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楼主
发表于 2003-8-5 01:08:00 | 只看该作者

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有空的人看,沒空的略
1、 关于 wood carving的-----from 加州
记得有个单词出现在屏幕上是“figurehead",有题目,可惜不太记得。还有问19世纪关于..的两个转变。
folklore was vigorously collected throughout the 19th century, almost no attention was paid to British folk art until recently. As a result, few collections of folk art are available in Great Britain with which to make comparisons to American colonial folk art. Such items as trade signs¡Xboth two-dimensional paintings and polychromed carvings¡Xwere a commonplace in Great Britain in the 17th century and were well established in the American colonies by the 18th century. The English tobacco-shop ¡§black boys¡¨ are known to have influenced the early tobacco trade signs in America. Figureheads were a commonplace in Europe, but the predominance of British shipping in American ports unquestionably influenced U.S. wood sculptors who made stern-board carvings and figureheads. By the 19th century, American and British ship carvings were sometimes indistinguishable except for the figureheads depicting national heroes, and the American tendency toward greater simplicity.
2、有一个关于monsoon的-----from 加州
我不知道这个单词对不对,但是讲的是关于一种风的。有夏季和冬季两种,讲完夏季之后讲冬季(有题问接下去讲什么)。这种风很热,讲到印度,提到一个数据好象是90%的水,不知道被怎么样了,然后这个对corp有影响(有题,因为农作物需要水分)
背景知识-----弹簧提供
现代人们对季风的认识有了进步,至少有三点是公认的,即:(1)季风是大范围地区的盛行风向随季节改变的现象,这里强调“大范围”是因为小范围风向受地形影响很大;(2)随着风向变换,控制气团的性质也产生转变,例如,冬季风来时感到空气寒冷干燥,夏季风来时空气温暖潮湿;(3)随着盛行风向的变换,将带来明显的天气气候变化。
  季风形成的原因,主要是海陆间热力环流的季节变化。夏季大陆增热比海洋剧烈,气压随高度变化慢于海洋上空,所以到一定高度,就产生从大陆指向海洋的水平气压梯度,空气由大陆指向海洋,海洋上形成高压,大陆形成低压,空气从海洋海向大陆,形成了与高空方向相反气流,构成了夏季的季风环流。在我国为东南季风和西南季风。夏季风特别温暖而湿润。
  冬季大陆迅速冷却,海洋上温度比陆地要高些,因此大陆为高压,海洋上为低压,低层气流由大陆流向海洋,高层气流由海洋流向大陆,形成冬季的季风环流。在我国为西北季风,变为东北季风。冬季风十分干冷。
Monsoon (Arabic mauism,¡¨season¡¨), wind that changes direction with the change of seasons. The monsoon prevails mainly in the Indian Ocean. It blows from the southwest, generally from April to October, and from the opposite direction, the northeast, from October to April. The southwest, or summer, monsoon is usually accompanied by heavy rain in areas of India and the East Indies, constituting the dominant climate event of the area. The appearance of this wind pattern over geological time has been linked, through sedimentary evidence, to the uplift of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau (Qing Zang Gaoyuan) as the Indian subcontinent began to collide with the Asian crustal plate about 20 million years ago. The northern land mass was high enough by about 6 million years ago to cause air rising from the southern land mass to be replaced by the monsoon, establishing this wind pattern.

Monsoons, in weaker form, also occur in other parts of the world.

7月6日
段子
1、ochird和fungi的关系
弹簧注:偶查了半天都没找到这个据说是以前的JJ。以期只考到过蚂蚁和fungi的关系。
讲蚂蚁和fungi的----1月JJ
版本一:
这种蚂蚁在它们的nest里培养fungi,应该是用来吃的(question),它们从外边拖回来flower and leaves to fertilize fungi, queen ants leave their nests and carry a piece of fungi to their new nest, first they fertilize these fungi by their wastes, when the yong ants grow up, they bring back flowers and leaves and chew them to fertilize fungi. (排序题,不知道对不对),还有一个问题问文章讲什么的
版本二:
一种agricultural 的蚂蚁
讲一种蚂蚁,他们是agricultural的,在穴里种fungus, 使他们的食物来源。他们chew up the leaves they collected, and use it to fertilize the fungus. 然后讲queen 如何另外建立新的colony.有题。
(补充) 一有动物来吃叶, ant 咬牠, 坏处: ant 向树喷一种物质(有题), 会抑制其生长, 使其落叶, 有 ant 住的树因此较其它的矮.
1.Q:蚂蚁为什么养fungus?
A: to eat.
2.place in the right order(the first has been given)
就是queen 如何另外建立新的colony
我的答案如下(较sure)
1)queen take a little fungus to new colony
2)queen plant the fungus in the new burrow
3)queen fertilizes the fungus with her own body waste
4)new breeded ants collect leaves to the burrow
5)ants chew up the leaves to feed the fungus

Fungi also form mutualistic associations with various animals. For example, leaf-cutting ants cut pieces of leaves and bring them into their underground nests, where they feed them to certain fungi. These fungi primarily live in ant nests, and the ants eat nothing but the fungi.
2、动物对自身的认识
举了大猩猩照镜子的例子
7月8日
段子
1、动物和环境
大动物elephant由于繁殖慢,受环境的影响如drought后,数目会减少。环境恢复后,数目也不容易在短期恢复。而小动物insects则相反,数目很快会回升。大植物,小植物也类似。
2、建筑---北美
关于高楼通风不好, 人在里头有综合症。
3、植物---北美
有种植物会抓虫子来做氮源,有神经系统, 40秒内碰2次才会抓。
4、地理---北美
关于sand, 普通沙子和quick sand的区别。
5、海水淡化-----多伦多
先说海水丰富淡水贫乏,乡村和海边城市对其有需求,进而引出海水处理工厂,谈及处理过程(有题),以及建厂地点(有题),最后提到淡水需要输送到的地方(有题)
6、关于海水盐度的变化.----多伦多
文中说海洋盐度变化和近海和远海有关(有题),而且可能和海岸的地理壮况相关.进而举例红海的周围情况和环境有关,接着例举另一什么海,情况就和红海不同(有题),最后有一题问及深海底的盐度状况,是个推段结论.
7、一种细菌还是微生物的东西(fun-?)和植物(orchid)的共生关系----多伦多
说这个不是东西的东西(玩笑呵呵)会进入和伤害植物,但它还有什么好的作用,植物似乎可以分解它(有题)来提供养分.
8、MRI(核磁共振):
q1:讲什么:一种用于研究的新技术。
q2:缺点:太贵
q3:能看到什么:大脑血液流动
q4:下一步做什么:用来研究记忆

9、水:
讲水4度密度最大,然后讲结晶的过程,老师画了个图,画的不清楚,说sorry,但结晶需要晶核,没有晶核(纯水),水温度可以低到-40度
q1:讲什么:水的特殊性质
q2:提到的水有什么特点(双选)1:pure 2. temperature less then 0
q3:水的特殊性:4度密度最大
q4:老师为什么道歉:图画的不清楚
10、美国的淘金热:
1848年发现金矿,1849年好多人(包括中国人,德国人)去加利福尼亚淘金,过了一段时间表面的金矿采完了,只剩下地下的,。。。但加利福尼亚保留了这种冒险的精神(老美抓住机会总是自我吹嘘一下)
q1:从东南来的人如何去加利福尼亚:先过巴拿马(当时没造运河),再坐船去
q2:为什么叫淘金的人为foty-niner:1849年去的
q3:后来为什么竞争激烈(双选):1。地表的金采完了 2。人去的多了
q4:加利福尼亚在淘金潮后保留了什么:喜欢冒险的精神。
(听力考的不太好,机经仅供参考)
ROUTES TO CALIFORNIA
There were three routes to the goldfields. A Forty-Niner could go by boat to Panama, cross to the city of Panama, and then catch a boat to San Francisco. An alternative was to make the longer sea voyage around Cape Horn, the southernmost point of South America. The demand for passage was so great that old and undersized ships were pressed into service. A number of them sank in the treacherous waters off Cape Horn.

The cheapest route was using the various overland trails to California. By far the greatest number of Forty-Niners walked or rode across the American continent. Some used the Oregon and Mormon trails over the Great Plains. Others took the Santa Fe, Sonora, and other southern trails. The spring rains made some of the trails almost impassable. The rains were followed by an epidemic of cholera, which killed thousands of the travelers. Nevertheless, by 1852 more than 200,000 gold seekers had managed to reach California.
In 1851 industrial mining, usually run by businesses with more advanced technology, began to replace the improvised group efforts of the Forty-Niners. The profits from these operations went to organized companies, often financed in the East. Professional miners went to work in the mines of the large companies, following the mining business to different sites such as Alaska. Many of the Forty-Niners returned to the occupations they held before they went in search of gold.
The gold rushes in the United States had a profound effect on the nation, as did the men who worked them. The Forty-Niners pioneered new trails through unknown regions and helped to open them up for settlement. They also added billions of dollars to the national wealth. These billions helped finance the growth of industry during the 19th century and helped make the United States an industrial nation.

沙发
发表于 2003-8-5 07:17:00 | 只看该作者
哇。。。谢谢你咯,辛苦了
很有价值
板凳
发表于 2003-8-5 08:35:00 | 只看该作者
nos GG 3q 3q
地板
 楼主| 发表于 2003-8-6 20:54:00 | 只看该作者
6、关于海水盐度的变化.----多伦多
文中说海洋盐度变化和近海和远海有关(有题),而且可能和海岸的地理壮况相关.进而举例红海的周围情况和环境有关,接着例举另一什么海,情况就和红海不同(有题),最后有一题问及深海底的盐度状况,是个推段结论.
The relative proportion of the different sea salts¡Xthe amount of one salt present relative to the amount of another¡Xremains virtually constant throughout the world¡¦s oceans. However, the salinity, or the total amount of salts present in seawater, varies with location in the oceans. Salinity changes result mainly from the addition of fresh water by rivers and precipitation and melting of sea ice or from the removal of fresh water by evaporation and freezing of sea ice.
High surface salinities are also found at the heads of enclosed desert seas, such as the Mediterranean Sea (39 g/kg) and the Red Sea (42 g/kg). Salinity is extremely high in landlocked desert seas, such as the Great Salt Lake in Utah (about 150 g/kg) and the Dead Sea on the Israel-Jordan border (nearly 300 g/kg). The highest salinities found anywhere (320 g/kg) occur in hot (58¢X C /136¢X F) brine pools on top of hydrothermal vents in the Red Sea.

Extremely low ocean salinities are found near major river mouths. Some enclosed seas have low salinities over a broad area. The Baltic Sea is fed by several rivers and has an average salinity of only 10 to 15 g/kg. The Baltic is a large-scale example of an estuary, a bay where fresh water enters saltwater.

Oceanographers use temperature and salinity properties to assign ocean waters to categories and to trace their sources and movements. The warm and salty central and equatorial water masses, with salinities above 35 g/kg, are found at the surface at low latitudes. Intermediate waters are cool and dilute, with salinities usually below 34.5 g/kg; they extend from the surface at subpolar latitudes to depths of one to three kilometers in the tropics. Deep and bottom waters are cold and salty; they fill the deep basins below depths of about three kilometers. The salinity of deep and bottom waters is uniform at about 34.6 to 34.9 g/kg throughout the world.

7、一种细菌还是微生物的东西(fun-?)和植物(orchid)的共生关系----多伦多
说这个不是东西的东西(玩笑呵呵)会进入和伤害植物,但它还有什么好的作用,植物似乎可以分解它(有题)来提供养分.
example is the relationship between most mycorrhizae and certain plants. Mycorrhizae are fungal growths on the roots of such plants as heaths, orchids, and many conifers. The fungi penetrate the roots of the plants and make soil nutriments such as nitrogen available to the plants, receiving carbohydrates in return.
8、MRI(核磁共振):
q1:讲什么:一种用于研究的新技术。
q2:缺点:太贵
q3:能看到什么:大脑血液流动
q4:下一步做什么:用来研究记忆
Beginning in the early 1970s, advances in technology enabled scientists to see inside the human brain without cutting into it. Today psychologists use a number of brain imaging methods to study brain activity during various cognitive processes, such as perceiving, reading, and imagining, and to investigate the biological bases of mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia. These methods include computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional magnetic resonance imaging (functional MRI), and positron emission tomography. Some methods, such as functional MRI, produce three-dimensional images of the human brain with different colors indicating the different levels of activity in each part.
Brain imaging research has spawned an important new field of biopsychology, cognitive neuroscience. One particularly important line of cognitive neuroscience experiments assessed patterns of people¡¦s brain activity as theyperceived various types of visual stimuli. The experimenters found that different areas of the cerebral cortex specialize in analyzing different aspects of a visual image, for example, position, speed, angle of motion, shape, and color. These findings confirmed earlier studies on monkeys that had used recording rather than imaging methods.

7月17日
段子
1、一篇照相技术的-----Canada
就是前人说得光圈和快门的使用技巧。说得挺详细。
参考7月15日段子2
2、是讲火星上的火山的------Canada
主要说,那里的火山极其高,因为不像地球有地心引力,因此喷发出的岩浆就往下走,而那里的火山就越堆越高。有个问题是问为啥提到夏威夷火山的,还有一个是问那里的火山特点,双选。
附12月JJ
volcano eruption
版本一:volcano eruption cause smoke plume,有两个方面的因素,第一是喷出的面积和Rock什么的(有点忘了,后来者自己听)第二个因素是喷出的高度,给出两个例子。这篇比较简单,做过就忘了,呵呵。
q1.两个因素是什么,双选,就是提到的两个。
q2.ash 落地后怎么样?
q3.举例子为了说明什么?高度。
版本二:火山影响气候在两方面:一是火山喷出物的组成,一是喷的高度 后面还举例圣海轮火山和另一火山。有一题问举例作用。
3、 花色玻璃的制作过程------Canada
先是画出大致样子,轮廓,颜色,然后在将玻璃按形状弄小,组合成图形,其中加了一个什么东西(有题,双选,问为啥加这个),送去烤制,然后有些细小部位,就手工画上去,再烤制。
附以前近似JJ
古罗马玻璃器皿制造的发展
{版本一}:(11月)古罗马帝国玻璃器皿的制作过程。手工打磨和吹制的不同过程。
说前期手工打磨制作费事费力,玻璃很珍贵,还说了不少这种玻璃的特点,什么装酒后有什么效果什么的(我听得非常仔细认真生怕错过什么细节),还是宫廷供品,要从中国经什么斯坦进口过来,后来技术发展了,吹制技术发展了,说是用什么吹管来进行什么制作的(这里有题,问这时玻璃器皿的Size只受什么东西的影响或限制,我选了只受吹管长度影响那项),这里也将了一些比较详细的制作过程(我好象有点走神了),价格就便宜了,玻璃也成为了普通大众都能消费得起的日用品。。。有一个Ruler(可能是国王什么的)就觉得玻璃器皿太Common了,以至于不能显示他的地位身份还是尊严什么的而不喜欢用玻璃器皿了。问题有Main idea题,有讲玻璃的不同时期的制作方法还是制作过程什么的一道我选了它,还有一个问题是搭配题,上面三个词组分别是(可能用词不一定准确可意思是对的):(一)、玻璃制品很高贵当珍宝还是什么来的,(二)、什么玻璃制品只有医生在实验室中才用的还是专为Medicine制作什么的,(三)、Ruler都觉得太Common而不愿用的玻璃制品。下面两个配对栏标题分别是手工打磨时的玻璃制品,另一个是吹制工艺以后的玻璃制品。就是叫你把上面三个词组中的两个分别放入这两个栏中。我选了珍宝对手工打磨,统治者都不用的那种玻璃。剩下的一个医学什么的我压根就没有听到这个词,既然ETS放它出来也可能在什么地方(后面)出现过,不过我按照文章的主脉络就放弃了它。大家认真听,看是不是我错了。
Glassblowing, a less expensive and time-consuming method of manufacture, spread from Syria to Italy and other parts of the Roman Empire, gradually superseding the old techniques. A new taste in glass styles developed: The earlier manufacturing processes emphasized color and pattern; blowing enhanced the thin, translucent qualities of the material. Also, by the end of the 1st century ad, colorless glass supplanted colored glass as the most fashionable sort. Glassblowing made large-scale production possible and changed the status of glassware to an everyday material, used for windows, drinking vessels, and containers of all kinds.

The structure of the empire doubtless fostered the extraordinary developments in glassmaking that occurred in this period. Most of the known decorative techniques were invented by artisans of the Roman era. Blown glasswares were patterned in part and full-size molds. Such molds enabled novelty items such as head-shaped flasks to be produced in quantity. A delicately patterned ewer (1st century ad) in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, is one of a remarkable group of mold-blown objects that bear the names of their makers. Some Roman glass has elaborately threaded and tooled decoration. Glasswares could be painted with religious and historical scenes, or could feature designs in gold leaf pressed between two layers of clear glass. Ancient glassmakers adapted lapidary skills to make lathe-cut, carved, and engraved glass of considerable beauty. In cameo glass, layers of different colored glass were fused together and then carved so as to leave contrasting motifs in relief. Best known of Roman cameo glass is the Portland Vase (1st century ad, British Museum, London), which depicts the myth of Peleus and Thetis. Delicate effects were achieved in the diatreta, or caged cups, in which great portions of the outer surface were cut away, leaving an intricate openwork frame that appears to stand almost free of the vessel within. The famous Lycurgus Cup (4th century ad, British Museum) epitomizes this practice.

{版本二}:(10月)开始说古代怎么怎么做,主要是吹玻璃方法了 glassblow。(大家知道玻璃器件以前是怎么做的吧,就是吹出来的,比如花瓶,这个东西和土制品不一样,不能那土了捏,就是将玻璃烧到熔融状态,拿着个管子对着它吹,想吹成什么样子,就朝那个方向吹),而后来技术发展了,可以用模具制造玻璃仪器了。怎样怎样?
问题:
那种土方法的局限器件的大小的原因是什么?答案有A干活的人的胳膊arm的限制,B原材料限制 C 加工温度的限制
吹玻璃和模具制造方法的比较,双选
7、世界上哪里最先培育水稻:
一个教授说在史前,由于印度和中国连接的地方(就是喜马拉雅山脉)气候比较合适,因此断定这里最先有水稻。接下来教授列举了好多例子,如温度、湿度还有发现了农耕的原始工具出土。谈到了史前的气候比现在普遍较冷,谈到了尽管世界各地都有原始农耕工具出土,但是这里所处的地层是最古老的。接下来教授还谈到了这里的人民不光食用野生稻,还学着自己种。谈到的论据是自己栽培的品种和野生不同,如颗粒大小不同。
Although rice originally flourished in the dry climate of Central Asia, it spread to the flood plains of tropical regions, resulting in evolution of varieties with the capacity to grow with roots submerged in water. The African and Asian varieties that are flooded during the growing season are more productive than the varieties that are not flooded, partly because the submerged roots easily extract needed nutrients from the water. Flooded rice, also known as lowland rice, is grown in paddies, which are fields that contain water enclosed by low walls of earth called bunds. Paddy rice fed by rainfall alone accounts for about 50 percent of all rice grown worldwide, while paddies flooded by a combination of rainfall and irrigation provide about 35 percent of rice produced. The major rice-producing countries, including China, India, and Vietnam, primarily cultivate paddy rice.


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