Pleasanton town market

文章大意

讲座介绍普莱森顿镇集市的历史：最初交易肉类、毛皮和简单工具，后来以优质牲畜闻名，各地买家前来选购牛羊猪鸡；集市利润曾挽救低迷经济，并资助公共设施与防御建设，后因农业革命和顾客流失而衰落，新任市长约翰·C·威利着手应对。

题目与答案

1. 31 Why did the lecturer choose to focus on the Pleasanton Town Market?
   • It was the first ever town market
   • It has been covered extensively in local history classes
   • It is often mentioned in some literature of the library

   答案：It is often mentioned in some literature of the library

   原文定位：The Pleasanton Town Market is important because it is often mentioned in the literature found in the library

2. 32 The Town Market originally made a large profit selling
   • handcrafts
   • vegetables
   • animals

   答案：animals

   原文定位：Over time, though, it became known as the place to find quality livestock. People came from all over the world to find the biggest and best cows, pigs, and chickens

   同义替换：「originally made a large profit」↔「became known as the place to find quality livestock」

3. 33 The money that the marketers made contributes to local
   • reconstruction
   • development
   • defense

   答案：defense

   原文定位：vendors contributing their profits to building up much-needed public facilities and defense

4. 34 Market sales plummeted due to lack of viable
   • agriculture
   • transport
   • city planning

   答案：transport

   原文定位：Customers grew more and more reluctant to travel all the way to the town center for their meats when they could easily choose to buy from local farmers near them for a fraction of the price

5. 35 Major John C. Wiley decided the Clock tower would be used as a ..... in the early stages of the uprising
   • clock
   • grounds for battle
   • jail

   答案：jail

   原文定位：During the historical Rotterdam Rebellion, Wiley gave all those involved lifetime prison sentences in the very same building. It stayed a prison for about fifty more years

   同义替换：「uprising」↔「Rebellion」，「prison」↔「jail」

6. | Research Methods | Objects | Problems |

   | --- | --- | --- |

   | reference section | 36_____ | there is too much information |

   | 37..... | Rebellion | bias makes it 38..... |

   | 39..... | Jim Wiley | the information is insufficient |

   | newspaper archives | 40..... | more detail is needed |

   答案：market

   原文定位：I suggest starting by looking for information on the market itself. You’ll find plenty of information. In fact, some students complain that there is actually too much information on it

7. | Research Methods | Objects | Problems |

   | --- | --- | --- |

   | reference section | 36..... | there is too much information |

   | 37_____ | Rebellion | bias makes it 38..... |

   | 39..... | Jim Wiley | the information is insufficient |

   | newspaper archives | 40..... | more detail is needed |

   答案：interviews

   原文定位：On your own time, you could find family members of old war veterans to conduct interviews

   同义替换：「Rebellion」↔「war veterans」

8. | Research Methods | Objects | Problems |

   | --- | --- | --- |

   | reference section | 36..... | there is too much information |

   | 37..... | Rebellion | bias makes it 38_____ |

   | 39..... | Jim Wiley | the information is insufficient |

   | newspaper archives | 40..... | more detail is needed |

   答案：useless

   原文定位：But be careful, an interview that is riddled with bias is useless

9. | Research Methods | Objects | Problems |

   | --- | --- | --- |

   | reference section | 36..... | there is too much information |

   | 37..... | Rebellion | bias makes it 38..... |

   | 39_____ | Jim Wiley | the information is insufficient |

   | newspaper archives | 40..... | more detail is needed |

   答案：photographs

   原文定位：I myself have some very old photographs here that you are welcome to take a look at for some inspiration. I’m lucky enough to own this one of Jim Wiley himself. Very interesting to see, but does not provide enough information to add much to your film

   同义替换：「insufficient」↔「does not provide enough」

10. | Research Methods | Objects | Problems |

    | --- | --- | --- |

    | reference section | 36..... | there is too much information |

    | 37..... | Rebellion | bias makes it 38..... |

    | 39..... | Jim Wiley | the information is insufficient |

    | newspaper archives | 40_____ | more detail is needed |

    答案：crime

    原文定位：All you would have to do is look through the newspaper archives in the crime section during that time period