2023年雅思劍橋9聽力和閱讀文本

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uｄｙexperiencｅsａndｃｏnｇratuｌａt(yī)ionstoyoubothindoiｎｇsoｗellｉnthefiｒstsemｅｓｔeｒeｘamｓ.I'ｄlｉkｅtodiscusswithｙouthevaｌuｅoｆthｅEｎglisｈｆｏrAｃａｄeｍiｃＰurposｅscｏurseｙoｕｄidherｅlastyｅarbeforestaｒtｉngyｏurunｉversitycｏurse．Spiros,iｆＩcoｕldstartwitｈｙou,wｈａt(yī)pａｒtsoftｈepｒoｇrammehａvenｏwprovedtｏbeparticularlｙvaluaｂletｏyoｕ?S：Itｈiｎktｈathａvingtｏdoasｅmiｎaｒpreseｎtationreａｌlyhelpｅdme.Foｒｅｘａmple,acouplｅｏfwｅeｋｓagoinoｕｒmａｒkｅｔiｎｇsｕbjｅct，wｈeniｔwaｓmyturnｔogｉveｐresentation,Ifｅｌtｑuiｔecｏnfident.Ofcourse，IwasstillnerｖousbutbeｃaｕseIhaｄdoneoｎeｂeｆｏre,Ikneｗwhattoexpecｔ.Also,IknｏwＩwａswellprｅｐaredａndIhadｐraｃtiｓedｍｙtｉｍing.Infaｃt,Ithinkthａt(yī)iｎrｅlatｉｏntosomｅofｔｈｅotheｒｐeopleｉnmｙgrｏup，Iｄidqｕiteaｇoｏｄjobbeｃaｕseｍyoｖerallstylewaｓｑｕiteprofｅssｉonal.Pｒｏ：Whａt(yī)aｂｏutyｏuHiroko?H：Mmｍ,tｈaｔ'sintｅrestinｇ.Inmｙgroｕp,Iwaｓrｅallｙｓuｒｐrisｅdbyｔｈｅwａystudｅｎtsdidthｅiｒｐresentａt(yī)iｏns－theyjustｒeadｔｈenotesalouｄ．Canyouｂelieｖethaｔ?Ｔheyｄｉdｎ'twoｒryａbouｔtheirpｒeｓenｔationstｙleｏｒkeｅpinｇeyｅcoｎtaｃtwitｈtheiraudienｃe-aｎｄIremeｍbeｒthaｔtheｓｅtｈingｓweｒｅｒeallyｓtressedtousinthecｏursehere.Pro:So,howdidyouａpproachyｏurpｒeｓeｎtatiｏnＨirokｏ?H:Ｗｅｌｌ，tosｐｅakfranklｙ,Irｅadmynotestｏo.Aｔｔhetiｍe,ｉｔwasａｒeｌiｅｆｔodｏitthisｗay,butａctｕalｌyｗheｎIｈaｄfｉniｓｈｅｄＩdｉｄｎ'ｔｆelｌaｎyｒｅalsenseｏfsatisｆaｃtiｏn．Ididｎ＇ｔｆeｅlpｏsiｔiveaｂouｔtheexperiｅnceatａｌｌ.S:That'sapity.ＹｏuｋnoｗalthougｈIwasｐleaｓｅdwiｔhｍyｐｒesentａｔioｎ,I'mnotｓｏplｅaｓｅdｗithｍyaｃｔualpeｒfｏｒｍanceriｇhtnoｗintheｔｕtoriａｌs-durinｇtheｗｈoｌesemｅsｔeｒI'vｅnotｓaidaｎythｉngiｎourtuｔorｉalｄiｓcussionｓ.Nｏｔaｗord．H:Reａlly,Ｓpiｒos,whｙisｔhaｔ？Dotｈｅotherstｕdenｔｓtaｌktoomuｃh?S:Ｉt'spartlythaｔ，butｉt＇ｓmostｌybecauseIhaveｈaｄｎoconｆｉｄeｎcetospeａkouｔ.Theiｒsｔyleoｆｓpｅakiｎgissoｄiffeｒｅn-it＇ｓnotｔhestｙlewewerｅusｅdtoｄuｒingｔhｅcｏurse.Thｅreａresomanycolｌｏquialisｍ(白話，口語，俗話，方言)，thｅｙｎoｔveｒypolitｅaｎdｓｏｍetimesｔheyseｅｍstoｂｅnoorderｉｎtheirdｉｓcussion.Aｌｓoｔｈｅyarevｅryfamｉliarｗitheachｏｔｈer,sｏbecauｓetheyknowｅachoｔhｅｒ'shａｂiｔs,theycaｎlｅteaｃhotheｒiｎtoｔhedｉscussion.H:You＇reright,Sｐiｒｏs.I'vｅｅxｐerienceｄthaｔtoo.H:Fｏｒｍostoftｈｉssemesｔｅr,Ｉ'veｓａｉdaｂsoluｔelynoｔhiｎgｉｎtwotutｏrialｓ.ButreｃeｎtlｙＩ'ｖebeentryingｔospeakｕpｍoreanｄＩjustjumpiｎ．ＡndI'vｅnoticｅdanｉnteｒｅstiｎgthing.Ｉ'ｖenoｔiｃｅdｔhａt(yī)ｉｆthｅythougｈtmypointwasinterestｉｎgａndnew,thenthｅｎeｘｔtｉmeｔheyaｃtｕallyaskedformyopiniｏn,anｄthenｉtwasmuｃheasierｆｏrｍetｏｂepａｒｔｏfthedｉscuｓｓioｎ．S：Ｔhat'sｇreat,Hirｏko.Ihopｅthａt(yī)ｈappeｎsfoｒmeｎextsemｅｓteｒ-I'lｌｈavetｏwｏｒkhａｒdtofindsomｅｉntereｓtingｐoinｔs．Ｗｈathelpyoｕtofindｔhesｅｉdeas?H:Ithinktｈaｔonｅｔｈingthaｔheｌpedmewiththiswastｈeｒeadinｇ．I'vehadｔodｏsomuchreadiｎｇthissｅmeｓterjuｓttoｈelpmｅｔomaｋｅsenｓeofthelｅｃtuｒeｓ.AtｆirsｔＩcouｌdn’ｔundersｔandwhatthｅlecturｅｒsweretalkｉngaｂｏｕt,sｏＩhａdｔotｕrntotheｂookｓａnｄjournaｌs.EｖeｒｙnightＩrｅadforhouｒｓ，usiｎgｔheｌｉstｓｏｆreferenｃestｈatwereｇｉven,ａｎdIｍadepaｇesｏｆnotｅs.Ａｔbreakｆast,Ｉrｅadandreadmynotesagain．Ｔhishaｂithａｓhｅｌpeｄｍｅtoｆolｌowtheiｄeasinthelｅｃtuｒｅs,ａｎｄit'saｌsｏgiｖenmｅsｏｍeｉdeastouｓｅiｎｔｈeｔutｏrials．S:ＢｕtIdidsomｕcｈreadingsanｙwａy-Idon'ttｈinkthｅre'sanyｔimeｌeｆtoｖeｒforａnyｔｈingextra．Myreａdingsｐeedisstｉllqｕiteslow，ｔhoughＩ'mmuｃhbetteratdeａlｉngｗｉｔhvocabulａｒyｔhanＩusｅｄtｏｂｅ．Pro:Whatｅlseｄoyouthinｋwecoｕlｄａddtｏthecoursｅprogrａmｔohelpwiththisｒeadingpｒobleｍ?S:Ｅr,tｈere'snotrｅaｌlｙanytｈingbecauｓｅit＇ｓmyproblem.Iremeｍbｅrｗewerｅgiveｎlonｇarｔiclestorｅａd.Ｗeｄidｎ'tｌikｅtｈａt(yī)butｎowIrealisethaｔreaｄingtｈoselongartiｃｌesｗasgoodprepａraｔｉonfortｈeｔhinｇsＩｎeedtｏreadnow．Alｓo,inｃlasswerｅｇｕlarｌyｈadsｐeｅｄ－ｒeａdiｎgｔａskstodｏ,andwｅkeptaｒｅcordoｆourreadiｎgspｅed,sotheteaｃheｒsｗerｅencouｒａgｉngｕstoｗorkｏnthａt(yī)．H:That'strｕe,Spiros,buｔｗhaｔwereaｄｃoulｄｈavebeendifｆerenｔ．SｏmetiｍeｉｎtheＥngｌｉsｈclaｓsIｆｅｌtfrustｒａｔedwhｅnＩｈadｔｏｒeadａrｔicｌｅsａbouttheenｖirｏnmentoｒhealthoreｄuｃation,ｂecauseIｗantedtoｃoncｅntrateonｍｙownfｉeld,buｔwediｄn'trｅadａnytｈingabouteｎgineeｒｉng.So,IｔhiｎkIwａstedｓometimｅleａrningｖocａbuｌａryＩdidｎ'ｔｎeｅｄ.Pro:Ｂuｔｓurｅlyｔhisstrａt(yī)ｅgiｅsyouweｒetaｕghｔfordeａlinｇwiｔhthａt(yī)vocaｂuｌａrywerｅｈelpfuｌ？H:Yｅs，ｂutｐsｙｃhologicａlｌyspeａkinｇ,Ｉwouldｈaｖefeltmｕchbｅtterworkingonreadiｎgｆｒoｍｍyｏwｎfieｌd.WｈatｄoｙoｕｔｈinkSpiｒos?Ｓ:Weｌl，Iagree.Ｔhａt(yī)ｗoｕldｈavｅhelpｅdｍyｃｏnfｉdeｎｃetｏo,aｎdIwouldhａvebeenｍoｒｅmｏtｉvateｄ.Andｉtwasgoodthoｕｇｈthatwecouldｗｏrkonouｒoｗntoｐｉcsｗhenｗewｒotethereseａrｃｈａssignｍents.Prｏ:Ｏk,ｔhａｔ'smｏvｅｏntowritiｎgnow...聽力Section4Ｇｏodafｔｅrnooｎevｅryｏnｅ.Welｌ,wｉthsomeｏfyouwillｇoouｔonfｉelｄworkit＇stimelｙthａｔinthiｓafterｎoon＇ｓsessionI'llｂｅshariｎgsomｅideａsａboutｔhereａsonswhｙｇroupｓｏfwｈalesanｄdolpｈiｎssｏmetimesswimashorｅfromtheseaｒｉghｔontｏｔhebｅacｈanｄ,mostoften,dieinwhatwerｅknownas"masssｔraｎdinｇ＂.Uｎfｏrtunateｌｙ,tｈistypeｏｆevｅnｔisafｒequentoccｕrｒeｎceｉnsoｍeofｔｈelocatｉonsthatyｏu'lｌbetraveｌlingｔo,whｅrｅsomeｔiｍesthetidegｏesoｕｔｓuddenly,confusingtheanimaｌs.Howeveｒ,theｒeａrｅｍaｎyｏthertheｏriesaboutｔｈeｃａuseｓofｍassstrandingｓ.Thefirｓｔiｓthａt(yī)thebeｈavｉorislinkedｔopａrasites.Iｔ'sｏｆtenfoundｔhａt(yī)strandedａniｍalswereｉnfestedwithlarｇenumbersoｆparasitｅs.Forinstance，ａt(yī)ｙpeofwormiｓcommｏnlyfouｎdintheｅａｒsoｆdｅadwhaｌes.Sincemａrineanｉmaｌsrｅlyheavilｙontheirｈeａrｉngtonavigate,ｔhiｓtypeｏfiｎfesｔatiｏｎhａsthｅpoteｎｔialtobeｖeｒyharmｆuｌ．Anotheｒtheoryisreｌａｔedｔｏtoxins,orｐoisoｎs.Thesｅhavealsobeｅｎｆouｎdtｏcｏｎｔｒiｂuｔeｔothedeaｔhofmanｙmarineanimａls．Manｙtoxiｎs,asI'msureyou＇reａｗａre,origｉnatｅfroｍplants,ｏranｉmaｌs.Thewhaleiｎgeｓtｓ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