今天tpo44听力答案及解析Lecture2，主要内容是原题的文本部分以及相应题目解析，备考托福要将TPO刷上几遍，不能光做题，大家也要结合答案去分析。
Lecture 2
1. What is the lecture mainly about? 【内容主旨题】
A. The dramatic structure of an ancient Greek play.
B. The influence of ancient Greek theater design on modern theaters.
C. The design of ancient Greek theaters.
D. The role of plays in ancient Greek society.
答案：C
破题关键词汇：
解析： (从5秒开始，原文重现： Now, throughout the history of drama, there has been a, well, a relationship between the structure of a play, and the structure of the space where the play was performed. And this goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks.)
教授开篇指出在整个戏剧的历史长河中，在剧本的结构和戏剧被表演的空间结构之间是有关系的，这要追溯到古希腊时期。选项A讲的是古希腊的戏剧结构，与原文主旨不符;选项B古希腊剧院的设计对现代剧院的影响，在原文开篇的主旨中并未被提及;选项C古希腊剧院的设计，与原文相符;选项D戏剧在古希腊社会中起到的作用，在开篇并未被提及。
2. What were two purposes served by the skene? Click on 2 answers.【细节题】
A It provided extra seating for the audience.
B It served as the location for the play’s action.
C It was used to store items needed for the play.
D It was where the chorus performed.
答案：BC
破题关键词汇：Skene
解析： (从1:13秒开始，原文重现： Um, so, anyway, the skene started as a simple wooden platform, but eventually became much more elaborate. The front wall of the building was decorated like a palace, or a temple, and served as background scenery for the play. The building was also a storage place for costumes, props, things like that.)
原文中提到skene从简单的木舞台发展成精心制作的舞台，被当作表演背景，同时也是储藏演出服、道具的场地。选项A中给观众额外的座位extra seating，完全错误;选项B作为表演的场地，与原文一致;选项C它被用来储存演出物品，与原文细节相符;选项D是合唱团chorus表演的地方，在原文中并未被提及。
3. Why is the play Hippolytus discussed? 【组织结构题】
A. To give an example of a strategy used by ancient Greek playwrights.
B. To give an example of how animals were used in ancient Greek plays.
C. To identify the first use of a messenger in an ancient Greek play.
D. To point out that ancient Greek plays typically involved tragic events.
答案：A
破题关键词汇：Hippolytus
解析： (从1:55秒开始，原文重现：Professor: Some events couldn't be presented convincingly, so the playwrights had them take place somewhere off stage, where the audience couldn't see them. And then news of the event would be reported by one of the characters. Diane?
Student: Last summer, I saw... Hippolytus.)
原文中教授先说一些事件不能让人信服地所呈现，所以剧作家没有让其发生在舞台上，观众们就看不到它们，接着学生根据教授的问题提到了Hippolytus来印证。选项A通过故希腊剧作家的一个策略的来例证，与原文用意相符;选项B为了给出在古希腊戏剧中动物是如何被表现的例子，与原文用意不符;选项C中的first use of a messenger在原文中没有被提到;选项D的涉及tragic events悲剧的细节在原文中并未被提及。
4. What point does the professor make about the chorus in ancient Greek plays? 【细节题】
A. It performed only at the beginning of the play.
B. It interpreted what was happening on the stage.
C. It did relatively little singing and dancing.
D. it was less important than it is in modern plays.
答案：B
破题关键词汇：chorus
解析： (从2:49秒开始，原文重现： Um, in ancient Greek, the word orchestra actually meant the dancing place, because this is where the chorus danced and sang.)
原文提到在古希腊orchestra事实上意为跳舞的地方，因为这是chorus跳舞和唱歌的地方。选项A中chorus只在戏剧的开头表演，这在原文中并未被提及;选项B中解释了在舞台上发生了什么，与原文中提到的是唱歌和跳舞的地方意思相符;选项C与唱歌和跳舞没太大关系，显然与原文意思相悖;选项D中并没有提到古希腊的chorus没有现代重要。
5. How did Aristotle view the chorus? 【细节题】
A. As the author of the play.
B. As a distraction from the story.
C. As a messenger reporting news.
D. As a character in the play.
答案：D
破题关键词汇：Aristotle
解析： (从3:19秒开始，原文重现： Professor: In fact, Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, thought the chorus should be considered as acting out a role in the play.
Student: Yeah, I read that a chorus could have a distinct personality, just like a person.)
教授讲古希腊哲学家Aristotle亚里士多德认为chorus合唱团应该被视为在句中扮演一个角色，接着学生肯定他所了解一个合唱团可以有一个鲜明的个性就像一个人。选项A中作为戏剧的作者，原文中Aristotle并没有把chorus当成作者;选项B中分散故事注意力，原文中并未提及;选项C作为报道新闻的传递者，在原文中无处可寻;选项D作为戏剧中的一个角色，与原文Aristotle的想法一致。
6. Why does the professor say this: 【重听题】
A. To emphasize the popularity of plays in ancient Greece.
B. To praise the creativity of the ancient Greeks.
C. To point out that every seat in an ancient Greek theater had a clear view of the stage.
D. To suggest that audiences in ancient Greece could hear plays better than they could see them.
答案：D
破题关键词汇：
解析： (从4:01秒开始，原文重现：The shape of the bowl captured sound and funneled it upwards so that even in the top rows, spectators were able to hear the performers very clearly.
Actually, that the name theatron means seeing place is kind of ironic. Some theaters had fifty or more rows of seats accommodating up to 14,000 spectators, ascending way up the hillside, and this was long before theater binoculars were invented.)
重听部分讲到一些影院有50排或更多的座位可容纳高达14,000的观众，以山坡的形式向上倾斜，并且这是在望眼镜被发明之前就有。选项A中为了强调古希腊戏剧的流行，与原文意思不符;选项B为了赞扬古希腊人的创意，与原文不符;选项C为了指出在古希腊的剧院中每个座位看舞台都有一个清晰的视野，只是原文的其中一个用意;选项D为了表明比起看来说，古希腊的观众可以更好地听到戏剧的声音，与原文前面spectators were able to hear the performers very clearly所呼应。