『新东方在线托福听力』为托福考生准备了ETS托福TPO/Official 11 Con 2听力练习：Why does the student say he is interested in doing what the professor asks?原文题目答案解析，TPO/Official 11 Con 2听力原文范文音频翻译。

托福TPO/Official 11 Con 2听力原文Why does the student say he is interested in doing what the professor asks?-新东方托福官方网校手机版

独白：听一段学生和教授之间的对话。

Narrator: Listen to a conversation between a student and a Professor.

Student: Hi professor, Edkins. You wanted to see me?

教授：你好 Bill，谢谢你来见我。

学生：我的调查论文有问题吗？

Student: Is there something wrong with my research paper?

教授：我想你知道我们部门在招聘一个新教授。

Professor: I think you know that the department is looking to hire a new professor.

Are you familiar with our hiring process?

学生:不太了解，但这跟我有什么关系呢？

Student: No, but what is that got to do with me?

教授：嗯，Bill，我们已经有了几个有资格的应聘者，在这环节的面试中我们需要一个由我们系教授和学生组成的委员会。

Professor: Well, Bill, we have several qualified applicants we're serious about and as a part of the interview process we have to meet with the committee of the professors and students in our department.

他们需要（给委员会）做一个演讲。

学生：你的意思是来讲一节课？

教授：对，像是一个人在他学术领域里的一次试讲。

Professor: Yes, like a sample lecture on one of their academic interests.

学生：所以你能看到他的讲课风格？

Student: Oh, so you can see their teaching style.

教授：所以我想知道你是否更愿意作为学生代表来参加这个面试委员会。

Professor: So I'd like to know if you be willing to join us as a student representative on the interview committee.

这对你来说会是个很好的经历。

学生：哦……这样有利于我的研究生申请，我想。

Student: Oh… That'd look good for my graduate school application, I guess.

教授：如果你有时间，系里的秘书会给你一份应聘者的论文和日程安排。

Professor: The department's secretary will give you a schedule of the applicants' visits.

我们希望你出席我们的谈话会，之后告诉我们你的想法。

If you are free, we'd like you to attend their talks and then later you can give us your opinion.

噢，而且我们通常提供午饭和零食，视时间而定。

Oh and we usually serve lunch or snacks, depending on what time the talk is.

学生：好，这也是一个参加的好理由。

Student: Cool, that's another good reason to do this.

嗯……下一次谈话会是什么时候？

教授：事实上我们一个会还没开。

Professor: We actually haven't had any yet.

第一个会是在下周五，上午十点，接着是午餐，然后是正式的讨论，之后还有应聘者。

The first one is next Friday, at 10 AM, then lunch and then formal discussion with the applicant right after.

如果所有的谈话都是在周五，我就可以全都到场。

If all the talks are on Fridays, I will be able to make it to all of them.

现在你需要知道，这位应聘者的研究方向是树林中的生物圈。

Now you should know that this job candidate is interested in the life cycles in the forest.

Student: That's what my research is about.

这就是为什么我觉得必须指出，即使这些应聘者的研究方向跟你的很像，我们想知道你对于他们的讲课能力觉得怎么样，以学生视角应聘老师在课堂的表现。

That's why I feel it necessary to point out that even though these applicants' research interests are similar to yours, we want you to tell us what you think about the teaching of all these applicants – your perspective is as a student; how the applicant teaches in the classroom.

学生：我明白了。那么，有多少应聘者呢？

Student: I understand. So how many applicants are there?

教授：有四个，都非常优秀，我们在接下来的几周会一一考察。

Professor: Let's see. We have 4, all very good candidates, that we will be looking at over the next few weeks.

这对你来说也会是个很好的经验，如果你是在申请研究生时更尤其是。

But it'll be a good experience for you, especially if you're going to graduate school.

学生：谢谢您。做这个应该很好。

Student: Thank you. It'll be cool to do this.

我会在出去的时候从秘书那儿拿安排。

I'll get the copy of the schedule from the secretary on my way out.

教授：不客气。今天下午上课见。

Professor: You’re welcome. See you in class this afternoon.

Why does the professor want to see the student?

Why does the student say he is interested in doing what the professor asks?

Why does the professor mention that one of the applicants will give a talk on a topic the student is particularly interested in?