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：
Look at our topographical map and you’ll see that the middle third of the North American continent from the Rocky Mountains almost to the Mississippi River is pretty flat. This is the Great Plains. This kind of area is sometimes called a prairie, sometimes a steppe. That’s s-t-e-p-p-e. The defining features are level terrain, dry climate, and an absence of trees. The Great Plains are actually the former bed of a shallow inland sea. Over millions of years, sediment left by glaciers, water, and wind smoothed out the dry sea bed. As I said, the Great Plaints are bordered on the west by the Rocky Mountains. And it’s really the Rockies that are responsible for the formation of the grasslands. The mountains are so high that they block the heavy moist air traveling eastward form the Pacific Ocean. Lighter, drier air passes over the mountains. Until people intervened with irrigation and farms, only grass could grow on the dry, windy plain. In fact, we can divide the Great Plains into three zones. In the west, where it’s driest and windiest, the grass is very short. In the eastern zone, there’s more rain and grass grows as high as 360 centimeters. In the middle third, there’s a mix of grass species that grow to an intermediate height.
【生词摘录】
1. topographical: adj. 地形学的
2. prairie: n. ［C］大草原，牧场
3. steppe: n. ［C］大草原，干草原
4. level: adj. 平坦的
5. terrain: n. 地形
6. sediment: n. ［C］沉淀物
7. glacier: n. ［C］冰川
8. smooth out: v. 消除，使平滑
9. moist: n. ［C］潮湿
10. intervene: v. 介入，干预
11. windy: adj. 多风的
12. intermediate: adj. 中间的
文波讲词：
graph 写
photograph[‘fəʊtəgrɑːf]n.照片 photography photographer
biography[baɪ’ɒgrəfɪ]n.传记 autobiography
autograph[‘ɔːtəgrɑːf]n.亲笔签名 signature beef restaurant
calligraphy [kə’lɪgrəfɪ]n.书法 handwriting
topography[tə’pɒgrəfɪ] n. 地形学,拓扑学
terr土地
territory[ˈterətri]n. 领土, 版图, 领地 Northen Territory
terrace[ˈterəs]n. 大阳台; 平台屋顶; 露台 balcony
terrain[təˈreɪn]n. 地带, 地形, 地域 topography
Mediterranean[ˌmedɪtəˈreɪniən] n. 地中海, 地中海民族adj. 地中海的, 地中海民族的
sed坐 sit
sedate [sɪˈdeɪt] v. 给…服镇静剂 tranquillizer tranquill and serene adj. 安静的; 稳重的
vibrant and dynamic
sedentary [ˈsedntri] adj. 久坐的health problems caused by our sedentary lifestyles
sediment [ˈsedɪmənt] n. 沉淀物, 沉积
sedulous [ˈsedjʊləs] adj. 勤勉的; 仔细的; 聚精会神的 assiduous/conscientious
supersede[ˌsu:pəˈsi:d] v. 代替, 接替, 取代 replace/take the place of/ supplant
supersede …altogether
Oil has supplanted coffee as our main export.
med中间
medium[‘miːdɪəm] adj. 中等的
blue-rare—medium-well-well done
mediaeval[,medɪ’iːvəl] adj. 中古的, 中世纪的 ev时间 coeval adj.同时代的
peer pressure contemporary
mediate [‘miːdɪeɪt] v. 斡旋, 调停; 调解adj. 居间的, 间接的
mediocre[,miːdɪ’əʊkə] adj. 平凡的, 平庸的
syn: philistine/banal
mediterranean[,meditə’reiniən] n. 地中海adj. 地中海的
a Mediterranean(-type) climate
immediate[ɪ’miːdɪət]adj.立即的 in no time/instantly/promptly/as soon as practical
at your earliest convenience
intermediary[,ɪntə’miːdɪərɪ]n. 仲裁者; 媒介物; 中间物adj. 中间的; 媒介的
stakeholder 利益相关者 shareholder at stake=in danger
intermediate adj. 中级的
