二、对话中不该记的内容
TASK 3
对于这个部分,考点是学生对于学校通知的态度及原因,我们来看下面的听力原文,其中不需要记的部分已经标出: (woman) The college’s making a mistake with this new plan. (man) What do you mean? I think it will really help the college to accomplish its goals. (woman) Don’t be so sure! All that construction, for two years? It’s gonna create a lot of noise. (man) Well, you mean in the beginning, for students still living in the dorms. (woman) Yeah, students who are trying to sleep or do works are constantly going to be disturbed. So, people will try to get as far away as possible, probably by moving off campus. So they are losing even more people! (man) Huh, I haven’t thought of that. But still, once all the constructions are over, more people will probably want to live in the dorms, right? I mean, the living conditions will be so much better.
(woman) If they can afford to, do you know how the college is planning on paying for this plan? By raising the cost of campus housing! (man) Oh! I didn’t realize that.
(woman) Yeah, so if it’s more expensive why would people want to move back into the dorms if they can rent an apartment for less money?
(woman) Hey, Frank, I heard you got a summer research position with professor Davis. (man) Uh, huh, but I’ve got a problem. (woman) Oh? (man) Yeah, well, since I didn’t hear from her for so long, I assumed I didn’t get the position. So I didn’t apply for a dorm room for the summer. I’m afraid it’s too late for that now. (woman) Yeah, the deadline for campus housing application has already passed. So what are you gonna do now?
(man) Well, I can stay with my parents. They live two hours from here so I thought I could drive and commute to campus everyday. I know my mom and dad would be happy to have me over for a few weeks and most of my old friends would be home for the summer so, in a way, it’d be fun. (woman) Yeah, I understand. But you’d spend quite a bit of time on the road going back and forth. Won’t you get tired? (man) Yeah, that thought did cross my mind. The other thing I could do is rent an apartment off campus. Besides being closer to work, I’d also save tons of money on gas.
(woman) Uh, huh. But then you’d have to pay rent. (man) I know. There’s always something, isn’t there?