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一、专有名词

在托福真题听力中，我们经常会听到一些抽象名词或者是专业名词。

例如：Orion

Professor：Good, that’s a prominent constellation. Let’s take a look at Orion. The name refers to a hunter in Greek mythology. Orion is usually visible in the night sky from November to February when it’s winter in the norther hemisphere and summer in the southern hemisphere.  

Lecture中教授提到了猎户星座，并详细介绍了猎户星座在不同半球的可见时间。

题目问 提及猎户星座的原因：

1. Why does the student mention Orion

A. To explain how she became interested in astronomy

B. To point out that the pattern of stars in a constellation can be difficult to identify

C. To give an example of a constellation named after a mythological figure

D. To ask a question about the names of constellations

二、原因、结果

任何类型的lecture题目当中都有可能会考到此类问题。一般来讲，在托福听力中，表示原因的听力内容值得我们的关注，在托福听力有较多的表达原因的逻辑词，常常我们都会误以为只有because会考到，这是由于我们日常接触的原因类的词汇只有一个。事实上有since、as、 for、 the reason is that 等表达方式都表示原因，这需要我们的日常积累。

TPO 18 European History:

It’s commonly said that medieval Europeans wanted spices to cover up the taste of spoiled meat. But this isn’t really true. Anyone who had to worry about spoiled meat couldn’t afford spices in the first place. If you could afford spices, you could definitely afford fresh meat.

We also have evidence that various medieval markets employed a kind of police to make sure that people did not sell spoiled food, and if you were caught doing it, you were subject to various fines, humiliating public punishments. So what actually was true was this: In order to have meat for the winter, people would preserve it in salt, not a spice. Spices actually aren’t very effective as preservatives.

人们普遍认为中世纪的欧洲人想要香料来掩盖变质肉的味道。但事实并非如此。每一个担心变质肉的人一开始都买不起香料。如果你买得起香料，你肯定买得起新鲜的肉。也有证据表明，中世纪的各个市场都雇用了一种警察来确保人们不会出售变质的食品，如果你被抓到这样做，你将受到各种各样的罚款和羞辱性的公共处罚。所以事实上是这样的：为了过冬，人们会把肉放在盐里保存，而不是放在香料里。香料实际上并不是很有效的防腐剂。

What two factors explain why medieval Europeans did not use spices to cover the taste of spoiled meat? Click on 2 answers

A、Fresh meat was less expensive than spices were.

B、Spices were mainly used in incense and perfume.

C、The sale of spoiled food was prohibited.

D、Salt was cheaper than most spices were.

此题就有明显的因果关系，其中香料不能用来掩盖变质肉的气味因为：

1. 香料的价格比肉贵；

2. 有严格的惩罚。

三、 例子

在托福听力中，通常会使用不同的例子来加强教授内容的学术严谨性，论证教授的观点所以当听力中出现for example、 for instance、 let’s say, let’s put it this way, just like、just as, as we all know 等说法时我们一定要保持足够的警觉。

例：

In other words, these same basic strategies are used by the chameleons and frogs and insects we talked about. And by larger animals as well, for example the tiger’s example of black stripes on a lighter background is a form of disruptive coloration…

Lecture 中讲述了不仅变色龙、青蛙和昆虫会使用这些技巧。一些大型动物也会使用伪装技巧，于是提到了老虎的例子来佐证

1. Why does the professor mention the tiger

A. To illustrate that the results of the cephalopod research can be extended to many other animals

B. To give an example of an animal whose crypsis strategy has been extensively studied

C. To point out how different its crypsis strategy is from the strategy used by smaller animals

D. To argue that predators rely on crypsis less than prey species do

题干问教授提及老虎的原因？正如文中所讲述的，不仅两栖动物和昆虫会使用这些伪装技巧，大型动物也一样，例如老虎。

四、数字

此类题目一般会出现我们所谓的多选题，一般会考到具体的细节的作用、表现形式、逻辑关系等。比如音乐发展史的听力文本中提及了three breakthroughs。

例：

Professor：Probably the most important musical development of the twentieth century was the emergence of electronic music. The ability to generate sound electronically opened up many new possibilities for composers.  So, let’s look at three major breakthroughs in this area.

这是一篇关于音乐发展史的lecture，其中提到了three breakthroughs，预示了文章的结构走向。

最后希望这些听力小技巧可以帮到大家，祝大家在托福听力考试中取得好的成绩～