新托福听力经典加试(2)

P: But it's great that you're finding this all so interesting. I want you to come back to see me in a week so we can take a look at the new direction in your paper and evaluate the sources you've found in the meantime.

中文大意:

Male Student：老师，我想跟你讨论一下我的学期论文。我卡住了，找不到这方面足够的数据。）

Female Professor：You can’t find enough sources on bird migration

（语调上扬。最后一题，重听题的考点。）

Male Student：I wanted to write on theories early bird migration. 关于Aristotle对于这个题目的看法等等。

Female Professor：哦～你确实找到了一个好的题目，但是你要知道我的要求是你们的论文要反映你们这学期学了什么。不要只是做 summary or description，我想要看到你的special analysis。

Male Student：我想，总结和描述是不够的。

Female Professor：没错，不如我们想想其他的方向。其实你不需要完全放弃discard之前找的数据，你可以换种想法，用rational 的方式。可以写现在的新研究(current research) 如何支持(support)或者驳斥以前的(historically) old theory。

Male Student：我想可以写bird migrate at night。以前人们大多只看到大鸟，所以认为小鸟在大鸟的翅膀下迁徙什么的，其实新发现是，因为小鸟在夜间迁徙，人们看不到。 (通过说这个topic来验证自己理解了老师的意图change the topic from ancient to recent) Female Professor：对，这正是我说的，你要展示你对这个主题的想法，而不是你读了哪些数据。

Male Student：I want to write about the birds that do not migrate. They hibernate during winter. Female Professor：如果我是你，我就不会在一份15页的论文中写这么多。

Male Student：我知道妳的意思了。

Female Professor：希望你一周内再来找我，看看论文的新的方向（new direction）进行得如何。

Male Student：好的，谢谢。

题目：

问题一：Why does the student go to see the professor?

答案：（C）he cannot find enough material in writing his paper.

问题二：How does the professor help the student?

答案：（A）建议学生改变论文方向。

问题三：What information will the man probably include in his paper (choose two answers) 答案：（B）analysis（D）focus on one topic

问题四：Why does the student 提到birds migrate at night？

答案：（A）通过说这个topic来验证自己理解了老师的意图he understands what the teacher said.

问题五：Listen again to part of the conversation. Then answer the question.

S: Well, I wanted to write about bird migration, but I'm having trouble finding enough sources. P: You're having trouble finding sources on bird migration