Section B: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once.
第二节:在本节中,你将听到两段长对话。每段对话只读一遍。
At the end of each conversation, there will be a one-minute pause.
每段对话后有1分钟的停顿。
During the pause, read the questions and mark your answers on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
在停顿期间,阅读问题并在答题纸上用一条线标出答案,线划在字母的中间。
Conversation One
对话一
Listen to the conversation, and mark each statement as either true(T) or false(F) according to what you hear.
听对话,根据对话内容判断所给句子的正误,正确的标T,错误的标F。
Robert. I notice from your application form that you took a year off between high school and university.
罗伯特,我从你的申请表上得知,你在高中和大学之间休学了一年。
What did you do during this year?
这一年你做什么了?
Well, I’d say I got plenty of work experience, but what I did was mostly travel.
我想说我有丰富的工作经验,但我主要做的是旅行。
I went over to Australia for the year and spent the time travelling and working all around the country.
这一年我去了澳大利亚,花了一段时间在澳大利亚旅行和工作。
At the end I went to New Zealand and travelled around there for a couple of months.
最后,我去了新西兰,在那里旅行了几个月。
What kind of work did you do out there?
你在那里做了什么工作?
It was fairly menial stuff.
在那里做的都是些比较琐碎的工作。
I delivered furniture, helped in a pub, served in a hotel and worked on a building site, and things like that.
我送过家具,在酒吧帮忙,在酒店服务,在建筑工地工作等诸如此类的事情。
Working on a building site must be some good experience for engineering?
在建筑工地工作对工程人员来说一定是很好的经验吧?
I suppose so. I mean it was interesting to see the brass tacks side of things, and a good engineer has to get his hands dirty, my father says.
我认为是这样的。我的意思是,看到事情的实质是很有趣的,一个好的工程师必须亲力亲为,我父亲说。
He’s absolutely right. Now, why did you choose Westley University to study Civil Engineering?
他说的完全正确。那么,你为什么选择韦斯特利大学学习土木工程呢?
Well, first of all I know the department has a very good reputation in this field and, before applying, I checked out the statistics and saw that the percentage of graduates going straight into industry was very good.
首先,我知道这个系在这个领域有很好的声誉,在申请之前,我查看了统计数据,发现毕业生直接进入工业界的比例非常高。
Yes, we’re very proud of that.
是的,我们对此感到非常自豪。
I’m also very interested in mountaineering and your campus here in the Midlands is within reasonable distance of Snowdonia so I’ll be able to go hiking at weekends when work allows it.
我对登山也很感兴趣,你们位于中部的校园距离斯诺多尼亚山不远,所以我可以在工作允许的情况下在周末去徒步旅行。
That’s good. It’s very important for students to have interests outside of their studies.
那很好。对学生来说,在学习之外有兴趣是非常重要的。
It helps deal with the stress.
这有助于应对压力。
I also play football a lot, and the University runs quite a few teams in the local leagues, so I’d like to get into that.
我也经常踢足球,该大学在当地联赛中有好几支球队,所以我想参与其中。
Is there anything you’d like to ask me about the course, Robert?
罗伯特,关于课程你有什么要问我的吗?