四级听力的三个基本思路:
- 学习——基于学生的角度,一定是抱怨学习;
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生活——典型听力词汇有如下:
poor-很穷,
Student ID-学生证,用于 discount-打折,bargain-讨价还价; - 学习 VS 生活——忙,忙于学习。
PS:总之,解题从这三个思路出发,如果听不清题目说什么,就用这三个思路往上套
Part I 对话题
一、But 题型
But 题型如下:
A:···
B:···,but ···.
重点听第二个说话人B说话,but后面所说的话为重点,出题点往往在but后面。四级听力题中,But后面的为重点的占95%,之前的为重点的占5%。
e.g.(下面这题是反例,考的居然是but之前的内容,不过这种情况很少出现的)
A: I suppose you've bought some gifts for your family.
B: Well,I've bought a shirt for my father and two books for my sister.But I've not decided what to buy for my mother.Probably some jewels.
Question: Who did the man buy the book for?
Answer: His sister.
二. 场景题
场景题选项特点:
(1)介词结构in/at somewhere
(2)To do 开头的(问的是purpose目的)
(3)Doing……/They're doing……/They're……ing.
(4)A and B(人之间的关系relationship)e.g.Students and teacher.
场景题提问方式:
(1)what(过去,现在,将来)
(2)Where is the conversation taking place?/
Where does the conversation take place?
(3)When is the conversation taking place?
(4)Who-->where(location)问人是谁,可以从他所在的地方来判断。
场景题答题技巧
把各类场景容易出现的词给记住,选选项时往常考思路上靠
1.抱怨的作业:
- paper
a.论文
b.newspaper 报纸
c.document文件
d.纸张
写论文的步骤:
- a.choose a topic 选题
area:The area is too board for me.题目的范围太广了
narrow the topic down 把题目范围缩小
b.do some research 做调查(去图书馆 library做调查)
c.type it out打印
typewriter打字机,
computer,lap top手提电脑,
printer打印机,
laser printer 激光打印机,ribbon色带
- presentation 口头演讲——oral form=speech=report =address
a.时间性20分钟,一般演讲18-19分钟,留下几分钟时间别人发问
b.正式着装——formal clothes change(穿的衣服不合适就要换)You can't go like that.You need a change.你这样穿不行,要换一套衣服。
c.内心感受——nervous(演讲前心里很害怕)
Reading assignment / list 阅读作业/清单
Do you think the reading list is enormous?你觉不觉要读的书太多了?Research Financial Aid经济资助
- a.Tuition wavier学费减免
- b.RA——Researching Assistant助研;TA——Teaching Assistant 助教; Fellowship奖学金
2.餐厅
- cafeteria学校饭堂
meal card/ticket 饭卡/饭票,helping 一人份 - restaurant
fancy 高档的,menu 菜谱,order,manager经理,waiter book/reserve 预订,make a reservation预定上菜
顺序:soup汤—>main course 主菜一—>salad 沙拉(chef salad 招牌沙拉)——>dessert 甜点(pudding布丁,cheese,fruit)
赞美人家做菜好吃:
- Even my mother's can't match this.即使我妈妈做的也比不上这个好吃。
- I took the last one and it was out of the world.
(太好吃了以至于)我把最后一块也吃掉了。 - You wouldn't have to force me to help another one.
你不用叫我吃,我自己也会拿来吃的。
3.罚款 fine
- 校内:library里面,书过期
- 校外:break the trafic rules 违反交通规则,
- go speeding超速各种费用:fare 交通费(车费,船费),fee杂费,tuition学费,tuition and fee学杂费,rent 房租,utilities水电费,rate按比例收取的费用,post rate=postage邮资
4.机场
常考思路:
- 票已售完
- 接人(飞机)晚点
- 送人伤感see somebody off
常见线索词:
airplane, flight 航班, direct flight直航,
transfer 转机, seat-belt = safety belt安全带,
firstclass头等舱, economy class经济舱,
take off 起飞, land降落,circle盘旋
wing:
a.建筑物的附属楼
b.飞机的翅膀
c.鸡翅
terminal:
- a.终端(机房里面Should I use this terminal?)
- b.final station公交站最后一站
- c.候机大厅
- domestic terminal国内候机大厅,
- international terminal国际候机大厅
5.交通
常考思路:
- 交通堵塞 traffic jam
back up:
- a. 作业堆积如山
- b. 车辆很多
- c. back somebody up支持某人
- 交通违章——>fine罚款
break the traffic rule 违反交通规则,
go speeding超速 - 晚点behind schedule
6.打电话常考思路:
- 约人约不到
- 约会去不了
sth comes up/I'd like to reschedule/Could you fit me in(the doctor's schedule)? - 电话打不通(包括打错电话)
线索词:
- run out of coins(在公共电话亭里)没钱了,
- cut off被迫断线,
- hang up主动挂断电话,
- receiver听筒,
- slot电话上的小投币口,
- yellow pages 黄页,
- dial拨电话,
- hook(以前旧式电话上面的)钩,
- operator 接线员
打电话步骤:
- Look up the number in the yellow pages.在黄页里查找电话。
- Drop the coins in the slot.把硬币投入投币口。
- Then dial the number you want it.然后拨打你所需要的电话。
7.医院
常考思路:
- 医生难找
- 病情如何(getting better/worse)
- 有病耽误课 miss the class
线索词:
- treat 治疗(表过程),cure治疗,治愈(表结果)
- infirmary/students'help center学校的医院,clinic诊所,hospital,ward病房,
- prescribe 开药方,prescription处方
- Send him to Ward Three.把他送去3号病房。
- Send him toward three.把他送到东方去。(因为时钟三点指向东(上北下南左西右东))
- fill the prescription 按方抓药,
- refill the prescription继续按方抓药,
- cough 咳嗽,fever,influenza(flu)流感
8.缺课
缺课原因:
- get ill 由于生病而缺课
- oversleep睡过头了
- traffic jam交通堵塞/(car)break down车抛锚
9.买东西
- supermarket 超级市场:
- supplies 生活用品,
- price tag 价格签,
- special offer / on sale 打折,
- cart 手推车,
- vender 售货员,
- cashier 收银员
- department store 百货商店
- appliance 家用电器,
- costume 服装,
- floor 层,
- men's 男装区,
- sport's goods 体育用品,
- for sale 热卖中,待售中,
- discount 打折,折头,
- 70%off 三折,
- produce 农产品,
- product 工业产品,
- production产品(总称)
10.修理东西
TV,refrigerator(fridge)冰箱,oven电烤炉
11.关于工作
常考思路:
- 找到工作高兴
- 失去工作伤心
- 被解雇
- 离开旧工作
- 拒绝工作令人感到奇怪
线索词
找工作的过程: - 信息来源
- classified ads分类广告
- help and wanted section供求关系栏
- bulletin board公告栏
- flyer传单
- make a phone call Is the position still available?工作职位还仍然空缺吗?
- resume个人简历
- certification 学历证,
- ID 身份证,
- qualification 资历,
- recommendation letter 推荐信
- fill out = fill in = fill up填表格
- interview面试
12.人性的缺点
健忘
forgetful / absent-minded / slip one's mind
He's forgetful. / lsn't he forgetful?/ How forgetful he is!害羞
shy 害羞,
embarrassed 尴尬,
self-conscious 自信,
keep one's mind / thought to oneself / keep to onself 自问自答
13.租房子
常考思路:
1. 房难找
2. 房太贵
3. 房太嘈
线索词
- for rent 房子出租,
- house 房子,
- living-room 厅,
- rest-room 厕所
14.理发
线索词
- cut大剪,
- trim小修剪,
- bang男生刘海,
- parting分头(I want parting to the left.我想要左分头。)
- plait 辫子,
- fringe女生刘海,
- pigtail麻花辫,
- ponytail马尾辫,
- ripple波浪卷发
三. 重复反问题型
形式:
A: ……
B: ……(形容词,重复A部分的话),……
Q: ……
直接把B所说的形容词加深程度的选项为正确选项
例1:
A: It's a little bit warm out today.
B: Warm.You could fry an egg on the sidewalk.
正确选项应是强调warm的。
例2:
A: Mary sees happy with her grades.
B: Happy. She could hardly contain herself.她简直乐翻了。
正确选项应该是强调happy的。
四. 态度方向题Yes/No?
A: 讲述一个idea/opinion(一般疑问句)
B: Yes/No.……(阐述理由)
选项特点:有两个两两相反的选项(另外提醒一下,在听力题四个选项中,如果有其中两个选项说的内容刚好是相反的,那么正确答案必定为其中一个)。
五. 建议题
A…trouble……(讲述一个trouble)
B1:Advice.
B2:Don't worry./Calm down./Take it easy.
B:先安慰,后给advice.
表示建议的表达方式
- You should…./shouldn't….
- You ought to….
- Why not…/why don'…?
- If I were you,I would.….
- How about doing…/What about doing.…?
- It's(about/high)time that…(用过去时)。
在四级考试题中
- apple pie一定好吃,pizza一定不好吃
因为苹果派是traditional American的,The picnic is as American as apple pie.这是一个地道的美式野餐。
另外,apple pie virtue=traditional American virtue表美国人乐观等好品德 - film通常是不好看的,concert通常是好的
film:waste of time/money It has got an awful review.影评书评说它很差很烂。
Concert:worth the price of admission
虚拟语气:
1)might have,could have,should have 本应该
2)表示现在相反If I were you,I would…=You should.
语气词
- 表示糟糕的语气
It's too bad./ It's tough./Oh, no./What a pity. /Tough luck./
Uh-oh.小麻烦 - 表示惊讶的语气
Boy. / Oh, boy. / Oh, mine. /My God / My Goodness. / WoW!非常惊讶 - 表示赞美的语气
Wonderful / Terific / My favorite=My fav 我的最爱 / Cool / Super cool.酷呆了 / UItra cool.酷毙了 - 表示肯定的语气
Yeah.=Yes./You bet./Uh-huh./And…/I'll say./You said it./You cansay that again./And how./Isn't it(though)./Aren't they(though). - 表示否定的语气
nope.(升调)=no./But./Are you kidding?/Are you joking?/Are you serious?/No kidding./no joking./Who told you that?/Says who./Says you.
老外特点:
- 不谦虚
- 崇尚个人奋斗
体现在场景里面是借钱或借笔记,老外通常是不会借的
- Don't look at me.别指望我。
- Do you think I was made of money?/Do you think I inherited a fortune?你以为我继承了一笔财产啊?
老外好像很有钱的原因
a. 外国福利好
b. 可以向银行贷款
c. 由于生活习惯(如付小费不吝啬)表达思想非常直接