今年的Note Taking and Gap Filling的話題是紐約的犯罪話題。這個話題是聽力教程第三版新增的《Crime》這個單元的內容。在我的高口聽力課堂上最后一節課復習重點的時候,特別指出新增單元出題的幾率最大。并且,我在電子書《高口綠經》這部分特別對這個單元的詞匯和語言點進行了解析。相信之前按照要求復習的同學,對這篇文章會有輕車熟路的感覺。
NTGF題目如同聽一個小型講座,而講座最關鍵的是聽懂主題,記錄關鍵信息。很多同學在做這部分題目時總是要么疲于奔命地記錄大量無效單詞,要么記而忘聽或聽而忘記。這部分題,無論聽力和筆記,都要做到胸中有準則,有章法。
我們以第一段為例。Let’s talk about a social condition that many people might be concerned about today. There are a few that I wanted to touch on, but the first one is the one I mentioned in the introduction---Crime in New York City. Crime is a problem for a very long time in NYC and it was rising and rising and rising and then it started dropping and I suppose there could be a number of different reasons for it, but I can’t really find that anybody really knows exactly for sure what caused it.
本文首段從聽力上來說是開門見山型的主題段:前三句由talk about, want to touch on, first one三個信號來提示聽力重點,即后面的Crime in New York City.
筆記上,要明確三句話:“并不是每個句子都要記。”“不是每個單詞都要記。”“不是每個字母都要記。”譬如第一段的數句話,重點句子是Crime in New York City. 而把這個關鍵信息筆記下來之后,只需記為 “罪 – NY” 這種形式即可。而后面的rising and rising and rising, 只需記一個上箭頭 ↗ 即可,再看到筆記時能通過上箭頭想到越來越高的意思即可。
總的來說,“得意而忘言”,是這種題目的解題關鍵。