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1、老托福听力PartC原文精选 为了让大家更好的准备托福考试,给大家整理老托福听力PartC原文,下面就和大家分享,来欣赏一下吧。老托福听力PartC原文Good evening. My name is Pam Jones, and on behalf of the Modern Dance club, Id like to welcome you to tonights program.晚上好,我的名字叫Pam Jones,代表现代舞俱乐部,我想欢迎大家来到今晚的节目。The club is pleased to present the TV version of The Catherine
2、Wheel, Twyla Tharps rock ballet.本俱乐部很荣幸地介绍Catherine Wheel(凯萨琳车轮)的电视版,Twyla Tharp的摇滚芭蕾舞。This video version of the ballet has been even more successful with audiences than the original theater production.这个芭蕾舞的视频版在观众中甚至已获得比原始的剧场作品更大的成功。It includes some animation, slow motion, and stop-action freezes t
3、hat really help the audience understand the dance.它包括了一些动画,慢动作,和静止动作等能真正帮助观众理解舞蹈。The title of the piece refers to Saint Catherine, who died on a wheel in 307 A.D.这个作品的名字指的是Saint Catherine(圣凯瑟琳),她于公元307年死于一个轮子上Nowadays, a Catherine wheel is also a kind of firework.现如今,Catherine Wheel也是一种烟火(转轮烟火)It lo
4、oks something like a pinwheel.它看起来像某种转轮焰火。Anyway, the dance is certainly full of fireworks!不管怎样,该舞蹈确实充满了焰火!Youll see how Twyla Tharp explores one familys attempt to confront the violence in modern life.你将会看到Twyla Tharp是如何探究一个家庭在现代生活中面对暴力的尝试The central symbol of the work is a pineapple, but exactly w
5、hat it represents has always created a lot of controversy.作品的核心象征是一个菠萝,但是究竟它代表了什么一直引起诸多争议As you watch, see if you can figure it out.当你们观看的时候,看看你们能否弄明白The music for this piece is full of the rhythmic energy of rock music.这篇作品的配乐充满了摇滚乐的节奏能量It was composed by David Byrne.由David Byrne作曲,Of the rock band
6、 Talking Heads?(David Byrne)貌似是来自摇滚乐队Talking Heads?And the lead dancer in this version was Sara Rudner, who is perfectly suited to Tharps adventurous choreography.这个版本的领舞是Sara Rudner,她完全适合Tharp的大胆的编舞Following the video, dance teacher Mary Parker will lead a discussion about the symbolism Ms. Tharp u
7、sed.伴随着视频,舞蹈老师Mary Parker将会引导一个关于Ms. Tharp所用的象征主义的讨论。We hope you can stay for that.我们希望你们能够为此而留下So, enjoy tonights video and thank you for your support.那么,享受今晚的视频,并且感谢大家的支持老托福听力PartC原文In our lab today, well be testing the hypothesis that babies can count as early as five months of age.今天在我们的实验室,我们将会
8、测试这个假设,就是婴儿早在五个月大时就能计数了。The six babies here are all less than six months old.这里的六个婴儿全部小于六个月大。Youll be watching them on closed-circuit TV and measuring their responses.你们将在闭路电视上观看他们,然后衡量他们的反应The experiment is based on the well-established observation that babies stare longer if they dont see what the
9、y expect to see.实验是基于已经得到确认的观察报告,就是婴儿们会凝视久一些,如果他们没看到他们期待看到的东西的话First, were going to let two dolls move slowly in front of the babies.首先,我们将会让两个玩偶在婴儿们的前面缓缓移动。The babies will see the two dolls disappear behind a screen.婴儿们将会看到两个玩偶消失在一个屏风的后面。Your job is to record, in seconds, how long the babies stare
10、at the dolls when the screen is removed.你们的工作是记录,以秒为单位,婴儿们会盯着玩偶看多久,当屏风被移开时。In the next stage, two dolls will again move in front of the babies and disappear.在下一阶段(接下来),两个玩偶将依然在婴儿们面前移动并且消失。But then a third doll will follow.不过第三个玩偶将会跟随着。When the screen is removed, the babies will only see two dolls.当屏
11、风被移走时,婴儿们将只会看到两个玩偶。If were right, the babies will now stare longer because they expect three dolls but only see two.如果我们是正确的,婴儿们现在将会凝视的更久些,因为他们期待三个玩偶但是只看见两个It seems remarkable to think that such young children can count.想想这么小的孩子能计数似乎非同寻常。My own research has convinced me that they have this ability f
12、rom birth.我自己的研究说服了我,他们从出生就有这种能力。But whether they do or not, perhaps we should raise another question.但不论他们是真有还是没有,也许我们都应该提出另一个问题。Should we take advantage of this ability by teaching children mathematics at such a young age?我们应该利用这个能力在如此小的年龄来教孩子们数学吗?They have great untapped potential, but is it good
13、 for parents to pressure young children?他们拥有巨大的尚未开发的潜能,但是对家长来说去压迫小孩子这样好吗?老托福听力PartC原文Before starting our tour of Monticello, Id like to give you some historical facts that might help you appreciate what you see today even more.在开始我们的Monticello之旅前,我想给你们一些史实,这会帮助你们更多的欣赏你们今天看到的。Monticello was the very
14、much loved home of Thomas Jefferson for over fifty years.Monticello是Thomas Jefferson(托马斯杰斐逊)深沉挚爱了五十多年的家。Jefferson, who was, of course, President, was also a great reader and language enthusiast.Jefferson,曾经是,当然了,总统,也是一个很热爱读书的人和语言爱好者。He read widely on different subjects, including architecture.他在不同的科
15、目上阅读广博,包括了建筑学。He wasnt formally trained in architecture, but as a result of his study and observation of other buildings, he was able to help design and build the house.他在建筑学上没有经过正规培训,但是作为他研究和观察其他建筑的结果,他能够帮助设计和建造房屋。He chose the site himself, naming the estate Monticello, which means little mountain
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