Task 4

　　閱讀解釋概念：internal attribute: 將事物發生的原因歸結自己的內在問題，而不是外界因素。

　　聽力教授舉自己的例子解釋這個概念。具體為：該教授青少年時期在一家公司工作，負責整理文件。他遇到困難總是不能及時完成工作。該教授沒有抱怨老板也沒有抱怨工作太多而是想辦法提高自己的能力。最后教授提高自己的能力，能按時完成工作，變得非常擅長自己的工作。

　　解題要點

　　Term：internal attribute

　　Definition：Attribute causes concerning why things happen to internal factors other than external factors.

　　Lecture：

　　The professor gives an example of his own. When he was a teenager, he works at a firm where he had to collate documents. He usually failed to finish his job in time because of several difficulties. But he didn’t complain his boss nor did he complain the large amount of the work. In turn, he always came up with ways to advance his ability. As a result, the professor has improved his ability to complete his task in time and he turned out to be very good at it.

　　Task 5

　　聽力男學生遇到的問題是時間沖突。一方面他要去機場接朋友，另一方面他想去參加一位作者的演講。

　　兩個解決方案為：

　　1 告訴朋友自己會遲到(提到的好處有：老朋友可以理解他遲到，這個朋友還可以自己在機場逛逛，吃點東西讀書。缺點是朋友大老遠跑來看他，不好意思遲到。2 不去參加的演講。(提到非常想去，如果錯過不會有第二次機會)

　　解題要點

　　Problem: The boy has to pick his friend up at the airport, but he also wants to attend a speech made by an author.

　　Solution 1: Tell his friend that he will be late.

　　Pro：His old friend will understand his being late, and his friend can also go around at the airport. He can read and eat whenever he wants.

　　Con：It is not polite to be late, especially when his friend has to travel so far to be here.

　　Solution 2: Cancel the plan to attend the speech.

　　Con：There won’t be a second chance for him to attend this author’s speech.

　　Task 6

　　生物課堂上老師講解了有些樹能夠活很長時間的原因—樹的適應性。主要有兩個方面。

　　1 通過釋放化學物質避免蟲害。舉例為red wood，樹葉和樹干中含有單寧酸，所以蟲子不能忍受這種物質，所以不會去吃red wood.

　　2 發達的根系可以幫助在風暴中幸存下來。舉例仍為red wood. 說首先有發達的根系stretch every direction, 以及還可以與周圍的樹木的根系相組合。互相纏繞在暴風中就不會有問題。

　　背景知識

　　In the biology class, the professor tells us that strong adaptability is the reason why trees can live long. S/he then explains it as the following two ways.

　　Main Idea:

　　Way 1: Avoid damage by insects by releasing chemical substance.

　　Example 1: Red wood has tannic/gallotannic acid in its leaves and branches, which the insects cannot suffer to eat and live with. So they will not eat red wood.

　　Way 2: Survive in storms through developed root system.

　　Example 2: Red wood has a developed root system that can stretch every direction and group with other trees’ roots. So if there is any storm, it can successfully survive by binding with each other.