托福听力tpo50 lecture1、2、3、4 原文+题目+答案+译文.docx

托福听力tpo50lecture1、2、3、4原文+题目+答案+译文

TOC\o1-2\h\u23069Lecture1 1

10468原文 1

2138题目 4

2570答案 6

23155译文 6

1976Lecture2 8

1947原文 8

1865题目 10

1770答案 12

22011译文 12

24862Lecture3 14

28703原文 14

9617题目 16

17101答案 18

17298译文 18

17481Lecture4 20

21440原文 20

24698题目 22

31009答案 24

25117译文 24

Lecture1

原文

NARRATOR:Listentopartofalectureinanancienthistoryclass.

FEMALEPROFESSOR:OK,lasttimewewerediscussingtradeandcommerceduringtheBronzeAge…AndIsaidalittleover3,000yearsagotherewasquitealivelytradeamongthecountriesalongtheMediterraneanSea—peopleweremakingobjectsoutofbronze,andtheywereusingbronzetoolstomakeothergoods,andtheydevelopedtradenetworkstotradethesegoodswithothercountriesaroundtheMediterranean…Oneofthethingstheytradedwasglass…

AndrecentlytherewasanarcheologicalexcavationinEgypt—ontheNileRiver,aroundwhereitenterstheMediterraneanSea—wheretheydiscoveredanancientglassfactory.Robert?

MALESTUDENT:IthoughtourtextbooksaidthattheEgyptiansimportedtheirglassfromothercountries.

FEMALEPROFESSOR:Well,untilnowthatswhattheevidenceseemedtosuggest.Imean,wehadsomeevidencethatsuggestedthattheEgyptiansweremakingglassobjects,uh,butnotglass.

MALESTUDENT:OK,am-amImissingsomething?Theyremakingglass,buttheyrenotmakingglass.

FEMALEPROFESSOR:Isaidtheyweremakingglassobjects,right?Yousee,itwaspreviouslythoughtthattheywerentactuallymakingtherawglassitself,thattheywereimportingunfinishedglassfromMesopotamia—um,whichtodayisaregionconsistingofIraq,andpartsofSyria,Turkey,andIran—andsimplyreworkingit.MostarcheologistsbelievedthattheglassfactorieswereinMesopotamiabecausethatswheretheoldestknownglassremainscomefrom.Yousee,thereweretwostagesofglassmaking:theprimaryproductionstage,wheretheymadedisks