通常我們在對話或者講座的結(jié)尾都會走神,因為聽力持續(xù)的時間太長,導致我們在聽力快要結(jié)束的時候,松一口氣的同時,注意力也不能集中在聽力上了。但是往往結(jié)尾也是考點之一。
實例解析:
What is one way the professor mention that can help with art restoration?
l By re-creating the pigments and binding agents used by artists of earlier eras
l By removing pigments and binding agents that dissolve paintings over time
l By creating protective coatings of paint that do not damage original paintings
l By developing ways to safely remove paint added by previous restorers
教授的最后一句話就是答案:
Then if we want to undo some bad restoration attempts, we can determine what kind of process we can use to remove them to dissolve the paint and uncover the original.
正確選項是D。在對話中,結(jié)尾的位置經(jīng)常是教授提出建議的位置,或者是教授提出要求的位置。這樣就更需要注意他們的內(nèi)容,因為很大可能會出考題。所以在平時做題的時候,我們要努力克制,一定要聽到最后。
5.針對數(shù)字,地點,人物進行提問
在聽力中會有一些數(shù)字,地點,人物之類的內(nèi)容。這些數(shù)字,地點,人物本身不重要,重要的是他們之后跟著的內(nèi)容。所以在聽到這些內(nèi)容的時候,一定要了解他們之后的內(nèi)容的含義。
實例解析:
According to the professor, what were two ways that the situation of women artists had changed by then end of the nineteenth century in Paris? (Click on 2 answers.)
l Women and men took art classes together
l Women artists played a greater role in the Salon exhibitions
l More schools were established by women artists
l Fewer women artists were traveling to Paris
教授說:
Before the late 19 century, if the women who want to become an artist have to take private lessons or learn from family members. They have more limited options than men did. But around 1870s, some artists in Paris began to offer classes for female students. These classes were for women only. And by the end of the 19 century, it became much more common for woman and man to study together in the same classes.
By the last two decades of 19 century, one fifth of the paintings in the salon were by woman, much higher than in the past.
答案就很顯而易見,是AB選項。
6.針對對比,類比或者相似的內(nèi)容進行提問
在講座中尤其喜歡拿兩樣事物對比或者類比著說,如果出現(xiàn)這種情況,就需要注意兩個事物的各自的特征或者相同的特征,因為這里很可能是考點。
實例解析:
What does the professor compare to a housefly laying many eggs?
l A child learning many different ideas from her parents
l Alligators reproducing in New York sewers
l Different people remembering different versions of a story
l A person singing the“Twinkle, twinkle”song many times
教授說:
Next, fecundity. Fecundity is the ability to reproduce in large numbers. For example, the common housefly reproduces by laying several thousand eggs, so each fly gene gets copied thousands of times. Memes, well, they can be reproduced in large numbers as well. How many times have you sung the‘twinkle, twinkle song’to someone? Each time you replicated the song, and maybe passed it along to someone who did not know it yet, a small child maybe.
教授用housefly的例子來說明基因的傳遞,然后作類比,說明通過給別人唱“小星星”這首歌,文化基因是如何傳遞的。所以D選項就是我們的正確答案。
三.托福聽力細節(jié)題的選項有哪些特征?
細節(jié)題一定是原文出現(xiàn)過的內(nèi)容,他們可能是同義改寫,也可能是用原文中的詞匯概述答案。所以對于原文中沒有出現(xiàn)過的內(nèi)容,一定是錯的。這就是細節(jié)題跟推斷題之間的區(qū)別。
托福聽力細節(jié)題的錯誤選項有如下幾種:
1.原文提到過的內(nèi)容,但是不在對應(yīng)的位置。它可能是上一個話題的內(nèi)容,也可能是下一個話題的內(nèi)容。這樣的選項比較具有迷惑性,容易錯選。如果在做筆記的過程中能夠分段落進行記載,那么就可以避免這種現(xiàn)象。
2.部分原文中的內(nèi)容+部分原文中沒有提到的內(nèi)容。這樣的選項我們會自動忽略沒有出現(xiàn)過的內(nèi)容,所以在讀題的時候一定要仔細。不斷的問自己這個信息點到底是否在聽力中出現(xiàn)過。
3.完全沒有出現(xiàn)過的內(nèi)容。這種選項一般我們可以直接省略。
4.與原文不符的內(nèi)容。有些選項會跟原文不符,但是因為他們跟原文的內(nèi)容太像,太接近,我們又忽略了他們否定的內(nèi)容,所以在做題過程中也需要注意。