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托福精聽薈萃之每日老托聽力講解 第83期

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本聽力材料來自於老托partb，partc，是公認實施有效的聽寫材料，對於上手託福時間不長的同學非常適合。我曾經一次短時間備考聽力提高了7分也歸功老托。希望大家和我一樣一定要堅持下來噢。相信堅持學習的同學聽力上都會有很大的飛躍！

No pain, no gain.我們的安排是這樣的，第一遍用聽力軟體精聽材料（建議做單句聽寫，聽寫的時候不要偷看我給的挖空題），然後按照我給的挖空題填關鍵字，回復後即可看到聽力原文和文章精解，我將把難點和易錯點oneby one 分析給大家。

回復填空答案格式如下：1____2____3____...et.al.

I'd like to begin by thanking Dr. Kane for inviting me to be here today. Although I'm not a geologist, I have been collecting minerals for years. My collection is really ______ because I've traveled all over the world to find them. Today I've brought a few specimens for you to see. After I discuss each one, I'll pass it around so that you can look at it more closely. As you know, ______ are the most ______ minerals and are divided into a number of types. These first samples are ______. Notice that they vary in color from white to pink to red. This glassy one is found in volcanic rock. In fact, I found it in New Mexico on a collecting trip. This next sample that I'll pass around is a ______ mineral, also called amazon stone. You can identify it by its bright green color. It's often used in jewelry and really is quite attractive. These final samples are all ______ feldspars. Many plagioclases are very rare, so I'm particularly proud of the variety in my collection. I've also brought a few ______ of some larger mineral samples, and if you'll turn out the light now, I'd like to show them to you.

【填空答案】

1.     diverse: adj. 多種多樣的

2.     feldspar: n. ［C］[礦]長石

3.     abundant: adj. 豐富的，充裕的

4.     orthoclase: n.［C］[礦]正長石

5.     microcline: n. [礦]微斜長石

6.     plagioclase: n. [礦]斜長岩

7.     slide: n. ［C］幻燈片

【聽力原文】

I'd like to begin by thanking Dr. Kane for inviting me to be here today. Although I'm not a geologist, I have been collecting minerals for years. My collection is really diverse because I've traveled all over the world to find them. Today I've brought a few specimens for you to see. After I discuss each one, I'll pass it around so that you can look at it more closely. As you know, feldspars are the most abundant minerals and are divided into a number of types. These first samples are orthoclases. Notice that they vary in color from white to pink to red. This glassy one is found in volcanic rock. In fact, I found it in New Mexico on a collecting trip. This next sample that I'll pass around is a microcline mineral, also called amazon stone. You can identify it by its bright green color. It's often used in jewelry and really is quite attractive. These final samples are all plagioclase feldspars. Many plagioclases are very rare, so I'm particularly proud of the variety in my collection. I've also brought a few slides of some larger mineral samples, and if you'll turn out the light now, I'd like to show them to you.

【參考譯文】

首先要感謝凱恩博士的邀請。我雖然不是地質學家，但是收集礦石標本已經有很多年了。這些標本是我從世界各地收集而來的，因而形狀各異，彼此差別很大。今天我帶來了部分標本，我會先告你你們每一塊礦石標本的資訊，之後會給大家仔細觀察一番。通常來講，長石是最常見的礦石，而且種類繁多。第一批樣本就是正長石。在這裡可以看到，它的顏色分佈很廣，從純白色到粉紅色，再到赤紅色，幾乎都有。這塊有玻璃光澤的正長石是從火山岩的碎屑中找到的，當時我在墨西哥進行礦石樣本採集的活動。接下來我要向你們展示的樣本是叫做天河石的微斜長石。這種礦石最顯著的特徵就是它通體的翠綠色。這種礦石可以用來做珠寶，價值相當大。最後的這些樣本是斜長石。斜長石是很少見的礦石種類，因為在我所收藏的樣本中，這些斜長石樣本是我最得意的藏品。此外還有一些個頭較大的礦石樣本不便攜帶，因此我做了幾張它們的幻燈片。現在請關上燈，我將向你們展示這些可愛的石頭。