托福口语之 Listening Script 5-3

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　　Q3:

　　M: Have you heard about the new policy? We have to pay for every page we print if we print over ten pages.

　　W: I don’t think it’s a bad idea. Have you seen some paper were just wasted and

　　littered around?

　　M: I think you are right. Why did this happen?

　　W: Because when it is free, students tend to print as many as they want without considering whether they really need the information. Some students choose to print out the whole article before they really read it. A lot of resources can be saved if they are aware of the value of the paper and the ink.

　　M: Yeah, they do waste a lot of paper, and charging some money may help them realize the problem.

　　W. Also, the printer needs to be checked regularly, and if necessary, it should be replaced by a new printer after some serious breakdowns. The students should not be the ones to wait for several days of repair work. The copy fee can cover this part and the money can be spent on more new equipment, such as a fax machine and a copier etc.

　　M: I totally agree with what you have said. Let’s start to save resources from one piece of paper.

　　Q4:

　　M: In order to help you understand the concept presented in the book, I’m going to give you two examples to illustrate this term. It is an increasing problem both in people’s work place and in their daily life. Those that learn to deal with it effectively will have a major advantage in the upcoming era. If we cannot handle the information well, our work efficiency will be greatly reduced.

　　One example happened in a workplace. A company was hiring some secretaries. After the recruitment advertisements were released on the Internet, nearly

　　300 applicants piled in and the interviews had to be shortened to 5 minutes. The

　　interviews were conducted both individually and collectively. Some applicants complained that the interview was already over before they got fully ready. To make the situation worse, hundreds of resumes were sent to the human resource department monthly via the Internet and the staff had to randomly choose some of them to read. In this way, many excellent applicants just slipped through their fingers.

　　Another example happened in the Chemistry Department. A famous chemistry professor had a habit of reading references sent by a journal on a weekly basis. Later, the journal made some adjustments and sent the references everyday. However, the professor still read only once a week, because the articles are too much to read everyday.

　　Q5:

　　M: Hi, Jane. Haven’t seen you recently. Where’ve you been?

　　W: I am planning on how to spend the summer vacation. M: Do you have a plan?

　　W: Yeah, I’ve found a summer job in the town and rented a house near my

　　workplace.

　　Congratulations! But you look a bit concerned. Any inconvenience caused by your new job?

　　W: Indeed. I am wondering how to deal with my dormitory. It will be a waste of

　　money if I don’t live in the dorm for nearly two months.

　　M: Let me see. You can rent your dorm to someone else who might have to work near our campus, you know, to rob Peter to pay Paul.

　　W: It sounds reasonable except one thing: I have the habit of cleaning up the room every day and I cannot stand it if I see my things are not in their right places, let alone to see the room being dirty and untidy.

　　M: Then, how about paying the rent for both two houses, keeping your old room and new one simultaneously?

　　W: I wish I could afford both. However, I am planning to buy a new computer with the salary I will earn in the summer, If I paid the rent, I would not have enough money to buy the computer, which is really useful for my study in the next semester.

　　Q6:

　　M: Alpine plants can strongly adapt to the extreme climates found at high altitude. They often grow in barren soil or shattered rocks, under great changes in temperature from searing heat to extreme cold. They are often lashed by gales of forceful winds. However, these plants can still tenaciously grow, thanks to two important adaptation abilities.

　　The low-growing feature of alpine plants has obvious advantages in defending wind resistance and repetitive snow falls. Most alpine plants have a height of no more than 10 centimeters and most of their biomass is concentrated in the roots, so these features can help prevent themselves from being destroyed by the wind. Water and available nutrients often lie far below the surface in mountain habitats. Plants with deep root systems are more capable to exploit available nutrients resources.

　　Another important feature is that a waxy coating can be found on some plants’ leaves and stems in deserts and the Alps. The wax prevents moisture from evaporating and helps store water inside. Thick, waxy succulent leaves are another adaptation to help prevent water loss. It’s interesting that alpine plants have many characteristics same with those in the deserts. The plants growing in these different habitats have to cope with similar harsh conditions and find ways to prevent water loss.

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