Conversation One

听力原文

M： Hello， professor Johnson.

W： Hello， Tony. So what shall we work on today？

M： Well， the problem is that this writing assignment isn’t coming out right. What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what particular sport means to me when I participate in，

W： What sport did you choose？

M： I decided to write about cross-country skiing.

W： What are you going to say about skiing？

M： That‘s the problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out in the country.

W： So why is that a problem？

M： As I start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods. I keep mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going. Cross-country skiing isn’t as easy as some people think. It takes a lot of energy， but that‘s not part of my paper. So I guess I should leave it out. But now I don’t know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it. It all fits together. It‘s not like just sitting down somewhere and watching the clouds roll by. That’s different.

W： Then you‘ll have to include that in your point. The peacefulness of cross-country skiing is the kind you earn by effort. Why leave that out？ Part of your point you knew before hand but part you discovered as you wrote. That’s common， right？

M： Yeah， I guess so.

Q19： What is the topic of the man‘s writing assignment？

C） Pain and pleasure in sports

Q20： What problem does the man have while working on his paper？

D） He can’t decide whether to include the effort part of skiing.

Q21： What does the woman say is common in writing papers？

A） New ideas come up as you write.

19. D） A sport he participates in

解析：题目问的是，男生论文的主题是什么，从talk about what particular sport means to me when I participate in一句中，可得对应选项D。C选项是一个干扰项，pain and pleasure in sports， 意为运动中的痛苦与快乐，其中sports一词范围太大，对话中只谈到了cross-country skiing， 因此，C选项错。

20. D） He can‘t decide whether to include the effort part of skiing.

解析：当男生打算将越野滑雪的艰辛剔除出论文时，教授说了一句“Then you’ll have to include that in your point.”对应选项D

21. A） New ideas come up as you write.

解析：在对话的最后，教授提到“Part of your point you knew before hand but part you discovered as you wrote. That‘s common， right？”这句话意思是说，在写论文之前，论点的一部分我们已经有了，但另一部分在写的过程中才会发现，因此，对应选项A。A选项与D选项较易混淆，但从教授的话中，我们可以看出，不是论点发生变化，而是在写作过程中，会有新的想法产生。

这篇长对话因为是围绕论文写作展开，而且涉及了一项我们中国人并不熟悉的运动，越野滑雪，因此，乍听之下，有些小抽象，小陌生。但细听之后，我们会发现，文中有一大段都提到了男生在写作中遇到的纠结处，那就是越野滑雪的畅快和由此所付出的艰辛，文章的主旨自然呼之欲出了。

这篇对话主要考察对文章大意的理解，而不是纠结于一词一句的得失，因此，大家在做题时，也要注意把握主干，不要因为听到了一个自己不太熟悉的运动就舍本逐末。