Good morning, everyone. Community service is an important component of education here at our university. [ 16] We encourage all students to volunteer for at least one community activity before they graduate. A new community program called "One on One" helps elementary students who've fallen behind. You education majors might be especially interested in it, because it offers the opportunity to do some teaching—hat is tutoring in math and English. You'll have to volunteer two hours a week for one semester. You can choose to help a child with math, English or both. Half-hour lessons are fine, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week.[17] Professor Howard will act as a mentor to the tutors. He'll be available to help you with lesson plans or to offer suggestions for activities. He has office hours every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. You can sign up for the program with him and begin the tutoring next week. I'm sure you'll enjoy this community service and you'll gain valuable experience at the same time. It looks good on your resume too, showing that you have experience with children and that you care about your community. [ 18 ] If you'd like to sign up or if you have any questions, stop by Professor Howard's office this week.
What is the purpose of the talk?
【解题思路】
1．四项均为to引导的不定式短语。
2．四项均与学校生活有(graduation，students，elementary school，teachers)。
结论：本题为该短文的第一题，很有可能是问讲话者的目的。
【解析】讲话者提到： “社区服务是大学教育的重要组成部分，在学生毕业之前，希望所有学生参加至少一项社区活动。”而现在有一个新的名为“一对一”的社区项目，旨在辅导课业不太好的小学生的数学或英语，霍华德教授将担任所有教员的导师。可知该讲话的目的是吸引大学生们参加一个社区服务项目。故选B。