評(píng)論
打印
A student has written a letter to the university newspaper.
一個(gè)學(xué)生給大學(xué)報(bào)社寫了一封信。
You have 50 seconds to read the letter. Begin reading now.
你有50秒的時(shí)間閱讀這封信。現(xiàn)在開始計(jì)時(shí)。
Now listen to two students discussing the letter.
兩個(gè)學(xué)生正在討論這封信，請(qǐng)聽他們的對(duì)話。
Did you see this letter, Jim?
Jim，你看過這封信了嗎？
Yeah.
看了。
Be kind of nice to be able to do that, huh?
能這么做真好，是吧？
No, actually, I don't think it's a good idea.
不，實(shí)際上我認(rèn)為這不是個(gè)好主意。
Why not?
為什么？
Well, like the part about how it'll help students concentrate,
就拿她認(rèn)為這個(gè)提議可以幫助學(xué)生集中注意力來說吧，
I mean, maybe a little snack will help the person who's eating it,
也許吃點(diǎn)零食對(duì)吃的這個(gè)人會(huì)有所幫助，
but, the trouble is that it makes it hard for everyone else to concentrate
但問題是這樣會(huì)分散其他人的注意力，
cause they have to listen to someone munching on chips,
因?yàn)樗麄儾坏貌宦犞鴦e人咯吱咯吱嚼薯片、
or biting into an apple, or crinkling paper wrappers.
咔嚓咔嚓咬蘋果或者把包裝紙弄得沙沙作響。
I guess it can be kind of disruptive.
是有點(diǎn)破壞課堂秩序。
Yeah! It will interfere with everyone's concentration.
沒錯(cuò)！這樣會(huì)干擾所有人的注意力。
You wouldn't be able to pay attention with all the noises going on.
周圍這么吵根本沒辦法集中精神。
OK, I guess I have to agree with you on that, but what about her other reason?
好吧，關(guān)于這一點(diǎn)我贊成你的意見。不過，她給出的另一個(gè)原因怎么樣呢？
It would be nice to be able to have some fun at the end of the semester, right?
學(xué)期末能來點(diǎn)兒有趣的事情應(yīng)該不錯(cuò)，對(duì)吧？
No, there's a problem with that, too.
不，這一點(diǎn)也有問題。
Why?
什么問題？
Well, I don't think it's appropriate to use class time for that kind of thing.
我覺得把課堂時(shí)間花在那樣的事情上不太合適吧。
I mean, the last classes are usually pretty important, that's when we do a lot of reviewing for final exams.
畢竟在最后一節(jié)課上我們會(huì)為期末考試復(fù)習(xí)很多東西，通常都很重要的。
True!
確實(shí)！
If we use that time for that, we probably wouldn't have time to do as much reviewing,
如果我們把最后一節(jié)課的時(shí)間花在那里，可能就沒時(shí)間復(fù)習(xí)那么多了，
which means we wouldn't be as well prepared for exams.
也就是說我們考試的時(shí)候可能不如之前準(zhǔn)備得充分。
Yeah, I haven't thought of that.
是啊，我還沒想到過這點(diǎn)呢。
