托福口语练习 关于播放音乐的讨论

City University plans to begin playing music over loud speakers in the campus¹ cafeterias.

城市大学打算开始在校园餐厅里用大音响播放音乐。

You will have 50 seconds to read an article from the campus newspaper about the plan. Begin reading now.

你将有50秒的时间阅读这篇摘自校报的关于这项计划的文章。现在请开始阅读。

Now listen to two students discussing the university's plan.

两个学生正在讨论这项大学计划，请听他们的对话。

Man:Have you read this article? Are they serious?

男：你看过这篇文章了吗？他们真的要这么做？

Woman:Yeah, I think so. Why?

女：我想是的，怎么了？

Man:Well, first of all, a lot of kids aren't looking for relaxing breaks at lunch time.

男：好吧，首先，很多学生在午餐时间并不指望放松。

They like to study while they, especially while they have exams coming up or some assignments they have to get done.

他们更愿意利用这段时间学习，尤其是当他们马上要考试或者必须完成某些作业的时候。

Woman:Yeah, that's true.

女：嗯，确实是这样。

Man:And now they won't be able to concentrate. This is gonna be very distracting².

男：可现在他们就没办法集中注意力了。播放音乐太容易让人分心了。

Woman:Hmmm. Ok, yeah, I see your point.

女：嗯......好吧，我知道你的意思了。

Man:And second, most students don't like classical music.

男：其次，大部分学生都不喜欢古典音乐。

Woman:It's certainly not what I listen to.

女：反正我绝对不会去听古典音乐的。

Man:So, are people going to stop listening to their own music?

男：所以，你觉得大家会停止听他们自己的音乐吗？

Woman:No!

女：不会的。

Man:I think people are going to be even more likely to bring their mp3 player, you know, to play their own music and block out the classical stuff³.

男：我觉得他们反而更可能会把自己的MP3带来，听他们自己的音乐以盖住古典音乐的声音。

Woman:Yeah, that makes sense.

女：是的，很有可能。

1 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。

2 distracting   

v.使（人）分心，分散（注意力）( distract的现在分词 )；打扰

参考例句：

• You're distracting me from my work. 你使我不能专心工作。
• Nothing is more distracting than a neurotic boss. 没有什么比神经过敏的老板更恼人的了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。