场景分类(上)

校园类 Vestibulum Lorme 第一篇  宿舍噪音 W: So how do you like living in the renovated dorms? M: There aren’t much different than the old dorms, just some new pane and windows. The windows are nice so they shut off the noise really well. The street’s just outside, but I can barely hear the traffic.  W: Um, they must be good windows, I bet they must have double panes and glass; they shut off a lot of noise that the single pane wouldn’t stop.  M: Yeah, I wish I had something just the factor between me and my neighbor’s room. Sometimes he turns up the music so loud that I have trouble getting into sleep. Anyway I guess I’m better off  than the people who’ll be moving into the new dorms. Did you see how thin the walls are that they putting up between those rooms? W: I haven’t seen them but I did read something about them in the campus newspaper. They are supposed to be better than the thick concrete wall you’ve got here.  M: Better? How?  W: Well, what they doing is separating each room with 2 thin layer of plasterboards and each one is nailed to a different frame. That way they vibrate independently.  M: Oh, I see, so the sound from one room doesn’t just vibrate the wall and go directly into next room. There is a gap between 2 layers of wall.  W: That’s right.  M: Well, I’m still stuck with this neighbor and I am not sure what to do.  W: You know heavy bear wall doesn’t help. You should hang something up like some fur rags or some decorated cross. That would act like a kind of a second wall and absorb some sound. I got some extras you can use, people hey.  M: I’d appreciate it; anything to get a good night sleep.  1 主题2主要问题的答案3怎么解决Correct answers: B A C B D 第二篇    W: Can I help you find something? Oh, hi, Rick! M: Oh, hi, Julie. When did you start working here? I thought you were waiting tables in Teresa’s café. W: Yeah, I quitted, because I had to work too many nights. I started here just a few days ago. It’s perfect! I work all afternoon shift. So my mornings are free for classes, and I can study at night. So what are you looking for? M: Well, I can’t seem to find the 8th book for English 626. I only found these seven. I’m probably looking right at it  W: Um…English 626…English 626… Are you sure they are 8? M: Yeah, they are 8 titles on my syllabus. And look, the card on the shelf had eight listed. But I can only find seven of the books. W: You are right. Oh, here they are. They are on the wrong shelves over here by economics books. I’ll have to put these into the English books so they are not so hard to find. M: Thanks a lot. Can you point me the direction of the computer paper? W: Sure, it’s… 2 or 3 aisles over. Why don’t you follow me? It’s easier just to show you. 1问题的答案2问题的答案3接下来要做什么Correct answers: C A B 第三篇  选课 M: Janet! Nice to see you again. Ready to plan you schedule for next semester?  W: Yeah, I’ve already looked at the list of classes. And I hope to take business law and intro to finance this coming semester. M: That sounds good. And it is always best plans the courses in your major first and then fit out the requirements on the electives then. W: I like to take one other business course, but I am not sure which one?  M: How are about an economics course?  W: I took one  this past semester and got a lot out of it.  M: Oh, that’s right I remember you telling me about it. Well, let’s see what else you need?  W: I need another English course and was thinking about taking a poetry class.  M: Let me see, the prerequisite for all the poetry classes is the English composition.  W: I took that my first semester.  M: Well, modern American poetry fits in your schedule  W: With Doctor Turner?  M: Um-huh…  W: That’ll be great! I heard all about her from my roommate, the English major.  M: This should up tobe a pretty good semester for you, what else do you need to take?  W: I have to take one more math course but I have been putting it at all. I heard that calculus is really tough.  M: It is! But you may want to take it and just take these four courses this semester.  W: That’s not a bad idea! I just hope it doesn’t affect my grade point average! 1对话的人物性质2问题的回答3异状况的解释 Correct answers: C A B D 第四篇    学生抗议食堂 W: Excuse me. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?  M: No I guess not.  M: Great! This is for a student council report; we want to find out what students think the campus food service the results would tell us what kind of changes to push for.  M: I think everyone has pretty strong opinions about that.  W: Yeah, that’s one thing I found out already. Ok, first how often do you eat in the cafeteria?  M: Almost everyday, I’ve got a meal contract.  W: And do you usually eat here at Anderson hall.  M: Yeah, I live next door.  W: And you mention that you have a meal contract, is that right?  M: Uh-huh! For breakfast and dinner, Monday to Saturday.  W: What’s your general impression of the food here?  M: Well, people complain a lot, but basically I think it’s ok. The vegetables are usually overcooked, but I mean they had to feed hundreds of people here. You are not going to get something freshly prepared just for you. W: What if I just put down generally satisfactory, would like more fresh vegetables, ok?  M: Sure. W: So you think the other things like soup and dessert’s okay? M: Yeah, that’s about right. W: Is there anything you like to change about the cafeteria? M: Yes, the hours. Sometimes it’s a real rush for me to get back here before 6:30. 1为什么会有这段对话2细节34对提问的答案5对最后一句说什么 Correct answers: A B C C D 第五篇 学习问题 Correct answers: B A D / B C D / C A D ★ W: Excuse me! I need to a copy of Steven Hakim’s Brief History of Time. And I don’t know where to look for it?  M: Did you check the status on the library’s computer?  W: I tried but I couldn’t figure out what to do.  M: Well I can call it up right here. You wanted Hakim’s book right? It looks like it will be out for another 6 weeks.  W: Oh no, I really need it for paper that due in 2 weeks. Is there anything you can do?  M: Sure, we can try to get it from another library, just fill out this form and it should be here in 3 or 5 days. But it will cost 2 dollars.  W: What a relief! That’s a really help! ********************************************************** ★ M: Good morning. Is this where we should come to add or drop a course? W: Yes, it is. Just write the name of the course you want to drop on this little form. M: Great! Now where do I write the Astronomy course that I want to add? W: Sorry it’s too late to add a course. You could only add courses two weeks since this semester. And Friday was the last day.  M: But I’m senior. And if I dropped the class without adding in one, I wouldn’t have enough credits to graduate. W: So, what you have to do then is to get the professor’s approval and have him sign the special add form. Then bring it back to me, and I put it through. M: Okay. Thanks. I hope I’ll be able to find them. ********************************************************** ★ M: Hi, Lanyard, we missed you in psychology class yesterday. W: I have a terrible cough. So I stayed at home. Do you take notes? M: Well, no one can ever recite for my handwriting. Tina was there, too. And you are more likely to be able to read her notes. W: Do you know where she is today? M: I know she has class in the morning. But she always eats lunch in the cafeteria around noon. W: Good! I’ll try to catch her then. 第六篇 打工场景 M: So you are going to be writing for the school newspaper? W: Yes, I’m excited about it. I’m thinking about journalism as a career. M: Well! Congratulations! How do they decide whom to hire? W: I have to send the writing sample. I used one of the essays I’ve written for the literature class, then the editor assigned me a topic to write a short article about it. M: What did you write about? W: Actually, it was a lot of fun. I wrote about the students’ play that has been performed this month. M: Oh, I saw that play. The director is a friend of mine. It really called in a stir around here. W: Yeah, I know. That’s what I wrote about --people’s reaction to it. It’s really interesting. M: Have you finished the article? Can I read it? W: Sure. I just made a couple of copies. So you can have one. M: Thanks. I wish I were a better writer. Working for the paper sounds like fun. W: Well, they’re looking to add one or two more photographers to the staff. M: You’re kidding! May be I’ll go over and apply. W: If you want, I’ll walk over with you to the newspaper office and introduce you to the photographic editor and some of the other photographers. M: That will be terrific! But can we go tomorrow? I have to go to math class now. And if we go tomorrow, then I’ll have time tonight to put together a portfolio of photographs to show them. W: Sure. And maybe you should call them and set up a time to meeting them tomorrow. M: Good idea. I’ll do that before I go to class. W: All right. See you tomorrow. 1主题23细节4明天要做什么5接下来要做什么 Correct answers: C B C D A 第七篇学习问题 W: Hey, Kevin, I haven’t seen you since the beginning of the semester, how is it going?  M: Well, I am a little overwhelmed. It’s strange. I always want to go to a big university like this but now I am here. I am not so sure. I mean the courses are interesting enough, but… W: What’s bothering you then?  M: Well after going to a small high school and knowing everybody it’s a pretty shagged to be in huge lecture hall with hundreds of students. And not one professor even knows my name.  W: I know you mean. I’ve so pretty lost myself last year but I know about something that might help. It’s called the mentor group.  M: The what?  W: The mentor group. It’s like a support group. I joined it last year when I was a first year student.  M: So what is it?  W: It’s basically professors and small group of students getting together informally to discuss all kinds of subjects. You have the chance to meet professors and other students.  M: Hem, sounds worthwhile, but doesn’t it take up a lot of studying time？ W: Not really, you can study all the time you know and this is like a little break.  M: I guess you could meet professor whose course you might take later!  W: Exactly, that’s what happened to me! I am taking the psychology course with Professor Green. I didn’t know how interesting psychology was, till I got to talk to him in the mentor group. M: You talk to him in the mentor group! Is it too late to join?  W: I don’t think so; if I were you I go over to the dean’s office and sign up.  M: I was going to the library to return a book but I can do it later I guess. 1问题的答案2问题的答案3为什么提到xx4接下来要做什么 Correct answers: D C A D 第八篇 注册学校 W: Here we are at registration again; I can’t believe how much tuition has gone up.  M: I know. It’s ridiculous. You know my cousin Anne pays nothing to go her school in Kentucky.  W: Nothing! Maybe I should transfer there.  M: You can’t, only students from certain part of Kentucky can go. It’s only for students from the Appalachian Mountains area.  W: So with no tuition how do they run the school? M: Well, they get a lot of donations. W: And that pays for everything?  M: Well, they also get some money from the government and besides that all the students are required to work at the college. That’s why the college doesn’t need to hire a lot of outside-workers.  W: Oh yeah, that will help cut the school expenses, so what kind of job do they do?  M: My cousin helps to clean the dorms. I think her roommate washes dishes in the cafeteria. Things like that.  W: That sounds great! Come to think of it. I heard of something in Georgia called hope scholarship.  M: Hope scholarship? What’s that?  W: I think they used state lottery money to give free tuition. But not everyone from Georgia qualifies. You need at least B average in high school.  M: I should apply for that. I had really good grades in high school. W: No, you had to be from Georgia.  M: Just my luck. 1主题是什么2为什么提到xx3文章主要 Correct answers: B C D 第九篇 学习问题 W: What’s the matter? I’ve never seen you look so tense?  M: Oh, I am just frustrated. That’s all. I have been working on this lab report for my biology class for hours and the results keep coming out wrong.  W: Did you use the right procedures?  M: Yeah, that’s not the problem…it’s just the…well, it’s just, you know every time I do the statistics I get the different results. Did you ever take biology?  W: No, I fill my science requirement with physics, I really don’t care for biology especially dissection. I must pass it down in high school. We had to cut open that.  M: Ok, I get the picture, I am bit squish myself but biology requires the least math, which isn’t my best subject. I really don’t see why we even have to take science classes if we are not major in it. I am never going to use this in the real life.  W: Well that’s not the point really, a college graduate suppose to be well-rounded it. You know with broad education. You can only specialize in grad school.  M: Sure, if I ever get there. It just seems I run one biology lab report could stand in the wave of brilliant career in sociology.  W: You don’t be silly; you will manage somehow. See how come you don’t have the result for one of your XXX to write down.  M: Whoops! I must forgot to add it in. No wonder my figures were messed up! 1男的有什么问题2问题的答案3为什么提到xx 4问题的答案5接下来做什么 Correct answers: A B C D A 第十篇 W: Hi, Mark, how is it going?  M: Well, not so great.  W: What's wrong?  M: I’ve got a big problem with the poetry course that’s required for my major.  W: Is it all sold up?  M: No, no, there's plenty room, but there's prerequisite. I’ve got to take an introduction to poetry before I can take the special course in poets of the 1960's, and the introductory course is only offered in the evenings.  W: You don't like evening classes?  M: No, that's not the point. I work in the cafeteria every evening; I need the money to pay my tuition.  W: Can you ask someone that work to switch hours with you? Maybe you could just switch a couple of evening since the course probably only needs two times a week?  M: I wish I could, my boss just did me a favor by putting me on evenings. And he'll hit the ceiling if I ask to change again.  W: Wait a minute, I have an idea, have you checked the course over at the community college? They might offer intro-to-poetry course during the day!  M: Hey, that's a great idea! I am free this afternoon, I think I'll go over and check it out.  W: Yeah, their courses are actually cheaper and you can transfer the credits over here!  M: Thank for the advice, Linda. I'll let you know what happens.  W: Sure, Mark, good luck! Oh, while you there, could you find out when the pool is open?  M: No problem. 1细节2女的叫男的干什么（接下来干什么）3主要问题是什么45为什么要这样做 Correct answers: B C A B D 第十一篇学习问题 Correct answers: D A M: I'm really glad we got Cindy to be in our study group.  W: That's for sure, his background in art should be a big help getting ready for this art history final.  M: Now, what we'll have to do is to figure out where we’re going to meet.  W: Why don't we just meet in the library?  M: The six people in the group will probably make too much noise. How about my dorm room?  W: There is not enough space, where would we all sit?  M: Oh, I know, the snack bar in the student center! It is not too crowd in the evening, and we can push some tables together.  W: That'll work! I'll let everyone know to be there at 7:00 tonight. 第十二篇买书 Correct answers: C B A M: Excuse me. I am looking for the textbook for a course called Psychology of Personality, but Ican't find it anywhere.  W: Is that the book for Dr. Peterson's course?  M: That's right, Psychology 3601.  W: Yes, yes, I was afraid of that. It seems we didn't order enough books for that class. You are the 7th person today who’s come in looking for one.  M: But classes begin on Monday.  W: I wouldn't worry, Dr. Peterson was aware of the problem, and we got another shipment of books coming in before the end of the month.  M: Can I reserve the copy?  W: No problem. Just give me your name and phone number, we'll call you when the books arrive. 第十三篇停车 Correct answers: A C B M: I’ve got another parking ticket. I don't understand why?  W: What color sticker do you have?  M: It's gold; it's for this lot!  W: Well, where did you park?  M: Over there, next to that green truck.  W: You are right in front of the loading dock; that's where they unload the kitchen supplies.  M: So what?  W: You are lucky you only got a ticket. Normally, security tows any cars that park there. 第十四篇 打工场景 Correct answers: A C A B D Listen to a conversation between an advisor and a student. W: Come on in, Paul, and have a seat. How can I help you?  M: Well, I need to choose my major, and I guess I am not sure what I want to do for a career.  W: Oh!  M: My problem is that I love philosophy, but my dad doesn't want me to get a degree in the humanities. He said that I'll be better off financially with a career in something like business.  W: Yes, people in the humanities often do make lower salaries.  M: Yeah, and I don't want to be poor, so I’m doomed. W: Hem...I guess you know that a lot of famous philosophers work in other fields, too. In fact, some of them did ground-breaking work.