2016年4月9日
Task1
Describe one of the most popular websites in your country? Explain why it is popular with details or examples.
Sample response:
Well, one of the most popular websites in my country is called BAIDU.COM due to the following reasons. Firstly, many people including me have been accustomed to surfing its page to search for some information we need. As everybody knows, baidu.com is a a famous and effective searching website on which we can find thousands of replies to the questions in our mind. Additionally, most of us tend to use this website to read recent news, which is very convenient. Last but not the least, the simple and clean design of its major page is another reason why people enjoy using it.
Task2
Leaving some time for group discussion in class is beneficial for study .Do you agree or not?
Sample response:
As far as I am concerned, Leaving some time for group discussion in class has much benefit. First of all, it enables us to exchange ideas directly after teacher’s instruction, which helps improve our learning efficiency and producing new ideas during the course of class. If we get confused, we can have someone to ask or discuss with at once. Moreover, when we discuss and argue with our partners, group discussion also provides us a way to reduce negative emotions and improve interpersonal communication skills. Talking with others, exchanging ideas, discussing and even debating has been proved as efficient ways to reduce negative feelings.
Task 3
Reading：学校要求学生完成一篇比较复杂的论文senior thesis, 需要学生做调研，同时给学生配置一个faculty advisor,可以帮助学生解决关于research skill的问题。
Listening：The boy thinks it is a great idea.
Because 1)：他们以前没做过类似的作业，在research 的过程中可以学到很多;2)他觉得和导师沟通既方便，又可以解决关于essay上的很多问题，还能帮他们提升实验技能。
Task 4
Reading：一种带给人舒适体验的design，有了这种设计，可以帮助人们提高工作效率。
Listening：教授以自己为例。以前在办公室工作，电话总响，他在接听电话时还要找file,于是电话只能用肩膀和头夹着，肩膀和脖子一直固定成一种姿势。于是不久他的脖子就感到很不舒服，后来学校给他换了一种新的device :headphone,他就可以用麦克风接电话，而且能随意走动，让他可以做更多事情，脖子舒服了，工作效率也提高了。
Task5
Problem: 学校的poetry club今年招收了20名成员，男生的苦恼是太多人报名poetry reading event ，举办场地cafeteria只提供给他们一个小时阅读时间，规定时间内根本进行不完活动。
Solution 1：只选其中一部分人参加活动,但另一部分人会失望;
Solution 2：去lecture hall举办，可以使用一晚上，但是没有coffee和snack提供。
Task6
讲了discontinue technology这种新技术的两个缺点
1.Research 过程会很长，会耗费较大人力物力使得产品变贵，只有小部分消费者会买;
举例说明：electric car需用电池来驱动，车很贵。
2.人们可能因为购买了新科技的产品需要改变他们的行为习惯。例如：购买了电动汽车，就意味着如果他们计划一个旅行时就要走能给电池充电的地方的路线，且这种充电地方比加油站找起来更难些。