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Philosophy Major托福聽力原文翻譯及問題答案

一、Philosophy Major托福聽力原文：

NARRATOR:Listen to a conversation between a student and her philosophy professor. 

FEMALE STUDENT:Professor Miller?

MALE PROFESSOR:Hi,Laura.Everything alright?

FEMALE STUDENT:Yeah.I just...wanted to let you know...after this semester I...I’ve decided to change my major.

MALE PROFESSOR:Really?Why?I,I thought you loved philosophy.

FEMALE STUDENT:I do,but...I don’t know.I have to be practical.It’s great to take all these philosophy classes,but I mean...I need to start thinking about finding a job after I graduate.

MALE PROFESSOR:Because,uh let’s see...people with a degree in philosophy don’t have anything to offer employers.Right?

FEMALE STUDENT:Well...kind of.Lots of my friends are business majors.I need to study something that’ll actually prepare me for a career.

MALE PROFESSOR:If I had a dollar for every time I heard that.OK.Studying something like business is great preparation,of course.Especially for people who already know their career goals.But for those who don’t,well...what’s yours,what’re your goals? 

FEMALE STUDENT:I have no idea.

MALE PROFESSOR:So,for you...perhaps it’s not the best option.

FEMALE STUDENT:That’s a good point.

MALE PROFESSOR:With a major in philosophy...besides the possibility of grad school—which I think would be wonderful for you—you know lots of things that are valuable in any career.

FEMALE STUDENT:Like what?How Johnson tried to refute Berkeley’s empiricism?

MALE PROFESSOR:Well...what did Johnson do?

FEMALE STUDENT:Well,you know...what Berkeley said was that we can’t really know any objects,we can just perceive them.It’s all about our senses perceiving things.Berkeley basically made the point that it doesn’t really make sense to believe in actual,physical matter...What Johnson did was,Johnson was trying to disprove that,so he kicked a big stone.He said that refuted Berkeley.

MALE PROFESSOR:Uh-huh.So,what do you think of that?

FEMALE STUDENT:Well,not that I’m convinced by Berkeley either,but I really don’t think Johnson refuted anything.And I think Berkeley would just say that Johnson still doesn’t know anything apart from what he senses.Seeing the stone,feeling his foot hurting after he kicked it—it’s all still just based on his perceptions.Johnson can’t argue that he knows anything other than what his senses have told him.

MALE PROFESSOR:You know what you just did?

FEMALE STUDENT:Told you something that’s not relevant anywhere but a philosophy class?

MALE PROFESSOR:No.You demonstrated well-developed analytical skills.Philosophy majors can critique other people’s reasoning,make a convincing argument,summarize...and communicate very effectively.These things are important in any career.And in life!

FEMALE STUDENT:OK,but...still!You don’t see any of that in job descriptions!

MALE PROFESSOR:Really?Oh,I think you do.I’ve seen so many articles lately,by heads of companies in all kinds of fields,complaining that it’s hard to find employees who can do that.Ask at the career services office—they’ll tell you the same thing.

FEMALE STUDENT:Well,I guess career services would know.

MALE PROFESSOR:Also,why don’t you think about...You know,our department always has information about summer internships.That’d give you some concrete experience to put on your résumé.

FEMALE STUDENT:That’s an idea.

MALE PROFESSOR:An internship could help you get your foot in the door.

二、Philosophy Major托福聽力中文翻譯：

旁白：聽一個學(xué)生和她的哲學(xué)教授之間的對話；

女學(xué)生：米勒教授？

男教授：嗨，勞拉。一切都好嗎？

女學(xué)生：是的。我只是……想讓你知道……在這個學(xué)期之后，我……我已經(jīng)決定改變我的專業(yè)。

男教授：真的嗎？為什么？一、我以為你喜歡哲學(xué)。

女學(xué)生：我知道，但是……我不知道。我必須實事求是。參加所有這些哲學(xué)課程很好，但我的意思是……我需要在畢業(yè)后開始考慮找工作。

男教授：因為，呃，讓我們看看……擁有哲學(xué)學(xué)位的人沒有什么可以為雇主提供的。正當(dāng)

女學(xué)生：嗯……有點。我的很多朋友都是商科專業(yè)的。我需要學(xué)習(xí)一些能真正為我的職業(yè)生涯做好準(zhǔn)備的東西。

男教授：如果我每次聽到這個都有一美元。好的。當(dāng)然，學(xué)習(xí)商業(yè)之類的東西是很好的準(zhǔn)備。尤其是那些已經(jīng)知道自己職業(yè)目標(biāo)的人。但對于那些不這樣做的人來說，好吧……你的目標(biāo)是什么&nbsp；

女學(xué)生：我不知道。

男教授：所以，對你來說……也許這不是最好的選擇。

女學(xué)生：這是一個好觀點。

男教授：主修哲學(xué)……除了研究生院的可能性，我認(rèn)為這對你來說很好，你知道很多東西在任何職業(yè)中都是有價值的。

女學(xué)生：比如什么？約翰遜如何反駁伯克利的經(jīng)驗主義？

男教授：嗯……約翰遜做了什么？

女學(xué)生：嗯，你知道……伯克利說的是，我們不能真正了解任何物體，我們只能感知它們。這都是關(guān)于我們感知事物的感官。伯克利基本上提出了一個觀點，即相信實際的物理物質(zhì)是沒有意義的……約翰遜所做的是，約翰遜試圖反駁這一點，所以他踢了一塊大石頭。他這樣說駁斥了伯克利。

男教授：嗯哈。那么，你覺得怎么樣？

女學(xué)生：嗯，伯克利也沒有說服我，但我真的不認(rèn)為約翰遜反駁了什么。我想伯克利會說約翰遜除了感覺之外，什么都不知道?？吹绞^，踢了一腳后感到腳疼，這一切都是基于他的感知。約翰遜不能辯稱，除了自己的感官告訴他什么，他什么都知道。

男教授：你知道你剛才做了什么嗎？

女學(xué)生：告訴過你一些除了哲學(xué)課以外與其他任何地方都無關(guān)的事情嗎？

男教授：沒有。你表現(xiàn)出了很好的分析能力。哲學(xué)專業(yè)學(xué)生可以批判他人的推理，提出令人信服的論點，總結(jié)……并進行有效的溝通。這些事情在任何職業(yè)生涯中都很重要。在生活中！

女學(xué)生：好的，但是……還是！你在工作描述中看不到這些！

男教授：真的嗎？哦，我想你知道。最近，我看到很多文章，來自各個領(lǐng)域的公司主管，抱怨很難找到能做到這一點的員工。問問職業(yè)服務(wù)辦公室，他們也會告訴你同樣的事情。

女學(xué)生：嗯，我想職業(yè)服務(wù)會知道的。

男教授：還有，你為什么不想想……你知道，我們部門總是有暑期實習(xí)的信息。這會給你一些具體的經(jīng)驗來寫簡歷。

女學(xué)生：這是個主意。

男教授：實習(xí)可以幫助你邁出第一步。

三、Philosophy Major托福聽力問題：

Q1:What is the conversation mainly about?

A.The best careers for philosophy majors

B.The arguments made by two philosophers

C.Why the student should continue studying philosophy

D.Why the student should look for an internship in philosophy

Q2:What does the professor imply about studying business?

A.It will improve the student’s chances of being accepted into graduate school.

B.It may not be a wise choice for the student.

C.It could help the student clarify her career goals.

D.There may be fewer jobs in this field than the student thinks.

Q3:Why does the student mention Johnson and Berkeley?

A.To cast doubt on something the professor said

B.To get the professor’s opinion about a topic from class

C.To indicate that she wishes to change the subject

D.To check whether she has understood a philosophical argument

Q4:What does the student imply about Johnson’s argument?

A.It is more convincing than Berkeley’s argument.

B.It disproves an accepted theory.

C.It demonstrates the existence of physical matter.

D.It fails to prove the point he was trying to make.

Q5:Why does the professor tell the student to go to the career services office?

A.To research summer internship opportunities

B.To ask how to include her skills on her résumé

C.To read job descriptions for careers in philosophy

D.To confirm that her skills are valuable to employers

四、Philosophy Major托福聽力答案：

A1:正確答案：C

A2:正確答案：B

A3:正確答案：A

A4:正確答案：D

A5:正確答案：D

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