二、聽時抓“點”

有了充分的聽前預測,聽時的主要任務就是抓住考點,且掌握如下兩個原則:

1. 考點均勻分布,易出現(xiàn)在話輪轉換處

首先,長對話后設的3-4個小題一般均勻地分布在對話的每個回合,極少出現(xiàn)某一個回合包含兩個考點的情況。這樣,我們在一個對話回合中找到一個考點后,剩余的部分就可不做詳聽,讓緊張的神經(jīng)稍做放松,有利于將精力集中于下面的考點。

其次,考點的位置多是話輪轉換的時候。具體的說,就是對話一方某段發(fā)言的開頭和結尾部分,這也完全符合西方人的思維習慣,即在發(fā)言伊始多是開門見山,而在發(fā)言結尾處又總括強調。

仍以2006年12月Conversation Two為例:

M: Hi, Miss Rowling, how old were you when you started to write? And what was your first book?

W: I wrote my first story when I was about six. It was about a small animal, a rabbit, I mean, and I've been writing ever since. (22題考點)

M: Why did you choose to be an author?

W: If someone asked me how to achieve happiness, step one would be finding out what you love doing most and step two would be finding someone to pay you to do this. I consider myself very lucky indeed to be able to support myself by writing. (23題考點)

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M: Do you have any plans to write books for adults?

W: My first two novels were for adults. I suppose I might write another one, but I never really imagine a target audience when I'm writing. The ideas come first, so it really depends on the ideas that grasp me next. (24題考點)

M: Where did the ideas for the Harry Potter books come from?

W: I've no idea where the ideas came from. And I hope I'll never find out. (25題考點) It would spoil my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny wrinkle on the surface of my brain, which makes me think about the invisible train platform.

2. 重復率較高的詞或短語多成為考點

對話的主要內容理所當然會得到說話人的強調,而一個非常重要且明顯的強調方式就是重復,故重復的詞語往往能夠揭示對話的主題。

如問:What is the news coverage mainly about?

而原文中多次出現(xiàn)rebel forces, conflict, war等與"叛亂"相關的詞語,也可判斷本題答案為A) The latest developments of an armed rebellion in Karnak.

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