TPO 10听力文本解析.doc

Conversation 1
photography摄影学；摄影术
gallery美术馆
make contact to联络
make contact with 接触；与…联系；打交道
stay true to sb/sth坚持/懂得
make the return trip返回，回程
Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊，美国第三任总统
scholar学者
be ahead of his time in many times 在很多方面走在时代前列
he didn't let the conventional thinking of his day restrain his ideas. 他没有让当时的传统思想禁锢他的思想。
rejection process被拒过程
greenish呈绿色的
put off 推迟
crop农作物
contribute to有助于，促进
play an important role in 在……起重要作用
corn玉米
maize玉米
subsist on 靠。。生存
grains谷物（a cereal crop, especially wheat or corn）
political power政治力量
be center in 集中在
Mediterranean Sea地中海
hardy(植物) 耐寒的
northerly北方的 climate气候
the centers of power began to shift accordingly 政治力量中心开始相应地北移
vitamin维生素
acre英亩
wheat 小麦
the nutrition of the general population improved and population soared. 总体人口的摄入营养都大幅提升，而且人口激增。
so the shift of power from southern to northern Europe continued. 所以欧洲力量中心不断向北转移。
Conversation 2
a conversation between a student and an employee in the University bookstore
for a full refund 要得到全额退款的话
merchandise商品，货物；vt 买卖，vi经商
assigned text books指定的教材
course book:A course book is a textbook that students and teachers use as the basis of a course. 教科书 ,教材
in full gear如火如荼地进行; 全力展开，全面开展
withdraw from改修别的课
early on在早期，在学期初
marked up做记号
make an exception 破例（break rules)
policies aregenerally pretty rigid 我们的书店政策通常是很严格的。
miscalculate判断错误，估计错误；算错
anyway