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  3. In Question 3, you will be asked to read a short passage and listen to a speaker on the same topic. The topic usually involves a

In Question 3, you will be asked to read a short passage and listen to a speaker on the same topic. The topic usually involves a

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问题 In Question 3, you will be asked to read a short passage and listen to a speaker on the same topic. The topic usually involves a campus situation and the speaker’s opinion about it. After you hear the question, you will be asked to report the speaker’s opinion and relate it to the reading passage.
You will have 45 seconds to read the passage. After you have listened to the talk, you will have 30 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to speak.
Task
-    Summarize a situation and an opinion about it
-    Explain the reason or the background
-    Connect listening and reading passages
Reading
45 seconds
Announcement concerning a proposal for a branch campus
The university is soliciting state and local funding to build a branch campus on the west side of the city where the I-19 expressway crosses the 201 loop. This location should provide convenient educational opportunities for students who live closer to the new campus as well as for those students who may choose to live on the west side once the campus is established. The city plan for the next ten years indicates that there will be major growth near the proposed site, including housing and a shopping area. By building a branch campus, some of the crowding on the main campus may be resolved.
Now listen to a student who is expressing his opinion about the proposal.
I understand that a branch campus on the city’s west side would be convenient for students who live near the proposed site, and it might attract more local students, but I oppose the plan because it will redirect funds from the main campus where several classroom buildings need repair. Hanover Hall for one. And, uh, a lot of the equipment in the chemistry and physics labs should be replaced. In my lab classes, we don’t do some of the experiments because, uh, because we don’t have enough equipment. And we need more teachers on the main campus. I’d like to see the branch campus funding allocated for teachers’ salaries in order to decrease the student-teacher ratios. Most of the freshman classes are huge, and there’s very little interaction with professors. Urn, a branch campus would be a good addition, but not until some of the problems on the main campus have been taken care of.
Example Notes—Situation and Opinion
Plans to open a branch campus
-    convenient for students near
-    might attract more students
-    relieve crowding on main campus
But will redirect funds from main campus
-    buildings need repair
-    equipment should be replaced
-    more teachers—smaller classes
The man expresses his opinion of the proposal in the announcement Report his opinion and explain the reasons he gives for having that opinion.
Now listen to a student who is expressing his opinion about the proposal.
I understand that a branch campus on the city’s west side would be convenient for students who live near the proposed site, and it might attract more local students, but I oppose the plan because it will redirect funds from the main campus where several classroom buildings need repair. Hanover Hall for one. And, uh, a lot of the equipment in the chemistry and physics labs should be replaced. In my lab classes, we don’t do some of the experiments because, uh, because we don’t have enough equipment. And we need more teachers on the main campus. I’d like to see the branch campus funding allocated for teachers’ salaries in order to decrease the student-teacher ratios. Most of the freshman classes are huge, and there’s very little interaction with professors. Urn, a branch campus would be a good addition, but not until some of the problems on the main campus have been taken care of.
选项
答案The man concedes that the branch campus might be advantageous for students living close to the new location, but he’s concerned that the funding for a branch campus will affect funding on main campus for... for important capital improvements such as classroom buildings that are, uh, in need of repair. Urn, and equipment in the science labs is getting old, so it needs to be replaced. And he also points out that more teachers are needed for the main campus in order to reduce student-teacher ratios, which ... which would improve the quality of the teaching and the, uh, amount of interaction in classes. So the man feels that more attention should be given to the main campus and funding should be directed to improve the main campus before a branch campus is considered.
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