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托福听力tpo62 section1 对话讲座原文+题目+答案+译文

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Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor.

Student: So the reason I came in, Professor Williams, well, it’s about what you were

explaining in your philosophy class today.

Professor: Yes?

Student: En, Yeah, the whole thing about simulations, would you …would you mind

going over that with me again?

Professor: No problem. The main point of the book I was referring to is that, well, in a

post-modern world, we live in a world of unreal images of simulations. For example,

the things we see on TV become a reality for us even though they are not in fact real.

They’re representations, simulations of reality.

Student: Post-modern world?

Professor: Right. It came after the modern one.

Student: hanks a lot.

Professor: No, sorry. You are right. Post-modern, well, that’s a sticky term that covers

a lot of things. Let’s save that for later. But back to my point about simulation, it

leads to hyper-realism, a feeling that something is more real than real.

Student: Wow…Wow, I’m sorry. But all this is…I just don’t get it.

Professor: Video games, virtual reality, theme parks, all of these remove us from

reality. Worse yet, we can begin to think these simulations, these fake experiences

are real, or we don’t know the difference anymore.

Student: Well, actually I’m starting to think this class is not for me. In fact, I wonder

if I might not do better just to drop the course.

Professor: Oh, you are still having trouble following this?

Student: Yeah, I just don’t think I’m cut out for philosophy. I signed up because my

academic advisor…well, I feel like my advisor sort of pushed me into it.

Professor: I see. If I may ask, what are you interested in?

Student: I want to be a lawyer.

Professor: Well, then you need a firm base in logic and argumentation, so this

philosophy course is basically a necessity for you.

Student: I hope not. I could only get maybe half the lecture.

Professor: That’s pretty good then. I covered a lot, probably too much. And these

were only some opening remarks for the first day of class. I was just skimming

through some contemporary ideas and, well, more cultural theory than actual

philosophy, so you needn’t worry. Starting next week, we are going to read some

real philosophy, primary sources like Plato, Rousseau, Emerson. And you’ll be able to

talk about them in small discussion groups led by graduate assistants.