最新版雅思听力指南 PracticeTest-section4

[00:05.64]In this section

[00:08.54]you will hear introductory lecture to a course on South-East Asia.

[00:15.12]First read the summary of the lecture made by a student

[00:20.30]and look at questions 30 to 40.

[00:25.39]As you listen complete the summary,

[00:30.25]using no more than three words for each answer.

[00:35.63]The first one has been done for you as an example.

[00:40.83]My name is Paul Stange.I'm the coordinator 1 of this course.

[00:46.63]It's called South-East Asian Traditions.

[00:50.73]I'm also the author of the study guide and course reader

[00:56.03]and you should have those in front of you.

[01:00.24]As well as these you'll need two textbooks for the course;

[01:05.23]there's the one by Osborne and there's another by Legge.

[01:10.71]I'll talk a bit more about the reading materials in a moment.

[01:15.81]Now if you haven't got these materials,

[01:20.30]you can buy the textbooks at the university book shop

[01:24.98]and you can collect the study guide and the course reader from me

[01:30.15]on your way out of the lecture.

[01:33.62]The purpose of this lecture is simply orientation 2.

[01:38.82]What I'm going to do is introduce myself,

[01:43.21]talk you through the course,

[01:46.42]and give you some additional advice--apart from in the study guide

[01:53.01]--on dealing 3 with the various assignments for the course.

[01:57.32]First of all,the materials.

[02:01.10]You'll find the two textbooks very clear

[02:05.28]and they give a good,basic coverage 4 of the history of the region.

[02:10.48]Most of the readings in the reader are fairly easy going,

[02:15.89]but I have to warm you that two of them are quite difficult.

[02:21.58]These are the readings by S mail and Bender.

[02:25.89]And,of these two,the one by Bender is perhaps the more challenging.

[02:32.58]But don't let that put you off,

[02:36.06]because understanding these two readings

[02:40.63]is important to help you develop a clearer understanding of the cultures.

[02:46.22]In other words they'll help you acquire greater sensitivity 5

[02:52.23]to the differences between the various cultures in the region.

[02:57.71]Now,the course itself.

[03:00.92]The course has multiple aims.It's primarily a history course.

[03:07.43]But it's not only a history course.

[03:11.32]It is,in most respects a cultural history course focusing on South-East Asia.

[03:18.92]Nevertheless the course is,as you'll see from the materials,

[03:24.23]an introduction to the South-East Asian studies components 6 of the Asian studies program.

[03:31.12]In looking at the cultural history of South-East Asia

[03:36.11]there are two major influences to be considered:

[03:40.60]the Chinese and the Indian.

[03:44.78]It is important lot to forget the extensive influence

[03:49.77]that these two countries have had in the region.

[03:54.16]China has been trading throughout the region

[03:58.13]since at least the sixth century,

[04:02.02]so many of its cultural and social traditions

[04:06.73]have influenced the countries in the area.

[04:10.83]And religious practices from India have helped form today's culture.

[04:16.81]So we'll be looking for the links and the connections

[04:21.49]between traditional patterns and today's developments in the region.

[04:27.36]I think you can now begin to see how these past influences

[04:32.56]might form a background for the present-day social practices.

[04:37.66]And in the same way this course will form a basis or background

[04:43.53]for second and third year courses,with their focus on the modern period,

[04:49.72]and in particular the economic and political situation of the region.

[04:55.81]So that's the outline of the course.

[04:59.49]I'd like to go on now to look at what you have to do,

[05:05.01]you assignments and so on.

[05:08.19]That is the end of the Listening Test.

[05:12.69]You now have half a minute check your answers.

[05:18.38]STOP YOUR TAPE

[05:21.67]You now have ten minutes

[05:25.77]to transfer your answers to the Listening answer sheet