托福口语练习 翻新学生宿舍的计划

The woman expresses her opinion about the college's plan.

这位女士对这项大学计划表达了自己的看法。

State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

请简要描述她的观点并解释她如此认为的原因。

Central College is planning to renovate¹ its dormitories².

中央大学计划翻新学生宿舍。

Read the article in the college newspaper about the plan.

请阅读下面这篇摘自校报的关于这项计划的文章。

You will have 45 seconds to read the article. Begin reading now.

你将有45秒的时间阅读文章。现在开始计时。

Now listen to two students discussing the college's plan.

两个学生正在讨论这项大学计划。请听他们的对话。

The college's making a mistake with this new plan.

学校这项新计划是个错误。

What do you mean? I think it will really help accomplish³ the college's goals.

为什么？我觉得它会切切实实帮助学校达成目标啊。

Don't' be so sure! All that construction, for two years?

先别这么肯定！这可是个大工程，要进行两年啊！

It's gonna create a lot of noise.

一定会制造出很多噪音的。

Well, you mean in the beginning, for students still living in the dorms.

你说的是刚开始动工，学生们还住在宿舍的时候吧。

Yeah, students who are trying to sleep or do works⁴ are constantly⁵ going to be disturbed.

没错，那些想要睡觉或者好好做事的人会不断受到干扰的。

So, people will try to get as far away as possible, probably by moving off campus⁶.

所以，大家一定会尽量远离施工地点，也许会搬出学校。

So they are losing even more people!

这样一来反而更少人会住在宿舍了！

Huh, I haven't thought of that.

我还没想到过这点呢。

But still, once all the constructions are over,

不过，一旦所有工程都竣工了，

more people will probably want to live in the dorms, right?

说不定会有更多人想要住在宿舍里呢，对吗？

I mean, the living conditions will be so much better.

我是说，到时候住宿条件肯定会好很多的。

If they can afford to, do you know how the college is planning on paying for this plan?

如果他们能住得起的话咯。你知道学校打算怎么筹钱进行这个项目吗？

By raising the cost of campus housing⁷!

他们打算提高学校的房价来支付工程费用！

Oh! I didn't realize that.

哦？我不知道啊。

Yeah, so if it's more expensive why would people want to move back into the dorms if they can rent an apartment for less money?

是真的。所以如果住宿费提高了的话，大家凭什么放着更便宜的公寓不去租，反而搬回宿舍呢？

1 renovate   

vt.更新，革新，刷新

参考例句：

• The couple spent thousands renovating the house.这对夫妇花了几千元来翻新房子。
• They are going to renovate the old furniture.他们准备将旧家具整修一番。

2 dormitories   

集体宿舍( dormitory的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many colleges now have wired dormitories. 现在许多大学的学生宿舍已经联网。
• Most of the students of this college live in dormitories. 这所学院的多数学生住集体宿舍。

3 accomplish   

v.完成，实现，达到

参考例句：

• He can accomplish more in a day than any other boy in his class.他一天所完成的工作比他班上其他的孩子都多。
• They'll certainly accomplish something.他们会搞出名堂来的。

4 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

5 constantly   

adv.不变地，不断地，时常地

参考例句：

• The two countries have been warring constantly for years.这两国多年来一直交战。
• We should constantly urge ourselves on to study hard.我们要经常鞭策自己努力学习。

6 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。

7 housing   

n.房屋，住宅；住房建筑；外壳，外罩

参考例句：

• Do you think our housing sales will turn around during this year?你认为今年我们的住宅销路会好转吗？
• The housing sales have been turning down since the summer.入夏以来，房屋的销售量日趋减少。