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托福听力考古学讲座TPO真题难点解析_托福听力
托福听力真题TPO第1套的第5篇是考古学讲座。讲座的整体思路和出题点分析如下。讲座开篇教授开门见山引出主旨OK,we'vebeentalkingaboutearlyagricultureintheneareast.Solet'sconcentrateononesiteandseewhatwecanlearnfromit.这里对应本篇讲座的第一题，主旨题Whatisthelecturemainlyabout?答案很明显为B.ThesiteofaNeolithictown.一个新石器时期的遗址，与开篇主旨句中的关键词site一致。这里考生要注意在考古学讲座中site特指遗址。那么，当我们知道文章的主线是讲ThesiteofaNeolithictown之后，同学们肯定会思考：教授到底要讲哪一个Neolithicsite?这一site有哪些特点?为何值得探讨?因此接下来重点要听支持主旨句的细节信息。讲座中间首先教授介绍了这个Neolithictown叫做Catalhoyuk，接下来重点讲了它的形成时期Neolithic，石器时期晚期，后面讲了Butyougottorememberthatitwasn'tjustanystonetheyhad,theyhadobsidian.Andumm...obsidianisablack,volcanic,well,almostlikeglass.Itflakesverynicelyintoreallysharppoints.ThesharpesttoolsoftheentireStoneAgeweremadeofobsidian.由转折词But引出专有名词obsidian，并讲了obsidian最大的特点可以制作thesharpesttool，所以本篇第二题WhatdoestheprofessorimplyaboutthetoolsusedbythepeopleofCatalhoyuk?的答案为B.Theywereamongthesharpesttoolsavailableatthetime.符合转折和最高级强调原则，值得关注。接下来教授重点讲了Anyway,whatIwannafocusonisthewaythetownwasbuilt.这个城市最大的特点是Butwhat'sreallyinterestingisthattherearenospacesbetweenthem,nostreetsinotherwords,andsogenerallynodoorsonthehouseseither.Peoplewalkedaroundontheroofsandenteredthehousethroughahatchwayontheroof,downawoodenladder.即房屋之间没有空隙，人们通过屋顶天花板出入房屋;后面引出房屋另一个特点Theretendstobealotofobsidianflakesandchipsinthehearthashes,butnochimney.Thesmokejustwentoutthesamehatchwaythatpeopleusedforgoinginandoutthemselves.即屋内无出烟口，烟雾通过屋顶天花板排出。此处对应第3题WhatdoestheprofessorsayabouttheentrancestothehousesinCatalhoyuk?Clicktwoanswers.答案为A.Theywereintheroof.C.Theyallowedsmoketoescapefromthehouses.房屋入口有两个特点，一个是位于屋顶;另一个是排出烟雾。接下来教授重点讲了Andthat'sanotherunusualfeatureofCatalhoyuk,theburialsites.Thegraveshaveallbeenfoundunderthehouses,rightunderthefloors.这里对应第4题WhatdoestheprofessorsayaboutCatalhoyukgraves?答案很明显为C.Thegraveswerelocatedunderthehousefloors.坟墓位于房子地板下方。讲座结尾结尾部分重点阐述考古学家对上述城市建筑特征的原因分析。教授转述了一些考古学家的假说，Imean,youmightthinkitwasforprotectionorsomething,buttherehasbeennoevidencefoundyetofanyviolentattackthat