听力原文：W: Oh, Jack, I'm glad I caught you. I want to cell you I have to skip the history study group session tonight. M: Really? That's too had. Aren't you feeling well? W: Oh, it's not bad. There's going to be a public meeting down at the town hall. The state senator from this area is going to be there. She has this meeting three or four times a year to speak with people. M: Is that what you like to do with your evenings, go to listen to a politicien's speech? W: Actually, it's a class assignment. Professor Jackson, he's teaching that political science seminar I am taking. He told all of us in the seminar to go and hear what the senator has to say tonight and also write up a report about the issues people bring up. M: Oh, like medical care, and tax end... ? W: Right, as long as I'm there, I think I'd like to bring up government funding for state universities. The tuition keeps going up and it's getting harder and harder for a lot of students to afford it. M: It is nothing new. Everybody knows about it. W: Anyway, I want to do a really good job on this report. I need to get a letter of recommendation from Professor Jack- son for a graduate school. So I guess I'd better show up there tonight and see what's going on. M: Yeah, but, what about the history test? W: Well, I already put in some time on that this morning. So I think by tomorrow afternoon, I'll be ready. (20)