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Question 1

Should parents discourage children from choosing some majors which might be very competitive to find a job in the future like athlete?

Question 2

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【学校通知】：

Announcement: Students are banned from checking out books from library

Reason 1: Students can take out books and read them in library

Reason 2: Students may cause damage to reference books and university has a hard time recovering them or buying new books

【学生态度】：The man disagrees

Reason 1: It’s hard for students to access information, for example, he has to check out reference books and do research at night, but if university’s plan goes through, it may limit the researching time. Plus, students only take out a few days and won’t negatively influence other students.

Reason 2: Damage may occur anywhere, students can be fined if they destroy books now, so university can raise the fee to address the problem.

Question: Explain the man’s opinion and why he holds that opinion.

Question 3

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【名词解释】：

Nurse plant: Some weaker plants are threatened by harsh climate and malnutrition, so they choose to live near old plants where to help them survive.

【教授举例】：

Example: Younger cactus lives under some old trees, the shade can keep them from drying out by sun, plus, leaves can fall on the ground and cactus can absorb nutrition to survive in desert.

Question: 用听力的例子来解释对这个概念的理解。

Question 4

【讲课要点】：Two advantages of reducing the number of options in business

Example 1: Raise profits, when there’re more options on the market, customers may compare products and feel overwhelmed. For example, one company sells more than 30 kinds of ice-cream, while its competitor sells only 6 types of ice-cream and customers prefer the latter one and that company make mores profits.

Example 2: Reducing the cost of production. For instance, if ice-cream has different shapes and sizes, it may require many facilities to produce, which may cost a lot.