首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext]W: Hello, I’m Linda. Welcome to today’s program. I’m joined today
[originaltext]W: Hello, I’m Linda. Welcome to today’s program. I’m joined today
游客
2024-09-07
44
管理
问题
W: Hello, I’m Linda. Welcome to today’s program. I’m joined today by Finn. Hello Finn.
M: Hi Linda. You know, I’m happy you called me to present this program with you because I was there by my desk feeling a bit bored.
W: Okay. Then let’s make this a program all about boredom, shall we? And I’ll start by stimulating your imagination. How about challenging you to a question you might not know the answer to?
M: Okay, well, you can try. Go on then.
W: Well, I know you like the theatre.
M: I do. But it has to be an exciting play or I get bored.
W: Okay. I wonder how you’d feel watching the longest continuous play recorded?
M: That’s quite an offer. What do you mean?
W: According to The Guinness Book of Records, the longest continuous dramatic performance was held in New Jersey, in the US, in 2010. But do you know how long the cast was on stage for? Was it for about: a) 8 hours b) 17 hours c) 23 hours?
M: Wow! They’re all pretty long. I’ll say b) 17 hours, Linda.
W: It was even longer. The play lasted 23 hours, 33 minutes and 54 seconds.
M: Goodness!
W: Now, let’s talk more about boredom. I think this is a feeling we have to learn how to cope with.
M: Yes, we have to learn to deal with this situation successfully. People often feel they want to change their life, to change their job.
W: So you mean you’re bored with your job?
M: Yes. You know, even I sometimes dream of something a bit more exciting like being a professional diver or maybe even a pilot of a really fast plane.
W: Well, guess what: even pilots get bored, you know?
M: Not when they are flying anyway.
W: Wrong. When they’re up in the air!
M: No way! Really? I don’t believe you!
W: Well, Missy Cummings, an American fighter pilot, complains that pilots get bored because these fighter jets are very automated when it comes to just holding altitude and heading. So she turns everything in autopilot and starts listening to Oprah Winfrey TV shows.
M: Ah, so she listened to a show when flying?
W: Yes, indeed. But some experts think there’s something good about feeling bored.
M: Really?
W: Tiffany Watt-Smith from Centre for the History of Emotions at the Queen Mary University of London says that boredom is a very useful emotion. It’s an emotion which spurs people on to change something about their environment. If you’re bored, that gives rise to creativity.
M: So boredom spurs people on to change something.
W: So what are you going to do, Finn?How will you change your life?
M: Change my life? Okay. I’m going to book myself a fantastic holiday!
W: Yeah, it sounds very exciting. Thanks Finn. That’s it for this program. I hope you didn’t find it boring.
M: Not at all. I loved it!
This is the end of Conversation One. Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.
1. Why is the man happy to join the program?
2. How long is the longest play on stage?
3. Why would pilots feel bored when flying?
4. Why is boredom good?
5. What is Finn going to do to combat boredom?
选项
A、Because planes are very automated.
B、Because they are flying all the time.
C、Because they listen to TV shows.
D、Because they just hold altitude.
答案
A
解析
总结归纳题。问题问的是飞行员在飞行中为何会觉得无聊。Missy Cummings说: “…pilots get bored because these fighter jets are very automated when it comes to just holding altitude and heading.So she turns everything in autopilot and starts listening to Oprah Winfrey TV shows.”由此可见,原因是飞机自动化,在高度和方向不变时飞行员就无事可做了,因此答案为选项A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3747254.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]W:Withallyourexperienceofinterviewing,Michael,howcanyou
[originaltext]W:Welcometotoday’sprogram.TodaywehavetheCEOofGoogle.G
[originaltext]W:Welcometotoday’sprogram.TodaywehavetheCEOofGoogle.G
[originaltext]W:Welcometotoday’sprogram.TodaywehavetheCEOofGoogle.G
[originaltext]W:Comein!M:Hi,ProfessorJane!Doyouhaveaminute?W:Fredr
[originaltext]W:Comein!M:Hi,ProfessorJane!Doyouhaveaminute?W:Fredr
[originaltext]W:Comein!M:Hi,ProfessorJane!Doyouhaveaminute?W:Fredr
[originaltext]W:Departmentofartdesignandmedia,canIhelpyou?M:Yes.I’
[originaltext]W:Departmentofartdesignandmedia,canIhelpyou?M:Yes.I’
[originaltext]W:Departmentofartdesignandmedia,canIhelpyou?M:Yes.I’
随机试题
Everyotherweekitseemsanewstudycomesoutthataddstoouralready-for
IfyouareayoungishmanwhositsonaEuropeancorporateboard,youshould
SanFranciscoisanexcitingandbeautifulcityintheUSA.Itrisesonthep
以下各种情况中,属于死锁现象的是()A.某进程执行了死循环 B.某进程为了得
A.分离牵引肩关节 B.前后向滑动肩关节 C.后前向滑动肩关节 D.前屈向
A.单一血管蒂 B.主要血管加次要血管蒂 C.双主要血管蒂 D.节段性血管
患者,男性,64岁,嗜烟40年,吸烟指数>400。慢性咳嗽、咳痰近20年,每年冬
反馈信息是指 A.控制部分发出的信息B.受控变量的改变情况 C外界干扰的强
理性评判"服用膳食补充剂"的意见是A.获取营养素最简单有效的途径是合理饮食 B
某工程在混凝土施工过程中,由于称重设备发生故障后未按管理标准予以校准而继续使用,
最新回复
(
0
)