2016年6月4日
Task1 – Describe one or two ways your life may change five years from now. Please include specific reasons and details in your response.
Sample:
I believe many changes will take place in five years. To name a few, well first, as a high school senior, if things panned out, after five years, I would have finished my college education as a business graduate from UCSB. Not like what I am now - unequipped with any academic knowledge of the field I'm interested in - that time, I might already be working in a renowned company in Hangzhou, China. Second, I've always wanted to keep a pet but my mother doesn't allow that. Five years from now however, I think I would have my own apartment and I would finally be able to get a Dalmatian and two tortoises.
Task2 – In a workplace, do you think the employer should constantly supervise the employees or is it better that the employer only checks on the employees occasionally? Please include specific reasons and details in your response.
Sample:
I think it’s better that the employer only checks on the employees occasionally. I mean, sure, the staff may make mistakes or dawdle or act in other inappropriate ways sometimes, but that’s only being human. What an employer needs to do is to make business plans, set rules and standards to let the employees follow. If anything needs attention or goes wrong, there should be managers of different purposes to directly supervise and take control. However, if an employer always appears in the workplace of his/her staff, that might put too much pressure on the employees which may in turn decrease their working efficiency and creativity. It’s also not a good way to maintain the employer’s image of authority. I think a bit distance is always good.
Task3
文章中教授要求学生在课前阅读材料，提出问题并email给他。对话中男生同意，首先，这可以让学生在阅读时积极思考;其次，通过阅读学生会找到自己的兴趣所在，不会盲目冲动地决定topic等，这对写paper有很大帮助。
Task4
文章讲到动物在幼时和成年后的physical difference。讲座中讲到一种seabird，这种鸟成年后的羽毛是白色的，这样的外形利于捕食，不容易被鱼发现;但这种seabird幼时羽毛是黑色的，因为小鸟容易被aggressive的大鸟袭击，黑色的羽毛有利于在鸟巢中隐蔽以保安全。
Task5
对话中男生在假期租了房子，但是房东不让用厨房。有两个解决方案，一是可以去朋友家做饭，但是这很weird and inconvenient; 二是参加学校的meal plan，不用自己买菜、也不贵，但是男生住的地方离学校很远。
Task6
文章主题是记忆的两种类型，一种是declarative memory, 另一种是procedural memory。
这两种记忆是很有区别的，比如一辆自行车，你认识车的形态、车上的部件，这属于declarative memory; 而你会骑自行车，这个取决于procedural memory。但这两种记忆是很不同的，如果不了解这两种记忆的区别，就容易做出错误决定。比如一个足球队要招教练，往往会从较为成功的退役球员中进行选取。然而会踢球和会指导这两种知识经验来自于不同类型的记忆。