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  3. You will now read a short passage and listen to a conversation on the same topic. You will then be asked a question about them.

You will now read a short passage and listen to a conversation on the same topic. You will then be asked a question about them.

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问题 You will now read a short passage and listen to a conversation on the same topic. You will then be asked a question about them. After you hear the question, give yourself 30 seconds to prepare your response. Then record yourself speaking for 60 seconds.
                    History Seminars Should Be Shorter
    Currently, all of the seminar classes in the history department are three hours long. I would like to propose that history seminars be shortened to two hours. I make this proposal for two reasons. First, most students just cannot concentrate for three hours straight. I myself have taken these three-hour seminars and found them tiring and sometimes boring. Also, when a seminar lasts that long, people stop concentrating and stop learning, so the third hour of a three-hour seminar is a waste of everyone’s time. Two-hour seminars would be much more efficient.
Sincerely,
Tim Lawson
Listen to Track 56.

The woman expresses her opinion about the proposal described in the letter. Briefly summarize the proposal. Then state her opinion about the proposal and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.
Narrator
Now listen to two students discussing the letter.
Female student
I totally disagree with Tim’s proposal.
Male student
Why?
Female student
Well, look. Tim’s my friend, but he’s not your typical student. He stays up late partying every night—weeknights too.
Male student
If he parties every night, no wonder he can’t pay attention.
Female student
Yes, and most students aren’t like that. They come to class prepared and rested, and they can concentrate.
Male student
So you’re saying the problem is really Tim.
Female student
Yes. He was in one of my classes last year and whenever I looked at him, he was actually sleeping.
Male student
I guess if he’s sleeping, he can’t really know what’s happening, what other people in class are doing.
Female student
Right. And you want to know what does happen in that last hour of seminar? In a lot of seminars that I’ve been in, that’s when things get interesting.
Male student
Really?
Female student
Yes. That’s usually when students get really involved in the discussion and start exchanging important ideas. And if the history department actually did what Tim suggests, well, if they did that, what would happen is you’d lose what might be the most worthwhile part of a seminar.
Narrator
The woman expresses her opinion about the proposal described in the letter. Briefly summarize the proposal. Then state her opinion about the proposal and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.
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答案 To respond to this particular question, you should state the woman’s opinion of the letter writer’s proposal to shorten history seminars to two hours. In this case, the woman disagrees with the letter writer’s proposal. After stating that the woman disagrees with the proposal, you should convey the two main reasons she gives for holding that opinion. You will need to connect information from the conversation to the reading in order for the response to be complete. The woman says that the first reason given for shortening history seminars—that students cannot concentrate for three hours—isn’t valid. She says that Tim, the letter writer, is not a typical student and that he stays up late at night, and sometimes even sleeps in class. Your response should also convey the woman’s second reason for not agreeing with the letter writer’s proposal. The letter writer thinks that the third hour of the seminar is a waste of time because people don’t learn anything. The woman thinks, however, that the last hour is when the discussions are the most interesting and that it is the most important part of the seminar. Your response should be intelligible, should demonstrate effective use of grammar and vocabulary, and should be well developed and coherent.
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