Battery-powered motorbikes

文章大意

两名工程专业学生讨论为大学开放日准备一场关于电池驱动摩托车的展示。这辆电动摩托最高时速可达165公里，效率高达90%，无需油箱和排气系统，设计更简洁也更轻便。两人还商量了展示的时间安排、内容组织以及如何介绍从最初方案到原型再到测试开发的整个过程。

题目与答案

1. 21 The students are preparing the presentation
   • as part of their final assessment
   • to attract potential future students
   • to share their work with their classmates

   答案：to attract potential future students

   原文定位：It'd be nice to do a good job for the university open day. I hope the lecturer's right that it'll interest people thinking about coming here to study

   同义替换：「potential future students」↔「people thinking about coming here to study」，「attract」↔「interest」

2. 22 What do the students say about the battery-powered motorbike in their project?
   • it is more efficient than ordinary motorbikes
   • it is faster than ordinary motorbikes
   • it is more complex than ordinary motorbikes

   答案：it is more efficient than ordinary motorbikes

   原文定位：And it has an efficiency of ninety percent, whereas ordinary bikes are far less

   同义替换：「more」↔「far less」

3. 23 The students agree the presentation will be difficult because
   • they have a lot to cover in 15 minutes
   • several different people are involved
   • they do not have long to prepare it

   答案：they do not have long to prepare it

   原文定位：Well, I was thinking more about the fact that the talk's next week, and we have a lot of other stuff on just now

4. 24 The students decide to deal with the presentation by
   • each giving part of the talk
   • opening with a short video clip
   • allowing most of the time for the questions

   答案：opening with a short video clip

   原文定位：We could start by showing a couple of minutes from the film of the race it took part in

5. 25 What do the students agree to use in their slides?
   • photos of their project at its different stages
   • keywords reflecting the characteristic of the project
   • diagrams illustrating the process of the project

   答案：photos of their project at its different stages

   原文定位：I took lots of photos as we went along, so it'd be easy to illustrate the progress of the project that way

6. 26 What do the students decide to do that afternoon?
   • talk to a student in a different year
   • prepare a first draft of their slides
   • discuss their outline with a tutor

   答案：talk to a student in a different year

   原文定位：When did we have a work with Amish in the fourth year;Great. Let's do that after lunch

7. Aspects of the projects

   27 writing the report _____
   • It took longer than expected.
   • It was unexpectedly enjoyable.
   • A member of staff was surprisingly helpful.
   • They benefited from a relative's help.
   • A member of staff identified one serious problem.
   • A different student made a careless mistake.

   答案：They benefited from a relative's help.

   原文定位：it was lucky your sister had time to proofread it

   同义替换：「help」↔「proofread」

8. 28 Keeping a log book _____
   • It took longer than expected.
   • It was unexpectedly enjoyable.
   • A member of staff was surprisingly helpful.
   • They benefited from a relative's help.
   • A member of staff identified one serious problem.
   • A different student made a careless mistake.

   答案：It took longer than expected.

   原文定位：I actually found it really time-consuming, noting down all the adaptations we made to the design as we went along. I hadn't anticipated that

   同义替换：「took longer than expected」↔「really time-consuming」

9. 29 doing the sketches _____
   • It took longer than expected.
   • It was unexpectedly enjoyable.
   • A member of staff was surprisingly helpful.
   • They benefited from a relative's help.
   • A member of staff identified one serious problem.
   • A different student made a careless mistake.

   答案：A member of staff identified one serious problem.

   原文定位：I was relieved that the tutor picked up on that mistake we made in our aerodynamic sketches. It would have been disastrous if that hadn't been picked up at an early stage

   同义替换：「member of staff」↔「tutor」，「identified」↔「picked up」，「one serious problem」↔「mistake」

10. 30 finding sponsors _____
    • It took longer than expected.
    • It was unexpectedly enjoyable.
    • A member of staff was surprisingly helpful.
    • They benefited from a relative's help.
    • A member of staff identified one serious problem.
    • A different student made a careless mistake.

    答案：A member of staff was surprisingly helpful.

    原文定位：I never expected him to have such useful contacts in industry

    同义替换：「helpful」↔「useful」，「surprisingly」↔「never expected」