新托福考试听力特训 CD1-Track16

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Summer Break

1. What is the main topic of the conversation?

A How to have fun in summer.

B How to make money during summer break.

C How to keep the family business during summer break.

D Tentative¹ plans for summer break.

(D)

2. What is the woman’s main dilemma²?

A Going to Italy vs. helping³ her mother.

B Going to Nepal vs. joining the Air Force.

C Having fun vs. making money.

D Doing the family duty vs. improving her engineering skills.

(A)

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Summer Break

Sven: “hi Wendy”

Wendy: “hi Sven”

Sven: “only 2 more weeks of classes, 8 schooldays actually then exams start”

Wendy: “yes. I will be glad when exams are over. I get panicky and very stressed at

exam time. I find myself eating constantly and I don’t seem to find any time to

exercise”

Sven: “exams don’t bother me that much. This year most of the marks for my courses

were based on assignments and research projects. I only have 2 exams”

Wendy: “you’re lucky. I have 5. I also need to get good marks over 80% or I wont⁴ be

able to keep my scholarship”

Sven: “what are you doing for summer break?’

Wendy: “I would like to go to Italy and work at a restaurant in Florence. My uncle

owns a restaurant specializing in seafood⁵ and he has offered me a job for the summer.

In Italy there are lots of English speaking tourists so he would like to have someone

fluent in English. It would also be an excellent opportunity for me to practice my

Italian. I hope to be a translator one day so I need to be fluent in several languages”

Sven: “that would be a wonderful summer!”

Wendy: “yes I know. I really want to go. The problem is my father had a heart attack 3

weeks ago. He’s out of the hospital now and not in too much danger but he cannot do

much around the house. My brother is overseas with the air force so I am the only one

to help my mother around the house. It is such a dilemma. I don’t know what to do”

Sven: “yes I could see that would be a very difficult decision. You are only young once

though and a chance to go to Florence for the summer sounds like the opportunity of

a lifetime”

Wendy: “I’m leaning towards going to Italy but I just feel so guilty. What about u Sven.

What are your plans for the summer?”

Sven: “well I have a dilemma too. I would love to go to Nepal and volunteer with an

NGO that could use me to instruct local residents in engineering skills. It would be a

chance to share what I already know and I think it would be really interesting to

spend 4 months in Nepal. However, I don’t find out until next week whether or not I

have been accepted into the program. If I do get accepted I won’t be making any

money and I need money to return to university for my final year in September”

Wendy: “if you don’t go to Nepal where would you work?”

Sven: “I don’t know. I have had some interviews with some construction companies.

There are a lot of new high rises and hotels going up in the south side of the city.

There were 3 companies that thought they would have a place for me to do manual

labor⁶ and the pay is good. None of the 3 companies are unionized but they all pay

union wages. I would prefer an office job where I could use the engineering skills I

have already acquired. I have applied⁷ to several companies for inside work but only 2

have responded to my applications and neither seems very promising⁸. It would look

much better on my resume⁹ after I graduate if I had work experience in my field. Also

many engineering students get hired after they graduate by the company they worked

for the previous summer”

Wendy: “I can see your problem. If I get the opportunity to go to Nepal I would

probably go. Cant¹⁰ u borrow money from financial aid for your final year?”

Sven: “probably, but I hate to start out with a lot of debt. Engineering fees are rising

by 10% next year. It is not an inexpensive faculty¹¹ to be in”

Wendy: “no. but if u have the opportunity to go to an interesting job in Nepal and be

of service I think that would be wonderful”

Sven: “you are probably right. I appreciate your advice.”

1 tentative   

adj.试验性质的，暂时的，犹豫不决的

参考例句：

• I have some tentative suggestions.我有几点不成熟的想法。
• Please come out with your tentative ideas at the meeting.请把你的初步设想在会上讲一讲。

2 dilemma   

n.困境，进退两难的局面

参考例句：

• I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
• He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 wont   

adj.习惯于；v.习惯；n.习惯

参考例句：

• He was wont to say that children are lazy.他常常说小孩子们懒惰。
• It is his wont to get up early.早起是他的习惯。

5 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

6 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

7 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

8 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

9 resume   

v.（中断后）继续，恢复；n.摘要，简历

参考例句：

• We'll stop now and resume at two o 'clock.我们现在停下来，到两点再干。
• My resume shows that I have the right qualifications for the job.我的简历表明我正符合这项工作的条件。

10 cant   

n.斜穿，黑话，猛扔

参考例句：

• The ship took on a dangerous cant to port.船只出现向左舷危险倾斜。
• He knows thieves'cant.他懂盗贼的黑话。

11 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。