英语专八考试听力材料辅导练习

第第页英语专八考试听力材料辅导练习

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SECTIONAMINI-LECTURE

Inthissection,youwillhearamini-lecture.YouwillhearthelectureONCEONLY.Whilelistening,takenotesontheimportantpoints.Yournoteswillnotbemarked,butyouwillneedthemtocompleteagap-fillingtaskafterthemini-lecture.Whenthelectureisover,youllbegiventwominutestocheckyournotes,andanother10minutestocompletethegap-fillingtask.Nowlistentothemini-lecture.

IntroductoryLecturetoUniversityStudyGoodmorningandwelcometotheUniversityofWestlands.MynameisMarciaMayhewandImtheco-ordinatoroftheBachelorofSocialSciencedegreehereatthisuniversity.ThismorningIdliketotellyousomethingaboutthestructureoftheuniversityandaboutsomeoftherequirementsofthedegreethatyoureabouttoenter.

TheBachelorofSocialScienceisinonefacultywithintheuniversity:thatisthefacultywhereIamworking,knownasArtsandSocialSciences.HereonthiscampuswealsohavethefacultiesofArchitecture,Law,andScienceandTechnologyamongothers.

Firstletstakeabrieflookatthestructureofthefaculty.Itsimportanttoknowsomethingaboutthestructureofthefacultybecause,asyougothroughyourcourse,youmayneedtocallonmembersofthestafftohelpyou.Ouruniversityworksasahierarchicalsystem.Atthetopofthefacultywehaveadeanandbelowthedeanwehavethreedivisions;eachdivisionhasadivisionalheadandyourdegreeislocatedintheDivisionofSocialSciences.Withineachofthedivisions,therearethedepartmentsandeachoftheseoffersdifferentdegrees.

Forinstance,twoofthedepartmentswhichofferthemajorsubjectsforyourawardaretheDepartmentofSociologyandtheDepartmentofPsychology.Eachhasadepartmentalhead,butforpracticalpurposes,thepeopleyouaregoingtoseethemostofismyself,becauseIworkascoordinatorofthesocialsciencesdegreeandserveasabridgebetweenyouandthedepartments.Theothergroupofpeoplewhomyouwillalsoseeveryfrequentlyaretheactuallecturerswhoareteachingthesubjectsthatyouaretaking.

Forinstance,inthefirstsemesteryoullbedoingfoursubjects,namelypsychology,sociology,historyandeconomics,soyouwillbemeetinglecturersofthesesubjectsveryoften.Mostlikely,youmayseethemonceaweek,butsomeofthem,itispossibleforyoutomeetthemtwiceaweek.Ifyouhaveanyproblemsordifficulties,notthatImanticipatingyouwill,butyouneverknow,thenyoushouldgoandseeyourlecturers.

Forinstance,youmayfindthatyoucantmeetadeadlineforanessay,orperhapsyourehavingproblemswithattendance.Theseseemtobethetwomostcommonproblemsthatstudentsfaceonthiscampus.Inmostcases,yourlecturerswillhelpyoutosolveyourproblems.Ifyourlecturersareunavailable,youcanalwayscomeandseemeinmyoffice.ImavailableonWednesdayandThursdaymorningsandonFridayafternoonsaswell.Outsidethesehours,perhapsyoucouldringthesecretaryandmakeanappointment.UsuallyIwillfindtheearliestpossibletimetoseeyouanddiscussyourproblems.

Now,youllnotethatallofthesubjectswhichyouundertakeinthefirstyeararecomposedoflecturesandtutorials.Alectureisaboutanhourlongandatutorialusuallyrunsforabouttwohours.AlectureisratherlikewhatIamdoingnow,whereonepersonwilltalktoallofyoutogetheronasubject.Wedoaskyoutotrytoattendthelectures.Atutorialisperhapswheremostofthelearningoccursatauniversity.

Youwillbedividedintogroupsofbetween12and15studentsandeachweekoneofyouwillhavetopresentapieceofworktothegroupasawholeandthenthegroupwilldiscusswhatyouvesaid.Itsthisdiscussion,thise*changeofideas,whichreallyconstitutesthebasisofuniversitylearning,inmyview.Listeningtolecturesinmanywaysisjustgivingyouinformationthatyoucouldaccessforyourselfinthelibrary,butthediscussionatthetutorialisveryimportant.Thisdoesntmeanthatyoushouldntgotothelectures,though!

OtherfactorstobeparticularlyconcernedaboutarethestructureofessaysanddeliveryofwrittenmaterialandinparticularIwouldliketomentionthequestionofplagiarism.Plagiarismistakingotherpeoplesworkwithoutacknowledgingit,thatis,withoutsayingwhereitcomesfrom.Ofcourseallessaysarebasedonresearchdonebyotherpeoplebutyoumustremembertoattributetheworktotheoriginalwriter.Andwhileitsagoodideatoworkwithotherpeople,donthandinworkwhichise*actlythesameasyourfriendsworkbecausewewillnotice!Ifyoudontacknowledgethesourceofyourinformation,thenyouruntheriskoffailingthesubjectorinveryseriouscasesyoumightbedeniedentrytotheunive