托福听力的Conversation分为2大场景「办公室场景」和「学生服务类场景」。在这其中涉及到的几个小场景词汇我来分类讲一下。
首先来看图书馆场景。
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- periodical reading room
- current issue
- back issue
- section
- collection of rare books = special collections
- photocopier
- inter-library loan
- put on reserve
再来看论文场景：
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- term paper
- research paper
- response paper
- senior thesis
- preliminary outline
- rewrite
- final outline
- approach
- format
- systematic
- literature review
- citations / quotation
- references / work cited
- final copy
- soft copy
- hard copy
最后来看一下校园生活类场景：
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- housing office = housing = university housing office
- dormitory / dorm
- apartment
- rent
- check in
- meal plan
- dining hall
- cafeteria
- refreshment
- property
- appliances
- electric outlet
- faucet
- plumbing
- maintenance department
- complain
- replace
- repair / fix
- parking lot
- parking space
- recreation center
- tutoring center
- fitness center
说完Conversation中的场景词汇，我们再来看一下Lecture话题中的词汇：
首先说文学类「Literature」词汇：
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genre[ˈʒɑnrə]
- romantic literature
- realistic literature
- essay
- poem
- novel
- drama
- verse
- prose
- epic
- ode
- folktale
- folk legend
- fairytale
- play
- comedy
- tragedy
- editorial
再来说建筑学「Architecture」词汇：
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- floor plan
- rectangular
- landscape
- urban
- suburban
- interior
- exterior
- plaster
- concrete
- cement
- timber
- porch
- hallway
- attic
最后再来看一下天文学「Astronomy」话题词汇：
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earth
- crust
- mantle
- outer core
- inner core
solar system
– rocky planet「inner solar system」
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- Mars
– gas giant「outer solar system」
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Uranus
- Neptune
asteroid
- ceres
- asteroid belt