『新东方在线托福听力』为托福考生准备了ETS托福TPO/Official 61 Con1听力练习，Official 61 Con1原文答案解析，Official 61 Con1听力原文练习音频翻译。

托福TPO/Official 61 Con1听力原答案解析-音频翻译【新东方在线】

Narrator: Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor.

MALE PROFESSOR: All right, Karen, I'm glad you stop by for our appointments. So we can chat before you write the final draft of your essay.

FEMALE Student: Is there something wrong? I mean, is there something I forgot?

MALE PROFESSOR: You got the correct essay form and all that. You followed the writing guidelines very well. So there's no problem there.

FEMALE Student: That's encouraging, professor.

MALE PROFESSOR: I'm just a little unclear about some of the content.

You seem to be unsure of what you want to say in a few places. And I want you to take a look at that.

Don't forget, the assignment was to write a review of any book you read this term and then provide an analysis.

FEMALE Student: Oh,yeah. I'm a little hazy about... It's just that I'm not sure about the point the author is trying to make.

Early in the book, the main character, Rebecca, is excited to hear about her transfer to the overseas office. But then suddenly she's rather upset about going.

When I sat down to write the analysis, I just wasn't sure why.

I'm not sure if the author wanted the reader to think Rebecca’s transfer was a good thing or a bad thing.

I can't find reasons why Rebecca has this change of heart.

MALE PROFESSOR: Ah, Well, the author is intentionally leaving this out.

This sort of ambiguity you experience in the story is a technique the writer is intentionally creating.

We don't always understand the reasons we do things, right?

So you might want to analyze the ways the author uses words to hint this uncertainty.Well, I prefer the term ambiguity.

FEMALE Student: But should I be focusing on the main character in the analysis? Or should I describe the author's writing techniques?

MALE PROFESSOR: It really depends on how you want to develop your essay.

It would be interesting to describe the events surrounding the main character’s change of heart.

You can analyze the main character in detail, filling in the gaps to see if you can find reasons in her personality, why she'd suddenly change her thoughts about the transfer.

Of course, you should give examples of the words and writing techniques the author uses to create this point of view.

MALE PROFESSOR:Now to go one step further in your analysis, do you think the main character is similar to the author?

And the author leaves the reader with unanswered questions about the motives of the main character.

FEMALE Student: To create unknowing? To create an uncertain feeling?

MALE PROFESSOR: OK. Now you're catching on.

It might be an uncomfortable feeling, but this is what the author had in mind.

FEMALE Student: Okay. Thanks, professor. I'll go back and read the book more closely.

Why did the professor make an appointment with the student?

What does the student NOT understand about the book?(Click on 2 answers)

What suggestions does the professor give the student to help her write her analysis?（Click in the correct boxes)

At the end of the meeting, what is the professor's attitude toward the student?

Why does the professor say this to the student:

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