托福听力荟萃 71

When I was in British Columbia last July working at the department's_________,______, I sawthe weirdest______. At first I couldn't believe my eyes because the______of color I sawweren't in a single half circle______across the sky. Instead, I saw a full circle ofrainbow_______hanging in the sky just above the sea. Inside the circle there was a bigwhite______and above the circle there was another round band of colors forming a_______. There were curved legs of_______light coming off the sides of the circles. It was an incrediblesight. I ran back to our main camp and tried to get our cook to come with me to see myfantastic find before it disappeared. He just laughed at my excited story and told me that whatI saw was noting special, just some "sun dogs." He said I'd be sure to see many more before Ileft. And sure enough, I did. When I got back from the dig, I asked Professor Clark about the "sun dogs," and she's going to tell us more about them.

 

 

【填空答案】

archaeological: adj. related to or dealing² with or devoted³ to archaeology⁴ 考古学的，考古学上的

dig: n. ［C］the process of digging in an ancient place in order to find objects for study（为找到研究对象而对古代遗址的）发掘

rainbow: n. ［C］a large curve of different colors that can appear in the sky when there is both sun and rain 彩虹，虹

band: n. ［C］a thick colored line 条纹

arc: n. ［C］a curved shape 弧（状）

hue⁵: n. ［C］a color or kind of color 颜色；色调；色度

disc: n. ［C］又作disk，a round, flat shape or object（扁平的）圆盘形状；圆盘状物

halo: n. ［C］a bright circle of light 光环，晕，晕圈

multicolored: adj. having many different colors 有多种不同颜色的，杂色的

【听力原文】

When I was in British Columbia last July working at the department's archaeological dig, I saw the weirdest¹ rainbow. At first I couldn't believe my eyes because the bands of color I saw weren't in a single half circle arc across the sky. Instead, I saw a full circle of rainbow hues⁶ hanging in the sky just above the sea. Inside the circle there was a big white disc and above the circle there was another round band of colors forming a halo. There were curved legs of multicolored light coming off the sides of the circles. It was an incredible sight. I ran back to our main camp and tried to get our cook to come with me to see my fantastic find before it disappeared. He just laughed at my excited story and told me that what I saw was noting special, just some "sun dogs." He said I'd be sure to see many more before I left. And sure enough, I did. When I got back from the dig, I asked Professor Clark about the "sun dogs," and she's going to tell us more about them.

【参考译文】

当我去年7月在英国哥伦比亚考古局工作的时候，看到了一条罕见的彩虹。最初，我不相信我的眼睛，因为我看到的彩带并不是一个半圆那样的横跨天空，我看到的是一整个圆的彩虹挂在天空，就在海的上方。在圆的里面有一个大的白色的圆盘和在圆上面的另一条彩带组成了一个圆圈。从圆周围散发出一些五彩缤纷的光圈。真是一个难以置信的景色。我跑回了主要的帐篷并在它消失之前带我们的厨师去看我了不起的发现。他只是笑我自认为激动人心的经历并告诉我看到的一定都不特别，只是“日狗”。他说我在离开之前一定还会看到很多次。果真，我看到了。从发掘的地方回来后，我问了Clark教授关于“日狗”的事，他将会告诉我们更多有关的东西。

1 weirdest   

怪诞的( weird的最高级 )； 神秘而可怕的； 超然的； 古怪的

参考例句：

• Think of the weirdest, craziest shit you'd like to see chicks do. 想想这最怪异，最疯狂的屁事。你会喜欢看这些鸡巴表演的。
• It's still the weirdest damn sound I ever heard out of a Jersey boy. 这是我所听过新泽西人最为怪异的音调了。

2 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

3 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

4 archaeology   

n.考古学

参考例句：

• She teaches archaeology at the university.她在大学里教考古学。
• He displayed interest in archaeology.他对考古学有兴趣。

5 hue   

n.色度；色调；样子

参考例句：

• The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒。
• The same hue will look different in different light.同一颜色在不同的光线下看起来会有所不同。

6 hues   

色彩( hue的名词复数 )； 色调； 信仰； 观点

参考例句：

• When the sun rose a hundred prismatic hues were reflected from it. 太阳一出，更把它映得千变万化、异彩缤纷。
• Where maple trees grow, the leaves are often several brilliant hues of red. 在枫树生长的地方，枫叶常常呈现出数种光彩夺目的红色。