英语专业八级满分听力 test-10
[00:00.00]Test Ten
[00:24.35]SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
[00:26.54]In this section, you will hear a mini-lecture.
[00:29.82]You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY.
[00:32.45]While listening, take notes on the important points.
[00:35.94]Your notes will not be marked,
[00:38.13]but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture.
[00:42.07]When the lecture is over, you’ll be given two minutes to check your notes,
[00:46.78]and another 10 minutes to complete the gap-filling task.
[00:49.84]Now listen to the mini-lecture.
[00:52.13]Introductory Lecture to University Study
[00:56.19]Good morning and welcome to the University of Westlands.
[01:00.12]My name is Marcia Mayhew
[01:02.41]and I’m the co-ordinator of the Bachelor of Social Science degree here at this university.
[01:07.34]This morning I’d like to tell you something about the structure of the university
[01:11.49]and about some of the requirements of the degree that you’re about to enter.
[01:15.77]The Bachelor of Social Science is in one faculty within the university:
[01:20.36]that is the faculty where I am working, known as Arts and Social Sciences.
[01:25.28]Here on this campus we also have the faculties of Architecture, Law,
[01:30.42]and Science and Technology among others.
[01:33.92]First let’s take a brief look at the structure of the faculty.
[01:37.42]It’s important to know something about the structure of the faculty because,
[01:41.35]as you go through your course, you may need to call on members of the staff to help you.
[01:45.95]Our university works as a hierarchical system.
[01:49.67]At the top of the faculty we have a dean and below the dean we have three divisions;
[01:55.47]each division has a divisional head and your degree is located in the Division of Social Sciences.
[02:02.20]Within each of the divisions,
[02:05.26]there are the departments and each of these offers different degrees.
[02:09.30]For instance, two of the departments which offer the major subjects for your award
[02:14.45]are the Department of Sociology and the Department of Psychology.
[02:18.93]Each has a departmental head, but for practical purposes,
[02:24.05]the people you are going to see the most of is myself,
[02:27.88]because I work as coordinator of the social sciences degree
[02:31.60]and serve as a bridge between you and the departments.
[02:34.34]The other group of people whom you will also see very frequently are the actual lecturers
[02:40.46]who are teaching the subjects that you are taking.
[02:42.87]For instance, in the first semester you’ll be doing four subjects,
[02:47.46]namely psychology, sociology, history and economics,
[02:51.94]so you will be meeting lecturers of these subjects very often.
[02:55.55]Most likely, you may see them once a week, but some of them,
[03:00.04]it is possible for you to meet them twice a week.
[03:02.34]If you have any problems or difficulties,
[03:05.62]not that I’m anticipating you will, but you never know,
[03:09.12]then you should go and see your lecturers.
[03:11.52]For instance, you may find that you can’t meet a deadline for an essay,
[03:15.68]or perhaps you’re having problems with attendance.
[03:18.42]These seem to be the two most common problems that students face on this campus.
[03:23.23]In most cases, your lecturers will help you to solve your problems.
[03:27.71]If your lecturers are unavailable, you can always come and see me in my office.
[03:33.62]I’m available on Wednesday and Thursday mornings and on Friday afternoons as well.
[03:38.76]Outside these hours, perhaps you could ring the secretary and make an appointment.
[03:43.90]Usually I will find the earliest possible time to see you and discuss your problems.
[03:48.76]Now, you’ll note that all of the subjects which you undertake in the first year
[03:53.38]are composed of lectures and tutorials.
[03:56.33]A lecture is about an hour long and a tutorial usually runs for about two hours.
[04:02.02]A lecture is rather like what I am doing now,
[04:05.08]where one person will talk to all of you together on a subject.
[04:08.69]We do ask you to try to attend the lectures.
[04:11.64]A tutorial is perhaps where most of the learning occurs at a university.
[04:16.67]You will be divided into groups of between 12 and 15 students
[04:21.16]and each week one of you will have to present a piece of work to the group as a whole
[04:26.08]and then the group will discuss what you’ve said.
[04:28.82]It’s this discussion, this exchange of ideas,
[04:32.53]which really constitutes the basis of university learning, in my view.
[04:36.80]Listening to lectures in many ways is just giving you information
[04:40.74]that you could access for yourself in the library,
[04:43.36]but the discussion at the tutorial is very important.
[04:46.54]This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t go to the lectures, though!
[04:50.04]Other factors to be particularly concerned about are the structure of essays
[04:56.27]and delivery of written material and in particular
[04:59.44]I would like to mention the question of plagiarism.
[05:02.50]Plagiarism is taking other people’s work without acknowledging it,
[05:06.99]that is, without saying where it comes from.
[05:09.73]Of course all essays are based on research done by other people
[05:13.77]but you must remember to attribute the work to the original writer.
[05:17.82]And while it’s a good idea to work with other people,
[05:21.10]don’t hand in work which is exactly the same as your friend’s work
[05:25.37]because we will notice! If you don’t acknowledge the source of your information,
[05:29.50]then you run the risk of failing the subject
[05:32.67]or in very serious cases you might be denied entry to the university.
[05:37.49]Last but not least, stay in touch with us.
[05:41.53]If things are getting you down, don’t go and hide.
[05:44.70]Come and talk to us about it. That’s what we are here for.
[05:48.09]Right, thank you very much for coming along today,
[05:51.59]and hope you’ll enjoy your stay on this campus.
