托福听力荟萃 71（在线收听）

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 dealing with or devoted to archaeology 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）

hue: 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 weirdest 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 hues 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。