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听力填空
这个小双休大家过得好吗?呵呵,AmyLee去考试了,回来神清气爽,专心备考托福拉!本听力材料来自于老托partb,partc,是公认实施有效的听写材料,对于上手托福时间不长的同学非常适合。我曾经一次短时间备考听力提高了7分也归功老托。希望大家和我一样一定要坚持下来噢。相信坚持学习的同学听力上都会有很大的飞跃!
No pain, no gain.我们的安排是这样的,第一遍用听力软件精听材料(建议做单句听写,听写的时候不要偷看我给的挖空题),然后按照我给的挖空题填关键词,回复后即可看到听力原文和文章精解,我将把难点和易错点oneby one 分析给大家。回复填空答案格式如下:1____2____3____...et.al.
We've just seen two______large birds that cannot fly: the______and the_______. Over here is an interesting_______from the past. This______animal is not the giant______it appears to be, but an_______. This particular kind of auk is very rare,only 78______are known to exist and most are not preserved as well as this one. The greatauk, as you can see, was a rather large bird, and it couldn't fly either.However, evidence suggests that the auk was an excellent swimmer and diver.Unfortunately, those abilities did not protect it from being easy prey for hungry sailors who years ago sailed the very cold and often icy waters ofGreenland,Iceland, and Scotland.In fact, records indicate that the auk was rather tasty and that its eggs.Excuse me . . . that its eggs and feathers were useful as well. Still, it isn'tclear what other factors led to the big bird's______around 1844, the last time anyone reported seeing one. Of course, we believe it's important to take extra______to preserve the remaining great auk skins. After all, these specimens should prove______for future scientific research. Does anyone have any questions before we moveon to our next bird exhibit?
答案原文
【填空答案】
contemporary:adj. 当代的,同时代的
emu:n. [C]鸸鹋(产于澳洲的一种体型大而不会飞的鸟)
ostrich:n. [C]鸵鸟
specimen:n. [C]样本;样品;实例
stuffed:adj. 已经喂饱了的
penguin:n. [C]企鹅
auk:n. [C]海雀(北极地区海鸟,体大,短翅,蹼足)
demise:n. [U]死亡
precaution:n. [C]预防,警惕,防范
invaluable:adj. 无价的,非常宝贵的,价值无法衡量的
【听力原文】
We've just seen two contemporary large birds that cannotfly: the emu and the ostrich. Over here is an interesting specimen from the past. This stuffed animal is not the giant penguin it appears to be, but anauk. This particular kind of auk is very rare --- only 78 skins are known toexist and most are not preserved as well as this one. The great auk, as you cansee, was a rather large bird, and it couldn't fly either. However, evidence suggests that the auk was an excellent swimmer and diver. Unfortunately, thoseabilities did not protect it from being easy prey for hungry sailors who yeas ago sailed the very cold and often icy waters of Greenland, Iceland, and Scotland. In fact, records indicate that the auk was rather tasty and that its eggs --- Excuse me... that its eggs and feathers were useful as well. Still, itisn't clear what other factors led to the big bird's demise around 1844, the last time anyone reported seeing one. Of course, we believe it's important to take extra precautions to preserve the remaining great auk skins. After all,these specimens should prove invaluable for future scientific research. Does anyone have any questions before we move on to our next bird exhibit?
【听力精解】
1、这篇材料里出现的动物我们好像听过,但是并不熟悉,在这里出现了,也并不知道是什么动物,但是名词并不难,因为我们都知道这些陌生名词都是动物的意思。那么首先,我把这些英文的单词列出来,给出意思,大家如果有时间有精力就记一下:emu--鸸鹋,ostrich--鸵鸟,giant penguin--巨型企鹅,auk--海雀科的鸟。
2、这篇材料里边还是有些长难句的,比较难弄,主要体现在朗诵者一句读的内容太多,有时候听到了,但是消化不了,比如这句:Unfortunately, those abilities did not protect it from being easy prey for hungry sailors who years ago sailed the very cold and often icy waters of Greenland, Iceland, and Scotland. easy prey意为“容易捕获的猎物”,注意prey和pray一定要区分开,因为拼写比较相似,所以可能在听的时候比较容易混淆。对于这句话而言我们首先要把结构搞清楚,定于从句sailors who years ago sailed the very coldand often icy waters of Greenland, Iceland, and Scotland. 都是来解释sailors的,所以定语从句在划分意群的时候要单独区分开来,如果全部都抓,往往抓不好。
3、In fact,records indicate that the auk was rather tasty and that its eggs…Excuse me...that its eggs and feathers were useful as well. Tasty“好吃的”,这句话中间因为说话人个人的原因,有一个间断,在遇到这种情况的时候,一定要保持自己思维的连贯性,不要随着说话人话语的中断而中断。
4、Demise这个单词平时不常见,是“死亡”的意思,不要听错成其他单词。
5、take extra precautions to这个短语意为“采取额外的预防措施”,其中precaution是一个感觉起来常见的单词,我们在听不懂的时候甚至可以根据读音直接拼写出来,但是可能意思不知道,它是“预防措施”的意思,所以要熟悉这个单词,在真实考试的时候可能会用的到.
【参考译文】
我们已经了解了两类无法飞行的现代大型鸟类:鸸鹋(拼音读作“er miao”)和鸵鸟。这里有一件有意思的老标本。这只标本看起来像一只硕大的企鹅,但实际上它是海雀。这种鸟非常稀少,已知的现存标本数量只有78只,而且绝大多数都没有这只保存完好。正如大家所见到的,大海雀的体型庞大,同样不能飞。但是,有证据表明,海雀曾经是优秀的游泳和潜水选手。不幸的是,这些能力并没有帮助它们逃脱被饥饿的水手们吃掉的厄运——多年前,许多水手曾造访过冰天雪地的格陵兰岛、冰岛以及苏格兰。实际上,根据记载,海雀的肉十分美味,它的蛋……不好意思……它的蛋和羽毛也十分有用。至今,我们仍不清楚这种大型鸟类在1844年左右灭绝的原因——1844年是最后一次有报道称有人目击到这种鸟类。当然,对我们而言,重要的是要格外小心地保护好这些仅存的海雀标本。毕竟,这些标本对于未来的科学研究意义重大。
在我们进行下一种鸟类展示之前,大家还有疑问么?
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