英文 TOEFL 聽力練習 第 2 回
English listening practice, TOEFL, round 2 — 15 recordings, 24 questions
每一段都是母語錄音。建議先到網站聽、作答，再回來看逐字稿。
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第 1 段
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女Are you going to the career fair this afternoon?
你今天下午要去就業博覽會嗎？
第 2 段
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男I can't find the reading list for the history course.
我找不到歷史課的閱讀書單。
第 3 段
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女Would you mind lending me your notes from Tuesday's lecture?
你介意借我星期二講課的筆記嗎？
第 4 段
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男The dining hall is serving a special dinner for international students tonight.
餐廳今晚為國際學生準備特別晚餐。
第 5 段
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女How did your presentation go?
你的報告進行得怎麼樣？
第 6 段
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男Do you know whether the bookstore buys back used textbooks?
你知道書店有沒有回收二手課本嗎？
第 7 段
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女I think I'm going to drop my statistics class.
我想我要退選統計課。
第 8 段
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男The professor said the exam will cover chapters one through five.
教授說考試範圍是第一到第五章。
第 9 段 請聽一段學生和圖書館員的對話。
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旁白Listen to a conversation between a student and a librarian.
請聽一段學生和圖書館員的對話。
男Hi, I need a book for my sociology paper, but the system says it's checked out.
你好，我的社會學報告需要一本書，但系統說借出去了。
女You can place a hold on it. When it's returned, we'll e-mail you, and you'll have three days to pick it up.
你可以預約。還回來時我們會寄電子郵件，你有三天可以來拿。
男My paper is due on Friday, though.
可是我的報告星期五要交。
女In that case, try our electronic database. Many sociology books are available online.
那你可以試試我們的電子資料庫，很多社會學書都能在線上看。
第 10 段 請聽一段兩個學生的對話。
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旁白Listen to a conversation between two students.
請聽一段兩個學生的對話。
女Are you still looking for a roommate for next year?
你還在找明年的室友嗎？
男Yes. My current roommate is graduating. Do you know anyone?
對，我現在的室友要畢業了。妳認識誰嗎？
女My friend Leo is. He's quiet and he studies a lot, but he plays the guitar in the evenings.
我朋友里歐在找。他很安靜，很認真讀書，不過晚上會彈吉他。
男That's fine — I'm usually at the library until nine anyway. Could you give me his number?
沒關係，我反正通常在圖書館待到九點。可以給我他的電話嗎？
第 11 段 請聽一段學生和教授的對話。
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旁白Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor.
請聽一段學生和教授的對話。
男Professor Wright, could I get an extension on my lab report? I've had the flu all week.
萊特教授，我的實驗報告可以延期嗎？我整個星期都在感冒。
女I'm sorry to hear that. Do you have a note from the health center?
真遺憾。你有健康中心的證明嗎？
男Yes, I can bring it tomorrow.
有，我明天可以帶來。
女Then you can hand it in next Wednesday. But the data analysis section must be complete.
那你可以下星期三交。但數據分析的部分一定要完整。
第 12 段 請聽一段校園廣播。
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旁白Listen to an announcement on a university campus.
請聽一段校園廣播。
女Attention, students. The campus shuttle will run on a holiday schedule next Monday. Buses will leave every forty minutes instead of every fifteen, and the last bus will depart from the main gate at eight p.m. Students who need transportation later than that may request a ride from campus security.
同學請注意。下週一校園接駁車將採假日班表。班距從十五分鐘改為四十分鐘，末班車晚上八點從正門發車。需要更晚交通的同學可以向校安中心申請接送。
第 13 段 請聽一段課堂上的宣布。
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旁白Listen to an announcement in a class.
請聽一段課堂上的宣布。
男Before we start, a reminder about your group projects. Each group should send me a one-page proposal by Thursday at noon. Next week we'll meet in the computer lab instead of this room, so you can work on your data together. And don't forget to bring your student ID — you'll need it to log in.
開始之前，提醒大家小組報告的事。每組要在星期四中午前寄給我一頁的提案。下週我們改在電腦教室上課，不在這間，方便大家一起處理資料。別忘了帶學生證，登入要用。
第 14 段 請聽一段環境科學課的講課。
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旁白Listen to part of a lecture in an environmental science class.
請聽一段環境科學課的講課。
女Let's talk about urban heat islands. Cities are often several degrees warmer than the countryside around them. Why? Dark surfaces such as asphalt and roofs absorb sunlight during the day and release that heat slowly at night. Cities also have fewer trees, and trees cool the air by releasing water from their leaves. Some cities are fighting back by painting roofs white and planting rooftop gardens. In one study, a white roof stayed about thirty degrees cooler than a dark one on a summer afternoon.
我們來談城市熱島。城市常常比周圍的鄉村熱好幾度。為什麼？柏油路和屋頂這類深色表面白天吸收陽光，晚上慢慢把熱放出來。城市的樹也比較少，而樹會透過葉子釋放水分讓空氣變涼。有些城市開始反擊，把屋頂漆成白色、種屋頂花園。一項研究中，夏天下午白色屋頂比深色屋頂涼了大約三十度。
第 15 段 請聽一段心理學課的講課。
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旁白Listen to part of a lecture in a psychology class.
請聽一段心理學課的講課。
男Today's topic is memory and sleep. For a long time, people thought sleep was simply rest for the brain. We now know the brain is very active during sleep. In one experiment, students learned a list of words, then half of them slept and half stayed awake. The next day, those who slept remembered far more. Researchers believe that during deep sleep the brain replays what we learned and moves it into long-term memory. So staying up all night before an exam may actually hurt your score.
今天的主題是記憶與睡眠。長久以來大家以為睡覺只是讓大腦休息。現在我們知道睡眠時大腦非常活躍。一項實驗中，學生學一串單字，之後一半睡覺、一半熬夜。隔天睡覺的那組記得多得多。研究者認為深層睡眠時，大腦會重播學過的東西，把它轉進長期記憶。所以考前熬夜其實可能讓分數變差。