聽力長(zhǎng)對(duì)話和短文高分必奪
作為走在上海應(yīng)試教學(xué)研究最前沿的上海新東方學(xué)校，這一次又在國(guó)家教委發(fā)布大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試試點(diǎn)樣題之際第一時(shí)間組織一線教師對(duì)試題作了仔細(xì)的研究和討論。我們聽力組經(jīng)過討論后總結(jié)出如下聽力部分的改革要點(diǎn)。首先，如以前的改革考綱所示，聽力部分的分值已經(jīng)從以前的20%上升到35%，和閱讀理解部分并列成為整張?jiān)嚲碇蟹种当壤钪匾膬刹糠帧Ｆ浯?，題型的種類和以往相比改動(dòng)不大。老題的聽力題目由兩部分組成，一部分叫做短對(duì)話(short conversation)，和新題的第一部分是一模一樣的。老題的第二部分有兩種選擇，一種是長(zhǎng)段子(passage)，另外一種是復(fù)合式聽寫 (compound dictation)，而新題中這兩種題型都必須考察，考察的形式和題目數(shù)量均與以往完全一致。不同的部分是新題中增設(shè)了一個(gè)長(zhǎng)對(duì)話部分 (longer conversation)，而且和以往我們預(yù)測(cè)的稍有出入的一點(diǎn)是樣題中把原有的短對(duì)話從10題減少到8題，而長(zhǎng)對(duì)話比我們預(yù)測(cè)的5題增加了2題，對(duì)話數(shù)量也由我們預(yù)測(cè)的1個(gè)增加為2個(gè)。不過對(duì)話部分題目總數(shù)保持不變，還是15個(gè)?？偟膩碚f，題目的總量增加了，做題時(shí)間增加了，本身對(duì)學(xué)生是否能夠長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的集中聽力注意力就增加了考驗(yàn)。另外以往有同學(xué)在考聽力的時(shí)候存在僥幸心理，特別是懼怕復(fù)合式聽寫的同學(xué)往往會(huì)在考前祈禱這次考試不要出現(xiàn)這種題型。改革以后以往所有的題型都必考了，無形中還是增加了總體的難度。接下來我將就其中的兩種題型：長(zhǎng)對(duì)話和長(zhǎng)段子給大家分析一下，著重于和以往題型的對(duì)比，目的在于給大家的復(fù)習(xí)方向以明確的指導(dǎo)。
首先我們來看一下樣題中給出的兩篇長(zhǎng)對(duì)話。
Conversation One
W: Hello, Gary. How’re you?
M: Fine! And yourself?
W: Can’t complain. Did you have time to look at my proposal?
M: No, not really. Can we go over it now?
W: Sure. I’ve been trying to come up with some new production and advertising strategies. First of all, if we want to stay competitive, we need to modernize our factory. New equipment should’ve been installed long ago.
M: How much will that cost?
W: We have several options ranging from one hundred thousand dollars all the way up to half a million.
M: OK. We’ll have to discuss these costs with finance.
W: We should also consider human resources. I’ve been talking to personnel as well as our staff at the factory.
M: And what’s the picture?
W: We’ll probably have to hire a couple of engineers to help us modernize the factory.
M: What about advertising?
W: Marketing has some interesting ideas for television commercials.
M: TV? Isn’t that a bit too expensive for us? What’s wrong with advertising in the papers, as usual?
作為走在上海應(yīng)試教學(xué)研究最前沿的上海新東方學(xué)校，這一次又在國(guó)家教委發(fā)布大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試試點(diǎn)樣題之際第一時(shí)間組織一線教師對(duì)試題作了仔細(xì)的研究和討論。我們聽力組經(jīng)過討論后總結(jié)出如下聽力部分的改革要點(diǎn)。首先，如以前的改革考綱所示，聽力部分的分值已經(jīng)從以前的20%上升到35%，和閱讀理解部分并列成為整張?jiān)嚲碇蟹种当壤钪匾膬刹糠帧Ｆ浯?，題型的種類和以往相比改動(dòng)不大。老題的聽力題目由兩部分組成，一部分叫做短對(duì)話(short conversation)，和新題的第一部分是一模一樣的。老題的第二部分有兩種選擇，一種是長(zhǎng)段子(passage)，另外一種是復(fù)合式聽寫 (compound dictation)，而新題中這兩種題型都必須考察，考察的形式和題目數(shù)量均與以往完全一致。不同的部分是新題中增設(shè)了一個(gè)長(zhǎng)對(duì)話部分 (longer conversation)，而且和以往我們預(yù)測(cè)的稍有出入的一點(diǎn)是樣題中把原有的短對(duì)話從10題減少到8題，而長(zhǎng)對(duì)話比我們預(yù)測(cè)的5題增加了2題，對(duì)話數(shù)量也由我們預(yù)測(cè)的1個(gè)增加為2個(gè)。不過對(duì)話部分題目總數(shù)保持不變，還是15個(gè)?？偟膩碚f，題目的總量增加了，做題時(shí)間增加了，本身對(duì)學(xué)生是否能夠長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的集中聽力注意力就增加了考驗(yàn)。另外以往有同學(xué)在考聽力的時(shí)候存在僥幸心理，特別是懼怕復(fù)合式聽寫的同學(xué)往往會(huì)在考前祈禱這次考試不要出現(xiàn)這種題型。改革以后以往所有的題型都必考了，無形中還是增加了總體的難度。接下來我將就其中的兩種題型：長(zhǎng)對(duì)話和長(zhǎng)段子給大家分析一下，著重于和以往題型的對(duì)比，目的在于給大家的復(fù)習(xí)方向以明確的指導(dǎo)。
首先我們來看一下樣題中給出的兩篇長(zhǎng)對(duì)話。
Conversation One
W: Hello, Gary. How’re you?
M: Fine! And yourself?
W: Can’t complain. Did you have time to look at my proposal?
M: No, not really. Can we go over it now?
W: Sure. I’ve been trying to come up with some new production and advertising strategies. First of all, if we want to stay competitive, we need to modernize our factory. New equipment should’ve been installed long ago.
M: How much will that cost?
W: We have several options ranging from one hundred thousand dollars all the way up to half a million.
M: OK. We’ll have to discuss these costs with finance.
W: We should also consider human resources. I’ve been talking to personnel as well as our staff at the factory.
M: And what’s the picture?
W: We’ll probably have to hire a couple of engineers to help us modernize the factory.
M: What about advertising?
W: Marketing has some interesting ideas for television commercials.
M: TV? Isn’t that a bit too expensive for us? What’s wrong with advertising in the papers, as usual?