雅思场景听写训练 第17期:场地设施(3)

JANE: It's going to be different from school, isn't it?

TIM: Yeah, particularly the lectures. Have you got any special strategy¹ for listening to lectures?

JANE: Well, l，m going to use a cassette² recorder and record them all.

TIM: What! Are you allowed to?

JANE: Sure. Lots of people do it nowadays. It means you can listen to the lectures all over again later, and make really good notes.

TIM: I couldn't do that. I like to take notes as I'm listening. I usually find I get all the important points. Reading is different of course. My approach is to skim³ the book first to see what's important and what isn't. It saves hours of time.

JANE: But what if you miss something?

TIM: You don't mean you're going to read every word, do you?

JANE: Well, that's what I usually do.

TIM: Well, that's up to you, but I think you're crazy!

JANE: What's your first lecture on, anyway?

TIM: Oh, it's a lecture on the French Revolution.

JANE: The French Revolution! How boring!

TIM: It's not boring at all! It was an amazing period of history. It changed everything in Europe. So what's your first lecture about?

JANE: It's about animal behavior. It sounds really interesting.

TIM: Look, I was on my way to the library. I'm going to get some of these books ou and start reading for the first essay I've got to write.

JANE: And what have you got to write about?

TIM: Well, you‘ll never believe it. I think our professor must have a sense of humor⁴. He's given us the title “Why study history?”

JANE: That's a good one. When you find the answer, let me know!

TIM: I'm going to enjoy writing it. Have you been given any writing assignments yet?

JANE: Yes, I've got to write about animal language.

TIM: Hmm! That sounds a challenge. I suppose you will be off to the zoo to do field research.

1 strategy   

n.方法，策略，战略

参考例句：

• The only way to take the enemy position is by strategy,not by forceful attack.只可智取，不可强攻。
• Tactics differs from strategy.战术有别于战略。

2 cassette   

n.卡式录音带盒；卡式胶卷盒

参考例句：

• He inserted a cassette into the machine.他把一盒录像带放入机器。
• And let's not forget our cassette player and some tapes.还别忘了带上我们的卡式录音机和一些录音带。

3 skim   

vt.撇(去)；掠过；浏览，略读；vi.浏览

参考例句：

• It took me an hour to skim the book.我费了一个小时把这本书草草地读了一遍。
• He tried to skim off the best players from the local school teams.他试图从当地学校的球队中选拔出一批最好的球员。

4 humor   

n.(humour)幽默，诙谐

参考例句：

• He is distinguished for his sense of humor.他以其幽默感著称。
• American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.美式幽默主要以夸张为基础。