【B2-Listening】07 Creating a study group-创建学习小组

【B2-Listening】07 Creating a study group-创建学习小组

Listen to the conversation about creating a study group to practise and improve your listening skills.
聆听有关创建学习小组以练习和提高听力技能的对话。

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.
先做好准备工作。然后听音频并做练习。

Creating a study group – preparation

Match the words and phrases with the definitions.

• Question

Vocabulary
1.to learn something by heart
2.annoyed
3.go ahead
4.an assignment
5.a moderator
6.a compromise

Definition
a. a piece of work given to someone, normally as part of their studies or job
b. an agreement in which people in an argument reduce or change what they are asking for in order to agree
c. an informal expression used to give someone permission to start doing something
d. irritated, angry
e. to learn something so that you can say it from memory
f. a manager of a public discussion

• Answer

1. someone who starts a business the founder
2. many numerous
3. already officially recognised and accepted pre-approved
4. far away from towns or other populated places a remote area
5. a difficult or challenging situation a predicament
6. easy to understand or notice obvious

Matched Definitions | 匹配定义

1. an assignment - a piece of work given to someone, normally as part of their studies or job

   • 作业 - 分配给某人的一项工作，通常是作为他们学习或工作的组成部分

2. a compromise - an agreement in which people in an argument reduce or change what they are asking for in order to agree

   • 妥协 - 一种协议，在争论中双方减少或改变他们的要求以达成一致

3. go ahead - an informal expression used to give someone permission to start doing something

   • 继续 - 一个非正式的表达，用来给予某人开始做某事的许可

4. annoyed - irritated, angry

   • 烦恼的 - 恼怒的，生气的

5. to learn something by heart - to learn something so that you can say it from memory

   • 牢记 - 记住某事，以便你能背诵

6. a moderator - a manager of a public discussion

   • 调解人 - 公共讨论的管理者

Transcript

English

Ali: Hey, you guys, I’ve been looking for you. I’ve got an idea – a study group. What do you think? Are you interested?

Dina: Yes! I need a study group, in a big way.

Bea: Me too.

Ali: Do you think we have enough people here for a study group? I mean, there are only four of us …

Bea: Sorry. Three of us. Chris can’t do study group. Right, Chris?

Chris: Yeah, there’s no way I can do a study group. I have an assignment and then I’m too busy. But I’ll stay for this first meeting.

Ali: Should we try and get another group together with us for this?

Bea: No, I don’t think so. I think three is fine. Ideal size, really.

Dina: Me too.

Ali: OK, three people then. Four people for the first meeting. What next?

Bea: What about a meeting place? We can’t meet here in the library …

Ali: It’s not too bad, especially if those other people would go away.

Bea: But we can’t exactly ask them to leave, and people might get annoyed with us talking.

Dina: Can I say something here?

Ali: Sure, go ahead.

Dina: There’s a study hall next to the cafeteria. It’s almost always empty. Could we meet there?

Ali: A study hall?! Who knew? Well, it sounds good to me.

Bea: Yeah. I’ve never been there but …

Ali: So, we ought to decide how long for and how often.

Dina: I read somewhere that you should make the meeting at the same time each week. Like a seminar. That way we’d take it more seriously.

Bea: We may as well make it for this time since we’re all here. Is this time OK?

Dina: Works for me.

Ali: Me too.

Chris: Hang on just a minute. I know I’m not going to be in this group, but aren’t we supposed to have a seminar at this time every other week?

Dina: Umm, no.

Bea: Thursday, no?

Ali: No, that’s on Thursday.

Chris: Sorry. Forget I said anything.

Ali: Don’t worry about it.

Bea: So everyone agrees that this time is fine? Every week?

Ali: How long should we make it?

Bea: An hour?

Dina: Could we find a way of making it two hours?

Ali: Two hours seems a bit like … too much. To start with then?

Bea: Ninety minutes? Compromise?

Ali: Is that OK with you, Dina?

Dina: Fine by me.

Ali: OK, so I guess all we have left to decide is exactly what we’ll do when we meet. The final exam is a way off. I guess we could review our notes, or practise learning things by heart.

Dina: I have a list of dos and don’ts actually that I got online. I could be a moderator, and we could use the ideas as a starting point …

English-Chinese

Ali: Hey, you guys, I’ve been looking for you. I’ve got an idea – a study group. What do you think? Are you interested?
阿里：嘿，你们好，我一直在找你们。我有一个想法——成立一个学习小组。你怎么认为？你感兴趣吗？

Dina: Yes! I need a study group, in a big way.
迪娜：是的！我在很大程度上需要一个学习小组。

Bea: Me too.
比亚：我也是。

Ali: Do you think we have enough people here for a study group? I mean, there are only four of us …
阿里：你认为我们这里有足够的人来组建一个学习小组吗？ 我的意思是，我们只有四个人……

Bea: Sorry. Three of us. Chris can’t do study group. Right, Chris?
比亚：抱歉。我们三个人。克里斯不能参加学习小组。对吧，克里斯？

Chris: Yeah, there’s no way I can do a study group. I have an assignment and then I’m too busy. But I’ll stay for this first meeting.
克里斯：是的，我不可能组建学习小组。我有一个任务，然后我就太忙了。但我会留下来参加第一次会议。

Ali: Should we try and get another group together with us for this?
阿里：我们应该尝试找另一个小组和我们一起来做这件事吗？

Bea: No, I don’t think so. I think three is fine. Ideal size, really.
Bea：不，我不这么认为。我觉得三个就好了理想的尺寸，真的。

Dina: Me too.
迪娜：我也是。

Ali: OK, three people then. Four people for the first meeting. What next?
阿里：好吧，那就三个人吧。第一次会议有四个人。接下来是什么？

Bea: What about a meeting place? We can’t meet here in the library …
Bea：讨论一下会议地点怎么样？我们不能在图书馆见面……

Ali: It’s not too bad, especially if those other people would go away.
阿里：这还不算太糟糕，尤其是如果其他人离开的话。

Bea: But we can’t exactly ask them to leave, and people might get annoyed with us talking.
Bea：但我们不能完全要求他们离开，而且人们可能会对我们的谈话感到恼火。

Dina: Can I say something here?
迪娜：我可以在这里说些什么吗？

Ali: Sure, go ahead.
阿里：当然，请继续。

Dina: There’s a study hall next to the cafeteria. It’s almost always empty. Could we meet there?
迪娜：自助餐厅旁边有一个自习室。它几乎总是空的。我们可以在那里见面吗？

Ali: A study hall?! Who knew? Well, it sounds good to me.
阿里：自习室？！谁知道？嗯，对我来说听起来不错。

Bea: Yeah. I’ve never been there but …
比亚：是的。我从没去过那里，但是……

Ali: So, we ought to decide how long for and how often.
阿里：所以，我们应该决定多久以及多久一次。

Dina: I read somewhere that you should make the meeting at the same time each week. Like a seminar. That way we’d take it more seriously.
迪娜：我在某处读到过，你应该每周在同一时间开会。就像研讨会一样。这样我们就会更认真地对待它。

Bea: We may as well make it for this time since we’re all here. Is this time OK?
Bea：既然这个时间点我们都在这里，我们不妨就定在这个时间点。这个时间点可以吗？

Dina: Works for me.
迪娜：适合我。

Ali: Me too.
阿里：我也是。

Chris: Hang on just a minute. I know I’m not going to be in this group, but aren’t we supposed to have a seminar at this time every other week?
克里斯：等一下。我知道我不会加入这个小组，但是我们不是应该每隔一周的这个时候举办一次研讨会吗？

Dina: Umm, no.
迪娜：嗯，不。

Bea: Thursday, no?
比亚：星期四，不是吗？

Ali: No, that’s on Thursday.
阿里：不，那是星期四。

Chris: Sorry. Forget I said anything.
克里斯：抱歉。忘记我说过什么。

Ali: Don’t worry about it.
阿里：别担心。

Bea: So everyone agrees that this time is fine? Every week?
Bea：所以大家都认为这次没问题？每周？

Ali: How long should we make it?
阿里：我们应该做多久？

Bea: An hour?
Bea：一个小时？

Dina: Could we find a way of making it two hours?
迪娜：我们能想办法把时间缩短到两个小时吗？

Ali: Two hours seems a bit like … too much. To start with then?
阿里：两个小时似乎有点……太多了。那么从那开始呢？

Bea: Ninety minutes? Compromise?
Bea：九十分钟？妥协？

Ali: Is that OK with you, Dina?
阿里：迪娜，你同意吗？

Dina: Fine by me.
迪娜：我没意见。

Ali: OK, so I guess all we have left to decide is exactly what we’ll do when we meet. The final exam is a way off. I guess we could review our notes, or practise learning things by heart.
阿里：好的，所以我想我们剩下要做的就是我们见面时要做什么。距离期末考试还有一段距离。我想我们可以复习笔记，或者练习背诵东西。

Dina: I have a list of dos and don’ts actually that I got online. I could be a moderator, and we could use the ideas as a starting point …
迪娜：我在网上找到了一份该做和不该做的清单。我可以担任主持人，我们可以使用这些想法作为起点……

Task1

A weather forecast – 1Creating a study group – 1

Choose the correct answer.

• Question

1. There are _____ who can do the first meeting of the study group.
   a. four students
   b. three students
   c. five students
2. They don’t want to meet in their current place because …
   a. they aren’t allowed to be there.
   b. they don’t want to talk to other people.
   c. they might disturb other people.
3. They decide to meet …
   a. next to the cafeteria.
   b. in the library.
   c. next to the study hall.
4. They have another seminar …
   a. at the same time as study group.
   b. every week on a Thursday.
   c. every two weeks on a Thursday.
5. How long will their study group be?
   a. one hour
   b. one hour and a half
   c. two hours
6. Their final exam …
   a. is very soon.
   b. has passed.
   c. isn’t for some time.

• Answer

Choose the correct answer.

1. There are _____ who can do the first meeting of the study group.
   ✔a. four students
   b. three students
   c. five students
2. They don’t want to meet in their current place because …
   a. they aren’t allowed to be there.
   b. they don’t want to talk to other people.
   ✔c. they might disturb other people.
3. They decide to meet …
   ✔a. next to the cafeteria.
   b. in the library.
   c. next to the study hall.
4. They have another seminar …
   a. at the same time as study group.
   b. every week on a Thursday.
   ✔c. every two weeks on a Thursday.
5. How long will their study group be?
   a. one hour
   ✔b. one hour and a half
   c. two hours
6. Their final exam …
   a. is very soon.
   b. has passed.
   ✔c. isn’t for some time.

Task2

Creating a study group – 2

Match the expressions with ‘way’ with their meanings.

• Question

1. find a way
2. way off
3. there’s no way
4. go away
5. in a big way

a. it’s impossible
b. make something possible
c. leave
d. very much
e. a long time from now

• Answer

Here are the matched expressions with their meanings:

1. find a way - b. make something possible

   • 找到方法 - 使某事成为可能

2. way off - e. a long time from now

   • 大错特错 - 很久以后

3. there’s no way - a. it’s impossible

   • 不可能 - 这是不可能的

4. go away - c. leave

   • 走开 - 离开

5. in a big way - d. very much

   • 大量地 - 非常

Discussion

What motivates you in your job or studies?
是什么激励你工作或学习？

Vocabulary

shower

• 简易

  英/ˈʃaʊə(r)/美/ˈʃaʊər/
  n.淋浴器，花洒；淋浴间，淋浴室；淋浴，洗澡；阵雨，阵雪；（落下的东西）一大批，一阵； 流星雨；<美>（为即将结婚或分娩的女子举行的）送礼聚会；<英，非正式> 一群乌合之众，一群笨蛋

  v.淋浴，洗澡；洒落，（使）纷纷降落；朝……阵雨般地扔（大量小东西）（shower sb. with）；大量给予，慷慨给予

  初中 | 高中 | CET4 | CET6 | 考研 | TOEFL | 商务英语
  复数showers第三人称单数showers现在分词showering过去式showered过去分词showered

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  shower/ˈʃaʊə/|CET4 TEM4
  showering showered showers

  1. N-COUNT A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray. 淋浴器
     • She heard him turn on the shower.
     她听见他拧开了淋浴器。

2. N-COUNT A shower is a small enclosed area containing a shower. 淋浴间
   • Do you sing in the shower?
   你在淋浴间里唱歌吗？

3. N-COUNT The showers or the shower in a place such as a gym is the area containing showers. (体育馆等的) 浴室
   • The showers are a mess.
   那些浴室一片狼藉。

4. N-COUNT If you take a shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. 淋浴
   • I think I’ll take a shower before dinner.
   我想晚饭前我要来次淋浴。

5. V-I If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. 洗澡
   • There wasn’t time to shower or change clothes.
   没时间洗澡或换衣服了。

6. N-COUNT A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain. 阵雨
   • There’ll be bright or sunny spells and scattered showers this afternoon.
   今天下午将放晴，间有零星阵雨。

7. N-COUNT You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a shower of them. 大量下落
   • Showers of sparks flew in all directions.
   无数火星儿向四处飞溅。

8. V-T If you are showered with a lot of small objects or pieces, they are scattered over you. 抛撒
   • They were showered with rice in the traditional manner.
   人们按照传统习俗朝他们抛撒大米。

9. N-COUNT A shower is a party or celebration at which the guests bring gifts. 送礼会
   • …a baby shower.
   …为婴儿举行的送礼会。

10. N a derogatory term applied to a person or group, esp to a group considered as being slack, untidy, etc 懒散邋遢鬼

11. N a large number of particles formed by the collision of a cosmic-ray particle with a particle in the atmosphere 镞射粒子

shower/ˈʃəʊə/
N a person or thing that shows 演出者; 展示物品

lunchtime

• 简易

英/ˈlʌntʃtaɪm/美/ˈlʌntʃtaɪm/
n.午餐时间

复数lunchtimes

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lunchtime/ˈlʌntʃtaɪm/
N-VAR Lunchtime is the period of the day when people have their lunch. 午餐时间
• Could we meet at lunchtime?
我们能在午餐时间见个面吗？

drizzle

• 简易

英/ˈdrɪz(ə)l/美/ˈdrɪz(ə)l/
v.下毛毛雨，下蒙蒙细雨； （毛毛雨似的）洒落；（毛毛雨似的）洒落

n.毛毛细雨，蒙蒙细雨；（烹）（浇在食品上的）液态调料细流

GRE | GMAT
第三人称单数drizzles现在分词drizzling过去式drizzled过去分词drizzled

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drizzle/ˈdrɪzəl/|CET6+ TEM4
drizzling drizzled drizzles

1. N-UNCOUNT Drizzle is light rain falling in fine drops. 毛毛雨
   • The drizzle had now stopped and the sun was breaking through.
   细雨已经停了，太阳露出了脸。

2. V-I If it is drizzling, it is raining very lightly. 下毛毛雨
   • Clouds had come down and it was starting to drizzle.
   云压了下来，开始下起了毛毛雨。

foggy

• 简易

英/ˈfɒɡi/美/ˈfɑːɡi/
adj.有雾的，雾气茫茫的；迷糊的，朦胧的；模糊的，糊涂的

高中 | CET4 | CET6 | SAT
比较级foggier最高级foggiest

• 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

foggy/ˈfɒɡɪ/|CET4 TEM4
foggier foggiest

1. ADJ When it is foggy, there is fog. 有雾的
   • It’s quite foggy now.
   现在雾很大。

2. PHRASE If you say that you haven’t the foggiest or you haven’t the foggiest idea, you are emphasizing that you do not know something. 压根儿不知道
   • I did not have the foggiest idea what he meant.
   我压根儿不知道他是什么意思。

coast

• 简易

英/kəʊst/美/koʊst/
n.海岸，海滨；（车辆的）滑行

v.（人，车辆）滑行；毫不费力地做，（尤指）轻松获胜；不够努力，应付；沿海航行

【名】 （Coast）（英、美）科斯特（人名）

初中 | 高中 | CET4 | CET6 | 考研
复数coasts第三人称单数coasts现在分词coasting过去式coasted过去分词coasted

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coast/kəʊst/|CET4 TEM4
coasting coasted coasts

1. N-COUNT The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea. 海岸

   • Campsites are usually situated along the coast, close to beaches.
   宿营地通常都在海岸边，靠近沙滩的地方。

2. V-I If a vehicle coasts somewhere, it continues to move there with the motor switched off, or without being pushed or pedalled. (车辆的) 惯性滑行

   • He pushed in the clutch and coasted to a halt.
   他踩下离合器，滑行了一会儿便停下来了。