seme4stwe he failed more than a third of the students and I was one of them. A: Oh, that‘s too bad.
B: Well, how do you find your English teacher? I don‘t think much of her, either. A: I find her kind, always willing to answer my questions; she always gives me high marks. B: You‘re rubbing salt into my wound. She failed me last semester.
MODEL3 Script Chris:
Publish or perish
Tell us, Professor Grant, What are your primary duties as a professor? Professor Grant: Well, I do a lot of research and writing. It‘s rough being an associate professor. It‘s publish or perish. Chris: So you spent a lot of time in your office? Professor Grant: Yes, but I also have to prepare class motes, give lectures, hold office hours. Teaching is an important part of being a professor. Chris: With all those responsibilities, you must make a lot of money. Professor Grant: I wish. Actually, I spend a lot of tome applying foe grants to fund my research. Then I can offer assistantships and scholarships to the worthy graduate. Chris: I see why they call you ―the boss‖. But being a professor sounds pretty competitive. Professor Grant: Actually, I think you were in one of my c
lasses… Chris: Um….I think you‘re mistaken, Professor Grant! Professor Grant: No, I remember very clearly now! You owe me an essay! Chris: Sorry, I have too much work to do for the Student Union Newsletter, and I have to work two jobs to pay for school. Professor Grant: So you get an F in this course.
Now Your Turn SAMPLE DIALOG
A: Professor Smith, I‘m from the Student Union newspaper. Many students want to
know a western professor‘s main duties and compare them with a Chinese professor‘s duties. B: Well, I do a lot of research and writing. It‘s tough to be a professor. A: Chinese professor are also facing increasing pressure, as they are required to do more research than before. Professor Smith, do you spend al lot of time on teaching? B: Yes, I have to prepare class notes, give lectures, host seminar, and hold office hours. In fact, teaching is an important part of being a professor, though some professors believe that research is more important than teaching. A: With all those responsibilities, you must make a lot of money, I suppose. B: I wish. Salary is a sensitive topic in the west. Let me say something about research funds. Actually I spend a lot of time applying for grant
s to fund my research. A: How are you going to use the grants? B: With that money, I can offer assistantships and scholarship to graduate students who can help with my research project. A: Now I see why they call you ―boss‖. But being a professor sounds pretty competitive. B: That‘s true. A lot of young teachers want to be promoted to a professorship. A: What you said has given us a fairly clear picture of a western professor‘s primary responsibilities. Thank you very much for your time. B: You‘re welcome
V. Let’s Talk Script and key
Interviewee: It's a really difficult balance to strike, actually maintaining the quality but making sure as many young people as possible and older people as well--there's been a surge in the number of over 25s aplying, and we take many people who are over 25. But we've got to get that balance right. It's going to be terribly difficult for us next year. Hostess: Given the cuts that the government announced a couple of weeks ago, and the numbers that we know in terms of application, where are you going to draw that line? Are you going to have to look at cutting intake in order to maintain the quality of the courses? Interviewee: We're trying not to cut the int
ake at the moment. But what it means is we are going to have to be extra-cautious in the number of offers we make, because we simply cannot afford to go over our quota of the number of
places that we can offer. Because if we do, it means that we could be fined, or we just simply haven't got enough money to make sure the students' experience is right. So it means that maybe last year we would allow a few more people to have an offer. This year is going to be tougher. Hostess: Do you lay some of the blame for the situation at the door of the government? Interviewee: If you look to France,Sarkozy is actually increasing the budget for higher education. Obama in the U.S. has done the same thing. So we are just slightly puzzled as to why the government seems to be cutting back on higher education rather than pumping more money into what we think is a that is absolutely vital for the economy.
VI.
Further Listening and Speaking
Task1: Problems with our educational system Script Hi, everybody. My topic today is ―Problems with Our Educational System‖. There are a lot of things in our educational system that I don‘t agree with. It seems that educators ju
st want to give standardized tests, which focus only on academic performance but neglect students‘ abilities and interests in other areas. I think there‘re a lot of people who are very intelligent, but haven‘t had the opportunities they could‘ve had, had they been educated in a broader-minded educational systems. I feel that a lot of courses that students are focused to take in high school are too academic, and, as a result, many kids lost their interest in learning. Educators have failed to recognize various kinds of intelligence. They often exert a lot of pressure on students to be as well-rounded as possible. I think being well-rounded isn‘t really possible. And as a consequence some students who are believed to be intelligent can‘t get into good colleges if they, for example, haven‘t scored well on the math section, even if they ate brilliant writers. Another thing that disturbs me is that the so-called ―weak students‖ are separated from the rest of the school. Some kids are kept in a separate class id their grades are lower then others. And they‘ve very aware of their social position, you know. I think it causes them to act in a way that is not really positive. They‘re just acting in a way that they are expected to act. Often their grades go from bad to worse. And that‘s pretty sad to me. I think that man
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