2006年12月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)聽(tīng)力短對(duì)話(huà)部分試題評(píng)析

三、談一個(gè)短對(duì)話(huà)的小技巧--"尾詞"是陷阱

很多參考書(shū)都介紹過(guò)比較多的聽(tīng)力短對(duì)話(huà)技巧，筆者認(rèn)為，聽(tīng)力考試很靈活，很多技巧也許只能針對(duì)個(gè)別幾個(gè)題目，并非具有統(tǒng)一性，在這里，我談一個(gè)小技巧--"尾詞"的作用，希望對(duì)大家有所啟迪。

先看一例，還是剛才說(shuō)到的本次考試第11題：

M：Christmas is around the corner and I'm looking for a gift for my girl. Any suggestions?

W：Well, you have to tell me something about your girlfriend first. Also what's your budget?

Q：What does the woman want the man to do?

第一人說(shuō)話(huà)的"尾詞"是suggestion，顯然是向第二個(gè)人詢(xún)問(wèn)建議，第二個(gè)人說(shuō)話(huà)的"尾詞"budget是我要強(qiáng)調(diào)的重點(diǎn)內(nèi)容，據(jù)我觀(guān)察，往往這個(gè)詞經(jīng)常是命題者有意混淆考生所設(shè)，先請(qǐng)看本題A選項(xiàng)Plan his budget carefully. 這個(gè)選項(xiàng)中很明顯就含有budget一詞，很多考生在聽(tīng)對(duì)話(huà)時(shí)前面聽(tīng)的很模糊，但最后這個(gè)詞卻印象很深，結(jié)果就選了含有該詞的選項(xiàng)，結(jié)果就錯(cuò)了，其實(shí)，他們都掉進(jìn)了命題人的陷阱了。

再看一例，本次考試第14題：

M：Professor Smith asked me to go to his office after class. So it is impossible for me to make it to the bar at ten.

W：Then it seems that we'll have to meet an hour later at the library.

Q：What will the man do first after class?

同樣，第二個(gè)人說(shuō)話(huà)的"尾詞"是library，考生聽(tīng)的特別清楚，大部分考生都以為跟圖書(shū)館有關(guān)，所以就選擇了A項(xiàng)Go to the library，其實(shí)錯(cuò)了。犯的錯(cuò)誤依然是只抓了"尾詞"而忽略了前面的重要內(nèi)容，掉進(jìn)了命題人的"陷阱"。

請(qǐng)?jiān)倏幢敬慰荚囎詈笠活}18題：

M：The taxi driver must be speeding.

W：Well, not really. He crashed into the tree because he was trying not to hit a box that had fallen from a truck ahead of him.

Q：What do we learn about the taxi driver?

第二個(gè)人說(shuō)話(huà)的"尾詞"是一個(gè)短語(yǔ)a truck ahead of him，而本題D項(xiàng)He was trying to overtake the truck ahead of him.就有這個(gè)短語(yǔ)，但其實(shí)，我們可以從分析這段聽(tīng)力原文的角度來(lái)看，從that開(kāi)始的句子是一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，是用來(lái)修飾先行詞box的，這并不是重點(diǎn)，而每道聽(tīng)力題都是在考察對(duì)話(huà)的延伸意義或稱(chēng)為"言下之意"，這些做修飾成分的短語(yǔ)和句子是不會(huì)考察的。這同樣是符合我剛才談到的"尾詞是陷阱"原則的。

在平時(shí)的復(fù)習(xí)中，大家可以抓住這些內(nèi)容慢慢體會(huì)，聽(tīng)力是慢活，希望大家在循序漸進(jìn)的聽(tīng)力訓(xùn)練中達(dá)到能力與技巧的同步提高！