托福口语TPO-20 听力部分(3)
日期:2016-07-18 09:45

(单词翻译:单击)

Briefly summarize the woman's problem, then state which solution you would recommend.
请简要概括这位女士遇到的问题,然后说明你会推荐哪种解决方案。
Explain the reasons for your recommendation.
并解释原因。
Now listen to a conversation between two students of biology.
请听两个生物系的学生间的对话。

Man: Are you still working in Professor Green's laboratory?
男:你还在Green教授的实验室工作吗?
Woman: Yeah, he's been supervising my research on eating behavior in mice.
女:对啊,他在指导我进行关于老鼠的进食行为的研究。
Man: Sounds interesting.
男:听起来很有趣啊。
Woman: It's fascinating. I've got a few more observations and experiments to do.
女:非常吸引人。我还有一些观察和实验没有做。
It's another three month of work and I'll start writing my paper.
再研究三个月我就可以开始写论文了。
Man: Wow! Sounds like it'll be a great paper.
男:哇!听起来会是一篇很棒的论文。
Woman: Thanks, I hope so. There's a problem, though.
女:谢谢,希望如此吧。但是,我遇到了一个麻烦。
Man: What?
男:什么麻烦?
Woman: Professor Green has been invited to teach at a university in France for a semester.
女:有人邀请Green教授去法国的一所大学上一个学期的课。
And obviously, I still need a lot of help with the project.
但是,很明显我的项目还需要他的很多帮助。
Man: Hum, what are you gonna do?
男:那你打算怎么办?
Woman: Well, Professor Green suggested Professor Baker ,that I can work with another.
女:Green教授建议我可以跟另外一个教授一起研究,Baker教授。
Man: Oh, I've heard of her. Professor Baker is quite famous.
男:哦,我听说过她。Baker教授很有名的。
Woman: Yeah, but I don't know her at all.
女:是啊,可是我根本都不认识她。
And my research isn't in her area of expertise.
而且我的研究不在她的专业领域内。
She works with fish, my works on mice, not exactly the best match.
她研究的是鱼类,而我的研究是关于老鼠的,我们俩搭档并不是最好的选择。
Man: Well, you'll get to know her eventually.
男:你会慢慢了解她的。
And she's a great biologist. So she'll still be able to help you even if your topic isn't exactly her specialty.
而且她是个很伟大的生物学家,所以即使你的选题不完全是她的专长,她还是能够帮助你的。
She may give you some new perspective on your work.
也许她能给你的研究提供一个新的视角。
Woman: I know, I'm considering it, but still, I'm thinking about asking Professor Green if he could advise me long-distance.
女:我知道,我也在考虑呢。但是,我还是想问问Green教授能不能远程指导我。
Man: That's a thought! You think he'd do it?
男:也是个办法!你觉得他会同意吗?
Woman: He probably would. But I don't know if it's a good idea.
女:也许会吧。但是我不知道这是不是个好主意。
I mean, he could always look at my data and read my write-ups through email.
我是说,他随时可以通过邮件看到我的研究数据和报告书。
But the thing is, he wouldn't be here to supervise my experiments.
但是问题是,他不会在这儿指导我做实验。
Man: Yeah, well, I'm sure you'll figure out the best thing to do.
男:对,不过,我相信你会想出最好的办法的。

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重点单词
  • summarizev. 概述,摘要而言
  • humn. 嗡嗡声,哼声,杂声 vi. 发低哼声,哼(曲子),
  • solutionn. 解答,解决办法,溶解,溶液
  • figuren. 图形,数字,形状; 人物,外形,体型 v. 演算,
  • recommendationn. 推荐,介绍
  • eventuallyadv. 终于,最后
  • fascinatingadj. 迷人的
  • perspectiven. 远景,看法,透视 adj. 透视的
  • recommendvt. 建议,推荐,劝告 vt. 使成为可取,使受欢迎
  • expertisen. 专家的意见,专门技术