W: I just read in the newspaper that Lord of the Rings is this year’s greatest hit. Why don’t we go and see it at the Grand Cinema?
M: Don’t you think that cinema is a little out of the way?
Q: What does the man mean?
在这道题中,如果不知道Lord of the Rings是今年流行的一部电影《指环王》,这个句子将不成其为句子。因此,我们在平常要多注意观察生活,多记一些比较热点的短语。
另外一种提高听力的途径就是精听。所谓精听,就是要把一篇文章每一个细节都剖析清楚。具体的做法是;找一篇难度相当的文章,所谓难度相当,就是这篇文章一口气读下来能理解大意,里面有一些生词存在,但不影响理解大意。对于这种文章,我们采取五步听写法。首先第一步先泛听此文章,了解大意。之后进行听写练习。把刚才听的文章再一句一句认真地听,每听完一句就在本子上写下听到的句子,对于不会写的或是遗忘的信息就暂时空白,千万不要倒回去再听。接着听下一句,再将听到的写下来。就这样一句一句地听,不停地补充本子上空白的信息,直到听到5遍左右停下来。第三步的工作就是核对答案。听了5遍以后,翻开书仔细核对一下自己写的和答案有什么不同。第四步就是跟读重点,所谓的重点就是在5遍听下来只好还没有写上的信息,或者是自己以为正确的,但和原文一比较才知道错误的信息。首先我们要弄清楚为什么我们没有听出来。可能是因为这个词我们本来就不认识,是个生词,那么借此机会我们将它记住。也可能是几个单词间发生了语音变化,例如原文说的an earthquake,但是我们却写成了a nurse quick,原文说的 the university was founded by a group of women,我们却听成了the university was found by a group of women。经常积累一下这样的连读与弱读现象,下次再遇见的时候就不会再犯同样的错误。最后一步就是背诵。将我们听写的文章背诵下来。背诵是提高英语水平最有效的方法。原因在于背诵的时候我们动用了身上所有的感官,即背诵既练习了口语和听力,也借助所背的内容掌握了一些单词和句型,为阅读和写作提供可很好的原材料。
The Library of Congress is America s national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers,(S1) publications as well as letters of (S2) interest. It also has maps, photographs, art (S3) , movies, sound recordings and musical (S4) . All together, it has more than 100 million objects. The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for public holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is (S5) to take books out of the building. The Library of Congress was (S6) in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about 3,000 books. They were all (S7) that year when the Capitol was burned down during America s war with Britain. To help rebuild the library, Congress bought the books of president Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson s collection included 7,000 books in seven languages. (S8)
Today, three buildings hold the library s collection.(S9)
It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office.(S10)
This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States.
我们来看04年6月的复合式听写:
这是一篇介绍美国国会图书馆的文章。首先预测文章大意,在文章第一句看见The Library of Congress is America s national library. 脑海里马上调出对美国国会图书馆的了解。如果平时注意积累外国文化的考生就可以占优势。不知道美国国会图书馆的也没关系,继续向后看,看完之后发现讲的是美国一图书馆的发展。
浏览完文章大意之后就开始填写。利用好三遍放音的时间,从容发挥,不要紧张。
最后进入检查阶段。文章第1,2空分别填写了两个多音节形容词popular和historical,虽然都是平常常见的单词,很多同学还是由于粗心把 historical写成了historic. 第3,4空填写了两个名词复数prints和instruments。注意是复数形式,写成单数的同学不能得分。从文章的结构可以看出来,It also has maps, photographs, art prints, movies, sound recordings, and musical instruments.此句子为并列举,前后都是用的名词复数,因此这两空毫无疑问也是复数。第5,6,7空都考到了动词的被动语态,分别是 permitted,established与destroyed, 注意permitted要双写t.