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Read the article from a university newspaper. You will have 45 seconds to read the article. Begin reading now.
请阅读这篇摘自校报的文章。你将有45秒的时间阅读文章。现在开始计时。
Now listen to two students discussing the article.
两个学生正在讨论这篇文章，请听他们的对话。
Woman: What on earth is the university thinking?
女：学校到底在想什么？
Man: Huh? What do you mean?
男：啊？什么意思？
Woman: Well, those buildings aren't just used for classes.
女：这些教学楼不是只用来上课的。
That's where my evening study group usually meets.
我们晚间学习小组经常就在那儿一起学习。
Man: Oh, of course, that's true. But you could go to the library instead.
男：哦，对对，没错。不过你们还可以去图书馆啊。
Woman: Yeah, but the library only has a few rooms that people can use for group meetings which is why classrooms have been so convenient.
女：对，可是图书馆里只有几间可以用来小组学习的房间，这就是为什么教室里要方便得多了。
But now, if it's winter and cold, where can we go?
但是现在这个样子，到了冬天很冷的时候，我们还能去哪里呢？
Man: Right! In the middle of winter, forget it! Or even it's just kind of cold out.
男：没错！大冬天的，算了吧，就算外面只是稍微有点冷也受不了啊。
Woman: It'd be pretty unpleasant.
女：到时候会很讨厌的。
Man: Oh, but still, they obviously have to do something about the situation.
男：但是不管怎么说，他们很明显得对这种状况做点什么。
Woman: Oh, I agree. They have to do something but they should find a solution that isn't so disruptive, to academics no less.
女：我赞成。他们是得做些什么，但是应该找到一种不那么有破坏性的解决方案，至少得不影响我们的学习。
Man: Such as?
男：比如说？
Woman: Well, for one, if they replaced all those old windows. They are so drafty. They let the cold in.
女：比如，他们如果能把所有那些旧窗户换了就好了。那些窗户漏风太厉害了，把寒气全放进来了。
And if they insulated the buildings better, these are really old buildings. Charming, but...
还有，他们如果能加强一下教学楼的御寒性能就更好了，这些教学楼里太冷了。很美观，但是......
Man: But not at all energy-efficient, yeah, you're probably right.
男：但是一点儿都不节能，没错，你也许是对的。
Woman: There're some really basic improvements they can make that'll make a huge difference in the long term that can solve the problem and still leave us somewhere to study.
女：有一些很基本的改善措施是他们可以做的，长期来看这些措施会带来巨大的变化，而且还能既解决问题又让我们有可以学习的地方。
