Task 01

Talk about an important experience that you recently had. Describe what happened and explain why it was important to you.

谈谈你最近的一次重要经历，描述发生了什么并解释为什么那次经历对你很重要。

高分范例

I would like to talk about a presentation contest I recently took part in. Last month,I was chosen to give a public speech in my school auditorium. I had never done any public speaking before. I stammered, and my mind just went blank every time I stood in front of a large crowd. I just got such terrible stage fright! Luckily, my teacher Jessica came to rescue me. She guided me on how to collect information from the Internet and how to write a good draft speech. Then, she videoed my performance. She also told me how to adjust my voice and facial expressions and urged me to practice a thousand times.All the effort paid off. Eventually, I gave a very good speech. It was a really important experience. Just as Jessica puts it, we always need to be confident of ourselves and work hard towards our goals.

参考译文

我想说的是我最近参加的演讲比赛。上个月，我被选中在我们学校礼堂里做一个公开演讲，我之前从来没有做过。我每次站在大家前面的时候都会结巴，大脑一片空白，我十分怯场！幸运的是我的老师杰西卡拯救了我，她指导我在网上搜集了大量的素材，写了一份很棒的演讲稿。她还录下我的演讲，告诉我如何调整声音和面部表情，督促我练习上千次。所有的付出都有了回报，最终，我的演讲十分成功。这是一次很重要的经历，正如杰西卡所言，我们要一直保持自信，并朝着自己的目标努力。

亮点词汇及表达

auditorium [ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm]

n. 礼堂，会堂

stage fright

怯场

facial expression

面部表情

Task 02

Some people think that family members are the most important influence on young adults. Others believe that friends are the most important influence. Which do you agree with? Explain why.

有人认为家庭成员对于青少年来说影响最大，有人认为是朋友影响最大，你同意哪一个观点？为什么？

高分范例

I think that family members are the most important influence on young adults because of two reasons. First, we have been with our parents since we were born. They are the earliest role models for us. In a sense, we have been influenced by our parents genetically.Second, even if some people may say friends share similar life experiences with us, they also have limited life experience and wisdom, just like we do. So every time we get into trouble or face challenging situations in life, it is our parents who provide us with reliable solutions and unconditional love to help us move on.

参考译文

我认为是家庭成员对青少年影响更大。首先，我们自出生之日起就是和父母生活在一起，他们是我们最早的楷模。从某种意义上来说，我们在基因上就受到父母的影响。其次，即使有人说朋友同我们有着相似的生活经历，但是他们的生活经验和智慧也同我们一样有限，因此每次我们被麻烦和生活难题困住的时候，只有父母才能给我们提供可靠的解决方案，还有无条件的爱，让我们继续前行。

亮点词汇及表达

role model

榜样，楷模

genetically [dʒəˈnetɪkli]

adv. 由基因决定地；遗传地

wisdom [ˈwɪzdəm]

n. 明智；智慧；正确的选择

get into

陷入

unconditional love

无条件的爱

Task 03

The woman expresses her opinion of the university’s new policy. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

听力笔记

高分范例

The university plans to require that all of its business majors to complete one semester of work experience because, first, it will help the students to develop leadership and organizational skills and second, the relationships students establish with the company may help them to secure permanent employment. The woman disagrees with the plan. First, she mentions that her elder brothers had taken part in the program in the past. They just did some basic jobs like filing and typing, but nothing very meaningful. Second, a lot of other universities in the area have the same requirement. Even if this university follows suit, the kind of relationship the students develop with companies won’t give them any special advantage because a lot of other graduates also have a similar relationship with those companies. The competition is still there.

亮点词汇及表达

secure permanent employment

获得固定工作

filin [ˈfaɪlɪŋ]

n. 文件归档

Task 04

Using the professor’s example, explain what an establishing shot is and how it is used.

听力笔记

高分范例

The establishing shot means an image shown briefly at the beginning of a movie，usually taken from far away, to provide context for the rest of the scene. The professor uses one of his viewing experiences to illustrate. At the beginning of a new movie he watched, an image appeared showing a big city with a lot of skyscrapers. All the signs and cars on the city streets looked old-fashioned, like in the 1940s. It was gloomy, wet and foggy. All these elements worked together to create a mysterious and dark feeling. Then when several detectives were shown talking in an office, the professor already knew that they were in a tall building in a big city during the 1940s and that the plot would be pretty mysterious and dark because of the establishing shot he saw at the beginning.

亮点词汇及表达

skyscraper [ˈskaɪˌskreɪpə(r)]

n. 摩天大楼

gloomy [ˈɡluːmi]

adj. 昏暗的，幽暗的

foggy [ˈfɒɡi]

adj. 有雾的，朦胧的

mysterious [mɪˈstɪəriəs]

adj. 神秘的

Task 05

Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which solution you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation.

听力笔记

高分范例1

The woman’s problem is that she has to move out of her apartment right away due to a burst water pipe. At the same time, her mid-term exams are coming up. The first solution is to stay at her friends’ place and the second is to stay in a hotel near campus. I think the first solution is better. First, even though the hotel offers a weekly rate, it still costs a lot, and she has a really tight budget. But if she lives at her friends’ place, it is totally free. As for the distractions, she can go to study in the library in the daytime and come back to sleep at night.

亮点词汇及表达

water pipe

水管

distraction [dɪˈstrækʃ(ə)n]

n. 使人分心的事

高分范例2

The woman’s problem is that she has to move out of her apartment right away due to a burst water pipe. At the same time, her mid-term exams are coming up. The first solution is to stay at her friends’ place and the second is to stay in a hotel near campus. I think the second solution is better. First, she mentions there are already four people living at her friend’s place and she would have to sleep on the couch. She wouldn’t have a good rest there, which might affect her exams. Second, even though she has to pay for the hotel and her budget is tight, I think she can do some part-time jobs later on to cover the cost.

亮点词汇及表达

budget [ˈbʌdʒɪt]

n. 预算，预算费

cover [ˈkʌvə(r)]

v. 足够支付

Task 06

Using points from the lecture, explain how the passion plant and the potato plant defend themselves against insects.

听力笔记

高分范例

The professor talks about two ways plants defend themselves against being eaten by insects. The first is to use physical features, so that insects can’t land on them. For example, the passion plant has leaves with little spiky hairs sticking out all over them.The hairs are so numerous and dense that there is no room for insects to land. Since insects can’t land on the leaves, they can’t eat the plant. The second way is to use chemical defense. For instance, the potato plant can release a kind of chemical substance throughout its leaf system whenever insects start eating them. The insect swallows the chemical as it eats, and the chemical makes them feel full and no longer hungry so that the insect stops eating the plant.

亮点词汇及表达

physical feature

物理特征

passion plant

龙珠果

spiky [ˈspaɪki]

adj. 有穗的，尖针状的

chemical defense

化学防御

swallow [ˈswɒləʊ]

v. 吞下，咽下