判断题 {{B}}Part A{{/B}} {{I}} You will hear an interview between Sudipto
Chatterjee, a playwright, and Partha Chatterjee, a professor about theatre and
academic work. As you listen, answer Questions 1 to 10 by circling
True or False. You will hear
the interview ONLY ONCE. You now have 1 minute to read Questions
1 to 10.{{/I}}
判断题
The first speaker has some academic performance in the United States.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]1-10
Sudipto Chatterjee is a playwright, poet, scholar, and theatre-worker from Calcutta and a doctoral candidate in Performance Studies at New York University.
Partha Chatterjee is a professor of Political Science at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta and the author of Nationalist Thought.
Sudipto: The question that comes to my mind as a person from Calcutta, someone involved with the theatre, and at the same time as someone who is in the United States in the world of academics, is how do you reconcile your two images, being both a preeminent scholar and at the same time being very involved in the theatre as a playwright and a theatre worker?
Partha: It's very hard to answer this question. I think these are two very different hats that I wear. When I am doing theatre, and as you know this theatre is very much Calcutta theatre, which, although influenced over the last 150 years by Western theatre, it is still very much something that is localized, it has very very local resonances. On the other hand, academic work in India is necessarily carried out in the English language, and, in spite of all its specific India-centric nuances, it is still very much a part of an international academic life, which theatre is not. Therefore, it is not just the difference in language which is important -- that most of my professional academic work is carried out in English but theatre is not, theatre is in Bengali. Both in terms of the audience or readership, and therefore even in terms of the relevant institutions in which one is located, doing these two kinds of work are very different. Of course, in some ways I do try to reconcile these two different kinds of activities in the same person, but I do think that they are different. And people involved in the theatre in Calcutta have very little idea or even interest hi what I do at other times and certainly people in the academic world know very little about Calcutta theatre.
Sudipto: That precisely is the purpose of this interview well, maybe, one of the proposes is to present both aspects of your personality and writing.
Partha: One of the things I would definitely emphasize is the fact of bilingualism. The way in which we hi India have to live it out necessarily means adopting all sorts of means, even in one's personal life, in trying to work with two different languages and therefore work with two very different worlds which come together in the same lives, but they still have very different relevance and points of reference. And I am not saying that everybody does it in quite the same way. One of the ways in which I try and do it is to use theatre as one side which is completely centered around that part of my life which is lived out in the Bengali language. Drama is really the field in which I have tried it out. It's not something I would ever attempt to do in the English language because, as I said, in my professional life as an academic clearly there are certain limitations, I am constantly aware of certain things which I am unable to do in terms of my own thinking and living, various modes of self-expression which it is impossible for me to work out in my professional academic life, given one's very ambiguous relationship with the English language. So, I suppose, drama is the field where I have a sense of freedom, a sense of far greater control over the materials and language and the kinds of things I can do with a sense of proprietorship which I certainly don't enjoy in the English language.
[解析] 注重谈话开始的细节。谈话中有对人物的介绍,即“theatre- worker from Calcutta and a doctoral candidate in Performance Studies at New York University”,所以他有在美国做学术、科研的经历。
判断题
It's easy to 10e both a preeminent scholar end a theatre worker at the same time.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据听力材料内容“It's very hard to answer this question.I think these are two very different hats that I wear.”这句话是讲话人感觉两种身份复杂的一种表露,预示其中的艰难。
判断题
Calcutta theatre has been westernized over the last 150 years.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 谈话中讲话人对此问题描述的语言是:“which,although influenced over the last 150 years by Western theatre,it is still very much something that is localized,尤其是still very much something localized…”表达强调了它仍是非常本土化的,并没有完全受西方文化的影响。
判断题
Academic work in India is still a part of an international academic life.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 谈话中的语言表述是:“in spite of all its specific India-centric nuances,it (academic work) is still very much a part of an international academic life,”说明学术研究要遵循国际通行的原则,相对而言地方色彩较弱。
判断题
There is no difference between the language adopted in academic work and that in theatre work.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 对话中的表述是:“…that most of my professional academic work is carded out in English,but theatre is not,theatre is in Bengali.”表述长,有停顿,注意信息记忆缺失。
判断题
People involved in the theatre have lots of interest in the academic life.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 谈话中对此问题的描述是:“people involved in the theatre in Calcutta have very little idea or even interest in what I do at other times,”否定意义的little同时修饰两个名词,idea和interest,听的时候注意三词之间的关系。
判断题
One of the purposes of the interview is to present both the interviewee's personality and writing.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 在采访人的提问里有这样的表达:“one of the purposes to present both aspects of your personality and writing,”表达了对被采访人的性格和写作的关注。
判断题
Living in India in some degree means trying to work with the two different languages.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 被采访人在回答对两种工作的感受时,首先总结到:“One of the things I would definitely emphasize is the fact of bilingualism.这个句子的关键词是bilingualism,”即双语,两种语言,在下文中有对此问题的例解,“in trying to work with two different languages and therefore work with two very different worlds which come together in the same lives。”注意将多处信息综合处理。
判断题
Bengali language is adopted in theatre work.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 对话中对此问题的表述是:“…to use theatre as one side which is completely centered around that part of my life which is lived out in the Bengali language.Drama is really the field in which I have tried it out.”被采访人说,戏剧是他尝试the Bengali language的天地。
判断题
There are certain limitations in doing professional academic work.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 被采访者在最后评论到:“as I said,in my professional life as an academic clearly there are certain limitations".难点是他将对戏剧和学术的看法同时描述,容易将两种情况混淆。