托福听力荟萃 53（在线收听）

Welcome to the Four Winds Historical Farm, where traditions of the past are preserved for visitors like you. Today, our master______will begin giving this______behind me a sturdy thatched roof, able to______heavy winds and last up to a hundred years. How do they do it? Well,______, thatching involves covering the______or______, the wooden______of a roof with reeds or straw. Our thatchers here have harvested their own natural materials for the job, the bundles of water reeds you see lying over there beside the barn. Thatching is certainly uncommon in the Untied States today. I guess that's why so many of you have come to see this demonstration. But it wasn't always that way.

【填空答案】

thatcher: n. ［C］someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage 盖屋顶者

barn: n. ［C］a large farm building for storing crops, or for keeping animals in 谷仓，粮秣房，仓库，牲口棚；informala large, plain building 【非正式】空荡荡的大房子

withstand: v. to be strong enough to remain unharmed by something such as great heat or cold, great pressure etc 耐得住，承受住（酷热、严寒、高压等）

in a nutshell:spokenused when you are stating the main facts about something in a short, clear way 【口】一言以蔽之，简括地说，用一句话概括

beam: n. ［C］a long heavy piece of wood or metal used in building houses, bridges etc 梁，横梁

rafter: n. ［C usually plural］one of the large sloping pieces of wood that form the structure of a roof 椽

skeleton: n. ［C］the most important parts of something, to which more detail can be added later 骨架，框架；梗概，纲要

【听力原文】

Welcome to the Four Winds Historical Farm, where traditions of the past are preserved for visitors like you. Today, our master thatches will begin giving this barn behind me a sturdy thatched roof able to withstand heavy winds and last up to a hundred years. How do they do it? Well, in a nutshell, thatching involves covering the beams or rafters --- the wooden skeleton of a roof --- with reeds or straw. Our thatches here have harvested their own natural materials for the job --- the bundles of water reeds you see lying over there beside the barn.

Thatching is certainly uncommon in the Untied States today. I guess that's why so many of you have come to see this demonstration. But it wasn't always that way.

【参考译文】

欢迎来到四风农场的历史，在过去的传统，像你这样的旅客保留。今天，我们的的主thatches将开始给我身后的这谷仓一个坚固的茅草屋顶能承受强风和长达百年。他们是怎样做呢？嗯，简而言之，的茅屋涉及覆盖的梁或椽子---屋顶的木骨架用芦苇或稻草---。我们的thatches在这里已经工作收获了自己的天然材料---水的芦苇捆你看到躺在谷仓旁。草料肯定是今天在美国屡见不鲜。我想这就是为什么这么多人都来看看这个示范。但它并非总是如此。……