IELTS Listening Part 3: A Field Trip on Coastal Erosion

Part Three. You will hear two geography students discussing their field trip with their tutor.

第三部分。你将听到两名地理系学生和导师讨论他们的实地考察。

First, you have some time to look at questions twenty-one to twenty-five.

首先，你有一些时间阅读第二十一至第二十五题。

Now listen carefully and answer questions twenty-one to twenty-five.

现在请仔细听，并回答第二十一至第二十五题。

So, how was the trip to Wenbury?

那么，去Wenbury的考察怎么样？

Amazing! Though it was freezing on the cliffs!

太棒了！就是悬崖上冷得要命！

We measured how far the cliff edge has moved.

我们测量了崖边后退了多远。

It's losing about two metres every year.

每年大约会消失两米。

Two metres? That's faster than I thought.

两米？比我想的快。

And the locals say the storms are getting worse, too.

当地人还说，风暴也越来越严重了。

One café owner told us she'd lost half her garden.

一位咖啡馆老板告诉我们，她的花园已经没了一半。

She's lived there for forty years. It was really upsetting.

她在那里住了四十年。听着真让人难过。

Stories like that will make your report much stronger.

这样的故事会让你们的报告更有说服力。

We recorded six interviews altogether.

我们一共录了六段采访。

Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions twenty-six to thirty.

在听对话的剩余部分之前，你有一些时间阅读第二十六至第三十题。

Now listen and answer questions twenty-six to thirty.

现在请听，并回答第二十六至第三十题。

Now, what did you conclude about protecting the coast?

那么，关于保护海岸，你们得出了什么结论？

I think the council should build more sea walls.

我觉得市政府应该多建一些海堤。

Hmm, I'm not so sure about that.

嗯，我不太确定。

Sea walls protect one village, but the erosion just moves further along the coast.

海堤能保护一个村子，但侵蚀只是转移到海岸更远的地方。

But you can't just let people's homes fall into the sea!

可总不能眼看着人家的房子掉进海里吧！

You both make good points. That's exactly the debate.

你们俩说得都有道理。这正是争论的焦点。

In your report, present both options fairly,

在报告里，要公平地呈现两种方案，

and include the cost of each one.

并写出每种方案的成本。

Should we use the old photos from the town archive?

我们要不要用镇档案馆的老照片？

Absolutely! Comparing them with today's coastline will be really powerful.

当然！和今天的海岸线一对比，效果会非常震撼。

And the word limit is three thousand, isn't it?

字数上限是三千词，对吧？

That's right. And it's due on the twentieth of May.

对。截止日期是5月20日。

Better start writing, then, Ben!

那你最好赶紧开始写了，Ben！

Ha! Fair enough.

哈！说得也是。

That is the end of Part Three.

第三部分到此结束。