PTE机经讲解：Summarize Spoken Text题型练习

　　PTE听力考试对于国内学生来说，确实有很大的难度，毕竟听力难度相比其他考试来说还是要多一些，为了同学们能够更好的应对这门考试，今天小编就为大家带来关于PTE听力考试中的机经题型介绍，希望能够帮助大家。

　　机经讲解

　　During the time of the Aztecs, cocoa was mainly used as abeverage.Wines and drinks were made from white pulp around the seeds of the cocoa pod. The beans themselves were used to make hot or cold chocolate drinks. Both the Maya and the Aztec secular drinks usedroasted（烘焙过的）cocoa beans, a foaming agent sugar,toasted（烤的）corn and water. Vanilla and/or chili were also used as aningredient（原料）in the drinks. Cocoa beans were also used as acurrency（货币）and as atribute tax（贡税）from peoples ruled by Aztecs. The oily layer floating in the chocolate drink，cocoa butter was used to protect the skin against the sun. For the Aztecs，cocoa had areligious significance（宗教意义）. Cocoa was believed to be ofdivine origin（神圣的起源）: the cocoa tree was a bridge between earth and heaven. Human sacrifices（献出，牺牲）topropitiate（抚慰）God or sun were firstsanctified（认可的）by giving him chocolate. Cocoa beans were given to priest’s assistants at children’s coming of age ceremonies. During marriage ceremonies, the couple drank a symbolic cup of chocolate and exchanged cocoa beans. Aztecs believed that drinking chocolate gave mortals some of Quetzalcoatlwisdom（智慧）. God of learning and of the wind.

　　【Answer】

　　It is a brief description about the importance of cocoa of Maya people during Aztecsarea. They have been used about 1,500 years ago.

　　The beans were used to make chocolate drinks.

　　The cocoa has an important role in people’slife because they used it as a currency and to protect their skins against the sun.

　　Furthermore, it had a religious significance for them, because they believed that drinking chocolate gave divine wisdom.

　　【难点单词】

　　roasted（烘焙过的）

　　toasted（烤的）

　　ingredient（原料）

　　currency（货币）

　　tribute tax（贡税）

　　religious significance（宗教意义）

　　divine origin（神圣的起源）

　　propitiate（抚慰）

　　sanctified（认可的）

　　wisdom（智慧）

　　SST guide:

　　①把笔记上的内容，按照逻辑顺序整理出来。

　　②用中文在自己的脑海里打个草稿。

　　③选用合适的语句写出来（不要全部用简单句，适当用下从句货并列结构）

　　④尽量用原文原词，但是遇到表达相同意思的时候，要去做单词替换。

　　⑤最后一定要留1分钟去检查，主要是拼写错误和语法。

　　⑥推荐时间分配：1.5min听1.5min整理并打草稿5-6min写1-2min检查

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