I 47. Changing the current energy system requires the systematic training of professionals and skilled labor.
E48. Changing a light bulb is easier than changing the fixture housing it.
K49. Efforts to accelerate the current energy transitions didn’t succeed as expected.
G 50. To change the light source is costly because you have to change the whole fixture.
A 51. Energy systems, like an aircraft carrier set in motion, have huge momentum.
G 52. The problem with lighting, if it arises, often doesn’t lie in light sources but in their applications.
J 53. The biggest obstacle to energy transition is that the present energy system is too expensive to replace.
D 54. The application of a technology can impact areas beyond itself.
B 55. Physical characteristics of moving objects help explain the dynamics of energy systems.
本篇文章出自《世界觀察》(World Watch),主要解釋了能源不可能快速變更的原因。文章首先介紹了能源以能量體系的形式存在,對大體概念進行介紹。接下來文章分別介紹了technological momentum(D段至H段)。Labor-pool momentum(I段)和economic momentum(J段)。最后兩段作為總結,重申不能快速改變的原因和我們對這個話題應持有的態(tài)度。
在介紹technological momentum時,有l(wèi)ighting作為例子,屬于較為重要的段落。應該在閱讀時著重注意。而且本次考試中出現(xiàn)了1個段落對應2個題目的情況(G對應50和52題)。這是本次考試的難點之一。
解決匹配型考試,仍然要用到查找關鍵詞(key words)和同義復述(paraphrase)兩種解題技巧。比如47題中的“training of professionals and skilled labor”對應I段的“a supply of trained talent ”。55題中的“Physical characteristic of moving objects”對應B段第一句的“moving objects have two characteristics…”等等。