这篇口音比较重，听了三遍才完整听懂
漏听/没听出来的词： comes before 这里comes弱读了，重音在后面的before上，导致漏听
syllable 音节（生词）
realize 口音太重了没听清。。
then we looked at whether 连读，口音重，没听清 brain plasticity brain是口音重没听清，后面plasticity（生词）
文章大意：
讲述对于学习语言能力的看法，及大脑和其他感知器官是如何帮助人类进行语言学习的
【阅读】 读文章用时4分钟，分析用时32分钟
Main Idea
LAW was one of the main determinants of women’s experiences in colonial America.
limited women's autonomy and power.
Exception
But the specific legal and cultural rules →set boundaries in varied among different regions.
It mattered if a woman lived in a colony controlled by a common law system (as in England) or a civil law system (such as that of Spain).
Standpoint（evaluation 1）
Yet civil law systems far more protective （women’s property） than the common law system.
This may not seem to fit the common perception of Spanish law and culture as being particularly patriarchal, And it may not seem consistent with the perception of English law
Standpoint（evaluation 2）
Nevertheless, women gained tangible benefits from civil law systems （that they did not enjoy under common law.）
When a husband died, a woman can continue to control the Bienes parafernales; she also gained full control of the dowry and the arras
When a man died, his widow continued to control the Bienes parafernales; she also gained full control of the dowry and the arras as well as receiving half of the community property
文章大致对比了两种法案下女性的权益，最终作者更偏向civil law
要按gmat出题套路就会问
1，问主旨：讨论/介绍两种法案下女性权益的不同
2，问细节，遗产继承例子的作用：附征女性在civil law下权益更好
2，问细节，第二段举例的作用：说明当时社会对女性地位的歧视（当时人们不认为女性该有平等权益）
句子：
And it may not seem consistent with the perception of English law as being more individualistic than Continental European legal systems.
出现了as being这种在gmat里非常容易误判错的收发，这里的being是形容女性处于一种xx条件下的生活
引申在gmat里，如果being常见跟过去完成时或后面不是状态而是一般进行时动作，那就都是错的