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Switch to Electronic Textbooks

The university will begin switching from traditional-bound textbooks early next year. University students will be able to download the content of their required textbooks to a reading device and read the material directly from the device’s screen. While the cost of the device is around $200, it is a one-time expense.

Considering the rising cost of textbooks, students will save money in the long run since purchasing electronic books for their classes is much less expensive than buying regular textbooks.

Furthermore, the university believe the device will be an effective study aid because it is simple to operate and offers features such as highlighting of text and note taking.

Narrator: Now listen to two students discussing the article.

Woman: Oh, no! Did you see this?

Man: Yeah, why? You don’t like the idea?

Woman: Not at all.

Man: How come?

Woman: Well the cost for one thing. They are just not being realistic.

Man: Even compared to the price of textbooks?

Woman: Well, sure, textbooks aren’t cheap. But do you think people are only gonna use one device the whole time they’re at university? What happens if yours breaks, you’ll have to buy a new one. Or they come out with some fancy new features. Wouldn’t you want to get a new one then?

Man: Yeah, I see what you mean. A lot of people would probably want to replace theirs with the latest version.

Woman: Right. Maybe even every year and that can add up

Man: True. But don’t you agree it’ll make studying and preparing for classes a lot easier?

Woman: I don’t think everybody is going to think it’s so great.

Man: What do you mean?

Woman: Well, it’s only helpful if it’s easy to use. And well, this thing is pretty small, it’s only about 18 or 20 centimeters tall.

Man: Oh, really? So that means the screen is pretty small.

Woman: And I heard that the keypad or control buttons … they are small too. So if you have normal size fingers. It’s no that easy to select an item or get it to function right. You know, to do stuff like highlighting or underlining.

Man: I hadn’t thought of that.

Woman: So what good are those fancy features if it’s hard to use them? Besides I like the old fashion way of studying the material, writing notes on the page and underlining or highlighting important sections of the book. I am more comfortable with that.

答题重点：

阅读部分：

一定要找出阅读部分学校计划做的事情（what change）和两个理由。

听力部分：

对话主人公的态度（同意或者反对）以及同意或反对的两个原因和supporting details。

task3 sample answer：

Well, according to the announcement, the university is going to switch from traditional-bound textbooks to electronic textbooks early next year because students will save money in the long run and the device will be an effective study aid.

However, the woman disagrees with the plan for two reasons. Firstly, she believes that it's not realistic for the cost issue since it will still cost the students a lot when they break their devices or when they wish to get the devices upgraded for some new features they want.

Besides, she thinks that the device itself is not practical neither. The screen is too small so it's difficult for even the normal-sized-fingered students to handle the key pad or buttons. She personally favors the traditional way of studying material because it's more comfortable.

In sum, the woman disagrees with the plan for the reasons stated above.