Narrator City University is planning to increase tuition and fees. Read the announcement about the increase from the president of City University. You will have 45 seconds to read the announcement. Begin reading now. Reading Time: 45 seconds Announcement from the president The university has decided to increase tuition and fees for all students by approximately 8 percent next semester. For the past 5 years, the tuition and fees have remained the same, but it is necessary to increase them now for several reasons. The university has many more students than we had five years ago, and we must hire additional professors to teach these students. We have also made a new commitment to research and technology, and will be renovating and upgrading our laboratory facilities to better meet our students' needs. Narrator Now listen to two students as they discuss the announcement. [2 seconds] Student A Oh great, now we have to come up with more money for next semester. Student B Yeah, I know, but I can see why. When I first started here, classes were so much smaller than they are now. With this many students, it's hard to get the personal attention you need……
Student A Yeah, I guess you're right. You know, in some classes I can't even get a seat. And I couldn't take the math course I wanted to because it was already full when I signed up. Student B And the other thing is, well, I am kind of worried about not being able to get a job after I graduate. Student A Why？ I mean you're doing really well in your classes, aren't you？
Student B I'm doing ok, but the facilities here are so limited. There are some great new experiments in microbiology that we can't even do here…… there isn't enough equipment in the laboratories, and the equipment they have is out of date. How am I going to compete for jobs with people who have practical research experience？ I think the extra tuition will be a good investment. [2 seconds] Narrator The woman expresses her opinion of the announcement made by the university president. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion. Please begin speaking after the beep. [2 secs beep] [Appearing on screen] 3. The woman expresses her opinion of the announcement made by the university president. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.
Narrator Please Listen Carefully Narrator You may begin to prepare your response after the beep. [2 secs beep] [解析]这是与读、听结合的第一个口语任务。这一题型是关于校园生活的，通常都是关于学校政策、制度、学校的建设计划、校园设施、校园生活质量方面的。阅读文章有多种形式，可能是校方的公告等。听力部分通常是两个学生就阅读部分的信息进行讨论。通常其中一个学生会对文章中的观点持重要意见，要么强烈同意要么强烈反对。
本题的阅读部分是校方关于提高学费的一个公告，并提出两个原因:学生数量增加，校方需要聘用更多的教师；校方需要钱更新或购置实验室设备。在对话部分，女学生非常赞同校方提出的提高学费的原因，她从自己的经历提出由于学生数量增加，有些课根本注册不上，上课时得不到关注；也由于学生数量的增加，实验室的设备有限，很多试验没法做；有些设备过时；她甚至担心因为缺乏实践经验，找工作会有难度。
题目要求考生就女学生的观点进行讨论。注意，这种题型永远需要考生谈论的是对话中某个人的观点，而非考生自己的观点。所以在回答是，一定先明确讲出女学生关于提高学费的观点，然后再解释她的几个观点。要注意因为女学生的观点与校方一致，只不过是从自身经历来谈的，所以非常有必要将阅读文章中的信息有效地与女学生的观点进行结合。
推论题（Inference）:文章中有些论点/观点没有明确阐述，但却强烈暗示出来了。例如，文章论述的结果引出了，推论题就可能就造成结果的起因提问。如果文中有比较，推论题就可能问做比较的基础是什么。如果文中有对某一新现象的明确阐述，推论题就可能要求推论旧现象的特征。推论题虽然是传统题型，但难度很大，需要考生花大功夫准备。
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