大学英语四六级听力技巧长对话篇
一、抓住首尾句
主题句常常是在对话的开头,它对整个对话的内容起一个概括和提示的作用,实际上是说话人所谈论的中心话题。长对话中的第一题很可能是针对对话的开头提问,考查考生对整个对话的主题或所谈话题的把握。
结尾处往往涉及到建议、决定或某种行为等,它对整个对话起到一个总结的作用。长对话的最后一题经常是针对对话的结尾设题,故留意其中的关键动词就成了解题的关键。
【例1】(07-6-19)
【预览选项】
[A] To go sightseeing.
[B] To have meetings.
[C] To promote a new champagne.
[D] To join in a training program.
【边听边记】
M: Hi, Ann, welcome back. How’s your trip to the states?
W: Very busy, [19]I had a lot of meetings. …
19. Why did the woman go to New York?
【答案解析】
选[B]。细节题。对话一开始,男士就问女士去美国的旅行怎么样,女士回答说很忙,她had a lot of meetings(要参加很多会议),由此可知女士去纽约是去参加会议。
二、留意对话中的一问一答
长对话中,对话双方往往出现多个一问一答,而这一恰恰是长对话的一个出题重点,对话后面问题往往就是对话原文中问题的照搬或是同义转述,因此其答案就是对话中紧接问题之后的答语,而且一般不会有同音或近音词的干扰,因此对于这类题目答案的基本原则就是”听到什么选什么”。
【例2】(07-6-25)
【预览选项】
[A] Data collection.
[B] Training consultancy.
[C] Corporate management.
[D] Information processing.
【边听边记】
W: What’s your line of business, Mr. Johnson?
M: We are a training consultancy.
25. What is the man’s line of business?
【答案解析】
选[B]。细节题。女士的提问即为本题的提问,答案就在男士接下来的回答中。女士问男士What’s your line of business(做哪一行),男士回答说We are a training consultancy(我们是培训咨询公司),由此可知答案为[B]。
三、留意重复率较高的词或短语
对话的主要内容理所当然会得到说话人的强调,而一个非常重要,也是非常明显的强调方式就是重复,而且重复的词语往往能够揭示对话的主题。因此对那些对话双方多次提到的词语或内容应进行重点记忆。
【例3】(710分样卷-22)
【预览选项】
[A]The latest developments of an armed rebellion in Karnak.
[B]The fall of Karnak’s capital city into the hands of the rebel forces.
[C]The epidemic that has just broken out in the country of Karnak.
[D]The peace talks between the rebels and the government in Karnak. 【边听边记】
W: We now interrupt our regular scheduled news program to bring you live up-to-date coverage on the civil unrest in the newly formed country of Karnak, where our man Stan Fielding is stationed. Stan …
M: …, rebel forces launched the biggest offensive against the ruling government in the 18-month conflict here in this country.
M:…, rebel forces are also using heavy artillery to pound the positions of government forces around the city center. Rebel forces are closing in, …
M: … this war-torn country …, but that is always a concern if this war lingers on.
22. What is the news coverage mainly about?
【答案解析】
选[A]。主旨题。主旨题的答案往往在开头或结尾,而本题的答案即出自开头的第一句。选项中的'latest(最新的)对应该句中的live up-to-date(最新直播),armed rebellion(武装叛乱)对应unrest(动乱)。另外,对话的主题往往会得到多次重复,因此根据后面多次出现的rebel forces, conflict, war等与“叛乱”相关的词语,也可判断本题答案为[A]。
四、留意选项中的要点内容
正确选项往往与原文相似,或是原文的同义表达,因此应注意提取选项中的关键点,在听音时留意其是否在文中出现并加以记录。
【例4】(710分样卷-25)
【预览选项】
[A] Inadequate medical care.
[B] Continuing social unrest.
[C] Lack of food, water and shelter.
[D] Rapid spreading of the epidemic
【边听边记】
W: … what other pressing concerns are there for the citizens of the city?
M: Well, since the beginning of the conflict, starvation, and lack of clean water and adequate shelter have been the biggest daily obstacles facing the citizens of this war-torn country.
25. What is the pressing concern of the citizens of Karnack?
【答案解析】
选[C]。细节题。四个选项中只有[C]项内容在对话中出现,其他三项均未涉及到,故只要抓住对话中starvation, and lack of clean water and adequate shelter或其部分内容,即可判断答案为[C]。starvation意为“饥饿”。
五、留意数字、人名、地名、时间、年代等相关信息
遇到数字、人名、地名、时间、年代时要对相关信息做简要记录,尤其是选项中出现类似的概念时,在听音时更应重点留意。