托福口语Task 5话题概述及答题要点

找不到教室

TPO 04

so I'm not sure where my class is. I think I remember it was supposed to be here in Smith Hall.

学习小组低效

TPO 06

We are not getting much studying done. And, you know, not all of us did very well on your last quiz. We've all become good friends and we joke around a lot instead of studying.

论文快截止，但电脑坏了。

TPO 07

My computer broke yesterday, so it's at the shop being repaired. It won't be ready until the end of next week, which is when all my papers are due.

论文快截止，但停电了。

TPO 10

I have a history paper due tomorrow, and I've been writing it on my laptop computer and the battery is running low. I'm going to need electricity soon.

下周需要某教材，但书店没货了。

TPO 16

Hey Steve, did you get that book on the Russian Revolution professor Harper wants us to read?

No, none of the bookstores in the campus area had it in stock. They will get it in about two weeks.

Hmm…so what are you gonna do in the meantime? Remember we are going to be discussing the book starting next Tuesday.

快到截止日期才拿回论文草稿，只有一天修改时间。

TPO 17

I just got the first draft of my research paper from Professor Stone. …Yeah, I am worried. I only have one day to review all these comments and write my final draft. He made a lot of suggestions.

上课忘带要交的论文

TPO 18

You got your paper done for class today?

No, I just realized it's sitting on my desk. I wrote it last night, but I forgot to bring it with me.

课题项目的指导老师要去外地教书。

TPO 20

Professor Green's been invited to teach at a university in France for a semester and obviously I still need a lot of help with the project.

咖啡溅到论文上。

TPO 22

Well, I was just in the cafeteria eating lunch and reading it over one last time and I spilled some soup on it and the class starts in fifteen minutes. It's not huge but you can definitely see it and several of the pages got wet.

课堂演讲即将开始，但因为飞机晚点很疲惫。

TPO 29

I hardly got any sleep, just a short nap on the plane. And I am supposed to, I can't believe it, I am supposed to give a presentation in my history class today, an hour from now. It's a ten-minute presentation on a paper I wrote. And then there's an answer, a question-and-answer session afterward, where the professor and other students ask me questions about my history paper and stuff.

任务太多，且同一时间截止，没有足够时间完成。

TPO 32

Well, I just have so many assignments. I've got three major research papers to do and they all due, basically, at the same time, in two weeks. And between my job and classes, there just aren't enough hours in the day to get them all done.

历史课论文，需要的素材不可用。

TPO 42

I'm trying to decide what to do about the paper for my history class. A big part of the assignment is working with original historical documents.

The librarian just told me that the documents I was planning to use aren't available right now. They are old newspapers and they were in pretty bad shape, so the library sent them out for repairs, like, restoration work.

实验报告不合格，需要重写。

TPO 48

I have to rewrite the lab report for my biology class. I guess I did it all wrong. So the professor's making me rewrite it before he'll submit a final grade. But I was planning on leaving town tomorrow too, and now I'm not sure I can. I spoke with the professor and he gave me two options. I can either turn in the revised report in one week and get my grade, or he said I can wait, you know, taking incomplete in the class and submit the paper next semester in the fall.

选的必修课被取消。并且明年即将毕业。

TPO 49

You know how we are required to take a foreign language course before we graduate. I want to take it this summer since I am graduating next year and I will have a busy course schedule, so I signed to take a Russian course online over the summer because I am hoping to take a trip to Russia at some point.

You do everything over the internet, but not enough people signed up for the class so they cancelled it. Now I don’t know what to do, l still need to fulfill the requirement.

又要当助教上课又要交论文

真经5 P103

Dr. David told me yesterday he wanted me to give Friday’s lecture to students.

But that’s just half the problem. Dr. David again. I have his other class too. He has an essay due on the same day as the lecture.

想上一门课但是任务又太满

真经5 P194

I want to take the economics class taught by Dr. Wilson. He is very famous in the field of economics. The problem is that I have already selected four required courses to graduate and this gives me a full load. I am afraid that I won’t be able to handle an additional course.

课业任务太重，足球队又有训练

真经5 P214

I have been on the basketball team since last year. The thing is I have registered for six courses this semester and I cannot go to all of the training sessions and study sessions.

表演课考试的同组搭档退课了

真经5 P234

Tomorrow I am supposed to finish an assignment for my theater acting class by giving a performance with another student. My partner just dropped this class. And I can’t do the acting class by giving a performance with another student.

找不到课程作业需要读的书

真经5 P372

We’re supposed to read Babbit for my English Literature class. It’s just that the bookstore is sold out of all their copies and the library copy was just checked out yesterday. So I don’t have a book and can’t find one!

音乐会，但受伤无法参加

TPO 05

That's my wrist actually. I sprained it last weekend. And I'm kind of upset about it, because I'm supposed to play the violin in my string quartets big concert next week.

音乐会，但衣服脏了

TPO 15

Well are all supposed to wear white shirts and black pants at the concert, you know, so we all look the same. Well I wore my white shirt to dinner. And I split spaghetti source all over it. Yeah…there is a huge red stain on it. I can't wear it for the concert now.

演出，成员忘台词

TPO 21

We have a guy named Bill playing one of the supporting roles, one of the minor characters. And he just can't remember his lines. All the other actors have their parts memorized except Bill. We will be in the middle of rehearsing a big scene and he will forget what he is supposed to say next. I thought he'd eventually improve, but now I am not sure he'll be ready for opening tonight

音乐会，礼堂被预定满

TPO 26

We wanted to do it in the campus auditorium. We play rock and roll. It's kind of loud so it'd sound great in there. Problem is the auditorium's already booked for the next few weekends.

演出，需要采访的导演病了

TPO 28

Remember how I was going to interview the student who's directing it. And I was going to make my article about what the director said, since she knows about picking the play, choosing the cast, designing the set…everything! But I just called and it turns out that she's got a bad cold…she's sick!

看电影，但朋友没准时出现

TPO 30

I'm just waiting for my friend Amy. We're supposed to drive into town together to see a film at one of the movie theaters there. But I'm the one with the car, and we were supposed to meet like 15 minutes ago, and Amy hasn't shown up.

需要申请护照，但忘了及时申请

TPO 34

We'll be crossing an international boarder so in order to go you need a passport. The professor told us a while ago to be sure to get a passport but I completely forgot to apply for one.

户外野餐，但会下雨

TPO 35

I volunteer the local elementary school because I am in educational major. And I help students’ homework after school. And I also plan some fun activities on weekend. It’s a great program and the kids really love it. So I was planning to take the kids on a picnic outside tomorrow. Turns out it supposed to rain all day tomorrow.

摄影杂志，合格照片不足以发表。

TPO 43

Listen to a conversation between the two student editors of a photography magazine called Campus Photo Monthly.

We are in trouble, Barbara. I don't think we can put together next month's issue. There just aren't enough good photos. And this month is the worst ever! I don't get it. I mean, students are submitting lots of photographs, but I think we've only got fifteen that are worth publishing. And we can't print the magazine with only fifteen photographs.

户外场景拍摄，但下雨了

TPO 45

It’s the student film I’ve been directing. You know, that project I’ve been working on for my film class? Well, the project is due in two days. We were supposed to film a final scene today, but it’s raining. The scene is supposed to be set outside, with two characters talking in the park on a beautiful sunny day.

艺术展览，但作品太大无法参加

TPO 47

You know the student art exhibit next week? It's where a few art students are chosen to show a piece of artwork in the student center for people to see.

Except I just found out that I can't use the painting I did for it. Because it's too big. I'm into working on a really large scale now. And the painting I did for this show is huge. It's like a three-meter wide canvas, but each artist only gets a small amount of wall space.

室外音乐会，但是很有可能会下雨

真经5 P277

I just heard the weather forecast. There’s a sixty-percent chance of rain this weekend. That will ruin everything! We’d have to interrupt the Festival or worse, cancel it. Then we’d have to return money, after we spent so much getting everything ready. It’d just be terrible!

户外活动VS布置博物馆

TPO 2

I didn't think there was a chance ...and ...well, it's a three-day trip, right? I agreed to spend next week helping Professor Clark set up the new museum exhibition.

颁奖典礼VS考试

TPO 3

there's an award ceremony they've invited me to attend, which I'm so excited about, but...and here's what's frustrating: I've got a biology exam that's scheduled for the same time!

课程冲突

TPO 8

There is still a big conflict in my course schedule. I have to take both History of the Novel and Shakespeare, or I can't graduate. Problem is the two courses meet at the same time.

颁奖典礼VS考试

TPO 12

Well, it's a huge honor to win and there is an award ceremony they've invited me to attend, which I'm super excited about. But, and here is what's frustrating, I've got a philosophy exam that's scheduled to end right when the ceremony begins.

课程冲突

TPO 19

The day I have been assigned to teach at the school in town will be the same day my Chinese history course meets here at the university.

课程VS 聚会

TPO 27

I just realized that I've got a scheduling conflict tomorrow. Well, the poetry class I'm teaching meets at 4 o'clock. My students have a test next week so tomorrow's class is the review session. It's important. The other thing is my cousin's retirement party. But I just realized it also starts at 4 o'clock.

课程 VS 机场接人

TPO 31

But I am not sure what to do about picking her up from the airport. Well, her flight gets in tomorrow. But the problem is, my biology professor scheduled a special review session...uh...for an upcoming biology exam at the same time I am supposed to pick her up. I didn't know there'd be this conflict.

工作 VS 演出

TPO 33

I don't know what to do now because I already made plans to go to the school's play with some friends tonight. And there's no way I can find someone to work my shift now.

考试 VS 演出

TPO 40

Problem is though I have a big history test tomorrow morning and I really need to study. I’ve been putting it off and I kind of forgot that tonight was when the theatre class would be going to the play.

电影 VS 聚会

TPO 46

Hitchcock films are great. You're gonna be there, right?

I don't know. There's a conflict. Well, I'm supposed to have dinner at the dining hall with my cousin. He is coming tomorrow to spend the day on campus and check out the university, trying to decide whether to enroll in classes here next year.

音乐会 VS 论文

真经5 P176

The concert is tonight. But I also have a history paper due tomorrow. I haven’t even read the book yet.

准备推荐信 VS 考试

真经5 P392

I need a letter of recommendation in less than 24 hours. But I have exams all day tomorrow and an economics paper to finish tonight. There’s just no time to get one.

必须搬出宿舍，水管坏了

TPO 09

I just found out I have to move out of my apartment, like, right away. Well, my apartment...it's in a house, a kind of old house. And now something's wrong with the water pipes. I think some of the pipes burst or wore out or something.

没有及时申请宿舍

TPO 11

Well, since I didn't hear from her for so long I assumed I didn't get the position. So I didn't apply for a dorm room for the summer. I'm afraid it's too late for that now.

关系很好的舍友要搬出宿舍了

TPO 14

I've got a problem with my housing for next semester, and I have to make a decision soon. Well, I live in a dormitory and I've got a great roommate for the last two years, but he is moving off campus next semester.

宿舍没有网

TPO 24

Well, I don't have the internet connection in my new apartment so I cannot use the computer to access to the internet from my room.

舍友要搬离宿舍，但是以前是坐他的车去学校。

TPO 25

I just found out my roommate Jim is moving out of our off-campus apartment into a bigger place with a whole bunch of friends next semester.

The only major problem, though, is how I'll be getting to campus. See, the apartment's a little far from campus and Jim has a car and he gives me rides to and from campus everyday. But I can't afford a car now.

假期宿舍关闭，需要寻找住处

TPO 41

I just found out that I am going to stay on campus during the semester break. Professor Clark asks me to help him with some research. But the problem is the dorm’s always close, so I need to find housing for about 2 weeks.

生活习惯冲突

TPO 44

Our schedules totally conflict. I like to do my study late at night in our room, but she likes to go to sleep early. So unfortunately, my study, my typing on the computer is keeping her awake.

想要租贵一点的房子，但室友无法支付起。

真经5 P121

This apartment is about 20% more expensive. If I don’t want to lose this chance, I have to sign the lease right away. The problem is my roommate. She went hiking for a week. Neither her computer nor her mobile phone works during this time. I really can’t make her pay more money. I don’t know if she can afford to pay more rent.

想要租担任间，但又付不起房租

真经5 P317

I just can’t afford to live in the dorm anymore. I have to move off campus. But I really can’t afford a nice apartment on my own either.

想春假住学校宿舍写论文，但是宿舍要关闭。

真经5 P336

I thought I’d just stay in the dorm and write that history term paper I still have to get done. But the dorms are closed for Spring Break!

宿舍靠近楼梯，太吵影响睡眠

真经5 P411

I have never slept well, ever since I moved into my dorm room. It’s right next to the stairs. All night long people are walking, or running, up and down the stairs. Plus a lot of them talk loud or shout.

室友的男友在宿舍开音乐party 很吵

真经5 P428

She decided to get a heavy-metal singer as her boyfriend. The whole band practices and has parties at our apartment. I can’t study, I can’t sleep, and my roommate keeps telling me I’m “no fun.”

没有及时订车

TPO 01

And I was supposed to rent a van for the trip. But I waited too long to call the rental agency to reserve one. And now it turns out they don't have any vans available for tomorrow.

车坏了

TPO 13

Well, I am supposed to drive everyone in the club to see a special exhibit at the museum tomorrow. My mom said I could borrow her van, you know, so everyone would fit. But unfortunately, it broke down and it is not gonna be repaired in time for the trip.

公共交通时间改变

TPO 23

I take a bus from campus to my job downtown. I work there Tuesday afternoons but the bus schedule changed. The bus I was taking is leaving earlier now and I can't get to it in time because I've got chemistry class then.

给朋友送书架，但是书架缺少零件。

真经5 P139

My best buddy Sam just moved into a new house and I wanted to get him a housewarming present. I figured a book case would be a great idea, because he reads a lot and the new house has so much space. So I bought one and tried to put it together, but the problem is there were some parts missing.

打破了室友的灯

真经5 P157

I just fell and broke my roommate’s lamp. My roommate will be angry when he sees it.

外出时宠物鸟没人照顾

真经5 P297

It’s about my bird. I’ll be gone for a week and she needs to be fed and given water.

同学应该送自己去机场但迟到了

真经5 P353

My friend Victor is supposed to drive me to the airport, but he is late! He promised to be here at 11:00 and it’s 11:27. He still hasn’t shown up! I need to be there by 1:00 if I’m going to get my flight.