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5分钟阅读,2008年传统阅读第三篇,直播完毕

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海豚宝贝 发表于 08-10-28 18:43:46 | 只看该作者 回帖奖励 |倒序浏览 |阅读模式
直播是为没有权限下载音频版教程的同学提供的。
有人不太敢看08年的真题,觉得是要留到后面做自测的。在这里海豚想说几点自己的看法:
1、海豚理解大家的想法,因为我当年考试的时候也是这样的想法,但是后来通过实践证明,这样做的好处不大。
2、你要大概留到什么时候自测?如果真的是到最后面的时候,自测还有什么用?英语是一个长期的过程,到最后才知道自己不足之处在哪里,是不是有一点点晚呢?
3、最宝贵的可以拿来研究的资料就是近5年考试的题目,结果你还有一两套不舍得研究,是不是自己放弃了和真题亲密接触的机会啦?
所以要强调一点,真题对于想拿到高分的同学来说,不是模拟试卷,而是学习资料。

好,现在开始我们的第三次直播

这次直播海豚放慢一下速度,希望大家能跟上,也希望大家能够提出宝贵的意见和建议。毕竟海豚能够完善节目的话,受益的是大家嘛~~~
沙发
 楼主| 海豚宝贝 发表于 08-10-28 18:45:28 | 只看该作者
照例先上全文,大家可以试试自己读一下

In the early 1960s Wilt Chamberlain was one of only three players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) listed at over seven feet. If he had played last season, however, he would have been one of 42. The bodies playing major professional sports have changed dramatically over the years, and managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing numbers of bigger, longer frames.

The trend in sports, though, may be obscuring an unrecognized reality: Americans have generally stopped growing. Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today’s people – especially those born to families who have lived in the U.S. for many generations – apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s. And they aren’t likely to get any taller. “In the general population today, at this genetic, environmental level, we’ve pretty much gone as far as we can go,” says anthropologist William Cameron Chumlea of Wright State University. In the case of NBA players, their increase in height appears to result from the increasingly common practice of recruiting players from all over the world.

Growth, which rarely continues beyond the age of 20, demands calories and nutrients – notably, protein – to feed expanding tissues. At the start of the 20th century, under-nutrition and childhood infections got in the way. But as diet and health improved, children and adolescents have, on average, increased in height by about an inch and a half every 20 years, a pattern known as the secular trend in height. Yet according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, average height – 5′9″ for men, 5′4″ for women – hasn’t really changed since 1960.

Genetically speaking, there are advantages to avoiding substantial height. During childbirth, larger babies have more difficulty passing through the birth canal. Moreover, even though humans have been upright for millions of years, our feet and back continue to struggle with bipedal posture and cannot easily withstand repeated strain imposed by oversize limbs. “There are some real constraints that are set by the genetic architecture of the individual organism,” says anthropologist William Leonard of Northwestern University.

Genetic maximums can change, but don’t expect this to happen soon. Claire C. Gordon, senior anthropologist at the Army Research Center in Natick, Mass., ensures that 90 percent of the uniforms and workstations fit recruits without alteration. She says that, unlike those for basketball, the length of military uniforms has not changed for some time. And if you need to predict human height in the near future to design a piece of equipment, Gordon says that by and large, “you could use today’s data and feel fairly confident.”
板凳
 楼主| 海豚宝贝 发表于 08-10-28 18:50:54 | 只看该作者
第一段

In the early 1960s Wilt Chamberlain was one of only three players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) listed at over seven feet. If he had played last season, however, he would have been one of 42. ││The bodies playing major professional sports have changed dramatically over the years, and managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing numbers of bigger, longer frames.
段落一开头就提到了一个具体的人Wilt Chamberlain 还有一个具体的时间In the early 1960s ,这说明这一句绝对是一个例子,用来引出主题的。那么这一句就不用看了,记住在这里出现过W.C.这个人就可以了。
我们来看一下例子引出来的主题(划横线部分)。这一个主题有一点点长,我们仔细看一下这一句话的主干(深蓝色部分)说的是什么?(看绿色部分)球员的身体变化巨大,变得更高了,块头更大了,是吧?

好,在这个地方即使你不认识张伯伦,你也应该知道NBA吧?那么就知道这里说的是NBA的球员的身高情况。
地板
 楼主| 海豚宝贝 发表于 08-10-28 19:48:23 | 只看该作者
第二段

The trend in sports, though, may be obscuring an unrecognized reality: Americans have generally stopped growing. Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today’s people – especially those born to families who have lived in the U.S. for many generations – apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s. And they aren’t likely to get any taller. “In the general population today, at this genetic, environmental level, we’ve pretty much gone as far as we can go,” says anthropologist William Cameron Chumlea of Wright State University. In the case of NBA players, their increase in height appears to result from the increasingly common practice of recruiting players from all over the world.
这一句的主题是什么?先看一下第一句好。冒号后面强调的是什么?Americans have generally stopped growing.美国人几乎都停止生长了。那么这一段是不是都是说这个的呢?看到后面出现了一个though,though是表示让步,那它后面会出现一个有转折的意思,好,我们去后面找找那个转折的部分看一下。today’s people apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s. And they aren’t likely to get any taller.是不是还是说美国人没有长高?那这一段知道是什么意思了吧?后面那个人的话,还需要再去看吗?不需要了吧?肯定又是举例论证,对吧?记住这个人是谁,以免后面的问题可能会提到这个人William Cameron Chumlea是吧?我们记住是W.C.C.说的。
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516132123 发表于 08-10-28 20:00:06 | 只看该作者
小 Middle 我赶上直播了,,呵呵。。
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tmmu13 发表于 08-10-28 20:03:39 | 只看该作者
已经研究过的飘过,顺便为什么不研究最后一篇那个founding father呢?感觉那个难度大
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 楼主| 海豚宝贝 发表于 08-10-28 20:05:05 | 只看该作者
原帖由 tmmu13 于 2008-10-28 20:03 发表
已经研究过的飘过,顺便为什么不研究最后一篇那个founding father呢?感觉那个难度大

那是下一次了,这一次虽然和录音重复,但是是给权限不够的研友们看的
因为海豚自己也是对自己很没自信,不敢随便拿音频出来丢人现眼,呵呵
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516132123 发表于 08-10-28 20:07:56 | 只看该作者
l我觉得音频讲解得很不错喔、、从中可以看出海豚姐姐的功力非常深厚。。。
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 楼主| 海豚宝贝 发表于 08-10-28 20:33:54 | 只看该作者
第三段

Growth, which rarely continues beyond the age of 20, demands calories and nutrients – notably, protein – to feed expanding tissues. At the start of the 20th century, under-nutrition and childhood infections got in the way. But as diet and health improved, children and adolescents have, on average, increased in height by about an inch and a half every 20 years, a pattern known as the secular trend in height. Yet according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, average height – 5′9″ for men, 5′4″ for women – hasn’t really changed since 1960.
看看第一句,第一句又是一个有点长的句子,可不可以一眼看出它的主要意思呢?Growth demands calories and nutrients to feed expanding tissues。也就是成长需要热量和营养。好,发现这一段里又有一个but,看看这个but后面说了什么。children and adolescents have increased in height by about an inch and a half every 20 years, a pattern known as the secular trend in height.公认的身高增长的趋势。后面还有一个yet,又是一个转折,接连着两个转折,是不是第二个的内容更重要啊?转折说的是什么呢?这一句能直接看出重点在哪里吗?在第二个破折号后面,hasn’t really changed since 1960,身高实际上并没有变化。是不是还是和上一段的意思一样啊?身高没有变化。
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wuyongjiu9 发表于 08-10-28 20:37:20 | 只看该作者
昨天听了音频,很不错
海豚功底深厚
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