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托福听力汇总

托福听写作业16

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Oneimportantthingaboutartmovementsisthattheirpopularitycanbeaffectedbysocialconditions,whicharethemselvesoftenaffectedbyhistoricalevents.Asanexample,lookatwhathappenedintheUnitedStatesearlyinthe20thcentury,aroundthetimeoftheGreatDepression,theartmovementknownastheRegionalismhadbegunintheUnitedStatesevenbeforethedepressionoccurred.Butitreallyflourishedinthe1930s,duringthedepressionyears.Why?

Well,manyartistswhohadbeenlivinginbigcitieswereforcedbytheeconomiccrisistoleavethosebigcitiesandmovebacktotheirsmalltownsinruralAmerica.Andsomeoftheseartistscametotrulyembracethelifeinsmalltownsandtoejectcitylifeinso-called‘‘sophisticatedsociety”.Theseartistsorspecificallycertainpaintersreallybuiltregionalistmovement.Theycreatedscenesofeverydaylifeinsmalltownsorfarmingareas.Andtheirstylewasnotallneutral,reallybigglorifiedorromanticizedcountrylife,showingitstable,wholesome,andembodyingimportantAmericantraditions.Andthisstylebecameverypopular,inpartbecauseoftheeconomicconditionsofthetime.Yousee,theDepressionhadcausedmanyAmericanstobegintodoubttheirsociety.ButregionalistartistspaintedscenesthatglorifiedAmericanvalues,scenesthatmanyAmericanscouldeasilyidentifywith.Sothemovementhelpedstrengthenpeople’sfaithintheircountry,faiththathadweakenedasaresultofthedepression.Butinthe1940s，beforeandaftertheSecondWorldWar.Americanculturebegantotakeonamuchmoreinternationalspirit,andRegionalism,withitsfocusonsmalltownlife,well,itlostalotofpopularity,asAmericansocietychangedonceagain.

生词摘录：

1.popularity:

n.流行，普及

2.Regionalism:

20世纪30-40年代美国一批地方主义艺术家的风格

3.flourish:

v.繁荣

4.rural:

adj.乡下的，农村的

5.embrace:

v.拥抱，热忱的接受

6.eject:

v.放弃，离开

7.sophisticated:

adj.成熟的

8.specifically:

adv.特定地，明确地

9.regionalistmovement:

地方主义运动

10.neutral:

adj.中性的

11.glorify:

v.赞扬

12.romanticize:

v.浪漫化

13.wholesome:

adj.（有益于）健康的

14.embody:

v.体现

托福听写作业17

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Okay.Uh,yourememberthatI’vementionedthatit’simportanttoreadtheassignedpoemsaloud,soyoucandevelopanappreciationofthesoundsofthepoetry:

therhymes,therhythm,therepetitionofwordsorsounds,andtogetasenseoftheinterplaybetweenthesoundsofthewordsandtheirmeaning.Thisisreallycriticalaswemoveintomodernpoetry,especiallybywriterswhoplacesomuchimportanceonsoundsthatthemeaningbecomesallbetterrelevant,likethislinebyGertrudeSteinthatI’dliketoquote.Listen.ListenasIsaythewords:

“Roseisaroseisaroseisarose.”Takenliterally,thiswouldseemtobeanemptystatement,onewhichgivesusnoinformation.Butthepurposeofapoemneednotbetoinformthereaderofanything,butrathertoevokefeelings,tocreateasensual,aestheticallypleasingexperience.NowGertrudeSteinwasbetterknownforherprosethanforherpoems.ButI’dliketoquotethislinebecauseofitsmusicality,andbecauseIthinkithelpsopenupourawarenesstotheunconventionallyricismofcontemporarypoets.You’llseethisinyourhomeworktonightasyoureadthepoetryofJohnAshbery,especiallyifyoureaditoutloud,whichIrecommendyoudo.PoetslikeAshberydon’trelysomuchonanyformalrhyme,schemeormeterasonthemusicalqualityoftheindividualwordsthemselves.AsIsaid,Steinwasbetterknownforhernon-poeticalwork.AndnowI’dliketotouchbrieflyonheressayentitled“ConversationandExplanation”.Thisworkdealswithhertheoryofwritingandwillhelptoexplainsomeofthethingswe’vebeentalkingabout.

生词摘录：

1.assign:

v.布置

2.appreciation:

n.欣赏

3.poetry:

n.诗歌

4.rhyme:

n.韵,韵脚;同韵的词（如尾音相同的love和above,witty和pretty）

5.rhythm:

n.节奏，韵律

6.repetition:

n.重复

7.interplay:

n.相互影响，相互作业

8.GertrudeStein:

格特鲁德·斯坦

9.literally:

adv.照字面地，逐字地

10.sensual:

adj.感觉的，感官的

11.aesthetically:

adv.审美地,美学观点上地

12.prose:

n.散文

13.musicality:

n.音感,音乐性

14.awareness:

n.意识，注意

15.unconventional:

adj.非传统的

16.lyricism:

n.抒情诗性质,抒情诗体;抒情语句

17.JohnAshbery:

约翰·阿什伯里

18.scheme:

n.系统，规律，体系

19.meter:

n.格律，韵律，节拍，节奏

20.non-poetical:

非诗歌的

21.entitle:

v.给…题名或命名

22.ConversationandExplanation:

对话和诠释

托福听写作业18

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We’regoingtostartoutdiscussionofpoetryinWesternEuropewithTheIliadandTheOdyssey.ThesetwogreatpoemsstandoutasgreatexamplesoftheearliestEuropeanpoems.Theyarebelievedtohavebeenwrittensometimebetween800BCand700BC,partlybecausethepoemsrefertothesocialconditionsofthattime,conditionsthathavebeenvalidatedbythefindingsofarcheologists.Butjustwhowasthepoetwholaiddownthesecornerstonesofwesternliterature?

Well,traditionascribesthemtoamannamedHomer,butweknowvirtu