本帖最后由 wyac 于 2010-2-24 13:15 编辑
tpo8
The reading passage casts doubts on the accuracy of the memoir written by Chevalier. However, this statement is strongly challenged by the lecturer which provides specific opinions to contradict the points mentioned in the passage
To start with, the essay claims that Chevalier described himself as a rich man while living in Switzerland, but in fact, he borrowed a chunk of money from a Swiss merchant after spending money on parties and gambling. The lecturer does not refute this statement directly. Instead, she argues that Chevalier had been wealthy, meanwhile owing to that it usually took a few days to convert the goods(his assets) into actual money while selling his properties, so he need to borrow some money for basic needs and wait for his own money arrival.
Furthermore, according to the text, there is a conversation(有很多conversation) recorded in the memoir, while the conversation happened many years before the time when Chevalier recorded it. Therefore, it is impossible for Chevalier to exactly remember the content of conversation. Not surprisingly, the professor further extends his criticism to this argument. He points out that it can be proven that Chevalier had taken some notes and journals during the conversation(这里不太确切). Then he just regularly wrote the conversation in his memoir.
(我重听的第二段:the chevalier stated in his memoir that each night immediately after conversing with votaire. he wrote down everything he could remember about that particular nice conversation, evidently the chevalier captured the notes of these conversations for many years, and referred to them when writing the memoir.news:/s/ witnesses who live with the chevalier in his later life confirm that he regularly consult his notes and journals when composing the memoir.)
Finally, in the memoir Chevalier said that he escaped from a prison in Venice through drilling a hole in the ceiling by a piece of metal, whereas the author states that it is the Chevalier's good friends who gave a bribe to jailers to free him. The lecturer counters this argument by providing us the fact that the prison where Chevalier once lived has ever been repaired, which identifies that Chevalier' escape behavior as what written in his memoir. Besides, other prisoners even had more intimate(political powerful)
friends in Venice than Chevalier had.
语言、组织结构都很好,还是细节方面的问题,建议小心在听力方面再下下功夫,另外文章有点长了,你原文写了330字,我现在也是总是超很多字数,我们都要学着用简练的句子把原文概括出来。总之,一起加油哈!^_^
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