# Kathy`s dissertation on water pumps - 科目：雅思听力真题（Part 3） - 考频：中频 - 最近考试：2023.6.24/2018.11.1/2014.2.15 - 题目数：10 - 来源页：https://www.yaquan.site/paper/085bd561-8d6b-452b-a0de-25c66ef998bc（在线机考练习与音频请访问该页面） - 数据更新：2026-11-03 ## 题目原文 00:00:00,180 Part three. 00:00:02,520 You will hear an engineering student called Cathy discussing a piece of work with her tutor. 00:00:09,920 First, you have some time to look at questions twenty-one to twenty-six. 00:01:05,360 Now listen carefully and answer questions twenty-one to twenty-six. 00:01:14,460 Hello, Cathy. How's your dissertation on water pumps going? 00:01:18,560 Not too bad, thanks. I'm getting on well with the literature review now, and my lab work's fine so far. 00:01:26,000 Oh, that's good. Remember, you should aim to have your results section completed by the end of next month, so there's plenty of time to finalize the whole thing by the summer deadline. 00:01:37,160 Anyway, looks like you're on track. I've been through your first chapter now, and I was quite impressed. 00:01:43,400 Oh, that's a relief. 00:01:45,180 Well, sometimes your sentences are a little long and over complex, but the overall structure of the piece is very clear. I'd recommend you get a critical friend to go through it with you. Then once you've built in citations of other work in the field, I think it'll be pretty good. 00:02:03,740 Oh, thanks. I was pleased I decided to focus on water pumps. 00:02:09,580 You seem to be testing an appropriate range of pump design. 00:02:14,360 Lots of students make the mistake of either restricting their range too much or conversely, not narrowing it down enough. You've managed to avoid those twin traps. 00:02:25,840 However, I think you'd get more convincing results if you took some additional measurements. I've noted exactly what I mean on your work. 00:02:34,680 Yes, I thought that might be necessary, and I know I need to get down to some more library work too. 00:02:41,400 Well, I don't think that's essential at the moment. 00:02:44,240 Oh, right. So what do you suggest I do next? Repeat my last experiment using different variables? 00:02:54,280 Well, you could have a word with James Higgins tomorrow. He's coming here to give a lecture on hydraulics to the faculty, and it would be a great chance to have a chat with him, especially as your experimental work has drawn so heavily from his last article in the British Engineering Journal. 00:03:13,120 Oh, fantastic. 00:03:14,480 And you never know how successful a chat with him might turn out to be. I got my first research post when I was a final year student and asked a visiting professor to explain what he meant in some article he'd written. So I urge all my students to take any such opportunity that arises. 00:03:32,820 Mm. But times have changed. People like that are too busy to talk to mere students these days. 00:03:40,520 I don't know about that. Anyway, is there anything else I can help with? Any practical information about layout, perhaps? 00:03:48,380 Well, I suppose I'm a bit unsure about how the bibliography should be presented. 00:03:54,140 Mm-hmm. 00:03:55,280 Mind you, I can just check what's normally done in journal articles, so that's not something to bother you with. I'd welcome some guidance, though, about what I should or shouldn't include in the appendices. I know some things, some of my data tables or details of specs perhaps, are not really needed in the main body of the text, and I'm likely to be pushed for words there. 00:04:21,660 Okay, I can certainly help you with that, but it will take a while, so can we deal with that next week? I've got that solar panel seminar to go into in a few minutes. There's plenty of work you can be carrying on with in the meantime. 00:04:36,760 Sure. That's no problem. I think I'll go and investigate the latest version of the CAD software to see if it might help with my pump design experiments at all. 00:04:50,760 Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions twenty-seven to thirty. 00:05:20,240 Now listen and answer questions twenty-seven to thirty. 00:05:28,400 Before you go, though, I'd like quickly to run through what you should be doing over the next few months, not just for your dissertation, but also to help your chances of getting the research post you'd like. Is that okay with you? 00:05:41,840 Yes, that would be really helpful. 00:05:44,120 Well, you certainly need to become a member of the Mechanical Engineers Society, and then you'll be able to go along to their meetings. 00:05:52,430 Mm. 00:05:53,160 There, you must make a point of making yourself known to various people like Professor Jones. He's the current president and is very approachable. 00:06:02,920 Okay. So I could do some networking there. 00:06:06,080 Exactly. Also, I think you should try to set up some visits to industry. Go to a lot of different workplaces just to see how things are done. It's actually a very good way of making sure you're familiar with the cutting edge of what's going on. Textbooks, even academic articles sometimes lag behind industry. 00:06:28,520 That sounds really interesting. Also, I'd love the chance to do a bit of work abroad for a while. 00:06:35,280 Well, that's actually the next thing I was going to recommend. I'm sure we could set up a month for you in either the States or Canada, and that would be a great way to find out how things are done elsewhere. 00:06:47,820 That'd be good. Thank you. 00:06:49,560 And the last thing I was going to suggest was that you could go to the European Water Engineering Conference being held in Spain in May. 00:06:58,120 I could even present my dissertation there. 00:07:00,820 Yes. 00:07:01,780 Oh, thank you so much. That's all really helpful. 00:07:04,940 Good. So now if we... 00:07:10,700 That is the end of part three. You now have thirty seconds to check your answers to part three. ## 题目与答案 ### 21. 21 What part of Kathy`s dissertation has the tutor just read? 21 What part of Kathy`s dissertation has the tutor just read? - her results section. - her introductory chapter. - her review of the literature. **答案**：her introductory chapter. 原文定位：Anyway, looks like you're on track. I've been through your first chapter now, and I was quite impressed 同义替换：「introductory」↔「first」；「read」↔「through」 ### 22. 22 What did the tutor like about Kathy`s work? 22 What did the tutor like about Kathy`s work? - the organisation - the style of writing - the use of resources **答案**：the organisation 原文定位：but the overall structure of the piece is very clear 同义替换：「organisation」↔「structure」 ### 23. 23 Kathy and the tutor agree that she needs to 23 Kathy and the tutor agree that she needs to - do some more library research - record more data - narrow down her topic **答案**：record more data 原文定位：I think you'd get more convincing results if you took some additional measurements;Yes, I thought that might be necessary 同义替换：「record more data」↔「took some additional measurements」 ### 24. 24 Why does the tutor give an example from his own experience? 24 Why does the tutor give an example from his own experience? - to show how successful he has become - to illustrate how times to do something similar - to encourage Kathy to do something similar **答案**：to encourage Kathy to do something similar 原文定位：I got my first research post when I was a final year student;So I urge all my students to take any such opportunity that arises 同义替换：「encourage」↔「urge」 ### 25. 25 Kathy would like the tutor to advise her on her 25 Kathy would like the tutor to advise her on her - layout - bibliography - appendices **答案**：appendices 原文定位：I'd welcome some guidance, though, about what I should or shouldn't include in the appendices 同义替换：「advise」↔「guidance」 ### 26. 26 What is Kathy going to do next? 26 What is Kathy going to do next? - try out some software - go to a seminar - design a new type of pump **答案**：try out some software 原文定位：I think I'll go and investigate the latest version of the CAD software to see if it might help with my pump design experiments 同义替换：「try out」↔「investigate」 ### 27. going to Mechanical Engineers` Society meetings going to Mechanical Engineers` Society meetings - broadens practical experience of the field - chance to publicise own work - effective way of keeping up-to-date - looks good on a CV - provides useful access to resources - way to make useful contacts **答案**：way to make useful contacts 原文定位：Well, you certainly need to become a member of the Mechanical Engineers Society, and then you'll be able to go along to their meetings;There, you must make a point of making yourself known to various people like Professor Jones. He's the current president and is very approachable;Okay. So I could do some networking there 同义替换：「Mechanical Engineers` Society meetings」↔「Mechanical Engineers Society」 ### 28. visiting different workplaces visiting different workplaces - broadens practical experience of the field - chance to publicise own work - effective way of keeping up-to-date - looks good on a CV - provides useful access to resources - way to make useful contacts **答案**：broadens practical experience of the field 原文定位：Also, I think you should try to set up some visits to industry. Go to a lot of different workplaces just to see how things are done. It's actually a very good way of making sure you're familiar with the cutting edge of what's going on. Textbooks, even academic articles sometimes lag behind industry 同义替换：「visiting different workplaces」↔「Go to a lot of different workplaces」 ### 29. getting some work experience aboard getting some work experience aboard - broadens practical experience of the field - chance to publicise own work - effective way of keeping up-to-date - looks good on a CV - provides useful access to resources - way to make useful contacts **答案**：provides useful access to resources 原文定位：Also, I'd love the chance to do a bit of work abroad for a while;Well, that's actually the next thing I was going to recommend. I'm sure we could set up a month for you in either the States or Canada, and that would be a great way to find out how things are done elsewhere 同义替换：「getting some work experience」↔「do a bit of」；「provides useful access to」↔「find out」 ### 30. attending an international conference attending an international conference - broadens practical experience of the field - chance to publicise own work - effective way of keeping up-to-date - looks good on a CV - provides useful access to resources - way to make useful contacts **答案**：chance to publicise own work 原文定位：And the last thing I was going to suggest was that you could go to the European Water Engineering Conference being held in Spain in May. I could even present my dissertation there 同义替换：「contacts」↔「networking」；「an international conference」↔「European Water Engineering Conference」 --- 以上内容由鸭圈雅思真题库（www.yaquan.site）提供，收录近期雅思考试真题回忆，支持在线机考模式免费练习。