2012年4月24日 星期二

警察大學 101學年度 碩士班 研究所 入學考試 試題解答 - 英文



解題老師: 呂艾肯(博士候選人); 吳泰良(博士)


各所 共同科目英文       


一、    Vocabulary:(20分)


1. _____ is the pat-down of a person’s outer clothing after a stop to see if the suspect has a weapon or something that feels like a weapon, which can be seized by the officer.


(A)Search                                          (B)Arrest


(C)Frisk                                           (D)Crack-down


(警3講義第128頁2單字; 第133頁Topic II – Stop and Frisk相關例句)


2.  Sharp objects and flammable items are _________ on the aircraft.


(A)prohibited                                   (B)promoted


(C)admitted                                       (D)permitted


 (警3講義第100頁實況對話相同例句; 101年移民署外國文第9題)


3. ___________ is the crime of deceiving people in order to gain something such as money or goods.


(A)Piracy                                          (B)Murder


(C)Larceny                                        (D)Fraud


 (警大研究所二技加強班講義第32頁相同考題; 101年移民署外國文第11題)


4.  Technical curricula are requisite in a wide range of fields.


(A)assimilated                                    (B)promoted


(C)demanded                                   (D)acquired


5. The expansion of public services has caused concern that the civil service branches are becoming autonomous powers.


(A)independent                                (B)advanced


(C)superior                                        (D)perilous


(警大研究所二技加強班講義第8頁警政研究翻譯)


6. Crowd behavior is characterized as a spontaneous collective reaction to a publicly observed event.


(A)chaotic                                         (B)gratifying


(C)instinctive                                   (D)uninterrupted


(警大研究所二技加強班講義 警大研究所10年一網打盡高頻率單字第1187單字)


7. Because of his novel approaches to scientific problems, Edison was able to patent dozens of inventions.


(A)original                                       (B)varied


(C)coherent                                       (D)unbiased


(警3講義第33頁Today’s Security Environment 句中相同用法 We are challenged not only by novel employment of conventional weaponry,…)


8. The fire salamander is so called because of an antiquated belief that it could withstand fire.


(A)well-developed                             (B)old-fashioned


(C)carefully fabricated                       (D)widely held


9.  The engineer had a ______ reason for changing the design of the building.


(A)peculiar                                        (B)legitimate


(C)sharp                                            (D)subsequent


(警3講義第91頁第35個單字; 警大研究所10年一網打盡高頻率單字第1499單字)


10.  The recent downturn in the housing industry ______ the poor economic conditions.


(A)radiates                                       (B)symbolizes


(C)spans                                          (D)synthesizes


(警大研究所二技加強班講義第33頁; 警大二技10年一網打盡高頻率單字第682單字)


 


二、Translation:(30分)


1.   Policy assessment studies in the 1970s cast doubt on the effectiveness of these strategies for preventing crime. For instance, the experimental study of preventive patrol in Kansas City found that changing the level of patrol coverage had no effect on crime and citizen fear of crime. Other evaluative research showed that rapid response to calls for service from citizens didn’t increase the likelihood of preventing a crime or apprehending an offender. Finally, evidence from dozens of studies suggests that traditional police strategies to reduce, control, or prevent crime are ineffective.


在1970年代的警力政策評估的研究中拋出對於預防犯罪策略其成效的疑慮。例如,在堪薩斯市預防巡邏實驗研究發現,巡邏範圍程度的改變對於犯罪和市民對犯罪的恐懼沒有影響。其他評估性的研究顯示,對市民尋求協助的來電做出快速回應,並不會增加防止犯罪或逮捕罪犯的可能性。最後,來自幾十個研究的證據表明,傳統警政策略,對於減少,控制或預防犯罪是毫無效果的。


 


(警大研究所二技加強班講義第26頁 警政研究翻譯之 “堪薩斯市預防巡邏實驗”)


 


2.   The safeguards introduced under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, such as an impartial custody officer, a right to free legal advice, strict time limits on the length of detention and the tape-recording of interviews, have subsequently made it more difficult for the police to engage in ‘fishing expeditions’, to detain suspects without firm grounds for doing so, to make informal deals with them or to apply physical or psychological pressures to induce them to confess.


   在1984年英國的”警察及刑事證據法“所引用的防護措施下,像公正的監所警員,免費法律諮詢的權利,拘留時間的長短以及詢問時的錄音嚴格的限制,隨後使的警方在做搜羅不利於某人證據為目的時的調查(fishing expeditions) 、沒有確鑿的理由來拘留犯罪嫌疑人、與嫌疑人做非正式的交易、或實行生理或心理的壓力來勸誘嫌疑人認罪的這些做法更加難以實行。


 


   補充:


英國: 1984年警察及刑事證據法(Police and Criminal Evidence Act,下稱1984年法)第78條第一項則將此一由法官裁量排除證據之普通法原則成文法化,明定:「在考慮全案的所有情況後,包括取得證據時之環境,若法院認為容許檢方所提出之證據,將對於審判程序之公正產生負面效果(would have such an adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings),則法院不應容許該證據。」


 美國: 歷經聯邦最高法院在1886年Boyd v. United States案、1914年Weeks v. United States案 1961年Mapp v. Ohio案等關鍵性案件的判決,確立警方非法取得的證據資料,不論在聯邦或各州的刑事程序中,都不得使用的原則,其目的與理由之一在於制止警察執法上的不當行為。此非法取得證據為毒樹的「原則」,自有其例外,包括「(警方之)善意例外」、「無可避免發現例外」、「污漬清除例外」、「獨立來源例外」等。


 


3.   In a study of miscarriages of justice in the USA where the convicted person had subsequently been completely exonerated as a result of DNA testing, it was found that the most common contributory factor was mistaken identity, which occurred in 52 percent of the cases. Caucasians misidentified African-Americans defendants in 35 percent of the cases, but African-Americans also misidentified other African-Americans in 24 percent of the cases.


   在一件在美國被判決有罪的人隨後因DNA測試的結果證明其完全無罪的司法誤判研究中發現,最常見促成此事的因素是指認錯誤(張冠李戴),其中誤判案例中有52%是在這情況下發生的。白人錯誤指認非裔美國人的被告中佔了案例中的35%,但非裔美國人誤認其他非裔美國人也佔24%。


 


   (警3講義第二單元相關內容exonerate 第6單字 miscarriage 第10單字 )


 


三、Reading Comprehension:(20分)


Concern for the environment in the US extends back into the nineteenth century, when nature lovers and sports enthusiasts first sought protection for areas of exceptional natural beauty or significance. But it was not until the late 1960’s that environment concerns entered the mainstream of American political debate. By then many Americans had come to the conclusion that more development was not necessarily desirable, especially if it meant more polluted air, dying lakes and rivers, and a landscape strewn with unsightly waste, and crowded with sprawling construction projects. In May of 1970, several environmental groups staged the first Earth Day celebration, designed to heighten public awareness of environmental problems. The success of that initial effort led to it becoming a regular annual event.


During the 1950s and 1960s, industrial and vehicle pollution levels had become a serious threat to public health, so the environmental movement of this period focused heavily on restoring and ensuring the cleanliness of basic air and water supplies. Rapidly expanding development pressures were also spurring efforts to preserve unique lands and threatened wildlife habitats, and to protect the endangered species supported by them before they vanished into extinction. It is generally accepted that the environmental protection movement was so successful because of its grass roots support; groups of activists in hundreds of towns that took the initiative in cleaning up their own communities. During the 1970s, this local activism reinforced support for the passage of key laws at the national level, such as the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, and National Environmental Policy Act, which together have constituted the foundation for environmental standards in the US ever since.


In addition to this national legislation, the year after the first Earth Day, by executive order, President Nixon established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); an organization dedicated to restoring and protecting the environment. The EPA spearheaded many contemporary efforts to protect the environment, but it was not working alone. It was allied with a wide variety of distinctly different and separate organizations ranging from a small number of well-funded high-profile national and international organizations to many thousands of smaller special interest groups and even individuals working at the local level. The EPA has now become one of the government’s largest and most influential regulatory agencies. Through its own efforts and in cooperation with other organizations, it has earned a large measure of credit for protecting and restoring the quality of the environment in the United States.


Although one might assume that the cause of environmental protection would engender universal support, it does have its detractors. One criticism that has been leveled against the movement is the claim that its predictions about the dire consequences of environmental damage have often been in error. Environmentalists counter this assertion by pointing out that their warnings have often brought about changes on the part of the public, the government and private industry, and that these changes prevented the predictions from being realized. However, just as it is often very difficult to gauge the impact of human activity on something as complex as the environment, it is equally difficult to determine which side is right in this debate. Because environmental issues cover such a wide range of concerns, this is a question that must be considered on a case by case basis. These voices of dissent have demonstrated to environmentalists the need to apply quantitative methods in assessing the extent of the destruction they have witnessed, or the degree to which their work has been manifested in actual improvement of the environment.


However vocal the critics of environmental protection efforts may be, given the very considerable body of environmental legislation that exists, it is safe to assume that their views do not represent the majority opinion. Private advocacy groups, the EPS, state legislatures and Congress have worked together to enact numerous laws regarding air and water quality, land use and waste management. That should be evidence enough of the broad extent of the popular support that underlies the movement.


 


1. On which of the following does the passage mainly focus?


(A)Earth Day’s impact on the environmental movement.


(B)How to protect the environment of the planet.


(C)The environmental protection movement, and how it began.


(D)The success of the EPA in protecting natural resources.


2. The word spurring in the passage is closest in meaning to


(A)opposing                                       (B)managing


(C)supporting                                     (D)motivating


3. According to paragraph 2, why was the environmental protection movement so widely successful?


(A)It protected plants and animals people cared about.


(B)It functioned well at the local level.


(C)It voted unsympathetic politicians out of office.


(D)It forced ratification of important national laws.


4. Which president established the EPA?


(A)Roosevelt                                      (B)Clinton


(C)Nixon                                           (D)Obama


5. The word spearheaded in the passage is closest in meaning to


(A)led                                                (B)inspired


(C)conceived                                     (D)modified


6. According to paragraph 4, what was a common criticism of the environmental movement?


(A)It suggested measures that would harm the economy.


(B)It predictions could not be prevented through practical action.


(C)That it lacked the support needed to make any real progress.


(D)The environmental damage it claimed was not seen.


7. According to the passage, what effect did the criticism of the environmental movement have?


(A)It caused the environmentalists to change their methods.


(B)It decreased federal assistance for environmental protection.


(C)It diminished popular support for the EPA.


(D)It revitalized support for the environmental protection movement.


8. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the underlined sentence in the passage?


(A)      Critics of the movement were successful in dissuading many environmentalists from supporting some of the more drastic measures that had been suggested by questioning the quantitative methods they employed.


(B)      Opponents of the environmental protection movement succeeded in getting the activists to take another, more objective, approach to substantiating their claims.


(C)      People who disagreed with the environmentalists eventually were able to persuade many that the methods employed by the environmental movement were invalid and their conclusion incorrect.


(D)      Members of environmental groups were reluctant to employ quantitative methods in assessing environmental damage because they felt the results might not substantiate their claims.


9. The word dire in the passage is closest in meaning to


(A)unrealized                                      (B)possible


(C)grave                                           (D)imaginary


10.  The word dissent in the passage is closest in meaning to


(A)opposition                                  (B)support


(C)indifference                                 (D)ambivalence


 


四、Essay:(30分)


Write an essay on the following topic: Information technology in policing and its impacts


 


(警大研究所二技加強班講義第15頁 警察英文作文 練習題) 


 


練習題


請依據下面文字敘述寫一篇約150字的短文:


在你日常生活中,什麼科技產品是絕對少不了的?文章請分成兩段。第一段描述該科技產品在你生活當中的重要性,第二段描述假如沒有該科技產品,對你生活可能造成的影響。 (與96年警碩作文題目相近)


本篇相當好發揮。只需按題意的指示寫成兩段。重點分析如下:


第一段:


一開始即言明某項你日常生活中不可或缺的(indispensable)科技產品(technological product),如3G mobile phone with GPS feature、無線插卡筆電(wireless、Internet card-inserted lap-top),或高畫素錄影/錄音功能的MP4……等,及它對你日常生活的重要性(或已造成生活方式的改變情形)。


第二段:


以與事實相反之假設語氣來描述出數個若沒有它,則你的日常生活會受到各種負面影響的情境。


2012年4月20日 星期五

超級戰艦 Battleship- Goldilocks planet

Today, it's the unprecedented stage of technological advance. We have identified the so called "Goldilocks planet"



這是電影一開場科學家對宇宙另一端發出無線電波告知 If you can hear. We are here.的訊息所說的話. 這段話提到了Goldilocks planet這一個名詞...我們把她翻成歌蒂拉行星...但歌蒂拉是其來有自的名詞並非只是單純的行星名字; 它是由一個英國童話延伸而來的, 在故事中金髮小女孩歌蒂拉誤闖三隻熊的家. 但小女孩只吃不冷不熱的麥片粥..睡其中不軟不硬的床..也因此歌地拉常被用來形容"剛剛好".. 在科學家的認知生命的產生取決於星球對太陽的距離 ; 需要不遠不近(剛剛好)才能產生大氣層和類似地球的生活環境...所以才會有歌蒂拉行星此名詞...



而劇中的主線進行其實是參照著霍金(Stephen Hawking)對於外星人的態度...這位被譽為現代愛因斯坦的當代物理學大師對我這類著迷於X檔案 外星小綠人的人提出警告不要試圖對外太空高等智慧生物有任何接觸, 不然結果大概會像哥倫布踏上美洲土地一樣, 地球人的下場不會比美洲原住民好到哪去...不過我想他是多慮了雖然霍金認為有外星人是無庸置疑, 但是外星人出現在地球的案例已經太多了....要進行的人體實驗和資源掠奪早就在進行了...X檔案都講得清清楚楚了...更何況我的態度是抱持與倪匡相同, 當一個物種能夠突破星球的局限時他們的文化水準必然超過他們的科技水準(沒有優渥的生活水準, 誰會沒事去發展外太空漫遊技術), 當然也不排除有為了爭奪資源的可能, 當我相信, 有狂派就有博派...來到地球的外星人不只一個物種, 彼此之間一定會有抗衡的力量另外劇中最後我蠻喜歡老兵不死只是凋零 (old soldiers never die, they just fade away) 這樣的精神, 一脈相傳的精神的確是人類珍貴的資產...大概是我也慢慢邁向中年人了...害怕要凋零了吧...哈哈..





最後補上一小段新聞; 我們真的有找到歌蒂拉行星:



The known universe just got a little bigger with astronomers finding another 50 planets outside our solar system. Among the new planets are 16 super-Earths, including one which may or may not look like this artist’s impression. It’s orbiting a star in what’s known as the habitable zone. It’s a Goldilocks planet- not too hot, not too cold; conditions are just right- possibly capable of supporting life. The planet is known as HD 85512 b. There a year lasts 58 days. It’s a little bit rocky and it may even have an atmosphere. It’s about 36 light years from Earth.



我們認識的宇宙又變大了一些 因為天文學者在太陽系外發現了另外50顆行星 新發現的行星當中有16顆超級地球 包括一顆可能像也可能不像這位藝術家對此印象的行星 這顆行星在所謂的可居住區內繞著一顆恆星週轉 是一顆歌蒂拉行星 不會太熱也不太冷 狀態剛剛好 可能足以供給生命存活 該行星被稱做HD85512 b 那裡一年是58 表面有點崎嶇 且甚至可能有大氣層 它距離地球約36光年



So, space here we come....


2012年4月19日 星期四

101年警大研究所期中考翻譯



Carl Klockars(1984) has described police control
as having four major elements: authority, power, persuasion, and force. Authority
is the unquestionable entitlement to be obeyed. Power is held by the
organization, is drawn upon by the individual officer and implies that if there
is resistance, it will be defeated. Persuasion involves the use of symbols,
words, and arguments to convince the individual that he or she ought to comply
with the rules. Force involves something very different from the other elements
of control: physical control.




Carl
Klockars
曾描述警察控制力有四個主要的要素就是權威、權力、說服力和武力。權威是不容置疑的權利,而必須遵守。權力是組織所擁有,是被個別官員所行使,且意指如有阻力將擊潰之。說服力涉及使用符號、言辭及取信他人之論點,亦即使他或她必須遵從法律。武力非常不同於其他控制力的本質,涉及的是身體上的控制力(即強制力)


 






Democracy does not guarantee that the judgment of
public officials , such as the police,


will uniformly replicate those of the
public.  The power is delegated and must
be


exercised according to the judgment of the individuals to whom it is
delegated.


However, the public has a
right to spell out the criteria by which the judgments should


be made, and to
insist on both competence and good faith in the application of those


criteria.




民主並不保證像警察這樣的公職人員其裁決會一致地複製公眾的判斷。其權力是受委任的,並依據被委派者的個人判斷行使運用。然而,公眾有權來詳加說明出判斷的標準以及在運用那些標準的同時,要堅決要求能力和誠信。


 


 





A society is held together by force and constraintthat values are ruling rather than


common,
enforced rather than accepted, at any given point in time. Although other


institutional means exist to establish officially sets of values and rules,
they mean little


without some method of enforcement. To enforce the rules, we
have created the social


institution of police and authorized it to use physical
force, and are the only ones that


have a legitimate right to do so. in a sense,
the government must use organized coercion


to prevent private coercion




社會是由武力和約束一起撐起... 在任何特定的時間點此價值在於管理統治,而非共有,強制,而非接受。儘管其他機構性的方法存在是要正式地建立一套價值觀和規則,但沒有一些執行的方法這一套價值觀和規則是沒什麼意義。為了要執行法規,我們創造了警方這樣的社會機構,並授權其使用武力,並且是唯一有合法權利可這樣做的社會機構。就某種意義而言,政府必須行使有組織系統的強制力,以防止私人性的脅迫。



2012年4月14日 星期六

犯罪預測 I (Crime Prediction)

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/%e9%a0%90%e6%b8%ac%e7%8a%af%e7%bd%aa%e7%b3%bb%e7%b5%b1-%e9%97%9c%e9%8d%b5%e5%a0%b1%e5%91%8a-%e6%88%90%e7%9c%9f-100156800.html


 


前幾天在看民視新聞時,看到這一則新聞,覺得很有趣。心想這很像CompStat和Hot Spot…所以就上網搜尋原文,結果發現到在科學人二月刊 Can Machines Predict Where Crimes Are about to Happen? 以及去年經濟學人10月的The Aftershock of Crime也都有提到犯罪預測。但是在上個世紀90年代的時候美國就開始發展對犯罪預測這類型的實驗以及應用。其中最為人所知的就是 CompStat (資訊統計警政) 跟Hot Spot Policing (犯罪熱點警政) 兩個警政實驗。


 


資訊統計警政 CompStat 是由Computerized Statistics 或Computer comparison statistics(電腦統計比較),而合成的單字 是發展1990年代,由Bratton首先用於紐約的警政方式,以電腦導向的犯罪統計數據輔以證據為基礎的警政(evidence-based policing),並形成犯罪斑點圖(crime mapping) 。而CompStat的作用在於能提供正確及時的情報 (accurate and timely intelligence) 、 有效的戰術(effective tactics) 、快速的人力資源部署 (rapid deployment of personnel and resources) 、 持續的追蹤和評估(relentless follow-up and assessment) 。


 


而犯罪熱點警政(Hot-spot policing) 是Sherman & Weisburd 1992在明尼蘇達州Minneapolis 的熱點巡邏實驗(Minneapolis Hot Spots Patrol Experiment)。之後Jerry Ratcliffe延伸,在某些特定犯罪如果常重複發生在特定地區則稱為叢聚的熱點(clustered hot spot),若犯罪點平均落在熱點區域附近則稱為擴散的點(hot spot dispersed),而這些都是熱區(Hot areas)。其理論是認為50%的犯罪,發生在3%的街道地址。此立論輔以電腦斑點圖技術(crime mapping),來強化重複犯罪場所(crime places)的勤務部署(deployment)則可降低犯罪的發生 。(內容部分摘錄Crime Analysis for Problem Solvers in 60 Small Steps)


 


這兩種理論的發展也產生了現在在曼費斯(Memphis)的藍色粉碎Blue CRUSH (for Crime Reduction Utilizing Statistical History) ,以及George Mohler在加州聖克魯茲市以地震學理論來預測犯罪活動的犯罪餘震效應 (The Aftershock of Crime) ,兩個犯罪預測實驗。


 


藍色粉碎的資料庫收集是來自大約5 000起性侵犯案件警方的報告資料——案發時間、地點、侵犯過程描述。而分析顯示,許多受害者都是在相似的情況下像深夜使用便利店附近的投幣電話亭的時候而遭到性侵。於是,警方要求便利店老闆,把投幣電話移至室內。這一項建議,也使得曼費斯的性侵犯案件量迅速下降。 另外相較於人類的員警的直覺(hunch),電腦的優勢相對明顯,電腦不僅具備驚人的處理能力,而且它們不像人類,在判斷時常受到偏見(preconception)的影響。在2007年出版的一部叫做《資料採擷和預測分析》(Data Mining and Predictive Analysis )的書中,作者考林·麥庫(Colleen McCue一名退休員警)描述了一種違背直覺(counterintuitive)的現象,該現象是維吉尼亞州一位研究哪類人更容易成為性侵犯的犯罪學家發現的: 一般來說,要預測未來的犯罪事件,以前的犯罪史是可靠的參考,但特別的是那種進入別人室內卻沒偷到什麼東西的人,尤其容易成為性侵犯。他們的目標不是盜竊,而是尋找一名受害者。所以,在未來,當電腦標記出一場突如其來的入室盜竊,卻又沒有什麼東西被盜時,住戶就必須提高警惕了,一起性侵案或許就在醞釀當中。而這種狀況也容易為新手員警忽略,但電腦卻不會。


 


而由於藍色粉碎的採用從2006年實施以來這5年內,嚴重的財產和暴力犯罪率下降了驚人的25%。但相對的也引起科學家對於此數據的質疑是否如此成效須完全歸功於藍色粉碎 而質疑點在於以2006年開始作為參照年份,但是,2006年恰恰是本世紀頭10年中犯罪率最高的一年,這就是說,以2006年為參照,後面幾年的情況似乎都有較大程度的改善。另外,藍色粉碎這5年來(2006年—2010年)的平均犯罪率,與此前5年(2001年—2005年)的資料做比較。犯罪數據其實並未如此亮眼:這10年的後半段,財產犯罪率僅下降8%,而暴力犯罪率上升了14%。


 


而George Mohler發展出的重複受害效應(repeat-victimization effect),則強調以往認為聰明的罪犯不會再回到作案現場,但其研究則發現“成功”的盜竊犯往往反其道而行之。再次闖入先前闖入的民宅,竊匪知道屋裡都有些什麼,知道如何迅速進入與逃亡路線。而且,被盜者的鄰居遭到盜竊的概率也很高,因為這些住宅的室內擺設和財產情況通常比較相似。而首次案發之後,被盜風險也會隨時間產生變化。根據此發現Mohler開發出一種演算法,建立了預測模組。其邏輯是: 某地點發生的入室竊盜往往觸發幾天內附近地區其他件的入室竊盜-這就像犯罪的餘震效應般 而這套軟體具有相當地效果(The logic: a burglary at one location tends to trigger other burglaries nearby in the next few days—like an aftershock effect. And the software is relatively effective too!)其模組在預測未來犯罪時,比傳統預測模組要高出10%~20%的準確率。如今,Mohler的預測系統每天都會為聖克魯茲的員警標出10塊高犯罪風險區域(每塊約 150平方公尺),並標示出三種不同的犯罪類型(入室盜竊residential burglary,汽車撬竊auto burglary和汽車盜竊auto theft)。而且警方將針對那些地點來調整他們的巡邏表努力遏止犯罪活動的發生。其想法為: 若是有警力在那附近,罪犯就不大有可能在那。(跟堪薩斯巡邏實驗的結果有點相異)而這模組的實行使得2011年7月聖克魯茲的犯罪率相較去年同時下降了百分之27 (compared to July 2010 burglaries, the number of July 2011 burglaries are down 27 percent.) 。


 


待續….


2012年4月7日 星期六

I need to take a rain check~

Captain American: I’m gonna
need a rain check
on that
dance.



Agent Carter: All right, next
Sat at Stork Club. Eight o’clock, on the
dot
. Don’t be late.






這是最近在看美國隊長DVD結尾時的對話,這段對話出現了一個前陣子編口語對話題目中的一個用詞rain
check…



這個美式口語表達方式主要是指因為某種原因必須被迫延期或取消約定的一種表達方式。有點類似像我們中文的改天”,
擇日再訪這意思。此表達方式是來自於在美國看球賽時有時露天的場地因為下雨而被迫停止比賽但球迷已經購票入場觀賽了為補償其權利和損失就會發放一張可以免費或看改期後的賽事而發放的門票就是
rain check
。但至今rain
check
不僅只用在球賽也衍生到一些日常生活用語。所以美國隊長說的意思是:
我看只能跟你約改天(rain
check)
跳舞了。表達對約會必須改期的委婉用語,有希望再給第二次機會的期待。另外在大賣場中也常見到rain
check
這樣的標示這邊的rain
check
的意思對客戶保證,雖然貨品在減價期間售罄或缺貨,但在到貨上架後之後即使過了減價期,但只要持rain
check
的單子仍可以同樣的優惠價購入。譬如店員可能會說:


I’m sorry that the TV we’ve on sale is sold out. However, I
can give you a rain check. In other words, you are still able to get the same
discount when the new stock arrives in the few days.

抱歉我們特價的電視已銷售一空但我可以給你優惠卷。換句話說幾天內我們進新貨後你仍可得到同樣的折扣。


 


 


所以在95年警大二技考的這一個題目我們可以很清楚的知道答案要選得就是



A: ___________________ .
B: It’s all
right. Let’s have a
rain check
(
改天).



(A) It is raining now
(B) I left my
umbrella in that bus



(C) I forgot to bring my check book
(D)
Sorry, my boss wants to see me
now



(E) I need some money now





另外在Agent
Carter
的回答中她說到on the
dot
代表的就是exactly
剛好,正好之意。所以整句話表達的意思就是:
好吧,下禮拜六鸛鳥俱樂部。八點整。別給老娘遲到。另外這句的表達方式也可用
8 o’clock sharp. Sharp
是指尖銳的意思但接在時間之後則有整點之意例如奇摩字典提供的例句
The
lecture started at 3 o'clock
sharp.這場演講於三點整開始
81~~下次見~~