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篇1:雅思阅读文章通读方法讲解
浏览文章是雅思阅读的必备策略。做题时,通常先阅读题目,然后通过题目中的关键词到文章中定位,最后找到答案。但是若遇到某些题型,单纯依靠定位就不合时宜了,即使侥幸做对,那也是自欺欺人。
例如目前颇有大展其鼓之势的段落细节配对题。简而言之,此题型就是出题者给出一个细节,然后要求答题者找出细节所在的相应段落。若用定位法,势必整段逐行搜寻,耗时耗力,效率等同于通读全文,更何况有时还未必能找到题干中的相同词语,而是需要靠做题者自己去归纳。
例如“剑四”52页30题题干“a description of the mental activities which are exercised and developed during play”,在文章相关段落中很难甄别出上述信息。还有T/F/NG题中,虽然题目顺序与原文答案出现顺序一般保持一致,但也不能完全排除顺序打乱的情况出现,例如“剑五”19页8-13题。要做出这些题,那就非读文章不可了。
篇2:雅思阅读文章通读方法讲解
那么雅思文章该怎么读呢?首先,我们来看看雅思权威考官Vanessa Jakeman和Clare McDowell两位专家是怎么说的:“When you go to university or college you may be overwhelmed by the amount of reading you are expected to do. You will have to do a lot of this reading on your own and you will need to be able to read discriminatingly. This means you will need to have the skills required to focus in on the information that is important to you and to skim through the information that isn’t.”按照他们的说法,雅思阅读就是考察学生在读长文章时筛选信息的能力,即read discriminately,知道哪些是重要信息必须细读,哪些是无用的,可以忽略。
雅思考题的设计思路不仅是为了测试考生的语言水平,更在于帮助考生培养起一套适合英联邦大学教学观念的学习方法。
在英国念文科的同学都会有这样一种共识,那就是一学期要看很多书,写很多essay,有的同学虽然很刻苦,整日地泡在图书馆里做书虫,但还是读不完reading list中的必读书。再对比周围英国同学,他们不见得比我们刻苦,却很能掉书袋,写出的essay理论功底更深。
学习效率的高低正是由阅读方法的差异造成的。中国学生从小接受英语精读教学,咬文嚼字,看书喜欢一页页地细嚼慢咽。就个人阅读习惯而言,这种读法无可厚非,但若是做学问,这就不是正确的方法了。而英国学生读书,总是先浏览目次、摘要等信息,然后阅读索引,找寻需要的信息,所以他们一本书通常读一天甚至于几小时就够了。同样雅思的文章,也没必要逐字逐句的读,而是要了解作者行文时的构思以及写文章要达到的目的。如果做题前就能对文章的思路了如指掌,那就好比站在了作者的高度,定位时也就不会出现无的放矢的碰运气了。
有的同学也许会有这样的疑问,雅思文章题材五花八门,行文艰深晦涩,要看懂都不容易,怎样能在几分钟内,梳理出作者的写作思路呢?对于这个问题我们知道,雅思文章的学术性虽然决定了它的深度,但另一方面也决定了相对固定的文章结构。
因为学术是严谨的,在形式上它有一套严格的规范(the established academic caliber)。就学术范畴的文章而言,其观点可以犀利独到,但论证必须缜密,所以文章层次结构相比起他体裁是稳定的。换言之,学术文章有点八股文的味道。那么我们就可以利用这点迅速掌握文章结构继而掌握思路了。
文章的性质决定了文章的结构。在《剑桥雅思》的前言中,关于阅读有这样一段话: “The passages are on topics of general interest. At least one text contains detailed logical argument.” 据笔者观察,所有雅思文章都可以分为两大类:介绍性的学术说明文和论辩性的学术论文。
雅思阅读模拟题:The Triumph of Unre
Part I
Reading Passage 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on
Reading Passage1 below.
The Triumph of Unreason?
A.
Neoclassical economics is built on the assumption that humans are rational
beings who have a clear idea of their best interests and strive to extract
maximum benefit (or “utility”, in economist-speak) from any situation.
Neoclassical economics assumes that the process of decision-making is rational.
But that contradicts growing evidence that decision-making draws on the
emotions—even when reason is clearly involved.
B.
The role of emotions in decisions makes perfect sense. For situations met
frequently in the past, such as obtaining food and mates, and confronting or
fleeing from threats, the neural mechanisms required to weigh up the pros and
cons will have been honed by evolution to produce an optimal outcome. Since
emotion is the mechanism by which animals are prodded towards such outcomes,
evolutionary and economic theory predict the same practical consequences for
utility in these cases. But does this still apply when the ancestral machinery
has to respond to the stimuli of urban modernity?
C.
One of the people who thinks that it does not is George Loewenstein, an
economist at Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh. In particular, he
suspects that modern shopping has subverted the decision-making machinery in a
way that encourages people to run up debt. To prove the point he has teamed up
with two psychologists, Brian Knutson of Stanford University and Drazen Prelec
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to look at what happens in the
brain when it is deciding what to buy.
D.
In a study, the three researchers asked 26 volunteers to decide whether to
buy a series of products such as a box of chocolates or a DVD of the television
show that were flashed on a computer screen one after another. In each round of
the task, the researchers first presented the product and then its price, with
each step lasting four seconds. In the final stage, which also lasted four
seconds, they asked the volunteers to make up their minds. While the volunteers
were taking part in the experiment, the researchers scanned their brains using a
technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). This measures
blood flow and oxygen consumption in the brain, as an indication of its
activity.
E.
The researchers found that different parts of the brain were involved at
different stages of the test. The nucleus accumbens was the most active part
when a product was being displayed. Moreover, the level of its activity
correlated with the reported desirability of the product in question.
F.
When the price appeared, however, fMRI reported more activity in other
parts of the brain. Excessively high prices increased activity in the insular
cortex, a brain region linked to expectations of pain, monetary loss and the
viewing of upsetting pictures. The researchers also found greater activity in
this region of the brain when the subject decided not to purchase an item.
G.
Price information activated the medial prefrontal cortex, too. This part of
the brain is involved in rational calculation. In the experiment its activity
seemed to correlate with a volunteer's reaction to both product and price,
rather than to price alone. Thus, the sense of a good bargain evoked higher
activity levels in the medial prefrontal cortex, and this often preceded a
decision to buy.
H.
People's shopping behaviour therefore seems to have piggy-backed on old
neural circuits evolved for anticipation of reward and the avoidance of hazards.
What Dr Loewenstein found interesting was the separation of the assessment of
the product (which seems to be associated with the nucleus accumbens) from the
assessment of its price (associated with the insular cortex), even though the
two are then synthesised in the prefrontal cortex. His hypothesis is that rather
than weighing the present good against future alternatives, as orthodox
economics suggests happens, people actually balance the immediate pleasure of
the prospective possession of a product with the immediate pain of paying for
it.
I.
That makes perfect sense as an evolved mechanism for trading. If one useful
object is being traded for another (hard cash in modern time), the future
utility of what is being given up is embedded in the object being traded.
Emotion is as capable of assigning such a value as reason. Buying on credit,
though, may be different. The abstract nature of credit cards, coupled with the
deferment of payment that they promise, may modulate the “con” side of the
calculation in favour of the “pro”.
J.
Whether it actually does so will be the subject of further experiments that
the three researchers are now designing. These will test whether people with
distinctly different spending behaviour, such as miserliness and extravagance,
experience different amounts of pain in response to prices. They will also
assess whether, in the same individuals, buying with credit cards eases the pain
compared with paying by cash. If they find that it does, then credit cards may
have to join the list of things such as fatty and sugary foods, and recreational
drugs, that subvert human instincts in ways that seem pleasurable at the time
but can have a long and malign aftertaste.
雅思阅读模拟题:Time to cool
Dec 13th
From The Economist print edition
1 REFRIGERATORS are the epitome of clunky technology: solid, reliable and
just a little bit dull. They have not changed much over the past century, but
then they have not needed to. They are based on a robust and effective
idea--draw heat from the thing you want to cool by evaporating a liquid next to
it, and then dump that heat by pumping the vapour elsewhere and condensing it.
This method of pumping heat from one place to another served mankind well when
refrigerators' main jobs were preserving food and, as air conditioners, cooling
buildings. Today's high-tech world, however, demands high-tech refrigeration.
Heat pumps are no longer up to the job. The search is on for something to
replace them.
2 One set of candidates are known as paraelectric materials. These act like
batteries when they undergo a temperature change: attach electrodes to them and
they generate a current. This effect is used in infra-red cameras. An array of
tiny pieces of paraelectric material can sense the heat radiated by, for
example, a person, and the pattern of the array's electrical outputs can then be
used to construct an image. But until recently no one had bothered much with the
inverse of this process. That inverse exists, however. Apply an appropriate
current to a paraelectric material and it will cool down.
3 Someone who is looking at this inverse effect is Alex Mischenko, of
Cambridge University. Using commercially available paraelectric film, he and his
colleagues have generated temperature drops five times bigger than any
previously recorded. That may be enough to change the phenomenon from a
laboratory curiosity to something with commercial applications.
4 As to what those applications might be, Dr Mischenko is still a little
hazy. He has, nevertheless, set up a company to pursue them. He foresees putting
his discovery to use in more efficient domestic fridges and air conditioners.
The real money, though, may be in cooling computers.
5 Gadgets containing microprocessors have been getting hotter for a long
time. One consequence of Moore's Law, which describes the doubling of the number
of transistors on a chip every 18 months, is that the amount of heat produced
doubles as well. In fact, it more than doubles, because besides increasing in
number, the components are getting faster. Heat is released every time a logical
operation is performed inside a microprocessor, so the faster the processor is,
the more heat it generates. Doubling the frequency quadruples the heat output.
And the frequency has doubled a lot. The first Pentium chips sold by Dr Moore's
company, Intel, in 1993, ran at 60m cycles a second. The Pentium 4--the last
“single-core” desktop processor--clocked up 3.2 billion cycles a second.
6 Disposing of this heat is a big obstruction to further miniaturisation
and higher speeds. The innards of a desktop computer commonly hit 80℃. At 85℃,
they stop working. Tweaking the processor's heat sinks (copper or aluminium
boxes designed to radiate heat away) has reached its limit. So has tweaking the
fans that circulate air over those heat sinks. And the idea of shifting from
single-core processors to systems that divided processing power between first
two, and then four, subunits, in order to spread the thermal load, also seems to
have the end of the road in sight.
7 One way out of this may be a second curious physical phenomenon, the
thermoelectric effect. Like paraelectric materials, this generates electricity
from a heat source and produces cooling from an electrical source. Unlike
paraelectrics, a significant body of researchers is already working on it.
8 The trick to a good thermoelectric material is a crystal structure in
which electrons can flow freely, but the path of phonons--heat-carrying
vibrations that are larger than electrons--is constantly interrupted. In
practice, this trick is hard to pull off, and thermoelectric materials are thus
less efficient than paraelectric ones (or, at least, than those examined by Dr
Mischenko). Nevertheless, Rama Venkatasubramanian, of Nextreme Thermal Solutions
in North Carolina, claims to have made thermoelectric refrigerators that can sit
on the back of computer chips and cool hotspots by 10℃. Ali Shakouri, of the
University of California, Santa Cruz, says his are even smaller--so small that
they can go inside the chip.
9 The last word in computer cooling, though, may go to a system even less
techy than a heat pump--a miniature version of a car radiator. Last year Apple
launched a personal computer that is cooled by liquid that is pumped through
little channels in the processor, and thence to a radiator, where it gives up
its heat to the atmosphere. To improve on this, IBM's research laboratory in
Zurich is experimenting with tiny jets that stir the liquid up and thus make
sure all of it eventually touches the outside of the channel--the part where the
heat exchange takes place. In the future, therefore, a combination of
microchannels and either thermoelectrics or paraelectrics might cool computers.
The old, as it were, hand in hand with the new.
篇3:雅思口语拓展方法讲解
雅思口语拓展方法讲解
首先是“直接回答”指针对雅思口语考官的提问直接正面回答,切忌兜圈子和回避考官问题。接下来,我们要针对回答进行解释,给出原因。很多同学面对熟悉的话题很容易想到原因,但是如果是日常生活中很少接触的事物,则会没有头绪。出现这种状况的原因是大家往往倾向于从事物本身的特点出发想原因,参见以下例子
I’m quite into music for the reason that it never fails to cheer me up.
I love my name coz it makes people easily remember me.
I enjoy playing computer games as it’s really fun and it’s a great way to loosen up.
雅思口语拓展,从这个角度出发想原因并没错,但是当这条路走不通的时候,可以从其他角度发散思维。例如回想一下自己以往好的或者糟糕的经历,参考以下例子:
I can’t stand public transportation coz every time I take a bus or subway, especially during rush hours, it’s packed like sardines and I feel like I’m going to die.
Swimming would be the last thing (that) I want to do. And as I see it, it’s mainly because once I almost drowned in a river when I was little. It was so horrible.
其次可以想想身边人对你的影响,参考以下例子:
I’m a big fan of classical music thanks to my mom, who used to put on some music by Beethoven or Schubert at home when I was a kid.
I find it great to ride bicycles thanks to my bestie, Lily, who is a super fan of cycling. Actually, she always invites me to some local cycling events and gradually it’s become a necessary part of my life as well.
总结一下,当刚刚听到问题没有思路时,可以从以下几个方面来找灵感:事物本身特点、自己过去经历(开心的/不开心的)、其他人的影响。这样可以帮助我们大大提高流利度。
最后,补充一些细节来支撑刚刚给出的原因。不知道如何给具体例子的烤鸭们,建议参考“个人习惯句型”I mean/Actually/In fact/For example, what, who, when, where, why。
下面我们通过雅思口语Part 1和 Part 3两道例题,再来完整回顾一下雅思口语拓展之“直接回答-给原因-给细节”这个法则。
Part 1例题:What’s your favorite part of your country?
I definitely think the food culture is the best part of my country. (直接作答)I mean, China never fails to satisfy all peoples’ needs for tasty food. (给原因)Although sometimes the way we make food is not that healthy, I still think it’s an ideal place for foodies for the reason that it has a lot to offer, from spicy food to light-cooked food to various kinds of dessert.(给细节)
有时“给原因”和“给细节”的顺序可以灵活调整,参考下面Part 3部分的一道例题:Are science museums popular in China?
Definitely! Science museums are popular among not only science buff but also people who are not that crazy about science (直接作答). Actually, no matter it’s during the weekdays or on the weekends, science museums are always busy and full of visitors (给细节). As I see it, it’s mainly because the exhibitions/displays in those science museums enable people to enhance their knowledge about S&T in an interactive and vivid way (给原因).
9-12月雅思口语part2&3答案解析:被污染的地方
Describe a place you visited that has been polluted.
You should say
Where it is
When you visited this place
What kinds of pollution you saw there
And explain how this place was affected
I once visited a lake. I can’t remember the name, but it was on a company excursion many years ago when I worked in a small tech company. It was a couple of hours outside Beijing past the mountain range to the north of the city. The lake was meant to be an amazing place with lilies and incredible natural scenery, but I was really disappointed when I arrived because it was quite murky and oily in places. You could tell that the place had been used to dump waste and not taken care of very well. I noticed there were a couple of factories nearby as we approached in the minibus, so I am guessing that the pollution from the factories somehow got into the lake and the surrounding area. It was pretty sad, to be honest, because the area is really rather beautiful, so it was a shame to see it being spoilt in this way. I am sure that there were not many fish in the lake, or any other kind of life… at least not healthy lake animals and plants! I really hope that the local authorities have enough motivation, time and resources to clean this area up and turn it into a genuinely nice place for visitors. There are a lot of polluted places in the world because human beings consume resources and inevitably dump waste in seas, rivers and lakes, as well as into the soil. This is something that needs to be addressed, as in the end we all need nature, not just to enjoy on weekend excursions, but to grow vegetables, obtain clean water, and maintain a balanced ecosystem. We learned about this in biology in school, and it’s often on the news these days, so I think people are becoming more and more aware of the importance of taking care of the natural environment.
Part3
1. What kinds of pollution are serious in your country?
I think the most serious kind of pollution is air pollution and water pollution maybe. Perhaps air pollution is the worst, from all the emissions from factories and cars. You see there are a lot of factories, and we produce a lot of goods for the world, so that means there are quite high levels of emissions coming from production. There are measures in place to reduce this, but there need to be more efforts made to enforce these measures.
2. What can individuals do to protect our environment?
Individuals can do a number of things to contribute towards looking after the environment. Firstly, trying to use less plastic is an important thing to do because a lot of plastic gets into the rivers and oceans and affects the food chain as it is consumed by marine animals. Secondly, we can try to take more public transport and reduce private car use to reduce the air pollution in cities. Thirdly we can try to be more sparing with the amount of water we use at home. These are examples of individual contributions to the wider environmental cause.
3. Do you think individuals should be to some extent responsible for pollution?
Yes, I do. And I also believe that in schools and universities people should be educated about the basic ways in which we, as individuals, can contribute to taking care of the environment. All of the small things that we do can help, especially as we have a large population – we cannot simply rely on the government to do everything for us.
4. Why is there a need to involve government in environmental protection?
The government have the power to put stricter controls on traffic, factories and other major sources of pollution. Furthermore they can put money into research and development of more alternative and sustainable forms of energy – this is something that needs government funding and support for scientific research and technological developments. This is the government’s responsibility.
209-12月雅思口语part2&3答案解析:想了解的外国文化
Describe a foreign country (culture) you want to know more about.
You should say:
What it is
Where it is
How you know it
And explain why you want to know more about it
I’d like to learn more about Mexico. I’ve been watching a TV series set in Mexico recently, and I’m really drawn to the way they speak, their sense of humour and the amazing countryside of the country. It’s a country in south America. So, I know about it mainly from that TV series. I’ve also been to a few Mexican restaurants in Beijing, which I really enjoy. So, I’m quite drawn to the food as well as the impression I have of the place from the TV series. I’ve also heard that it’s quite a dangerous country though, unfortunately, with a lot of drug problems, violent gangs and crime. So I guess certain areas of the country are not very safe for travelling, but I am sure there are areas that are fairly safe, because I’ve seen quite a few holidays and travel programmes about the place. I’d like to go to Mexico one day, and they speak Spanish, which is a language I am really drawn to, so I would quite like to go there and perhaps study Spanish for a year or two and maybe even find a job with some connection between Mexico and China – I believe there might be increasingly close trade ties between the countries and this could mean jobs might require Spanish-speaking Chinese business people to help establish and maintain such relationships. So, there are a number of reasons, a mixture of reasons. I think that Mexico is an interesting country I would like to learn more about.
Part3
1. What do you think is the best way to learn about a foreign culture?
I think today the internet is the best way to find out and learn about anything really. Travel programmes, blogs, websites, there’s a lot of ways. Also through exploring their cuisine – I think this is a great way to learn about another culture, too – the food. Getting into the art and music of another country is a good start – for example, if you’re interested in India, you could just go online and search for “Indian Religious Art”, or “Indian Music” or “Famous Indian Stars” and loads of articles will come up. So, today it’s easy to learn about other cultures, it’s a case of having the right attitude and approach.
2. What do you think is the biggest problem when someone works in a foreign country?
The biggest problems are usually communication issues and cultural differences. Communication can be a real problem and working and living in another language culture can be really stressful, especially if you’re not good at languages and don’t pick up languages easily.
3. Someone say that reading is the best way to know about a culture. Do you agree with that?
I think reading is definitely a good way. Much about a culture is revealed through novels and stories, as well as perhaps even travel and guide books and online resources. But also there are travel shows and cooking shows which can be a good way to learn bits about another culture.
雅思
篇4:如何快速读懂雅思阅读文章
【雅思文章架构剖析】如何快速读懂雅思阅读文章
实验型文章常用的框架结构是研究基本情况,实验具体过程,实验结果,相关结论。Nature or Nurture(遗传还是环境)就是一篇非常有代表性的实验型文章。文章一共分为9 段,框架结构非常清晰。文章一开始就总体上介绍了实验的参与者是40个来自各个行业的教师- 实验对象。接下来阐述了实验的背景设置和学生参与者的真实身份。文章的第三段则是比较详细地介绍了在实验过程中实验对象和实验者 Milgram 的表现。第四段和第五段分别呈现了精神科医生对实验结果的预测和实际实验结果与预测结果形成的巨大反差。精神科医生预测,只有少数的教师实验对象能按照实验者的要求,把电压加到最大值。而实验的实际结果就是85% 的教师实验对象都做到了这一点。第六、七段是从遗传和环境的角度用两种截然不同的说法来解释这些差异。最后两段则是从当代社会生物学角度总结了这个实验的结论。
综上所述,考生在应对实验性文章时一定要搞懂框架结构,这对考题的解答,尤其是段落信息配对题,有着举足轻重的作用。
附:实验类阅读文章一篇
系教育心理方面的文章,有关儿童教育中长期讨论的问题——教育传授vs自学探索
When should you teach children, and when should you let them explore?
It Is one of the oldest debates in education. Should teachers tell pupils the way things are or encourage them to find out for themselves? Telling children “truths” about the world helps them learn those facts more quickly. Yet the efficient learning of specific facts may lead to the assumption that when the adult has finished teaching, there is nothing further to learn—because if there were, the adult would have said so. A study just published in Cognition by Elizabeth Bonawitz of the University of California, Berkeley, and Patrick Shafto of the University of Louisville, in Kentucky, suggests that is true.
Dr Bonawitz and Dr Shafto arranged for 85 four- and five-year-olds to be presented, during a visit to a museum, with a novel toy that looked like a tangle of coloured pipes and was capable of doing many different things. They wanted to know whether the way the children played with the toy depended on how they were instructed by the adult who gave it to them.
One group of children had a strictly pedagogical introduction. The experimenter said “Look at my toy! This is my toy. I'm going to show you how my toy works.” She then pulled a yellow tube out of a purple tube, creating a squeaking sound. Following this, she said, “Wow, see that? This is how my toy works!” and then demonstrated the effect again.:
With a second group of children, the experimenter acted differently. She interrupted herself after demonstrating the squeak by saying she had to go and write something down, thus suggesting that she might not have finished the demonstration. With a third group, she activated the squeak as if by accident. To a fourth, the toy was simply presented with the comment, “Wow, see this toy? Look at this!”'
After these varied introductions, the children were left with the toy and allowed to play. They might discover that, as well as the squeaker, the toy had a button inside one tube which activated a light, a keypad that played musical notes, and an inverting mirror inside one of the tubes. All the children were told to let the experimenter know when they had finished playing and were asked by the instructor if they were done if they stopped playing for more than five consecutive seconds. The entire interaction was recorded on video.,
Footage of each child playing was passed to a research assistant who was ignorant of the purpose of the study. The assistant was asked to record the total playing time, the number of different actions the child performed, the time spent playing with the squeak, and the number of other functions the child discovered.
The upshot was that children in the first group spent less time playing (119 seconds) than those in the second (180 seconds), the third (133 seconds) or the fourth (206 seconds). Those in the first group also tried out four different actions, on average. The others tried 5.3, 5.9 and 6.2, respectively. A similar pattern (0.7, 1.3, 1.2 and 1.2) pertained to the number of functions other than the squeak that the children found.“
The researchers' conclusion was that, in the context of strange toys of unknown function, prior explanation does, indeed, inhibit exploration and discovery. Generalising from that would be ambitious. But it suggests that further research might be quite a good idea.
文章结构:
para1 引出讨论观点,开门见山,并引出接下来要进行的试验。
para2 实验内容和实验目的
para3 & para4 实验中,主试(experimenter)将被试(children)按照实验的自变量( different way instructed by the adult)分为四组。
para5 主试离开后,被试的反应。
para6 实验数据的后续处理
para7 实验数据分析
para8 实验结论
雅思阅读难句分析:分割结构
分割结构是一种修辞手段,在英语句子中,特别是在书面语中,比较常见。分割结构就是指把英语句子中原来属于一个整体的句子成分分割开,一部分留在句子的原来位置,另一部分远离原来位置。
如:The best books are treasuries of good words,the golden thoughts,which,remembered and cherished,become our constant companions and comforters. 不难看出which become our constant companions and comforters原本是一个整体,被用作状语的过去分词remembered and cherished分割开。常见的分割结构形式有同位语或同位语从句与先行词的分割,定语或and定语从句与先行词的分割,主语与谓语的分割,谓语与宾语的分割。使用分割结构的目的是使语句结构平衡,避免头重脚轻,或者为了使表达的主题思想更加突出醒目,读起来更通顺流畅。分割结构的存在说明了英语在结构形式和表达方法上的生动性和灵活性,但也造成了句子结构的错综复杂。对于分割结构,只有从结构上和语意上弄清它才能避免理解上的错误,英译汉时要把原来属于一个整体部分的意义译出。
如:An unusual present was given to him for his birthday,a book on ethics.过生日的时候他得到了一件不寻常的礼物——一本关于伦理道德的书。(present 和a book被分隔)
再如:After Galileo's work the feeling grew that there were universal laws governing the motion of bodies and that these laws might apply to motion in the heavens as well as on earth.在伽利略著作之后,这样的认识加强了,即认为存在着支配物体运动的普遍规律,这些规律不仅支配着地球上的也支配着天体上的物体的运动。(the feeling和 that从句被分隔)
此外,还有定语(或定语从句)与其中心词被分隔,某些词语与其所要求的介词被分隔,动词与其宾语被分隔,介词与其宾语被分隔等。总之,英语的分隔应遵循尾重原则(应当把长而复杂的成分放在句末,从而使结构平衡匀称,以避免主语部分太长,谓语部分太短)和句尾信息焦点原则(把新信息,即语义重点放在句子末尾)。阅读时要注意把原来属于一个整体的各部分找出来。
1. Such a viewpoint,particularly prominent in the developing countries,is reinforced by the widely-held belief that it is not the peaceful application of nuclear energy that is endangering the survival of mankind.
第一层:Such a viewpoint,主 particularly prominent in the developing 定 countries,is 系 reinforced 表 by the widely-held belief 状 that it is not the peaceful application of nuclear energy that is end- 同位语从句 angering the survival of mankind.
第二层:(同位语从句)that 引 it 形主 is not 系 the peaceful application 强调主语 of nuclear energy 定 that 引 is endangering 谓 the survival 宾 of mankind. 定
要点 本句主干为Such a viewpoint…… is reinforced by the widely-held belief;形容词短语particularly prominent in the developing countries,作为插入语修饰viewpoint,将主语和谓语分隔开来;介词短语by the widely-held belief是被动语态reinforced的行为主体;that it is……mankind是belief的同位语从句,这里还含有一个强调句式,即it is not the peaceful application……that is endangering……。
译文 这种在发展中国家显得尤为突出的观点被一种广泛持有的信念所加强,即并非和平利用核能正危害着人类的生存。
2. No girl should marry a man whose last name has the same initial as hers,for,as the rhyme goes,Change the name but not the letter,marry for worse instead of better.
第一层:No girl 主 should marry 谓 a man 宾 whose last name has the same initial as hers,定语从句 for,as the rhyme goes,Change 状语从句 the name but not the letter,marry for worse instead of better.
第二层:(定语从句)whose 引 last name 主 has 谓 the same initial 宾 as hers 定
(状语从句)for,引 as the rhyme goes,状 Change 谓 the name 宾 but 连 not the letter,宾 marry 谓 for worse instead of better.状
要点 这是个主从复合句。for是连接词,引导状语从句。as the rhyme goes是插入语,插在for和它引导的从句之间,造成for和它引导的从句的分离,翻译时,可译成一个主谓结构。
译文 姑娘不该嫁给与自己的姓的首字母相同的人,因为正如一首童谣所说:改姓不改首字母,婚后必将受其苦。
3. Nor,if regularity and conformity to a standard pattern are as desirable to the scientist as the writing of his papers would appear to reflect,is management to be blamed for discriminating against the odd balls among researchers in favor of more conventional thinkers who work well with the team.
要点 否定词nor放在句首时,主谓倒装。is放到了主语management前。同时,if引导的条件状语从句置于nor与句子的其他成分之间,造成了句子的割裂状态。条件状语从句中as desirable…… as the writing……可视为同级比较结构。句中who引导的定语从句修饰先行词thinkers,可采用合译的方法翻译。be blamed for为固定短语,意为“因…而受指责”。in favor of ……在句中做状语。
译文 假如像学术论文反映的那样,科学家们期望看到与某种标准模式符合的规律性和一致性。那么,如果管理者们歧视研究者中的“怪杰”,而喜欢善于合作的较常规思维的人,这也是无可指责的。
4. I have discovered,as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress,that abandoning the doctrine of juggling your life,and making the alternative move into downshifting brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status.
要点 本句中as perhaps Kelsey will……引导的方式状语从句放到了主句的谓语动词discovered与that引导的宾语从句之间,从而造成动宾之间的分割。as引导的从句中省略了谓语动词discover,是为了避免重复。宾语从句中主语为abandoning……and making……并列的动名词短语;谓语为bring sth with sth结构,只是因宾语过长,而把with短语提前了。
译文 我发觉,放弃那种“日夜操劳的生活”信念而选择“放慢生活的节奏”会带来比金钱和社会地位更大的回报。凯尔西在长期经受巨大压力后,从惹人注目的《女性》杂志编辑部退出之后,恐怕她也将与我有同样的感觉。
5. Such an outcome,if it happens,could cause a political controversy;or it could lead to more power being transferred to the EU in the worst possible circumstances,namely when the Union is deeply unpopular.
要点 这是个复合句。条件从句因为太短,置于主句的主谓之间,造成句子割裂,翻译时应将从句提到句首。namely when the……unpopular是一个状语从句,用来解释the worst possible circumstances.the EU:the European Union,欧盟。
译文 这种结果一旦产生,就可能引起政治上的争吵;在最糟糕的情况下,即在欧盟很不得人心的时候,也可能使更多的权利落到欧盟手中。
6. That fact,let alone the current division between the 11 euro countries and the four,led by Britain,that have not joined,is likely to mean that the Union should become a multi-system entity,with some countries signing up to everything and others choosing only some things.
要点 句子的主干结构是That fact…… is likely to mean that……。with some countries signing up to everything and others choosing only some things是“with +复合结构”形式,表示伴随状态。短语let alone……not joined置于主谓之间,造成句子割裂,翻译时应将其还原,放在最后。分词短语led by Britain和定语从句that have not joined都修饰the four.euro:欧元。multi-:前缀,表示“多…的”,如mutilateral,多边的:multiple,多个的。
译文 这一事实可能意味着欧盟将成为一个多体系的实体,其中一些国家对每一件事都表示赞同,而另一些则不尽然;更不用说以英国为首的尚未加入欧洲统一货币体系的四国和已经 加入这一体系的十一个欧元国家之间目前已存在的分歧了。
7. This trend began during the Second World War,when several governments came to the conclusion that the specific demands that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail.
要点 该句的主干结构是This trend began during the Second World War,when……。when引导定语从句,修饰the Second World War.that the specific……detail是conclusion的同位语从句,在该从句中,主语是 the specific demands of its scientific establishment,that a government wants to make是 demands的定语从句。该定语从句放在其先行词 demands和of介词短语之间,造成句子的割裂。翻译时,可把被割裂的部分还原。
译文 这种趋势始于第二次世界大战期间,当时一些国家的政府得出这样的结论:政府要向科研机构提出的具体要求通常是无法详尽预见的。
8. Observations were made of the children at the beginning and at the end of preschool and first grade.
要点 整个of短语作observations的定语,相当于Observations of the children at the beginning and at the end of preschool and first grade were made.因为定语太长,所以将其置于动词之后,以避免句子头重脚轻。这样就造成了句子的割裂,翻译时应将被割裂的部分还原。preschool:学前的。
译文 人们对孩子们在学前班和小学一年级开始时和结束时的情况都曾进行过观察。
9. Whether to use tests,other kinds of information,or both in a particular situation depends,therefore,upon the evidence from experience concerning comparative validity and upon such factors as cost and availability.
要点 这是一个简单句。Whether to……situation是本句的主语,depends是谓语动词,两个upon后面是宾语。availability在句中是指“测试和信息容易得到或找到”。therefore是副词,插在depends 和upon……之间,造成它们在结构上的割裂。翻译时,可把therefore提到句首。
译文 因此,究竟是采用测试还是其他种类的信息,或是在某一特定情况下两者并用,须凭从有关相对效度的经验中得出的证据而定,也取决于诸如费用和有无采用的可能性等因素。
10. I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of having it all,preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the page of She magazine,into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything.
要点 该句的主干结构是I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of having it all……into a woman……。preached by……magazine是过去分词短语,作the philosophy of having it all的定语,插在from……into之中,造成了句子的割裂。翻译时,可把分词短语译成一个分句,其他照原文顺序翻译。
译文 我从一个“全力以赴”的生活哲学——在过去七年里林达·凯尔西一直在《女性》杂志鼓吹这种生活方式——的积极倡导者,一改而成为随遇而安的女人。
雅思阅读模拟练习及答案
When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins, do you hurry on, not knowing what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money? What should our attitude to beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories. It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars.
Certainly, most of the world’s great religions order us to be open-hearted and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally right in the old days, when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their arguments.
First, some believe that many city beggars dress up on purpose to look pitiable and actually make a good living from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil. Secondly, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs. Thirdly, there is the opinion that there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one’s sense of pride and self-dependence.
Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be dealt with by the government rather than ordinary people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and receive help.
It is hard to come to any final conclusion; there are various cases and we must deal with them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the giver.
1. What is mainly discussed in the passage?
_____________________________________________________________________
2. What is the author’s attitude toward beggars?
_____________________________________________________________________
3. Change the underlined sentence into active voice.
Related to this is the opinion that the government rather than ordinary people should _____________ the problem.
4. Choose the best answer, Quite a few:
A. many B. a few C. some
5. Choose the best answer, pitiable:
A. deserving pity B. lovable C. hateful
6. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Some people dress up to pretend to be beggars.
B. Some beggars want money to help their children go to school.
C. Some beggars use the money to buy drugs.
D. Some beggars have no excuse for begging.
7. In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that it is hard to come to any final conclusion,because ______.
A. the cases can be so different
B. there are so many beggars
C. there is so much money wasted
D. there are so many different arguments
1. Arguments on giving to beggars.
2. We should give some money to beggars.
4. A 5. A 6.B 7.A
篇5:教你精读雅思阅读文章
精读文章是突破雅思阅读高分的必经途径。但是我们要明确,雅思阅读的精读一定是在做完题目之后进行的。目的为了查找漏洞单词,理解长难句和掌握文章结构。而不是把精读作为做阅读得一种方法,因为精读会耗费很长时间,需要逐句分析,考场上是不可能这样做的,根本来不及,因此一旦养成了先精读再做题的坏习惯,后果很严重。那下面就说说简答容易上手的精读方法
4个步骤教你精读雅思阅读文章
1.摘抄单词:准备一本笔记本,把文章里不能迅速反应中文意思的单词全部记下来(当然不包括专有名词)尤其注意里面的词组搭配,然后挨个去查字典。这个过程非常费时,非常痛苦,但是千万不要偷懒,第一眼不能想到意思的单词也要记下来,这说明掌握的还不牢固;另外一定要改掉每个单词只记一个意思的坏习惯,因为一词多义也是雅思阅读得一个考察重点。比如produce,同学们知道它有动词,生产的意思,但是在……produce is expensive.这道题中,produce却是名词农产品的意思。
2. 摘抄替换:认真分析每道题目在文章里的对应句,可能是一句话也能是多句,把题目中的考点和原文中的同意替换都整理出来,列出一个表格。这类同意替换也是所有单词中的重中之重,一定要整理下来重点记忆。
3.逐句理解,划分成分:把每句话的句子结构搞清楚,简单句找出主干,复杂句找出主从关系。先理解主干结构,再理解修饰部分。如果这一部分不会做,就要加强相关的语法知识的学习。
举个例子:
There is no doubt, however, that it is the increasing number of applicants with university education at all points in the process of engaging staff that has led to the greater importance of the curriculum vitae.
分析有插入语(however)的长难句时,我们首先把插入语去掉或提前。然后我们可以看出句子真正的主干部分,是在no doubt后连接的从句中,而这个从句中有一个同学们在读文章时不易识别的结构:强调句(it is … that), 看出这个,那么这句话的主干就不难找出了,是the increasing number of applicants has led to the importance of the curriculum vitae, 即不断增加的申请人数使简历变得重要。看完主干后,紧接着看剩下的短语,我们看到applicants后面紧跟着with university education, 限定了applicants的条件,即具有大学学历的申请者,再加上一个状语的限制in the process of engaging staff, 即在员工录入的过程中,通过这样一系列的步骤后,整句话的意思就很清晰了。
4理清文章整体结构,找出每个段落主题和细节:这一步是从微观细节上升到宏观结构,大多数同学就是太关注细节,而缺少这种整体把控的能力和意识。段落结构和文章结构的有效理解对对于解heading题和段落信息匹配题尤为重要。
· 对于文章结构,我们要知道它是按时间顺序,还是提出问题和解决方案,还是呈现不同人的观点等等;
· 对于段落内部,如果有主题句,理解主题句;如果没有,尝试体会重点要表达的意思。这对于标题和信息匹配题目非常重要。
当我们能把结构理清,主题细节分辨好之后,我们真正需要阅读的内容就会大大缩短,对于我们阅读速度的提高也是很有帮助的。
以上就是精读的基本方法,重点针对“读“这一个方面。如果有细心的同学对比过雅思阅读和写作的素材,不难发现,雅思阅读得文章也是很好的大作文的素材,比如lost of words(剑4)这篇文章就是大作文里语言保护话题得优秀素材。所以同学们除了读以外,还可以根据大作文的题目进行摘抄的素材整理。
最后,精度要坚持,要精不要量,两本书就够了,虽然一开始总结单词很麻烦,但是理论上说,如果每一篇单词都掌握,那么下一篇中的陌生单词就会越来越少,因为你认识的词已经越来越多了。所以精读的速度也会越来越快,你考试看文章的速度也会越来越快。
雅思阅读材料大集合:英国超辣汉堡致5人住院
Diners are being asked to sign a waiver before eating a fiery chilli burger - after it put five people in hospital.
英国一餐厅推出的热辣汉堡已导致5人住院,现在再想吃这款“变态辣”汉堡要先签署免责声明。
The _X Hot Chilli Burger - dubbed the hottest dish in Britain - is served to over 18s only at Burger Off in Sussex.
这款被称为英国最辣的热辣汉堡,是苏塞克斯郡汉堡店Burger Off 的料理,仅卖给18岁以上的成年人。
It is topped with chilli sauce worth a staggering 9.2million on the Scoville scale - a measure of the 'hotness' of foods. In contrast, the average chilli pepper comes in at just 500 Scoville Heat Units.
热辣汉堡涂有“史高维尔辣度指标”920万的辣椒酱。“史高维尔辣度指标”是测量食物辣度的指标,普通辣椒指数仅500。
One diner was taken to hospital with a suspected perforated bowel after eating the spicy dish, while four others were admitted for treatment on the same night for suspected anaphylactic shock.
一位顾客在吃了这款热辣汉堡后疑似因肠穿孔被送往医院救治,当晚还有4位顾客疑似过敏休克入院。
Now, restaurant owner Nick Gambardella is asking customers to sign a legal disclaimer that prevents them from suing him if they fall victim to the red-hot burger.
汉堡店老板尼克·甘巴德拉为避免顾客用餐后出现不良反应起诉自己,要求顾客只有在签署了法律免责声明后方可尝试此热辣汉堡。
The document reads: 'I the undersigned accept all responsibility for any effects incured due to the consumtion of the above mentioned _X Hot Chilli Burger and release Burger Off, its owner and staff from any liability.'
声明中写道:“我签署同意,在Burger Off食用热辣汉堡所带来的一切后果责任由我个人承担,餐厅和餐厅老板、服务员免责。”
Mr Gambardella, 55, said he was 'amazed' that he was allowed to sell such a spicy burger - adding: 'It has been a massive hit with the customers'.
55岁的甘巴德拉说自己也很吃惊,居然得到了销售此款热辣汉堡的许可证,他补充道:“这在顾客中反响很大”。
'I have to admit I’ve not dared to try one of these burgers myself as they are so spicy,' he said. 'One guy came in and he was just a little bit cocky and when he left he was admitted to hospital because prior to eating the burger he had a stomach ulcerand we believe it perforated his bowel. He wasn’t in a good way but he pulled through.
“不得不承认,连我自己都不敢尝试这款热辣汉堡,因为它真的太辣了。”他说,“有位客人进店的时候还自以为是,但是离开的时候就直接入院了。在吃热辣汉堡之前这家伙就有胃溃疡,我们觉得在吃了汉堡之后他可能肠穿孔了。他还没有完全康复,但目前已经度过了危险期。”
The burger, which is on sale for only £3.90, features sauce based on a Piri Piri chilli concentrate, created through steaming and later infused with carbon dioxide.
这款热辣汉堡售价仅3.9英镑(约合人民币39元),其特色在于添加其中的皮尔皮尔辣椒酱,这种辣椒酱的制作方法是先气蒸后注入二氧化碳。
So far, only 59 out of 3,000 challengers have succeeded in eating the entire dish. Many of the burger's conquerors have taken to Twitter and The Burger Off Facebook page to spread the word of their victory.
截至目前,3000名挑战者仅有59位成功吃完整个汉堡。许多挑战成功者在推特和Burger Off餐厅的脸书页面上炫耀自己的胜利。
Mr Gambardella said the burger had caused customers to adopt a number of undignified coping mechanisms, including stripping naked, begging for mercy, punching windows and vomiting.
甘巴德拉说,顾客在吃热辣汉堡时言行举止十分不雅,有的大脱衣服、有的跪地求饶、还有的捶窗呕吐。
It has also left many diners suffering from anaphylactic shock - a severe allergic reaction that can cause swelling, rashes and difficulty breathing.
大量顾客吃了热辣汉堡后过敏性休克,这种严重的过敏反应会导致肿胀、发疹和呼吸困难。
'The burgers are cooked properly - it’s the sauce that is maybe too hot to handle,' said Mr Gambardella.
甘巴德拉说:“其实汉堡烹饪是合理的。热辣汉堡这么辣,都是辣酱惹的祸。”
雅思阅读材料大集合:电影院里的骗局
In , China achieved a record-breaking high for its film industry's box-office revenues, which officially register at 21.769 billion yuan ($3.59 billion). But according to Wang Changtian, CEO of Enlight, that was at least 5 billion yuan short of the real number. Other experts put the gap at 2.4 billion, explaining the reported box-office figure at 10 percent less than the real one. That gap is someone's windfall, illegally pocketed by cinema owners and operators, professionally known as film exhibitors. And the regulating agency is getting tough on this kind of theft.
Wang Changtian has reasons to be angry. Over the Lunar New Year season that has recently wound down, he received on his microblog numerous audience reports, complete with photos, of tickets to Dad, Where Are We Going?, a runaway hit his company distributes. The tickets had no movie title printed on them or the prices printed were lower than what was actually paid by the moviegoers - all signs that the movie's revenues were not correctly registered.
The earliest manifestation of the shady practice of ”box-office stealing“ loomed a few years ago when individual moviegoers posted suspicious tickets online. Tickets of this type usually had movie title ”A“ computer-printed on it, but the printed title was scratched out by hand and title ”B“ written in. Fingers were pointed at the producer or distributor of title A, but more likely it was the movie theater that was behind it. The reason could be simple: Film A gives the exhibitor a larger share of the revenue than film B.
However, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Industry insiders reveal it was much worse before computer systems were installed in the nation's cinemas, and of course, before social media websites turned everyone into a potential reporter of such business deceit. As a matter of fact, some cinema investors were not even aware that they had to split their revenue with other parties. ”This phenomenon started from the age of planned economy,“ says Mao Yu, deputy director of the Film Bureau, a branch of the regulating agency.
But it may have turned from guerrilla tactics to larger-scale con games. For group purchases, violators would not even issue tickets, essentially not reporting a single cent of revenue from a whole screening. Since a representative of the group usually deals with the cinema, unless he or she specifically demands a printed ticket for each member of the group, all of them would be in the dark about income reporting from the cinema to the distributor.
Another trick lies in membership dues, which are often collected up front. When a paid member reimburses for a ticket, it may have only the screening room on it, and the exhibitors can choose to credit it to any movie they like, or not to any movie, in which case they pocket 100 percent of the revenue.
Some cinemas would go as far as investing in a separate point-of-sale computer system so that each ticket buyer gets the right ticket, but none of the data shows up on the centralized system. Instead, another set of credible purchase data would be put in the correct system, but with lower attendance.
Both distributors and exhibitors that I spoke to agree that cheating is much less rampant than before, say a dozen years ago, and now is mostly limited to third and fourth-tier cities. China Film Group, the nation's largest film production and distribution company, heads a consortium with several major private companies that hires 1,000 people to monitor cinemas nationwide, and Huaxia, another State-owned company, has a smaller army of 800.
However, there are situations even these sharp-eyed monitors can do little about. For example, if a cinema sells a ticket for 80 yuan, which is normal for primetime, but gives away a free popcorn, it may attribute as much as 60 yuan of the ticket price to the popcorn, leaving only 20 as the ticket price. But it can argue that 20 yuan is the minimum price for this particular film agreed upon by both sides and therefore it does not violate any rule.
A similar scheme was employed when Transformers 3 was bundled with Yang Shanzhou, a very small film with little box-office potential, making the latter into a strange film with eye-popping revenue (79 million yuan) but disproportionately fewer people who actually bothered to see it. There were sporadic online complaints about the practice even though consumers did not pay more for the package deal.
The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, the regulating agency, announced measures in late January to curb under-reporting and cheating on box-office revenues. A special fund is set up to subsidize the upgrading of computer software at point of sale. The current system was installed in and ”cannot keep up with the new situation“, in the words of Jiang Tao, director of the fund. ”The new system will fix loopholes and shorten the reporting window to only 10 minutes after a sale is made instead of waiting till next noon, which is the current reporting lapse in time, which leaves room for manipulation. The national platform will be ready by May and the cinema side will complete their upgrading by October.“
Apart from putting a stamp of authorization on all sales systems, SAPPRFT insists that all film tickets carry correct prices and movie admission. But conspicuously absent are concrete penalties for violations. The software upgrade will certainly be a great help, admit distributors and exhibitors, but it may not be enough.
”The cost of violation is still too low. If you're caught under-reporting 10 tickets, all you need to do is make up for the shortfall,“ says Huang Ziyan, vice-president of Le Vision Pictures in charge of sales.
Cao Yong, a manager with the Huaxing UME cinema chain, suggests that violators should have their business license revoked. ”Cinemas invest tens of millions of yuan and, with punishment of this severity, it would not make sense for them to steal 80,000 or 100,000 yuan from the box office.“
Other ideas have been floated such as the use of an infra-red camera that automatically scans a movie theater for attendance. The technology has been available for eight or nine years and it claims to have 95 percent accuracy. But it has never been put into use.
Filmmakers are reluctant to stand firm when they become victims because they do not want to offend the exhibition branch of the business chain - the branch that deals directly with end users. Some say they are no longer sad at the irregularity, but have come to the stage of despair.
This time it's for real, and ”we'll cleanse the industry of this illegal and irregular behavior“, says Zhang Hongsen, director of SAPPRFT's Film Bureau.
,中国电影行业票房收入创下历史新高,据官方统计,收入达217.69亿元人民币(35.9亿美元)。据光线传媒总裁王长田透露,这一数字比实际数字少了至少50亿元。还有专家认为二者之间相差24亿元,票房上报数字与实际数字之间相差至少10%。其中的差额,进了一些人的腰包,成为了放映方,即影院所有人和经营者的非法收入。监管机构开始对此类事件进行严肃管理。
王长田的气愤是有理由的。在刚刚结束的春节档期,他的微博上收到许多观众留言,并附上电影《爸爸去哪儿》的电影票照片。这部电影是光线传媒公司发行的热门影片。有的电影票上没有电影的名字,而一些电影票上标出的价格要低于观众实际购票的价格。这些都说明上报的电影收入并不真实。
几年以前,就有观众将可疑的电影票上传到网上,那时候就出现了“偷票房”的恶劣行为。电脑打出的电影票上往往标记为A电影,但后来被涂改成B。有人指责A电影出品人和发行人,而幕后的操作者更有可能是影院方面的人员。原因很简单。相比B电影而言,放映方从A影片中得到的收入更多。
但这只是冰山一角。业内人士透露,在中国电影院尚未安装电脑系统,社交网站还没有让所有人都成为此类商业骗行的潜在报道者之前,这类事件要更加严重。事实上,部分电影投资者甚至根本不知道,其他人在分享他们的收入。电影监管机构、国家新闻出版广电总局电影局副局长毛羽说,”计划经济时代就出现了这种现象“。
但是,这已经从零散的现象,变成了规模巨大的骗局。违反规定的人甚至不会给团购观众发放电影票,在整场放映中基本不上报一分钱的收入。只有团购代表会与电影院直接打交道,所以如果他没有提出特殊要求,为每一位成员打印电影票,在电影院上报给发行方的收入报告中,是不会显示团购情况的。
在会费方面也会耍手腕,因为会费是提前收取的。会员的电影票上只显示在几号放映厅,放映方可以将电影票任意对应到别的影片上,或者根本不记录会员看过电影,这样他们就可以私吞所有的收入。
一些影院投资了单独的零售电脑系统,可以让购票者买到正确的电影票,同时不会让中央系统中显示任何数据。而另外一组可信的购买数据会被输入正确的系统中,但显示的上座率较低。
我了解到的发行商和放映方都认为如今的欺骗行为较从前,就是十几年前,收敛了很多;现在只有三、四线城市会出现这样的行为。中国的电影制作和发行公司中国电影集团同数家大型私人公司共同组建并领导了一个协会,雇佣1000人监督全国的影院。另一家国有电影公司华夏电影公司也拥有一支八百人的队伍。
但是,即使是这些精明的监督者也有力所不及的情况。例如,影院出售一张80元的电影票(热映电影的正常票价),同时赠送免费的爆米花。这时候,爆米花可能占去票价中的60元,而电影票只能占票价中的20元。电影院声称,双方商议的影片价格就是20元,因此影院没有违反任何规定。
《变形金刚3》同票房潜力很小的小制作电影《杨善洲》捆绑,让后者取得了令人震惊的票房收入(7900万元),但是这一数字同极少量的观影人数并不相符。这是一种类似的手段。虽然消费者不会为这样的捆绑交易多付钱,但网上还是有一些对这类行为的投诉。
作为监管机构,国家新闻出版广电总局一月底公布了治理虚报、谎报票房收入的办法。成立专门基金,补贴销售点电脑软件的升级。国家电影专资办主任姜涛表示,安装于的现行系统“跟不上新情况”。
“新系统会修补漏洞,销售结束十分钟以后即结束上报窗口,而不再等到第二天中午”,延缓上报时间,会为弄虚作假留下空间。五月即将建成平台,影院方面将于十月完成升级。
除了对所有销售系统进行管理,国家新闻出版广电总局坚持要求所有电影票显示正确的价格和入场费。但没有对违反规定的具体处罚措施。发行方和放映方承认,软件更新一定会提供很大帮助,但帮助可能不够。
“违反规定的代价还是太低了。如果被发现虚报了10次票价,只需要补上缺口即可,”乐视影业市场副总裁黄紫燕说。
华星UME影城的经理曹勇建议吊销违反规定的单位的营业执照。“电影院的投资上千万,这样严厉的惩罚,会让他们觉得为了8万、10万的票房受这样的惩罚划不来。”
还有人想到其他办法,如运用可以自动扫描影院放映厅上座率的红外摄像机。未来8到9年,将可以利用这项技术,据称这项技术的准确率为95%。但现在这项技术尚未得到使用。
电影制作方在受到损失时,不愿意太过严厉,因为他们不想得罪放映方,原因在于在商业链上放映方所处的环节直接接触终端用户。一些人说不再为这样的不规矩行为感到难过,而是开始失望。
这一次真的要采取行动,“我们要肃清行业中的这类非法,违规行为”,国家新闻出版广电总局电影局局长张宏森说。
4个步骤
篇6:雅思阅读文章类型简介
第一部分:雅思阅读简介
雅思阅读考试分学术类和培训类两种,分别针对申请留学的学生和计划在英语语言国家参加工作或移民的人士。三篇文章40道题目总共用时60分钟,包括将答案誊写到答题卡上的时间。
学术类(A类)阅读考试形式:IELTS考试阅读(学术类)部分共有三篇文章,考生需要回答40道题目。每一篇文章所需要回答的问题数量并不相同。每一道问题相对应一个分数。文章内容和题目均出现于问卷中。
培训类(G类)阅读考试形式:IELTS 考试阅读(培训类)部分共有三部分,文章难度由浅至深,考生需要回答40道题目。第一部分有14道题目,通常包含2到3篇短文或者若干段文字(如广告 等)。第二和第三部分分别有13道题目。第二部分通常有2篇文章,第三部分则为一段较长的文章。文章内容和题目均出现于问卷中。
第二部分:雅思阅读文章来源
我们都知道,雅思阅读文章多从世界著名的网站杂志报刊中选取,但是了解具体是哪些网站吗?下面就给大家分享一下,大家可以在休闲的时候多浏览一下上面的文章,对大家雅思阅读备考非常有帮助。
一、雅思阅读A类的文章大部分选自国外人文类、经济类和科学类的知名报纸、杂志或各政府、组织的研究报告。例如:
1. New Scientist 这本杂志被用到的频率最高,如剑四中的Lost for Words, Play is a Serious Business,剑五中的What’s So Funny?, Flawed Beauty: the Problem with Toughened Glass,和剑六中的多篇文章 Australia’s Sporting Success, Climate Change and the Inuit, Graying Population Stays in the Pink, Do Literate Women Make Better Mothers?
2. The Economist 列居其次,如剑五中的The Truth about the Environment, 剑六中的Delivering the Goods
3. 还有American Scientist和Scientific American这两个主要的美国学术期刊,例如剑五的Disappearing Delta和剑六的The Search for Anti-aging Pills
4. 当然还有National Geographic。但是值得注意的是,因为这是休闲杂志,所以只作为了G类的阅读,如剑六中的Pterosaurs
除了以上提到的若干来源之外,雅思A类的阅读文章还出自Nature, Discover, Time (Europe), Boston Global, History Today等其余期刊或杂志。至于是哪次考试的哪篇文章,由于敏感原因在这里就不在透露。
二、G类的阅读中前两部分通常是实用性强的功能性短文,如菜单、产品说明、通知、住宿安排和广告等,非常贴近西方的实际生活。这就要求考生们争取每天阅读一定 量的原版英文报刊、书籍,如time、reader’s digest等,尤其注意其中的各种各样的广告。并非要读懂每一个字,或完全理解,只要能理解其中大至含义既可。
了解这些雅思文章出处之后对于广大考生平时进行泛读训练具有很好的指导作用。考生可以从以上杂志期刊的官方网站上搜索到相关背景文章进行有针对性的阅读训练。
篇7:雅思阅读文章类型简介
雅思阅读难备考,可能是因为文章的专业性。毕竟大多数同学平时都不太会深入了解一些自然类科技类医学类……相关领域的最新知识。因为背景知识的 缺乏,很多考生花费大量时间来理解文章,而导致做题时间紧张。所以,烤鸭们在平常的备考中要对一些不熟悉的领域涉猎一下,增强自己的背景知识理解能力。
雅思阅读文章分类如下:
1. 关于欧洲及世界社会发展,经济状况,科学动向以及文化交流的文章
自1995年雅思考试的题型做出重大改革以后,有两条原则就被命题的剑桥大学考试委员会(UCLES)反复强调非专业原则和国际化原则。为了使 不同地域,不同政治经济体制,不同肤色,不同文化背景的人能平等且毫无理解困难地参与雅思,法律及专业性较强的医学,生物学,哲学,文学,艺术等的文章已 经不再作为雅思的考查范围。
就可能涉猎的文章类型而言,以下几个方面的内容经常作为考点出现:
世界范围的就业状况
语言学,考古学,生物学,简单医学(单词量不会影响对文章的理解)
世界范围内的教育状况,经济发展的问题,机遇及挑战(粮食,能源)
女权注意及女性歧视问题
环境保护(海洋,生物,陆地,森林等)及环境污染(化学,石油泄漏等)
种族,民族问题
人口爆炸及居住问题,城市化及相关问题(交通拥挤,设施缺乏,噪声等)
2. 关于地球,自然界的科学现象及地理现象的文章
这种文章类型在I中最为普遍,其涵盖面之广无从细分,但就最近一年以来考试文章分析,主要还是以下几种类型:
太空,宇宙概况,以及外星生物探讨等
全球气候变暖,厄尔尼诺,洋流异常,臭氧层破坏
地球灾难,火山爆发,地震,彗星撞地球,森林大火,生物灭绝
3. 人类历史发展中重要事件,重要人物及重要标志性产品
这也是雅思中经常出现的一种重要的文章类型,但自开始对重要人物的考查总是和重要事件交织在一起,不再单独罗列。人类历史上的重大发明和表明人类文明辉煌成就的重大事件也是重点考查内容(发明电视,电影,计算机及登陆月球)。
第四部分:雅思阅读文章结构
雅思阅读的学术性决定了其深度和难度,却也限制了文章的结构、使其必须符合一定的学术规范。学术性文章的写作对象可以天南海北、作者观点可以光 怪陆离,但是行文论证必须规范严密,所以雅思阅读的层次结构相对固定。就目前出版的十本剑桥雅思系列而言,学术类阅读大致可分为两类:说明文和议论文。其 中,说明文从客观的角度介绍或陈述一个既定的事实,议论文则通常针对某个特定的问题进行分析和论证,有时一并提出解决的方案。
雅思阅读怎么评分
IELTS阅读评分标准(A类),雅思阅读答对问题数和最后分数之间的对应关系
Number of correct Reading answers IELTS band score
39-40 9.0
37-38 8.5
35-36 8.0
33-34 7.5
30-32 7.0
27-29 6.5
23-26 6.0
20-22 5.5
16-19 5.0
13-15 4.5
10-12 4.0
6-9 3.5
4-5 3.0
3 2.5
2 2.0
1 1.0
absent 0.0
那么,雅思阅读满分9分到底是什么样的英语水准呢?被认为雅思分数中申请英联邦学校及格线的6分又是一个怎样的水准呢?我们一起来看一下。
雅思9分阅读水准
该分数段的考生通常能够轻松阅读各种内容复杂且信息量大的事实类和论述类文本。能就通用类、专业性的和技术性的广泛话题,自如地运用广博的词汇
知识建构意义,其理解可从句子到通篇文章。能够非常顺畅地理解复杂的论证,区分主旨和支撑细节,理解态度、观点和隐含意义。能够熟练地选择和运
用包括略读和浏览在内的策略,顺利理解各种文本。
雅思6分阅读水准
该分数段的考生通常可以阅读各种事实类和论述类文本,该类文本内容可能相对复杂且信息量相对较大。能就通用类的诸多话题和部分专业性话题,较好
地运用词汇知识建构意义,其理解可在句子和句群层面实现。能够理解隐含意义,也能基本理解相对复杂的观点和论点。通常能够运用略读和浏览等策
略,并能大体上综合信息和进行推断。
雅思阅读一题多少分
雅思阅读试卷包括 40 题,每答对一题得一分。满分的原始分均为 40 分,然后会换算成 1-9 分的等级分。雅思阅读考试的评分标准是:每个正确答案得一分.如果按 9 分制进行计算的话,错 10 个,可以得到 7 分。另外需要注意的是填空题书写答案必须清晰,字迹难以辨认的会被计为错误答案;须遵循指令中的次数限制,否则将自动被计为错误答案。
雅思阅读(General Traning和Academic试卷不同)
概况: 60分钟 共3篇文章 每篇约1000左右(阅读量极大) 40个题目
Academic类与General training类的考题都以”三大段“的文章为基本结构,大约1500-3000字之间,内容多样,甚至有时以图表、表格的方式出现,学生答题的方式亦有多种答题形式,共40题.
阅读部分的主题并不是为了考察学生对学术的专业度或认知度,所以学生千万别因对主题的陌生而紧张起来。
A类与G类内容相同之处在于A类除生活化范畴之外,加入考生在学业上、学术上的探讨与了解,而G类较着重于社会上的、生活化的、工作训练等的主题。
学术类阅读
学术类雅思考试的阅读测试共有3篇文章,考生需要回答40道题目。每一篇文章所需要回答的问题数量不同。每一道问题相对应1分。
阅读考试中的文章来源于诸如杂志、期刊、书籍和报纸等途径,经改写而成。除了文字,文章还包括了图表、曲线图、画图等非文字内容,以记叙文、说明文或者议论文等文体表现出来。文章的内容包含即将学习本科、研究生课程或进行职业注册的考生所感兴趣的、与其认知程度相符的常见话题。其中,至少一篇文章会出现详尽的论述形式。所有文章总计长度约在到2750词之间。
培训类阅读
培训类雅思考试阅读共3部分,难度由浅而深,共40道题。其中第一部分有14道题目,第二和第三部分分别有13道题目。第一部分通常包含2到3篇短文或者若干段文字,内容选自通知、广告、时间表、宣传品、以及其它的类似来源;第二部分通常有2篇文章,内容选自大学招生简章、课程介绍、大学课程介绍、图书馆指引、规定、以及其它的类似来源;第三部分则为一段较长的文章,内容选自报纸、杂志、期刊、小说或非虚构的书籍、以及其它的类似来源。
雅思阅读提高成绩的方法
首先,是怎样提高自己英语阅读的基本能力。而这样的能力又主要分为两个层次:词汇的掌握和读句子的能力。阅读基本能力的提升,需要至少2个月的时间,通过给学生专业化的方案指导,将课堂上的学习和课堂后的复习相结合,让其在一个合理的时间规划期内去提升自己的基础能力,达到一个最佳的效果。这也是对于老师在教学中要求一直秉持的原则,忌急于求成,囫囵吞枣。
那么怎么去做基础能力提升呢?对于大部分学生而言,词汇的把握是核心。第一、同学们必须去把握阅读部分的高频词,这些词汇是所有同学都必须认真记忆的,据最新权威数据统计,大概在1000个单词左右;第二、同学们需要掌握好一些近义词或同义词词组,雅思的阅读部分考查就是看同学们对同义词替换的一个把握,这些词组的掌握是同学们获得高分的基础。金环老师指出,在一些培训课上,授课老师会定期抽查同学们对于这2个词汇库的掌握,督促同学们做好词汇的记忆工作。未参加培训的同学不妨可以效仿这样的模式,给自己一些压力和期限,认真做好最基本词汇与词组的积累。
解决雅思阅读的第二方面,就是要掌握好雅思阅读部分解题的关键性技巧。雅思阅读部分共有3篇文章,每篇1000词左右,有40道题目要回答,时间是一小时。如果没有对考试题型有透彻理解,那么很难在这么紧张的时间里去做好题目。因此一定要按照不同考题的特点和对应的能力要求,有的放矢的去准备以及应对。只有把方法以及怎样灵活运用这些方法弄懂,学生们才能真正地掌握好、正确使用、自信满满地考取高分。
篇8:雅思阅读文章看不懂怎么办
雅思阅读文章看不懂怎么办
文:Day length is an excellent cue, because it provides a perfectly predictable pattern of change within the year. In the temperate zone in spring, temperatures fluctuate greatly from day to day, but day length increases steadily by a predictable amount.
题:Day length is a useful cue for breeding in areas where___ are unpredictable.
解析:
1. 首先划题中定位词
定位词分为 显性定位 和 隐性定位。
显性定位:指专有名词,如人称,地名,数字,术语词等比较明显的能在文中找到定位的。
隐性定位------通常划名词n
我们这题中没有显性定位,所以就划隐性定位名词:day length, cue, area.
2. 确定雅思阅读空格填的词性词形:空格是做主语,所以应该是n词,空格后面是are,所以应是n词复数形式
3. 到文中定位,day length和cue在文中以原词出现,areas-----zone相对应,所以确定题目就在这句话当中,
4. 确定空格答案。在文中这句话里找一个名词复数,然后能够锁定temperatures,唯一的一个复数名词。所以答案就是temperatures。
PS:看不懂单词意思仍然能把题做出来。如果能认识单词的话可以验证答案是不是正确的,这时候就得知道unpredictable(不可预测)和fluctuate greatly(波动很大)是同义替换的。
文:There is a wide range of photosynthetic responses of plants to variations in light intensity. Some plants reach maximal photosynthesis at one-quarter full sunlight, and others, like sugarcane, never reach a maximum
题:There is no limit to the photosynthetic rate in plants such as___
解析:
1. 雅思阅读题目中定位词:否定no,术语词photosynthetic rate,空格前表示举例such as
2. 雅思阅读确定空格填的词性词形:名词,在文中表示举例的词后面
3. 到文中定位:photosynthetic----photosynthetic对应,no----never对应,such as---like对应,4. 确定答案:答案在举例的后面,那就是sugarcane。
PS:
(1)否定词需要划,题中出现否定原文通常会有相对应的否定。
(2)题中出现举例原文通常也会有举例的对应。而表示举例的词汇:such as, like, for example, for instance. 到原文中找到同义替换就能找到答案。
以上的两个题目都是剑桥C5T4P3中的完成句子题,同学们可以具体去做做那七个填空题,范围广是全篇范围,生词相对也多,但是不理解按照上面叙述的定位、词性、词形以及简单的同义替换方法也是能够把题目做出来的。
雅思阅读中如何定位到答案相关的段落
能不能定位到段落,很大一部分程度在于,能不能清楚的记住段落的大概内容,以及在说什么样的主旨关系。
很多同学读完以后,脑子会一片空白;有很多同学读完一个段落之后,会回想起段落的逻辑关系。其实,两者之间并不是记忆力的区别,而是那些更聪明、或是说更有效率的同学,找到了段落之间的逻辑关系,能够很清楚的记录下它到底再说什么东西。
比如在说一些很拗口的绕口令的时候,比如“扁担宽板凳长”,我们能够很清楚的想起来它到底在说什么,因为我们知道它的一个关系就是这样子,而且它有本身的韵律在,我们把这个韵律,以及它的逻辑关系赋予上去之后,能很清楚的记录下它到底在说什么。
其实英文的雅思阅读段落也是一样,当理顺这种逻辑关系之后,比如说转折、递进、对比、并列以及总分总,就能清楚地回想起它的内容。
请大家之后在阅读文章的时候,尝试把段落的关系理顺、理清楚,那么你对记忆的这个段落,也就不会存在太大的问题了。
雅思阅读判断题不会做怎么办
1.题目看不懂
如果说雅思是一条长路,那么基础词汇量就是路上的基石,有时候在是非无题中的生僻单词或不常见的统一替换会导致烤鸭们理解困难而造成失分,例子看这里:
剑4 Test4 Passage2,18题
Archaeology is a more demanding field of study than anthropology.
让你判断是非无,那么我们很容易发现定位词是Archaeology和 anthropology,考点词为demanding,在这句话中,demanding表示的是更费精力的,更耗时的,如果不知道这个含义,可能就对解题有一些干扰。
我们找到原文为文章第四段后一句:
anthropology is thus a broad discipline - so broad that it is generally broken down into three smaller discipline; physical anthropology, cultural anthropology and archaeology.
如果烤鸭们将demanding理解成广大,则很容易选择错误答案true,但是因为demanding是费事费力的意思,而原文并没有对工作难度的比较,所以应该是not given.
2.题目定位词判断难
当题目很长且从句复杂的话,那么因为句子结构的问题,烤鸭们可能会找错定位词,从而引起判断错误,我们来看例子:
剑4 Test1 Passage1 , 5题
The study involved asking children a number of yes/ no questions such as Are there any rainforests in Africa?
这句话虽然并不算长,但是有一个超级的干扰词组就是 Are there any rainforests in Africa?因为烤鸭们往往一看到大写词组就觉得热血沸腾,实际上还是要看句子的核心意思,这句话实际问的是研究重点包含什么,所以定位词应该是the study,
原文如下:
the study surveys...secondary school students were asked to complete a questionnaire containing five open-form questions
答案应该是False,烤鸭们一要关注句子的核心含义,二可以试试看多定位词,来帮助自己理解。
3.文中定位词找不到
这种情况其实环球君以前和大家分析过,就是定位词在文中发生了改变,
1)可能是在文中的顺序发生了改变
2)定位词被进行了分解和解释,同义替换干扰较大,难以发现
这里我们直接看例子:
剑8 Test1 Passage2 24题
class F airspace is airspace which is below 365m and not near airports.
定位词为
class F airspace,
below 365m,
not near airports
class F在文中的G段出现了,但是如果想要顺利完成这题,我们还要看到E段中的In general,from 365m above the ground and higher,the entire country is blanketed by controlled airspace ..., controlled airspace extends ...in the immediate vicinity of an airport...
所以我们可以发现答案应该为true
4.对应句子看不懂
这种情况是大部分烤鸭常见的问题之一,那就是——文中的长句究竟说的是什么意思!小编也觉得心累……所以我们还是来看例子:
剑4 Test 1 Passage 1, 4题
The fact that children's ideas about science form part of a larger framework of ideas means that it is easier to change them.
这道题的定位词为
children’s ideas about science and framework
回到文章第二段,第三行,我们看见:
...but organized, conceptual framework, making it and the component ideas, ...more robust but also accessible to modification
这句话中的more修饰了两个形容词:robust and accessible to modification,不少烤鸭回忽略隐含的比较级选择not given , 实际答案应该为true.
雅思阅读材料大集合:最适合春天吃的美食
New research suggests some foods have the power to guard skin from the damage caused by the sun's UV radiation. While a salad is no substitute for sunblock, these healthy foods could add inner protection against sunburn and wrinkles at the cellular level.
新的研究发现表明某些食物可以帮助肌肤免受阳光紫外线的侵害。但是,一盘沙拉并不能代替防晒霜,这些健康食物可以加强身体内在机能,保护皮肤不受侵害并延缓细胞衰老。
Citrus Fruits 柑橘类水果
Citrus fruits have the potent ingredient limonene, associated with a whopping 34 percent lower risk of skin cancer in one University of Arizona study of 470 women and men.
柑橘类水果含有丰富的柠檬烯。亚利桑那大学对470位女性和男性进行的研究表明,柠檬烯可以将患皮肤癌的风险降低34%
Green tea 绿茶
This delicately flavored tea is full of antioxidants called EGCGs. Among their health-promoting capabilities: EGCGs stopped genetic damage in human skin cells exposed to UV light in one University of Wisconsin study.
绿茶所含有的抗氧化剂叫做茶多酚。威斯康星大学的研究表明茶多酚可以使暴露在紫外线下的肌肤免受基因损害。
Carrots 胡萝卜
Carrots—or any other red, yellow, and orange fruits and vegetables—are packed with carotenoids, and studies show they reduce sunburn intensity.
胡萝卜或者任何红色,黄色及橙色水果和蔬菜都富含类胡萝卜素,研究表明这些果蔬可以降低日晒强度。
Red Peppers 红椒
Like carrots, red peppers are also especially helpful in reducing sunburn intensity.
和红萝卜一样,红椒在降低日晒强度方面有显著效果。
Spinach 菠菜
Leafy greens, like dark green lettuce, spinach, kale, and Swiss chard, are top sources of the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, which halted cell growth prompted by UV light in animal studies.绿叶蔬菜,如绿色莴苣,菠菜,甘蓝菜和唐莴苣均含有非常丰富的抗氧化剂叶黄素和玉米黄素,这些抗氧化剂可以阻止紫外线引起的细胞生长。
Salmon 三文鱼
This fish is a great source of oils rich in omega-3 fatty acids. In a small British study, fish oils guarded against sunburn and DNA changes that can lead to cancer.
三文鱼的鱼油富含丰富的脂肪酸。研究表明鱼油可以预防易引发癌症的晒黑晒伤和DNA改变。
Walnuts 核桃
Like salmon, walnuts are high in essential fatty acids that could guard against sunburn.
和三文鱼一样,核桃也富含有丰富的人体必需脂肪酸,而这类脂肪酸可以抵御晒伤晒黑。
篇9:雅思阅读文章越来越贴近生活
雅思阅读文章越来越贴近生活
我上课的时候经常提到一个观点,这里我想再重复一遍,那就是就目前的状况,单单依靠技巧,雅思要获取6.5以上分数的可能性非常地小。我曾经教过一个学生,做题步骤倒背如流,做起题来也是一套套的理论,什么替换词啊,分析词,关键词啊,平行原则啊,讲得头头是道,可就每次做下来都错很多。后来我帮他分析原因,原来是他文章基本是不看的,就按照他的那一套理论去解题。学习语言切忌不能像学理科那样,妄图发明一个什么模式去套答案,语言现象是复杂灵活的,没有一成不变的模式。那么如此说来,难道我们不可能在短期提高雅思阅读的水平了吗?答案当然是否定。但首先,我们思维一定要转变,不能再像过去那样抱着侥幸心理去做题了,必须扎扎实实的读懂文章了。
剑一和剑六相隔多年,但如果我们比较上面的题目就会发现,尽管题型和文章类别有许多差异,可很难说哪一本上的题更难。剑六基本可以准确地反映当下雅思考试阅读部分出题的趋势。这个趋势就是难度题型的比重增加了,而文章却变得更容易了。剑六上的题就说明了这一点,我们发现无论是文章的长度,题材的深度,用词的难度还是长句的数量都不如以往。文章的长度基本都在1200左右,甚至有几个Section,我们逐字逐句读完再做题,时间也都能控制在20分钟内。特别值得一提的是一篇文章的分段虽然多了,但每个自然段的字数显然少了许多,这样一来,在没有主旨句的情况下,把握段落结构和主题对我们来说就变得更为容易了,做List of Headings题也相对轻松了许多。
文章题材方面,也多为贴近生活的话题,没有很理论的东西,学术气少了很多,这是有利于我们读懂文章的,甚至有时候还能利用我们的常识来猜测一些难词难句要表达的意思。另一个有利于考生的方面是,文章中出现的长句都不是特别复杂,几乎没有发现从句套从句的地方出现,句型虽然多变,但文章风格属于典型的平易文体,句子干净顺畅,用词考究,结构工整,是英文文章的典范,这一方面,我们中国学生倒是可以借鉴一下,看看什么是好英文。而另一方面,一些较难的题型比如段落细节配对题,True, False, Not Given却比以往更频繁地出现了,送分题如图片题表格填空题这两类题型大大减少。段落细节配对题看似是考细节查找的定位的能力,其实是综合考查了考生是否能够把握全文结构,各段主旨以及写作逻辑的思维能力。因为很多时候题干的信息是无法在原文中进行定位的,而且有时给的也并非是细节的内容,而是关于某段某几句的概括,如果不读懂文章,这样的题就无从下手了。至于常靠题像True, False, Not Given也经常会出现不符合顺序原则的情况,这样的话就必须把握文章结构,缩小定位范围,而盲目定位只会更浪费时间。Summary以选词题形式出现的情况也越来越多,而所给出的待选词往往在文中从未出现,但如果我们能理解文中作者所要表达的意思,那么可以说做起来比原来填空式的summary更简单。文章难度下降和题型难度上升两项相抵,可以说雅思阅读的总体难度并没有增加。
还有一点就是现在的题做起来明显发现偏题怪题几乎没有。只要能够看懂文章,准确率就可以保持在很高的一个水准上。那么为什么不少同学还是感到雅思阅读越来越棘手了呢?我想这里主要是一个做题思路的问题。很多人还是怕麻烦,不愿意读文章,而仅仅通过题目来定位原文然后按照替换词确定答案。还有部分考生甚至是教师把精力和时间都花在了出题规律的研究上,而忽视了阅读效率的提升,这样做可以说是本末倒置。
雅思阅读否定前缀小结
阅读的时候我们经常会碰到一些不认识的词.在没有词典的情况下我们要通过各种手段猜测出单词的大概的模糊意思.因此一些常见的否定前缀就有必要知道了,因为否定前缀就意味着这个词是反方向或者是负向的意思.以下是一些常见的否定前缀的小结.
英语否定的前缀主要有a-ab-anti-counter-de-dis-il-im-in-ir-mal-mis-non-un-等.
a-ab-主要加在形容词动词前,例如atypical非典型性的,abnormal非正常的;abuse滥用、错误使用、虐待;
anti-加在名词、形容词前边.最常见的是anti-Japanese抗日战争、anti-social厌恶社会的反社会的、antidite解毒的药;
counter-加在名词、动词前,例如:counterstrike反击、counteract抵抗阻碍、counterrevolution反革命.
de-加在名词、形容词前,常见的例词有decrease减少,deteriorate恶化,demobilize遣散使…复员、decolor脱色漂白;
dis-主要加在名词、形容词,动词之前,dis-为否定前缀的词有:disadvantage缺点、dishonorable不光彩的、disagree不同意、disappear消失、disarm解除武装、disconnect失去联系
il-主要加在以1开头的单词的前边,比如:illegal非法的、illiterate文盲的、illogical不合逻辑的;
im-加在字母m,b,p之前,这样的词有impossible不可能的、impolite不礼貌的
in-常加在形容词,名词之前,如incorrect不正确的、inability无能无力、inaccurate不准确的等;
ir-放在以r开头的英语单词前面,比如:irregular不稳定的、irresistable不可抵抗的、irresolvable不能分解的不能解决的;
mal-主要加在形容词名词之前,例如malfunction功能紊乱,malicious恶意的;
mis-加在动词、名词前,例词misunderstand误解、misjudge误判、misleading误导、misfortune不幸;
non-加在形容词、名词前,这样以non-为否定前缀的词有non-existence不存在、non-essential不主要的、non-electrical非电的;
un-主要放于名词,形容词,副词前面,常见的例子有unfinished未完成的、undoubted无疑的、unemployment失业;
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