托福TPO28lecture4文章初步講解

 首先我們復(fù)習(xí)一下考古類文章的常見考點(diǎn)。發(fā)展、起源或者歷史相關(guān)的詞匯(develpoment, change, origin, historical)，產(chǎn)生的影響比如發(fā)展過程中所受的影響，事物產(chǎn)生的影響。有關(guān)的內(nèi)容往往是考察重點(diǎn)

1.What does the professor mainly discuss?

A. Evidence of an ancient civilization in central Asia

B. Archaeological techniques used to uncover ancient settlements

C. The controversy concerning an archaeological find in central Asia

D. Methods used to preserve archaeological sites in arid area

分析：主旨題錯(cuò)過開頭會(huì)有很大的影響，我們可以關(guān)注一下文章開頭的部分。

原文：It's every archaeologist's dream to find a lost civilization, to make some huge discovery, to find artifacts no one else has laid a hand on in millennia. You might think that this never happens any more, given all the research in archaeology that's been done. But in the late twentieth century, archaeologists discovered the remains of a sophisticated people whose settlement might have been the hub of a civilization few people even thought existed.They found this site at the edge of a desert in Turkmenistan, in central Asia, where a series of mounds rise up from the plains.原文提到了“找到失落的文明是每個(gè)考古學(xué)家的夢想。你可能會(huì)認(rèn)為這種情況不會(huì)再發(fā)生了，但在20世紀(jì)后期，考古學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)文明古人類的遺骸。”所以我們得知文章開頭部分說到了考古學(xué)家在中亞發(fā)現(xiàn)了古代文明，和A選項(xiàng)描述一致。

2.What point does the professor make about mound sites?

A. They are easier to excavate than other types of archaeological sites.

B. They often provide information about several generations of people.

C. They often contain evidence of trade.

D. Most have been found in what are now desert areas.

分析：這是一個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)題，考察到文章中反復(fù)提到的新單詞mound。

原文：Jim?MALE STUDENT: Um, mounds can be different things, right? Some are burial places...(問答展開新的話題)

FEMALE PROFESSOR: Exactly. And some are the remains of cities. The inhabitants would build houses and temples you know, what have you.And over time, those buildings would fall down or be torn down and then be built over. Over time, generations of building and rebuilding in the same area would result in a large hill the size of a city(老師解釋了mounds的由來).Careful excavation and documentation of layers in a mound can reveal a wealth of information about the everyday life of a people in a settlement over many periods of occupation. (解釋了發(fā)掘mounds的功能)

文章中提到了：仔細(xì)挖掘和記錄一個(gè)土堆的巖層，可以揭示一個(gè)民族日常生活的豐富信息符合B選項(xiàng)的描述。

3.Why does the professor compare Gonur-depe to ancient Egypt?

A. To point out that Gonur-depe existed earlier than other ancient civilizations

B. To emphasize that the findings at Gonur-depe are evidence of an ancient civilization

C. To demonstrate that the findings at these locations have little in common

D. To suggest that the discovery of Gonur-depe will lead to more research in Egypt

分析：聽力中提到新的地點(diǎn)，需要注意有考點(diǎn)

原文：All these findings seem to indicate(信號(hào)詞出現(xiàn)，結(jié)果證明在聽力中是重點(diǎn)) that they are the remains of an ancient civilization that was every bit as advanced as other more famous civilizations of the time. Like those in Egypt。

原文提到：他們是古代文明的遺跡，與當(dāng)時(shí)其他更著名的文明一樣先進(jìn)。就像在埃及。所以埃及出現(xiàn)的意義就是和這篇文章的文明進(jìn)行對(duì)比，突出這個(gè)文明的先進(jìn)性，和B選項(xiàng)相符

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