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第1段
1 .<-NARRATOR:-> Now listen to two students discussing the article.
两个学生正在讨论这篇文章,请听他们的对话。
第2段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> What on Earth is the university thinking?
学校到底在想什么?
第3段
1 .<-MALE STUDENT:-> Huh? What do you mean?
啊?什么意思?
第4段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Well...those buildings aren't just used for classes...
这些教学楼不是只用来上课的。
2 .that's where my evening study group usually meets.
我们晚间学习小组经常就在那儿一起学习。
第5段
1 .<-MALE STUDENT:-> [realizing] Oh, oh of course...that's true...
哦,对对,没错。
2 .but you could go to the library instead.
不过你们还可以去图书馆啊。
第6段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Yeah ... but the library only has a few rooms that people can use for group meetings,
对,可是图书馆里只有几间可以用来小组学习的房间,
2 .which is why classrooms have been so convenient.
这就是为什么教室里要方便得多了。
3 .But now, if it's winter and cold, where can we go?
但是现在这个样子,到了冬天很冷的时候,我们还能去哪里呢?
第7段
1 .<-MALE STUDENT:-> Right ...in the middle of winter,
没错!大冬天的,
2 .forget it ... or even if it's just kinda cold out...
算了吧,就算外面只是稍微有点冷也受不了啊。
第8段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->...it'd be pretty unpleasant.
到时候会很讨厌的。
第9段
1 .<-MALE STUDENT:-> Oh but still, they obviously have to do something about the situation.
但是不管怎么说,他们很明显得对这种状况做点什么。
第10段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Oh, I agree they have to do something,
我赞成。他们是得做些什么,
2 .but they should find a solution that isn't so disruptive...to academics no less.
但是应该找到一种不那么有破坏性的解决方案,至少得不影响我们的学习。
第11段
1 .<-MALE STUDENT:-> Such as...?
比如说?
第12段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Well, for one, if they replaced all those old windows ...
比如,他们如果能把所有那些旧窗户换了就好了。
2 .they're so drafty...
那些窗户漏风太厉害了,
3 .they let the cold in...
把寒气全放进来了。
4 .And if they insulated the buildings better...
还有,他们如果能加强一下教学楼的御寒性能就更好了,
5 .These are really old buildings...charming, but...
这些教学楼里太冷了。很美观,但是......
第13段
1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->...but not at all energy efficient.
但是一点儿都不节能,
2 .Yeah, you're probably right.
没错,你也许是对的。
第14段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> There are some really basic improvements they could make that'd make a huge difference in the long term...
有一些很基本的改善措施是他们可以做的,长期来看这些措施会带来巨大的变化,
2 .that could solve the problem and still leave us somewhere to study.
而且还能既解决问题又让我们有可以学习的地方。