TPO 4
4-1
当你身处他乡时,最思念家乡的什么?回答问题并在你的答案中给出具体的细节。
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When I am away from home, I miss my mother’s home cooking the most. There is no feeling I can compare to walking into my front door after a long day of school and being greeted by the smell of warm dumplings or noodle soup. When the smell reaches my nose, all of my tiredness is washed away and all I can do is to look forward to dinner. This is even more apparent during winter; when I walk back to my dorm on a snowy day, I miss the warmth that my mother’s cooking send all throughout my house.
4-2
目前,很多大学都通过互联网提供各种远程学术课程。然而,有些人依然倾向于接受传统的教室授课。你认为哪种更有益?请解释原因。
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I believe that learning in a traditional college course setting is the best way to learn. Personally, I love the feeling of attending college courses; you can meet up with your friends in the library after class to talk about ideas, you can visit your professors and talk about course materials during office hours, you walk to class to learn. Learning in an online course is totally different, as you cannot talk to your classmates or your professors. I believe that personal contact is very important in learning, but online classes lack that entirely.
4-3
阅读材料:计划开设夜间计算机课程
计算机系计划在今年秋季开设夜间课程。有学生反映计算机日间课程变得日益拥挤,且同时存在计算机资源不足的问题。开设计算机夜间课程旨在解决这些问题。计算机系作出决定,虽然会有额外的开支,但是,开设夜间课程仍然是最经济的解决方式。希望这一改变可以使参加日间课程的学生有所减少,从而保证课堂上的每一个学生都有机会操作计算机。
问题:计算机系计划更改其课程的时间设置。请解释对话中的男生对这一改变的看法以及他给出的原因。
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The computer department is considering offering evening computer classes, since the daytime computer classes are overcrowded and many students who want to take the course cannot find a computer to practice. However, the man disagrees with this scheduling change. The man claims that students are too busy—whether with work, social events, or club meetings—to take the nighttime courses. So the evening classes will not be well attended, which doesn’t solve the problem of the students wanting to take the courses. In addition, the man claims that the change may be expensive. Hiring more teachers and keeping the building open at night cost more than simply buying more computers for the daytime class.
4-4
阅读材料:语言交流与非语言交流
当我们跟其他人面对面交流时,我们所表现出的非语言信号,即面部表情、手势、肢体动作以及语音语调等,通常能起到与语言同等的甚至更多的交流作用。当我们的非语言信号(通常是下意识的)与我们的语言信息相符时,语言信息会被强化并得到支持,从而更具说服力。但是当这两者之间发生冲突时,交流效果会与我们期待的完全不同,并且传递的信息会比我们想象的更贴近事实。
问题:陈述教授在讲课过程中所使用的例子是如何阐明语言交流与非语言交流之间的关系的。
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While we often see the words we use as our primary way of conveying messages to other people, things such as our facial expression and tone can either make our message stronger or convey a different and truer idea. In the professor’s talk, he discusses two examples of this, one positive and one negative. In the first example, after a few years of not seeing each other, his favorite uncle paid him a visit. When he greeted his uncle, the man’s face lit up and he was as happy as a little kid. This made his uncle feel even happier. In the second one, he hit his hand with a hammer. While he told his daughter that he was okay, his face was clearly in pain and uncomfortable, which betrayed his words. So she kept asking him if he really was okay.
4-5
对话中,人们针对这个男生的问题讨论了两种可行的解决方式。简要总结他所遇到的问题,并陈述你支持哪种方式及其原因。
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The student is a first year student at his university, and for his first day of class, he has left his class schedule in his dorm. Because of this, he doesn’t know where to find the classroom for his first class. The older student offers two possible solutions. One thing the student can do is to use one of the campus computers to look up his schedule. The other is for him to go to check each large lecture hall, since his psychology class is a large lecture class. I believe the better option is for him to check his schedule online. In this way, while he may be slightly late to his first class, he will know where the rest of his classes are.
4-6
使用课程中的观点和事例来解释视觉元素对绘画的重要性。
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Visual elements in a painting are used to stir up certain emotions in the viewer. Specifically, the professor in the speech covers the elements of color and texture. According to the professor, color in art evokes strong emotions in the viewer. The color red, for example, is very vivid and bright, and as such arouses strong emotions. On the other hand, the cool color blue has a calming effect. Also, texture is an important visual element in art. In a painting, texture can be shown visually. Rough areas of the painting can conjure up intense feelings while smooth or gentle features create calmness. These elements can also be used in conjunction. For example, by using red or other vivid colors with rough textures can enhance the feelings of intensity.