

托福综合写作要求限时阅读,3分钟时间内阅读一篇230-300词的短文,对于英语基础一般的学生来讲,这无疑是个挑战,很难在规定时间内读完并理解文章,同时总结出要点。阅读任务无法完成毫无疑问增加了听力的难度,因此如何快速有效的读懂文章是写好综合的必要条件,今天山西新通外语李老师就来讲讲阅读的方法。
我们先来看首段阅读的要点,通常情况下文章的第一段由三个要素组成,背景句,话题,以及作者观点。找到这三个信息第一段的阅读也就完成了。下面看一个例子。
In the United States, employees typically work five days a week for eight hours each day. However, many employees want to work a four-day week and are willing to accept less pay in order to do so. A mandatory policy requiring companies to offer their employees the option of working a four-day workweek for four-fifths (80 percent) of their normal pay would benefit the economy as a whole as well as the individual companies and the employees who decided to take the option. (TPO 1)
In the United States, employees typically work five days a week for eight hours each day. --- 交代背景
However, many employees want to work a four-day week and are willing to accept less pay in order to do so. A mandatory policy requiring companies to offer their employees the option of working a four-day workweek for four-fifths (80 percent) of their normal pay...... ----话题引出,however是关键词。
A mandatory policy .... would benefit the economy as a whole as well as the individual companies and the employees who decided to take the option. --- 作者观点,从benefit可以看出,作者是支持这个政策的,同时本文会从三个方面论证作者的态度,economy, individual companies, employees.
从这个例题可以看出,首段内容了解后,文章的脉络也就清晰了。
澳大利亚纽卡斯尔大学 国际商务硕士 澳大利亚西悉尼大学 翻译硕士 取得雅思听力单项9分,阅读9分,回国后一直从事教育培训行业,有四年雅思托福教学经验(澳大利亚、太原)。曾担任以色列驻华大使陪同翻译,参与太原市外事侨务办公室举办的座谈会,2012年9月,曾担任诺贝尔物理学奖得主约瑟夫陪同翻译,参与山西省实验中学及太原理工大学等一系列学术讲座。