2016年TPO8托福口语Task3原文及参考

TPO8口语Task3题目：
　　Passage
　　Music Coming to Cafeterias
　　Mary Dixon, Director of the Student Life Committee, announced yesterday that beginning next semester, university cafeterias will broadcast classical music during mealtimes. "Music will foster a more relaxed atmosphere", said Dixon. “Students’ lives are hectic, and mealtimes provide important opportunities to take a break and catch up with friends before moving on to the next class or assignment.” Added Dixon, “We’re hoping that, if we provide the music, students will unplug their music devices their walkmans and mp3 players or whatever and will spend more time talking to each other. When students have their headphones on, they’re not connecting with each other.”
　　Conversation
　　Now listen to two students discussing the university’s plan.
　　Man: Have you read this article? Are they serious?
　　Woman: Yeah, I think so. Why?
　　Man: Well, first of all, a lot of kids aren’t looking for relaxing breaks at lunch time. They like to study while they, especially while they have exams coming up or some assignments they have to get done.
　　Woman: Yeah, that’s true.
　　Man: And now they won’t be able to concentrate. This is gonna be very distracting.
　　Woman: Hmmm. Ok, yeah, I see your point.
　　Man: And second, most students don’t like classical music.
　　Woman: It’s certainly not what I listen to.
　　Man: So, are people going to stop listening to their own music?
　　Woman: No!
　　Man: I think people are going to be even more likely to bring their mp3 player, you know, to play their own music and block out the classical stuff.
　　Woman: Yeah, that makes sense.
　　Question
　　The man expresses his opinion about the university’s plan. State his opinion and explain the reasons he gives for holding that opinion.
　　Key Points
　　1. relaxing & a break
　　2. personal devices & connecting
　　TPO8口语Task3参考答案(范文模板)：
　　The man doesn’t agree with the school’s plan to broadcast classical music during mealtimes in the cafeteria. According to the school, classical music can help students relax since their schedule is rather tight, but the man says most students don’t want a break at lunch time. Instead, they wanna study, esp. if they have exams orassignments coming up. So rather than a relaxation, the music could actually be a distraction. The school also notes if classical music is played in the cafeteria, the students would unplug their personalmusic devices to enjoy the classical music and meanwhile, starttalking to each other more often, but the man says on the contrary, there’ll be less communication among students, not more since most students don’t even like classical music. If the music is played, they would start to put on their MP3 in order to block it out.

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