Bus Service Elimination Planned
The university has decided to discontinue its free bus service for students. The reason given for this decision is that few students ride the buses and the buses are expensive to operate. Currently, the buses run from the center of campus past university buildings and through some of the neighborhoods surrounding the campus. The money saved by eliminating the bus service will be used to expand the over crowded student parking lots.
托福TPO2口语task3题目 Question:
The man expresses his opinion of the university’s plan to eliminate the bus service.State his opinion and explain the reasons he gives for holding that opinion.
托福TPO2口语task3答案解析：
1. Reading key
(1.1) Announcement: elimination of bus service
(1.2) Reason 1: not many students take it
(1.3) Reason 2: money saved can be used to build more parking lots
2. Listening key
(2.1) The man disagrees with it
(2.2) Reason 1: the bus route is out of date
(2.2.1) Details: it only goes through the areas that are too expensive for students to live in
(2.2.2) Suggestion: change the bus route, then more people will be willing to take the bus
(2.3) Reason 2: building more parking lots is not a good idea
(2.3.1) Details:+ parking - bus → more people will drive → more pollution and traffic problems on campus
托福TPO2口语task3范文：
The university is planning to eliminate its free bus service, because not many students use it and the school can use the money saved to build more parking lots. In the conversation, the man disagrees with the university’s plan. First of all, he thinks the reason that few students take the bus is because the route is out-of-date, it only goes through the areas that have gone too expensive for students to live. Instead of eliminating the bus service, the university should change the bus route to where more students live. Second, he thinks that more student will drive if the university used the saved money to build more parking lots, and that will create more traffic problem and increase the noise level on campus.