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托福听力历史类话题主要在考什么

2017-09-27 15:03:17来源:网络

  下面再看一个例子:

  2) E.G. TPO 18 Lecture 3 (Egyptian Calendars)

  听力原文:

  Now for the taste... Now, this is a good point to mention one of the biggest myths about spices. It’s commonly said that medieval Europeans wanted spices to cover up the taste of spoiled meat. But this isn’t really true. Anyone who had to worry about spoiled meat couldn’t afford spices in the first place. If you could afford spices, you could definitely afford fresh meat. We also have evidence that various medieval markets employed a kind of police to make sure that people did not sell spoiled food, and if you were caught doing it, you were subject to various fines, humiliating public punishments. So what actually was true was this: In order to have meat for the winter, people would preserve it in salt, not a spice. Spices actually aren’t very effective as preservatives.

  25. What two factors explain why medieval Europeans did not use spices to cover the taste of spoiled meat?

  Click on 2 answers.

  A. Fresh meat was less expensive than spices were.

  B. Spices were mainly used in incense and perfume.

  C. The sale of spoiled food was prohibited.

  D. Salt was cheaper than most spices were.

  分析:

  这里考察的是香料在历史上的角色。背景知识:香料在中世纪的欧洲是非常名贵的东西,只有贵族皇族才能享用得到。原因诸多,运输昂贵是其中之一。考生若不熟悉spice这个单词,可以根据上下文猜测,此处很容易猜出。

  在这里想强调一下myth的含义。大多数考生对这个词的理解都存在误区。实际上这个词只要考到,一般取“误解”这一含义,而非神话等义。在这里是说,人们用香料腌制坏掉的食物这种理解是错误的,因为人们有钱买香料就有钱买鲜肉,前者的理解本身就有矛盾。同时注意also这个重要并列词,后面引出第二个原因,所以选AC。

  三、考点追踪

  从上面这个例子可以看出历史话题具有以下特点:

  ☆ 细节偏多 可能没有信号词引领,听时要聚精会神。

  ☆ 信号词 信号词的形式多种多样,可能是单独的词组,也有可能是融汇在句子当中,要及时做好笔记。

  ☆ 陌生概念 可先记下首字母,上下文一般会有定义解释或同义词。也可以注意计算机屏幕的提示词是否为这个词。

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