2019年TPO20托福口语Task3原文及参考答案

2019年TPO20托福口语Task3原文及参考答案

TPO20口语Task3题目：

Energy costs reach sky-high levels

Heating prices, and the university’s heating bills, reached record-high levels this year. In an effort to reduce heating costs, the university plans to lower the temperature in all classroom buildings on weekends and on weekdays after five P.M., when the day’s classes have officially ended. Because classes will not be in session at these times, the reduced hear should have no negative impact on students and their studies. The university considers it essential that the cost-saving measures not interfere with student activities.

ConversationNow listen to two students discussing the article.

Woman： What on earth is the university thinking?

Man： Huh? What do you mean?

Woman：Well, those buildings aren’t just used for classes. That’s where my evening st udy group usually meets.

Man：Oh, of course, that’s true. But you could go to the library instead.

Woman： Yeah, but the library only has a few rooms that people can use for group meetings which is why classrooms are so convenient. But now, if it’s wint er and cold, where can we go?

Man： Right! In the middle of winter, forget it! Or even it’s just kind of cold out.

Woman：It’d be pretty unpleasant.

Man： Oh, but still, they obviously have to do something about the situation.

Woman： Oh, I agree. They have to do something but they should find a solution that isn’t so disruptive, to academics no less.

Man： Such as?

Woman： Well, for one, if they replaced all those o ld windows, they are so drafty. They let the cold in. And if they insulated the buildings better, these are really old buildings. Charming, but,

Man： But not at all energy-efficient, yeah, you’re probably right.

Woman：There’re some really basic improvements they can make that’ll make a huge difference in the long term that can solve the problem and still leave us somewhere to study.

Question

The man expresses his opinion about the change described in the article. Briefly summarize the change then state his opinion about the change and explain the reasons he gives for holding that opinion.

Key Pointson weekends & after 5：00 pm

TPO20口语Task3参考答案(范文模板)：

The woman doesn’t agree with the school’s plan to lower the temperature in the university after classes have ended

for the day. According to the school, the heating bills are too high and they need to be able to save money, so the school thinks that turning off the heating after class will save them a lot of money, but the woman says that she uses the classrooms with her study group in the evenings and even though her group could g o to the library instead, they don’t have very many study rooms there, so she doesn’t know where to go with her group if the school enforces this policy. The school also notes that this change should have no negative impact on the students studies and that they don’t want it to interfere with student activities, but the woman points out that they could do other things like replacing the windows and insulate the buildings better, which would be more efficient and still give students more rooms to study.