Transcripts
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M: The view is spectacular. Could you take a picture of me with the mountains in the background?
W: I'm afraid I just ran out of film
Q:What does the woman mean?
12.
W: Nobody told me that Bill was in the hospital.
M: Sorry. I meant to give you a call when I found out but it slipped my mind.
Q: What does the man mean?
13.
M:Can I borrow your calculus textbook? I left mine in the classroom. And it was gone when I went back.
W:That happened to me once. I'd almost given up on finding it until I checked it at the lost-and-found at the information desk downstairs in the lobby.
Q:What does the woman imply about the man should do?
14.
M: I'm really having trouble with this calculus course. If I can't start doing better soon, I'm going to have to drop it.
W: Why don't you get some help from the graduate assistant? That's what he's there for.
Q:What does the woman suggest the man do?
15.
W: I've been working on this report all day. And I've still got 12 pages to write. At this rate, I'll never get it done by tomorrow.
M: Oh, that's right. You weren't in class today, so you probably haven't heard that the deadline's been extended a week.
Q:What does the man imply?
16.
W: I don't think I want to live in the dormitory next year. I need more privacy.
M: I know what you mean. But check out the cost of renting an apartment first, I wouldn't be surprised if you changed your mind.
Q:What does the man think the woman will do?
17.
M: Those airplanes are certainly loud.
W: Aren't they though?
Q: What does the woman think of the airplanes?
18.
W: My brother is coming this weekend and I thought three of us could go out to dinner Saturday night. Any suggestions ?
M: It's up to you. I don't know the restaurants around here that well. So you know a better place to go than me.
Q：What does the man mean?
Long conversation
Converstation I
W: Hi, Bill, how is it going?
M: Oh, hi, Jan. I’m OK. How about you?
W: You can probably tell just by looking at me. I’m really busy. Hey, what are you reading?
M: A pretty interesting article. My biology professor assigned it, and I thought I just look it over. It’s about endangered species.
W: That sounds pretty interesting. I’m getting frustrated with the two research papers I’m struggling with.
M: Oh?
W: And can you believe they are both due on the same day?
M: That’s tough.
W: I’ll get through it. So what’s this you are reading?
M: Well, it’s basically about the choices environmentalists are faced with. You know, these days it is difficult to get funding. W: Wait a minute. Is the focus on biology or economics?
M: Both. Environmentalists don’t have enough funding to save every endangered species in the world, so they have to decide which species should be saved firstly. W: Can you give me an example of what you mean?
M: Take for instance, two animals, the spotted awl and the tailed toad. The article says the toad is unique. It has no relatives. But there are a lot of varieties of awls.
W: So, if that toad became extinct, we’d lose an important link in the chain of revolution, right?
M: Exactly. So it might be clear choice of which animal to save.
W: I see. I am glad I don’t have to make that kind of decision. Aren’t you?
19 Q. Why is the woman so busy?
20 Q. Why does the woman say she’s frustrated?
21 Q. What problems do environmentalists have?
22 Q. What can be inferred about the tailed toad?
11
M: The view is spectacular. Could you take a picture of me with the mountains in the background?
W: I'm afraid I just ran out of film
Q:What does the woman mean?
12.
W: Nobody told me that Bill was in the hospital.
M: Sorry. I meant to give you a call when I found out but it slipped my mind.
Q: What does the man mean?
13.
M:Can I borrow your calculus textbook? I left mine in the classroom. And it was gone when I went back.
W:That happened to me once. I'd almost given up on finding it until I checked it at the lost-and-found at the information desk downstairs in the lobby.
Q:What does the woman imply about the man should do?
14.
M: I'm really having trouble with this calculus course. If I can't start doing better soon, I'm going to have to drop it.
W: Why don't you get some help from the graduate assistant? That's what he's there for.
Q:What does the woman suggest the man do?
15.
W: I've been working on this report all day. And I've still got 12 pages to write. At this rate, I'll never get it done by tomorrow.
M: Oh, that's right. You weren't in class today, so you probably haven't heard that the deadline's been extended a week.
Q:What does the man imply?
16.
W: I don't think I want to live in the dormitory next year. I need more privacy.
M: I know what you mean. But check out the cost of renting an apartment first, I wouldn't be surprised if you changed your mind.
Q:What does the man think the woman will do?
17.
M: Those airplanes are certainly loud.
W: Aren't they though?
Q: What does the woman think of the airplanes?
18.
W: My brother is coming this weekend and I thought three of us could go out to dinner Saturday night. Any suggestions ?
M: It's up to you. I don't know the restaurants around here that well. So you know a better place to go than me.
Q：What does the man mean?
Long conversation
Converstation I
W: Hi, Bill, how is it going?
M: Oh, hi, Jan. I’m OK. How about you?
W: You can probably tell just by looking at me. I’m really busy. Hey, what are you reading?
M: A pretty interesting article. My biology professor assigned it, and I thought I just look it over. It’s about endangered species.
W: That sounds pretty interesting. I’m getting frustrated with the two research papers I’m struggling with.
M: Oh?
W: And can you believe they are both due on the same day?
M: That’s tough.
W: I’ll get through it. So what’s this you are reading?
M: Well, it’s basically about the choices environmentalists are faced with. You know, these days it is difficult to get funding. W: Wait a minute. Is the focus on biology or economics?
M: Both. Environmentalists don’t have enough funding to save every endangered species in the world, so they have to decide which species should be saved firstly. W: Can you give me an example of what you mean?
M: Take for instance, two animals, the spotted awl and the tailed toad. The article says the toad is unique. It has no relatives. But there are a lot of varieties of awls.
W: So, if that toad became extinct, we’d lose an important link in the chain of revolution, right?
M: Exactly. So it might be clear choice of which animal to save.
W: I see. I am glad I don’t have to make that kind of decision. Aren’t you?
19 Q. Why is the woman so busy?
20 Q. Why does the woman say she’s frustrated?
21 Q. What problems do environmentalists have?
22 Q. What can be inferred about the tailed toad?