Okay, let's start with the listening section.
首先我們講講聽力部分。
The listening section has 40 questions, about 30 minutes for the entire section. Okay?
聽力部分有40個問題,整個部分所用時間大概30分鐘。
Again, always going to be the same, always 40 questions, always 30 minutes, you got four sections in the listening section.
同樣的,這個部分一般都不會有什么變化,一直都是40個問題,時長一般都是30分鐘,聽力考試總共分為四個部分。
Your first section has two speakers, your second section has one speaker, your third section, two speakers, your last section, one speaker. Okay?
第一部分有兩個講話人,第二部分一個講話人,第三部分兩個講話人,最后一部分一個講話人。
The last section is the most difficult because it's a lecture, it's usually one person speaking the whole time, you're going, answering the questions, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks, etcetera.
最后一部分是難度最大的部分,因為它的內容是個講座,通常只有一個人從頭講到尾,你們需要回答問題,做單項選擇,填空等等。
But just understand it's always going to be like this, so you're always... you know exactly what's coming, how to listen.
不過你們要了解的是,這個部分一直都是這種題型,這樣你們就明確知道接下來是什么內容,要怎么去聽了。
How you listen to two speakers is different from how you listen to one speaker.
聽兩位講話人的部分和一個講話人的部分是不一樣的。
Two speakers, you have to be aware of the shift, when you're switching from one speaker to another.
聽的是有兩位講話人的部分時,你們必須注意從這個講話人到那個講話人之間的轉變。
Man and woman speaking, easy. Two men, two women speaking, not as easy; you have to listen for the cues.
當兩位講話人分別是一男一女時,還是挺簡單的;但是如果兩位講話人是同一性別,就沒那么簡單了。你們必須認真聽錄音,找到提示。
Now, another thing you have to keep very much in mind, they're going to give you... each section they give you a little bit of time to look ahead before the recording begins. Okay?
另一件你們必須牢記的事情就是,每個聽力部分在播放錄音之前都會給你們一小段時間閱讀材料。
Look ahead. Take this time, use it wisely. Now, what are you looking for? Are you going to read everything? Are you going to try to read everything before the recording starts?
提前看材料,好好利用這段時間。那么,你們需要尋找什么信息呢?要把所有材料都看完嗎?要試著在播放錄音之前逐字逐句全部看完嗎?
Of course not. You don't have time to read everything.
當然不要,你們不需要把所有內容都看完。
I think the first section, they give you about a minute to look ahead at the first part. Don't try to read everything.
我記得你們在第一部分會有大概一分鐘的時間閱讀那個部分的材料,不要試著看完每個字。
Read around the blanks. You have blanks to fill in, for example, this is one question type this is the blanks, read what's around, look for the words that you're listening to to give you a hint or a cue that the answer is coming.
把要填的空周圍的文字看完就可以了,你們是要填空的,比如說,這是一個問題,這是要填的空,你們只要把這周圍看完就行了,在聽到的內容里尋找提示或者線索,這樣你們就能知道什么時候會出現答案了。
Again, that's why vocabulary is very important, and learning and practicing your skills, paraphrasing skills also very important.
再說一次,這就是為什么詞匯、學習和練習你們的釋義技巧很重要了。