人文學托福聽力材料分析

　　人文學最能體現(xiàn)考生的文化素養(yǎng)，因為它所包含的內(nèi)容非常廣泛。廣義上講，文化方面的東西都可以歸到人文學中。當然具體可以從以下幾個方面來考察：1.歷史，例如歐洲中世紀的建筑風格，某個國家的發(fā)展進程等等 2.地理環(huán)境和人類生活習性，如易洛魁人對樺樹皮的應用，航海發(fā)明等等 3.考古學，例如碳定年法(用碳14的半衰期測定出土文物的年代)，古文明遺址的探索(結(jié)合古代科技)等等4.其他話題，人文學極易和其他學科產(chǎn)生交叉。

　　那么我們該如何應對人文學科話題的托福聽力呢?首先考生要對這些話題的中心詞熟悉。我們在做TPO時遇到相關材料一定要注意人文學詞匯的積累，做到會讀和能夠快速反應出意思，可以堅持每天聽一個人文學lecture,記筆記找感覺。

　　下面我們來看一個人文學的經(jīng)典案例：

　　E.G. TPO 7 Part 2-Lecture 1 (Iroquois)

　　聽力原文：

　　Pro: So we've been discussing 16th century Native American life, and today we're going to focus on the Iroquois and Huron peoples. They lived in the northeastern great lakes region of North America. Now, back then, their life depended on the natural resources of the forests, especially the birch tree. The birch tree can grow in many different types of soils and is prevalent in that area. Now can anyone here describe a birch tree?

　　分析：

　　80%的段子前三句必出主旨題，此處也不例外，and today we're going to focus on…道出了主旨，當然這一句不夠具體;繼續(xù)聽下文，第二處劃線部分提到了一種樹木——birch trees, 這一概念貫穿了全文，段子講的是易洛魁人怎樣在生活中利用B這種樹(樺樹)。

　　筆記形式：

　　Iro 人→ natrl rsc, esp. B tree依

　　聽力原文：

　　Pro: Yes. The birch treehas white bark, and this tough protective outer layer of the tree, this whitebark, is waterproof. And this waterproof quality of the bark, itmade it useful for making things like cooking containers, a variety ofutensils. And if you peel birch bark in the winter, we call it “the winterbark”, another layer, a tougher inner layer of the tree adheres to thebark, producing a stronger material. So the winter bark was used forlarger utensils and containers.

　　Stu: I know peoplemake utensils out of wood, but utensils out of tree bark?

　　Pro: Well, birch bark ispliable and very easy to bend. The Native Americans would cut the barkand fold it into any shape they needed, then secure it with cords untilit dried. They could fold the bark into many shapes.

　　Stu: So if they cooked inbowls made of birch bark, wouldn't that make the food taste funny?

　　Pro: Oh, that's one ofthe great things about birch bark. The taste of the birch tree doesn'tget transferred to the food. So it was perfect for cooking containers.

　　分析：

　　此段文本邏輯非常清晰，記筆記時完全可以分條記錄。文中劃線部分是比較重要的考點，在此主要是birchtrees的優(yōu)點與特性，而這種結(jié)構經(jīng)常會考察細節(jié)題，比如雙選。同時要注意一些連詞的和重要提示詞的用法，比如and表示遞進，oneof the great things提示考生要提出另一個優(yōu)點。還有其他的重要提示詞，比如particularly、inparticular、especially這類詞，后面一定會跟考點。同時教授會鼓勵學生開拓思路，有的考點也有可能是學生說出來的。

　　筆記形式：

　　(注意與剛才記的主旨相比，可首行縮進幾個單位，用以突出主旨和細節(jié)，使筆記更有條理)

　　1.防水→容qiutnsl

　　2. 內(nèi)層:strg2 →大容qi

　　3. 易bend→≠ shape