A Research Assignment劍橋雅思4聽力-原文翻譯及答案解析

一、A Research Assignment 聽力原文：

MELANIE:Excuse me, DR JOHNSON.

May I speak to you for a minute?

DR JOHNSON:Sure.

Come in.

MELANIE:I'm MELANIE Griffin.

I'm taking your course in Population Studies.

DR JOHNSON:Right.

Well, MELANIE, how can I help you?

MELANIE:I'm...

having a bit of trouble with the second assignment, and it's due in twelve days.

DR JOHNSON:What sort of trouble are you having?

Is the assignment question a problem?

MELANIE:Well, that's part of the problem.

I'm also having - been having – trouble getting hold of the books.

I've been to the library several times, and all the books are out.

DR JOHNSON:Sounds like you should have started borrowing books a bit earlier.

MELANIE:Well, I had  a really big assignment due in for another course, and I've been spending all my time on that, and I thought...

DR JOHNSON:...You might get an extension of time to finish your assignment for me?

MELANIE:If that's possible, but I don't know ...

DR JOHNSON:Well, yes, it is possible, but extensions are normally given only for  medical or compassionate reasons, otherwise it's really a question of organising your study, and we don't like giving extensions to students who simply didn't plan their work properly.

What did you get for your first assignment?

MELANIE:I got eighty-seven percent.

DR JOHNSON:Mmm, yes, you did very well indeed, so obviously you can produce good work.

MELANIE:I don't think I'll need too much extra time, as long as I can get hold of some of the important references.

DR JOHNSON:Well, since you did so well in your first assignment.

I'm prepared to give you an extra two weeks for this one, so that'll mean you'll need to submit it about a month from now.

MELANIE:Thank you.

DR JOHNSON:Now, what about the reading materials?

Have you checked out the journal articles in the list?

MELANIE:Umm, no, not yet, there were about twenty of them, and I wasn't sure which ones would be most useful or important.

DR JOHNSON:Well, they're all useful, but I don't expect anyone to read them all, because a number of them deal with the same issues.

Let me give you some suggestions.

The article by Anderson and Hawker is really worth reading.

MELANIE:Right.

I'll read that one.

DR JOHNSON:You should also read the article by Jackson, but just look at the part on the  research methodology - how they did it.

MELANIE:OK ...

Jackson, got that...

DR JOHNSON:And if you have time, the one by Roberts says very relevant things, although it's not essential.

MELANIE:So, OK, if it's  useful, I'll try and read that one ...

DR JOHNSON:Now, the one by Morris.

I wouldn't bother with that at this stage, if I were you.

MELANIE:OK, I  won’t bother with Morris.

Oh, now, someone told me the article by Cooper is important.

DR JOHNSON:Well, yes, in a way, but just look at  the last part, where he discusses the research results.

And lastly, there's Forster - I can't think why I included that one.

It's not bad and could be of some help, but not that much.

DR JOHNSON:Now, let's deal with the assignment question.

What's the problem there?

MELANIE:It's the graph on page two.

DR JOHNSON:What seems to be the problem?

It’s just the bar graph showing reasons why people change where they live.

MELANIE:Well.

I've got a photocopy but the reasons at the bottom are missing.

DR JOHNSON:Ah, OK.

Look at the first bar on the graph - now that indicates the number of people who move because they want more space.

MELANIE:Oh I see ...

bar one.

OK ...

Now what about the next bar?

DR JOHNSON:Bar two is to do with  the people living nearby disturbing them, so they chose to move away to somewhere quieter.

Now let's look at bar number three ...

another reason people change their place of living is because they want to be closer to the city.

MELANIE:OK.

Proximity to the city is an issue...

DR JOHNSON:Now ...

bar number four refers to problems when the owner of the property won’t help fix things that go wrong.

In other words, the owner is not helpful and so the tenants move out.

MELANIE:OK ...

Now what about bar five?

DR JOHNSON:Bar five is about those people who move because they need a bus or train to get them into the city or to go to work.

MELANIE:OK ...

And bar six?

DR JOHNSON:Bar number six is interesting.

That reason was given quite a lot – people moving because they wanted to be in a more attractive neighbourhood.

MELANIE:Oh, yes, thank you very much.

二、A Research Assignment 聽力中文翻譯：

梅勒妮：對不起，約翰遜醫(yī)生

我可以和你談一會兒嗎？

約翰遜醫(yī)生：當(dāng)然

進來吧

梅勒妮：我是梅勒妮·格里芬

我在修你的人口研究課程

約翰遜博士：對

梅勒妮，我能幫你什么嗎？

梅勒妮：我

第二次作業(yè)有點麻煩，十二天后就要交了

約翰遜醫(yī)生：你有什么問題？

作業(yè)問題是個問題嗎？

梅勒妮：這就是問題的一部分

我也一直很難拿到這些書

我去過圖書館好幾次，所有的書都出去了

約翰遜博士：聽起來你應(yīng)該早點開始借書

梅勒妮：嗯，我有一個很大的作業(yè)要上另一門課，我把所有的時間都花在這上面了，我想

約翰遜博士：你可以延長時間幫我完成任務(wù)嗎？

梅勒妮：如果可能的話，但我不知道

約翰遜博士：嗯，是的，這是可能的，但延期通常只是出于醫(yī)療或同情的原因，否則這實際上是一個組織學(xué)習(xí)的問題，我們不喜歡給那些根本沒有正確計劃學(xué)習(xí)的學(xué)生延期

你第一次任務(wù)得到了什么？

梅勒妮：我得了87%

約翰遜博士：嗯，是的，你確實做得很好，所以很明顯你可以做得很好

梅勒妮：只要我能找到一些重要的參考資料，我想我不需要太多額外的時間

約翰遜博士：嗯，因為你在第一次任務(wù)中表現(xiàn)得很好

我準(zhǔn)備給你額外的兩周時間來完成這一次，所以這意味著你需要在大約一個月后提交

梅勒妮：謝謝你

約翰遜博士：那么閱讀材料呢？

你查過名單上的期刊文章了嗎？

梅勒妮：嗯，不，還沒有，大約有二十個，我不知道哪一個最有用或最重要

約翰遜博士：嗯，它們都很有用，但我不希望有人把它們都讀一遍，因為其中有很多都涉及相同的問題

讓我給你一些建議

安德森和霍克的文章真的很值得一讀

梅勒妮：對

我會讀那個的

約翰遜博士：你也應(yīng)該讀一下杰克遜的文章，但只要看看研究方法的那部分——他們是如何做到的

梅勒妮：好吧

杰克遜，明白了

約翰遜博士：如果你有時間的話，羅伯茨的那篇文章說的是非常相關(guān)的事情，盡管它不是必要的

梅勒妮：那么，好吧，如果有用的話，我會試著讀那本

約翰遜博士：現(xiàn)在是莫里斯的那個

如果我是你的話，我在這個階段就不會為此煩惱了

梅勒妮：好吧，我不想打擾莫里斯

哦，有人告訴我?guī)扃甑奈恼潞苤匾?/p>

約翰遜博士：嗯，是的，在某種程度上，但請看最后一部分，他在那里討論了研究結(jié)果

最后，還有福斯特——我想不出我為什么要把它包括在內(nèi)

這還不錯，可能會有所幫助，但也沒那么多

約翰遜博士：現(xiàn)在，讓我們來處理作業(yè)問題

有什么問題嗎？

梅勒妮：這是第二頁的圖表

約翰遜醫(yī)生：有什么問題嗎？

這只是一個條形圖，顯示了人們改變居住地的原因

梅勒妮：嗯

我有一份復(fù)印件，但底部的原因不見了

約翰遜醫(yī)生：啊，好的

請看圖表上的第一個條形圖，它顯示了由于需要更多空間而搬家的人數(shù)

梅勒妮：哦，我明白了

一號酒吧

好啊

下一個酒吧怎么樣？

約翰遜博士：酒吧二是因為住在附近的人打擾了他們，所以他們選擇搬到更安靜的地方

現(xiàn)在讓我們看看三號酒吧

人們改變居住地的另一個原因是他們想離城市近一些

梅勒妮：好的

靠近城市是一個問題

約翰遜博士：現(xiàn)在

第四條是指物業(yè)所有者不幫助解決出現(xiàn)問題的問題

換言之，業(yè)主沒有幫助，因此租戶搬走了

梅勒妮：好吧

那么五號酒吧呢？

約翰遜博士：第五酒吧是指那些因為需要公共汽車或火車才能進城或上班而搬家的人

梅勒妮：好吧

六號酒吧呢？

約翰遜博士：六號酒吧很有趣

這方面的原因很多——人們之所以搬家，是因為他們想住在一個更有吸引力的社區(qū)

梅勒妮：哦，是的，非常感謝你

三、A Research Assignment 聽力問題：

Question 21-22

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21.Example

Melanie could not borrow any books from the library because?

A?the library was out.

B?she didn’t have time to look.

C?the books had already been borrowed.

Melanie says she has not started the assignment because

A. she was doing work for another course.

B. it was s really big assignment.

C. she hasn’t spent time in the library.

22.The lecture says that reasonable excuses for extensions are

A. planning problems.

B. problems with assignment.

C. personal illness or accident.

Question 23-27

Choose your answers for the box and write the letters A-G next to questions 23-27.

What recommendation does Dr Johnson make about the journal articles?

Example 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 Answer

Anderson and Hawker 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 A

Jackson:　　 　 　  23

Roberts: 　 　 　 　24

Morris: 　 　 　 　 25

Cooper: 　 　 　 　 26

Forster: 　 　 　 　27

A. must read

B. useful

C. limited value

D. read first section

E. read research methods

F. read conclusion

G. don’t read

Question 28-30

Label the chart below.

Choose your answer from the box below and write the letters A-H next to questions 28-30.

A: uncooperative landlord

B: environment

C: space

D: noisy neighbours

E: near city

F: work location

G: transport

H: rent

A. uncooperative landlord

B. environment

C. space

D. noisy neighbours

E. near city

F. work location

G. transport

H. rent

四、A Research Assignment 聽力答案：

21.A

22.C

23.E

24.B

25.G

26.F

27.C

28.D

29.A

30.B

五、A Research Assignment 聽力答案解析

Question 21     A. 在錄音的開始女生提到自己的論文不能按期完成，希望能獲得延期，教授問到原因時，女生回答：Well，I had a really big assignment due in for another course，比

對選項信息，顯然答案為A

Question 22    c . 當(dāng)教授提到 You might get an extension of time to finish your assignment for me？時，應(yīng)意識到答案即將出現(xiàn)了接著教授提到 but extensions are

normally given only for medical or compassionate reasons，故此題答案為 c

Question 23 E. 第 23～27 題為搭配題，這種題型的最大特點就是通過同義轉(zhuǎn)換選項信息來考查考生的理解力在此題中作者的名字為定位信號詞第一個人名是 Jackson ，因此當(dāng)聽到 You should also read the article by Jackson 時，應(yīng)意識到答案即將出現(xiàn)隨后教授提到 but just look at the part on the research methodology，即只讀調(diào)查方法這一部分，故答案為 E

Question 24 B. 接著，教授提到 the one by Roberts says very relevant things，although it’s not essential， 意思為 Roberts 寫的文章雖不是最根本的，但也提到了一些相關(guān)的事情  隨后學(xué)生說 So，OK，if it’s useful，其中 useful 與 B 選項一致，故答案為 B

Question 25 G. 隨后教授說 Now，the one by Morris. I wouldn’t bother with this at this stage，if I were you.后，可知教授讓學(xué)生在這個階段不用看這本書，故答案為  G

Question 26 F. 女生然后說到 someone told me the article by Cooper is important，Cooper 是本題的信號 詞教授回答 Well，yes ，in a way，but just look at the last part，where he discusses the research results 在所提供的選項中 conclusion 與 result 含義相當(dāng)，故答案為 F

Question 27 C. 提到 Foster 時，教授提到 It’s not bad and could be of some help，but not that much，故答 案為 C

Question 28  D. 第 28～30 題是柱狀圖圖標(biāo)搭配題在做這種題時，要首先觀察橫軸和縱軸所代表的內(nèi)容，往往會以兩軸中的某一組信息為內(nèi)容展開 考生在聽到錄音中 Bar two is to do with 時，應(yīng)意 識到教授是按照柱狀圖橫軸的數(shù)字順序來描述的，因此數(shù)字 Bar two 就成了信號詞隨后聽到 the people living nearby disturbing them，故答案為 D

Question 29  A. 隨后提到 bar number four，考生應(yīng)意識到答案即將出現(xiàn)，教授提到 refers to problems when the owner of the property won’t help fix things that go wrong. In other words，the owner is not helpful，意思為房東對于壞的東西不修理，不愿意幫忙，比對選項可確定答案為 A“不合作的房東”

Question 30 B. 考生然后聽到 bar number six，應(yīng)意識到答案即將出現(xiàn)people moving because they wanted to be in a more attractive neighborhood，即人們搬家的一個原因是希望住在一個更有吸引力 的社區(qū)里比對選項確定答案為 B，因為只有 B 與社區(qū)環(huán)境相關(guān)

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