托福口语练习 给报社写信

 

The woman expresses her opinion about the proposal¹ that her friend Tim made in his letter tothe newspaper.

这位女士对她朋友Tim给报社写的信中所提的建议表达了自己的看法。

State her opinion about his proposal and explain the reason she gives for her opinion.

请简要说明她对这项提议的看法并解释她如此认为的原因。

Now read a letter that a student has written to the university newspaper.

请阅读一个学生写给学校报社的一封信。

You have 50 seconds to read the letter. Begin reading now.

你有50秒的时间阅读这封信。现在请开始阅读。

Now listen to two students discussing the letter.

请听两个学生讨论这封信。

I totally disagree with Tim's proposal.

我完全不同意Tim的提议。

Why?

为什么？

Well, look, Tim's my friend but he's not your typical student.

虽然我把Tim当朋友，但他绝对不是有代表性的学生。

He stays up late partying every night, week nights, too.

他每天晚上都通宵狂欢，即使工作日的晚上也是如此。

If he parties every night no wonder he can't pay attention.

如果他每晚都狂欢的话，难怪他集中不了注意力了。

Yes, and most students aren't like that.

没错，不过大部分学生都不会这样的。

They come to class prepared and rested and they can concentrate².

他们来上课时都做好了准备，充分休息过了，而且他们都能集中精神。

So, you're saying that problem is really Tim.

所以你的意思是，其实问题出在Tim身上？

Yes. He was in one of my classes last year and whenever I looked at him he was actuallysleeping.

对。去年我和他有过同一节课，可是无论什么时候我看到他，他都在睡觉。

I guess if he was sleeping, he can't really know what's happening, what other people in classare doing.

我想如果他睡着了的话，那他就不可能知道真正发生了什么，班上其他人在做什么。

Right! And you want to know what does happen in that last hour of seminar³?

没错！你想知道研讨会最后一个小时真正会发生什么吗？

In a lot of seminars⁴ that I've been in, that's when things get interesting.

在我去过的许多研讨会里，那最后一个小时正是事情开始变得有趣的时候。

Really?

真的吗？

Yes, that's usually when students get really involved in the discussion⁵ and started exchangingimportant ideas.

是的，那个时候学生才真正参与到讨论中，并且开始分享重要的想法。

And if the History department actually did what Tim suggests,

如果历史系真的按照Tim的建议来做的话，

well if they did that, what would happen is you'd lose what might be the most worthwhile partof the seminar.

好吧，如果他们真的这么做了，一定会失去整个研讨会最有价值的部分。

1 proposal   

n.提议，建议；求婚

参考例句：

• I feel that we ought to accept his proposal.我觉得我们应该接受他的建议。
• They could not gain over anyone to support their proposal.他们无法争取到支持他们建议的人。

2 concentrate   

vt.集中；聚集；浓缩；vi.集中；全神贯注

参考例句：

• You should concentrate on the road when you're driving.开车时注意力应集中在路上。
• Concentrate your mind on study,Don't look around.专心学习，别东张西望的。

3 seminar   

n.研究小组，研讨会，(大学的)研究班

参考例句：

• The seminar aims to provide an overview on new media publishing.研讨会旨在综览新兴的媒体出版。
• The seminar was to discuss diversification of agriculture.该研讨会讨论的是农业多种经营。

4 seminars   

n.研讨班( seminar的名词复数 )；研讨小组；研讨会；培训会

参考例句：

• Teaching is by lectures and seminars. 教学形式为讲座和研讨课。
• They are planning a series of workshops and business seminars. 他们正在筹划一系列研习班和商务研讨会。 来自辞典例句

5 discussion   

n.讨论，谈论；论述

参考例句：

• It is certain he will come to the discussion.他肯定会来参加讨论。
• After months of discussion,a peace agreement is gradually taking shape.经过几个月的商讨，和平协议渐渐有了眉目。