既然选择了，便只顾风雨兼程

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11月21日考试，距离这天越来越近了，想起来心就觉得慌。现在有点后悔考托福了，因为没有充分了解自己的实力。不过，既然选择了，便只顾风雨兼程。一直想要做听写，却一直没有时间。一直想要把自己听写的贴出来，因为错的太多而不好意思拿出来。我知道我只是在为自己找借口。牛人也好，普通人也罢，那些最终取得好成绩的人，都少不了坚持。我知道，我缺少的是坚持，是执着，是毅力。考托福势必要经历些磨难，人生才能完整，这些是我必须去承受的。我下定决心要坚持下去，请大家监督我，狠狠地批评我。也希望能和考T的朋友们多多交流。

复习时间  第一阶段  7月6日— 8月30日

■听写错误
■拼写错误
■没听出来
■漏听1
■多听
■生词

只要我们拥有生命，
就什么都可以争取。
一年又一年，
为了爱我们的人，
也为了我们自己。


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历史类 第三十一篇（人物woman）

Well, in (and) answered your question, several women actively participated the Civil War. The one that comes immediately to mindis Mary Walker. She is(was) important, because she is(was) the only woman ever to be awarded(would) the Congressional Medal of Honor. As you know, this medal(matal) is given to people who’ve served the United States with the exceptional bravery.

In addition, she was the only female physician(position) in the either of the two armies that fought in that( the body might) war. Even though she had two medical degrees, many officers made her life(were major like) difficult because they didn’t believe that a(the) woman should be a doctor. However, she refused to back down and leave the army. In fact, she risked her (was) life several times during the war and was even captured at(the) one point, but she was soon released.

Umm, after the war(all), she was arrested(rested) several times for wearing pants(pence). And although congress eventually tried to take hermedal(mental) way. She refused to give it back, and continued to wear it wherever she went. She died in 1919, a year before the women received the right to vote, whichbrings me to my next point.

1)medal n.奖章；徽章；勋章；纪念章；证章 vt.授予…奖章

  a medal of honor 〔美国〕荣誉勋章

2)awarded n.1.审判，裁定 2.裁定书；裁定额 3.奖品

         vt.1.授与，给与；奖与 2.断与，判归

3)pants  n.〔美国〕(儿童或妇女用)紧身短衬裤;〔美口〕裤子

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第三十篇（Train）

I'm going to talk about a train that exemplifies (examplify) the rise and fall(fallen) of passengers trains in the United States: the Twentieth Century Limited. Let me go back just a bit(be). In 1893, a(the) special train was established to take people from New York to an exposition (experization) in Chicago. It was so successful that regular service (serve) was then set up between these (in the) cities.

The inaugural trip of the Twentieth Century Limited was made in 1902. The train was different from what anyone had(wasn’t) ever seen before. It was pulled by a steam engine and had five cars: two sleepers, a dining car, an observation car, and a baggage car, which --- believed it or not ---contained a library. The 42 passengers was the train could carry were(will) waited on by a large staff. There(Their) were even secretaries (secretary) and a barber on board.

It wasn't long before people had to wait two years to get a reservation. As time passed, technical improvements shortened(shorted) the trip by a few hours. Perhaps the biggest technological change occurred in 1945 --- the switch from steam(stem) to diesel engines.

By the 1960's, people were travelling by car and airplane. Unfortunately, the great old train didn't survive(sevive) until the end of the century it was named for.

1)exemplifies vt. 举例证明[解释]；示范；作…的范例

2)exposition n. 解释，注释；解说，说明

            展览，陈列；展览会，博览会

            暴露，曝光

3)inaugural a. 就职(仪式)的；开幕的，开始的

           n. 〔美国〕就职演说，就职典礼

4) secretary n. 秘书；书记，干事; 〔美国〕部长；写字台

5)barber n.理发师

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第二十九篇（Radio）

These days we take for granted the wide variety of music available (valuable) on the radio. But, this wasn't always the case. In the early days of radio, stations were capable (cabel) of broadcasting only a narrow range of sounds, which was(is) all right for the human voice but music didn't sound very good. There was also a great deal of crackling and other static noises that(the)further interfered with(was) the quality of the sound.

A man named Edwin Armstrong, who was a music lover, set out (up) to change this. He invented FM radio, a(the) technology that allowed stations to send a broad(aboard) range of frequencies(frequence) that (the) greatly improved the quality of the music.

Now, you'd think that this would have made him a millionaire; it(he) didn't. Radio stations at that time had invested enormous amounts of money in the old technology. So the last thing they wanted was to invest (doing) millions more in the new technology. Nor did (do) they want to have to compete (compeat) with other radio stations that (but) had (have) a superior sound and could put them out of business. So they pressured (pression) the Federal Communications Commission (commition) --- the department of the United States government that (the) regulates the radio stations --- to put restrictive regulations on FM radio.

The result was that its use (refuse) was limited to a very small area around New (the) England. Of course as (said) we all know, Edwin Armstrong's FM technology eventually prevailed (previewed) and was adopted by thousands of stations around the world. But this took years of court battles and he never saw how it came(we can) to affect the lives of almost everyone.

1)Interfere vi. 抵触，冲突;妨碍，打扰，干涉干预；调停，排解

2)crackling  n.噼噼啪啪的响声

3)static     n.(物理学)天电；静电；天电[静电]干扰

4)frequency  n.次数，出现率；频度;(物理学)频率，周率

5)millionaire    n.百万富翁，大富翁，富豪

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第二十八篇（soap）

Okay, as you look at this next exhibit, you'll notice (know) something quite common --- an ordinary bar of soap. Now, soap has been around a(the) long time --- in fact, the ancient Phoenicians produced soap as a substance for washing the body way back(black) in 600 B.C. They made it by blending (bleeding) goat's fat with wood ash. The Phoenicians, as you may know, regularly traded (tree) along the Mediterranean, and they were the ones who introduced soap to the Greeks and Romans.

Now, soap was(with) not something welcomed by(why) all countries. In fact, during the superstitious Middle Ages, many people were afraid(free) to bathe their whole body too (to) frequently. They thought it could be dangerous for their health --- that it could even kill them. And it even after(have to) the production of soap became common in some European countries in the eleventh and twelfth centuries --- even then some people in the hear (heard) of Europe refused to use it. You'll find it interesting that when(one) a duchess was given a(the) box of soap as a present in 1549 she was so insulted that she had the gift --- giver(give her) thrown off her estate!

But by the nineteenth century the attitude towards soap had changed drastically. In some regions of Europe the tax on soap was so high that people secretly made their own. A baron went (when) so far as to suggest that the wealth of a nation could be judged according to the amount of soap it used.

Now, if you turn your attention to the next exhibit, you can see how soap is manufactured today.


1) Phoenicians  n. 腓尼基(人)的；腓尼基语的
2) blending  n.混合；融合；配料；折衷
3) superstitious  a.迷信(上)的
4) duchess n.公爵夫人；公爵未亡人；女公爵
5) insult  n.侮辱，凌辱;损害v.侮辱
6) baron   n.男爵;贵族

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第二十七篇（雕刻）

And as we enter this next gallery, please turn your attention to the statue on your right. It's a bust of the seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson. It (He) was done by American sculptor Hiram Powers. Mr. Powers is particularly significant to our sculpture collection here at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His statue entitled California was (with) the first work by an American artist to become part of the collection at the Met (mat). But back to this piece. When Powers was modeling this bust, he asked the President, who was 68 years old at the time, if he wanted to be made to appear younger than that. President Jackson replied that he didn't; so (though) as you can see, he's shown here with wrinkles and lines (lies) of aging etched on his face. Consequently, this bust is considered to be one of the most realistic portrayals of Andrew Jackson. Powers travelled from his studio in Italy to the White House to do the original study for the bust. He did the study in clay (calm), cut he sculpted the final statue from fine Italian marble, as you can see. I should add that the usual practice at the time was(with) to get local artisans to do the actual carving (cabing) of the marble. Note that the President is draped in a Roman toga. This is because in the nineteenth century that(there)was the customary attire (entire) for representations of heads (hazes) of state and other important figures. Powers kept the bust in his studio until after President Jackson's death (statue), when it was sold to the Democratic Club in New York City. It was lent to us here at the Met in 1874 and twenty years later became part of our permanent collection. Now, if you'll step this way, we'll move on to the next piece.

1)metropolitan  a. 1.首都的；主要城市的2.大主教教区的3宗主国的

              n. 大城市人；有大城市气派的人；大主教

2) Met  abbr. Metropolitan Museum of Art (in New York)

3) model vt. 制作，仿造，建造;设计，仿照，拿…做模范;

           作…的模型[雏型]

4) wrinkles n. 1.(皮肤的)皱褶，皱纹。2.(布等的)皱纹，褶子

5) etch v. 蚀刻，浸蚀; 刻划，描述; 铭刻 n.腐蚀剂，蚀刻剂

6) portrayal  n. 同portray 画像；肖像

7) original  a. 1.原始的，固有的，本来的；最初的，初期的

               2. 原始的，固有的，本来的；最初的，初期的

8) marble n. 大理石；〔pl.〕大理石雕刻品

9) draped vt. 1用布等)覆盖，披盖；(随便地)披上(衣服等)

            2悬挂；装饰

            3把(衣服等)制成褶皱状

10)toga n.长袍，制服

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第二十六篇（艺术史）

Today we're going to continue our discussion of modern art and talk about Charles Csuri. Charles Csuri has been a part of many modern art movements. He's worked in Pop Art, Cubism, and Conceptual Art, but he made his mark (mart) as a pioneer in computer art. Even long before computers became popular, he was punching cards(cars) and feeding (feeling) to the big mainframe computer at Ohio State of University. In the beginning, he had to work without a monitor, so he was virtually creating art in the dark. He even learned computer programming (progressing) so he could experiment with this new tool.

Through the computer, Csuri has been able to explore a new world (word) of possibilities. For example, the computer enables him to sculpt in three dimensions. Also, he can look at a sculpture from any angle, and move it around, change the location of the light source, or he can copy it in different colors.

Over the years, Csuri received numerous grants for various (very) projects. This money allowed him to train (trans) students in computer graphics and animation techniques, and to advance the computer as a medium for artists. Even though he uses modern technology, Csuri still insists he is creating art. He's always told his students to keep the issues of art in focus, and not get so caught up in the technology that you forget about the image.

1)Cubism n.〔美国〕(艺术上的)立体派
2)punch n.(用压穿器)穿孔，冲孔；(用打印器)打印；(用票铗)剪票
3)feed v. (机器、煤炉等)加上(油、煤等)



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