场景分析!纵观整个托福听力话题,其中最难的部分还是天文学,考察的知识点比较偏门,因此对大家来说,难度还是比较大的。下面我们就重点来讲解关于人文学的听力话题常见。
一、概述
人文学应该最能体现考生的文化素养,因为它所包含的内容非常广泛。广义上讲,文化方面的东西都可以归到人文学中。当然具体可以从以下几个方面来考察:
考古学,例如碳定年法(用碳14的半衰期测定出土文物的年代),古文明遗址的探索(结合古代科技)等等
历史,例如欧洲中世纪的建筑风格,某个国家的发展进程等等
地理环境和人类生活习性,如易洛魁人对桦树皮的应用,航海发明等等
其他话题,人文学极易和其他学科产生交叉
首先,考生要对这些话题的中心词熟悉。在做TPO时一定要积累人文学词汇,做到会读和能够快速反应出意思。可以坚持每天听一个人文学lecture,记笔记找感觉。
二、案例分析
下面是一个人文学的经典案例:
E.G. TPO 7 Part 2-Lecture 1 (Iroquois)
听力原文:
Pro: So we've beendiscussing 16th century Native American life, and today we're going to focuson the Iroquois and Huron peoples. They lived in the northeastern greatlakes region of North America. Now, back then, their life depended on thenatural resources of the forests, especially the birch tree. The birch treecan grow in many different types of soils and is prevalent in that area. Nowcan anyone here describe a birch tree?
分析:
80%的段子前三句必出主旨题,此处也不例外,andtoday we're going to focus on…道出了主旨,当然这一句不够具体;继续听下文,第二处划线部分提到了一种树木——birch trees, 这一概念贯穿了全文,段子讲的是易洛魁人怎样在生活中利用B这种树(桦树)。
笔记形式:
Iro 人→ natrl rsc, esp. B tree依
听力原文:
Pro: Yes. The birch treehas white bark, and this tough protective outer layer of the tree, this whitebark, is waterproof. And this waterproof quality of the bark, itmade it useful for making things like cooking containers, a variety ofutensils. And if you peel birch bark in the winter, we call it “the winterbark”, another layer, a tougher inner layer of the tree adheres to thebark, producing a stronger material. So the winter bark was used forlarger utensils and containers.
Stu: I know peoplemake utensils out of wood, but utensils out of tree bark?
Pro: Well, birch bark ispliable and very easy to bend. The Native Americans would cut the barkand fold it into any shape they needed, then secure it with cords untilit dried. They could fold the bark into many shapes.
Stu: So if they cooked inbowls made of birch bark, wouldn't that make the food taste funny?
Pro: Oh, that's one ofthe great things about birch bark. The taste of the birch tree doesn'tget transferred to the food. So it was perfect for cooking containers.
分析:
此段文本逻辑非常清晰,记笔记时完全可以分条记录。文中划线部分是比较重要的考点,在此主要是birchtrees的优点与特性,而这种结构经常会考察细节题,比如双选。同时要注意一些连词的和重要提示词的用法,比如and表示递进,oneof the great things提示考生要提出另一个优点。还有其他的重要提示词,比如particularly、inparticular、especially这类词,后面一定会跟考点。同时教授会鼓励学生开拓思路,有的考点也有可能是学生说出来的。
笔记形式:
(注意与刚才记的主旨相比,可首行缩进几个单位,用以突出主旨和细节,使笔记更有条理)
1.防水→容qiutnsl
2. 内层:strg2 →大容qi
3. 易bend→≠ shape
以上就是为大家整理的“托福听力人文学话题场景分析”,希望通过上述内容的整理,帮助大家更好的来别考这部分的话题,预祝同学们在考试中取得更好的成绩。