Study Skills Seminar

题目与答案

1. The tutor said that lectures provide the core material for the courses.

   For feedback, students should take a 21_____ of their notes to show the class tutor.

   答案：photocopy

   原文定位：Dr. Lee suggested we take along a photocopy of our notes to whichever class we've been allocated, and if we give them to the class tutor, then he'll discuss them with us

2. Lecturers usually give a 22_____ to students.

   答案：handout

   原文定位：The lecturers have normally provided a handout, haven't they

3. 23 Which reading skill does Melissa think is important?
   • identifying the relevant sections of a book
   • studying selected chapters in detail
   • following the argument when reading long books

   答案：identifying the relevant sections of a book

   原文定位：it's pointless reading a book of two hundred or more pages to find information on one relatively small topic;your time is better spent locating the parts you need, generally by using the contents page or index and only reading these

   同义替换：「identifying the relevant sections of a book」↔「locating the parts you need」

4. 24 What does James have problems with?
   • drawing diagrams
   • understanding theories
   • analysing data

   答案：understanding theories

   原文定位：Well, in economics, you have to understand diagrams and analyze data charts;though I find the theories behind economics hard, even when I know what I'm reading

5. 25 Dr Lee said notes made from books only need to be brief because
   • quotes from the original text can be copied into essays
   • you only need to summarise the information
   • you can return to the source if necessary

   答案：you can return to the source if necessary

   原文定位：He said our notes should be fairly brief;As long as you make a note of the book or article;then you can go back to the reference later if you want to check the detail of what was written

   同义替换：「you can return to the source if necessary」↔「go back to the reference later」

6. Social Science
   • It's for students in their final year
   • It will include practical examples
   • It's only for first-year students
   • It's run by a very good tutor
   • It's shorter than most other courses
   • It may have no places available

   答案：It's useful if you're bad at maths

   原文定位：Perhaps we should sign up for some. Look, this one here is on statistics for social science. That'd be good to do;Yeah, we could both use that because we're not great at maths

   同义替换：「bad」↔「not great」

7. Quantitative Methods
   • It's for students in their final year
   • It will include practical examples
   • It's only for first-year students
   • It's run by a very good tutor
   • It's shorter than most other courses
   • It may have no places available

   答案：It will include practical examples

   原文定位：The course is bound to go through some examples so we can see some sort of practical application of the theories

8. Pure Mathematics
   • It's for students in their final year
   • It will include practical examples
   • It's only for first-year students
   • It's run by a very good tutor
   • It's shorter than most other courses
   • It may have no places available

   答案：It may have no places available

   原文定位：It's really for people who are doing core social science. I think it's usually oversubscribed, but there might be some room left for other people

9. A Background to Economics
   • It's for students in their final year
   • It will include practical examples
   • It's only for first-year students
   • It's run by a very good tutor
   • It's shorter than most other courses
   • It may have no places available

   答案：It's for students in their final year

   原文定位：Yes, I agree. Oh, but it's intended for people in their last year, so that's no good, is it

   同义替换：「students in their final year」↔「people who are doing their last year」

10. Dissertation Planning
    • It's for students in their final year
    • It will include practical examples
    • It's only for first-year students
    • It's run by a very good tutor
    • It's shorter than most other courses
    • It may have no places available

    答案：It's run by a very good tutor

    原文定位：Actually, that might be interesting because Dr. Brown is doing it, and he's normally very thorough, and his notes are useful, and it's not about maths