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四级听力常考句式
听力内容除了听力材料中无法预知的具体信息外,有一些是听力中常见的表达方式,了解这些表达方式有助于考生更好地理解材料和答题。
一、情感表达。
西方人善于表达情感,喜形于色,怒现于容。关于情感的表达方式可谓多彩多样,十分丰富。
1. 喜。喜就是乐,高兴,人们在高兴时常常会表达自己对事物的满意、赞赏等,主要的表达方式有It's great!/ Good!/ Well done!/ How exciting!/ Wonderful!/ I'm pleased./ That's satisfying./ How nice!/ What a fantastic thing!/ I can't help singing!/ Cheers!/ God bless us! 诸如此类的感叹句都可以表示“喜”。
2. 怒。怒通常表示不满和责备,主要表达方式有 What a bad thing!/ How can you do this!/ You shouldn't have done such a thing./ Why didn't you think of a better way?/ I hate you!/ I'm very disappointed./ I'm not satisfied./ I'm angry!/ How disappointing!/ I feel awful about all these./ What a shame!/ I couldn't imagine …!/ How can I believe…?/ You are such a fool!/ Nonsense!/ What a mess!/ I can't bear it any more!/ I'm fed up!/ You are stupid!等等
3. 哀。哀即是悲伤,为自己悲伤属于个人情感,为别人悲伤常含有同情的意味,主要表达方式有 How sad!/ How miserable!/ What a pity!/ I'm sorry to hear that./ I feel sad today./ I feel awful about it./ I can't help crying./ I hope this had never happened.
看下面的对话,体会以上表达方式。
A:Yesterday I was fired, my back went bankrupt, my wife went away and my dog died.
B:Well, what else can I say? [D]
What does B mean?
[A]A deserves these.
[B]A is out of Luck.
[C]A should not tell him all these.
[D]He is sorry to hear that, but cannot give any advice.
4. 歉意和原谅
道歉和适当的原谅也是一种礼貌行为,通常用“Sorry.”和“Excuse me.”就可以了,比较正式的场合或对不熟悉的人可以用以下表达方式:I apologize for…/ Please accept my apology./ I am awfully sorry./ I am to blame for …/ It's my fault for …/ I shouldn't have…/Please forgive me./ Please excuse me for…/ I beg your pardon./ I wish I didn't…/ If only I had …?/ Show mercy on me! 表示原谅可以说 Don't think of it any more./ I forgive you./ That's nothing important./ Don't bother about it./ Don't worry./ It's not your fault./ Just take it as a lesson./ Take it easy./ It's not you to blame./ Well, no one is perfect./ I accept your apology./ Let's forget it.
6. 疑虑和确定
疑虑是一种不确定的表达方法,通常可以用I'm not sure about…/ I doubt that…/I suspect that…/ I'm worried about…/ I'm anxious about…/ It is a question that …/ I feel uncertain about…等等,其中需要注意的是“I doubt that…”和“I suspect that…”前者常常否定that从句的内容,表示不太相信;而后者常常肯定that从句的内容,表示认为有这个可能。
表示确定的表达方式主要有I’m sure that…/I have no doubt about…/I feel certain that…/I'm not worried about…/It's out of question that…/I insist that…/I hold the notion that…/I stick to…等等。
看下面的对话,体会以上表达方式:
A:Who might be the thief? Joe? B:I suspect that. What does B mean? [A]
[A]He thinks Joe is the thief. [B]He doesn't think Joe is the thief.
[C]He doubt that Joe is the thief. [D]He has no idea whether Joe is the thief or not.
二 中断语
谈话中,有时往往需要中断谈话正题,以达到某种目的,如重复、插话、改变措辞等。
询问对方是否需要,重要的表达方式主要有:Can you follow me?/ Do I make myself clear?/ Do I need to repeat?/ Do you see what I mean?
请求对方重复的表达方式主要有:Pardon?/ Can you repeat it?/ Could you repeat it?/ Pardon me./ I beg your pardon.
请求插话的表达方式主要有:Excuse me, can I say a word?/ Excuse me, but I think…/ Excuse me, did you say…
改变措词的表达方式主要有:What I mean is…/ Let me rephrase that…/ Let me put this another way./ Perhaps I am not making myself clear. I mean that…
三 赞同与不赞同
谈话中常常要表达自己的意见、立场等,考试中有时会让你判断某人的态度,所以赞同与不赞同的表达方式也是考虑中的重点。
表示完全赞同的表达方式主要有:I'm not sure I agree with you./ I'm afraid I don't agree./ I'm afraid I disagree./ I'm afraid I can't agree with you./ I'm afraid I don't share your opinion./ I don't agree at all./ I totally disagree./ I couldn't agree with you less.
看下面的谈话,体会以上表达方式。
A:Joe and I argued on this subject for a whole day.
B:Really, I thought you and Joe both agree on this subject.
Question what does B mean? [C]
[A]the speaker (A) shouldn't change his opinion.
[B]the speaker (A) agrees on this subject.
[C]Joe agrees on this subject.
[D]the speaker (B) agrees on this subject.
四 打比方和作比较
对待二类事物,一是观察其相同点,作比喻,二是观察其不同点,作比较。第一种即比喻的表达方式有…look like…/ such…like…/ A is compared to B/ …as…/ A matches B等等。表示比较表达方式有A is better than B./ I prefer A to B/ compare A with B./ as…as…/ be superior to/ be inferior to/ contrast…with… 以及比较级、最高级的应用,其中需要注意的是比较级、最高级的特殊用法,如二者之间的比较级表示最高级,比较级的否定式表示最高级的情况。
看下面的对话,体会以上表达方式。
A. How is my suggestion? Do you agree?
B. I can't agree more.
What does B mean? [C]
[A]He doesn't agree at all.[B]He agrees partly.[C]He totally agree.[D]He isn't sure about it.
五、时空关系
时间、地点的表达方式也是听力考试的一个热点,尤其是时间关系常常考到。表示时间、地点的表达方式多种多样,需要认真对待。
1. 时间关系
(1)单纯表示时间、钟点的表达方式按类可以分为以下几种:
①at seven o'clock/ at seven twenty/ at seven o'clock sharp
②twenty past seven/ twenty to seven/ half past seven/ seven and a half
③in the morning / at noon/ in the afternoon/ in the evening/ at night/ at mid night
这时要注意时刻表是24小时制还是12小时制。一般后面带有a.m.和p.m.是12时小制,而无则一般是24小时制。
(2)表示时间的词可以用at和when,表示时间段的词有when, while, for, since, from…to…, from…on, until(till), before, after等等。特别其中要注意时间段的先后,了解事件发生的先后顺序,如在下句中,I didn't go out to play until I had finished my homework,做功课在前,玩在后。
(3)表示频率、次数的方式有 every day/ each day/ every other day/ every three days,以此类推。
(4)表示“同时”可以用when/ while/ meanwhile/ at the same time/ at mean time/at one time等等。
2空间关系
空间关系主要包括方位和方向,主要表达方式有 before/ in front of/ at the back of/ behind/ (up) on/ above/ below/ down/ in/ in the center of/ to the south of/ turn right/ straight forward等等,尤其在问路的对话中最常用到看下面的对话,体会以上表达方式
A:Hi, are you free next Friday?
B:Let me see. I'm afraid I have to prepare for the conference opening the next day.
A:Really? Where will it be held?
B:In the Main Hall.
A:The one in front of the main building?
B:Yes. Will you come?
1. When will the conference be open? [C]
[A]next Thursday [B]next Friday[C]next Saturday [D]next Sunday
2. Where will the conference be held? [A]
[A] In the Main Hall.[B]In front of the Main Hall.[C]In the main building.[D]In front of the main building.
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