TPO 9
9-1
谈谈最近一次对你来说很重要的经历，详细描述事件的经过并说明它为什么对你有重要的意义。
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I recently spent a year studying abroad in China, and I found the experience to be engaging and worthwhile. Living alone in a foreign country allowed me to be truly independent for a year, and I feel like I have matured greatly from the experience. I now know how to better manage my money, how to plan my days out, and more. In addition, my Chinese speaking ability has improved dramatically. Using Chinese to speak to people around me every day helped my Chinese improve a lot, so the effects of my China trip are still with me every day.
9-2
有些人认为家庭成员对年轻人的影响最重要，而另一些人认为来自他们朋友们的影响最重要。你同意哪个观点？阐述你的理由。
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I believe that influences change as you progress through life. For example, the family is definitely most important in influencing young children. However, for young adults, I believe that friends have the most influence. Young adults seek independence from their parents, and naturally seek to be different from them. They feel like they can really be themselves with their friends, but at the same time, if they see a quality they like in a friend, they try to act the same way. Young people want to be proud of themselves, and make personalities from their interests and from good qualities they see in friends.
9-3
阅读材料：对工作经验的要求
州立大学经济学系即将要求所有学生参加系里的一个实习项目，项目要求学生在一个当地的公司或者小企业中工作一个学期以积累工作经验。校方认为此举对学生大有裨益，因为这会利于开发学生们的领导和组织能力，而这两种能力在日常的课堂上和校园环境中都不能得到锻炼与培养。此外，学生与实习公司建立起来的联系可能对这些完成了实习项目并顺利毕业的学生在那个公司谋得一份稳定工作有所帮助。
题目：对话中的女生阐述了她对大学新政策的态度。请陈述她的观点以及她所给出的原因。
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The business studies department at the university is planning to put in a new plan in which all business students are required to work at a local business for at least a year before they graduate, to help them get work experience and to help them get jobs later. The woman thinks the plan is a bad idea. She claims that the work that the company has the students do is not useful; oftentimes they just file paperwork or do basic office jobs. This is not useful experience, as students are looking to gain leadership and organizational skills from these internships. Also, she says that many universities in the area have similar programs, and there will still be strong competition for jobs after graduation.
9-4
阅读材料：定场镜头
电影导演运用不同的拍摄镜头以达到不同的特定效果。定场镜头是在电影开始的一个概括性镜头，通常是远景，它为整部电影情节的展开提供了总体的情境和背景。定场镜头的一个目的是向观众传达电影的背景信息，如环境，即故事发生的时间和地点。它也用于营造整部电影的气氛和感情基调。通过定场镜头所提供的情境，观众能够更好地理解接下来要出场的角色和即将被讲述的事件。
题目：运用教授给出的例子解释什么是定场镜头及其作用机制。
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An establishing shot is the image that directors place at the beginning of a movie scene that is used to establish the setting and mood of the scene. It usually starts off from far away to provide context, then jumps into the scene. The professor explains it by using the example of a movie he saw. He describes the establishing shot of the movie as detailed; he saw a large city and signs that let him know that the time period was around the 1940s. Also, there was a lot of darkness, only broken by the streetlights. This let the professor know that the mood was gloomy and somber. Even before the detectives came on screen, he knew it is a mystery movie, all because of the establishing shot.
9-5
简要概括对话中人们所讨论的问题，并陈述你推荐哪种解决方案及其原因。
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This is a bad situation for the woman; mid-term exams are coming at her university, but a water pipe problem is forcing her to move out of her apartment. She talks to the man, and they come up with two possible solutions. For one, she could move in with her friends. Alternatively, she can live in a hotel for a week or two. I believe that she should live with her friends. While the hotel has more private study space, it will cost her money that she does not need to spend. She can sleep in her friend’s room but spend most of her day studying at the library or somewhere else on campus.
9-6
运用课堂中的观点来解释西番莲和马铃薯对昆虫的防御机制。
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Many plants protect themselves from being eaten by insects by using either physical or chemical methods. The professor talks about the passion plant and the potato plant. The passion plant is densely covered in spiky hairs that are all over the plant and its leaves. These spiky hairs give the insects no space to land, and so physically protect the plant from being eaten by flies. The potato plant uses chemical methods to keep bugs off. When bugs land on its leaves and eat, the potato plant releases a chemical that makes the bug feel full, and so it will stop eating more of the plant because it feels like it doesn’t need to. These two kinds of method both help keep plants healthy and alive.