【正文】 TPO18 Conversation 1（場景分類——詢問工作）Narrow: Listen to a conversation between a student and an administrator in the university employment office.Student：Hi! I hope you can help me. I just transferred from Northeastern State University near Chicago.Administrator：Well wele to Central University. But Chicago is such a great city. Why did you leave?Student：（2）Everyone asks that. It’s my hometown. And it was sure convenient to go to a school nearby. But Northeastern is still fairly small. And it doesn’t have the program I’m interested in. I want to major in international studies. And the only program in the State is here.Administrator：We do have a great program. Well how did you get interested in international studies?Student：（3）My family hosted a few foreign exchange students while I was growing up. Then I took part in an international summer program after I graduated from high school. I thought I really I like meeting people from all over, getting to know them.Administrator：OH! Ok! And that led you to our program. （1）Right now though I think you are looking for a job.Student：Yeah, a part time job on campus. I thought I’d save money, being away from the big city. But it doesn’t seem to be working that way .Anyway I’m not having much luck.Administrator：I’m not surprised. Most of our campus jobs are taken in the first week or two of the semester. What work experience have you had?Student：Well, I worked in the university library last year. But I already checked at the library here. They said their remaining positions were for workstudy students getting financial aid. I’ve never run into that before.Administrator：Well, I guess each school has its own policies. （5）Uh, we really don’t have much right now. You might be better waiting until next semester. If you really want something, how are your puter skills?Student：About average I’d say. I helped teach some of the basic puter classes. Northeastern offers for new users, if that helps any？Administrator：OK, the technology support department needs people to work its helpdesk. It’s basically a customer service job, answering questions, helping people solve their puter problems, give you a chance to develop your people skills.Student：Something every diplomat needs. But is there some problem? I mean why is the job still open?Administrator：（4）Well, they have extended hours, from 6am to 2am every day. So they need a large staff. But right now they only need people early mornings, late nights, and weekends. You’d probably end up with a bit of everything rather than a regular spot. On the bright side you’ll probably be able to get some studying done between calls. At least it could be a start and then you can try for better hours next semester.Student：Um, I see why the hours might be a problem. But I guess I can’t afford to be too picky if I want a job. Still maybe we can work something out..詞匯：diplomat n. 外交家helpdesk n. 幫助臺spot n. 地點picky adj. 挑剔的；吹毛求疵的題目：1. Why does the student go to the university office?解析：主旨題，文中學(xué)生找管理員主要是想尋求工作機會。答案：To find out if there are any jobs available on campus2. Why did the student transfer toCentralUniversity?解析：細節(jié)題，定位transfer,注意文中教授學(xué)生問答部分以及學(xué)生解釋原因but后面的內(nèi)容。學(xué)生說東北部沒有他喜歡的專業(yè)——國際學(xué)，只有Central University有。文中提到exchange，不要被B選項（To participate in a student exchange program）迷惑。答案：To take advantage of an academic program3. Why does the student mention hosting foreignexchange students?解析：意圖推測題，定位host foreignexchange students，學(xué)生說通過這個項目他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己喜歡跟不同的人接觸，通過原文中教授說“這使你來我們這個項目”看出他是在解釋為什么喜歡這個項目。答案：To explain his interest in a particular field of study4. What can be inferred about students who apply for the open position at the technologysupport helpdesk?解析：推測題，定位helpdesk. 文中說這個職位需要早晚及周末工作，可能什么事都要做一點，沒有常規(guī)的時間。所以做這個工作的人需要愿意接受不規(guī)則的工作時間。答案：They are willing to work irregular hours.5. Why does the woman say this?解析：復(fù)聽意圖推測題。復(fù)聽部分教授說目前沒有適合這個學(xué)生的，建議他等到下學(xué)期。說明如果學(xué)生真的想要得到工作，只能退而求其次選擇不喜歡的工作。答案：To imply that the student might not like the job that is availableLecture 1（學(xué)科分類——天文學(xué)）Narrow：Listen to part of a lecture in an astronomy class.Professor：We are going to start a study of sunspots today, and I think you’ll find it rather interesting. Now I’m going to assume that you know that sunspots, in the most basic terms, are dark spots on the Sun’s surface. That will do for now. The ancient Chinese were the first to record observations of sunspots as early as the year 165. （7）When later European astronomers wrote about sunspots, they didn’t believe that the spots were actually on the Sun. That’s because of their belief at the time that the heavenly bodies, the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Planets, were perfect, without any flaws or blemishes. So the opinion was the spots were actually something else, like shadows of planets crossing the Sun’s face. And this was the thinking of European astronomers until the introduction of the telescope, which brings us to our old friend, Galileo.In the early 1600s, based on his observations of sunspots. （8）Galileo proposed a new hypothesis. He pointed out that the shape of sunspots, well, the sunspots weren’t circular. If they were shadows of the planets, they would be circular, right? So that was a problem for the prevailing view. And he also noticed that the shape of the sunspots changed as they seemed to move across the Sun’s surface. Maybe a particular sunspot was sort of square, then later it would bee more lopsided, then later something else. So there is another problem with the shadow hypothesis, because the shape of a planet doesn’t change. What Galileo proposed was that sunspots were indeed a feature of the Sun, but he didn’t know what kind of feature. He proposed that they might be clouds in the atmosphere, the solar atmosphere, especially because they seemed to change shape and there was no predicting the changes, at least nothing Galileo could figure out. That random shape changing would be consistent with the spots being clouds.