PTE考生目前最大的问题之一就是练习题缺乏。除了有限的基本官方书（PLUS，Testbuilder, OG）之外
就没有题了。很多英语基础不是很扎实的同学很难找到练习材料。悉尼文波雅思PTE培训学校专门为澳洲，尤其是悉尼、墨尔本的PTE考生准备了适合PTE听力阅读练习的科学60秒。各位PTE同学可以练习PTE听力中的summarise spoken text和PTE口语中的retell lecture，PTE听力口语-科学60秒-Frosty Moss练习记笔记技巧和复述。废话少说，下面开始：
听力内容：
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Lots of things influence how your dinner may tasteto you:
how it’s presented on a plate, how hungry you areand of course, your taste buds.
But researchers wanted to know if early courses—appetizers—influence the taste of a meal, and trulydo whet your appetite.
Researchers had 64 volunteers eat one of two meals.
The meals were the same—bruschetta as an appetizer and an entree of pasta with garlic andoil.
The pasta that everyone got was prepared to be only so–so.
But some of the volunteers first got a bruschetta that was made to be mediocre, while theothers got one that was stellar.
Then the volunteers rated the meals.
And people who ate the good appetizer thought their entree was even worse than did peoplewho had the middling appetizer.
The study is in the journal Food Quality and Preference.
This work builds on previous studies that have focused on the perception of food and drink,and other sensory experience.
In one investigation for example, researchers found that hearing a loud sound first then makes a soft sound seem to sound even softer.
Researchers call this effect hedonic contrast—the perception or pleasure gained fromsomething is affected by how it compares to other similar stimuli.
Maybe keep that fact in mind—or on the tip of your tongue—next time you plan your courses.
appetizers： n.开胃品
mediocre: [ˌmi:diˈəʊkə(r)] adj.平平的
hedonic： [hi:’dɒnɪk] adj. 享乐主义的
