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到底应该如何背英语四六级单词? 您当前的位置:首页 英语 CET 四六级词汇 2006-03-17 09:38网络转载 许多考生问：要通过英语四级考试，单词要不要背，到底要背多少，什么时候背？对这一问题，回答是单词肯定要背。想想看我们学中文，学到高中还要记生词呢！更何况我们中的大多数学生没有良好的英语环境，词汇关必须过！积累词汇量在考试中背单词至少有下述两个好处：1）降低表达难度：对于大多数非英语专业的学生来说很难做到用简单词汇表达复杂意思。提高词汇量，特别是提高口语和写作词汇的词汇量能够迅速降低表达难度，提高开口说话的自信和动笔写作的欲望。2）提高阅读和听力的自信。如果在听力和阅读考试中大量碰到不熟悉的单词会明显影响考生的情绪，特别是会降低阅读速度。什么时候背单词？一般应该是在上辅导班之前，或者至少是在上强化段课程之前把词汇关过掉。现在离2006年6月份英语四级考试还有几个月的时间了，所以本人建议大家在上辅导班之前要大量背单词，毕竟在开课之前时间比较充裕，在开课之后要把更多的精力放在吸收消化老师课上内容。特别是强化段的课程进度很快，练习量很大，背单词的精力不足。怎样背单词效率最高？每个人的习惯不同，时间不同，所以方法上会有调整。常见的几种背单词的习惯如下：1）集中零散：也就是说每天专门抽出一段时间来记忆单词，然后再随时巩固。尽量选择便携式的词汇书，一有空就拿出来看。2）举一反三：也就是一些词根、词缀的记忆方法，在以往单词的基础上拓展，特别适合已经有3000左右的单词，希望能迅速扩充到50006000的学生3）情景联想记忆：就是把单词放到句子中记忆或者是意思相关联的单词或词组归类记忆，这样的好处是记忆不枯燥，而且能够与应用相关联。4）练习记忆：也就是用反复练习来巩固单词的记忆效果，避免单纯的机械记忆。雅思写作应试技法尽管不是词汇书，但是对于深入理解和掌握“十大核心原则词汇”非常有好处。5）分项记忆：因为听、说、读、写各项对词汇的要求不尽相同，所以在记忆单词的时候应该更有针对性。例如，阅读的单词以识读为主，很多单词只要求记住意思不要求会拼写。而听力单词则不仅仅要求会拼写而且朗读正确。 四六级阅读技能：理解、预测、判断、归纳和推理 您当前的位置:首页 英语 CET 资讯 2005-12-19 10:03大河网 阅读理解除了要求正确理解事实细节的能力外，还经常需要考生根据一定上下文对某些词汇的意义进行推断，根据所读材料理解文章隐含的意义和深层次的含义，归纳文章主题思想，通过概括得出结论、综合判断作者态度等，这就要求考生具备相应的阅读理解技能，与四级考试密切相关的一些技能包括词汇的理解、预测、判断、归纳和推理。 词汇的理解对于阅读中碰到的生僻词，我们首先要学会识别哪些情况下即使不了解词义也不影响对短文的理解；其次是转变对生僻词义认识上的态度，即在许多情况下不必了解该词的确切意义，尤其没有必要了解它在英汉辞典中的中文释义，而只需对该词词义的大概而笼统的理解就行。实践中，在确定了短文中哪些生僻词的词义有必要作一大概了解后，我们可以从以下两个角度来猜度词义：(1) 构词知识 即利用单词的构词要素词根，前后缀来识记单词。词根是一个单词的根本部分，代表词的基本意义；前缀是加在词根或单词前面的部分，通常也有一定含义；后缀是加在词根或单词后面的部分，通常在增加词义的同时还改变词性。通过词根词缀构词的方式有多种，现简单归纳如下：前缀+词根：inter(中间)+veneintervene(介入)词根+后缀：circl(圆)+let(小)circlet(小环)词根+词根：tele(远)+scope(镜)telescope(望远镜)前缀+词根+后缀：in(不)+aud(听)+ible(可)inaudible(听不见)双前缀+词根：re(再)+dis(取下)+cover(盖)rediscover(再发现)词根+双后缀：care(用心)+less(不)+ly(地)carelessly(不小心地)前缀+双词根：tri(三)+gono(角)+metry(测量)trigonometry(三角几何)双词根+后缀：biblio(书)+phil(爱)+ist(人)bibliophilist(书籍爱好者)双前缀+词根+后缀：ir(不)+re(反对)+sist(站)+ibleirresistible(不可抵抗的)前缀+词根+双后缀：se(离)+greg(群)+ation+istsegregationist(种族隔离主义者)双前缀+词根+双后缀：un(不)+pre(先)+ced(走)+ent+edunprecedented(史无前例的)(2) 上下文线索利用上下文线索猜测词义的方法很多，但其核心是寻找与该生僻词相关的上下文意义线索，这些线索主要可归纳为以下几种：同义定义为了便于读者理解作者本义，作者有时会对文中的生僻词或专业性较强的词直接给出定义。在下定义时，作者常使用一些信号词，如：is/are(called)，means，can bedefined as，refer to，is/are known as，signify等，例：Food fallacies refer to beliefs about food that are not true. 或标点符号，如，()等，例：Multiplexing transmitting independent signals at the same time in the samechannelincreases the efficiency of radio channels.有时，作者用同位语形式或连词or给出定义，例：Nerve cells evidently first appeared in coelenterates, “hollowgutted”organisms like hydra and the sea anemone. Intelligent behavior remained impossible until the appearance of relativelybig，complex types of brainthe types we find among the vertebrates，orbackboned animals. 近义复述同一短文中上下毗邻的句子通常有互释作用，我们可以从上下文的复述中获取与某一单词相关的信息来猜度词义。例：Mr. and Mrs. Firth had a long courtship. They dated for nine years before theygot married. Although he often had the opportunity，Mr. Tritt never stole money from acustomer. This would have endangered his position at the bank，and he did not wantto jeopardize his future. 反义对照在表示对照的上下文中，常包含有意义相反的词语或概念，这些意义相反的概念可以互为线索，帮助我们猜度词义。常有以下一些信号词：although，but，however，though，whereas，while，yet，on the contrary，on the other hand等。例：Chimpanzees(猩猩) in the wild use simple objects as tools，but inlaboratory situations they can use more sophisticated items. Most dentists-offices are drab places，while Emilios new office is a bright，cheerful place. 搭配集合利用词与词的搭配或该词所出现的语境，我们也能推知词义的大概轮廓。例：People gathered to look. Three fine streams of hot water sprouted from holesin the jacket(套，壳) of the radiator. A man is watering his lawn just as an attractive，well dressed girl walked by.As he ogles her，he accidentally turns the hose on his ugly，dowdy wife. 比较举例上下文中的比较和举例，能揭示比较物或列举物之间的共性，我们可根据这些共性来推知有关词语的意思。例：The consequences of epochal events such as wars and great scientificdiscoveries are not confined to a small geographical area. Doctors believe that smoking cigarettes is detrimental to your health. Theyalso regard drinking as harmful. 因果时间因与果、时间的先与后都是事物发展变化过程中的必然关系，在利用上下文推测词义时，这些关系也至关重要。例：Robert is considered peremptory administrator because he makes decisionswithout seeking the opinions of others. When Mark was in pedantic mood，he assumed the manner of a famous professorand gave long lectures on boring, insignificant topics. 常识包括我们的生活经历、经验常识以及自己专业方面的知识，在阅读到与自己专业相近的文章时，我们都会感到相对容易，这正是我们的专业知识在帮我们理解。例：An apple falls down instead of up because of gravity. An atomic clock is so precise that it can be used to check the accuracy ofpredictions based on Einsteins relativity theories. 四六级阅读技能：理解、预测、判断、归纳和推理 您当前的位置:首页 英语 CET 资讯 2005-12-19 10:03大河网 预测 在对付难文的阅读时，一定要善于在理解已知信息的基础上对随之可能出现的信息进行积极预测。预测时，应学会借助主题句、关联词语等篇章信息来提高预测的准确性。如，有一篇短文以这样一句开头：Many people believe the glare from snow causes snowblindness. Yet这里根据表示转折的关联词Yet，预测到下面可能出现的是主题句，又必然要否定本句中许多人的观点，即snowblindness(雪盲)可能由glare from snow以外的其它原因引起。原文紧接着的是：Yet，dark glasses or not，they find themselves suffering from headaches and wateringeyes，and even snowblindness，when exposed to several hours of “snow light”. 据此主题，我们可以比较有把握地预测到下文将着墨于引起“雪盲”的真正原因，原文如下：The United States Army has now determined that glare from snow does not causesnowblindness in troops in a snow-covered country. Rather，a mans eyesfrequently find nothing to focus on in a broad expanse of barren snow-coveredterrain. So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entirelandscape in search of something to look at. Finding nothing hour after hour，theeyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become sore and the eye muscles ache.Nature offsets this irritation by producing more and more fluid which covers theeyeball. The fluid covers the eyeball in increasing quantity until visionblurs，then is obscured，and the result is total，even thoughtemporary，snowblindness. 但预测不一定总是正确，它需要在继续阅读中予以肯定、否定或修正。上例中下文的内容与预测相近，表示理解过程正确。如预测与下文不一致，则可能：对前面内容的理解有偏差；据以预测的那部分语言信息可能有多种不同理解，因而可据以作出多种不同的预测。预测有顺向预测和逆向预测两种，上面提到的为顺向预测。所谓逆向预测，实为预测的一种特殊形式，应用于已知下文要推知上文的场合。阅读中积极运用顺向和逆向预测，除了上面谈到的能提高对文章的理解深度外，还可帮助我们读懂本来难以读懂的章节。判断 在阅读中，我们有时需要对文章内容的正误作出判断，有时需要借助上下文对个别词语的大意作出判断，有时需要根据关联，对上下文进行预测性判断，有时需要在综合分析的基础上，通过判断得出结论，有时还需要对作者语气态度、思想倾向等等作出判断。判断贯穿于阅读的全过程，也渗透在各种阅读微技能中。例：(1) 判断推测句中omnivorous一词的大意She has a wide interest and is an omnivorous reader.根据句中她“兴趣广”这一上文和被修饰的reader一词，可大概判断omnivorous具有“兴趣广、什么书都喜欢读”等含义。(2) 根据前文，判断下文Laziness is a sin, everyone knows that. NeverthelessA) laziness can actually be helpfulB) laziness is a sign of mental illnessC) laziness is immoral and wastefulD) you must be careful when you see someone lazy根据第一分句的语义倾向和Nevertheless一词，我们可得出这样的判断，即下文要谈的内容必然与之相反，即谈论Laziness也有其有利、肯定的一面，故A最有可能。(3) 判断作者观点Which of the following statements was written by someone who prefers smallcars to large ones?A) Their excellent gas mileage and even their improved interior designnotwithstanding，todays compact cars simply fail to provide the feel atraditional motorist yearns for. B) They lack some of the size and even the character of the full-sized autoswe were accustomed to; but todays compacts more than make up for this with theirexcellent gas mileage.本题要求我们对A、B中哪种观点赞成小汽车作出判断。A句中主句对小汽车予以否定，句首对小汽车的肯定性陈述又被notwithstanding一词否定。答案是B，第一分句讲到小汽车的缺陷：缺乏大汽车的空间和气派；第二分句则认为小汽车的紧凑及其优秀的低耗油特征能远远弥补上述不足，前面以转折连词将作者观点转向第二分句。归纳 归纳是一种由特殊(个别)到一般的概括，从阅读理解角度说，所谓个别即具体细节，所谓一般即章节段落的大意或主题，归纳是由特殊细节推向一般主题的概括过程。我们可以借助词的上下义关系来领会掌握并运用归纳这一方法。(1) 句子的归纳A) Microwave ovens have eliminated many of the inconveniences previouslyassociated with the preparation of meals.B) Many foods can go directly from the freezer to the microwave oven withoutbeing defrosted. C) Many microwave ovens can be pre-set to cook food while you are away fromthe kitchen. D) The microwave oven has greatly reduced the amount of time it takes to cooka meal. 题中四句话都提到微波炉的好处，其中B、C、D 分别从方便、解冻、定时三个不同的方面具体讲述微波炉不同于传统炊具的优势，而A则从整体上覆盖了上述三句的内容，故A是对B、C、D的概括，上述分析、寻找最具概括意义之选项的过程即为归纳过程。推而广之，我们可用之于段落和短文主题的归纳。(2) 段落大意的归纳Although most universities in the United States are run on a semester system,which offers classes in the fall and spring, some schools observe a quarter systemcomprised of fall, winter, spring, and summer quarters. The academic year,September to June, is divided into three quarters of eleven weeks each beginningin September, January, and March, the summer quarter, June to August is composedof shorter sessions of varying length. Students may take advantage of theopportunity to study year around by enrolling in all four quarters, Most studentsbegin their programs in the fall quarter, but they may enter at the beginning ofany of the other quarters.A) Universities in the United StatesB) The Academic YearC) The Quarter SystemD) The Semester System本段由四个句子组成，各句大意分别为：1)有些学校实行四学期制；2)学年从9月至下年7月，前三个学期各长11周，夏季学期最短；3)学生可于任何学期注册入学；4)但大多数学生秋季入学。通过上述四句大意的归纳，可知本段落主要讲述美国大学的一种学期制，即QuarterSystem，答案为C。(3) 短文主题的归纳Proponents of father-attended childbirth assert that the fathersexperience encourages him to develop a closer bond with his childAs a father of three teenagers from a previous marriage, one man comparedhis past experience as a new father to being in the delivery room during the birthof his newborn daughter Women report that they are much less anxious and more aware of what isgoing on when their husbands are with them when they give birthA) The Father-Daughter RelationshipB) Babys First View of LifeC) Dad in the Delivery Room文章共三段，分别给出了各段的主题句。第一段谈赞成女子分娩时丈夫陪在其身边的观点并认为这一经历有利于将来父子关系的发展；第二段从男子的角度谈妻子分娩时陪在其身边的感受；第三段则从女子自身的角度提到分娩时有丈夫在身边会感到踏实、放心。通过对三段主题句的综合概括，全文共同讨论的是：女子分娩时要不要未来的父亲候在产房，因此答案为 四六级阅读技能：理解、预测、判断、归纳和推理 您当前的位置:首页 英语 CET 资讯 2005-12-19 10:03大河网 推理 阅读除了需要理解文章的字面语义外，更需要透过字里行间领悟言外之意及作者的语气、态度，这就要求读者具有一定的推理能力。推理的前提就是阅读到的有关文字可能是短语或句子或整个段落甚至整篇短文。读者必须由表及里、由此及彼，从字里行间悟出合乎作者本意的言外之意。推理的结果应是既来自于字里行间、又高于字里行间；既符合原文实际内涵，又超越实际内涵；既基于已知事实，又不仅仅是已知事实。正确的推理要求：1忠于原文，切忌用自己的观点取代作者原意；2注意作者遣词造句的特点和倾向，客观推测作者立场、观点和写作意图；3由同一已知事实可推出不止一个正确的结论。例：Apart from the obvious fact that rioters tend to come from the lesswell-off section of the community, there is no evidence that economiccircumstances have any causal relationship with street violence.A) There is some evidence for relating economic circumstances to streetviolence.B) Not all the people in the community referred to are poor.C) There is no evidence that economic circumstances result from streetviloence.D) All rioters come from the poorer section of the community.本例中，只有A可由原文推知，其中Apart from所引述的正是经济环境与暴力的一种相关性；C否定了这一相关性，故与原文相悖；D与原句中“rioters tend to come from”的原意不符：“往往”不等于“总是”；B则是原文第一部分的重述，不属推论。