2014年5月雅思考试模拟试题及答案(第六套)_第6页

　　You’ll hear a student talking to his thesis supervisor. First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25.

　　[20 seconds]

　　Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 25.

　　SUPERVISOR: Hi Philip, it's good to see you. How has your research come along since we last spoke?

　　PHILIP: Well, I've found some great material, but I feel like I need a lot more. SUPERVISOR: Ah yes, most thesis students have this problem.

　　PHILIP: Good to hear!

　　SUPERVISOR: This is much bigger than anything you've had to do in the past. PHILIP: Ye-es but I've been wondering if I should modify my research questions...

　　SUPERVISOR:

　　PHILIP: Not at all – yours have great focus. So why am I finding this so difficult?

　　SUPERVISOR: Well, students are used to researching for shorter assignments. PHILIP: Yes, my dissertation last year was the longest thing I've written. SUPERVISOR: And that was what, eight thousand words?

　　PHILIP: About that.

　　SUPERVISOR: Well, your thesis is going to be forty thousand words. It requires a very special style of research.

　　What do you mean? PHILIP:

　　SUPERVISOR: Well, you need to spend more time covering every possible source of information.

　　Well, I've searched the PAIS and IBSS journal databases.... PHILIP:

　　SUPERVISOR: That's a very good start, but …

　　PHILIP: But not enough for a thesis?

　　SUPERVISOR: No. The ones you’ve looked at have good coverage of mainstream journals, but there’s a lot more out there.

　　PHILIP: Like what?

　　SUPERVISOR: Well, even though yours is a politics thesis, a lot of scholars writing on your particular topic will not be political scientists.

　　PHILIP: Right, of course. They could be geographers, sociologists,

　　and so on? anthropologists,

　　SUPERVISOR: Yes. However, their research may be extremely relevant.

　　PHILIP: I see.

　　SUPERVISOR: So, you'll need to look around in the databases of different subjects. You

　　could try anthropology and geography.

　　PHILIP: Great, I'll make a note of those.

　　SUPERVISOR: The only thing is you might have trouble with the geography texts. PHILIP: What do you mean?

　　SUPERVISOR: They are written primarily for geographers who employ different vocabulary – not the same as we're used to in political studies.

　　Oh okay, sounds like they could be difficult. PHILIP:

　　SUPERVISOR: If you do have trouble, you could check out the International Encyclopaedia of Human Geography.

　　SUPERVISOR: And another thing … when you are searching journals and databases, be sure to cover a broad range of search terms.

　　I'm not sure I follow you... PHILIP:

　　SUPERVISOR: Well, your research covers events in Eastern Europe, right?

　　PHILIP: Right.

　　SUPERVISOR: However, not all relevant articles will use the exact term “eastern Europe”;

　　include

　　more.

　　PHILIP: in fact, many studies will refer to specific countries. So be sure to individual country search terms as well, and you’ll pick up a lot That's great advice, thank you.

　　SUPERVISOR: No problem. Now, did you have any other questions?

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