四级真题长对话学习场景(2) 201106-1

2011-6 • 19. A) Beautiful scenery in the countryside. • B) Dangers of cross-country skiing. • C) Pain and pleasure in sports. • D) A sport he participates in. • 20. A) He can't find good examples to illustrate his point. • B) He can't find a peaceful place to do the assignment. • C) He doesn't know how to describe the beautiful country scenery. • D) He can't decide whether to include the effort part of skiing. • 21. A) New ideas come up as you write. • B) Much time is spent on collecting data. • C) A lot of effort is made in vain. • D) The writer's point of view often changes. 19.C 20.D 21. D M: Hello, professor Johnson. W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today? M: Well, the problem is that this writing assignment isn’t coming out right. What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what particular sport means to me when I participate in. W: What sport did you choose? M: I decided to write about cross-country skiing. W: What are you going to say about skiing? M: That’s the problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out in the country. W: So why is that a problem? M: As I start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods, I keep mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going. Cross-country skiing isn’t as easy as some people think. It takes a lot of energy, but that’s not part of my paper. So I guess I should leave it out. But now I don’t know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it. It all fits together. It’s not like just sitting down somewhere and watching the clouds roll by. That’s different. W: Then you’ll have to include that in your point. The peacefulness of cross-country skiing is the kind you earn by effort. Why leave that out? Part of your point you knew before hand but part you discovered as you wrote. That’s common, right? M: Yeah, I guess so. (201106 CET4) 1. Beautiful scenery [‘si:nəri] :attractive view enjoying the varied mountain scenery.欣赏不同的山景 2. illustrate英[‘ɪləstreɪt] his point: make sth clear by use of examples or comparisons. illustrate by facts用事实说明 3. collecting data :get together statistics 收集数据 4. A lot of effort is made in vain Vain: fruitless a vain attempt.没有结果的尝试vain talk.没有价值的谈语 Our labor was in vain.我们的劳动是白费力气 5. leave it out:fail to include sth It seemed unkind to leave Daisy out, so she was invited too.