SWT一直都是PTE考试的重中之重，由于PTE的交叉打分机制，SWT一定程度上也决定着阅读分数的高低。但因为机经命中率比较高，考生往往忽略了练习的重要性，背一遍机经就去考试了。考试的时候如果纯靠回忆，很容易在高度紧张的时候忘记，而且一旦题目稍有变化将会不知所措，大大影响作文成绩。所以在备考阶段，对每篇SWT真题进行透彻的学习和分析，才是正确的复习方法。
以下是近期高频考题Alphabetical script的分析，并附上高分参考答案。
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Their trade networks made the Phoenicians rich but also enabled cultural exchange and transfer between East and West in an unprecedented way: the most significant was the spread of the alphabetic script which was adopted all over the Mediterranean.
The Phoenician alphabet is a writing system consisting of only 22 signs representing exactlyone sound (phoneme) each. The term "alphabet" derives from the names of the first two signs in the sequence, aleph ("cattle") and beit("house"): these names also reflect the letters' shapes, each derived from the picture of an object whose name starts with the relevant sound.
The alphabetic script is simple enough to learn quickly, without the years of dedicated training required to master writing systems such as cuneiform or Egyptian hieroglyphs. Specialised schooling was unnecessary, and literacy was therefore disengaged from the institutional context of palaces and temples where the traditional scripts continued to be used. The alphabet suited the needs oflong-distance merchants who needed to be able to record their business affairson the go and who, for reasons of confidentiality and money, often preferred to write themselves rather than employ a specialist scribe. As the script couldeasily be used to record any language, it was, in the course of the first millennium BC, adapted for Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, Phrygian, Lydian, Etruscanand Latin, to name but a few.
本文属于题材深奥（不常见），篇幅略长，生词很多的文段，相比于带有叙事性的科学研究类文章，文化语言类文章会使一些同学更为头痛。在这类文章中，同样要克服的就是对于特有名词或专有名词的恐惧。其次就是在理顺思路的前提下，请可能将文章的关键结论简洁的梳理表达出来。
Their trade networks made the Phoenicians rich but also enabled cultural exchange and transfer between East and West in an unprecedented way: the most significant was the spread of the alphabetic script which was adopted all over the Mediterranean.
大意：贸易网络使Phoenicians（腓尼基人）富有，但也促成了东西方之间的文化交流和传递，这前所未有：最值得一提的是在整个地中海地区都被传播采用的字母表。
分析：本段属于总起段，直接点出了主要人物和说明主体，也总结了他们之间的联系。
圈划：Phoenicians，significantwas the spread of the alphabetic script which was adopted all over theMediterranean
The Phoenician alphabet is a writing system consisting of only 22 signs representing exactlyone sound (phoneme) each. The term "alphabet" derives from the names of the first two signs in the sequence, aleph ("cattle") and beit("house"): these names also reflect the letters' shapes, each derived from the picture of an object whose name starts with the relevant sound.
大意：腓尼基字母表是一个由只有22个符号组成的书写系统，每个符号只代表一个声音（音素）。术语“字母表”来自序列中前两个符号的名称，即aleph（“牛”）和beit（“房子”）：这些名称还反映了字母的形状，每个字母对应着以该字母为首字母的一件事物的图像。
分析：本段详细介绍字母表的组成。但我们在总结是，只需要总结其基本特征，不需要对后续细节进行描述。
圈划：consistingof only 22 signs representing exactly one sound (phoneme) each
The alphabetic script is simple enough to learn quickly, without the years of dedicated training required to master writing systems such as cuneiform or Egyptian hieroglyphs. Specialised schooling was unnecessary, and literacy was therefore disengaged from the institutional context of palaces and temples where the traditional scripts continued to be used. The alphabet suited the needs oflong-distance merchants who needed to be able to record their business affairson the go and who, for reasons of confidentiality and money, often preferred to write themselves rather than employ a specialist scribe. As the script couldeasily be used to record any language, it was, in the course of the first millennium BC, adapted for Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, Phrygian, Lydian, Etruscanand Latin, to name but a few.
大意：字母表足够简单，可以快速学习，而无需多年的专门培训来掌握楔形文字或埃及象形文字等书写系统。没有必要专门学校教育，因此扫盲工作脱离了传统字母表继续使用的宫殿和寺庙的制度背景。这个字母表适合长途商人的需要，他们需要能够随时记录商业事务，出于保密和金钱的原因，他们通常更愿意自己写自己而不是雇用专家抄写员。由于该表可以很容易地用来记录任何语言，所以在公元前的第一个千年期间，它适用于阿拉姆语，希伯来语，希腊语，弗里吉亚语，吕底亚语，伊特鲁里亚语和拉丁语。
分析：本段开始详细描述字母表的特征、有点，以及应用普及情况。首先，优点可以总结成简单易学，门槛低，教学要求低。适合长途商人及原因。长远作用，适用于多种语言。后续细节都可以省略。
圈划：Thealphabetic script is simple to learn quickly, with no need of long timetraining and special school, and especially suited for long-distance merchantsfor confidentiality and money, which allows it to be adapted for lots oflanguage in the first millennium BC.
最后附上参考答案：
Phoenicians was significant for the alphabetic script consisting of only 22 signs representing one sound each which was adopted all over the Mediterranean, as
The alphabetic script is simple to learn quickly, with no need of long time training and special school, and especially suited for long-distance merchants for confidentiality and money, which allows it to be adapted for lots of language in the first millennium BC.
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