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。墨尔本文波雅思PTE培训学校专门为墨尔本，悉尼PTE考生准备了PTE练习的lecture 93篇。各位PTE同学可以练习阅读，练习记笔记技巧，可以练习复述，甚至可以练习describe image。废话少说，下面开始：
The Old Canada Road is a long-lost trail between the Canadian province of Quebec and Maine, in the northeast corner of the United States. Yes, it really was lost, and finding it again was a complex process that involved state-of-the-art technology. How the location of the road was pinpointed was very interesting, and I’ll return to it as soon as I’ve given you a little background information. The road was begun in 1817, a few years before Maine even became a state. At the time, Quebec was a major market for livestock, crops, and fish, so a road to Quebec was seen by officials in Maine as necessary for trade. For about 20 years, the movement of people and goods was mostly from Maine to Quebec, but then the trend reversed as thousands of Canadians immigrated to Maine to escape poor crops, a lack of jobs, and the threat of disease. I think it was a cholera epidemic. Besides these negative reasons, major building projects in Maine also made the state very attractive for the Canadians who needed work. I should stress, though, that immigration during that period went in both directions. In fact, the flow of people and goods went completely unhindered. There wasn’t even a border post until around 1850. The people of the time saw Maine and Quebec as a single region, mainly because of the strong French influence, which is still evident in Maine today. Eventually, the road fell into disuse as a major railway was completed; finally, people simply forgot about it and that’s how it came to be lost. This brings me back to the original topic.
【生词摘录】
1. long-lost: adj. 遗失了很长时间的
2. trail: n. ［C］小径
3. Quebec: 魁北克
4. Maine: 缅因州
5. pinpoint: v. 精准测定位置，正确定出
6. livestock: n. ［C］家畜，牲畜
7. reverse: v. 反转，颠倒
8. cholera: n. ［C］霍乱
9. epidemic: n./ ˈkɔlərə/［C］流行病
10. unhindered: adj. 不受妨碍的，不受阻碍的
11. disuse: n. ［C］废弃，不被使用
文波讲词：
behind—-hind 后———-hinder 妨碍-unhindered 没有阻碍的
vid看 vis
video[ˈvɪdiəʊ] n. 视频
provide[prəˈvaɪd] vt. 提供 provide sb with sth offer sb sth offer sth to sb
provision[prəˈvɪʒn] n. 供应; 防备; 预备; 食物
provided [prəˈvaɪdɪd] conj. 以…为条件; 假如 if
Provided we get good weather it will be a succesful holiday
providing [prəˈvaɪdɪŋ] conj. 假如
provident[ˈprɒvɪdənt] adj. 有先见之明的, 节俭的, 有远虑的
providential [ˌprɒvɪˈdenʃl] adj. 上帝的; 天佑的; 幸运的
evident[ˈevɪdənt] adj. 明显的
evidence[ˈevɪdəns] n. 证据
dem 人民 demon-devil
democracy[dɪ’mɒkrəsɪ]n.民主 —dictatorship autocracy autocrat n.独裁者
demography[dɪ’mɒgrəfɪ] n.人口统计学
pandemic[pæn’demɪk]adj.流行的 n. 流行病 the AIDS pandemic
epidemic[epɪ’demɪk]n.传染病，adj.传染性的 contagious an influenza epidemic 流行性感冒
epic adj. 史诗般的
the outbreak of Ebola—-contain the spread of Ebola
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