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TOEFL TPO 69 Writing Task 1 Sample: Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific points made in the reading passage.

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Texte de Lecture

The cave paintings of Lascaux (in southwestern France) date to around 15,000 B.C.E. and are among the finest examples of prehistoric art known. Ever since the paintings were discovered, scholars have puzzled over their purpose. According to one widely discussed interpretation, the paintings were made to ensure a successful hunt. Several considerations support this view. In the first place, there is the animal subject matter of the paintings. The cave images are almost exclusively of large mammals. These animals include bison, wild horses, and now-extinct aurochs (wild cattle), which are known to have been hunted by the Paleolithic people who created the paintings. A number of the animals are shown wounded by arrows and spears. There are also depictions of what appear to be the seasonal migrations of these animals that would have been very important to prehistoric hunters. Second, the depictions of humans in the cave paintings include human figures that appear to have animal heads. These could be hunters: hunters in some traditional cultures are known to disguise themselves with animal heads so that they are not recognized by the animals they are hunting. Third, many cultures hold the belief that by depicting an event one can bring about its reality. Throughout history—prehistoric, ancient, and modern—images have been regarded as more than mere decorative representations; they are seen as having magical power to affect reality. Thus, it is reasonable to suppose that the hunters who created the Lascaux cave paintings believed that by painting successful hunts, they were ensuring that real hunts would be successful.

Question

Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific points made in the reading passage.

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Exemple d'Utilisateur #1

The reading and the lecture discuss the explaination and purpose about the cave paintings of Lascaux. While the reading material suggests that those c...

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Exemple d'Utilisateur

The reading and the lecture discuss the explaination and purpose about the cave paintings of Lascaux. While the reading material suggests that those cave paintings are aiming to record a victory hunt affair, the lecturer contends that those interpretations are popular but lack of persuasive supports. To begin with, the reading believes that this cave paiting includes numerous animals which were hunted by Paleolithic people and some of the animals also hurted by hunting tools like arrows and spears. However, the lecturer mentions that some of the animals painted in the cave were not prey for hunters at that time, like rhinocerouses and cats. What's more, even though the most hunted animal was rein deer, the cave paintings did not depicted this mammal. Also, only a small porportions of animals hurted by arrows and spears on the cave paintings, so it is not a compelling evidence supporting the idea of recording successful hunt. Moreover, the reading states that human characters with animal heads upon are symbolized hunters in that period related to some conventions. Nevertheless, the lecturer disagrees and expresses that the human figures with animal heads on the cave paintings did not showing sense of hunting and they even were not standing up. With the horizontal positions back seeming asleep, it is hard to speculate they possessed hunt purpose, thus challenging the opinion in the reading. Finally, despite the reading highlights that this painting recording hunt events have unnatural power to influence the reality of hunting favorably, the lecturer demonstrates that not every magical properties aimed to facilitate hunting. This is because ancient people in Lascaux lived with animal arround their dwelling and their ceremony about communicating with ancestor spirits involves crucial participant of animals. Therefore, their conventional ceremony could also related to other aim instead of hunt, which is opposites to the opinion in the reading.

Résultat de l'Évaluation

1.子项得分 任务完成度: 4 组织: 3 连贯与衔接: 3 语言使用: 3

2.预估分数

22. 3.任务完成度

总体来说,文章回答了题目要求的问题,但在一些方面可以改进。首先,在讨论阅读和听力之间的对比时,可以更详细地解释听力中提到的观点。例如,在谈论动物画像时,可以进一步说明为什么这些画像不能支持阅读材料中关于狩猎成功的观点。此外,在引用听力材料时,请确保准确传达讲座中提到的信息。

示例1: 原文:Moreover, the reading states that human characters with animal heads upon are symbolized hunters in that period related to some conventions. 改进:Moreover, the reading states that human characters with animal heads symbolize hunters, as some traditional cultures have hunters disguise themselves with animal heads to avoid recognition by their prey.

示例2: 原文:Therefore, their conventional ceremony could also related to other aim instead of hunt, which is opposites to the opinion in the reading. 改进:Therefore, the Lascaux cave paintings may have played a role in magical ceremonies related to communicating with ancestor spirits through animals, which is contrary to the hunting purpose suggested in the reading.

4.文章结构与组织 文章的结构可以改进。虽然文章包含了引言、正文和结论,但各段落之间的衔接需要加强。可以使用更明确的过渡词和短语来引导读者理解各段落之间的关系。此外,确保每个段落都集中讨论一个主要观点,并提供相关细节来支持这个观点。

示例1: 原文:To begin with, the reading believes that this cave paiting includes numerous animals which were hunted by Paleolithic people and some of the animals also hurted by hunting tools like arrows and spears. 改进:To begin with, the reading argues that the cave paintings depict numerous animals hunted by Paleolithic people, with some of them wounded by hunting tools like arrows and spears. However, the lecturer challenges this point by stating...

示例2: 原文:With the horizontal positions back seeming asleep, it is hard to speculate they possessed hunt purpose, thus challenging the opinion in the reading. 改进:With these human figures depicted in a horizontal position as if asleep, it is hard to speculate that they represent hunters, thus challenging the opinion presented in the reading. Furthermore, the lecture raises another issue...

5. 语法批改

The reading and the lecture discuss the explainationexplanation(misspelling) and purpose about the cave paintings of Lascaux. While the reading material suggests that those cave paintings are aiming to record a victory hunt affair, the lecturer contends that those interpretations are popular but lack of persuasive supports. To begin with, the reading believes that this cave paitingpainting(misspelling) includes numerous animals which were hunted by Paleolithic people and some of the animals also hurtedhurt(misspelling) by hunting tools like arrows and spears. However, the lecturer mentions that some of the animals painted in the cave were not preypreyed(Agreement: 'been' or 'was' + past tense) for hunters at that time, like rhinocerousesrhinoceroses(misspelling) and cats. What's more, even though the most hunted animal was rein deer, the cave paintings did not depicteddepict(Non-infinitive verb after did/does) this mammal. Also, only a small porportionsproportions(misspelling) of animals hurtedhurt(misspelling) by arrows and spears on the cave paintings, so it is not a compelling evidence supporting the idea of recording successful hunt. Moreover, the reading states that human characters with animal heads upon are symbolized hunters in that periodperiod,(This rule identifies whether commas are missing in a sentence.) related to some conventions. Nevertheless, the lecturer disagrees and expresses that the human figures with animal heads on the cave paintings did not showingshow(After auxiliary 'do', use the base form of a verb) sense of hunting and, and(comma between independent clauses) they even were not standing up. With the horizontal positions back seeming asleep, it is hard to speculate they possessed hunt purpose, thus challenging the opinion in the reading. Finally, despite the reading highlights that this painting recording hunt events have unnatural power to influence the reality of hunting favorably, the lecturer demonstrates that not every magical propertiesall magical properties('each' or 'every' with plural nouns) aimed to facilitate hunting. This is because ancient people in Lascaux lived with animal arroundaround(misspelling) their dwelling and their ceremony about communicating with ancestor spirits involves crucial participant of animals. Therefore, their conventional ceremony could also relatedbe related(it would (be) appreciated) to other aim instead of hunt, which is opposites to the opinion in the reading.

Section Title: 6.文章修订

The reading and the lecture discuss the explanation and purpose of the Lascaux cave paintings. While the reading material suggests that these cave paintings aim to record a successful hunting event, the lecturer contends that this interpretation is popular but lacks persuasive support.

Firstly, the reading posits that the cave painting includes numerous animals hunted by Paleolithic people, with some of them wounded by hunting tools like arrows and spears. However, the lecturer mentions that some of the animals painted in the cave were not prey for hunters at that time, such as rhinoceroses and cats. Furthermore, even though reindeer were the most hunted animals, they were not depicted in these paintings. Additionally, only a small proportion of animals are shown wounded by arrows and spears in the cave paintings, making it insufficient evidence to support the idea of recording successful hunts.

Secondly, the reading states that human characters with animal heads symbolize hunters from that period due to certain conventions. Nevertheless, the lecturer disagrees and expresses that these human figures with animal heads do not convey a sense of hunting as they are not even standing up. With their horizontal positions on their backs appearing asleep, it is difficult to speculate that they represent hunting purposes, thus challenging the opinion presented in the reading.

Lastly, although the reading highlights that depicting hunting events in these paintings have supernatural power to influence reality favorably for hunters, the lecturer demonstrates that not all magical properties aimed to facilitate hunting. Ancient people in Lascaux lived surrounded by animals and their ceremonies involving communication with ancestor spirits included crucial participation from animals. Therefore, their traditional ceremonies could be related to other objectives instead of hunting success which contradicts with opinion presented in reading passage. (294 words)

The reading and the lecture discuss the explaination explanation and purpose about the cave paintings of Lascaux. of the Lascaux cave paintings. While the reading material suggests that those these cave paintings are aiming aim to record a victory hunt affair, successful hunting event, the lecturer contends that those interpretations are this interpretation is popular but lack of lacks persuasive supports. support (Changed "lack of persuasive supports" to "lacks persuasive support" for proper grammar).

To begin with, the reading believes that this cave paiting Firstly, the reading posits that the cave painting includes numerous animals which were hunted by Paleolithic people and people, with some of the animals also hurted them wounded by hunting tools like arrows and spears. However, the lecturer mentions that some of the animals painted in the cave were not prey for hunters at that time, like rhinocerouses and cats. What's more, such as rhinoceroses and cats (Changed "rhinocerouses" to "rhinoceroses" for correct plural form). Furthermore, even though reindeer were the most hunted animal was rein deer, the cave paintings did animals, they were not depicted this mammal. Also, in these paintings. Additionally, only a small porportions proportion of animals hurted are shown wounded by arrows and spears on in the cave paintings, so making it is not a compelling insufficient evidence supporting to support the idea of recording successful hunt. hunts (Changed "hurted" to "wounded" for proper word usage).

Moreover, Secondly, the reading states that human characters with animal heads upon are symbolized symbolize hunters in from that period related to some due to certain conventions. Nevertheless, the lecturer disagrees and expresses that the these human figures with animal heads on the cave paintings did not showing do not convey a sense of hunting and as they are not even were not standing up. With the their horizontal positions back on their backs appearing asleep (Changed "back seeming asleep, asleep" to "on their backs appearing asleep" for clarity), it is hard difficult to speculate that they possessed hunt purpose, represent hunting purposes, thus challenging the opinion presented in the reading.

Finally, despite Lastly, although the reading highlights that this painting recording hunt depicting hunting events in these paintings have unnatural supernatural power to influence the reality of hunting favorably, favorably for hunters (Changed "unnatural power" to "supernatural power"), the lecturer demonstrates that not every all magical properties aimed to facilitate hunting. This is because ancient Ancient people in Lascaux lived with animal arround their dwelling and their ceremony about communicating surrounded by animals and their ceremonies involving communication with ancestor spirits involves included crucial participant of participation from animals. Therefore, their conventional ceremony traditional ceremonies could also be related to other aim objectives instead of hunt, hunting success which is opposites to the contradicts with opinion in the reading.presented in reading passage (Changed "opposites to the opinion" to "contradicts with opinion" for proper word usage).

8. Mind Map


1. Introduction
   - Lascaux cave paintings
   - Reading: successful hunting event
   - Lecture: lacks persuasive support

2. Animals in the paintings
   - Reading: hunted animals, wounded by tools
   - Lecture: not all prey, reindeer missing, few wounded animals

3. Human characters with animal heads
   - Reading: symbolize hunters
   - Lecture: not standing up, appear asleep, not hunting purpose

4. Supernatural power and hunting success
   - Reading: influence reality favorably for hunters
   - Lecture: other objectives, communication with ancestor spirits

5. Conclusion
   - Disagreement between reading and lecture

9. Keywords

WordPhonetic SymbolPart of SpeechEnglish DefinitionSimplified Chinese Translation (if needed)Sample Sentence
Paleolithicˌpeɪl.iˈɒ.lɪθ.ɪkadjectiverelating to the time when humans used tools and weapons made of stone旧石器时代的The Lascaux cave paintings date back to the Paleolithic era.
conventionkənˈvenʃənnouna way in which something is usually done or a belief that people accept as true or right惯例,习俗,约定俗成的事物The human characters with animal heads might be a convention of that time period.
speculateˈspekjuleɪtverbto guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain; to form an opinion about something without knowing all the details or facts; to think about something and make guesses about it推测,猜测It is difficult to speculate that the human figures with animal heads represent hunting purposes.
supernaturalˌsuːpərˈnætʃərəladjectivecaused by forces that cannot be explained by science; relating to things that cannot be explained by natural laws, especially events and conditions believed to be caused by God or magic超自然的,神秘的The reading suggests that the cave paintings have supernatural power to influence reality favorably for hunters.
ancestorˈænsestərnouna person related to you who lived a long time ago; a plant, animal, or object related to one existing at a later point in time, such as in the future or at a higher level of development祖先,祖宗;原型,先驱;祖先的,祖宗的;原型的,先驱的;(动植物等)原种的,原始的;(器物等)原始的,古老的;(用于称呼或谈论某人)老人家,老朋友(等于old man);(尤指对已故长辈或显赫人物表示敬意时用)您老爷子;(在基督教会里尊称已故圣徒、牧师、传道人等)圣徒们;祖宗们;前辈们(等于fathers)Ancient people in Lascaux communicated with their ancestor spirits during ceremonies.
depictdɪˈpɪktverbto represent or show something in a picture or story; to describe something or someone in writing描述,描绘The cave paintings depict various animals and human figures.
preypreɪnounan animal that is hunted and killed for food by another animal; a person or group that is easily harmed or affected in a bad way by someone or something猎物,被捕食的动物;受害者,牺牲品;捕食(某物)的动物;捕食(某物)的人;捕食者,掠夺者;猎手,猎人;掠夺者的行为(或方式)Some of the animals painted in the cave were not prey for hunters at that time.
ceremonyˈserəməninouna formal event held in honor of a special occasion; a formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual, custom, or etiquette; an established system of rites or formal actions connected with an occasion, as in religion; the observance of an occasion with appropriate acts, rites, ceremonies, etc.; any action performed during a rite or ceremony; any action performed according to custom, etiquette, etc., as at a meeting, party, etc.仪式,典礼,礼节;礼仪,典礼;客套话,客套话语;繁文缛节,形式主义(等于formalism)Their traditional ceremonies could be related to other objectives instead of hunting success.
contradictˌkɒntrəˈdɪktverbto say the opposite of what someone else has said; to deny the truth of a statement, especially by saying that the opposite is true; to be so different from another fact or statement that one of them must be wrong反驳,驳斥;与…矛盾,与…抵触;否定,否认;与(某事物)相矛盾,与(某事物)抵触;自相矛盾,自我否定;说反话;顶嘴The lecturer's opinion contradicts with the opinion presented in the reading passage.
insufficientˌɪnsəˈfɪʃəntadjectivenot enough in amount or degree; lacking in what is necessary or required, as because of being too small in amount or too poor in quality; not adequate for a particular purpose or need; not sufficient, as in extent, force, ability, means, etc.; inadequate for a specified purpose, need, etc.不足的,不够的;不能胜任的,不能应付的;无能为力的;不充分的,不适当的The small proportion of animals shown wounded by arrows and spears makes it insufficient evidence to support the idea of recording successful hunts.

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