聽記+口述=綜合口語題目的成敗關(guān)鍵(4):如何看筆記做復(fù)述?
聽記+口述=綜合口語題目的成敗關(guān)鍵(4)
Reading Time: 45 Seconds
Mental Set A mental set is a habit to try to solve problems in a certain way, whether that approach is the most suitable or not. Typically, someone with a mental set has found that a given approach has worked in the past and she or he tends to employ it without reflection in all future cases; however, the approach may not be the most effective way to deal with the current situation. Some researchers describe the problem as an exaggerated type of habit formation. |
Narrator: Now hear a talk on the same subject.
Using information from the reading and the lecture, explain how the professor’s example of the mental set relates to the reading passage. Preparation Time: 30 Seconds Response Time: 60 Seconds |
解題思路
1. 45 秒閱讀短文
閱讀材料是一段大約75~100詞左右的學(xué)術(shù)文章,開頭部分通常會闡述某個學(xué)術(shù)概念,用于交代背景及為之后的聽力內(nèi)容做鋪墊。聽力的內(nèi)容則是教授用具體的例子解釋說明文章中的學(xué)術(shù)概念。閱讀文章的內(nèi)容理論性較強,且抽象、不易理解,考生無需理解文章說的是什么,只需在45秒的閱讀時間內(nèi)做兩件事:1)抄標題;2)抄定義。如本題,只需記錄如下內(nèi)容:
Mental Set(標題) a habit to try to solve problems in a certain way, whether that approach is the most suitable or not(定義,在第一句找) |
將所抄內(nèi)容帶入下面的模板,對閱讀文章的復(fù)述就完成了:
The reading is about an academic concept called mental set which refers to people’s habit to solve problems in a certain way regardless whether or not the approach is suitable.
接下來將閱讀和聽力內(nèi)容流暢銜接:
And the professor explains this concept by giving an example /examples in the lecture.
如果在45 秒內(nèi)無法找到標題的定義或者沒來得及摘抄下來,口述的時候可以這樣說:
The reading is about an academic concept called mental set, and the professor explains this concept by giving an example / examples in the lecture.
2. 聽講座,記錄例子的主要內(nèi)容
教授總是會在講座的開頭重新解釋一下標題的定義,這部分內(nèi)容較抽象,建議不做記錄。直到教授說到具體例子時再認真聽并做好筆記。本題講座內(nèi)容如下(黑體部分為聽記重點):
[Lecture]
This week then, we’ll be talking about mental sets. Let me emphasize something: a mental set does not necessarily mean you’re mentally ill. But it usually does mean you’re not nearly as efficient as you might want to be. Let me give you an example.(這句話之前的內(nèi)容都不用理會)
A few years ago when I was still in grad school I had a roommate named Peter. He insisted he could only write his papers on a typewriter. Maybe he was afraid of technology. But, as you may have heard, a typewriter is slow and inconvenient. Once you make a mistake, you have to pause, use correction fluid and wait for it to dry. Or, if it’s late at night and you run out of fluid, you have to type the whole page again.
Both myself and his professors told Peter: use a computer! It’s faster, and it’s easier. It’ll save his time and it’s easy to operate. But until the day he finished school, he never gave up that typewriter. Maybe he still uses it. And why? Because of some fixed idea, a mental set, that there’s only the one way he can do the task.
在聽錄音的過程中,可記下如下筆記:
prf’s rmt (roommate) Peter →tp wtr →assign~ ×cvnt (convenient) & slw if msk (mistake), again prf →Peter →cmpt, but still tp wtr ∵mental set |
講座結(jié)束后,屏幕上會出現(xiàn)問題,同時會有聲音將問題讀出來。之后,聲音還會告訴考生何時準備、何時開始作答。準備時間為30秒,回答時間為60秒。
4. 30秒準備
利用30秒的準備時間,可以整理筆記,也可練習(xí)口述筆記內(nèi)容。你也許說不完,但可為隨后的60秒答題做好準備。
5. 60秒答題
可將本題筆記進行如下展開:
Reading (Topic) |
l? mental set The reading passage is about mental sets. |
Listening (Example) |
l? prf’s rmt (roommate) Peter →tp wtr (typewriter) →assign~ The professor’s roommate Peter used a typewriter to do his assignments. l? × cvnt (convenient) & slw The typewriter is not very convenient and is slow. l? if msk (mistake), again Once you make a mistake, you have to type everything again. l? prf →Peter →cmp, but still tp wtr ∵mental set The professor suggested Peter use a computer, but Peter still used a typewriter due to a mental set. |
注意,在引出具體例子時,可說The professor says that…,有時也可用According to the lecture, … 或Suppose…作開頭語。
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?作者:常遠
?出版社:外語教學(xué)與研究出版社
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