巴克达Pagoda语言教育中心
巴克达语言教育中心所是一所拥有半个世纪历史的语言学习研发团队。以语言学习中没有所谓的捷径为教育理念,给学生们提供优质的教学内容。密切关注现场听课的学员的各种学习反馈,且结合教师的授课经验,将这些精心融入到产生最佳学习效果的教材中,这就是Pagoda语言教育中心的最终目标。
李柳里
1994年毕业于加拿大多伦多大学(The University of Toronto),安大略省政府指定翻译。1999年至2007年在巴克达语学院江南及钟路校区任托福LC讲师。现任世宗大学英语讲师。著有《托福听力》《托福词汇》《托福诊所213+听力理解》《考试诊所托福250+听力》《赢得托福听力1》《赢得托福听力2》《赢得托福听力3》。
目錄:
Contents
Unit 1 Academic Lectures : Natural Science
Conversations 6
Unit 2 Academic Lectures : History
Conversations 24
Unit 3 Academic Lectures : Applied Science
Conversations 42
Unit 4 Academic Lectures : Education and Language
Conversations 60
Unit 5 Academic Lectures : Nature and Society
Conversations 78
Unit 6 Academic Lectures : Arts and Culture
Conversations 96
Actual Test 114
Scripts Answer Keys 130
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Practice
Warm Up
First, circle one of the words inside the bracket to complete each sentence with your own choice. Then listen to the recording to check the correct answer.
1. Flowers completed most of their evolutionary process in 30 13million years.
2. Cats can see the world only in shades of blue and yellow black and white.
3. When we are hungry, thinking about food sends signals to our brain digestive organs.
4. Corn plants in the field often get invaded by caterpillars wasps.
Part I
Practice 1
Listen to part of a talk given in a biology class. Pay attention to the main topic or idea and answer the question.
Q. What is the main idea of the lecture?
A The evolution of flowers is completely unknown.
B Flowers evolved in quite a short period of time.
C Among scientists, biologists work the fastest.
D Flowering plants actually appeared 30 million years ago.
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
ProfW: Scientists say flowers first on Earth about 140 million years ago. Then, by about 30 million years later, flowers completed their evolutionary processes. Well, the interesting thing is that to a biologist, 30 million years of time is, so the evolutionary process of flowers is to be very fast. That''s why a group of scientists are now trying to solve the mystery flowers'' fast evolution. to solve this mystery is to make a full of a plant called "Amborella". The Amborella is a very important plant for the scientists because it is the flowering plant. And now, many scientists hope that it can provide clues about flowers'' and evolution.
●evolutionary adj. of the history of the development of a biological group
●genetic map a graphic representation of the structure of a single gene
●flowering plant a plant that produces flowers and fruit
Practice 2
A Listen to part of a lecture in a science class. Pay attention to the main topic or idea and answer the question.
Q. What is the main topic of the lecture?
A Ambushing predators
B Detecting a cat''s movement
C Colorblind animals
D Cats'' vision
B Listen again and fill in the blanks.
ProfM: Now, let''s turn our attention to how cats . Some people consider cats to be . It is because cats see the world in of blue and yellow, much people who are red-green colorblind, so maybe cats'' color vision isn''t as humans. However, cats'' vision has to detect movement. Have you seen a cat pounce when moves? Then you''ve probably also that it doesn''t move when the toy still. That''s because cats are ambush predators. This
means that cats still and moving prey. That''s how ambush predators their prey. Also, the position of the cat''s eyes, on the front of the head, makes the cat judging distance.
●colorblind adj. being partly or totally unable to recognize one or more colors
●shade n.the gradation of darkness
●evolve v. to develop or achieve gradually
●detect v. to discover the existence or presence of a thing
●pounce v. to make a sudden approach
●stil adj.not moving
●ambush n. hiding in order to attack by surprise
●predator n. an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals
●prey n. animals hunted or killed by another animal for food
Practice 3
AListen to part of a conversation in a school office. Pay attention to the main
situation and answer the question.
Q. What is the conversation mainly about?
A The difficulty of being a first year student
B The problems with studying for a course
C How to make course selections
D Looking for places on campus
B. Listen again and fill in the blanks.
M: Hi, there.
W: Oh, hi. I am having some with my course . Can you help me?
M: Sure. What seems to be the problem?
W: Um ... everything, actually. You see, I''m a first year student and I understand the course names. I mean, the codes and numbers...
M: Well, I understand. Many first year students have with it.
W: I''m glad to hear that. I know I''m not the only one.
M: So tell me what courses you want to take. Then I''ll help you find them in the course .
W: Thanks.
●selection n. the act of making choices; a carefully chosen collection of things