托福听力经典素材

经典word整理文档，仅参考，双击此处可删除页眉页脚。本资料属于网络整理，如有侵权，请联系删除，谢谢！托福听力经典素材一、文学名著Continuingoursurveyofthe19thcentury,let’stakealooknowatHarrietBeecherStowe.NowStoweisbestknownforhernovelUncleTom’sCabin,abookthatdetailstheharshnessofplantationlifeinthesouth.ThebookwasextremelypopularintheUnitedStatesaswellasinothercountries.Ironicallythough,foralltheattentiongiventoUncleTom’sCabin,it’sfarfromStowe’sbestwork.Shedidwriteoneothernovelaboutlifeinthesouth,butmuchofherbestworkhasnothingwiththesouthatall.Infact,Stowe’sbestwritingisaboutvillagelifeintheNewEngland’sstatesinthe19thcentury.Inrecordingtothecustomsofthevillagesshewroteabout,Stoweclaimedthatherpurposewastoreflecttheimagesasrealisticallyaspossible.Sheusuallysucceeded,forhersettingswereoftendescribedaccuratelyandindetail.Inthissense,shewasanimportantforerunnertotherealisticmovementthatbecamepopularlaterinthe19thcentury.Shewasoneofthefirstwriterstouselocaldialectforhercharacterswhentheyspoke.Andshedidthisfor30yearsbeforeMarkTwainpopularizedtheuseoflocaldialect.ItmakessensethatStowewouldwriteaboutNewEnglandlife,sinceshewasborninConnecticut.Asayoungwomanthere,sheworkedasateacher.Theteachingjobhelpedleadtoherfirstpublishedwork,ageographybookforchildren.Laterwhenshewasmarried,herwritinghelpedhersupportherfamilyfinancially.Throughoutherlife,shewrotepoems,travelbooks,biographicalsketchesandchildren’sbooks,aswellasnovelsforadults.二、艺术类音乐Itmayseemstrangethatwe’rediscussingmusicfromaBroadwayproductioninthisclass,"TheLionKing"especially,sinceit’sbasedonapopularHollywoodmovie.ImeanmusicpreformedforBroadwaytheaterintheheartofNewYorkcitysurelywouldseemtobeinthewesterntraditionofpopularmusicandnothavemuchincommonwiththemusicwehavebeenstudyinginthiscourse,suchasgamelanmusicofIndonesia,orZuluchantsofSouthAfrica,musicthatdevelopedoutsidethewesterntraditionofEuropeandAmerica.Butinfact,musicianshavealong-standingtraditionofborrowingfrontoneanother’scultures.Andthisproduction’sdirectorintentionallyincludedbothwesternandnon-westernmusic.Thatway,someoftherhythms,instrument,andharmoniestypicalofnon-westernmusiccontrastwithandcomplementpopularmusicmorefamiliartoaudiencesinNorthAmericaandEurope,musiclikerock,jazzorBroadwaystyleshowtunes.SoIwanttospendtherestofthisclassandmostofthenextoneonthemusicfromtheshow"TheLionKing"asawayofsummarizingsomeofthetechnicaldistinctionsbetweentypicalwesternmusicandthenon-westernmusicthatwe’vebeenstudying.NowtheAfricaninfluenceonthemusicisclear.ThestorytakesplaceinAfrica.SothedirectorgotaSouthAfricancomposertowritesongswithadistinctlyAfricansound.AndthesongsevenincludewordsfromAfricanlanguages.Butwe’llgetbacktotheAfricaninfluencelater.Firstlet’sturntothemusicthatwaswrittenfortheshadowpuppetscenesin"TheLionKing",musicbasedontheIndonesianmusicusedintheshadowpuppettheaterofthatregion延伸阅读：20个托福口语比较句型1.Sheisnolessdiligentthanhereldersister.她和她姐姐一样用功。2.Oneminutetoolateisnomoreintimethanhalfanhour(is).迟到一分钟与迟到半小时同样是不准时。3.Hisstrengthissuperiortomine.他的力气比我大。4.Coloredpeoplearebynomeansinferiortowhitepeople.有色人种丝毫不比白人低劣。5.MyarrivalinNewYorkisposteriortothatofmyfriend.我比我朋友后到纽约。6.Welovetruthaboveeverythingelse.我们热爱真理甚与一切。7.Itisworthnexttonothing.那几乎一钱不值。8.HowcouldhecomparewithBillGates?他怎能同比尔盖茨比较呢?9.Easiersaidthandone.说易做难。10.Ilikethatbestofall/leastofall.我最喜欢/不喜欢那个。11.Ican’tthinkofabetteridea.我想不出比这个更好的了。12.Nootherbookhashadagreaterinfluenceonmylife.任何其它的书对我一生的影响都没有这本书大。13.Nothingissoeasyasthis.没有比这更容易的事了。14.Themoreamenknows,themorehediscovershisignorance.一个人懂得越多，越发现自己无知。15.Somuchtheworse.更加不妙。16.Betterlatethannever.迟做比不做好。