Details of Assignment劍橋雅思4-聽力原文翻譯及答案解析

一、Details of Assignment聽力原文：

ROSA:Oh,there you are,good.

Sorry I'm a bit late-there was a long queue.

So,have you worked out how to deal with this assignment then?

MICK:Not yet,we've only been here a couple of minutes ourselves.

ROSA:Can you just remind me what the task is exactly?

PETE:Well,there are two,no,three,parts to it:first,we've got to write an essay about ways of collecting data.

Then...

ROSA:What's the title of the essay exactly?

MICK:I've got it here:‘Assess the two main methods of collecting data in social science research’.

ROSA:And how much do we need to write?

MICK:Fifteen hundred words.

That's for the essay.

Then,for the second part of the assignment,we have to choose one method of data collection,and'carry out a small-scale study,making appropriate use of the method chosen to gather data from at least five subjects'.

ROSA:And then we have to write a report on the study?

PETE:That's right,of three to four thousand words.

ROSA:Did you get as far as discussing which form of data collection we should go for-questionnaire or interview,isn't it?

MICK:Yeah.

I think we should use a questionnaire.

It'll be so much less time-consuming than organising interviews,I reckon.

Once we've agreed on the wording of it,we only have to send it out and wait for the responses.

ROSA:Yes.

I think it probably would be quicker.

But what did that article he gave us last week say about the quality of data from questionnaires?

MICK:I'm pretty sure it recommended questionnaires as a source of‘highly reliable data’.

As long as you design the questionnaire properly in the first place,the data will be fine.

ROSA:No.

I'm sure it talked about drawbacks as well,didn't it?

Something about the response rate and the problems you get if it's too low.

MICK:Yeah but we only need data from five subjects anyway.

ROSA:I suppose so.

Another drawback I remember it mentioned was that questionnaire data tends not to reveal anything unexpected,because it is limited to the questions fixed in advance by the researcher.

MICK:Come on,ROSA.

This is only a practice.

It's not meant to be real research,is it?

ROSA:Well.

I'm not sure about that.

ROSA:Maybe I'd belter go through the article again,just to be sure.

Can you remember what it was called?

MICK:'Sample Surveys in Social Science Research",I think.

By Mehta.

ROSA:M-E-H-T-A?

MICK:Yeah.

And he also recommended a more recent book,called'Survey Research',by Bell,I think.

It's in that series published by London University.

PETE:And if we tried to use interviews instead.

I saw a book in the departmental library that'll be helpful:it's called'Interviews That Work',by Wilson,published in Oxford in nineteen eighty-eight.

ROSA:Right.

I've got a tutorial now.

Can we meet up again later this week?

What about Friday morning?

PETE:Suits me.

Eleven o'clock?

ROSA::Fine.

MICK:Before Friday,I think we should all look through the reading list.

二、Details of Assignment聽力中文翻譯：

羅莎：哦，你在這兒，很好。

對不起，我來晚了一點(diǎn)，隊伍很長。

那么，你知道如何處理這項任務(wù)了嗎？

米克：還沒有，我們自己只來過幾分鐘。

羅莎：你能提醒我任務(wù)到底是什么嗎？

皮特：嗯，有兩個，不，三個部分：首先，我們要寫一篇關(guān)于收集數(shù)據(jù)的方法的文章。

然后

羅莎：這篇文章的標(biāo)題到底是什么？

米克：我這里有一句話：“評估社會科學(xué)研究中收集數(shù)據(jù)的兩種主要方法”。

羅莎：我們需要寫多少？

米克：1500字。

這是文章的題目。

然后，對于作業(yè)的第二部分，我們必須選擇一種數(shù)據(jù)收集方法，并“進(jìn)行一項小規(guī)模研究，適當(dāng)利用所選方法從至少五名受試者收集數(shù)據(jù)”。

羅莎：然后我們必須寫一份研究報告？

皮特：沒錯，三四千字。

羅莎：你討論過我們應(yīng)該采取哪種形式的數(shù)據(jù)收集了嗎？問卷調(diào)查還是訪談，不是嗎？

米克：是的。

我認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該使用問卷調(diào)查。

我認(rèn)為這比組織面試要省時得多。

一旦我們對它的措辭達(dá)成一致，我們只需發(fā)送它并等待回復(fù)。

羅莎：是的。

我想可能會更快。

但他上周給我們的那篇文章對問卷調(diào)查數(shù)據(jù)的質(zhì)量有何評論？

米克：我敢肯定，它推薦調(diào)查問卷作為“高度可靠數(shù)據(jù)”的來源。

只要你首先正確設(shè)計問卷，數(shù)據(jù)就會很好。

羅莎：沒有。

我相信它也談到了缺點(diǎn)，不是嗎？

如果回復(fù)率太低，你會遇到什么問題。

米克：是的，但我們只需要五個受試者的數(shù)據(jù)。

羅莎：我想是的。

我記得它提到的另一個缺點(diǎn)是，調(diào)查問卷數(shù)據(jù)往往不會揭示任何意外情況，因為它僅限于研究人員事先確定的問題。

米克：來吧，羅莎。

這只是一種做法。

這不是真正的研究，是嗎？

羅莎：嗯。

我對此不確定。

羅莎：也許我會把這篇文章再讀一遍，以防萬一。

你記得它叫什么嗎？

米克：我想是“社會科學(xué)研究中的抽樣調(diào)查”。

梅塔。

羅莎：M-E-H-T-A？

米克：是的。

他還推薦了貝爾的一本新書《調(diào)查研究》。

它就在倫敦大學(xué)出版的那個系列中。

皮特：如果我們試著用面試代替的話。

我在系圖書館里看到了一本書，這本書很有幫助：它叫威爾遜的《工作訪談》，1988年在牛津出版。

羅莎：對。

我現(xiàn)在有一個教程。

我們能在本周晚些時候再見面嗎？

星期五上午怎么樣？

皮特：適合我。

十一點(diǎn)？

羅莎：很好。

米克：星期五之前，我想我們都應(yīng)該看看閱讀清單。

三、Details of Assignment聽力問題：

Question 21-24

Complete the notes below.Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

DETAILS OF ASSIGNMENT

Part 1 Essay

Title:‘Assess the two main methods of

in social science research’

Number of words:

Part 2 Small-scale study

Choose one method.

Gather data from at least subjects.

Part 3 Report on study

Number of words:

Question 25-26

Choose TWO letters A—E.

What TWO disadvantages of the questionnaire form of data collection do the students discuss?

A.The data is sometimes invalid.

B.Too few people may respond.

C.It is less likely to reveal the unexpected.

D.It can only be used with literate populations.

E.There is a delay between the distribution and return of questionnaires.

Question 27-30

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.

AUTHORTITLE

PUBLISHER

YEAR OF PUBLICATION

‘Sample Surveys in

Social Science Research’

Bell

Wilson‘Interviews that work’

Oxford

University

Press

四、Details of Assignment聽力答案：

21.collecting data/gathering data/data collection

22.1500/1,500

23.5

24.3000-4000

25.B

26.C

27.Mehta

28.Survey Research

29.London University/London University Press

30.1988

五、Details of Assignment聽力答案解析

Question 21 collecting data/gathering data/data collection.錄音中女生首先問到What’s the title of the essay exactly？接著男生回答Assess the two main methods of collecting data in social science research，對應(yīng)卷面信息，很顯然答案為collecting data（數(shù)據(jù)收集）。

Question 22 1,5 0 0.當(dāng)錄音提到And how much do we need to write？時，考生應(yīng)意識到答案即將出現(xiàn)。接著錄音提到fifteen hundred words，因此22題的答案為1,500。

Question 23 5.當(dāng)考生聽到卷面中已標(biāo)出的定位信號詞Gather data from時，應(yīng)意識到答案即將出現(xiàn)，隨后錄音提到at least five subject，故答案為5。

Question 24 3,000～4,000.通過聽前預(yù)測我們可以了解本題答案為數(shù)字，錄音中提到And then we have to write a report on the study？That’s right，of three to four thousand words，故答案為3,000～4,000。

Question 25&26 B&c.當(dāng)錄音中提到No，I’m sure it talked about drawbacks as well，didn’t it？應(yīng)意識到drawbacks正是我們的信號詞，它與題目中的disadvantages相對應(yīng)。

隨后錄音提到“Something about the response rate and the problems you get if it’s too low”，選項中提到回饋率的只有B，故B為正確答案之一。接著錄音提到Another drawback I

remember it mentioned was that questionnaire data tends not to reveal anything unexpected，即問卷調(diào)查不能揭示那些沒有預(yù)見到的問題，所以c項也是正確答案之一。

Question 27 Mehta.錄音中提到書名Sample Surveys in Social Science Research，這個短語對應(yīng)題目右側(cè)的已知信息，應(yīng)意識到本行題目亂序。書名出現(xiàn)后，錄音內(nèi)容緊接著給出作者的信息By Mehta。M-E-H-T-A清晰地被拼寫出來，故答案為Mehta。

Question 28 Survey Research.通過聽前預(yù)測可得出第28題需要填寫的信息是Bell所寫的一本書的書名。第一行信息結(jié)束后錄音緊接著提到And he also recommended a more recent book，called Survey Research，by Bell，I think，因此可知要填寫的書名為Survey Research。

Question 29 London University/London University Press.聽前預(yù)測時可以留意到第28題和第29題的距離很近，因此在錄音中可能也會貼得很近地出現(xiàn)，所以當(dāng)聽到第28題的答案時，要隨時準(zhǔn)備29題的信息是否會出現(xiàn)，書寫速度也應(yīng)該加快，當(dāng)錄音中提到...by Bell，I think.It’s in that series published by London University時，可以確認(rèn)答案就是London University。

Question 30 1988.根據(jù)聽前預(yù)測，可得出第30題需要填寫的信息是年代，錄音內(nèi)容中提到...it’s called Interviews that work，by Wilson，published in Oxford in nineteen eighty-eight，故答案是1988。

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