【听力素材】托福巴朗听力原文——Learning Center

在托福听力的备考中，选择一个适合自己的听力素材是非常重要的。而巴郎听力则是很多学生冲刺高分听力的必备选择。由于他的内容基本可以跟国外讲座水平接轨，所以是非常适合作为托福听力考前练习素材。那么在以下内容中我们就为大家带来巴朗听力原文，希望能为大家的备考带来帮助。

Man: Hi. Are you Paula?

$ Woman: Jim?

$ Man: Hi. Nice to meet you.

$ Woman: Glad to meet you.

$ Man: So, you need some tutoring in English?

$ Woman: Yeah. I'm taking English composition, and I'm not doing very well on my essays.

$ Man: Right. Um, well, first let's see if we can figure out a time to meet . . . that we're both free.

$ Woman: Okay.

$ Man: How about Mondays? Maybe in the morning? I don't have any classes until eleven on Mondays.

$ Woman: That would work, but I was hoping we could, you know, meet more than once a week.

$ Man: Oh. Well, Tuesdays are out. I've got classes and, uh, I work at the library part time on Tuesdays and Thursdays. But I could get together on Wednesdays.

$ Woman: In the morning?

$ Man: Probably nine-thirty would be best. That way we'd have an hour to work before I'd have to get ready for my eleven o'clock.

$ Woman: So that would be two hours a week then?

$ Man: I could do that.

$ Woman: Oh, but, would that be extra? You know, would I need to pay you for the extra session?

$ Man: No. Um, just so you meet me here at the Learning Center, and we both sign in, then I'll get paid. Tutoring is free, to you, I mean. The school pays me. But we both have to show up. If you don't show up and sign in for a session, then I don't get paid. So . . .

$ Woman: Oh, don't worry about that. I really need the help. I won't miss any sessions unless I'm sick or something.

$ Man: Okay then. So you want me to help you with your essays?

$ Woman: Right. I could bring you some that have, you know, comments on them. I'm getting C's and . . .

$ Man: Well, that's not too bad. Once I see some of your writing, we should be able to pull that up to a B.

$ Woman: You think so?

$ Man: Sure. But I need to explain something. Some of my students in the past . . . they expected me to write their essays for them. But that's not what a tutor is supposed to do. My job is to help you be a better writer.

$ Woman: Oh, I understand that. But you'll read my essays, right?

$ Man: Oh yeah. No problem. We'll read them together, and I'll make suggestions.

$ Woman: Great. I think part of the problem is I just don't understand the teacher's comments. $ Maybe you can help me figure them out.

$ Man: Sure. Who's the teacher?

$ Woman: Simpson.

$ Man: No problem. I've tutored a couple of her students, so I know more or less where she's coming from. Okay, then. I guess we'll meet here on Monday.

$ Woman: I'll be here. Nine-thirty you said.

$ Man: Just sign in when you get here.