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2018
年
12
月六级
听力真题解析
新东方在线
由新东方在线四六级教研室李旭老师主讲
Conversation 1
M:
Hey, I just read a great book about physics. I
think you
’
d like it.
It
’
s called the Physics of
the World. It
’
s written by a
scientist named
Sylvia
Mendez.
W: Oh I read that
book. (1)
It was great. The writer is a
warm and
competent guide to the
mysteries of physics. I think it promises
enrichment for any reader from those
who know little about science
to the
career physicist.
M:(2)
And
it
’
s refreshing to see a
strong curious clever woman adding
her
voice to the scientific discourse and a field that
has been
traditionally dominated by
men.
I think she has to be commended
for
making an effort to include
anecdotes about little known female
scientists. You know they were often
victims of a generation firmly
convinced that the
woman
’
s place was in the
home.
W: (3)
I
like how the book is clearly written with each
chapter brought
to life by pieces of
fascinating knowledge.
For example in
one chapter
she exposes a myth that
I
’
ve heard taught by
university physics
professors.
I
’
ve often heard that
medieval glass windows are thicker
at
the bottom because glass flows like a fluid. This,
she shows, is not
true. The distortion
is actually thanks to a peculiarity of the
glassmakers
’
process.
M:
(4)
Yeah I like how she cultivates
scientific engagement by
providing a
host of Do It Yourself experiments that bring the
same
foundational principles of
classical physics that govern everything
from the solar system to your kitchen
table.
From using complex laws
of physics to test whether a spinning
egg is cooked to measuring
atmospheric
pressure by lifting a piece of cardboard. Her
hands-on
examples make her book a truly
interactive read.
W: Yes I
must say this a equation-free book is an ideal
read for
scientists of all stripes,
anyone teaching science and even people who
dislike physics.
Question 1: What does the woman say
about the book the man
recommended?
Question 2: What can we find in the
book the man recommended?
Question 3: How does the author bring
her book to life?
Question
4: How does the book cultivate
readers
’
interest
in physics?
我们首先来看考场里面的一组对话，
第一部分还可以，后边发生了一系列转
变。男士说，“
Hey,
I just read a great book about physics.
”，我读了一本
关于物理的非常好的书……男人引出话题。
女士说，“
Oh I read that book. It
was great. The writer is a warm and
competent guide to the mysteries of
physics. I think it promises
enrichment
for any reader from those who know little about
science to
the career physicist.
”，我也读过那本书，书写的特别好。作者非常热情，而
且能把我们指引向物理
学的神奇所在。
我觉得这本书丰富了那些对物理学知之甚
少的读
者甚至物理学家的认知。女士在讲这本书的好处和目的。
第二组对白当中，男的说“
And
it
’
s refreshing to see a
strong curious
clever woman adding her
voice to the scientific discourse and a field that
has been traditionally dominated by men
.
”，有意思的事情是女性以前一直
处于由男性统治的领域中，
第二道题，知道这个关键信息就可以了。再往下，女
的待的地方是
in the home
，女性是受害者。第二个内容，男性所表达的话语，
这样一本书打破了人们以前的观点，
女的可以在自然科学领域当中做出自
己的建
树。
紧接着女士说自己喜欢这
本书，它非常清楚的写出每一章，通过引人入胜的
每一个知识点。
后边她给了一个小的例子。
男士说从大到太阳系，
一直小到家
里
的厨房，都是同样的物理法则。