TPO25L2Music History BélaBartók
TPO25的第二篇lecture是关于音乐历史的。这篇听力结构清晰,从Béla Bartók这个作曲家、他的音乐风格、风格形成背景以及在当时的影响这几个方面进行介绍。但由于语速较快,我们不是很容易听清细节和抓住主要内容。这样,我们就更需要通过抓住一些信号词来提高我们对考点的敏感度。
比如在听到【And in the early1900s, composers who worked in the Romanticstyle were the most popular in Austria-Hungary. But Bartok, he was part ofthe musical community that was trying to change this. And it led him to ...well, the first thing it did was lead him to travel】时,我们知道,一般对于年代,我们都要在笔记中记下大概,以方便在做题的适合定位。这里出现了【most popular】、【but】,最高级和转折都是容易出现考点的地方。因此这里我们要高度注意其中的逻辑关系。这里出现了以下考题:
What does the professor imply about Romantic music in Austria-Hungary inthe early 1900s?
A. It was not as popular thereas it was in other European countries
B. It motivated Bartok to listen to other types of music
C. It was listened to in the countryside more than it was in the cities
D. Its popularity was due to the work of Bartok and other ethnomusicologists
我们要注意的是,通常在结构简单的篇章中,题目都相对要推断以下,不会特别直接。这里,文中提到在1900s,匈牙利最流行的是浪漫式的风格,但是Bartok想改变这一现象,这致使他去旅行。
题干问道:教授针对1900s早期匈牙利的浪漫音乐暗示了什么?
我们可以分析,因为他想改变浪漫音乐为主导的现象,所以他去听其他风格的音乐。如果不是很确定,我们还可以通过排除法来确定选项。A中的 other European countries跟music的popular没有关系,;C根据出题顺序的原则,此时文中还没出现countryside,因此选项里不该有。D Romantic music的流行是当时的社会现象,跟Bartok没有关系。因此也应该选择C。
这段篇章中的很多题都需要稍微推断一下,咱们一定要记住,越是结构清晰的篇章,越要警惕选项的逻辑性和推断性。