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1、智 课 网 托 福 备 考 资 料托福TPO4听力音频及原文：Lecture 2 Literature托福听力考试最具有含金量的备考材料莫过于托福TPO听力，每套 托福真题共包括校园生活相关的2个3分钟的对话和4个5-6分钟的学术性 讲座：可能包括社会科学、自然科学、生命科学和艺术相关学科。更多 托福要点、资讯敬请关注智课外语培训网（ 托福听力考试最具有含金量的备考材料莫过于托福TPO听力，每套 托福真题共包括校园生活相关的2个3分钟的对话和4个5-6分钟的学术性 讲座：可能包括社会科学、自然科学、生命科学和艺术相关学科。 Narrator Listen to part of a lectur
2、e in a literature class. Professor All right, so let me close todays class with some thoughts to keep in mind while you are doing tonights assignment. You will be reading one of Ralph Waldo Emersons best-known essays Self-Reliance and comparing it with his poems and other works. I think this essay h
3、as the potential to be quite meaningful for all of you as young people who probably wonder about things like truth and where your lives are going - all sorts of profound questions. Knowing something about Emersons philosophies will help you when you read Self-Reliance. And basically, one of the main
4、 beliefs that he had was about truth. Not that its something that we can be taught, Emerson says its found within ourselves. So this truth, the idea that its in each one of us, is one of the first points that youll see Emerson making in this essay. Its a bit abstract but hes very intoah into each pe
5、rson believing his or her own thought, believing in yourself, the thought or conviction thats true for you. But actually, he ties that in with a sort of universal truth something that everyone knows but doesnt realize they know. Most of us arent in touch with ourselves in a way, so we just arent cap
6、able of recognizing profound truth. It takes geniuses,people like, say, Shakespeare, whore unique because when they have a glimpse at this truth, this universal truth, they pay attention to it and express it and dont just dismiss it like most people do. So Emerson is really into each individual beli
7、eving in and trusting him or herself. Youll see that he writes about, well, first, conformity. He criticizes that people of his time for abandoning their own minds and their own wills for the sake of conformity and consistency. They try to fit in with the rest of the world even though its at odds wi
8、th their beliefs and their identities. Therefore, its best to be a non-conformist to do your own thing, not worrying about what other people think. Thats an important point. He really drives this argument home throughout the essay. When you are reading, I want you to think about that and why that ki
9、nd of thought would be relevant to the readers of his time. Remember this is 1838, Self-Reliance was a novel idea at the time and the United States citizens were less secure about themselves as individuals and as Americans. The country as a whole was trying to define itself. Emerson wanted to give p
10、eople something to really think about, help them find their own way and what it meant to be who they were. So thats something that I think is definitely as relevant today as it was then, probably, um, especially among young adults like yourselves, you know, uh, college being a time to sort of really
11、 think about who you are and where youre going. Now we already said that Emerson really emphasizes non-conformity, right, as a way to sort of not lose your own self and identity in the world, to have your own truth and not be afraid to listen to it. Well, he takes this a step further. Not conforming
12、 also means, uh, not conforming with yourself or your past. What does that mean? Well, if youve always been a certain way or done a certain thing, but its not working for you any more, or youre not content, Emerson says that itd be foolish to be consistenteven with our own past. Focus on the future,
13、 he says, “Thats what matters more. Inconsistency is good.” He talks about a ships voyage and this is one of the most famous bits of the essay - how the best voyage is made up of zigzag lines. Up close, it seems a little all over the place, but from farther away, the true path shows and in the end i
14、t justifies all the turns along the way. So, dont worry if you are not sure where youre headed or what your long-term goals are. Stay true to yourself and itll make sense in the end. I mean, I can attest to that. Before I was a literature professor, I was an accountant. Before that, I was a newspape
15、r reporter. My life is taking some pretty interesting turns and here I am, very happy with my experiences and where theyve brought me. If you rely on yourself and trust your own talents, your own interest, dont worry, your path will make sense in the end. 小编提醒：听写练的是基础实力;分析错题为的是对于自己做一个更 有针对性的解析。要想取得一个高分的托福成绩，这两个部分的努力全 都是要做的。 猜您喜欢:
