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托福TPO/Official 15 Con 2听力原答案解析-音频翻译【新东方在线】

旁白：听一段学生与生物教授的对话。

Narrator: Listen to part of a conversation between a student and her biology professor.

教授：嗨，萨曼莎，田径运动会怎么样？

Professor: Hi, Samantha, how did your track meet go?

萨曼莎：好极了！我在一个竞赛中获得了第一名，另外一个获得了第三名。

Student: Great! I placed first in one race and third in another.

教授：恭喜你啊，你一定是锻炼了不少。

Professor: Congratulations, you must practice a lot.

萨曼莎：赛季前每周训练三次，但是现在我们每周末进行比赛。

Student: Three times a week pre-season, but now that we are competing every weekend.

我们每周需要锻炼6天，从3点半到5点。

We practice six days a week from 3:30 to 5.

教授：体育运动占了你的很多时间，是吧？

Professor: Athletics places a heavy demand on your time, don't they?

萨曼莎：是的，但是我真的很喜欢竞争，所以……

Student: Yeah, but I really love competing, so…

教授：你知道我在大学时踢足球，而且是我最大的挑战了，我总是在赛季之间调节不好足球和学习之间的关系。

Professor: You know, I played soccer in college and my biggest challenge, and I didn't always succeed, was getting my studying in during soccer season.

萨曼莎：没有，我倒是真的挤时间来学习，而且我对这个科目的学习也比其它科目更尽心。

Student: No. I really do make time to study, and I actually study more for this class than I do for all my other classes.

但是期中考试的成绩却是让我始料不及的，这也是我来这的原因。

But I didn't see the grade I expected on my mid-term exam which is why I came by.

教授：呃，你的成绩倒不是说差，但是的确没有展示出你应该具备的潜力。

Professor: Well, you didn't do badly on the exam but I agree it did not reflect your potential.

我这么说是因为你在实验室项目上的出色表现。

I say this because your work on the lab project was exemplary.

你操作显微镜以及洋葱细胞样本的方式让我很印象深刻，你很认真的观察、画图并且解释了细胞分裂的每个过程，我想如果你没有阅读并理解这个章节的内容的话，也不会做的那么好。

I was so impressed with the way you handled the microscope and the samples of onion cells and, well, how careful you observed and diagramed and interpreted each stage of cell division, and I don't think you could have done that if you hadn't understood the chapter.

我的意思是说你真的领会的很好。

I mean, it seemed you really had a good understanding of it.

但是在考试中，关于细胞分裂的问题我少了几点。

But I missed some questions about cell division on the exam.

萨曼莎：我想我就是一时大脑空白了。

Student: I just sort of blanked out, I guess.

教授：好吧，让我们倒退一下。

萨曼莎：其实是在厨房的桌子上。

教授：那是一个安静的环境吗？

Professor: And that's supposed to be a quiet environment?

萨曼莎：其实不是。当我学习的时候，我哥哥和父母试着小点声，但是电话总是响个不停。

Student: Not exactly. My brother and parents try to keep it down when I'm studying but the phone pretty much rings off the hook, so.

教授：那么你应该去一个少让你分心的地方学习，比如图书馆。

Professor: So you might try a place with fewer distractions, like, the library.

萨曼莎：但是图书馆午夜就关门了，而我喜欢考试前通宵达旦的学习。

Student: But the library closes at midnight and I like to study all night before a test.

你知道的，所以我会记忆犹新。

You know, so everything is fresh in my mind.

期中考试前的那天晚上我连着学习了6个小时。

I studied six straight hours the night before the mid-term exam.

这也是我觉得自己能做的更好的原因。

That's why I expected to do so much better.

教授：哦。你知道连着学习6个小时与6天每天学习一小时是不一样的。

Professor: Oh, OK. You know that studying six consecutive hours is not equivalent to studying one hour a day for six days.

教授：是的，研究显示，人们在特别专注一个小时以后，我们的大脑需要休息。

Professor: No, there's a research that shows that after an hour of intensive focus, your brain needs a break.

It needs to, you know, shift gears a little.

你的大脑吸收知识的能力在学习一个小时之后就会减弱。

Your brain's ability to absorb information starts to decline after about the first hour.

所以如果你在学习许多新的概念或者词汇，不管怎么说，如果你就复习笔记，哪怕就每天20分钟，也比等到考试前临时抱佛脚要好很多。

So if you are dealing with a lot of new concepts and vocabulary, anyway, if you just review your notes even twenty minutes a day, it'd be much better than waiting until the night before the exam to try and absorb all those details.

萨曼莎：哦，我之前还真没意识到。

教授：把你的大脑想成是一块肌肉。

Professor: Think of your brain as a muscle.

如果你不每天和团队训练的话，然后打算在田径运动会的前一天将之前的锻炼都一起进行了，你觉得你在竞赛中能发挥多好呢？

If you didn't practice regularly with your track team, and then try to squeeze in three weeks' worth of running practice the day before a track meet, how well do you think you will perform in the races?

Why does the woman go to see her professor?

What does the professor imply when he mentions his experience playing soccer in college?

What did the woman study in her laboratory project?

What does the professor say about the results of the brain research?

At the end of the conversation, why does the professor return to the topic of running on the track team?

Narrator 
Listen to part of a conversation between a student and her biology professor . 
Professor 
Hi Samantha, how did your track meet go? 
Samantha 
Great! I placed first in one race and third in another. 
Professor 
Congratulations ! You must practice a lot. 
Samantha 
Three times a week pre-season, but now that we’re competing every weekend, we practice 6 days a week from 3:30 till 5:00. 
Professor 
Athletics place a heavy demand on your time, don’ t they? 
Samantha 
Yeah, but I really love competing, so … 
Professor 
You know I played soccer in college and my biggest challenge, and I didn’t always succeed, was getting my studying in during soccer season. Are you having a similar … 
Samantha 
No, I … I really do make time to study. And I actually study more for this class than I do for all my other classes. But I didn’t see the grade I expected on my mid-term exam, which is why I came by. 
Professor 
Hi Samantha, how did your track meet go? 
Samantha 
Great! I placed first in one race and third in another. 
Professor 
Congratulations ! You must practice a lot. 
Samantha 
Three times a week pre-season, but now that we’re competing every weekend, we practice 6 days a week from 3:30 till 5:00. 
Professor 
Athletics place a heavy demand on your time, don’ t they? 
Samantha 
Yeah, but I really love competing, so … 
Professor 
You know I played soccer in college and my biggest challenge, and I didn’t always succeed, was getting my studying in during soccer season. Are you having a similar … 
Samantha 
No, I … I really do make time to study. And I actually study more for this class than I do for all my other classes. But I didn’t see the grade I expected on my mid-term exam, which is why I came by. 
Professor 
Well, you didn't do badly on the exam, but I agree it did not reflect your potential. I say this because your work on the lab project was exemplary. I was so impressed with the way you handle the microscope and the samples of onion cells, and with how carefully you observed and diagramed and interpreted each stage of cell division. And I don't think you could have done that if you hadn't read and understood the chapter. I mean it seemed like you really had a good understanding of it. 
Samantha 
I thought so too, but I missed some questions about cell division on the exam. 
Professor 
So what happened? 
Samantha 
I just sort of blanked out, I guess. I had a hard time remembering details. It was so frustrating. 
Professor 
Alright, let's back up. You say you studied, where, at home? 
Samantha 
At my kitchen table actually. 
Professor 
And that's supposed to be a quiet environment? 
Samantha 
Not exactly. My brother and parents try to keep it down when I am studying, but the phone pretty much rings off the hook, so … 
Professor 
So you might try a place with fewer distractions, like the library … 
Samantha 
But the library closes at mid-night, and I like to study all night before a test, you know, so everything is fresh in my mind. I studied six straight hours the night before the mid-term exam . That’s why I expected to do so much better. 
Professor 
Oh ok. You know that studying six consecutive hours is not equivalent to studying one hour a day for six days. 
Samantha 
It isn’t? 
Professor 
No. There is research that shows that after about an hour of intense focus, your brain needs a break. It needs to, you know, shift gears a little. Your brain's ability to absorb information starts to decline after about the first hour. So if you are dealing with a lot of new concepts and vocabulary, anyway, if you just review your notes, even 20 minutes a day, it'd be much better than waiting until the night before an exam to try and absorb all those details. 
Samantha 
Oh, I didn't realize. 
Professor 
No. There is research that shows that after about an hour of intense focus, your brain needs a break. It needs to, you know, shift gears a little. Your brain's ability to absorb information starts to decline after about the first hour. So if you are dealing with a lot of new concepts and vocabulary, anyway, if you just review your notes, even 20 minutes a day, it'd be much better than waiting until the night before an exam to try and absorb all those details. 
Samantha 
Oh, I didn't realize. 
Professor 
Think of your brain as a muscle. If you didn't practice regularly with your track team, and then tried to squeeze in three weeks worthy of running practice the day before a track meet, how well do you think you'd perform in your races?

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