【六屆通譯杯比賽輔導】之填空題3

不知道同學們在聽英語新聞的時候有沒有遇見過這種情況，在聽的時候感覺自己每句話都聽懂了，但是當一篇新聞播放完發現自己把所聽的內容全部忘記了。其實這種現象在練習聽力初期是很常見的，出現的原因就是同學們在聽的時候大腦是處于被動(negative)接收的狀態的，并沒有主動地(positive)去接收所聽到的信息，今天我們就來一起探討一下真正聽懂英文新聞的小訣竅：

1. 正如昨天所說，一段新聞的重點都是在第一句，所以同學們要在新聞一開始就打起十二分的精神，一定要抓住新聞的主旨。

2. 聽的時候注意力集中，邊聽邊分析新聞中的主要信息，也是就時間、地點、發生的事件。

3. 不要把精力放在個別單詞上，很多同學只要碰到一個聽不懂的單詞就會放棄后面的內容一直糾結這個單詞，這個是不可取的，我們一定要把注意力放在新聞整體的構架上。

4. 聽完一段之后，暫停錄音，立即復述剛才所聽到，看能記得多少內容。

5. 如果新聞過長，可以在紙上記錄一些要點信息輔助自己的記憶。

如此，大家會發現，如果在新聞之后還能用自己的語言將新聞內容組織起來，就說明這篇新聞你是用心聽、真正聽懂了的。希望大家以后在以后的聽力練習中都能將negative listening轉變為positive listening.

最后附聽力本次口譯大賽的聽力填空模擬題供大家鞏固練習。

【練習1】

Since this is your first year in college here, I'd like to give you some advice on (1)        your time.  First of all, most of you are full-time students who have to take at least three courses each semester.  You'll have many (2)        during the semester, including readings to be done every day, summary papers and oral reports that may need to be presented in class, and reports that need to be written.  At the end of each semester, you may have finals and term papers due all in the same week. All of this can cause a lot of (3)       , especially if you are not used to this system.

One of the effective ways of getting more work done under stress is to make a 'To Do' list every day.  Keep it handy, and use it as a (4)       to help you as you go through the day.  Here is how you do it: Get a special notebook that you use just for time management.  Use one piece of paper at a time.  Put the heading 'To Do' on the top of the paper for the day, then list those items you need to work on.  As you (5)         an item, cross it off, but keep adding items as they (6)      to you.  You can write down as many items as you wish, but the important thing is to set priorities and work on the items according to their (7)        and their importance.  Do the most urgent or important items first, one at a time, and concentrate on what you are doing.  Finish one item before you go on to the next.  Don't worry about the (8)          things on the list.  You can't do it all at once.  By setting priorities, and doing things in order of priority, you'll save time that you might otherwise have spent on unimportant things, leaving the important things undone.

I hope you'll get started with your 'To Do' list at once.  And I hope you'll adjust to this new study environment quickly.  If you find yourself (9)         with work, please come in and see me.  I' m here to help you.  I have office hours available to students from one to four every afternoon in the (10)         Building.

參考答案：
1. managing
2. assignments
3. stress
4. guide
5. complete
6. occur
7. urgency
8. unaccomplished
9. overwhelmed
10. Administration

【練習2】
So you made lasagna last night, and it was (1)     . You saved the leftovers by wrapping aluminum foil over the top of the pan, and putting it in the (2)     . When you get hungry today, you go to look for that lasagna, but it looks like the lasagna was getting hungry too!

It's eaten tiny holes in the aluminum (3)      that was covering it. Why does this happen? A listener asked this question and we'll find the answer on today's moment of science. There are really two things (4)        for those holes in the aluminum foil: the acidic nature of the lasagna and some curious (5)        of aluminum.

Lasagna gets most of it's (6)      from the tomatoes in its sauce. Almost everything you eat is at least slightly acidic, but tomatoes are especially so. This acid wouldn't be a problem for a glass (7)      , or stainless steel, or plastic wrap, or for most of the materials we use to store and prepare food. Aluminum, though, is especially (8)       to acid.

Here's why. Most metals form a protective layer on their surface called an oxide layer. Aluminum forms an (9)      layer too, but it is very thin, allowing the tomato's acid to easily break through. This lets the tomato sauce dissolve the aluminum, and it creates grey or black chemicals on top of the lasagna that taste very bad. The same thing can happen if you use aluminum (10)       for acidic sauces. Sauce made in an aluminum pot will be grayer and not as tasty as sauce made in other cookware.

 

參考答案：
1. delicious
2. fridge
3. foil
4. responsible
5. properties
6. acid
7. container
8. vulnerable
9. oxide
10. cookware

【音頻下載】wenzhai0304_5944394FWV.rar