【托福聽(tīng)力備考】tpo13 聽(tīng)力文本——lecture 1

1、【托福聽(tīng)力備考】TPO13聽(tīng)力文本——Lecture1眾所周知，托福TPO材料是備考托福聽(tīng)力最好的材料。相信眾多備考托福的同學(xué)也一直在練習(xí)這套材料，那么在以下內(nèi)容中我們就為大家?guī)?lái)托福TPO聽(tīng)力練習(xí)的文本，希望能為大家的備考帶來(lái)幫助。TPO13Lecture1CityplanningNarrat:Listentopartofalectureinacityplanningclass.Profess:Inthelast50yearssoma

2、nyAmericancitieshavehaddifficultiesinmaintainingasuccessfulretailenvironment.Businessownersinthecitycentersthedowntownareashaveexperiencedsomefinanciallossesbecauseofasteadymovementofpeopleoutofthecitiesintothesuburbs.In

3、generaldowntownareasjustdon’thavethatmanyresidentialareasnotthatmanypeoplelivethere.SowhathavecityplannersdecidedtodoaboutitWellonewaythey’vecomeupwithsomewaystoattractmepeopletoshopdowntownwasbycreatingpedestrianmalls.N

4、owwhatisapedestrianmallIt’saprettysimpleconceptreallyitisessentiallyanoutdoshoppingareadesignedjustfpeopleonfoot.…wellunlikemanyothershoppingmallsthatarebuiltinthesuburbsnowadaysthesepedestrianmallsaretypicallylocatedint

5、hedowntownareaofthecity....oh...therearefeatureslikewhitesidewalkscomftableoutdoseatingmaybeevenfountains...youknowart.Therearevariationsonthismodelofcoursebutthecommondenominatisalwaystheideaofcreatingashoppingspacethat

6、willgetpeopletoshopinthecitywithoutneedingtheireither...um...eitherthedesignersplantolocatethemallnearacentraltransptationhublikeabusterminalamajtrainsubwaystationtheywkwithcityofficialstocreatesufficientparkingareasnott

7、oofarfromthemallwhichmakessensebecauseifpeoplecan’tdriveintothemallareawellthentheyneedtohaveeasyaccesstoit.OKsothat’slocationbut...butwhataboutdesignWelldesigndoesn’tnecessarilyincludethingslikesculpturesdecativewalkway

8、s…eveneyecatchingwindowdisplaysyouknowart.AlthoughIwouldbethefirsttoadmitthosethingsareaestheticallyappealinghowevervisuallypleasingsightswelltheyarenotapartofthepedestrianmalldesignthatmatterthanmost.Thekeyconsideration

9、isacompactconvenientlayout.Onewhichallowspedestrianstowalkfromoneendofthemalltotheotherinjustafewminutessotheycangettothemajstesresaurantsothercentralplaceswithouthavingtotakemethanonetwoturns.Nowthistakescarefulcreative

10、planning.ButnowwhatifoneingredienttothisplanningrecipeismissingTherecouldquitepossiblybelonglastingeffects.IthinkagoodexampleisthepedestrianmallintheLouisvilleKentuckyfinstance.NowwhentheLouisvillemallwasbuiltohithadlots

11、ofvisualappealitwasattractivelydesignedrightinthesmallpartofdowntownitprettymuchpossessedalloftheotherdesignelementsfsuccess.But...uhnowhereiswheremypointaboutlocationcomesintoplay.Therewasn’taconventioncenteraroundto...