Discussion About A Professor托福听力原文翻译及问题答案

Discussion About A Professor托福听力原文翻译及问题答案

一、Discussion About A Professor 托福听力原文：

NARRATOR: Listen to part of a conversation between a student and his theater professor.

MALE STUDENT: Hi, Professor Davis. Sorry I missed class yesterday. I was just getting over a cold.

FEMALE PROFESSOR: That's alright, Andrew. Feeling better now?

MALE STUDENT: Oh, yeah. Fine. Um, I had a question, though. For the midterm, um, how much do we need to know, like, about the different acting styles? Since the last few chapters have been on writing our own material—scripts and stuff—well, will the exam be about that, or about stuff from the earlier chapters? Like um—

FEMALE PROFESSOR: Oh! Andrew, before I forget—and, uh I will get to your question, but—now don’t leave without taking the tickets for tomorrow's field trip. I have a last-minute meeting, so I can't make it after all. But since you helped organize the trip, I'll let you hand out the tickets… I’ve got everything you need right here.

MALE STUDENT: Sure, no problem.

FEMALE PROFESSOR: And… uh, you don't need directions to the theater—you've been there before, right?

MALE STUDENT: Yup.

FEMALE PROFESSOR: Good. Oh! Oh, also… please remind everyone about the reception afterward—it’ll be an opportunity to ask Alan Altman about his acting in the play—which, uh, we can discuss in class next week.

MALE STUDENT: OK, I’ll tell them. It’s really something!—I mean, I know our acting professors must be in plays all the time, but it isn't every day you get to see one right here in town.

FEMALE PROFESSOR: Oh, you might be surprised. There's a calendar on the main bulletin board listing all the local productions that faculty are involved in.

MALE STUDENT: Well, it seems like Professor Altman’s a really popular actor. I just read his bio in the local paper. I know the critics, uh, always praise him, but I had no idea he was such a commercial success too! And—and—it said he just won an award last year!— for,… uh, playwriting, wasn’t it?

FEMALE PROFESSOR: Well, there is a general playwriting category, but actually, his award was for script adaptation—he adapted a novel into a play.

MALE STUDENT: Script adaptation…?

FEMALE PROFESSOR: Oh, it’s a very specialized skill—writing a play based on some other written work—novels, short stories… Now we've been studying original plays, which are pretty much based on the writer's imagination. But think about adapting a script…

MALE STUDENT: Yeah… seems like it might be easier, like to start with something that's already written.

FEMALE PROFESSOR: Well, actually… Think about it: transferring that material to a whole different genre. From narration to live dialogue.Imagination is a part of it, sure, but it also requires a lot of technical knowledge—about theater production… acting… and so on. So Professor Altman, for example: he took a novel and made it into a play, dealing with all the different conventions that plays have—you know, like limitations of scene changes… and, uh…—well, it'd be a good thing to ask him about at the reception tomorrow.

MALE STUDENT: Yeah, sounds like an interesting topic.

FEMALE PROFESSOR: Oh—and before I forget—the packet with the tickets has a list of the students'addresses. Since the van is picking you up first, you can direct the driver to the other students'dorms.

MALE STUDENT: Sure, that was the plan.

FEMALE PROFESSOR: OK; good. Now, about the midterm…

二、Discussion About A Professor 托福听力中文翻译：

旁白：听一段学生和他的戏剧教授之间的对话。

男学生：嗨，戴维斯教授。对不起，我昨天没上课。我刚从感冒中恢复过来。

女教授：没关系，安德鲁。现在感觉好些了吗？

男学生：哦，是的。好的嗯，不过我有个问题。对于期中考试，嗯，我们需要了解多少不同的表演风格？由于最后几章是关于编写我们自己的材料脚本和材料的，考试是关于这个，还是关于前面几章的材料？像嗯-

女教授：哦！安德鲁，在我忘记之前，呃，我会回答你的问题，但现在不要不带明天实地考察的票就离开。我有一个最后一分钟的会议，所以我终究不能参加。但既然你帮助组织了这次旅行，我就让你把票发出去……我这里有你需要的一切。

男学生：当然，没问题。

女教授：而且……呃，你不需要去剧院的方向，你以前去过，对吗？

男学生：是的。

女教授：好。哦哦，还有……请提醒大家之后的招待会。这将是一个向艾伦·奥特曼询问他在剧中的表演的机会，呃，我们可以在下周的课堂上讨论。

男学生：好的，我会告诉他们的。真了不起-我的意思是，我知道我们的表演教授一定一直在演戏，但你不是每天都能在镇上看到表演教授。

女教授：哦，你可能会感到惊讶。主公告板上有一个日历，列出了所有教员参与的本地制作。

男学生：嗯，看起来奥特曼教授是个很受欢迎的演员。我刚刚在当地报纸上读了他的简历。我知道评论家们，呃，总是称赞他，但我不知道他在商业上也是如此成功！而且上面说他去年刚获奖因为……呃，写剧本，不是吗？

女教授：嗯，有一个一般的剧本创作类别，但实际上，他的奖项是剧本改编奖。他把一部小说改编成了一部剧本。

男学生：剧本改编…？

女教授：哦，根据其他书面作品小说、短篇小说创作剧本是一项非常专业的技能……现在我们一直在研究原创剧本，这些剧本基本上都是基于作者的想象力。但是考虑一下改编剧本…

男生：是的……看起来可能更容易，比如从已经写好的东西开始。

女教授：嗯，实际上……想想看：把这些材料转移到一个完全不同的流派。从叙述到现场对话。想像力当然是其中的一部分，但它也需要很多关于戏剧制作……表演……等等的技术知识。例如，奥尔特曼教授：他把一本小说改编成了一部戏剧，处理了你所知道的所有不同的戏剧惯例，比如场景变化的限制……还有，呃…-嗯，在明天的招待会上向他询问一下是件好事。

男生：是啊，听起来是个有趣的话题。

女教授：哦，在我忘记带票的包裹之前，还有一张学生地址的清单。既然货车先来接你，你可以把司机引向其他学生的宿舍。

男学生：当然，这就是计划。

女教授：好的；好的现在，关于期中考试…

三、Discussion About A Professor 托福听力问题：

Q1:1.What are the speakers mainly discussing? [Click on 2 answers.]

A. The man's concerns about the midterm exam

B. An acting award that Professor Davis recently won

C. A professor's playwriting accomplishments

D. Arrangements for attending a local play

Q2:2.What does Professor Davis plan to give the student? [Click on 2 answers.]

A. Directions to a theater

B. A list of students' addresses

C. Tickets to a play

D. A study guide for the midterm exam

Q3:3.Why does Professor Davis want the students to attend a reception?

A. So that the students can hear a talk about script adaptation

B. So that the students can see a professor receive an award

C. So that the students can ask an actor questions

D. So that the students can meet the director of a play

Q4:4.What does the professor imply about script adaptation?

A. It depends almost entirely on the writer's imagination.

B. It is more often based on novels than on short stories.

C. It is more difficult than the man thinks it is.

D. It gives playwrights more commercial success than writing original plays does

Q5:5.Replay: Why does the professor say this:

A. To express doubt about the quality of local plays

B. To indicate that the man’s assumption is wrong

C. To encourage the man to see local productions

D. To indicate that she agrees with the man

四、Discussion About A Professor 托福听力答案：

A1:正确答案：CD

A2:正确答案：BC

A3:正确答案：C

A4:正确答案：C

A5:正确答案：B