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1、http://bailiedu.com托福阅读笔记TPO17:欧亚早期的海洋贸易 TPO17Europe'sEarlySeaTradewithAsia 文章题材:社会学科——欧亚地区早期的海洋贸易 常见词汇: norm[nɔ:m]n.标准,规范 except[ik'sept]vt.除,除外 rough[rʌf]adj.粗糙的,粗略的,粗暴的,艰难的,讨厌的,不适的 opportunity[.ɔpə'tju:niti]n.机会,时机 compass['kʌmpəs]n.指南针,圆规vt.图谋,包围,达成 essential[i'senʃəl
2、]n.要素,要点adj.必要的,重要的,本 vast[vɑ:st]adj.巨大的,广阔的 variety[və'raiəti]n.多样,种类,杂耍 improvement[im'pru:vmənt]n.改进,改善 commerce['kɔmə:s]n.商业,贸易 易错题解析: Paragraph2:Thechiefproblemwastechnological:HowweretheEuropeanstoreachtheEast?Europe'smaritimetraditionhaddevelopedinthecontextofeasilyna
3、vigableseas—theMediterranean,theBaltic,and,toalesserextent,theNorthSeabetweenEnglandandtheContinent—notofvastoceans.Newtypesofshipswereneeded,newmethodsoffindingone'sway,newtechniquesforfinancingsovastascheme.Thesheerscaleoftheinvestmentittooktobegincommercialexpansionatseareflect
4、stheimmensityoftheprofitsthatsuchEast-Westtradecouldcreate.Spiceswerethemostsought-aftercommodities.SpicesnotonlydramaticallyimprovedthetasteoftheEuropeandietbutalsowereusedtomanufactureperfumesandcertainmedicines.Butevenhigh-pricedcommoditieslikespiceshadtobetransportedinlargebul
5、kinordertojustifytheexpenseandtroubleofsailingaroundtheAfricancontinentallthewaytoIndiaandChina.http://bailiedu.com 6.Itcanbeinferredfromparagraph2thatspicesfromAsiaweredesirableinEuropeintheMiddleAgesbecausethey ○wereeasilytransportedinlargequantities ○couldnotbeproducedinEuro
6、peancountries ○couldbetradedforproductssuchasperfumesandmedicines ○wereexpectedtoincreaseinvalueovertime 题型:推论题。答案是(B) 解析:题干关键词为spices,回归段落定位至最后两句Spiceswerethemostsought-aftercommodities.SpicesnotonlydramaticallyimprovedthetasteoftheEuropeandietbutalsowereusedtomanufactureperf
7、umesandcertainmedicines.Butevenhigh-pricedcommoditieslikespiceshadtobetransportedinlargebulkinordertojustifytheexpenseandtroubleofsailingaroundtheAfricancontinentallthewaytoIndiaandChina.,这几句话可翻译为:香料开始变成最为普遍的日用品。因为香料显著提高了欧洲菜肴的口感同时也被应用于香水的制造和一些药品之中。但是即使是像香料这样的高价日用品也不得不大量的运输以平衡绕过非洲从
8、中国和印度所花费的巨大的成本和麻烦。既然要从中国和印度运往欧洲,所
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