drill 1, Problem 1

SAT Reading 2.2 Short Passages
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SAT Reading: Short Passages Drill 2, Problem 2

The Word "Fostering" in Line 6 Most Nearly Means...What?
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SAT Reading Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 2

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SAT Reading: Passage Comparison Drill 3, Problem 2

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00:03

如果一个树在森林里没有听见。那么它有没有在发声呢?

00:21

In line 17 of Passage 2, "innocuous" most nearly means...什么?

00:30

因为我们在回答在上下文中猜单词的问题, 我们需要去寻找上下文和这个单词

00:37

去搞定吧

00:38

在这个问题中,第17行有一句说了有些科技在刚开始 看起来还行,但是最后会变得很差劲。

00:49

所以我们知道我们在找一个词,

00:51

这个词要和电话 刚开始看起来没有危害性的这个意思一致。

00:56

好吧,基于我们刚才说的,"dangerous" 很容易去排除。

00:59

如果电话刚诞生的时候每一个人都认为电话是个威胁, 那也就没有后来电话这么流行了。

01:06

在"counterproductive"中的"counter" 让我们知道了这个词表示停止或者抑制生产力

01:13

因此我们知道这个词和我们看起来 无害的电话没有什么关系。

01:23

"Magical"表示… 我们根本都不用说。

01:26

我们全看过哈利波特吧。

01:30

我们还知道(D)很容易被排除。

01:33

哦,这里有一个很复杂的单词。

01:34

"Fallacious"表示一些基于"fallacy"和不真实的东西。

01:39

感觉有点假,是不是?

01:44

知道了这点,我们可以确定(E)是令人失望的。

01:47

它在尝试去误导我们它是正确的答案。

01:50

但是我们不会买账的!

01:52

接下来,"harmless"表示在任何方面都不具有威胁。

01:57

答案(C)和"innocuous"语意一致。

02:02

现在如果我们可以在这个机器人上发现 "innocuous"按键就好了。

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