Conversation One

W: Hello, Gary. How’re you?

M: Fine! And yourself?

W: Can’t complain. Did you have time to look at my proposal?

M: No, not really. Can we go over it now?

W: Sure. I’ve been trying to come up with some new production and advertising strategies. First of all, if we want to stay competitive, we need to modernize our factory. New equipment should’ve been installed long ago. //（1）

M: How much will that cost?

W: We have several options ranging from one hundred thousand dollars all the way up to half a million.

M: OK. We’ll have to discuss these costs with finance. //（2）

W: We should also consider human resources. I’ve been talking to personnel as well as our staff at the factory.

M: And what’s the picture?

W: We’ll probably have to hire a couple of engineers to help us modernize the factory. //（3）

M: What about advertising?

W: Marketing has some interesting ideas for television commercials.

M: TV? Isn’t that a bit too expensive for us? What’s wrong with advertising in the papers, as usual?

W: Quite frankly, it’s just not enough anymore. We need to be more aggressive in order to keep ahead of our competitors. //（4）

M: Will we be able to afford all this?

W: I’ll look into it , but I think higher costs will be justified. These investments will result in higher profits for our company.

M: We’ll have to look at the figures more closely. Have finance draw up a budget for these investments.

W: All right. I’ll see to it. //（5）

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19.What are the two speakers talking about?

20.What does the woman say about the equipment of their factory?

21.What does the woman suggest about human resources?

22. Why does the woman suggest advertising on TV?

       本文已用“//”劃成5段，分別對應(yīng)1個話題的5個不同方面：設(shè)備、價格、人力資源、廣告以及投資，其中第一段中還包括了對話主題。四題中第一題就是明顯的對話整體把握題，考察對話主題，出現(xiàn)在文章第一段中問答處；第二題也在第一段中，考察了5個方面中的第一個方面，正因為是first，自然也最重要，因此也借用了段子題中典型論據(jù)的特點；第三題考察了第3段人力資源的問答處，主要考察了短對話中言外之意和建議句型的特點，該問題：What’s the picture?表示“計劃情況如何”的意思；第四題也是對第4段廣告部分中建議句型的考察。

Conversation Two

W: Sir, you’ve been using the online catalogue for quite a while , Is there anything I can do to help you?

M: Well, I’ve got to write a paper about Hollywood in the 30s and 40s, and I’m really struggling. There are hundreds of books, and I just don’t know where to begin.

W: Your topic sounds pretty big. Why don’t you narrow it down to something like…uh… the history of the studios during that time?

M: You know, I was thinking about doing that, but more that 30 books came up when I typed in “movie studios.”

W: You could cut that down even further by listing the specific years you want. Try adding “1930s” or “1940s” or maybe “Golden Age.”

M: “Golden Age” is a good idea. Let me type that in … Hey, look, just 6 books this time. That’s a lot better.

W: Oh… another thing you might consider… have you tried looking for any magazine or newspaper articles?

M: No, I’ve only been searching for books.

W: Well, you can look up magazine articles in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature. And we do have the Los Angeles. Times available over there. You might go through their indexes to see if there’s anything you want.

M: Okay, I think I’ll get started with these books and then I’ll go over the magazines.

W: If you need any help, I’ll be over at the Reference Desk.

M: Great, thanks a lot.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23. What is the man doing?

24. What does the librarian think of the topic the man is working on ?

25. Where can the man find the relevant magazine articles?

       本文第一題同樣是對對話主題的考察；而第二題則是對女人態(tài)度以及反問句式的考察，并且該反問句式還是建議句型的表達模式；最后第三題則是對建議句型的考察，考察女人建議男人怎么做。

       因此，長對話完全是一種色厲內(nèi)荏的題目形式，難度明顯低于段子題，以短對話和段子題揉雜的形式加之長對話的名字考察考生的綜合運用能力，相信充分掌握短對話和段子題的特征后，長對話的挑戰(zhàn)可以迎刃而解。

       最后的聽寫部分保留了以往考試的大部分特色，僅加了一個單詞作為改變，從本質(zhì)上說沒有任何區(qū)別——單詞以實詞為主，句子長度則控制在10~25個單詞之間。在平時加強聽寫練習是提高聽寫能力的唯一方法。所謂聽寫練習主要目的是一方面加強考生聽到單詞后的反應(yīng)與速記能力，另一個方面則是加強對長句的記憶能力。因此對于這個部分基礎(chǔ)比較薄弱的同學而言，可以先嘗試以整句（一般20詞左右）為單位聽句子后解釋其中文大意；熟練后可進行第二步，即以整句為單位聽句子后用英語復述其內(nèi)容；最后一步落實到聽寫，這樣循序漸進的方法可以從根本上改善考生的聽寫水平。

       在考試中，聽寫部分則需要特別注意名詞單復數(shù)形式；動詞時態(tài)語態(tài)；弱讀、失爆等語音、語調(diào)、語速所引起的干擾特征；同、近音詞匯；難詞、易錯詞拼寫以及轉(zhuǎn)換了詞性的單詞的考察等幾個常見的聽寫中容易出現(xiàn)問題的地方，在平時勤加練習，必能精誠所致，金石為開。

       綜合以上種種，本文以《四級考試新題型試測卷》為藍本，對改革后新四級聽力部分的考點、技巧以及發(fā)展趨勢分別作了綜合的分析，旨在幫助考生更好地了解、應(yīng)戰(zhàn)新四級考試，做到“知己知彼，百戰(zhàn)不殆”。