六级听力讲座部分优质

我们将主要体会各个学科的讲座特点，我们要达到的目标是：

1. 了解讲座中常用的专业术语。

2. 熟悉讲座的基本结构和语言特点。

3. 体会讲座听力中的高频考点。

4. 熟悉讲座听力考试中常见提问方式。

civilization n. 文明

seafarer n. 船员

viking n. 维京人

navigation n. 导航，航行

polynesian n. 波利尼西亚人

micronesian n.米克罗尼西亚人

equator n. 赤道

zenith n. 天顶（太阳或月亮在天空中的最高点）

columbus n. 哥伦布

listen to the following recording and answer questions 1-3.

1) a. how the seafaring skills of polynesians resembled those of the vikings.

b. how pacific islanders were able to navigate with the aid of stars.

c. how the patterns of stars differ to the north and south of the equator.

d. how navigational instruments developed over time.

2) a. both could help identify a location relative to the equator.

b. both seem to have been used to determine the positioning of stone canoes.

c. both were first developed by the vikings.

d. both were used as calendars to help keep track of the seasons.

3) a.

ok, last time we talked about ancient agricultural civilizations that observed the stars and then used those observations to keep track of the seasons. but today i want to talk about the importance of stars for early seafarers, about how the fixed patterns of stars were used as navigational aids.

ok, you've all heard about the vikings and their impressive navigation skills, but the seafaring people of the pacific islands, the polynesians and