Environmental science course

文章大意

两个学生Jamie和Martha讨论他们环境科学课程的各模块，包括环境研究统计学、污水与排水系统、农业与粮食安全、可持续能源、政府政策和水资源管理，评价课程内容、教材和项目实践，为提交课程评价做准备。

题目与答案

1. Statistics for environmental research
   • was surprisingly interesting
   • covered too many topics
   • included out-of-date materials
   • involved practical applications
   • supplied useful technical information
   • was too basic to be useful

   答案：was too basic to be useful

   原文定位：But, you know, it wasn't at a high enough level for me. I actually had to do a lot of reading on my own

   同义替换：「was too basic to be useful」↔「wasn't at a high enough level」

2. Sewage and drainage systems
   • was surprisingly interesting
   • covered too many topics
   • included out-of-date materials
   • involved practical applications
   • supplied useful technical information
   • was too basic to be useful

   答案：was surprisingly interesting

   原文定位：Not exactly a pleasant subject, but, you know, the module convinced me that it's an essential topic to understand for both cities and rural environments;Right. And in the end, not a boring subject;Not at all. It was quite a revelation

3. Agriculture and food security
   • was surprisingly interesting
   • covered too many topics
   • included out-of-date materials
   • involved practical applications
   • supplied useful technical information
   • was too basic to be useful

   答案：included out-of-date materials

   原文定位：But the assigned readings were only those ancient government publications;And the lecture notes clearly hadn't been updated for years

   同义替换：「included out-of-date materials」↔「ancient publications」

4. Sustainable energy
   • was surprisingly interesting
   • covered too many topics
   • included out-of-date materials
   • involved practical applications
   • supplied useful technical information
   • was too basic to be useful

   答案：involved practical applications

   原文定位：What about the module on sustainable energy? I really got into the project we had to do to invent something functional. I devised a windmill to power my laptop;Yep, the projects were great. So hands-on

   同义替换：「practical applications」↔「hands-on」

5. Government policy
   • was surprisingly interesting
   • covered too many topics
   • included out-of-date materials
   • involved practical applications
   • supplied useful technical information
   • was too basic to be useful

   答案：seemed too limited geographically

   原文定位：I wish it had included policy in other countries. It was a bit inward-looking, I thought, focused just on this country

6. Water management
   • was surprisingly interesting
   • covered too many topics
   • included out-of-date materials
   • involved practical applications
   • supplied useful technical information
   • was too basic to be useful

   答案：provided unnecessary detail

   原文定位：I must admit I got lost in the discussion about the issues of groundwater levels and flood risk management, which weren't that essential

   同义替换：「unnecessary」↔「weren't that essential」

7. Which TWO aspects of the course organisation did both Jamie and Martha like?
   • the amount of reading
   • the flexibility in the length of the course
   • the convenience of choosing when take modules
   • the range of different modules offered
   • the relevance of the module content

   答案：the range of different modules offered,the relevance of the module content

   原文定位：That's true. But the variety of modules on offer was a strong point and meant I managed to cover a lot of subjects;Me too. More than I expected;I had wanted to finish the course early by doing an extra module each term, which would have been useful, but unfortunately, that wasn't allowed;I had to wait to do some modules, which I found hard to schedule, and I think more assigned reading for the modules would have made the lectures easier to follow;That would have been good, but I was pleased that the course organizers were able to provide modules focusing on real-life issues, which we can apply later when looking for jobs;True, and I would have hated it if it had all been theory

   同义替换：「different」↔「variety」，「the relevance of the module content」↔「focusing on real-life issues」

8. Which TWO suggestions for written assignment do Jamie and Martha agree to recommend to Dr Brown?
   • The time for choosing a topic should be changed
   • The permitted world limit should be increased
   • Discussions with fellow students should be arranged
   • Face-to-face feedback sessions with the tutor should be scheduled
   • Tutors should give more help in topic selection

   答案：The time for choosing a topic should be changed,Discussions with fellow students should be arranged

   原文定位：but choosing a topic right at the beginning of the module was difficult;Maybe you could postpone the decision until halfway through the term;Good idea