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听力 【题】有个MM掉了钱包.里面有她的student id&meal card&key等东西.
她就去那个地方想要补办ID,门口的管理员不让她进去,因为这个地方只有持student id的人才可以进去.后来她就说了:我跟人家说我的ID掉了,就被支到这个地方来了.管理员:那你有没有pasport? MM说:我的passport在宿舍,但是我的钥匙掉了.(有题目,问她为什么拿不到passport?) 管理员又说了:哦,那你等等,我发个邮件去问问啊,之后就问她是不是记得ID号,MM就把ID号给了他,他说OK,你可以进去了,但是你会受到监视.MM说, who cares! MM又说了:她的meal card也掉了.管理员说:你在里面办ID的时候也可以顺便办了meal card. MM说:你真的是帮了我很大的忙啊! 管理员:if you have some other problems, I am glad to help you. MM ,you help ! 有考到态度题,问MM为什么这么说?(记得两选项:1.MM怀疑这个管理员是不是能帮他. 2.MM在解决了所有的问题之后如释重负.)
大王花〔腐尸花〕的介绍
俗名:腐尸花(Corpse flower),莱佛士亚花(Rafflesia)
学名:Rafflesia
中文科名:大花草科
英文科名:Rafflesiaceac
简介:
大王花一般的直径为108公分,最大纪录可达126公分,大王花为雌、雄异花。一朵花有五个瓣,三十多斤重,花中心可装十多斤水。果实为直径约15公分的球体,具木质化、棕色的表面,充满乳白色、富脂质的果肉及上千个红棕色的种子于其中。
大王花它没有叶子,也没有茎,它是种寄生植物,专靠吸取别的植物的营养来生活。它的种子很小,用肉眼几乎难以看清。它的种子传播也有点懒气,小种子带粘性,当大象或其它动物踩上它时,就会被带到别的地方生根、发芽,进行繁殖。大王花生长在马来西亚、印度尼西亚的爪哇和苏门答腊等热带森林中。
大王花生长在500-700公尺高度的热带雨林中,由于没有四季之分,所以不一定会在什么时候冒出来。不过根据当地人的说法,每年的5~10月,是它最主要的生长季。当它刚冒出地面时,大约只有乒乓球那么大,经过几个月的缓慢生长,花蕾有乒乓球般的体积,变成了甘蓝菜般的大小,接着5片肉质的花瓣缓缓张开,等花儿完全绽放已经过了两天两夜了。令人难以相信的是,大王花好不容易开出来的巨大花朵,居然只能维持4~5天,而且在这4~5天中,花朵会不断地释放出一种奇特的臭味,好让大型的动物自然迴避,而让一些逐臭的昆虫来为它传粉做媒。当花瓣凋谢时,会化成一堆腐败的黑色物质,不久,果实也成熟了,里头隐藏着许许多多细小的种子,随时准备掉入地中,找寻适当的发芽地点。
大王花的名字是取自英殖民地时的Sir Stamford Raffles。1818年时,Sir Stamford Raffles和他的朋友Dr. James Arnold在Manna这个地方发现了最大的大王花品种(直径40公分,重7公斤),并取名Rafflesia arnoldii。目前被确定的品种共有16种,而16种大王花的品种皆生长在东南亚一带,印尼的苏门打腊(Sumatra)
和
加哇岛
(Java);马来西亚(拥有15个品种)。
遗憾的是,由于鲜少人知道此花的繁殖的方法,所以只能依赖自然传播,加上此花拥有药用价值(用于妇女分娩),故被采割,此外,长出大王花的地方被视为土地肥沃,而使用於其他用途;没有良好的保护导致大王花逐渐减少。无论如何,1997年沙巴野生保护法令制定,大王花为保护植物。在2002年,有关当局发现44/83的大王花在保护环境以外,故此,他们派员寻找、监督,并希望将来大王花与其生长的环境可以不再受破坏。
【题】Botany。教授一开始就介绍植物分类,提到分类中的species种,genus属,order目。提出植物的分类不能完全依靠它flower的形态和特性。她举了Indonesia的一种植物M,它的flower很特别,超级大(图片显示它的直径有一个手臂这么长,颜色为绛红,也许会牛人知道它是何种植物),有难闻的味道,象什么肉(没听懂,不过他提了两次)提到共存(考题,但是我走神了,所以没听清,。有提到另一种南美洲的植物和它是同一目的,但是花很小,味道也不难闻,与蓝莓共生coherent。在DNA分析技术成熟之前根本无法将他们并为同类,由于他们的特征差异太大。教授还提到这种植物的交配不易,其一气味难闻致使传蜜的动物不易接近,其二它每年只开一次花,且花分雌雄。所以要这么多先天条件凑齐不易,所以很少有人有机会看到开花的全过程。(考题) 说植物的classification 很难,一些特性比较特殊的植物特别是这个样子。说了一个R的植物,说它很大,还有rodden meat的味道,这样可以吸引fly帮它传粉,然后说有个M植物和他特点很像,但是最后发现他们不是一个order 的,最后经过很长时间的研究,专家发现它和violet,willow 等是属于一个order的,然后说violet 很小的,也么有那种smell的,总之很难想象他们是一个order的
【题】一个学生找老师因为他要写的bird migration的paper 找不到材料,老师认为不可能(考到),后来他说想写关于Aristotole 关于这个的想法什么的,老师说她的要求是希望他们运用所学知识研究来完成paper ,希望他换主题,他想到了写也许是因为bird migrate at night人们大多只看到大鸟, 所以认为小鸟在大鸟的翅膀下迁徙什么的。后来他又想写一种不迁徙而是冬眠的鸟,又被老师拒绝了。最后老师希望他一周后再来一下,看一看他确定的主题 【题】
Glial cells (神经胶质细胞)and Neurons (神经细胞), 1950s以前人们只研究神经原, 认为他们是神经系统的主导, 而后来才发现G也有很重要作用, 而不是象原先认为的那样只负责供给营养和保护神经原, 造成之前错误的原因是因为学术界认为信号都是靠电传导的, 而事实上G则是靠化学物质传导信息的.
Glial cells (神经胶质细胞)and Neurons (神经细胞)
Glial cells, commonly called neuroglia or simply glia, are non-neuronal cells that provide support and nutrition, maintain homeostasis, form myelin, and participate in signal transmission in the nervous system. In the human brain, glia are estimated to outnumber neurons by about 10 to 1.[1]
Glial cells provide support and protection for neurons, the other main type of cell in the central nervous system. They are thus known as the "glue" of the nervous system. The four main functions of glial cells are to surround neurons and hold them in place, to supply nutrients and oxygen to neurons, to insulate one neuron from another, and to destroy pathogens and remove dead neurons.
Glia were discovered in 1856 by the pathologist Rudolf Virchow in his search for a 'connective tissue' in the brain.
The human brain contains about ten times more glial cells than neurons. [1] Following its discovery in the late 19th century, this fact underwent significant media distortion, emerging as the famous myth claiming that "we are using only 10% of our brain". The role of glial cells as managers of communications in the synapse gap, thus modifying learning pace, has been discovered only very recently
【题】英国浪漫主义诗人 William Wordsworth , 指出诗歌要反应人的内心, 反对新古典主义的浮华, 开辟了英国诗歌新纪元 Wards Worth的诗,英国的romantism的代表,然后说了romantism和romantic的区别,romantism是写自然的,用语简单,但是有一种neoclassism就正好相反,简单的话说复杂了,sky 说成是blue sky 或者是blue extend. Wards Worth的诗分三阶段,第一阶段的诗歌成绩斐然,第二阶段忘记了,第三阶段时回顾第一阶段,然后认为第一阶段的是最好的。后面反而不行了。 【题】说一个music, 能够表现年青人的活力之类的,还写piano比较能够表达这种音乐,不过由于运输原因,有时不用钢琴(考到),然后还说rock'n roll什么的,(不是很记得了),还说piano 之所以当时那么受欢迎,一是因为它与那个音乐的和谐,还有是因为当时它算一种财富地位的象征什么的,最后说它现在的形式就是Jazz。。。 Ragtime 拉格泰姆音乐(1890-1915期间在美国流行的一种音乐)
Ragtime is an American musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1899 and 1918. It has had several periods of revival since then and is still being composed today. Ragtime was the first truly American musical genre, predating jazz. It began as dance music in popular music settings years before being published as popular sheet music for piano. Being a modification of the then popular march, it was usually written in 2/4 or 4/4 time (meter) with a predominant left hand pattern of bass notes on odd-numbered beats and chords on even-numbered beats accompanying a syncopated melody in the right hand. A composition in this style is called a "rag". A rag written in 3/4 time is a "ragtime waltz".
Ragtime is not a "time" (meter) in the same sense that march time is 2/4 meter and waltz time is 3/4 meter; it is rather a musical genre that uses an effect that can be applied to any meter. The defining characteristic of ragtime music is a specific type of syncopation in which melodic accents fall between metrical beats. This results in a melody that seems to be avoiding some metrical beats of the accompaniment by emphasizing notes that either anticipate or follow the beat. The ultimate (and intended) effect on the listener is actually to accentuate the beat, thereby inducing the listener to move to the music. Scott Joplin, the composer/pianist known as the "King of Ragtime", called the effect "weird and intoxicating". He also used the term "swing" in describing how to play ragtime music: "Play slowly until you catch the swing...".[1] The name swing later came to be applied to an early genre of jazz that developed from ragtime. Converting a non-ragtime piece of music into ragtime by changing the time values of melody notes is known as "ragging" the piece. Original ragtime pieces usually contain several distinct themes, four being the most common number. |