Pat Sr.：Listen, Patrick, she’s gone. She’s not around anymore. Nikki left.
聽著，派翠克，她走了。她已經不住這附近了。妮琪離開了。
Pat：What are you doing, Dad? You know what?*Excelsior. Excelsior.
爸，你這是在幹嘛？你知道嗎？我會精益求精。精益求精。
Pat Sr.：What does that mean?
這話什麼意思？
Pat：It means I’m gonna take this *negativity and use it as *fuel. I’m gonna find a silver lining. And that’s no bullshit.
表示我會把負面情緒化為力量。我會找到一線生機。這不是在唬爛。
（一）請試著用最短時間做以下閱讀測驗：
Question 1 refers to the following email.
From: Cecil Alvarez [cecil@propainters.com]
To: Cornelia Bowles [cbowles@mnet.com]
Dear Ms. Bowles,
It has come to my attention that you have an outstanding balance of ＄279.85 for paints and supplies that were delivered to your office on September 14. The invoice is now more than 30 days old. To this date, we have not received any payment from you.
Cecil Alvarez
Accounts
Pro-Painters, Inc.
1. According to Mr. Alvarez, how old is the invoice?
(A) Approximately 14 days (B) Less than 14 days
(C) More than one month (D) Less than 30 days
3. 【與題目無關資訊都先跳過，依關鍵字來找相對應的線索】
（a）依題目的how old, invoice來從文章找線索，跳過不相干資訊，可發現題目提到的以下線索：The invoice is now more than 30 days old.。
（b）以下6種詞類也都先省略，就能加快理解速度，掌握重點：
（1）介系詞＋名詞
（2）副詞：如句中的now
（3）名詞後面的「to 動詞 ／ -ing ／ p.p.」
（4）名詞後面的「關係詞＋動詞」、「關係詞＋主詞＋動詞」
（5）連接詞＋主詞＋動詞
（6）逗號前後的 4種情況，如分詞構句，主詞和動詞之間的插入句等
挑出線索之後，接著省略不讀括弧中的訊息（如下），快速理解括弧以外的英文。而此句重點就是：The invoice is (now) more than 30 days old.（發票已超過30天。）
4. 【快速回到題目，從選項中挑出正確答案】
思考文中線索與題目選項的相關性，並進行配對。已知題目是問「發票過了多久」，從more than 30 days old可知「超過30天」，也就是「超過一個月」的意思，因此正確答案為：
(C) More than one month（超過一個月）（相當於文章中的more than 30 days old）
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