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TPO-1听力解析Conversation 1（场景归类图书馆）Narrator: Listen to part of a conversation between a student and a librarian.StudentHi, um, I really hope you can help me.LibrarianThats why Im here. What can I do for you?Student(1)Im supposed to do a literature review for my psychology course, but um having a hard time finding articles. I dont even know where to start looking.LibrarianYou said this is for your psychology course, right? So your focus is on StudentDream Interpretation.LibrarianWell, you have a focus, so thats already a good start. Hmmm well, therere a few things oh, wait Have you checked to see if your professor put any material for you to look at on reserve?StudentAha, thats one thing I did know to do. I just copied an article, but I still need three more on my topic from three different journals.LibrarianLets get you going on looking for those then. We have printed versions of twenty or so psychology journals in the Reference Section. These are the ones published within the last year. Then I think about it theres a journal named Sleep and Dream.StudentOh, yeah, the article I just copied is from that journal, so Ive got to look at other sources.Librarian(2)OK, actually, most of our materials are available electronically now. You can access psychology databases or electronic journals and articles through the librarys computers, and if you want to search by title with the word dream for example, just type it in and all the articles with “dream” in the title will come up on the screen.StudentCool, thats great! Too bad I cannot do this from home.Librarian（5）But you can. All of the librarys databases and electronic sources can be accessed through any computer connected to the university network.StudentReally?! I cant believe I didnt know that. It still sounds like its going to take a while though, you know, going through all of that information, all of those sources.LibrarianMaybe, but you already narrow your search down to articles on Dream Interpretation, so it shouldnt be too bad. （3）And you probably notice that theres an abstract or summary at the top of the first page of the article you copied. When you go into the databases and electronic sources, you have the option to display the abstracts on the computer screen, skimming those to decide whether or not you want to read the whole article should cut down some time.StudentRight, abstracts! Theyll definitely make the project more durable. （4）I guess I should try out the electronic search while Im still here then, you know, just in case.LibrarianSure, er that computers free over there, and Ill be here till five this afternoon.StudentThanks, I feel a lot better about this assignment now.词汇：journal n. 日报；杂志version n. 版本database n. 数据库abstract n. 摘要skim v. 浏览assignment n. 任务；作业durable adj. 耐用的；持久的题目：1Why does the student go to see the librarian？To sign up for a seminar on using electronic sources for researchTo report that a journal is missing from the reference areaTo find out the procedure for checking out journal articles* To ask about how to look for resources for a class paper解析：主旨题，注意but后面的内容，他是要找一些资料为了做 a literature review，同义替换为 a class paper2 What does the librarian say about the availability of journals and articles？They are not easy to find if a professor put them on reserve*Most of them are accessible in an electronic formatMost of them can be checked out for three weeksPrinted versions from the past three years are located in the reference section.解析：细节题，定位journals and articles，原文中说可以从the librarys computers获得，同义替换为in an electronic format3 What does the librarian suggest the student should do to save time？Choose an easier research topicConcentrate on five journals* Read the summaries of the articles firstInstall a new program on her home computer解析：细节题，题目中save time同义替换原文中cut down some time，原文中skimming these（summaries and abstracts）同义替换为read the summaries4 What can be inferred about why the woman decides to use the computer in the library？*She thinks she might need additional help from the manShe does not have a computer at homeShe has to hand in her assignment by the end of the dayShe will be meeting a friend in the library later on解析：推断题，原文中她说just in case，可推断她可能需要管理员的帮助。5 Why does the woman say this?She had forgotten about the information*She is surprised she was not aware of the informationShe is annoyed that the information was published only recentlyShe is concerned that the librarian gave her incorrect information解析：复听题，注意女生惊讶的语气。从短对话中可以看出她对管理员告诉他的信息很惊讶Lecture 1（学科分类艺术）Narrator: Listen to part of a lecture in a contemporary art class.ProfessorOK, Im going to begin this lecture by giving you your next assignment. Remember I said that at some point during this semester I wanted you to attend an exhibit at the Fairy Street Gallery and then write about it? Well, the exhibit that I want you to attend is coming up. Its already started. In fact, but itll be at the gallery for the next month, which should give you plenty of time to complete this assignment.（6）The name of the artist exhibiting there is Rose Frantzen. Frantzens work may be unfamiliar to you since shes a relatively young artist. But shes got a very unusual style, compared to some of the artists weve looked at this term. But anyway, Frantzens style is what she herself called Realistic Impressionism. So youve probably studied both of these movements separately, separate movements, Realism and Impressionism, in some of your art history courses. So who can just sum these up?StudentWell, Impressionism started in the late 19th century. Umthe basic impressionist style was very different from earlier styles. It didnt depict scenes or models exactly as they looked. UmImpressionist painters tended to apply paint really thickly, and in big brushstrokes, so the texture of the canvas was rough.ProfessorGood. What else? What were the subjects?StudentWell, a lot of impressionist artists painted everyday scenes, like people on the streets and in cafes, lots of nature scenes, especially landscapes.ProfessorGood. So when you go to the exhibit, I really want you to take a close look at a certain painting. （7）Its a farm scene. And you will see it right as you enter the gallery. The reason I think this painting is so important is that it stresses the impressionist aspect of Frantzens style. Its an outdoor scene, an everyday scene. Its kind of bleak, which you can really see those broad brushstrokes and the blurry lines. The colors arent quite realistic. The sky is kind of, well, in a natural pinkish yellow. And the fence in the foreground is blue, but somehow the overall scene gives an impression of a cold, bleak, winter day on a farm. So thats the impressionist side of her work. Oh, and speaking about farms, that reminds me. （8）One interesting thing I read about Franzten is that when she first moved back to Lowa after living abroad, she often visited this place in her town called the Sales Barn. And the Sales Barn, it was basically this place where the local farmers bought and sold their cattle, their farm animals. And the reason Frantzen went there, and she later on would visit other places like dance halls, was to observe people and the ways that they moved. She really found that this helped her work-that it gave her an understanding of body movements and actions, how humans move, and stand still, what their postures were like, too. So, what about Realism? What are the elements of Realism we should be looking for in Frantzens work?StudentUm real honest depictions of subject matter, pretty unidealized stuff, and pretty everyday subject matter, too.ProfessorGood. （9）One other painting I really want you to look at is of a young woman surrounded by pumpkins. You will notice that the womans face is so realistic looking that its almost like a photograph. The womans nose is a little less than perfect and her hair is kind of messed up. This is realism. But then, the background of the painting, this woman with the pumpkins is wrapped in a blanket of broad thick brushstrokes, and, its all kinds of zigzagging brushstrokes and lines, kind of chaotic almost when you look at it close. And there are vibrant colors. Theres lots of orange, with little hints of an electric blue peeking out.（11）I find Frantzen to be a very accessible artist. I mean, some artists, to appreciate them, you have to know their life story. But heres a little bit about Rose Frantzens life anyway. She attended art school, but was told by one of her instructors that she was not good at illustration, that she should go into advertising instead. So she took advertising classes and fine arts classes too, until she was convinced by the head of an advertising agency that her work was really good, that she could be an artist. But of course, its not as easy as that, and so Frantzen had to paint other peoples portraits at places like art fairs just to make money to buy paint for her more series of art work. No matter what, she never stopped painting. And now, Frantzen is doing extremely well. And her work is being shown all over the country. （10）So I think most of us would be discouraged if we had to face challenges and difficulties like that. But whats important is that you keep at it that you dont give up. Thats what is really important to remember.词汇assignment n. 任务；功课gallery n. 画廊 exhibit n. 展览品impressionism n.印象主义realism n. 现实主义scene n. 场景；景色texture n.质地，纹理depict v. 描述；绘画depiction n. 描写；叙述canvas n.帆布bleak adj. 阴冷的；荒凉的blurry adj. 模糊的；污脏的posture n. 姿势pumpkin n. 南瓜zigzag adj. 之字形的；曲折的vibrant adj. 振动的；充满生气的hint n. 暗示；线索peek v. 偷看；窥视instructor n. 指导者；教员illustration n. 插图；图解题目6 What is the purpose of the lecture？To explain the difference between two artistic stylesTo describe a new art gallery to the class*To introduce an artists work to the classTo show how artists styles can evolve over time解析：主旨题，主要讲Frantzens work7 What does the professor say about Frantzens painting of a farm scene?It resembles a photographIt may be Frantzens best known painting*It was painted in the Impressionist styleIt was painted while Frantzen lived abroad解析：细节题，注意原文中important，stress等强调词汇。原文中定位farm scene，多次提到impressionist. The impressionist aspect= in the Impressionist style.8 Why did Frantzen go to the Sales Barn？*To study human form and movementTo earn money by painting portraitsTo paint farm animals in an outdoor settingTo meet people who could model for her paining解析：细节题，原文中定位Sales Barn。文中多次提到move. body movements and actions= human form and movement.9 What does the professor imply about the painting of the young woman surrounded by pumpkins？It was painted at an art fair*It combines Impressionism with RealismIt convinced Frantzen that she was a good illustratorIt was originally meant to be used in an advertisement解析：推测题，定位young woman surrounded by pumpkins，注意but后面的内容。前面说她这个人物是写实派，但是她身后的背景是抽象派10 Why does the professor discuss Frantzens difficulties as a young painter？He wants to point out mistakes that young artists commonly make*He thinks her example can inspire the students in their own livesHer difficulties remind him of the difficulties he himself experienced as a young girlHer difficulties are the subject of some of the paintings in the gallery that the students will visit解析：推测题，注意最高级most important but这些词后面的词语。教授激励大家遇到困难不要放弃。11 What does the professor imply when he says this？*The students can understand Frantzens art without knowing about her lifeThe students should pay very close attention to what he is going to saySome of his students are already familiar with Frantzens life storySome of his students may not appreciate Frantzens work解析：复听题，注意转折but。前面说一些艺术家，了解他们的作品需要了解他们的生活，转折说明了解Frantzen的作品不需要。Lecture 2（学科分类地理）Narrator: Listen to part of a lecture in a geology class.ProfessorOk, lets get started. Great. （12）Today I want to talk about a way in which we are able to determine how old a piece of land, or some other geologic feature is - dating techniques. Im going to talk about a particular dating technique. Why? Good dating is a key to good analysis. In other words, if you want to know how a land formation was formed, the first thing you probably want to know is how old it is. Its fundamental. Um Take the Grand Canyon for instance. Now, we geologists thought we had a pretty good idea of how the Grand Canyon in the southwestern United States was formed. We knew that it was formed from sandstone that solidified somewhere between 150 and 300 million years ago. Before it solidified, it was just regular sand. Essentially it was part of a vast desert. （13）And until just recently, most of us thought the sand had come from an ancient mountain range fairly close by that flattened out over time. Thats been the conventional wisdom among geologists for quite some time. But now weve learned something different, and quite surprising, using a technique called Uranium-Lead Dating. I should say that Uranium-Lead Dating has been around for quite a while. But there have been some recent refinements. I will get into this in a minute. Anyway, Uranium-Lead Dating has produced some surprises. Two geologists discovered that about half of the sand from the Grand Canyon was actually once part of the Appalachian Mountains. Thats really eye-opening news, since the Appalachian Mountain Range is, of course, thousands of kilometers to the east of the Grand Canyon. Sounds pretty unbelievable, right? Of course, the obvious question is how did that sand end up so far west? The theory is that huge rivers and wind carried the sand west where it mixed in with the sand that was already there. （17）Well, this was a pretty revolutionary finding. Um and it was basically because of Uranium-Lead Dating. Why? Well, as everyone in this class should know, we usually look at the grain type within sandstone, meaning the actual particles in the sandstone, to determine where it came from. You can do other things too, like look at the wind or water that brought the grains to their location and figure out which way it was flowing. But thats only useful up to a point, and thats not what these two geologists did. Uranium-Lead Dating allowed them to go about it in an entirely different way. What they did was: they looked at the grains of Zircon in the sandstone. Zircon is a material that contains radioactive Uranium, which makes it very useful for dating purposes. Zircon starts off as molten magma, the hot larva from volcanoes. This magma then crystallizes. And when Zircon crystallizes, the Uranium inside it begins to change into Lead. （14）So if you measure the amount of Lead in the Zircon grain, you can figure out when the grain was formed. After that, you can determine the age of Zircon from different mountain ranges. Once you do that, you can compare the age of the Zircon in the sandstone in your sample to the age of the Zircon in the mountains. If the age of the Zircon matches the age of one of the mountain ranges, then it means the sandstone actually used to be part of that particular mountain range. Is everybody with me on that? Good. So, in this case, Uranium-Lead Dating was used to establish that half of the sandstone in the samples was formed at the same time the granite in the Appalachian Mountains was formed. So because of this, this new way of doing Uranium-Lead Dating, weve been able to determine that one of our major assumptions about the Grand Canyon was wrong. Like I said before, Uranium-Lead Dating has been with us for a while. （15）But, um until recently, in order to do it, you really had to study many individual grains. And it took a long time before you got results. It just wasnt very efficient. And it wasnt very accurate. But technical advances have cut down on the number of grains you have to study, so you get your results faster. So Ill predict that Uranium-Lead Dating is going to become an increasingly popular dating method. There are a few pretty exciting possibilities for Uranium-Lead Dating. Here is one that comes to mind. (16)You know the theory that earths continents were once joined together and only split apart relatively recently? Well, with Uranium-Lead Dating, we could prove that more conclusively. If they show evidence of once having been joined, that could really tell us a lot about the early history of the planets geology.词汇grand canyon 大峡谷sandstone n. 砂岩solidify v. 团结；凝固essentially adv. 本质上flatten v. 使平坦；变平conventional wisdom 传统观点；世俗认知uranium n.铀lead n. 铅uranium-lead dating 铀铅测年refinement n. 精制；提纯revolutionary adj. 革命的；大变革的zircon n. 矿物 锆石molten adj. 熔化的；炙热的magma n. 岩浆；糊剂larva n. 幼体；幼虫crystallize v. 使结晶granite n. 花岗岩the Appalachian Mountains 阿巴拉契亚山脉conclusively adv. 最后地；决定性地题目：12. What does the professor mainly discuss?The difference in age among American mountain ranges*The importance of a technique used for dating geological materialsThe recent discovery of an ancient canyonA comparison of various minerals used for dating解析：主旨题，注意疑问句后面的句子。文中多次提到年代测定技术(dating technique), 教授主要介绍了铀铅测年这种技术对测定地质材料的重要性。13. Before the use of uranium-lead analysis, where did most geologists think the Grand Canyon sandstone came from?An ancient lake located in the American SouthwestA desert that once connected two continentsSands carried by a river from the Appalachian Mountains*A nearby mountain range that had flattened out over time解析：细节题，原文中说the sand had come from an ancient mountain range fairly close by that flattened out over time，答案中nearby=close by14. In the talk, the professor describes the sequence of uranium-lead