托福口语练习 请简单总结一下所遇到的问题

The speakers discuss two possible solutions to the woman's problem.

下面的这两位谈话者将要就该女性所遇到的麻烦，提出一些解决方案。

Briefly¹ summarize² the problem then state which solution you recommend and explain why.

请简单总结一下所遇到的问题，然后请提出你的倾向的解决方案，并说明一下原因。

Now listen to a conversation between two students.

现在，请听两名学生之间的谈话。

Man: Hey, Mary, how's your volunteer work going?

男：嗨，Mary，你的志愿者工作怎么样了？

You're still involved in that after-school program with the elementary kids?

你还在做那个小学生课后项目吗？

Woman: Yeah, but I've got a problem. I am supposed to be driving a bunch of them to the zoo tomorrow.

女：对呀，但是我现在遇到一些麻烦。我本来明天是要带他们坐车去动物园的。

Man: Yeah?

男：嗯？

Woman: And I was supposed to rent a van for the trip.

女：这次旅行，我本来是要租一辆面包车的。

But I waited too long to call the rental³ agency⁴ to reserve one.

但是我拖了很久才给租赁公司打电话订。

Man: Oh!

男：啊！

Woman: Now it turns out they don't have any vans available for tomorrow.

女：现在的结果就是他们明天没有面包车。

I don't know what to do? These kids will be really disappointed if their trip gets cancelled.

我不知道该怎么办了？如果旅行取消了，孩子们会很失望的。

Man: Hmmm, well, doesn't one of your friends on campus⁵ have a car?

男：唔，嗯，你学校的朋友没有车吗？

I mean, couldn't you borrow it for the day?

我的意思是，你那天不能借一辆车？

Woman: Yeah, probably, but I'd need to borrow two cars or there wouldn't be enough space for all the kids.

女：呃，也许能，但是我需要借两辆车，这样才能够所有的孩子。

Man: Um, hum.

男：唔，嗯。

Woman: That's why I was going to rent the van.

女：所以我才会去租面包车啊。

And then I'd need to find somebody else to drive, too. I can't drive two cars by myself.

然后，我还需要找别人来开车。我自己不能同时开两辆车啊。

Man: Yeah, that's true. Well, I am sure you can probably find a volunteer or if you wanted to save yourself the trouble of hunting down a second driver, what about public transportation?

男：呃，确实是这样。唔，我相信你可以找到其他志愿者的。不过，如果你想省去找司机的麻烦，为什么不考虑一下公共交通？

Check the bus schedule, I think there's a bus line that goes right past the zoo.

查查公交运行计划，我觉得应该是有线路直达动物园的。

Woman: Yeah, that's a possibility, but I don't know, it might be a real challenge supervising⁶ the kids on the bus.

女：是的，这样也行，但是我不知道，要看管公交上的所有小孩，这可能对我来说真是个挑战。

Sometimes they are a handful⁷ when they get excited. It's an option, though.

孩子们一兴奋起来，有时候还真棘手。尽管，这确实是个选择。

1 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

2 summarize   

vt.概括，概述，总结

参考例句：

• I will summarize what I have done.我将概述我所做的事情。
• They need to find information quickly and be able to summarize it in clear language.他们需要快速找到信息并能用清晰的语言概述。

3 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

4 agency   

n.经办；代理；代理处

参考例句：

• This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
• He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。

5 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。

6 supervising   

v.监督，管理( supervise的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She had something to do in the house, supervising that native. 她待在家里，究竟还有点儿事情可以做做，可以监视那个土人。 来自辞典例句
• In addition, nuisance law fails to provide a systematic mechanism for supervising emissions. 另外，妨害法不能提供一个监督排放的系统性机制。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

7 handful   

n.一把；少量，少数，一小撮

参考例句：

• We invited 30 people, but only a handful came.我们邀请了30人，但是只到了几个人。
• He pulled out a handful of coins from his pocket.他从口袋里掏出一把硬币。