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ailin1232UID: 3239593

In the fourteenth century, a number of political developments cut Europe's overland trade routes to southern and eastern Asia, with which Europe had had important and highly profitable commercial ties since the twelfth century. This development, coming as it did when the bottom had fallen out of the European economy, provided an impetus to a long-held desire to secure direct relations with the East by establishing a sea trade. Widely reported, if somewhat distrusted, accounts by figures like the famous traveler from Venice, Marco Polo, of the willingness of people in China to trade with Europeans and of the immensity of the wealth to be gained by such contact made the idea irresistible. Possibilities for trade seemed promising, but no hope existed for maintaining the traditional routes over land A new way had to be found.

2. According to paragraph 1 why was it necessary to find a new way for European merchants to reach the East?
○People in China were finally ready to trade with Europeans
○The European economy was failing because there was no trade with the East
○Traditional ways of trading with the East had becomevery costly
○Commercial routes over land had become blocked because of political events

这道题B 怎么不对啦？
原文“This development, coming as it did when the bottom had fallen out of the European economy, provided an impetus to a long-held desire to secure direct relations with the East by establishing a sea trade. ” 是说不是因为trade导致经济下落的么？“ coming as it did when the bottom had fallen out of the European economy”怎么解释？

秋雨荆州UID: 2903781

楼主把题目完整地发上来吧，不然看不习惯啊

dolphin_wbyUID: 3408651

我先把原文帮你贴上来吧，这样确实不方便，注意题目是Europe's Early Sea Trade with Asia

In the fourteenth century, a number of political developments cut Europe's overland trade routes to southern and eastern Asia, with which Europe had had important and highly profitable commercial ties since the twelfth century. This development, coming as it did when the bottom had fallen out of the European economy, provided an impetus to a long-held desire to secure direct relations with the East by establishing a sea trade. Widely reported, if somewhat distrusted, accounts by figures like the famous traveler from Venice, Marco Polo, of the willingness of people in China to trade with Europeans and of the immensity of the wealth to be gained by such contact made the idea irresistible. Possibilities for trade seemed promising, but no hope existed for maintaining the traditional routes over land A new way had to be found.

The chief problem was technological: How were the Europeans to reach the East? Europe's maritime tradition had developed in the context of easily navigable seas—the Mediterranean, the Baltic, and, to a lesser extent, the North Sea between England and the Continent—not of vast oceans. New types of ships were needed, new methods of finding one's way, new techniques for financing so vast a scheme. The sheer scale of the investment it took to begin commercial expansion at sea reflects the immensity of the profits that such East-West trade could create Spices were the most sought-after commodities. Spices not only dramatically improved the taste of the European diet but also were used to manufacture perfumes and certain medicines. But even high-priced commodities like spices had to be transported in large bulk in order to justify the expense and trouble of sailing around the African continent all the way to India and China.

The principal seagoing ship used throughout the Middle Ages was the galley, a long, low ship fitted with sails but driven primarily by oars. The largest galleys had as many as 50 oarsmen Since they had relatively shallow hulls, they were unstable when driven by sail or when on rough water: hence they were unsuitable for the voyage to the East. Even if they hugged the African coastline, they had little chance of surviving a crossing of the Indian Ocean. Shortly after 1400, shipbuilders began developing a new type of vessel properly designed to operate in rough, open water: the caravel. It had a wider and deeper hull than the galley and hence could carry more cargo: increased stability made it possible to add multiple masts and sails. In the largest caravels, two main masts held large square sails that provided the bulk of the thrust driving the ship forward, while a smaller forward mast held a triangular-shaped sail, called a lateen sail, which could be moved into a variety of positions to maneuver the ship.

The astrolabe had long been the primary instrument for navigation, having been introduced in the eleventh century. It operated by measuring the height of the Sun and the fixed stars: by calculating the angles created by these points, it determined the degree of latitude at which one stood (The problem of determining longitude, though, was not solved until the eighteenth century.) By the early thirteenth century. Western Europeans had also developed and put into use the magnetic compass, which helped when clouds obliterated both the Sun and the stars. Also beginning in the thirteenth century, there were new maps refined by precise calculations and the reports of sailors that made it possible to trace one's path with reasonable accuracy. Certain institutional and practical norms had become established as well.   

A maritime code known as the Consulate of the Sea, which originated in the western Mediterranean region in the fourteenth century, won acceptance by a majority of sea goers as the normative code for maritime conduct; it defined such matters as the authority of a ship's officers, protocols of command, pay structures, the rights of sailors, and the rules of engagement when ships met one another on the sea-lanes. Thus by about 1400 the key elements were in place to enable Europe to begin its seaward adventure.

首先，spices的那句已经标出来了，它并没有错，但是是细节。文中用spices的例子来说明问题，具体可见标出的commodities like spices，like表明spices不是论述的主要对象，再说这一段的中心及文章的中心和题目里那句话的表述都差得很远。

wind-driven的对应我在下一段标出了（两张大帆给船提供推力明显是wind-driven）不一定非要把文章的内容照搬的，同义改写也是可以的。这句话的表述概括了所在段的中心，而且交通工具的发展也和贸易紧密相关，非常符合~

注意一下不要选细节就好了~

ailin1232UID: 3239593

dolphin_wby 发表于 2013-3-14 17:24
我先把原文帮你贴上来吧，这样确实不方便，注意题目是Europe's Early Sea Trade with Asia

In the fourt ...

aa多谢啦
我之前也犯过选细节的毛病。。一看到这句话对了就忘了细节不细节的问题了。。
第二个东西做题的时候不知道sail还有帆的意思啊。。mast也不知道是桅杆的意思。。

dolphin_wbyUID: 3408651

ailin1232 发表于 2013-3-14 17:53
aa多谢啦
我之前也犯过选细节的毛病。。一看到这句话对了就忘了细节不细节的问题了。。
第二个东西做题 ...

没事~最后一题我也老错，还总错单词题，只是碰巧认识thrust，mast也不认识~
关键是我还有一天就考了，你应该还有很多提高的机会~加油！

ailin1232UID: 3239593

dolphin_wby 发表于 2013-3-14 21:17
没事~最后一题我也老错，还总错单词题，只是碰巧认识thrust，mast也不认识~
关键是我还有一天就考了，你 ...

我还有两天就考了。。。

ailin1232UID: 3239593

dolphin_wby 发表于 2013-3-14 21:17
没事~最后一题我也老错，还总错单词题，只是碰巧认识thrust，mast也不认识~
关键是我还有一天就考了，你 ...

单词题看无老师的镇魂单词 多少有些用！

dolphin_wbyUID: 3408651

ailin1232 发表于 2013-3-14 21:55
单词题看无老师的镇魂单词 多少有些用！

那个看了一半，没记住多少，就这样吧，先摸摸底。你也加油~

月明日暗UID: 3400027

这两篇应该是你的作文贴，找不到源地址贴了。就在这里给你吧。最近稍微有点忙，所以改的很慢，请见谅

月明日暗UID: 3400027

还有这篇

amethlexUID: 3449918

In the fourteenth century, a number of political developments cut Europe's overland trade routes to southern and eastern Asia, with which Europe had had important and highly profitable commercial ties since the twelfth century. This development, coming as it did when the bottom had fallen out of the European economy, provided an impetus to a long-held desire to secure direct relations with the East by establishing a sea trade. Widely reported, if somewhat distrusted, accounts by figures like the famous traveler from Venice, Marco Polo, of the willingness of people in China to trade with Europeans and of the immensity of the wealth to be gained by such contact made the idea irresistible. Possibilities for trade seemed promising, but no hope existed for maintaining the traditional routes over land A new way had to be found.
答案很明显，第一句就出来了