Details of Assignment剑桥雅思4-听力原文翻译及答案解析

一、Details of Assignment听力原文：

ROSA:Oh,there you are,good.

Sorry I'm a bit late-there was a long queue.

So,have you worked out how to deal with this assignment then?

MICK:Not yet,we've only been here a couple of minutes ourselves.

ROSA:Can you just remind me what the task is exactly?

PETE:Well,there are two,no,three,parts to it:first,we've got to write an essay about ways of collecting data.

Then...

ROSA:What's the title of the essay exactly?

MICK:I've got it here:‘Assess the two main methods of collecting data in social science research’.

ROSA:And how much do we need to write?

MICK:Fifteen hundred words.

That's for the essay.

Then,for the second part of the assignment,we have to choose one method of data collection,and'carry out a small-scale study,making appropriate use of the method chosen to gather data from at least five subjects'.

ROSA:And then we have to write a report on the study?

PETE:That's right,of three to four thousand words.

ROSA:Did you get as far as discussing which form of data collection we should go for-questionnaire or interview,isn't it?

MICK:Yeah.

I think we should use a questionnaire.

It'll be so much less time-consuming than organising interviews,I reckon.

Once we've agreed on the wording of it,we only have to send it out and wait for the responses.

ROSA:Yes.

I think it probably would be quicker.

But what did that article he gave us last week say about the quality of data from questionnaires?

MICK:I'm pretty sure it recommended questionnaires as a source of‘highly reliable data’.

As long as you design the questionnaire properly in the first place,the data will be fine.

ROSA:No.

I'm sure it talked about drawbacks as well,didn't it?

Something about the response rate and the problems you get if it's too low.

MICK:Yeah but we only need data from five subjects anyway.

ROSA:I suppose so.

Another drawback I remember it mentioned was that questionnaire data tends not to reveal anything unexpected,because it is limited to the questions fixed in advance by the researcher.

MICK:Come on,ROSA.

This is only a practice.

It's not meant to be real research,is it?

ROSA:Well.

I'm not sure about that.

ROSA:Maybe I'd belter go through the article again,just to be sure.

Can you remember what it was called?

MICK:'Sample Surveys in Social Science Research",I think.

By Mehta.

ROSA:M-E-H-T-A?

MICK:Yeah.

And he also recommended a more recent book,called'Survey Research',by Bell,I think.

It's in that series published by London University.

PETE:And if we tried to use interviews instead.

I saw a book in the departmental library that'll be helpful:it's called'Interviews That Work',by Wilson,published in Oxford in nineteen eighty-eight.

ROSA:Right.

I've got a tutorial now.

Can we meet up again later this week?

What about Friday morning?

PETE:Suits me.

Eleven o'clock?

ROSA::Fine.

MICK:Before Friday,I think we should all look through the reading list.

二、Details of Assignment听力中文翻译：

罗莎：哦，你在这儿，很好。

对不起，我来晚了一点，队伍很长。

那么，你知道如何处理这项任务了吗？

米克：还没有，我们自己只来过几分钟。

罗莎：你能提醒我任务到底是什么吗？

皮特：嗯，有两个，不，三个部分：首先，我们要写一篇关于收集数据的方法的文章。

然后

罗莎：这篇文章的标题到底是什么？

米克：我这里有一句话：“评估社会科学研究中收集数据的两种主要方法”。

罗莎：我们需要写多少？

米克：1500字。

这是文章的题目。

然后，对于作业的第二部分，我们必须选择一种数据收集方法，并“进行一项小规模研究，适当利用所选方法从至少五名受试者收集数据”。

罗莎：然后我们必须写一份研究报告？

皮特：没错，三四千字。

罗莎：你讨论过我们应该采取哪种形式的数据收集了吗？问卷调查还是访谈，不是吗？

米克：是的。

我认为我们应该使用问卷调查。

我认为这比组织面试要省时得多。

一旦我们对它的措辞达成一致，我们只需发送它并等待回复。

罗莎：是的。

我想可能会更快。

但他上周给我们的那篇文章对问卷调查数据的质量有何评论？

米克：我敢肯定，它推荐调查问卷作为“高度可靠数据”的来源。

只要你首先正确设计问卷，数据就会很好。

罗莎：没有。

我相信它也谈到了缺点，不是吗？

如果回复率太低，你会遇到什么问题。

米克：是的，但我们只需要五个受试者的数据。

罗莎：我想是的。

我记得它提到的另一个缺点是，调查问卷数据往往不会揭示任何意外情况，因为它仅限于研究人员事先确定的问题。

米克：来吧，罗莎。

这只是一种做法。

这不是真正的研究，是吗？

罗莎：嗯。

我对此不确定。

罗莎：也许我会把这篇文章再读一遍，以防万一。

你记得它叫什么吗？

米克：我想是“社会科学研究中的抽样调查”。

梅塔。

罗莎：M-E-H-T-A？

米克：是的。

他还推荐了贝尔的一本新书《调查研究》。

它就在伦敦大学出版的那个系列中。

皮特：如果我们试着用面试代替的话。

我在系图书馆里看到了一本书，这本书很有帮助：它叫威尔逊的《工作访谈》，1988年在牛津出版。

罗莎：对。

我现在有一个教程。

我们能在本周晚些时候再见面吗？

星期五上午怎么样？

皮特：适合我。

十一点？

罗莎：很好。

米克：星期五之前，我想我们都应该看看阅读清单。

三、Details of Assignment听力问题：

Question 21-24

Complete the notes below.Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

DETAILS OF ASSIGNMENT

Part 1 Essay

Title:‘Assess the two main methods of

in social science research’

Number of words:

Part 2 Small-scale study

Choose one method.

Gather data from at least subjects.

Part 3 Report on study

Number of words:

Question 25-26

Choose TWO letters A—E.

What TWO disadvantages of the questionnaire form of data collection do the students discuss?

A.The data is sometimes invalid.

B.Too few people may respond.

C.It is less likely to reveal the unexpected.

D.It can only be used with literate populations.

E.There is a delay between the distribution and return of questionnaires.

Question 27-30

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.

AUTHORTITLE

PUBLISHER

YEAR OF PUBLICATION

‘Sample Surveys in

Social Science Research’

Bell

Wilson‘Interviews that work’

Oxford

University

Press

四、Details of Assignment听力答案：

21.collecting data/gathering data/data collection

22.1500/1,500

23.5

24.3000-4000

25.B

26.C

27.Mehta

28.Survey Research

29.London University/London University Press

30.1988

五、Details of Assignment听力答案解析

Question 21 collecting data/gathering data/data collection.录音中女生首先问到What’s the title of the essay exactly？接着男生回答Assess the two main methods of collecting data in social science research，对应卷面信息，很显然答案为collecting data（数据收集）。

Question 22 1,5 0 0.当录音提到And how much do we need to write？时，考生应意识到答案即将出现。接着录音提到fifteen hundred words，因此22题的答案为1,500。

Question 23 5.当考生听到卷面中已标出的定位信号词Gather data from时，应意识到答案即将出现，随后录音提到at least five subject，故答案为5。

Question 24 3,000～4,000.通过听前预测我们可以了解本题答案为数字，录音中提到And then we have to write a report on the study？That’s right，of three to four thousand words，故答案为3,000～4,000。

Question 25&26 B&c.当录音中提到No，I’m sure it talked about drawbacks as well，didn’t it？应意识到drawbacks正是我们的信号词，它与题目中的disadvantages相对应。

随后录音提到“Something about the response rate and the problems you get if it’s too low”，选项中提到回馈率的只有B，故B为正确答案之一。接着录音提到Another drawback I

remember it mentioned was that questionnaire data tends not to reveal anything unexpected，即问卷调查不能揭示那些没有预见到的问题，所以c项也是正确答案之一。

Question 27 Mehta.录音中提到书名Sample Surveys in Social Science Research，这个短语对应题目右侧的已知信息，应意识到本行题目乱序。书名出现后，录音内容紧接着给出作者的信息By Mehta。M-E-H-T-A清晰地被拼写出来，故答案为Mehta。

Question 28 Survey Research.通过听前预测可得出第28题需要填写的信息是Bell所写的一本书的书名。第一行信息结束后录音紧接着提到And he also recommended a more recent book，called Survey Research，by Bell，I think，因此可知要填写的书名为Survey Research。

Question 29 London University/London University Press.听前预测时可以留意到第28题和第29题的距离很近，因此在录音中可能也会贴得很近地出现，所以当听到第28题的答案时，要随时准备29题的信息是否会出现，书写速度也应该加快，当录音中提到...by Bell，I think.It’s in that series published by London University时，可以确认答案就是London University。

Question 30 1988.根据听前预测，可得出第30题需要填写的信息是年代，录音内容中提到...it’s called Interviews that work，by Wilson，published in Oxford in nineteen eighty-eight，故答案是1988。