CET-6 Listening Long Conversation: Changing a Dissertation Topic

Conversation Two.

對話二。

Professor Hart, do you have a minute? It's about my dissertation.

Hart教授，您有空嗎？是關於我的畢業論文。

Of course, Mia. Come in and sit down.

當然，Mia。進來坐吧。

I think I need to change my topic completely.

我覺得我得整個換題目。

Completely? You're already two months into it.

整個換？妳已經做了兩個月了。

What's gone wrong?

出了什麼問題？

I wanted to study how phones affect teenagers' sleep.

我想研究手機對青少年睡眠的影響。

But three schools have now refused to let me survey their students.

可是已經有三所學校拒絕讓我對他們的學生做問卷了。

Without them, I only have about forty people.

少了他們，我只有大約四十個人。

That's not enough for any real conclusions.

這樣根本不夠得出真正的結論。

I understand. But starting again now would be a big risk.

我了解。但現在重新開始風險很大。

Have you thought about narrowing the question instead?

妳有沒有想過把研究問題縮小一點？

Forty people is too few for a survey,

四十個人做問卷太少了，

but it's plenty for detailed interviews.

但做深度訪談就很夠了。

You could ask them to keep a sleep diary for two weeks,

妳可以請他們寫兩週的睡眠日記，

and then talk to each of them about their habits.

然後再跟每個人聊聊他們的習慣。

So I'd go deeper instead of wider?

所以我要做得深，而不是做得廣？

Exactly. And all the reading you've done is still useful.

沒錯。而且妳讀過的資料都還用得上。

That's a relief! I thought I'd wasted two months.

鬆了一口氣！我還以為自己浪費了兩個月。

Send me a one-page plan by Friday, and we'll check it together.

星期五前寄給我一頁的計畫，我們一起看看。

Questions five to eight are based on the conversation you have just heard.

第5題到第8題根據你剛才聽到的對話。

Question five. Why does the woman want to change her topic?

第5題。女子為什麼想換題目？

Question six. What does the professor think about starting again?

第6題。教授對重新開始有什麼看法？

Question seven. What does the professor suggest she do?

第7題。教授建議她怎麼做？

Question eight. What must the woman do by Friday?

第8題。女子在星期五前必須做什麼？

Thank you, Professor. I feel so much better.

謝謝您，教授。我覺得好多了。

Good research is often just a smaller question, asked well.

好的研究，往往只是把一個更小的問題問好。