托福聽力考試技巧指南篇2

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托福聽力技巧指南之三——場景法
    為了讓你對托福聽力考試技巧有一個生動的形象化的認識,以下我們通過場景方法向你展示一個奇妙的答題方法。
    場景法指的是考生通過對話揭示的場景關(guān)鍵詞,判斷磁帶上的對話或演講發(fā)生的實際生活場景,再根據(jù)這一生活場景答題。場景法可行的原因在于托??荚嚨哪康摹N覀兦懊嬉呀?jīng)說過,托福測試的是外國學生在美國學習和生活要用到的基本語言能力,所以托福聽力在內(nèi)容上永遠離不了學習和生活這一主題。學生生活的圈子不大,典型的仍然像中國的5點式,即宿舍-教室-食堂-圖書館-購物。而托福聽力已經(jīng)考了幾十年了,學校里的幾乎每一個角落上都被考過了。只要考生能熟悉學校里的各個場所經(jīng)常發(fā)生的學生生活場景,僅憑幾個詞就可以知道整個對話或演講的大體內(nèi)容,從而得出(甚至猜出)正確答案。
    在場景法的后面,我們將歸納美國大學生活的各個場合及其典型的對話內(nèi)容。在這里,我們的先介紹一下如何利用場景法。
    為什么要用場景法?
    很多做過托福聽力題的考生都有這種感受:即有些對話里的詞全都聽懂而且明白單詞的意思,就是選不出答案。更離譜的是,即使讓你看文字答案答題,你也未必會有很高的正確率。為什么會出現(xiàn)這種情況呢?原因在于場景,即英語里常說的situation。我們平時碰到有人試圖安慰心情不好的自己時,經(jīng)常會說“你不是我,你不會明白的”,就是這個道理。在托福的聽力中,“清”的肯定不是“旁觀者”,而只有“*者”才會最清楚對話到底說的是什么。而要成為“*者”,你必須熟悉托福聽力的大學生活背景。下面的例子列舉了熟悉場景的重要性:
    He got in and pushed the button for the forth floor.Question: What did he do?
    (A) He took the elevator.
    (B) He sewed the buttons on.
    (C) He dropped something on the floor.
    (D) He made him go upstairs.
    這個單句題(現(xiàn)在的聽力部分沒有這種單句題),如果你不熟悉電梯的話,你會一頭霧水,根本不知其所云何事。但是,如果你一聽到就想到了電梯的話,那么這根本不是問題。
    所以,托福的聽力中的有些題目僅憑聽清楚每個單詞的字面意思是不夠的(很多時候甚至是不必要的),你還必須生動地想象出對話所發(fā)生的具體生活場景。
    場景法的魅力
    例如學生入學時登記注冊的場景。如果你平時記住了關(guān)于register的詞匯,如registration,course enrollment form,signed by academic advisor,get the department"s approval,tables set up aIl the way around,stamp your form,approved,pay for tuition,officially enrolled,pick up identification card。
    那么,即使你聽力能力較差,對話的具體細節(jié)沒能聽懂,你也能答對題。如果你不相信的話,請試著僅根據(jù)注冊這一大學里發(fā)生的場景,而不根據(jù)對話的內(nèi)容,做下面兩道題。
    1.When would this talk be given?
    (A) At the beginning of a semester.
    (B) During the mid-semester vacation.
    (C) At final examination time.
    (D) Just before a gymnastics event.Q
    2.swheresare the students going tomorrow?
    (A) To registration office.
    (B) To a class reunion.
    (C) To their classes.
    (D) To a track meet.
    第1題:該對話肯定發(fā)生在學期初。答案確實唾手可得。
    第2題:既然是講注冊,那肯定是去registration office。
    此外了解對話內(nèi)容及相關(guān)詞句和美國的大學生活對聽力考試也有幫助。
    (1)對話內(nèi)容及相關(guān)詞句
    以下是我們總結(jié)的針對對話內(nèi)容的詞句,記住這些詞句有助于你對對話內(nèi)容和場景的判斷,從而正確地答案。即使你沒有完全聽懂對話,你也可能根據(jù)判斷得出的對話場景正確地答題。
    1.東西丟了:lost the key,can"t found the note
    2.剃頭:hardly bald, hairstyle change for not covering the eyes, cut curl hair
    3.搭車:pick up the third one at the airline, give me a ride to the office
    4.穿衣: a jean and T-shirt for interview is casual, clothes is wet before the concert
    5.花需要光:
     put the flower to the window, the bookcase will prevent the sunlight, need the fresh
    6.忘了: slip my mind, forgot to give the note to someone
    7.圖書館:
     spend the whole day in the library, make the photocopy at library, meet at the library, return the books to the library, library is a better place to study
    8.室友: looking for a roommate, roommate should apologize, roommate is too noisy,
    9.吃的:
    fish can"t be eat, berry is a bush even for a bird, bread is over toasted, vegetables are over cooked, bread may be in the refrigerator,
    10.借東西: lend me calculus book(calculator), borrow the money from check, borrow car for shopping
    11.天氣:clean up for picnic, cold enough for skating, snowing too much to fly, so hot that we need an air conditioner,
    12.作業(yè)能否完成:wait till the last minute, chemistry test without time for reading, fill out the financial aid form without the priority, paper extended to the next week
    13.第三者: have done it for me
    14.排隊: magazine to kill the time, read the magazine twice, go early for not queue
    15.得病看醫(yī)生:
     need another doctor, it is open till 10 at the health center, take the pill the doctor assigned,
      16.沒空幫忙: can"t give you a ride due to the meeting tomorrow morning,
    17.鍛煉減肥: lost weight, two blue clothes but one with the large size
    18.電影或音樂會:
     see the concert twice make sense again, sell ticket to you so that you come with me, lectured by some professor is worth watching,
    19.還書: return so as not to pay fine, help me return the books,
    20.重新考慮以前的決定: reconsider your decision,
    21.轉(zhuǎn)讓: movie ticket
    22.加入社團: garden club, find another committee member to replace,
    23.認不出來: beard, bother is different,
    24.住房:
     find an apartment under 500 dollars, find a larger apartment, live nearer to the campus
    25.放松: join a entertainment club for leisure, spend more time outdoors,
    26.約會: (appointment), reschedule one of the appointment
    27.關(guān)門了(過期了): museum closed, cafeteria closed,
    28.照相: film run out, film not processed, film not good
    29.同去: come go with me
    30.太吵: too noisy, can"t concentrate