托福TPO阅读重点词汇语境记忆：Which Hand Did They Use?

　　托福核心单词

　　Dominance 优势;支配

　　原文：Much of the evidence about right-hand versus left-hand dominance comes from stencils and prints found in rock shelters in Australia and elsewhere, and in many Ice Age caves in France, Spain, and Tasmania. 有太多的来自澳大利亚地区的石屋中模板和字迹以及冰河期法国西班牙以及塔斯马尼亚地区的岩洞上搜集到的证据证明右手较之于左手的优势。

　　强化记忆：

　　Agriculture has lost its dominance in many countries. 农业在许多国家已失去了优势。

　　The firm soon achieved complete dominance in the marketplace. 这家公司很快取得了在市场上的绝对支配地位。

　　Stencil模板;模板印刷

　　原文：Much of the evidence about right-hand versus left-hand dominance comes from stencils and prints found in rock shelters in Australia and elsewhere, and in many Ice Age caves in France, Spain, and Tasmania. 有太多的来自澳大利亚地区的石屋中模板和字迹以及冰河期法国西班牙以及塔斯马尼亚地区的岩洞上搜集到的证据证明右手较之于左手的优势。

　　强化记忆：

　　The stencil and print process will not change. 模板和印刷工艺无需更改。

　　Do you know how to cut a stencil? 你会刻蜡版[打蜡纸]吗?

　　Spray 喷图;喷雾

　　原文：Even though the paint was often sprayed on by mouth, one can assume that the dominant hand assisted in the operation. 即使是制作一幅画作需要用嘴喷涂，也可以想象惯用手是如何在这一过程中起到协助作用的。

　　强化记忆：

　　He sprayed paint on the wall. 他把漆喷在墙上。

　　We should spray some hairspray on your hair. 我们应该喷些发胶在你的头发上。

　　Predominant 卓越的;主要的

　　原文：Of 158 stencils in the French cave of Gargas, 136 have been identified as left, and only 22 as right; right-handedness was therefore heavily predominant. 在法国Gargas岩洞中的158个模板中，有136个鉴定确认为左手，只有22个是右手;右手习惯毫无疑问是据绝对主导地位的。

　　强化记忆：

　　The predominant feature of his character was pride. 他的性格中主要的特点是骄傲。

　　Yellow is the predominant color this spring in the fashion world. 黄色是今春时装界的流行颜色。

　　Furnish提供;布置

　　原文：Cave art furnishes other types of evidence of this phenomenon. 岩洞艺术的其他形式也为这一现象提供了依据。

　　强化记忆：

　　I will furnish all you need. 我愿供给你所需要的一切。

　　We propose to furnish our own house according to our own taste. 我们建议按自己的爱好布置自己的房子。

　　Befit 适合;适当

　　原文：Most engravings, for example, are best lit from the left, as befits the work of right-handed artists, who generally prefer to have the light source on the left so that the shadow of their hand does not fall on the tip of the engraving tool or brush.例如大多数的雕版都是左起的光照最好，因为是配合惯用右手的工匠的工作，他们经常喜欢让光线从左边照过来以便他们手的影子不会投射在雕板工具或是刷子的末端。

　　强化记忆：

　　Such actions do not befit you. 这种行为与你不相称。

　　You shouldn't do things that do not befit your status. 你最好不要做这些和你身分不符的事情。

　　Engraving 雕刻

　　原文：Most engravings, for example, are best lit from the left, as befits the work of right-handed artists, who generally prefer to have the light source on the left so that the shadow of their hand does not fall on the tip of the engraving tool or brush.例如大多数的雕版都是左起的光照最好，因为是配合惯用右手的工匠的工作，他们经常喜欢让光线从左边照过来以便他们手的影子不会投射在雕板工具或是刷子的末端。

　　强化记忆：

　　Some writing has the precision of a steel engraving. 有的字体严谨如同钢刻。

　　Go look in my office, you should find an engraving of a pentagram there. 到我的公务室来看，你能找到五角星形的雕塑。