托福听力tpo50 lecture1、2、3、4 原文+题目+答案+译文.pdf

托福听力tpo50lecture1、2、3、4原文+题目+答案+译文

Lecture11

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题目4

答案6

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Lecture28

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题目10

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Lecture314

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题目16

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Lecture420

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题目22

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Lecture1

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NARRATOR:Listentopartofalectureinanancienthistoryclass.

FEMALEPROFESSOR:OK,lasttimewewerediscussingtradeandcommerceduring

theBronzeAge…AndIsaidalittleover3,000yearsagotherewasquitealivelytrade

amongthecountriesalongtheMediterraneanSea—peopleweremakingobjectsout

ofbronze,andtheywereusingbronzetoolstomakeothergoods,andthey

developedtradenetworkstotradethesegoodswithothercountriesaroundthe

Mediterranean…Oneofthethingstheytradedwasglass…

AndrecentlytherewasanarcheologicalexcavationinEgypt—ontheNileRiver,

aroundwhereitenterstheMediterraneanSea—wheretheydiscoveredanancient

glassfactory.Robert?

MALESTUDENT:IthoughtourtextbooksaidthattheEgyptiansimportedtheirglass

fromothercountries.

FEMALEPROFESSOR:Well,untilnowthatswhattheevidenceseemedtosuggest.I

mean,wehadsomeevidencethatsuggestedthattheEgyptiansweremakingglass

objects,uh,butnotglass.

MALESTUDENT:OK,am-amImissingsomething?Theyremakingglass,buttheyre

notmakingglass.

FEMALEPROFESSOR:Isaidtheyweremakingglassobjects,right?Yousee,itwas

previouslythoughtthattheywerentactuallymakingtherawglassitself,thatthey

wereimportingunfinishedglassfromMesopotamia—um,whichtodayisaregion

consistingofIraq,andpartsofSyria,Turkey,andIran—andsimplyreworkingit.Most

archeologistsbelievedthattheglassfactorieswereinMesopotamiabecausethats

wheretheoldestknownglassremainscomefrom.Yousee,thereweretwostagesof

glassmaking:theprimaryproductionstage,wheretheymadedisksofrawglass…Uh,

an-andthen