順利通過(guò)托福口語(yǔ)考試的法寶

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 1.間接轉(zhuǎn)述(Indirect Speech)
        托福口語(yǔ)復(fù)述的實(shí)質(zhì)是將聽(tīng)到的和看到的話語(yǔ)用自己的話以口頭方式再轉(zhuǎn)達(dá)出來(lái)。“直接引述”是直接引用說(shuō)話人的原話,而要用自己的話把別人的意思轉(zhuǎn)述出來(lái)就稱(chēng)為“間接轉(zhuǎn)述”。托??谡Z(yǔ)考試中一般應(yīng)采用“間接轉(zhuǎn)述”的方法:針對(duì)特定問(wèn)題,用自己的話把讀到、聽(tīng)到的對(duì)話內(nèi)容或演講內(nèi)容再重復(fù)出來(lái)。對(duì)考生來(lái)說(shuō),這當(dāng)然是一個(gè)更高層次的要求。因?yàn)?,首先要?tīng)得懂、讀得懂別人的觀點(diǎn),其次才能在此基礎(chǔ)上進(jìn)行加工處理,變?yōu)樽约旱恼Z(yǔ)言再陳述出準(zhǔn)確意思來(lái)。這時(shí)候,“善于把別人的東西據(jù)為己有”就不再是一個(gè)“惡劣的行徑”了。
    請(qǐng)看下面幾例:
    例1:My mother said: “I’m so tired that I don’t want to cook. Shall we eat out tonight­”
    My mother said that she was so tired that she didn’t want to cook and she suggested that we should eat out that day.
    例2:Tom said: “I’ve already seen the film.”
    Tom said that he had already seen the film.
    間接轉(zhuǎn)述應(yīng)注意以下幾點(diǎn)規(guī)則:
    ⑴ 在轉(zhuǎn)述的引語(yǔ)前一般要用連詞that:(如例1、例2所示);
    ⑵ 要根據(jù)意思改變?nèi)朔Q(chēng);
    ⑶ 當(dāng)要轉(zhuǎn)述的言語(yǔ)為連貫的話語(yǔ)時(shí),應(yīng)用go on(繼續(xù)),continue(接著),add(補(bǔ)充)等,以及各種引述動(dòng)詞,如:note(指明),remark(談及)
    ⑷ 間接轉(zhuǎn)述不是重復(fù)原話,因此,時(shí)態(tài)要有所變動(dòng)。一般來(lái)講,現(xiàn)在時(shí)變?yōu)檫^(guò)去時(shí),過(guò)去時(shí)變?yōu)檫^(guò)去完成時(shí)。指示代詞、地點(diǎn)及時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)也要作必要改動(dòng)。
    2.釋義、意譯(Paraphrasing)
    Paraphrase (to express in a shorter or clearer way what someone has written or said) 就是用你所知道的,或者對(duì)你來(lái)說(shuō)較容易的詞匯、短語(yǔ)、以及語(yǔ)法去解釋那些較為難懂的語(yǔ)句。
    3.概述(Summarizing)
    Summarize (to make a short statement giving only the main information and not the details of a plan, event, report, etc.) 就是用簡(jiǎn)練話語(yǔ)概括描述一篇材料的中心思想。
    新托??谡Z(yǔ)考試的聽(tīng)、讀材料都不長(zhǎng),三言?xún)烧Z(yǔ)即可概括全文的中心意思,沒(méi)必要長(zhǎng)篇大論。當(dāng)然,時(shí)間也不允許這樣做。所以,高度概括的口語(yǔ)表達(dá)能力是順利通過(guò)托福口語(yǔ)考試的法寶之一。