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托福听力tpo44两篇对话精析

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NARRATOR:Listentoaconversationbetweenastudentandhersociologyprofessor.

MALEPROFESSOR:Imgladyougotmymessageandwereabletomakeit,butwherearetheothermembersofyourgroup,TomandJane?

FEMALESTUDENT:Theyreactuallyatthelibrary.Theyhaveabiologylabassignmentthatsduelaterthisafternoon,soImheretorepresentthewholegroup.

But,um,whenwegotyoure-mailmessage—aboutbeingworriedaboutourresearchproject—wewerealittleconfused.Wethoughtyouwereexcitedaboutourideafortheproject.

MALEPROFESSOR:Well,Ithinkitsagreatresearchtopic,butwhenIlookedcloselyatyourplanforaccomplishingtheresearch,Irealizedthatyourgroupwasprobablyaskingforsometrouble.

FEMALESTUDENT:Whatdoyoumean?Ithoughtthatyouknow,bymonitoringstudentsstudyinginthelibrary,wecouldreally,uh,getagoodunderstandingofpeople’studyhabitsandstuff.

MALEPROFESSOR:Thethingis,IthinkyoumighthaveaproblembecauseoftheHawthorneeffect.

FEMALESTUDENT:TheHawthorneeffect?

MALEPROFESSOR:TheHawthorneeffectisatechnicaltermforwhenresearchers.uh,moreorlessforgetaboutaspecificvariable,thevariableoftheresearchersthemselves.

Now,thestudentsinthelibrary,theyregoingtoknowthatyou’reobservingthem,right?Soyouhavetoconsidertheeffectyourverypresencewillhaveonthepeopleyou’reobserving.

FEMALESTUDENT:But,soyouthink,I-Imean,itsnotlikeourobservationswouldbeasecret.Thestudentswouldknowexactlywhatwedbedoing.Imean,wedputupasignrightoutsidethelibrary.

MALEPROFESSOR:Yes,butthat’sjustit.Whenpeopleknowtheyrebeingwatched,theyactdifferently.LetmeexplainhowtheHawthorneeffectgotitsnameandwell,youllgetthe