Now you might be wondering what's up with this discussion board question. What's it going to look like?

现在你可能想知道这个学术讨论写作是怎么回事。它会是什么样子的？

Now the question seems to begin with some background information that kind of simulates what you would see on a real discussion board.

题目从一些背景信息开始，类似于你在真实的讨论板上看到的内容。

What discussion boards does she look at?

她看哪些讨论区？

People could dial into them from their personal computers and leave messages on discussion boards.

人们可以通过个人电脑拨打电话并在讨论板上留言。

So you can see this is kind of like an online discussion board, a message board like you might have if you're at university.

所以你可以看到这有点像一个在线讨论板，一个留言板，就像你在大学里可能有的那样。

If you have any questions about this lesson, please go to www.engvid.com. You can join the discussion board.

如果您对本课有任何疑问，请访问 www.engvid.com。您可以加入讨论区。

Well, the discussion board question is going to come over from the TOEFL Essentials test into the TOEFL IBT test, and it's designed in a pretty standard way.

学术讨论写作将从“精简版”托福考试转移到托福 IBT 考试，它是以一种非常标准的方式设计的。

Well, on the new version of the TOEFL IBT, you'll get one integrated essay question and one discussion board question, and it'll take about 30 minutes to complete the whole section.

不过，在新版本的托福 IBT 中，你将会完成一个综合写作和一个学术讨论写作，完成整个部分大约需要 30 分钟。

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如果您学到了新知识，请与其他人分享此视频 - 发推文、发布到您最喜欢的讨论板或在社交媒体上分享，以便其他人可以了解这项神奇技术的工作原理。