托福英语听力原文 托福听力常见文学类词汇一览( 二 )


It looks something like a pinwheel.
它看起来像某种转轮焰火 。
Anyway, the dance is certainly full of fireworks!
不管怎样,该舞蹈确实充满了焰火!
You'll see how Twyla Tharp explores one family's attempt to confront the violence in modern life.
你将会看到Twyla Tharp是如何探究一个家庭在现代生活中面对暴力的尝试
The central symbol of the work is a pineapple, but exactly what it represents has always created a lot of controversy.
作品的核心象征是一个菠萝,但是究竟它代表了什么一直引起诸多争议
As you watch, see if you can figure it out.
当你们观看的时候,看看你们能否弄明白
The music for this piece is full of the rhythmic energy of rock music.
这篇作品的配乐充满了摇滚乐的节奏能量
It was composed by David Byrne.
由David Byrne作曲,
Of the rock band Talking Heads?
(David Byrne)貌似是来自摇滚乐队Talking Heads?
And the lead dancer in this version was Sara Rudner, who is perfectly suited to Tharp's adventurous choreography.
这个版本的领舞是Sara Rudner,她完全适合Tharp的大胆的编舞
Following the video, dance teacher Mary Parker will lead a discussion about the symbolism Ms. Tharp used.
伴随着视频,舞蹈老师Mary Parker将会引导一个关于Ms. Tharp所用的象征主义的讨论 。
We hope you can stay for that.
我们希望你们能够为此而留下
So, enjoy tonight's video and thank you for your support.
那么,享受今晚的视频,并且感谢大家的支持
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Did you ever wonder why it is that most people are "programmed" to sleep at night instead of during the day?
你有没有琢磨过为什么大多数人都是“程序化的”晚上睡觉而不是白天?
If there's something about the cycle of light and dark that's telling us when to sleep, then shouldn't the sleep cycle of a blind person be different?
如果有某种关于光暗循环的(东东)告诉我们什么时候该睡觉,那么盲人的睡眠周期是否应该不一样呢?
As it turns out, many blind people—people with no visual perception of light at all—do have the same sleep cycle as sighted people.
事实证明,许多盲人——没有任何光的视觉感知的人——同视力正常的人有着同样的睡眠周期 。
So now you're wondering, "How can this happen?"
所以你现在得寻思,“怎么能发生呢?”
The answer is: hormones, one hormone in particular. It's called melatonin.
答案是:荷尔蒙,特别是一种荷尔蒙 。它叫做褪黑激素 。
In sighted people, the level of melatonin goes up at night, or when it's dark, and goes down in the day, or when it's light.
在视力正常的人中,褪黑激素的水平在夜里或黑暗时上升,在白天或光线中下降 。

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