2014年英语专业四级听力真题 对话1

Conversation one

对话一

W:Hello,Frank.

W：你好，弗兰克。

M:Hello，Miriam. How's everything going?

M:你好，Miriam。一切进行得怎么样？

W:Fine.

W：好吧。

M: Would you like to join me for a drink?

M：你愿意和我一起喝一杯吗？

W:OK，thanks.

W：好的，谢谢。

M: Any news recently?

M：最近有消息吗？

W:Oh,well,yesterday I read the newspaper and got very shocking news.

W：哦，嗯，昨天我看了报纸，得到了一个非常令人震惊的消息。

You know, it's not the federal government that sets the calendar for our public schools. Public school calendars are set by individual states and districts.

你知道，不是联邦政府为我们的公立学校设定日历。公立学校的日历由各个州和地区设置。

According to the news,our local school decided to keep students in class year-round with shorter breaks throughout,offering about 20 additional school days.

据报道，我们当地的学校决定让学生全年都在上课，并缩短休息时间，提供大约 20 个额外的上课日。

M:Mm..., I heard that the education chief said in an interview that our current school calendar was based upon the agrarian economy and the vast majority of the students in our country weren't working the fields in the summers.

M：嗯……，听说教育部长在接受采访时说，我们现在的校历是基于农业经济的，我们国家的绝大多数学生夏天都不下地干活。

So he...he thought it was really an outdated, outmoded model. It needed to be changed.

所以他……他认为这真的是一种过时的、过时的模式。它需要改变。

W:I don't agree with him. Extending school year seems so completely short-sighted to me.

W：我不同意他的看法。延长学年对我来说似乎完全是短视的。

More time is no silver bullet for reform.Take Miami-Dade County Schools in Florida for example.

更多的时间不是改革的灵丹妙药。以佛罗里达州的迈阿密戴德县学校为例。

It used an extended day program for three years, but dropped it because they didn't see improvement in test scores.Besides,it disrupts family life.

它使用了三年的延长日计划，但因为他们没有看到考试成绩的提高而放弃了它。此外，它扰乱了家庭生活。

M:Well，surely you must have to admit that we have a significantly shorter school year.

M:嗯，你肯定不得不承认我们的学年要短得多。

Our students are going to school 180 days a year, generally. And if in a sports contest,one team is practicing three days a week and one team is practicing five days a week,the team that is practicing more is going to do better.

一般来说，我们的学生一年有 180 天要上学。如果在一场体育比赛中，一支球队每周训练三天，一支球队每周训练五天，那么训练越多的球队就会做得更好。

W:But simply extending school time in and of itself will not produce the desired results.

W：但是简单地延长上学时间本身并不会产生预期的结果。

M:Well，yes. Mm..., but, extending school time does bring some advantages. It gives the students learning experiences that they might not be able to get over the summertime.

M：嗯，是的。嗯……但是，延长上学时间确实会带来一些优点。它为学生提供了他们可能无法度过暑假的学习体验。

W: But you ask the teachers and students whether, whether they reckon that extending school time brings them advantages.

W：但是你问老师和学生，他们是否认为延长上学时间会给他们带来好处。

I think it goes without saying that no one wants to extend bad time.

我认为不用说没有人愿意延长糟糕的时间。

The teachers are fatigued at the end of the day, and the students are fatigued and unmotivated.

一天下来，老师们累了，学生们也累了，没有上进心。

The students need summer break to have a good rest.

学生们需要暑假才能好好休息。

M:Yes,you are right. But without those camps and other stimulating activities, something called summer learning loss occurs.

M：是的，你是对的。但是如果没有这些营地和其他刺激性的活动，就会发生所谓的暑期学习损失。

Researchers estimate that low-income students can lose two months of math and reading achievement owing to a lack of reinforcement during the summer break.

研究人员估计，由于暑假期间缺乏强化，低收入学生可能会失去两个月的数学和阅读成绩。

It's particularly true for low-income kids who don't have the opportunities that other kids have during those big breaks.

对于那些没有其他孩子在那些大假期中拥有的机会的低收入孩子来说尤其如此。

W: But have you considered this? Extending the school day is very very expensive. The Miami-Dade program costs more than $ 100 million.

W：但是你考虑过这个吗？延长上课时间非常非常昂贵。迈阿密-戴德计划耗资超过 1 亿美元。

M:Yes,you are right. Really it can result in increased costs because more teachers,specialists,paraprofessionals, and other staff are deployed.

M：是的，你是对的。实际上，这会导致成本增加，因为部署了更多的教师、专家、辅助专业人员和其他工作人员。

But think it can bring some...some benefits to students and teachers as well.

但是认为它也可以给学生和老师带来一些……一些好处。

For example, umm, it allows teachers to delve into the subject matter in more depth; it builds in time for more teacher-student interaction; and, it makes it possible for students to spend more time on task.

例如，嗯，它可以让教师更深入地研究主题；它为更多的师生互动创造了时间；而且，它可以让学生花更多的时间在任务上。

This is the end of conversation one.

对话一到此结束。

Questions 1 to 5 are based on conversation One

问题1至5基于对话1

Question1.Who set the public school calendars?

问题1.谁设定了公立学校的日历？

Question2.Why does the education chief support the change of their current school calendar?

问题2.为什么教育部长支持改变他们现在的校历？

Question3.According to Miriam, which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

问题3.根据 Miriam 的说法，以下哪项陈述是不正确的？

Question4.Which of the following is NOT an advantage of extending school time cited by Frank?

问题4.以下哪项不是 Frank 提到的延长上学时间的优势？

Question5.What do we know about Frank according to the conversation?

问题5.根据对话，我们对弗兰克了解多少？

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