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第一套:

第一篇

Hello,professorMillar.CanIhaveafewminutesofyourtime?

Oh!

Hello,Mike.Comeonin.I’mallears.

Ineedtotalktoyou.I’vemissedseveralclassesandIhavebeenlatealotrecently,andI’dliketoexplainmysituationandaskforyouradvice.

Good!

Iwasactuallyhopingtorunintoyou.Youknow,you’vebeendoingwellinclassuntilquiterecently.So,I’dreallyhatetoseeyouputyourgradeinrisk.Unnecessarilylikethat.Yourealizethatanymoreabsenceswillnegativelyimpactyourgrade.So,what’sup?

Yeah,Iknow,well,it’slikethis.AbouttwoweeksagoItookonanotherpart-timejob.Withtherecenttuitionincreases,I’monarealtightbudgetnow.Uh…SoIworklateatnightinabakery,andafternoonsatenvironmentalsystems.

Oh,theprestigiousenvironmentalsystems!

Thatmustbeaniceplacetowork.

Yeah,theyoffermeajob-workonaproject-soIjumpedattheopportunitytoearnsomemoremoneyforcollege.SoI’vebeenworkinglonghours.Andontopofthat,Ihavetotakethebus,andyouknowhowthebusesruninthemorning.

Yeah,tellmeaboutit.Buttherealproblemisthough,lookslikeyou’vebeatoffmorethanyoucanchew;Mike.ThewayIseeit,youareoverextended.Yourjobsleaveyouexhausted,soyoumissclassorcomelate.

Exactly!

I’mreallytiredinthemorning.Soithasbeenhardtomakeittillyour8:

00AMclass.

Andmyclassisnotexactlyabreezeeither,right?

You’vemissedalotofimportantmaterialalready.Yourealizethemidtermiscomingupin3weeks.Iwillbeconcernedaboutyourperformanceonthemidterm.

Iamworriedaboutmygrade.I’mbetweenarockandahardplace.Buttheprojectattheenvironmentalsystemswilllastonlyinanother4weeks.Idon’tknowwhattodo.Ineedyourclassforgraduation,soIcan’tdropit.

Well,letmethink.Uh…Ihadastudentdropoutfrommy10:

00AMclass.Tellyouwhat.Consideringyourgreatperformanceuntilrecentlyandthefactthatyourworksituationisonlytemporary,I’mwillingtoletyoucometomy10o’clocksectioninstead.Isthatgonnaworkforyou?

Oh!

Thankyou.Ireallyappreciateit.

Well.I’mgladwe’vebeenabletosortthingsout（整顿事情）,Mike.Seeyouinclass.

Thanksagain,professorMillar.Bye.

第二篇

Um…CanIhelpyouwithsomething?

Yeah…yeahactuallyI’m…havingalittletroubleaccessingmeonlinedatabase.Iwassupposedtogoonlineanddownloadanarticle,butitcan’tquiteseemtogetit.ImeanIdon’tevenknowwheretostartreally.AndIhavetohaveitreadby3:

00todayforaclassdiscussionorI’msunk.

Well,OK.Holdupthere.Firstyouneedtogetoutofthelibrarycatalogandleft-clickontheelectronicmedia.That’stheicondownthereontheleftofthescreen.It’srightunderbranchlibraryresources.

Thisone

Yeah,double-clickonthat.Thereyougo.Nowwhichcollegeareyouin?

ArtsandSciencesorEngineeringorBusinessor…?

ArtsandSciences

Sothenclickonthat,andyou’llgetalistofsub-topics.Soagain,justchoosewhichoneyouwant.Youhavetoscrollthroughthelist.It’sinalphabeticalorder.Doyouknowthenameofthedatabase?

It’ssupposedtobeaBibliographyforEast-AsianStudies.I’mstudyinginJapaneseliterature.It’scalledtheBA…something…ormaybetheBE.

TheBEAS,theBibliographyofEast-AsianStudies.Yes,it’srightthere.Double-clickonthetitle.Nowdoyouknowthenameofthejournalyouarelookingfor?

Yes,it’swrittendownhereonthesyllabus.Itsays…holdon…letmesee.Itsays“InferringGenderRolesfromClassicalJapanesePoetry”.

OK,butwhataboutthejournaltitle?

Oh,right.OK,Ithinkthisisit,“theReviewofAsianLiterature”.

Andthedate

December1994.

OK,thereitis.Nowallyouhavetodoisdownloadit.Don’tsaveittofile,justopenit.Doyouknowyourstudentnumber?

Yes.

Good!

Youneedtoenterthattoprintthearticle.ClickprintandthenenteryourIDnumberattheprompt.Theprinterisoverthereinthecorner.It’salittleslow.Soyoumighthavetowaitaminuteortwoforthepagestostartcomingout.

第三篇Music

Right,let’sgetstarted.Today,wearegoingtotalkaboutthebeginningsofthemusicprintingindustry.Well,everyone'sheardofGutenbergandhisfamous42-lineBible,right?

Thewholeideawasthatitwasprintedformovabletypemeaning...ah...asmallnumberofdifferentsymbols,lotsofthealphabet,punctuationmarksandsooncouldbeeasilycombinetoprintapageoftext.Andthenrecombinetoprintsomethingelsewhentheprintonewasfinished.Beforethis,ifyouwantabook,ithadtobecopiedoutbyhand,whichwasslowanddefinitelynotcheap.Todayistextbook,socomparison.Anotherproblemwasthatevenathighprices,thereweren'tenoughpeoplewhocouldreadandwriteandwhoarewillingtositfor8or10hoursadaycopyingbooks.Beforemovabletype,peoplemadeprintingblocksfromwood.Thisneededalotofskillandwasalsoverytime-consuming.Sowasonlyfeasibleforshortworkswithhighexpectedsalesandofcourseyoucouldn'tsetupnewtextonawoodblock.Whatwoodblocksweregoodforwasillustrationandcontinuetobeusedforthisuntil17century.Yes.

Sodidtheintroductionofmovabletypeprintingmeanthatpeoplewhowroteoutthebooksthe,ah...scribesIguesswouldhavegoneoutofbusinessovernight?

Well,actuallythetransitionwasalotmoregradualthanthat.Foronethingtheearlyprintingpresseshadahardtimekeepingupwiththedemand.Gutenberg'sBibleissoldoutlongbeforethelastcopiescomeofftheprice.Andtherewasstillamarketforlavishlyillustratorthancoloredbooksliketheprayerbooksknownasbookofhours.Andofcoursepaperwerestillverycostly,soprinterswouldwhentaketherestofpublishingbookswithexpectedgoodsales.TheBible,forinstance,hencealotofbookscontinuetocirculateinmanualscript.So,whataboutmusic?

Well,Gutenberg’sBiblefirstappearedaround1454.Butthefirstseriousmusicprintingformovabletypewasn'ttillaround1500to1501.WhentheonthedayPetrucci,publicscollectioncalledharmonice,musices,odhecaton.Letmewritethosenamesontheboardforyou.ThewordottavianodeicomesfromtwoGreekwords.Odaylikeouroldmeaningsong,andodhecatonmeaningahundred,thoughinfactthereseemtobeonly96piecesinthecollection,soIhopeonedisappointed,Ok,sowhydoyouthinkittooknearly50yearsbeforeGutenberg’smessagewereappliedtomusicprinting.

Well,Iguessmusic’salotmoredifficultthanwordstoprint?

Yes,you'requiteright.That'soneveryimportantreason.InfactPetruccitookataprivilegeofbusinesslicenseifyouliketoprintmusicfromrepublicofVenusin1498.Butittookmoreacoupleofyearstoperfectitssystemandbringoutits1stedition.Atfirst,perchuchihadtousetechniquecalledtripleimpression.So,heprintedthestafflinesfirst,thenthenotes,thenthewords.Laterhemanagedtoreducethistotwoimpressionsbyaprintingstafflinesandtexttogether.Ofcoursethisdependsonbeingabletoalignthepaperveryaccuratelyinthepresseachtime.Stilltherewasnowherenearesthardiscurvingwoodblockssurroundingmanualscriptsbyhandandresultsforsomeofthemostbeautifulshiftmusiceverprinted.Ithinkyoucanseethatevenfromyourphotocopiedhandouts.Ithinktheremaybeanotherreason.

Wasitmaybethattherewasn'tatallthatmuchdemand?

Iguessnoteverybodycanread,Imean,regularbooksandonlyaveryfewofthosewhocouldreadwordscouldreadmusicaswell.

Yes,that'strue.Therewassomedemandfor,butoverall,printerswanttomakealeavingsoconcentrateonthematerialwouldwidenitspossibleappeal.Stillwastherenaissance’sanincreasinginterestinallkindsoflearning,peoplewouldleisureandeducationwouldbecomemoreinterestedinmusic.Petruccidesignedhisbooktolookasmuchlikeanexpensivemanuscriptaspossiblewithelegantandinitialcapitalsandspaciousandcladderedlayout.Andhemadeachoiceofrepertoirewithalotofpiecesthatmustbewell-knowninhisday.

SoPetrucciwasaimingatpeoplewhowantedplayormaybehearfamiliarmusic,butwhowouldn'tbeabletoaffordlavishmanualscript.

Yes,Ithinkthat'squitegoodinsight.IthinktoothePetrucciwasaimingatsocialclaimersaswellasmusiclovers.I'mnotsayinghismusicwasn'tused,butmaybehispublicationswereabitlikethecoffeetablebooksoftheday,mainlyfordisplayaswellasforuse.Hepriceshiscollectionstobewithinthemeansofgentry,merchantsandevenartisansandtheycertainlysoldinlargenumbers.Hewasthe1sttoseeapotentialmarketforprintedmusic.Andinthebigwayheactuallyhelpstocreatethatmarket.

第四篇MarineBiology

Let'sconcludeourdiscussionofthedistinctFloridamammalswiththeMonachustropicalis（海豹名字的另一种语言）ortoputitinplainEnglishtheCaribbeanMonkseal.NotmuchisknownabouttheCaribbeanMonksealbecauseitwasnotstudiedindepthbyzoologistuntilafterit’dalreadyvanished,althoughtherewerereportedsightingsbysailorsasrecentlyas1984,thelastdocumentedsightingwasin1952.Howeveritwasn'tofficiallyincludedonthelistofextinctspeciesuntil1996.SomescientistsspeculatethatisolatedpopulationsmightstillexistsomewhereintheCaribbean,althoughquitefranklymostmarinebiologistsfeelthat’smostlywishfulthinking.ThesealsrangestretchedfromFloridaallovertheCaribbeanSea,itwasfoundinHeidi,theBahamas,Barbados,well,generallythroughouttheWestIndians.Thelittlehasknownaboutthelifecircleoftheseal,wedoknowthat