【威学教育】托福口语TPO44综合体听力文本

托福口语TPO44综合体听力文本

TPO44

Task3

Now listen to two students discussing the letter.

So what do you think of the proposal?

I don't like it

Why not?

Actually, I don't think students are the right people to be making these decisions. They are too

close to the situation.

What do you mean?

Well, because students are directly involved in the groups, they can't be as objective, as fair as

administrators. I mean, what will prevent students on the committee from just giving money to

their friends' groups or favoring the groups they're in themselves. I think having the university

administrators make the decisions is more fair.

Well, at least it would be good experience for the students who serve on the committee.

Well, that's another thing. I think they'd have a hard time finding students to serve on it.

I mean,

there are already a number of leadership positions open in various campus groups, but most

students just aren't interested in them.

That's true. The Student Council doesn't even have a vice president

Right. Most students are just too busy. There's no way you are gonna find enough students who

are willing to volunteer their time for this committee. It's too big of a timecommitment.

Task 4

Now listen to part of a lecture in a business class.

OK, so, for example, I have a friend who owns a company that does construction. His company's

often hired to make improvements to someone's house or yard. So, recently, this woman hired him to build a fence around her yard. She said she wanted a wooden fence running all the way

around her backyard. She and my friend quickly settled on a price for the job. They basically just

made a verbal agreement about the work that will be done without putting any of the agreement in writing.

And so my friend got to work building the fence. So when my friend was almost finished building the fence around the woman's yard, the woman told my friend that she wanted the fence

painted white. My friend was surprised by this, because he did not think that he had been hired

to also paint the fence. He told the woman this, that he had just been hired to build the fence,

not paint it. But the woman said she thought when she hired him to build the fence that this also

meant the fence would be painted. They ended uparguing and eventually my friend finally agreed to paint the fence without charging extra just to be nice, but he wasn't happy about it.

Task5

Listen to a conversation between two students.

Hey. Didn't you get a new roommate recently? Linda's her name, right? How's that working out?

Oh. Linda's nice, but...well, there's sort of a problem.

Oh?

Yeah. Our schedules totally conflict. I like to do my studying late at night in our room, but she

likes to go to sleep early. So unfortunately, my studying, my typing on thecomputer, is keeping her awake.

What are you gonna do?

Well, we've talked about it. Linda has to get up early every morning for class, so there'snothing

she can do. So as I see it, I've got two options.

What are they?

Well, I could adjust my schedule, start going to bed earlier and doing my studying either in the

morning or sometime during the day, the way Linda does.

So you change your daily schedule so it's more like your roommate's?

Yeah. That way I wouldn't be keeping her up at night.

Sure.

The thing is I'm not really a morning person when it comes to s tudying, so I’m not sure how much

work I'd get done in the morning or at other times of the day since I tend to be busy then doing

other things.

What's your other option?

Well, I could go to the library at night, do my studying there

Why not do that? Use the library.

Well, the thing is I prefer the convenience of my own room. The library is okay, but you know, I've

got a really comfortable desk chair in my room and all my other stuff's there too, my books, my

notes, the stuff I really need to help me study.

Task6

Listen to part of a lecture in a biology class.

So we've been talking about forest fires. And usually when a forest fire occurs, the animals in the

area will of course run away, flee as fast as they can so as not to get hurt by the flames. Some

animals, though, actually benefit from forest fires and so will seek them out because forest fires

can be helpful, can help them fulfill certain survival needs.

Let's discuss two benefits forest fires could have for these animals.

One benefit is that they can make it easier for predators to find food. A forest fire will force

animals out of their hiding places and out into the open, which predators take advantage of

because fleeing animals are much easier to catch than they normally are when they are hiding.

For example, scientists have observed wild turkeys doing this. These birds will go to the edge of a

forest fire and wait there in order to catch all the insects running out of the burning forest, which

is a much easier way to catch insects than the normal way of pecking for them on the ground.

Another benefit forest fires could have is to help provide a good place for the development of

young animals. Forest fires can make an otherwise harmful environment more suitable for their

development. For example, some trees in the forest are poisonous to beetles. They have a special

chemical that keeps beetles away. But after a fire, beetles will seek out these trees because the

trees are dead and beetles are able to lay their eggs in the trees without being hurt by the

chemical. The young beetles use the trees' nourishment until they mature into adult beetles.