Language Point 23

For teachers, the problem is figuring out whether a student's author-ship is authentic. (Para. 9)

figure out: understand (something or someone) with difficulty

Can you figure out this word?

你能理解這詞的含義嗎？

The map was very complicated. I could not figure it out.

那張地圖太復雜，我看不懂。

No one can figure out how the fire started.

沒人能知道這火是怎么引起的。

We figured out a way to save money on travel costs.

我們想出了一個節省旅游開支的辦法。

author: writer

Shakespeare is the author of Hamlet.

《哈姆雷特》的作者是莎士比亞。

authentic: a. known to be real; genuine

We saw an authentic letter written by Shakespeare.

我們見過一封莎士比亞的親筆信。

Many people cannot tell the difference between an authentic, Chinese carpet made by hand and one made in a factory.

許多人難以區分真正的手工編織的中國地毯和工廠生產的地毯。