托福聽力考試怎樣應對冷門陌生口音?實用訓練提升技巧分享。今天小編給大家?guī)砹送懈B犃荚囋鯓討獙溟T陌生口音,希望能夠幫助到到大家,下面小編就和大家分享,來欣賞一下吧。
托福聽力考試怎樣應對冷門陌生口音?實用訓練提升技巧分享
托福聽力中遇到不熟悉的英語口音怎么辦?
在近兩年的托??荚囍校珽TS推出了新的政策,在聽力和口語的部分中加入了英國、澳大利亞以及新西蘭的口音。必須承認,在剛開始知道這個變動后,小編也是覺得比較吃驚的。ETS這兩年對于托??荚嚨母淖儾⒉欢?,大部分都是一些微調,同時也會給考生留下充分的適應時間。但聽力口音的政策改變卻沒有任何先兆,直接就開始推行,似乎是有些草率。但是后來小編仔細分析了一下,ETS在推行新政的時候一直是比較嚴謹的,對于新題的命題也是這樣。既然如此的話,小編認為為了給予考生適應時間,托福聽力中即使有其它口音的錄音內容,其出現比例應該也不會太高,不會對大家的成績有太大影響。
ETS為何要加入口音調整?
對于ETS這次做出的改變,筆者覺得可以充分理解。這還是從實用性著手,托福考試這么多年,經歷了好幾次大的變革,究其原因,主要還是希望考生能夠通過托??荚嚵私獗泵佬@的學術和人文環(huán)境。而美國又是一個包容性非常強的國家,在美國的大學里,不僅僅有美國的教授,還有英國的,澳洲的,以及其他各個國家的教授以及講師。為了更好的讓學生提前適應校園環(huán)境,去到美國能夠快速的開展學習工作,做出這樣的改變也就不足為奇了。
考生如何應對托福聽力中的陌生口音?
而對于如何應對這一改變,其實這個問題很簡單,因為本質上來說還是都是英語,所以差別也不會特別大。對于考試距離現在還較遠的同學,其實可以先培養(yǎng)對于英式口音的興趣,可以先看一些英劇或是找一些含有英式口音的美劇,比如Lie to me之類的,先感受一下英式口音的美妙之處,再通過聽一些紀錄片或是別的材料,真正提高自己的英式口音聽力水平;如果考試迫在眉睫,建議就不要花太多時間在這上面了,把ETS提供的sample聽透聽懂就行。需要注意的是,英式英語在一些用詞上跟美式有一定的區(qū)別,大家不僅要注意口音,也要注意詞匯上的細微差別。
至于澳大利亞口音和新西蘭口音,鑒于這兩個國家跟英國都有千絲萬縷的聯系,這兩種口音也跟英式比較接近,有一些發(fā)音上的區(qū)別,大家只要在網上找一找規(guī)律,然后稍作注意就可以了,不必太過于擔心。
托福聽力練習對照文本
Current studies show that what goes on labels is an important consideration for manufacturers, since more than seventy percent of shoppers read food labels when considering whether to buy a product.
最近的研究表明,對制造商來說,印在標簽上的東西是一項重要的考慮(內容),因為超過百分之七十的購物者當考慮要不要買一個產品的時候會讀食品標簽。
A recent controversy as to whether labels on prepared foods should educate or merely inform the consumer is over, and a consumer group got its way.
最近,一個關于預制食品上的標簽是否教育還是僅僅告知消費者的爭論結束了,并且一個消費者群體最終得償所愿。
The group had maintained that product labels should do more than simply list how many grams of nutrients a food contains.
這個群體主張產品標簽應當比僅僅列出一種食品包含了多少克營養(yǎng)物做的更多。
Their contention was that labels should also list the percentage of a day's total nutrients that the product will supply to the consumer, because this information is essential in planning a healthy diet.
他們的論點是標簽應當也列出該產品將會供給消費者的一天的總營養(yǎng)物的百分比,因為這個信息在計劃一個健康飲食上是必要的。
A government agency disagreed strongly, favoring a label that merely informs the consumer, in other words, a label that only lists the contents of the products.
一個政府機構堅決不同意/強烈反對(上述觀點),(政府機構)支持標簽僅僅告知消費者(這個觀點),換句話說,標簽只要列出該產品的內容(就夠了)
The agency maintained that consumers could decide for themselves if the food is nutritious and is meeting their daily needs.
該機構支持消費者能夠為他們自己決定是否食物是有營養(yǎng)的并且滿足他們日常所需。
The consumer group, in supporting its case, had cited a survey in which shoppers were shown a food label, and were then asked if they would need more or less of a certain nutrient after eating a serving of this product.
這個消費者群體,在支持它的(這個群體)的實例中,援引了一個調查,在這個調查中購物者被展示一個食品標簽,然后被問到他們是否在吃過這種產品的一份食物后需要或多或少的某種營養(yǎng)物。
The shoppers weren't able to answer the questions easily when they were not given a specific percentage.
購物者不能容易地回答該問題,當他們沒有被給予一個詳細的百分比的時候。
This study, and others helped get the new regulation passed, and now food products must have the more detailed labels.
這項以及其他的研究幫助新規(guī)則獲得通過,那么現在,食物產品必須有更詳盡的標簽。
托福聽力練習對照文本
Good afternoon. I'm here today to talk to you about a career with our airline.
下午好,我今天在這里和你們談談關于我們航空公司的一項職業(yè)。
We're especially interested in recruiting people to fill openings for flight attendants.
我們對雇人填補空乘人員的空缺尤為有興趣。
First of all, to work as a flight attendant with us, you must be accepted into our training program and with so many people applying, it's not easy to be selected.
首先,作為一名空中乘務員同我們一起工作,你必須被我們的訓練計劃接受,而且隨著很多人申請,被挑選出來是不容易的。
From the thousands of applications that we receive annually, we choose fewer than a thousand people for training.
從我們每年收到的成千上萬份申請中,我們挑選不到一千人參加培訓。
So, we require experience serving the public; and it also helps if you've earned some college credits.
因此,我們服務公眾的經驗;如果你已經得到一些大學學分的話也會有幫助。
Also, not everybody who gets accepted into the training program makes it through.
同時,不是每個被接受進來訓練計劃的人都能通過。
The course meets six days a week for five weeks.
課程上五周,一周六天
The training includes extensive classroom work in such subjects as first aid and passenger psychology as well as practical training in flight procedures and meal service.
培訓包括大量的如急救護理這類科目的課堂作業(yè)和乘客心理學,以及在飛行過程中和用餐服務的實習訓練
A lot of our graduates say that our flight attendants develop the skills of a nurse, a headwaiter, and a public relations executive!
很多我們的畢業(yè)生說我們的空乘人員顯露了護士、餐廳領班,和公共關系專員的技能。
But, as a flight attendant myself, I can say that all of the hard work is worth it.
但是,我自己作為一個空乘人員,我可以說所有的辛苦工作都是值得的。
Of course, I get to travel throughout the country, and the airline pays all of my expenses while I'm away from my base station.
當然,我得以旅行了全國,而且航空公司在我離開我的基站時支付了所有的我的費用。
And, what I like best of all is that I've made friends with people from all over the country!
而且,所有之中我最喜歡的時我交的朋友來自全國各地。
托福聽力練習對照文本
Today I want to talk about the Earth's last major climatic shift, at the end of the last ice age.
今天我想談談關于地球上一次主要的氣候改變,在上個冰河時代的末期。
But first, let's back up a moment and review what we know about climatic change in general.
但首先,讓我們倒退一會兒,并大體上回顧我們所了解的氣候變化。
First, we defined "climate" as consistent patterns of weather over significant periods of time.
首先,我們定義的“氣候”是依照一致的模式,跨越了有效的時間周期的天氣。
In general, changes in climate occur when the energy balance of the Earth is disturbed.
通常,在氣候上的變化發(fā)生在地球能量平衡被擾亂的時候。
Solar energy enters the Earth's atmosphere as light and is radiated by the Earth's surface as heat.
太陽能以光的形式進入地球大氣,并且經由地球表面以熱的形式被輻射。
Land, water, and ice each affect this energy exchange differently.
陸地,水和冰,每一種(媒介)都在不同程度上影響了這種能量交換。
The system is so complex that to date, our best computer models are only crude approximations and are not sophisticated enough to test hypotheses about the causes of climatic change.
該系統(tǒng)是如此復雜以至于,迄今為止,我們最好的電腦模型也僅僅只是粗略的近似值,而且精度不足以檢驗關于氣候變化原因的假說。
Of course, that doesn't keep us from speculating.
當然,這個不妨礙我們猜測。
For instance, volcanic activity is one mechanism that might affect climatic change.
例如,火山活動可能是影響氣候變化的一個途徑
When large volcanoes erupt, they disperse tons of particles into the upper atmosphere, where the particles then reflect light.
當大的火山群噴發(fā)時,它們撒播了很多的微粒進入上面的大氣層中,于是這些微粒在那里反射了光。
Since less light is entering the system of energy exchange, the result would be a cooling of the Earth's surface.
由于較少的光進入了能量交換系統(tǒng),結果會是地球表面的冷卻。
Of course, this is just one possible mechanism of global climate change.
當然,這只是全球氣候變化的可能的途徑之一。
In all probability, a complete explanation would involve several different mechanisms operating at the same time.
很可能,一個完整的解釋會牽涉幾種不同的途徑在同一時間起作用。
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