中口0209听力原文

Questions 19-22

(Man) What did you say you were going to take up as a career?

(Woman) Law. Actually, I've already started. I began my studies at the Bartlett Law School of the Festoon University last October.

(Man) What are you going to do when you finish?

(Woman) Oh, I shall go back home and practice there. I may start with some clerical work, but eventually I'm going to set up my own law office. There's a great deal of scope for lawyers or solicitors in my country and a lot of useful work to be done there-- people get married and then divorced, people begin to buy their own houses, people feel mistreated by the community or the authority. They need lawyers, do they?

(Man) What made you decide to take up law as a career?

(Woman) Well, I was good at making a speech at school and I think I had a certain feeling for communication and persuasion. My teachers encouraged me and said I had a bent for law or the like. I suppose my personal qualities made me choose law, and not art or architecture, for instance. Of course, in my country lawyers are respected and well-paid. And they are in great demand.

(Man) But, will you find it difficult to become recognized in your own country?

(Woman) To a certain extent, yes. But I expect that a woman lawyer also has some advantages in the court. Especially for some kinds of cases, for example, if my client is a woman who claims certain rights from her divorced husband, a woman lawyer can understand better and do a better job.

(Man) But why have you chosen America for your studies, why not some other country?

(Woman) Ah well, there are lots of reasons. But I'm not sorry because you've got some of the best law schools in the world.

19. What is the woman?

20. For what reason does the woman choose law as her career?

21. According to the woman, what advantage does a woman lawyer have in the court?

22. Why does the woman go to an American university for her studies?