2009年12月英語四級真題精講:聽力理解
Section C
原文重現(xiàn)
In the humanities, authors write to inform you in many ways. These methods can be (36) classified into three types of informational writing: factual, descriptive, and process. Factual writing provides (37) background information on an author, composer or artist or on a type of music, literature, or art. Examples of factual writing include notes on a book jacket or (38) album cover and longer pieces, such as an article describing a style of music which you might read in a music (39) appreciation course. This kind of writing provides a (40) context for your study of the humanities.
As its name (41) implies, descriptive writing simply describes or provides an (42) image of, a piece of music, art or literature. For example, descriptive writing might list the colors an artist used in a painting or the (43) instruments a composer included in a musical composition, so as to make pictures of sounds in the readers' mind by calling up specific details of the work. (44) Descriptive writing in humanity, particularly in literature is often mixed with critical writing.
Process writing explains a series of actions that bring about a result. (45) It tells the reader how to do something, for example, explaining the technique used to show a film. This kind of writing is often found in art, where understanding how an art has created a certain effect is important. (46)Authors may actually use more than one type of techniques in the given piece of informational writing.
篇章結(jié)構(gòu)
此次復(fù)合式聽寫的話題比較專業(yè),介紹了三類寫作題材,即事實(shí)性的,描述性的和解說性的。短文結(jié)構(gòu),先總后分。原文中充斥了許多長難詞,致使考生預(yù)讀時(shí)就一頭霧水。尤其是全文的首句:In the humanities, authors write to inform you in many ways. 關(guān)鍵是要正確理解humanities(人文學(xué)科)一詞。
詞匯點(diǎn)撥
humanities n. 人文學(xué)科;context n. 環(huán)境,語境,上下文;technique n. 技巧
話題詞匯
composer n. 作曲家
book jacket 護(hù)封
instrument n. 樂器
background information 背景知識
music appreciation 音樂鑒賞
musical composition 樂曲
試題詳解
36.【聽音指導(dǎo)】根據(jù)空前后內(nèi)容,可推測此空意為"歸類成......",輕易可以聯(lián)想到??荚~classified,構(gòu)成be classified into結(jié)構(gòu)。
37.【聽音指導(dǎo)】事實(shí)性寫作方式會(huì)提供什么樣的信息,在預(yù)讀時(shí),很容易將其推測為形容詞,但background是常見詞,而background information作為背景知識,在日常生活中常常用到。
38.【聽音指導(dǎo)】此空中的內(nèi)容與book,long piece并列,可知此空填寫的詞為名詞,且與book等為一類。album發(fā)音特殊,一般不會(huì)與其他詞相混,應(yīng)注意拼寫。
39.【聽音指導(dǎo)】由題意很容易判斷此部分應(yīng)為音樂鑒賞課,此空的難點(diǎn)在于appreciation ("鑒賞")這個(gè)詞的拼寫。appreciate作動(dòng)詞,意為鑒賞,此空需要其名詞形式。
40.【聽音指導(dǎo)】為研究人文學(xué)科提供環(huán)境,其中context是高頻詞,幾乎在每次考試中都能考到,此題不易失分。
41.【聽音指導(dǎo)】此句話應(yīng)理解為"正如名字所顯示的那樣",立刻可以聯(lián)系到show等詞,而原文中的imply在以往四級考試中也反復(fù)出現(xiàn)。
42.【聽音指導(dǎo)】描述性的寫作能提供什么?立刻就想到形象、印象。image這個(gè)詞很容易填出。
43.【聽音指導(dǎo)】作曲家所用的音樂器具,自然為musical instrument。然而此空需要注意的是它的復(fù)數(shù)形式。
44.【聽音指導(dǎo)】此段講述的是descriptive writing,此句位于本段的最后一句,應(yīng)為總結(jié)性話語。答案為Descriptive writing in the humanities, particularly in literature is often mixed with critical writing。particularly可替換為especially,be mixed with意為"與......混合"。也可寫為Descriptive writing is mixed with critical writing,那么既保留了句子的大意,而且也能規(guī)避如particularly這樣的長難詞。采分點(diǎn)為descriptive writing和critical writing。
45.【聽音指導(dǎo)】此段講述的是processing writing,按照慣例此句為對其的總結(jié)性解釋。shoot a film,意為拍電影。采分點(diǎn)為how to do something和 technique。
46.【聽音指導(dǎo)】整篇文章為總分式,先總述了三種寫作題材,然后分別講述每種寫作題材的適用范圍。此空獨(dú)立成句,很可能論述三部分適用范圍的交集。采分點(diǎn)為more than one type of technique is used in writing。
全文精譯
在人文學(xué)科中,作者可以通過多種寫作方式告知讀者信息。這些方法可分為三類信息寫作題材:事實(shí)性的,描述性的和解說性的。事實(shí)性寫作提供了一位作家、作曲家或藝術(shù)家或者是一種音樂、文學(xué)或藝術(shù)的背景信息。事實(shí)性寫作包括封面上的說明和專輯封面,較長的作品如音樂鑒賞課中可能讀到的描述一種音樂風(fēng)格的文章。這種寫作題材為人文學(xué)科研究提供了依據(jù)。
正如它的名字所暗示的,描寫性寫作指簡單的描述或?yàn)橐欢我魳?、一種藝術(shù)和文學(xué)樹立一種形象。例如,描寫性寫作可能介紹一位藝術(shù)家在畫中用過的色彩,或一位樂器作曲家在音樂作品中所用的樂器。通過具體描述,在讀者的腦海里留下聲音的圖畫。人文學(xué)科中的描寫性寫作,特別在文學(xué)中,經(jīng)常與評論式寫作共同使用。
解說性寫作是解釋會(huì)帶來某種結(jié)果的一系列的行動(dòng)。它告訴讀者如何做某事,例如,拍電影的技術(shù)。這種寫作往往用于藝術(shù)中,因?yàn)槔斫馑囆g(shù)家如何創(chuàng)造了一種特定效果是很重要的。在一篇指定的信息寫作中,作者可以運(yùn)用多種寫作技巧。
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