『新东方在线托福听力』为托福考生准备了ETS托福TPO/Official 42 Con 2听力练习：Why is the student's group unable to rehearse in the student center?原文题目答案解析，TPO/Official 42 Con 2听力原文范文音频翻译。

托福TPO/Official 42 Con 2听力原文Why is the student's group unable to rehearse in the student center?【新东方在线】

旁白：接下来你会听到一段某个学生和大学活动协调员之间的对话。

Narrator: Listen to a conversation between a student and a university activities coordinator.

协调员：我理解你的问题，但是学生活动中心的上层现在不可用。

Coordinator: I understand your problem, but the upper level of the Student Center isn't available for the time being.

学生：但是我的舞蹈小组马上就快有一个表演了。

Student: But my dance group has a performance coming up.

协调员：我今天一整天都在和跟你同样情况的人协商这些事。

Coordinator: I've been talking with people all day long who are in the exact same situation.

学校里至少有一打舞蹈小组和戏剧小组现在等着抢排练的地方呢。

There are at least a dozen dance and drama groups on campus, and they are all scrambling for rehearsal space right now.

学生：但是我6月份就已经预约了，在暑假之前就预约了。

Student: But I made this reservation last June, before leaving for the summer.

没有人跟我说过任何修建的事。

协调员：那是因为那时候没有人知道，改造工程会一直持续到学期开始。

Coordinator: That's because no one knew that the remodeling was gonna run over into the beginning of the school year.

建筑工人做的实在是比预期的工程时间要晚太多了。

The builders are just way behind schedule.

有一阵我们甚至都怀疑，低层的餐厅能不能赶在新学期开学前完工。

For a while, we weren't even sure that the dining hall on the lower level would be ready for the start of the semester.

所以说，现在的情况已经算不错了，本来或许更加糟糕。

协调员：整个上面一层将会在6个星期内完工。

Coordinator: The whole upper level will be ready in six weeks.

排练室，游戏室，以及电脑中心。

The rehearsal rooms, the game room, the computer center.

我们的演出还有5个星期就要开始了。

协调员：你的舞蹈节目是不是为了在家长周表演？

Coordinator: Are you part of the program they plan for parents' weekend?

学生：是的，问题的关键是，我们是踢踏舞小组，必须在硬地板上练习，最好是木地板。

Student: Yeah, the thing is we are a tap dancing group, and we need to practice on hard floors, preferably wood.

我们可以暂时先在地毯上练习，但是能听到脚撞击地板的声音这一点对我们来说是非常重要的。

We can practice on carpet at first, but it's important for us to be able to hear our feet hit the floor.

协调员：诶，还挺有趣的，是因为要听到节奏吗？

Coordinator: Interesting, uh, because of the rhythm, huh?

学生：是的，因为踢踏舞的踢踏声，是音乐的一部分。

Student: Yeah, because the taping becomes part of the music.

协调员：所以说，跳舞的地板是非常重要的。

Coordinator: So the floors are very important.

学生：正是如此，而且学校不管什么地方都有地毯。

Student: Exactly, and just about everywhere on campus has carpeting.

协调员：学生的剧场一直都有舞台。

Coordinator: Well, there's always the stage at the student theatre.

虽然不太可能，但是我们还是可以看看这个时间表，

Though it's a long shot, we can look at the schedule.

也许会有一些零碎的时间是没有人用这个场地的。

你觉得，鉴于现在这个情况，学校有没有可能帮我们在校外租一个排练的地方，在商业的跳舞练习室里？

Do you think the university could help us rent a rehearsal space in a commercial dance studio in town, given the situation?

协调员：这确实是我决定不了的事。

我可以在学校里帮你预约排练及表演的地方，但是校外我就……

I can reserve rehearsal and performance spaces on campus for you, but off campus...

协调员：不如这样，我们还是先看看学生剧院的时间表吧。

Coordinator: Look, let's check the theatre schedule first.

Why is the student's group unable to rehearse in the student center?

What two points do the speakers make about tap dancing?

What does the man imply about the student theater?

What does the man imply when he says this:

Listen to a conversation between a student and a university activity coordinator
Coordinator 
I understand the problem, but the upper level of the student center isn’t available for the time being.
Student 
But my dance group has a performance coming up.
Coordinator 
I’ve been talking with people all day long who were in the same situation. There are at least a dozen dance and dram groups on campus, and they all scrambling for rehearsal space right now.
Student 
But I made this reservation last June, before leaving for the summer. No one said anything about construction.
Coordinator 
That’s because no one knew that the remodal was going to run over into the beginning of the school year. The builders are just way behind schedule. For a while, we won’t even sure the dining hall on a lower level would be ready for the star this semester. So, it could be a lot worse.
Student 
So when will…
Coordinator 
The whole upper level would be ready in six weeks. The rehearsal rooms, the game room, computer center.
Student 
Six weeks, that couldn’t help me. Our performance is in five weeks.
Coordinator 
Are you part of the program they planned for parents’ weekend?
Yeah. The thing is we are a tap dancing group. And we need to practice on hard floors, probably wood. We can practice on carpets first, but it’s important for us to be able to fee our feet on floor.
Coordinator 
Interesting. Because the rhythm, uh?
Student 
Yeah. Because the taping becomes part of the music.
Coordinator 
So the floor is very important.
Student 
Exactly. And just about everywhere on campus has carpeting.
Coordinator 
Well, there is always the stage at the student theatre, though there is a long . we can look at the schedule. There might be some hours for you.
Student 
What about in town? Do you think the university could help us rent a rehearsal space in the commercial dancing studio in town, given the situation?
Coordinator 
That’s not really my call. I can reserve rehearsal and performance spaces on campus for you. But off campus…
Student 
So who can I talk to? The dance department?
Coordinator 
Look, let’s check the theatre schedule first.<img src="/upload/image/1516177407331.png" alt="" width="513" height="388" /><img src="/upload/image/1516177419099.png" alt="" width="508" height="386" />

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