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历史 第十三篇(yellow stone park). O) ?9 K1 E+ K# D; W
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Welcome to Yellowstone National Park. Before we begin our nature(natural) walk today, I'd like to give you a short history of our(the) National Park Service. The National Park Service began in the late 1800's. A small group of explorers(explores) had just completed a month-long exploration of the region that is now Yellowstone. They gathered around a(the) campfire, and after hours of discussion, they decided that they should not claim(clean) the land for themselves. They felt it should be accessible(accessable) to everyone.
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: c  \- J# l8 D$ o; Z- U7 bSo they began a campaign(campion) to preserve this land for everyone's enjoyment. Two years later, in the late 19th century, an act of(active) Congress signed by President Ulysses S. Grant(写成EG了) proclaimed(听到了,但不知道是什么单词) the Yellowstone region a public park. It was the first national park in the world. After Yellowstone became a public park, many other areas of great scenic(意思能猜出,但单词不知道怎么写) importance were set aside(连读的比较厉害,听成一个单词了) and in 1916(1960,这个没听仔细,不应该错的) the National Park Service was established to manage these parks./ L) J2 x2 [3 ]
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As a park ranger(护林员,单词不会写,写成R), I am an(a) employee of the National Park Service. In a national park, park rangers are on duty at all times(time) to answer questions and help visitors in any difficulty. Nature walks, guided tours, and campfire talks are offered by specially training staff members. The park service also protects the animals and plants within the parks.
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7 o5 Q9 _' j9 m4 I& X这篇其实比较简单,或者可能是一句一句听的,所以有这样的幻觉,错的都是一些细节,主要是一些拼写上的错误,可能听之前应该整体听一边才能知道这篇实际的难度,以后听之前总体听一遍,在做听写

2008年7月26日
6 `8 \" n9 s  `. T" Y历史 第十四篇(钟表)
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2 r! _! l6 W7 l" ~- ?# r+ r9 t; yI'm sure almost(almost) of every one of you looked(look) at your watch or at a(the) clock before you came to the class today. Watches and clocks seem(is) as much a part of our life as breathing or eating. And yet, did you know that watches and clocks were scarce in the United States until 1850's?; G: J: g9 h7 ~0 K5 R. q7 M
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In the late 1700's, people didn't know the exact time unless they were near a clock. Those delightful(令人愉快的) clocks in the squares of(the) European towns were built for the public, after all, most citizens simply couldn't afford a personal timepiece(time piece 时钟，座钟). Well(when) into the 1800's, in European(Europ) and the United States, the main purpose of a(the) watch, which, by the way, was often on a gold chain(链), was to show others how wealthy you were(are).' N: u+ s9 w: f' W$ B. q

2 j% Q! K0 x/ NThe word “wristwatch(手表)” didn’t even enter the English language until nearly 1900. By then the rapid pace of industrialization in the United States meant(means) that measuring time had become essential. How could the factory worker get to work on time unless he or she knew exactly what time it was? Since efficiency was now measured by how fast a job was done, everyone was interested in time. And since industrialization made possible the manufacture of large quantities of goods, watches became fairly inexpensive. Furthermore, electric lights kept factories(factory) going around the clock. Being on time had entered the language, and life, of every citizen.

有些要靠耳朵去听，有的没听清的可以根据语法和常识去判断。

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原帖由 半月霜天 于 2008-7-26 23:51 发表
* d9 e# c: A3 Q, u有些要靠耳朵去听，有的没听清的可以根据语法和常识去判断。

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嗯，谢谢。以后会注意的，好像这几篇都是这个问题。

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历史 第十五篇(舞蹈)8 ^4 j) q5 w% L/ L4 N
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So, why did what is now called “modern dance " begin in the United States? To begin to answer this question, I'll need(连读) to backtrack(返回) a little(lit) bit and talk about classical ballet.
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! p4 W9 ~" b: G6 _, l& ^9 ]5 NBy the late 1800's, ballet had lost a lot of its popularity. Most of the ballet dancers who performed in the United States were brought over Europe. They performed using the rigid(严格的) techniques that had been passed down through the centuries. Audiences and dancers in the United States were eager for their own, “contemporary" dance form. And, so, around 1900, dancers created one.$ K5 }2 K& O, t( b  e

: w" v/ m0 P  ?' P! W7 l6 }So, how was this “modern" dance so different from classical ballet? Well, most notably(Well和most连读,notably 显著的), it wasn't carefully choreographed(舞蹈指导). Instead, the dance depended on the improvisation(即席创作) and free, personal expression of the dancers. Music and scenery(景色) were of little importance to the “modern" dance, and lightness(轻盈，灵活) of movement wasn't important either. In fact, modern dancers made no attempt at all to conceal the effort involved in a(the) dance step." t0 g2 R9 g& u8 [

* o' [4 h* g% _% oBut even if improvisation appealed to audiences, many dance critics were less than enthusiastic about the performances. They questioned the artistic integrity(正直，诚实) of dancers who were not professional trained and the artistic value of works that had no formal structure. Loie Fuller, after performing Fire Dance, was described ad doing little more than turning “round and round like an eggbeater(打蛋器)." Yet, the free, personal expression of the pioneer dancers is the basis of the "controlled freedom” of modern dance today.9 K, X8 Y9 t  E1 C7 l" g
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大多数是拼写错误

2008年7月28日
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% s+ L$ _; F& R6 _That's an interesting question, Tom. Women did participate in the early days of motion-picture(motion picture) making. One of the most outstanding is Lois Weber(LV). She is credited as the first consistently successful woman film director.% i! I0 L6 V9 e7 S
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In the early 1900's, when she first arrived in Hollywood, Ms. Weber(V) made a series of experimental sound films. Now this was almost 20 years before modern "talking pictures" were developed. The dialogue for her movies was recorded on photograph records(recorders) and then synchronized(同步的) with the action on the movie screen---very innovative for that time.
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8 S8 C+ p+ y) i% `9 J) J$ J, bIn addition, Weber(V) felt that movies should be educational and entertaining. She made several highly controversial(controvertial) movies that dealt with the moral and social issues of her day. And some of her most controversial work addressed issues of particular interest(interests) to women(woman). Unfortunately, Weber died in 1939 just as Hollywood was beginning to make films aimed primarily(primarely) at female audiences. Which brings me to my next point?

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历史 第十七篇(comics book)
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# a* w3 b( f+ ^1 V: t6 Z( HNow let's focus on comics in the 1950's. Early in the decade sales were down, so publishers started looking for some new angle to get their readers interested again. They found what they were looking for with horror comics---stories about ghosts and demons that were often graphically(绘画的) violent.
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, _% t) B; u. d! ABefore a long, most of the major publishers were printing horror comics---but it all came to an end a few years later. You see, there was a psychologist named Frederic [FRED-rick] Wertham who claimed that comic books---the horror books in particular---were a bad influence on children and turned them into juvenile(青少年) delinquents(违法的). Wertham even wrote a book called Seduction(诱惑) of the Innocent(天真) that showed specific scenes from comics that he thought were a particularly bad influence on kids.
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Wertham wasn't the only one down on comics. The United States Senate(参议院) Subcommittee(委员会) on Juvenile Delinquency also released a report very critical of comics. The result of all this fuss(大惊小怪) was the creation of the Comics Code Authority in 1995. This is a self-censoring(检查) body created by the publishers. Essentially, for a comic book to be approved by the code, it had to be free of the blood and gore(血块) that was usually depicted(描写) in most horror comics, and evil could never triumph(获得胜利) over good. Children had to be shown that crime did not pay.
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Well, if comic sales were bad in 1950, things got even worse in 1955. Many small publishers actually went out of business. But the industry rebounded by introducing a new lineup of superheroes, characters like Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four. Now, I've brought with me today some comic books from this era to pass around. They're from my own personal collection, so please be extra careful when handling them.
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历史 第十八篇(建筑 log structures)
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" `# ~+ D& p% J. `3 P9 H& @' y  UAs you probably know, log(圆木) structures are gaining in popularity. They are no longer just the simple country homes that we think of as the traditional log cabin. Some upscale(高消费阶层) homes now incorporate natural round logs in ceiling beams(梁) and wall. People seem to think the rounded logs give their homes a cozy(舒适的，安逸的), warm atmosphere. And even people who want to build a traditional log cabin on their own can buy a kit(工具箱) with precut(按规格裁减) logs that fit together like pieces of a jigsaw(竖锯) puzzle.8 s; y9 m4 d- X, k$ J* D! T, E  H* N

/ {$ L  R+ o8 v) I0 d3 l: [7 dBefore showing you some slides(滑动) of modern log houses, I'd like to give a little historical background on the subject: Log cabins were first built in the late 1600's along the Delaware River valley. The European immigrants who settled there brought centuries-old traditions of working with logs. And in this heavily wooded area, logs were the material at hand.$ t1 A7 ~0 z9 ]3 o0 [
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" l$ M9 O/ F6 b) iBut the log buildings that have probably had most influence on modern architects are those of the mountain retreats of wealthy New Yorkers. These country houses, which were popular in the early 1900's, typify what's known as the Adirondack
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