『新东方在线托福听力』为托福考生准备了ETS托福TPO/Official 12 Con 1听力练习：Why does the man hesitate before agreeing to the professor's request?原文题目答案解析，TPO/Official 12 Con 1听力原文范文音频翻译。

托福TPO/Official 12 Con 1听力原文Why does the man hesitate before agreeing to the professor's request?【新东方在线】

旁白：听一段学生和教授之间的谈话。

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

学生：Tibbits教授，你的评语写说要跟我见面谈谈那篇海明威的论文。

Student: So Professor Tibbits, your notes said that you want to see me about…my Hemingway paper.

我必须说，那个分数实在低于我的预期。

I have to say that grade wasn't what I was expecting.

但你愿意在明明可以做到“非常好”的情况下仅仅做到“比较好”吗？

But do you really want to settle for pretty good when you can do something very good?

学生：你觉得它可以达到非常好？

学生：这是否意味着，你⋯⋯我可以得到一个更好的成绩吗？

Student: Would that mean you'd…I could get a better grade?

教授：噢，抱歉！这不是为了你的成绩。

Professor: Oh, sorry! It's not for your grade.

是⋯⋯我觉得你如果修订一下它，会得到很多收获。

It's…I think you could learn a lot by revising it.

学生：你的意思是，把原文重写一遍？

Student: You mean, rewrite the whole thing?

我被各种（作业的）截至线压得忙不过来。

我真的不知道我能（为这篇论文）付出多少时间。

There're deadlines wherever I turn,and… and I don't really know how much time I could give it.

教授：现在正是忙碌的时候，加上下周春假要来了。

Professor: Well, it is a busy time, with spring break coming up next week.

但我觉得如果付出一点额外的努力，你会把它变成一篇很好的文章。

But I think that with a little extra effort, you could really turn this into a fine essay.

学生：不⋯⋯嗯，我的意思是，读完你的评论，我能明白这篇文章写的有点过。

Student : No… yeah…I mean, after I read your comments, I...I can see how it tries to do too much.

教授：对。在作业的范畴里，它有点太急功近利了。

Professor: Yeah. It's just too ambitious for the scope of the assignment.

学生：所以我应该删掉历史的部分？

Student: So I should cut out the historical part?

教授：是的。我希望你扣紧主题。

Professor: Yes. I would just stick to the topic.

任何跟自然意向的使用这个主题无关的内容都不要在论文中出现，所有这些相关材料都分散了主要内容的注意力。

Anything unrelated to the use of nature imagery has no place in the paper, all that tangential material just distract from the main argument.

学生：我从来都不知道应该写多少内容。

Student: Yeah, I never know how much to include.

你知道⋯⋯在什么情况下适可而止？

所有作者如果不能把握这个，都会遇到困难。

That will become more clear with practice.

但是我觉得如果你能去掉，嗯⋯⋯

But I think if you just cut out the…emm…

学生：历史的东西，但如果我把这部分删掉，会不会太短了？

Student: The stuff about history, but if I cut out those sections, won't it be too short?

教授：一个短小精悍、结构优秀的论文总好过结构混乱而又离题的长篇大论。

Professor: Well, better a short well-structured paper than a long paper that's poorly-structured and wanders off topic.

学生：所以我要做的就是把那些部分都抛开？

Student: So all I have to do is to leave those sections?

在你删掉那些部分之后，你要回到文章其它部分，看看它们通不通顺。

After you cut out those sections, you'll have to go back and revise the rest, to see how it all fits together.

而且当然，你要重写前言部分，来准确地描述你论文的主体。

And of course, you'll have to revise the introduction too, to accurately describe what you do in the body of the paper.

就记住你的讨论要集中力量在重点上。

Just remember to keep the discussion focused.

你觉得你明天中午之前能交给我吗？

Do you think you can get it to me by noon tomorrow?

学生：啊⋯⋯我有那么多（事情要做呢），嗯⋯⋯我尽力吧。

Student: Wow…emm…I have so much…er…but I'll try.

但如果你赶不出来，春假之后一定交上来吧？

But if you can't, well, sure for after spring break, OK?

Why does the professor ask the man to come to her office?

Why does the man hesitate before agreeing to the professor's request?

What is the professor's main criticism of the man's paper?

Why does the professor suggest that the student change the introduction of his paper?

What does the professor mean when she says this:

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