『新东方在线托福听力』为托福考生准备了ETS托福TPO/Official 17 Con 1听力练习：What is the subject of the man's paper?原文题目答案解析，TPO/Official 17 Con 1听力原文范文音频翻译。

托福TPO/Official 17 Con 1听力原文What is the subject of the man's paper?-新东方托福官方网校手机版

旁白：听一段教授和学生间的对话。

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

教授：好吧，我们一起来谈谈吧！

嗯，莎翁经典剧目的当代演出。

Right, “Modern Stagings of a Shakespearian Classic”.

嗯，和我上周讲的一样，我想这个题目作为论文题目对你来说很合适。

Well, like I told you last week, I think that's a great topic for your paper.

这样的话，论文题目应该是……嗯……

So the title would be something like ... uh ...

学生：我也不知道论文题目叫什么合适，可能该叫《论20世纪<仲夏夜之梦>的出演情况》

Student: I am not really sure, probably something like “20th century stagings of A Midsummer Night's Dream”.

教授：嗯，我很喜欢这个名字。

学生：嗯，我来这儿就是要跟您说说这个事情。

Student: Well, that's what I came to talk to you about.

我在想您是否恰好收藏有一卷彼得·布鲁克导演的《仲夏夜之梦》的影碟吗。

I was wondering if you happen to have a copy of the Peter Brook production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in your video collection.

我已经到处找遍了，但一直都没有发现它的下落。

I've been looking for it everywhere and I am having a really hard time tracking it down.

教授：那是因为这个版本的影带根本就不存在。

Professor: that's because it doesn't exist.

学生：您是说您的藏品中没有？或者根本就没有？

Student: You mean in your collection? Or at all?

教授：我的意思是，这个影碟根本就没有。

那个特殊版根本没有被录制下来。

That particular production was never filmed or recorded.

学生：哦，不会吧。我不知道该怎么办了。

我的阅读材料告诉我，那个版本的《仲夏夜之梦》影响到了其后所有的新版。

From what I read, that production, like, it influenced every other production of the play that came after it.

所以我想当然地认为它被录下来了。

So I just assumed it had been filmed or videotaped.

教授：哦，毫无疑问，那个版本确实是承前启后的经典。

Professor: Oh, It definitely was a landmark production.

而且，它似乎不只出演了一周，但有可能它从来没有被录制过，或者录制的影碟丢失了。

And it's not like it ran for just a week, but either it was never filmed or if it was the film's been lost.

讽刺的是，还专门有一部影片，内容是这个版本是如何生产的，但是，这部演出本身却没有留下任何影片。

And it's ironic because there's even a film about the making of the production, but none of the production itself.

这个是20世纪最重要的一版《仲夏夜之梦》，对吧？

This is the most important 20th century staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, right?

学生：但是如果我看不到布鲁克导演的版本的话，我该怎么写它的布鲁克对它的理解呢？

Student: But how can I write about Brook's interpretation of the play if I can't see his production.

教授：但找不到影响记录并不意味着你没法弄清它对其它版本的影响。

Professor: Just because there's no recording doesn't mean you can't figure out how it influenced other productions.

学生：是的，我想手边的材料是够的，但即便如此，也是个大麻烦。

Student: Yeah, I guess there's enough material around, but it will be a challenge.

教授：对。但仔细想想的话，你论文主要写的是戏剧艺术，戏剧的本质，不是吗？

Professor: True. But think about it, you are writing about dramatic arts, the theater, and that's the nature of theater, isn't it?

学生：您的意思是，因为演出是现场的，当表演落幕后……

Student: You mean because it is live, when the performance is finished ...

教授：正解。如果没有被拍摄的话，那它就消失了。

Professor: That's it. Unless it's filmed, it's gone.

但是这并不意味着我们没法研究它。

并且，班里肯定有些学生在研究19世纪的戏剧，那些戏剧也不会有录影带。

And of course some students in this class are writing about productions in the 19th century, there are no videos of those.

想必你也知道，戏剧研究者的一项挑战在于，他们必须要找出一种办法来描述一些转瞬即逝，一些从某些意义上说，根本不存在的东西。

You know, one of the challenges for people who study theater is to find way of talking about something that's really so transient, about something that, in a sense, doesn't exist.

What do the speakers say about Peter Brook's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream?

What point does the professor make when she mentions that some students are writing about nineteenth-century productions of Shakespeare's plays?

Narrator 
Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor. 
Professor 
OK, let’ s see. Right, Modern Stagings of a Shakespearian Classic. Well, like I told you last week, I think that’s a great topic for your paper. So the title would be something like ... uh ... 
Student 
I am not really sure, probably something like 20th century stagings of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 
Professor 
Yes, I like that. Straightforward and to the point. So how is the research going? 
Student 
Well, that’s what I came to talk to you about. I was wondering if you happen to have a copy of the Peter Brook production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in your video collection. I’ve been looking for it everywhere and I am having a really hard time tracking it down. 
Professor 
That’s because it doesn’t exist. 
Student 
You mean in your collection ? Or at all? 
Professor 
I mean at all. That particular production was never filmed or recorded. 
Student 
Oh no. I had no idea. From what I read, that production, like, it influenced every other production of the play that came after it. So I just assumed it had been filmed or videotaped. 
Professor 
Oh, It definitely was a landmark production. And it’s not like it ran for just a week, but either it was never filmed or if it was the film’s been lost. And it’ s ironic because there’s even a film about the making of the production, but none of the production itself. 
Student 
So now what do I do? If there is no video. 
Professor 
Well, think about it. This is the most important 20th century staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, right? 
Student 
But how can I write about Brook’s interpretation of the play if I can’t see his production. 
Professor 
Just because there’s no recording doesn’t mean you can’t figure out how it influenced other productions. 
Professor 
That’s because it doesn’t exist. 
Student 
You mean in your collection ? Or at all? 
Professor 
I mean at all. That particular production was never filmed or recorded. 
Student 
Oh no. I had no idea. From what I read, that production, like, it influenced every other production of the play that came after it. So I just assumed it had been filmed or videotaped. 
Professor 
Oh, It definitely was a landmark production. And it’s not like it ran for just a week, but either it was never filmed or if it was the film’s been lost. And it’ s ironic because there’s even a film about the making of the production, but none of the production itself. 
Student 
So now what do I do? If there is no video. 
Professor 
Well, think about it. This is the most important 20th century staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, right? 
Student 
But how can I write about Brook’s interpretation of the play if I can’t see his production. 
Professor 
Just because there’s no recording doesn’t mean you can’t figure out how it influenced other productions. 
Student 
Yeah, I guess there’s enough material around, but it will be a challenge. 
Professor 
True. But think about it, you are writing about dramatic arts, the theater, and that’s the nature of theater, isn’t it? 
Student 
You mean because it is live, when the performance is finished ... 
Professor 
That’s it. Unless it’ s filmed, it’s gone. But that doesn’t mean we can’t study it. And of course some students in this class are writing about productions in the 19th century, there are no videos of those. You know, one of the challenges for people who study theater is to find way of talking about something that’s really so transient, about something that, in a sense, doesn’t exist. 
Student 
So now what do I do? If there is no video. 
Professor 
Well, think about it. This is the most important 20th century staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, right? 
Student 
But how can I write about Brook’s interpretation of the play if I can’t see his production. 
Professor 
Just because there’s no recording doesn’t mean you can’t figure out how it influenced other productions.