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% D9 u8 X. E: S  K) h% O+ tSo how you like living in the3 h' ~# [8 K! [  X
renovated (翻新) dorm?
9 `+ H5 X7 A1 G' h' h' h+ y# cThere aren’t much different than the old dorm, just some new pane (玻璃窗) and windows.; m, z, o, y9 i1 m- r
The windows are nice so they1 ?7 z* d1 R8 o* l, G' t
shut off（隔绝）the noise really well.2 w# G8 R: n7 p% [+ m) Z) f
The street’s just outside, but I can barely hear the traffic.
0 V/ q  v4 f& W/ n! LUm, they must be good windows; I bet (打赌) they must have double panes and glass, they shut off a lot of noise that the single pane wouldn’t stop.
' f" v  v4 j- SYeah, I wish I had something just the factor between me and my neighbor’s room. Sometimes he turns up the music so loud that I have trouble getting into sleep. Anyway I guess I’m better off than the people who’ll be moving into the new dorms. Did you see how thin the walls are that they putting up between those' }$ E9 p) f: P0 G5 X3 z5 h/ p2 q
room.
: K) ?$ j+ c% d9 B5 M1 ?- H* Q! Z' O) l% xI haven’t seen them but I did read something about them in the campus newspaper. They are supposed to be better than thick concrete wall(水泥墙) you’ve got here. : N, W7 g, G* a+ \4 b6 H4 e
Better, how?' J# Q- q% M4 q4 `0 S
Well, what they doing is separating each room with 2 thin layer of plasterboards (石膏灰泥板) and each one is nailed（钉子）to a different frame（框）. That way they vibrate; |3 U% s5 i% [, r4 t
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Oh, I see. so the sound from one room doesn’t just vibrate （晃动）the wall and go directly3 \% F" f4 m4 M2 B/ c: p* o. {6 y
into next room. There is a gap between 2 layers of wall.3 u  b7 N& M: ~
That’s right.6 v4 w( ^9 p! E% @
Well, I’m still stuck with this neighbor and I am not sure what to do.
3 x: y) s3 U/ J: X/ i7 jYou know heavy bear wall doesn’t help. You should hang something up like fur rages or some decorated cross. That would act like a kind of a second wall and absorb some sound. I got some extras you can, if you like.
3 Q* X; @- t0 `/ |! ]I’d appreciate it, anything to get a good night sleep.
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Can I help you find something? Hi, rick.
$ [# }# N: S# x4 m6 s! [8 F: ^Hi, Julie. When did you start working here? I thought you were waiting tables in Teresa’s café.
2 I9 @: ]7 E8 d' zYeah, I quitted(舍弃), because I had to work too many nights. I started here just a few days ago. It’s perfect. I work all afternoon shift. So my mornings are free for classes, and I can study at night. So what are you looking for?9 T% c$ I& q# P+ Z/ e7 ~
Well, I can’t seem to find the 8th book for English 626. I only found these seven. I’m probably looking right at it.4 b0 K+ d2 _7 i
Um. English 626, ehglish 626.are you sure they are 8th？
% G$ z3 y$ f' p9 o8 k. x  F3 L2 LYeah, they are 8 titles on my shortlist. And look, the card on the shelf had eight listed. But I can only find seven of the books.
2 b+ y" H- i! a7 L* EYou are right. Oh, here they are. They are on the wrong shelves over here by economics books. I’ll have to put these into the English books so they are not so hard to find.5 q- q" |. ]4 _: F$ x
Thanks a lot. Can you point me the direction of the computer paper?* h) G; b5 t' o2 _
Sure, it’s 2 or 3 aisles（通道）over, why don’t you follow me? It’s easier just to show you
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Janet. Nice to see you again. Ready to plan you schedule for next semester?
' V* A) r% I0 T8 H9 qYeah, I’ve already looked at the list of classes. And I hope to take business law and intro to finance this coming semester.
0 o  T. Y% y# w# KThat sounds good. And it is always best plans the courses in your major first and then fit out the requirements on the elective then.
  i% r1 }" H" r/ p) f; qI like to take one other business course, but I’m sure which one?. U7 ^( \; E4 Y/ P* V3 a4 q
How are about an economics course?
- M* `; A' u9 p; e( xI took one class this past semester and got a lot out of it.
: O  i3 |% ?0 _6 H  R2 MThat’s right. I remember you telling me about it, well let’s see what else you need?/ X& o: s5 O4 d; F1 Q/ A
I need another English course and was thinking about taking a poetry(诗) class. ( h7 p" t' n! K& u, r+ q( N( k
Let me see. The prerequisite for all the poetry classes is the English composition.* l3 C; F2 L3 ~/ a0 w9 D
I took that my first semester.3 y) F, |4 K3 d8 x: V$ o
Well, modern American poetry fits in yours schedule.
0 r- ~' A( r$ G2 W& |0 ], y& HWith doctor turner?' W9 S0 h! }1 X% f
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That’ll be great. I heard all about her form my roommate, the English major.
/ [/ X1 b4 v7 V: w2 M! FThis should up to be a pretty good semester for you, what else do you need to take?
3 x, Q3 J  c/ Q( A  W/ J! VI have to take one more math course but I have been putting it at all. I heard that calculus is really tough.; K8 v% o. |% {( \0 F8 J$ w
It is, but you may want to take it and just take these for courses this semester.
5 F  u4 ?9 L6 Z% p, s  c1 j/ pThat’s not a bad idea. I just hope it doesn’t affect my grade point average.
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7 f8 x* N! D/ {) {( m[ 本帖最后由 scarletla 于 2008-7-7 17:36 编辑 ]

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  u6 e; z9 H( D' t4 R& V" ]Excuse me, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
( {8 l8 }* }: X2 |, ~, ?( c4 |I guess not. ( [4 E: R7 t" b0 }
Great! This is for a student council(委会) report, we want to find out what students think the campus food service the result would tell us what kind of changes to push for(力图做到).
9 h( z  v! J' \& ]( L: uI think everyone has pretty strong opinions about that.
$ D5 w+ q/ V% B2 M0 S# tYeah, that is one thing I found out already. ok, first, how often do you eat in the cafeteria(自助餐厅)? 7 O3 ?: `# A5 J% U) j: w
Almost everyday, I’ve got a meal contract.
8 y  f$ n, q* q/ b! ?And you usually eat here at Anderson hall?. u0 Y6 h) t) ]- Z
Yeah, I love next door.$ @- w  g& l8 j* [& j6 I0 @+ k
And you mention that you have a meal contract, is that right?/ K6 W; s2 u% o
Uh-huh, for breakfast and dinner, Monday to Saturday.
" a- A2 N2 U0 @! b" }6 {What’s your general impression of the food here? 9 W! M( V% K& w
Well, people complain a lot, but basically(基本上) I think it’s ok. The vegetables are usually overcooked, but I mean they had to feed hundreds of people here. You are not going to get something freshly prepared just for you.: T' ~  n+ R: P5 n
What if just put down generally satisfactory(令人满意的), would like more fresh vegetables, ok?$ a! P* X+ P2 q& P
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So you think the other things like soup and dessert’s, ok？: D. U* @! t' t1 V3 ~
Yeah, that’s about right.
* H8 T* t- A' @2 [4 U9 `Is there anything you like to change about the cafeteria?
9 X  l( w( c! aYeah, the hours. Sometime it’s a real rush for me to get back here before 6:30.6 k& J  g% m  C: v8 R
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1) Excuse me; I need to a copy a Steven Hakim’s brief history of time. And I don’t know where to look for it./ i6 j  ^: R6 \1 @
Did you check the statues on the library’s computer?
' l' g, ]9 y. Y. p# O, ^  R! ~I tried but I couldn’t figure out(搞清楚) what to do.6 d1 _7 p$ }) `9 M, u
Well I can call it up right here. You wanted hakim’s book right? It looks like it will be out for another 6 weeks.
1 `2 G" {( d+ V0 @7 v) OOn, no. I really need it for paper that due in 2 weeks. Is there anything you can do?: ^" T5 m% @3 z  z9 G3 e0 t3 B
Sure. We can try to get it from another library, just fill out（填写） this form and it should be here in 3 or 5 days. But it will cost 2 dollars.
* A% |( n1 C2 i/ {# V2 p2 }What a relief(轻松)! That’s a really help.
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6 N0 I  i5 S' C7 lGood morning. Is this where we should come to add or drop a course?3 D' T5 F0 ^  g/ z$ B! p0 ]
Yes, it is. Just write the name of the course you want to drop on this little form.- z/ T3 ]( q' _$ b3 t* O
Great! Now where do I write the astronomy course that I want to add?+ R$ K( m/ c% t6 L0 z
Sorry, it’s too late to add a course. You could only add courses 2 weeks since this semester. And Friday was the last day.8 [. K% }4 {) G8 J* L+ H, i
But I am senior, and if I dropped the class without adding in. I wouldn’t have enough credits to graduate.
. J6 n" O5 Q! sSo what you have to do then is to get the professor’s approval and have him sign the special add form. Then bring it back to me, and put it through.
, x3 ^& U/ z% q; ?$ K- f/ dOh, thanks, I hope I’ll be able to find them.9 m+ a, |" ^+ l: I6 _+ l4 x

- m1 |6 Q. F4 U9 N! {Hi, lanyard. We missed you in psychology class yesterday.
4 E, N4 f  x2 ?; cI have a terrible cough. So I stayed at home. Do you take notes?6 l5 L7 u# d& F6 v1 v
Well, no one can ever recite for my handwriting. Tina was there, too. And you are more likely to be able to read her notes.- o+ S# I$ [8 X" Y9 V! W
Do you know where she is today?' R, ~3 S  t" P' t3 Y5 a; ^" j
I know she has class in the morning, but she always eat lunch in the cafeteria around noon.4 r$ x! ?- y, p) L3 s
Good, I’ll try to catch her then.

楼主怎么不发到听力版呢
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5 G0 e; b+ i# w3 d( S: b/ Z/ _6 i那里大家一起听写) S+ ~, E$ }5 \$ R3 l
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很热闹的

LZ不错加油！！！建议去听写版开个贴 那里有更多的战友一起的！！！

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9 H2 ?- ]; _4 k7 `7 h2 |我的贴怎么又在达达前面

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原帖由 eagledoudou 于 2008-7-2 21:06 发表 9 F% u* }" c3 x/ u" I; \
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那里大家一起听写
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9 [; A; c- J# F$ G很热闹的

6 W+ G( f' Y1 o* W6 n' C晕 今天doudou就比我快那么一点点

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% I4 Z+ [9 Q! u* A0 A[ 本帖最后由 棉花糖落落 于 2008-7-3 12:52 编辑 ]

lz转移到听力版去吧，那里有很多听写的战友

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" C* y. t: r! v  XSo you are going to be writing for the school newspaper?+ I6 g3 @4 m7 }( _
Yes, I’m excited about it. I’m thing about journalism as career.
; N* A; R" v$ [) P1 V* m! aWell, congratulations. How do they decide whom to hire?
4 D) ~3 _2 p% o; HI have to send the writing sample. I used one of the essays I’ve writing for the literature class, then the editor assigned me a topic to write a short article about it.
/ h2 x5 n: b; `9 i( R& uWhat did you write about?
, h  I4 j+ ?9 ^$ r0 [) u# oActually, it was a lot of fun. I wrote about the student’s play that has been performed this month.1 `% p& B, F  Z& I7 B. c) [
Oh, I saw that play. The director is a friend of mine. It really called in a stir around here.5 D0 q. r! G$ O1 y' R2 W! h4 v3 E, L
Yeah, I know. That’s what I wrote about. --People’s6 t* r. ?. P0 h0 W
reaction(感觉) to it. It’s really interesting.
& E# c& k" T! rHave you finished the article? Can I read it?& ?# m  J* j' ]
Sure. I just made a couple of copies. So you can have one.
8 x& [8 ]( w, k5 ?$ Y7 ?( ?Thanks, I wish I were a better writer, working for the paper sound like fun.
+ ~+ e- {2 Y2 F6 V7 OWell, they’re looking to add one or two more photographers to the staff(全体职工).
: a9 c2 N$ O/ R; EYou’re kidding. May be I’ll go over(受到人可) and apply.9 V: x3 A1 z2 g4 v/ a$ Z4 k
If you want, I’ll walk over with you to the newspaper office and introduce you to be photographic editor and some of the other photographers., I: B7 j2 s6 n9 S
That will be terrific! But can we go tomorrow? I have to go to the math class now. And if we go tomorrow, then I’ll have time tonight to put together a portfolio of photographs to show them.9 D7 v4 K0 V- h$ q% V4 [
Sure, and may be you should call them and set up a time
3 B/ J0 L) Y6 [- u2 Bto meeting them tomorrow.+ d2 m* v& |. b
Good idea. I’ll do that before I go to class.
6 W$ }+ _7 N+ h. }( oAll right. See you tomorrow.2 h1 B. f7 c* y, J! f6 A+ G; z
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* }( i$ A8 o1 [4 wHey, Kevin, I haven’t seen you since beginning of the semester. How is it going?
1 n. K- z/ P! W) k0 OWell, I’m a little overwhelmed. It’s strange. I always want to go to a big university like this, but now I’m here. I’m not so sure, I mean the courses are interesting enough, but…..9 S, H3 J' S5 I2 p, O
What’s bothering you then?8 S# k/ i! u% X* \1 K
Well after going to a small high school and knowing everybody it’s a pretty shagged to be in huge lecture hall with hundreds of students. And not one professor even knows my name.
: ~& S% e; }3 S( Y8 X) dI know you mean. I’ve so pretty lose myself last year, but I know about something that might help. It’s called the mentor group.
/ H) N0 d  k& @" Q# l) ]/ ]What?
! \& \0 B6 q: wThe mentor group. It’s like a support group I joined it last year when I was a first year student. 8 M2 u* p( J$ D5 U, W
So what is it?3 w. [6 G$ t' W- |
It’s basically professors and small group of students getting together informally to discuss all kinds of subjects. You have the chance to meet professors and other students.8 w# g2 H+ q1 o" I+ L: p! t
Sound worthwhile, but doesn’t it take up a lot of studying time?
8 e& T# q+ h- [% z3 |* bNo really, you can study all the time, you know, and this is like a little break.
- p/ d& Z9 a1 g. s; x2 lI guess you could meet professor whose course you might take later.# M3 L' x. p, T7 f
Exactly, that’s what happened to me? I am taking the psychology course with professor green. I didn’t know how interesting psychology was, till I got to talk to him in the mentor group.
$ h( P1 m8 V  Z2 cYou talk to him in the mentor group? It is too late to join?" R0 i& A( ]  a
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I was going to the library to return a book but I can do it later I guess.
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) B. {( x' C5 J5 ]1 BHere we are at registration(注册) again, I can’t believe how much tuition（学费） has gone up? 8 U" j1 x5 A0 o4 a9 V) [
I know. It’s ridiculous(可笑的，不合理的). You know my cousin Anne pays nothing to go her school in Kentucky.4 Y- y- Z; T" t, o$ o
Nothing. May be I should transfer there.
3 |) @" U: k% g; a: D3 {You can’t. Only students from certain part of Kentucky can go. It’s only for students from the Appalachian Mountains area. 0 u% d" R5 ?; G+ B5 Q- j  C! n
So with no tuition how do they run the school?
+ s, }' ?7 I/ O: q  g' aWell, they get lot of donations(捐赠). ( B. `0 T# i( J
And that pays for everything?
! g3 n$ {, P0 T7 R; t9 K& c5 IWell, they also get some money from the government and besides that all the students are required to work at the college. That’s why the college doesn’t need to hire a lot of outside-workers.2 Y/ @% a0 ]6 c; {; l
Oh, yeah. That will help cut the school expensive. So what kind of job do they do?0 n- {. ]5 U" D; E* h2 O
My cousin helps to clean the dorms; I think her roommate washes dishes in the cafeteria. Thinks like that.
7 O* D' f0 @; h" }3 V. FThat sounds great. Come to think of it. I heard of something in Georgia called hope scholarship. : `# z+ R' e' i; O  Q
Hope scholarship? what’s that?
  U  ~6 q4 a( j8 HI think they used state lottery(彩票抽奖) money to give free tuition, but not everyone from Georgia qualifies(资格), you need at least b average in high school.
# ]9 m+ n3 Y, B4 u9 S( CI should apply for that, I had really good grades in high school.
9 K; n1 t6 C; Y. v  INo, you had to be from Georgia.7 S/ F; a; _2 |% u7 e7 u+ x
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I’m just
6 D: e! A4 [8 u4 yfrustrated(挫折). That’s all. I have been working on this lab report for my biology class for hours and results keep coming out wrong.
6 @% P# `0 W+ P0 C9 WDid you use the right procedures(步骤)?" G" V/ |; q  K# Q, c, U
Yeah, that’s not the problem… It’s just the…well, it’s just you know every time I do the statistics（统计） I get the different result. Did you ever take biology?# h! P8 R! R" w' i' ^. V# {2 X8 l1 j
No, I fill my science requirement with physics, I really don’t care for biology especially dissection(解剖). I must pass it down in high school. We had to cut open that., @& W0 m4 b9 m1 Q5 r6 L1 j
Ok, I get the picture. I’m bit squish
0 l8 t3 b3 L) ?+ T0 A) h  C5 amyself, but biology requires the least math, which isn’t my best subject. I really don’t see why we even have to take science classes if we are not major in it. I am never going to use this in the real life.$ v5 s' l$ \! b; z  |4 C3 o
Well, that’s not the point really, a college graduate suppose to be well-rounded it, you know with broad education. You can only specialize in grad school.
; f; P" ~$ r8 s. [. \Sure if I ever get there. It just seems I run one biology lab report could stand in the wave of brilliant career in sociology.  g3 f8 G/ a" k3 w* e1 n' G
You don’t be silly; you will manage some how. See how come you don’t have the result for one of your XXX to write down.9 c# g4 a' U+ U0 W" ]$ {
Whoops. I must forget add it in. no wonders my figures were messed up.