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[00:00.50]NARRATOR: Listen to a conversation between a student and a political science professor.[00:06.22]MALE STUDENT: I’m not sure if you know, but I was elected to student government this year …[00:09.98]FEMALE PROFESSOR: Oh, congratulations! [00:11.76] I was in student government myself as an undergraduate. [00:14.68] It taught me a lot about the political process. [00:17.55] In fact, the experience solved my problem of what to do with my life—[00:20.95]it really cemented my interest in becoming a political scientist.[00:24.24]MALE STUDENT: Cool. [00:25.13]Anyway, um, the reason I came by is, we’re getting ready to conduct a straw poll on campus. Y’know, hold an informal vote, since the general election’s just a couple months away. [00:33.80] We wanna get a feel for the student body’s political leanings. Like, who students are planning to vote for, which political party people identify with, that sorta thing.[00:42.21]FEMALE PROFESSOR: Oh sure. [00:43.10]I helped students run a straw poll once, years ago.It was a lotta work, [00:48.35] mostly because we used paper ballots and stayed up all night counting ‘em.  [00:51.85] But if you use computers …[00:54.13]MALE STUDENT: Yeah, we’re creating a Web site for it where students’ll be able to vote online. [00:57.99] Um, and we’re looking for a faculty advisor to help, actually. [01:01.80] I was hoping you might be rested …[01:04.31]FEMALE PROFESSOR: Oh, I’m flattered, John, [01:05.96]but my schedule’s so jammed. [01:07.92]I’m teaching two seminars, your intro course, finishing up my research …[01:12.46] But, uh, what about Professor Klein? [01:15.70] She’s new in our department. [01:17.23] Plus, she’s a whiz with computers …
[01:19.05]MALE STUDENT: OK. I’ll ask her.
[01:20.35]FEMALE PROFESSOR: So, have you decided on a topic for your term paper yet?[01:23.91]MALE STUDENT: Not really.
[01:24.95]FEMALE PROFESSOR: Why not write about your straw poll? [01:27.09]Since the paper’s not due till after the election, you could include your results, [01:31.32] maybe compare them with the real election results?[01:33.88]MALE STUDENT: But would that be enough? [01:35.11] I mean, just comparing numbers?[01:37.12]FEMALE PROFESSOR: Well, no, you’d need to provide some analysis, too. [01:40.73] But I was thinking—there’s a couple of local ballot questions this year, [01:44.73]ya know, referenda that voters can either support or not support …[01:48.46]MALE STUDENT: Right, there’s one on whether to ban smoking in restaurants, and another one, uh …[01:52.25]I think it’s whether to spend tax dollars for a new sports arena in the city.
[01:56.64]FEMALE PROFESSOR: OK, here’s an idea …[01:58.49]In regular elections, the vast majority of voters ignore referenda; [02:03.15]they vote for their favorite candidates, but avoid ballot questions. [02:07.65] We believe it’s because voters aren’t familiar with the questions or don’t understand them. [02:12.99]But actively educating people on ballot questions right before they vote can improve referendum participation rates …[02:19.94]MALE STUDENT: In that case, maybe we could have our straw-poll Web site provide information on the ballot questions, like how each proposal would affect students …[02:27.07]FEMALE PROFESSOR: Exactly. [02:28.09] And when you write your paper, you could compare the students’ referendum voting rate to the general public’s, [02:33.94] and include your own analysis of the results. [02:36.40]Plus there’s plenty of published research on referendum voting behavior.
[02:40.26]MALE STUDENT: Thanks Professor Miller! [02:41.72] I had no idea this straw poll could actually help me in my course work.

5.Why does the professor discuss voting behavior on referenda?

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对应原文是: Teacher: Ah, Ok. Here is my idea. In regular elections, the vast majority of voters ignore referendum. They vote for their favorite candidates but avoid ballot questions. We believe it was because voters aren’t familiar with the questions or don’t understand them. But actively educating people on ballot questions right before they vote can improve referendum participation rates.   Student: In that case, maybe we could have our straw poll website providing information on ballot questions, like how each proposal would affect students.   Teacher: Exactly. And when write your paper, you could compare the students’ referendum voting rate to the general publics. And include you own analysis of the results. 这里教授和学生讨论了选民在投票过程中的行为,可以看出教授在说完选民如果被积极教育,可以增加他们公投的投票率后,把话题引到了学生的论文可以把这个民意测验包含进去上。所以教授是在为学生的论文提供思路和主题,选项B符合题意。 选项A的意思是为了鼓励学生在当地选举中投票,选项C的意思是为了表达教授对于投票行为可以改变的怀疑,选项D的意思是让学生知道教授最近研究的项目。都不符合原文。选择B。

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