Conversation
Professor：Jeff, I’m glad you drop by. I’ve been meaning to congratulate you on the class leadership award.
Student：Thanks Professor Bronson, I was really happy to get it and a little surprised. I mean, there were so many other people nominated.
Professor：Well, I know the award was well deserved. Now, what can I do for you today?
Student：I needed to talk to you about the medieval history test you know, the one scheduled for Friday afternoon.
Professor：Yes?
Student：Well, there is this trip that my French class is taking. We are going to Montreal for the weekend.
Professor：Montreal? That’s my favorite city. What’ll you be seeing there?
Student：I’m not sure yet. Well, the reason, the main reason I wanted to go is that we’ll be rooming with French speaking Students there, you know, so we can get a chance to use our French to actually talk with real French speakers.
Professor：It sounds like a good opportunity. But then, there is that test.
Student：Yeah... but.. well, the thing is the bus leaves right in the middle of when our history class meets this Friday. So, well, I was thinking maybe I could take the test on a different day like Monday morning during your office hours?
Professor：Eh...Monday morning...um...that would not be...oh wait, let me just see one thing. Aha, okay. That’s what I thought. So, for your class, I was planning a take-home exam so you could just take the test along with you. Let’s see, I guess you could come to class Friday just to pick up the test. That way you’d still make your bus, and then find some quiet time during your trip to complete it and you can bring it to class Wednesday when I’ll be collecting everyone else’s.
Student：Hmm.. . um...during the trip, well, I guess I could. So I should plan to take my books and stuff with me.
Professor：You’ll definitely need your class notes. I’m giving you several short essay questions to make you think critically about the points we’ve discussed in class, to state.. .uh state and defend your opinion, analyze the issues, speculate about how things might have turned out differently. So, you see, I don’t care if you look updates and that kind of thing. What I want is for you to synthesize information to reflect back on what we’ve read and discussed and to form your own ideas, not just repeat points from the textbook. Does that make sense?
Student：Yeah, I think so. You are looking for my point of view.
Professor：That’s right. The mid-term exam showed me that you know all the details of who, where and when. For this test, I want to see how you can put it all together to show some original thinking.
Student：That’s sounds pretty challenging, especially trying to work it into this trip. But, yeah, I think I can do it.
Professor：I’m sure you can.
Student：Thank you, Professor Bronson.
Professor：Have a great time in Montreal.
《对话》
教授：杰夫，我很高兴你过来了。我正想祝贺你获得了优秀班干部的称号。
学生：谢谢您，布朗逊教授，能得到这项荣誉，我真的很高兴，也有些吃惊。我的意思是，获得这个奖项的提名的人很多。
教授：嗯，我知道，这个奖你受之无愧。你来这儿想让我为你做些什么呢?
学生：我想和您谈谈期中考试，就是那个安排在周五下午的考试的事情。
教授：怎么回事?
学生：嗯，我现在上的法语课有一个班级旅行。我们会在周末去蒙特利尔一趟。
教授：蒙特利尔?这可是我最喜欢的城市。你们去哪儿要参观些什么东西?
学生：我现在也不清楚。嗯，我想去的原因，主要原因是我可以和当地讲法语的?想必您也理解，这样的话，我们就有机会用法语与那些真正的说法语的人交谈了。
教授：这次旅行听上去是一次不错的机会。不过，之前有考试。
学生：是的不过嗯，事情是这样的，我们搭乘的客车出发时间恰在周五历史课间。所以，嗯，我想我能不能在别的时间参加这次考试，比如周一上午您的坐班时间内?
教授：嗯周一早上嗯，那个时间恐怕不行嗯，等等，让我想想。嘿，我想到了。这样的话，我想你可以把你的考试安排在旅途中进行。我们这样吧，我想你周五来上课，可能也只是参加这项考试。如果你把试卷带在身上，你还是能坐上车。你在你的旅程中找个安静的时段把试卷做完再带回来，周三的时候我再把每个人的卷子收齐。
学生：嗯嗯在旅程中考试，嗯，我想这样能行。那现在我就该想想我要带的书和用具了。
教授：你肯定得把你的课堂笔记带上吧。我会给你们出几道要求你们对课堂内容进行批判性思考的简答题，要求你们阐明并且论述你们的观点，分析问题，估量事情发展的其他可能。这样的话，你想，我不会管你看没看其他材料。我希望的是你们能够综合、反省我们的阅读和讨论过的信息，并且以之形成你们自己的观点，而不是重复课本上的观点。这个你懂了吗?
学生：是的，我觉得这样的要求有意义。您希望看到我们的观点。
教授：对。这次期中考试能够告诉我你们所掌握知识的一切细节(即历史上谁在什么时候、什么地方干了什么事情)。对于此次考试，我希望看到你们是如何把这些细节综合起来，以形成自己的原创思考的。
学生：嗯，这次考试听起来不简单啊，特别是我要在路上把试题做完。不过，我想，我能干好的。
教授：我肯定你能行。
学生：谢谢您，布朗逊教授!
教授：祝你在蒙特利尔过得愉快!
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