計畫撰寫 (Work Proposals)


　
Exercise 48
I. Pre-Listening Exercise
II. Listening Exercise
III. Post-Listening Exercise


Purpose:

Writing the problem statement / 問題描述

　

I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • Everyday use
  • passive mode of accessing information fails
  • transmit geographic-based information
  • receive updated information in a timely manner
  • GIS-based architecture

Consult page 89 of Writing Effective Work Proposals by Ted Knoy for some of these definitions.

II. Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play" button and then answering the following questions. Press the "Final score" button to check your quiz results.


1. What is increasingly used everyday?
A. updated information
B. geographical-based information
C. PDAs

2. What will happen if PDA users can not receive updated information in a timely manner?
A. the range of using PDAs will be severely limited
B. PDA use may be discouraged
C. Both A and B

3. How can PDA users benefit from geographic-based information?
A. such as in cases of emergency
B. such as in cases of stock market performance
C. such as in cases of the TV program schedule

4. What kind of GIS-based architecture must be developed?
A. one that is quicker than conventional architecture
B. one that supports more interesting and useful functions than are supported by conventional architecture
C. one that performs more efficiently than conventional architecture does

5. What fails to transmit geographic-based information to PDA users effectively?
A. current network capacity
B. conventional administrative databases
C. the passive mode of accessing information

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2. Listen to the story again as you read the audiotranscript on page 326 of Writing Effective Work Proposals by Ted Knoy.

III. Post-Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Read the audiotranscript with a partner or change some of the information to adapt it to your situation.

2. Write a problem statement for your work or research project (6 – 8 sentences). View the accompanying two Power Point presentations on details of how to write this assignment.

3. Write four questions beginning with “How” when discussing the problem to be solved or addressed in your work or research, and then answer them. The question does not have to come directly from the listening exercise.
Example: How will the inability to receive updated information in a timely
manner affect PDA use?
Answer: It will severely limit the range of use of PDAs.
Example: How will this problem affect researchers in this field if left unsolved?
Answer: It will severely limit industrial applications of this technology?

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