在托福听力原文中，通常会看到statement + example的举例结构中，事实上，只要抓住statement的内容，就可以很容易地找到答案。

　　例：

　　TPO 9 Conversation 1，第二题：

　　2. Why does the professor mention his previous jobs?

　　A. To explain why the woman should study physics, math, and chemistry

　　B. To recommend that the woman get a summer job on a fishing boat

　　C. To point out that industry jobs can lead to a teaching career

　　D. To confirm an assumption the woman made about finding a job
 

　　原文：

　　Professor: Before we get started, I...I just wanted to say I’m glad you chose food science for your major course of study.

　　Student: Yeah, it seems like a great industry to get involved with. I mean with a four-year degree in food science, I'll always be able to find a job.

　　Professor: You're absolutely right. Before entering academia, I worked as a scientist for several food manufacturers and for the US Food and Drug Administration. I even worked on a commercial fishing boat in Alaska a couple of summers while I was an undergraduate. We’d bring in the day's catch to a floating processor boat where the fish got cleaned, packaged and frozen right at sea.

　　Student: That's amazing!
 

　　缩减一下这段话的内容，即：选food science作为专业会很好找工作吗?没错，因为老师我曾经就是干这个的。

　　再看题目：为什么提到老师的经历?

　　按照找statement的方法，往前看，因此选D. To confirm an assumption the woman made about finding a job.

　　而在托福听力考试中，不只有人物对话，还有讲座，讲座中的人物关系通常出现在一些人文学科中，比如在TPO 15 Lecture 3和TPO 26 Lecture 4中都提到了Archimedes，托福听力常考的和Parchment有关的内容，则会提到Plato, 和education绘画技巧有关的内容，还会考到Vincent van Gogh。因此建议考生多熟悉一些学科的代表人物及其贡献和成就。
 

　　讲座中一般的人物关系是以举例子或者比较来说的。

　　例：

　　TPO 42 Lecture 1 Art History

　　原文：

　　Certain features of the sculpture were highlighted through color, were made to stand out. In other words, they caused the viewer to focus on certain features. And certain colors represented certain things to the ancient artists and cultures. A color might symbolize heroism, divinity or youth.

　　雕像塑像的某些特点会通过颜色来体现，有些颜色代表英雄主义等等。紧接着就提出来一个例子One example to consider is the statue of Roman emperor Augustus。Augustus就是屋大维，这个名字不能忽略。
 

　　在Art History的文章中也会出现过程发展结构，出现一件事情发展过程中串联起来的多个人物的情况，那么除开这个人物本身的描述以外，还会出现这些人物之间的一些比较之类的东西，也是值得大家注意的。

　　例：

　　TPO 30 Lecture 4 Music History

　　原文：

　　Electrified guitars already existed by the time Les Paul came into the picture around 1940. What Paul did was experiment with ways of removing the distortions and he succeeded. He designed a guitar with a solid body that relied solely on electronics. Paul’s solid body eliminated the vibrations, and thus the distortions.

　　Student: Excuse me. But when I think of electric guitar music, I think of Jimi Hendrix. But Hendrix’s style really was all about distortion, that’s what’s so great about his music, all those special effects. I think a lot of rock and roll fans prefer that to a pure sound.

　　这篇文章中出现了Les Paul和Jimi Hendrix两位对小提琴发展做出贡献的人物。这两个人物对于声音distortion的表达是对立的，考生在听的过程中要注意对比。
 

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