[問題]PP-test 2 Q 127-131 (listening)

[Isabelle]

Listen to a talk given by an Economics professor
Let me tell you about an exhibit in the university museum that you might want to see. There are showing a collection of coins and paper money used in North America in the last two hundred years. The exhibit also includes historical facts about the various forms of currency. One interesting item I saw there was a currency note from Canada ---a piece of paper money worth only 25 cents. I've never seen a bill worth so little. The Canadian government issued the notes in 1870 as a temporary solution to a shortage of coins. The plan was to use them for only a few years until enough coins could be made. The people found the bills so useful that the Canadian government printed more in 1900 and 1923. Most people simply like the bills because they were easy to hold in a purse or a pocket or to send through the mail. They are only about half the size as the current bills. But what's unusual is the way the soldiers used them. They would stick them down in their boots to prevent the boots from rubbing against their skin. You can't image how irritated your shrinks may get your boots' rubber against them all day. So the durable paper really helped. As a result, they became known as shrink plasters. The bank of Canada finally recalled the shrink plasters in 1935 and ironically those that were not destroyed are now valuable collect this item like the one on display at the museum.


127. What is the talk mainly about?

まAn old type of Canadian money
まThe history of the Bank of Canada
まWhy Canadians collect paper money
まThe spending habits of Canadian shoppers A

128. Why did the Canadian government begin printing the
currency note?

まTo simplify purchases by mail
まTo honor a Canadian soldier
まTo substitute for coins in short supply
まTo make storing money easy C

129. According to the professor, why did most people like
the currency notes when they were first issued?

まThey were colorful.
まThey were collectors' items.
まThey were shiny.
まThey were a convenient size. D

130. According to the professor, what did many soldiers do
with the currency notes?

まSent them home to their families
まUsed them as bookmarks
まPadded their boots
まPolished their shoes C

131. What does the professor say about the present status of
the currency notes?

まThey are the most common currency.
まThey are no longer used as money.
まThey are used only by the military.
まThey have decreased in monetary value. B

想問一下粗體字那行是什麼意思？shrink在這邊要是什麼意思？ 謝謝~~

[nexxt0722]

基本上,我實在想不出shrink在這是做什麼意思解,或許是比較口語的表達吧,
所知有限,幫不上忙,不過據前輩牛人的見解,PP REVIEW的文本也不盡然全對,
所以若實在找不到適當的解釋,建議還是不要太拘泥鑽研,了解句子大致文意即可

大致句意:你沒有辦法想像靴子不合腳,整天磨來磨去是多麼讓人不爽的事

才疏學淺,不妥之處,多多包涵,切莫見笑

[micki]

對不起,我也不懂這句話是什麼意思...

不過我同意 nexxt0722 說法.

雖然作學問要認真,但是有些時候意思懂就好,
考聽力,如果等你想到每一句都要懂...
除非你非常厲害,不然一般程度的人,考試應該會來不及寫完吧.

[Isabelle]

謝謝nexxt0722 & micki的回應，我知道以後該怎麼做了