《听见英国》第27练：要求重新考试 (MP3和文本下载)

Unit 7 study  在英国求学
Listening 3 Exam Retakes 要求重新考试

英语听力原文：
(knock knock)
Supervisor:Come in.Hi,Kei.
Kei:Hi,may I talk to you now?
S:Sure.
K:Urm,I'm a bit worried about my exam results.
S:Oh,are you?
K:Well,in Japan,if I fail the year-end examination,I can still stay in the same year.But in England,I heard that students have got to leave the university.Is it correct?
S:Well,it depends on the circumstances.Often,if a students has been ill or had personal problems,they can take a year off-and then,redo exams and rejoin the course where they left off.I may be possible to redo a year,but it's not common.
K:It's not common to redo a year in England?Do they automatically have to leave the university?
S:Not automatically.They only have to leave if they've done no work.They will get several warnings.In general,once a student is accepted-and the entry procedure is quite rigorous-the university doesn't like failures and so will hope to aware of problems before they become too serious.
K:It's the same with Japanese universities.But is there another alternative so that the student doesn't have to leave the university?
S:Oh,yes.Another alternative is a non-honours degree.For example,if a student's course work is good,but examinations are poor or not taken.Each case is judged on its merits.Generally,students with problems are warned,take resits and then either proceed or not-through mutual discussion.Repeating a year is unusual-though it may be possible to do this by transferring to another university.
K:OK,now I understand.Thank you for your time.Bye.
S:Bye.

英语听力翻译：
（敲门声）
辅导员：请进，嗨，凯依。
凯依：嗨，我可以跟你谈一下吗？
辅导员：当然。
凯依：呃，我有点担心我的考试成绩。
辅导员：喔，是吗？
凯依：嗯，在日本，如果期末考不及格，我可以留级重念一年。但是在英国，我听说学生会被退学，真的是这样吗？
辅导员：嗯，这要看情况。通常，如果学生生病了，或是有一些个人问题，他们可以休学一年——然后重新参加考试，重新加入之前中断的课程。是有可能重念一年，但是这种情况不常见。
凯依：英国重念一年的情况不多？他们会自动被退学吗？
辅导员：不是自动，除非学生课业上一点进展也没有，才必须离开学校。他们会受到好几次警告。一般来说，一旦接受学生入学——我们审核入学的过程是相当严谨的——学校也不希望学生半途而废，所以会希望能及早注意到学生的问题，以免问题愈来愈严重。
凯依：日本的大学也是这样。但是有没有其他选择，可以让学生不用离开学校？
辅导员：喔，有的。另一个选择是拿“非优异学位”，比方说一个学生课堂表现很好，但是考试成绩很差或没有参加考试。每一个个案都必须经过个别处理审核。一般来说，有问题的学术会受到警告，补考，然后不是升级就是退学——在双方讨论过之后。重念一年的例子很少——不过如果转学到另一所大学确实有可能重念同一个年级。
凯依：好的，现在我了解了。谢谢你花时间解释，再见。
辅导员：再见。

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英语听力测试任务1：
接下来听到的对话中，用到了1~10 所列出的单字和片语，请从（A）~（J）中选出意思最接近的选项。
1.  circumstance                  (A) opposite of pass or success
2.  common                      (B) a notice in advance of danger or bad situation
3.  warning                       (C) severe or hard
4.  procedure                     (D) to move from one place to another place
5.  rigorous                       (E) a set of actions
6.  failure                        (F) each other
7.  alternative                     (G) a choice
8.  degree                        (H) situation
9.  mutual                        (I ) ordinary or usual
10. transfer                      (J) an academic qualification given by a college or university to a student who has completed a course of study

答案：1.H  2.I  3.B 4.E  5.C  6.A  7.G  8.J  9.H  10.D

英语听力测试任务2：
请根据对话内容，选出一个正确的答案。
Who is Kei discussing with?
(A) An academic supervisor
(B) A university administrative staff
(C) A university student

答案：A

英语听力测试任务3：
请根据对话内容，选出一个正确的答案。
1. If Kei fails this year-end examinations, does she have to leave this university?
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) It depends on what happens in her case.
2. When can students claim to take a year off?
(A) Before the year-end examination
(B) After the results of the year-end examination
(C) Not stated in the conversation

3. If the results of the examinations are not good, what happens next to Kei?

4.  What’s an alternative choice?
(A) A course work
(B) Examinations
(C) A non-honours degree
5.  When can a non-honours degree be given?
   (A) A student’s examinations are poor but course work is good.
   (B) A student’s examinations are good but course work is poor.
   (C) Both a student’s examinations and course work are good.

答案：1.C  2.C  3.A  4.C  5.A

英语听力测试任务4：
请根据对话内容，判断下面句子是否正确，如果符合对话内容，请在T做记号，如果不符合，请在F做记号。
1. Kei hopes to make sure whether she passed the year-end exam.
2. Depending on the circumstances, Kei can take a year off.
3. It’s common to redo a year in England.
4. After resits, warnings are given.
5. Transferring to another university is possible.

答案：1.F  2.T  3.F  4.F  5.T

英语听力测试任务5：
请再听一次对话，然后在1~3的空格中， 分别填入（A），（B），（C）三个选项。
（A） Rejoin the course
（B） Non-honours degree
（C） Take a year off

答案：1.C  2.A  3.B

英语文化常识普及：
英国大学生多半在入时离开父母和家庭独自生活，许多学生，尤其是刚入学的一年级新生，会住进学校宿舍，有些人则是和同学或朋友一起租公寓或房子住。
英国的法定饮酒年龄是18岁，大学里设有学生酒吧，常常座无虚席。
此外，英国的大学录取率比台湾低很多，只有不到10% ，而且多半是三年制的大学。