New Union Building剑桥雅思4听力-原文翻译及答案解析

一、New Union Building 听力原文：

We're very grateful that the Committee has agreed that a representative for the Students' Union can present students' suggestions about the design for the proposed new Union building.

We appreciate that some of our ideas may not be feasible in the circumstances, but we do feel that it is important that the ultimate beneficiaries of the facilities should have some say in its design.

If I could start by briefly explaining what steps were taken to find out student opinion and how we have arrived at conclusions.

Firstly, a meeting was held in the current Union for our SU Committee to explain the options.

Then we invited all students to submit written suggestions for the design, placing cards in a suggestion box.

These suggestions then provided the basis for the design of a (Q31-32)questionnaire, which was completed by (Q31-32)approximately two thousand of the College students over a period of three weeks.

Finally, the SU Committee collated the results and drew up a report.

If I can just hand around a copy of that report.

This presentation is essentially a summary and discussion of the key points of this report.

So , in broad terms , the consensus was as follows.

Firstly , regarding the crucial matter of the site , we presented the three options that you have proposed.

One: in the city centre , near the Faculty of Education; two: on the outskirts of the city , near the park , and three: out of town , near the halls of residence.

We asked students to cite reasons for and against these sites and , and there was remarkable agreement on all three.

Site One was unpopular because of traffic and parking problems.

Site Two had a number of supporters , mainly because it was close to most lecture rooms.

And Site Three , out of town , near the halls of residence was clearly the most popular because of access from living quarters.

It was clear that the Union was mainly to be used after lectures.

It was also felt that the larger site would allow more room for a choice of facilities.

Our second area of interest was obviously the facilities: there was minimal interest in having a library on the premises, but one option seemed to be a reading room instead - more useful.

We would like the current table games room to be replaced with a small gym.

And, if possible a small swimming pool - not, of course, Olympic-sized!

There was a large number of respondents in favour of a travel agent’s and insurance centre.

We also request that there be the offices of the Student Counselling Centre, moving this from the Refectory.

There was, however, much disagreement about whether to build a drama theatre.

Just over forty per cent of the respondents were in favour, but a largish minority were strongly against it, claiming that it is elitist and a waste of funds.

Essentially the Jury is out on that.

Finally, given the number of unfortunate incidents in the current Union over the past few months, a strong point was repeatedly made about security.

The recommendations would be at least video surveillance and security personnel who would check Student Union Cards on request.

We doubt if it would be feasible to have a check at reception of all people coming in.

Well, this is the summary of the views of the student population.

As I say, fuller details are given in our report but I'm happy to take any questions if you have them .. (fade out).

二、New Union Building 听力中文翻译：

我们非常感谢委员会同意学生会的一名代表可以就拟议的新联合会大楼的设计提出学生的建议。

我们理解，我们的一些想法在这种情况下可能不可行，但我们确实认为，设施的最终受益人在其设计中应该有一些发言权，这一点很重要。

请允许我首先简要说明为了解学生意见采取了哪些步骤，以及我们是如何得出结论的。

首先，在当前的工会中，我们的SU委员会召开了一次会议，解释各种选择。

然后，我们邀请所有学生提交设计的书面建议，将卡片放在建议框中。

这些建议为（Q31和32）问卷的设计提供了依据，该问卷由（Q31和32）大约2000名大学生在三周的时间内完成。

最后，SU委员会整理了结果并起草了一份报告。

如果我能交一份报告的话。

本演示文稿本质上是对本报告要点的总结和讨论。

因此，从广义上讲，共识如下。

首先，关于网站的关键问题，我们介绍了您提出的三个选项。

一：在市中心，靠近教育学院；第二个：在市郊，公园附近；第三个：城外，住宅大厅附近。

我们要求学生们举出支持和反对这些网站的理由，并且在这三个方面达成了显着的一致。

由于交通和停车问题，一号场地不受欢迎。

第二网站有很多支持者，主要是因为它靠近大多数演讲室。

而位于城外、靠近住宅大厅的第三个地点显然是最受欢迎的，因为可以从居住区进入。

很明显，工会主要是在讲座之后使用的。

还有人认为，场地越大，设施的选择余地就越大。

我们感兴趣的第二个领域显然是设施：在馆舍里建一个图书馆的兴趣微乎其微，但一个选择似乎是一个阅览室——更有用。

我们希望目前的桌面游戏室被一个小健身房所取代。

如果可能的话，还有一个小游泳池——当然不是奥运会那么大！

有大量受访者支持旅行社和保险中心。

我们还要求设立学生咨询中心的办公室，将其从食堂移走。

然而，对于是否建造一座戏剧剧院，存在着很大的分歧。

略高于40%的受访者表示赞成，但有较大的少数人强烈反对，声称这是精英主义和浪费资金。

基本上，这件事还没有定论。

最后，鉴于当前联盟在过去几个月里发生了许多不幸事件，人们一再强调安全问题。

建议至少有视频监控和安全人员，他们会根据要求检查学生会卡。

我们怀疑在接待处对所有进来的人进行检查是否可行。

这是学生群体观点的总结。

正如我所说，我们的报告中提供了更详细的信息，但如果您有任何问题，我很乐意回答。

三、New Union Building 听力问题：

Question 31-32

Complete the notes below。

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.New Union Building

Procedures to establish student opinion:

·students were asked to give written suggestions on the building’s design

·these points informed the design of a

(there were respondents)

·results collated and report produced by Union Committee

Question 33-37

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

CHOICE OF SITE

Site OneSite TwoSite ThreeLocationCity centre near　Faculty of

Outskirts　near　parkOut of town near the

Advantages　and/or　disadvantagesProblems with

Close to

Access to living　quarters. Larger site,　so more

Question 38

Choose TWO letters A—G.

Which TWO facilities did the students request in the new Union building?

A. a library

B. a games room

C. a student health centre

D. a mini fitness centre

E. a large swimming pool

F. a travel agency

G. a lecture theatre

Question 39

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

39.Which argument was used AGAINST having a drama theatre?

A. It would be expensive and no students would use it.

B. It would be a poor use of resources because only a minority would use it.

C. It could not accommodate large productions of plays.

Question 40

Choose TWO letters A—E.

Which TWO security measures have been requested?

A. closed-circuit TV

B. show Union Card on entering the building

C. show Union Card when asked

D. spot searchers of bags

E. permanent Security Office on site

四、New Union Building 听力答案：

31.questionnaire

32.approximately 2000 / about 2000

33.Education

34.halls of residence / living quarters

35.traffic and parking

36.lecture rooms / lecture halls / lecture theatres / lecture theaters / most lecture rooms / most lecture halls / most lecture theatres / most lecture theaters

37.choice of facilities / room for facilities / facilities

38.DF

39.B

40.AC

五、New Union Building 听力答案解析

Question 31  questionnaire. 录音中提到 These suggestions then provided the basis for the design of a questionnaire，当听到 the design of 时，考生应意识到这正是题目中所给出的定位信号词 ，故questionnaire 就是答案，此单词的拼写为本题的难点所在。

Question 32  approximately 2,000/about 2,000. 通过听前预测可得知本题的答案为数字，所以紧接着录音提到 which was completed by approximately two thousand of the college students over a period of three weeks，考生应意识到答案为2,000，但本题的真正难度在于文中所给出的数字并不是绝对数字，而是一个大约的数字，所以文中的approximately不可省去，建议考生碰到类似情况时，使用about替换approximately，这样更便于考试时的拼写。

Question 33  Education. 录音中提到 One: in the city centre，near the Faculty of Education; two: on the out skirts of the city... 当此题中的定位信号词 faculty 在录音中出现时，接着听到的 education 即是答案。

Question 34  halls of residence/living quarters. 录音中紧接着提到 and three: out of town，near the halls of residence，此题目的定位信号词 near 在录音中出现后，考生接着会听到 the halls of residence （宿舍 楼），此短语即为答案，但应注意拼写，考生经常会误写为  house of residence。

Question 35  traffic，parking. 录音中提到 Site One was unpopular because of traffic and parking  problems. 这道题的答案虽然在定位信号词  problem 之前出现，但读音清晰、拼写容易，所以难度不高。

Question 36 （most）lecture rooms/lecture halls/lecture theatres/lecture theaters. 录音中提到 Site Two had a number of supporters，mainly because it was close to most lecture rooms。此题目的定位信号词 close to 在录音中出现后，考生接着会听到此处要填写的内容，即  lecture rooms。

Question 37 （choice of / room for) facilities, 录音中接着提到It was also felt that the larger site would allow more room for a choice of facilities, 此题的定位信号词 larger site 在录音中出现后，考生接着会听到choice of facilities，即本题答案。

Question 38 : 录音中提到 We would like the current table games room to be replaced with a small gym（我们希望目前的桌球游戏室被一个小型健身房所取代），此句话的理解关键在于两个事物之间的取代和被取代的关系，如果考生在听到后不能完全理解，根据答案往往偏后这一规律也可以判断答案为 a small gym，等同于 D 选项中的 a mini fitness centre.

Question 39: 随后录音又提到There was a large number of respondents in favour of a travel agent’s and insurance centre，对应试卷信息可选出答案 F。

Question 40: 录音提到 Just over forty per cent of the respondents were in favour，but a largish minority were strongly against it ，claiming that it is elitist and a waste of funds（只有刚刚过 40%的受访者赞同， 还是有很典型的一小部分人强烈反对，认为这是一种偏精英行为的做法，是一种资金的浪费）。A 项具有很强的干扰性，但其中提到的 no students would use it 过于绝对，与录音内容不符，故可以排除。

Question 41-42 选A，C. 录音中提到 The recommendations would be at least video surveillance （视频监视器） and security personnel who would check student Union cards on request（ 对于安全的建议是学校至少要 安装视频监视器也应该有保卫人员在需要的情况下负责检查学生证）。此题难度较大，主要考查考生理解同义转换的能力，选择题往往会存在大量的词汇转换方面的考查点，考生在复习备考的过 程中要多多训练。