在雅思考试中,无论是听力还是阅读,时间和信息量都很大。一个重要的技巧是迅速找到所需的信息,许多时候,原文很长,但我们只需要一个词。因此,学习一些减轻负担的方法非常重要。
听力技巧
以地图题为例,题目询问Toilets,Formal gardens和Skateboard ramp的位置。
原文分别如下:
01
Toilets位置
We're hoping to change the location of the toilets, and bring them nearer to the centre of the park as they're a bit out of the way at present, near the adventure playground, in the corner of your map.
解题思路:
“Hoping”引导的部分表示期望,而非现状,因此可以忽略。为什么会有这样的愿望呢?从”as”开始解释原因,因为目前在什么位置,有什么不好,所以从这里开始是答案,要仔细听,“as”引导的从句里面,听到了“adventure playground”和“corner”,可以锁定答案为C。
02
Formal gardens位置
Formal gardens used to be behind the old museum, but we've now used the space near the south gate — between the park boundary and the path that goes past the lake towards the old museum.
解题思路:
“Used to”表示过去的情况,可以忽略。关注“but... now...” 开始的现状,听到“near the south gate”和“between the park boundary and the path”后,可以锁定答案为G。注意“that”引导的从句,前面的内容已确认,后面的则无需过多关注,以免被误导选择错误答案,不然反而可能被影响,去lake和museum附近找,错选A。
03
Skateboard ramp位置
One very successful introduction has been our skateboard ramp.
It's in constant use during the evenings and holidays.
It's near the old museum, at the end of a little path that leads off from the main path between the lake and the museum.
解题思路:
这一题和上一题类似,锁定“old museum”和“at the end of a little path”后即可选出答案,再去听后面的信息可能会误导选择B或D。
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阅读技巧
原文:
Ants were farmers fifty million years before humans were. Ants can't digest the cellulose in leaves - but some fungi can. They therefore cultivate these fungi in their nests, bringing them leaves to feed on, and then use them as a source of food.
题目:
Ants have sophisticated methods of farming, including herding livestock and growing crops, which are in many ways similar to those used in human agriculture. The ants cultivate a large number of different species of edible fungi which convert ________ into a form which they can digest.
这一题分析题目后得出,这道题涉及到三个东西,ants养殖fungi,fungi把(答案)转换成ants能直接消化的东西,因此,直接去找原文中ants不能直接消化的东西,可以马上找到答案cellulose。
本质上,这一切是建立在扎实的语法基础上,考试中,理解句子的结构能帮助我们快速识别关键信息。通过抓住句子的核心意思,我们能够有效地筛选出与问题相关的信息。
这种方法不仅能帮助我们在听力和阅读中减轻负担,更能提升解题的准确性和效率。因此,建议大家在备考过程中,一定不能忽略语法的重要性而盲目地求快!