托福听力出来混,lecture重实力,conversation重理解。难道lecture不用理解就可以么?其实也不是这样,lecture也重理解,但是conversation与lecture相比较,我们会发现,conversation总是会考一些语言当中的隐藏含义!这也就是我们平时常说的弦外之音!其实很多考友之所以lecture几乎不错,但是在conversation总是错1-2个,就是因为对于弦外之音的理解不是特别的到位。
比如说我们可以看新托福突破口TPO1的第一个conversation的第四题:
What can be inferred about why the woman decides to use the computer in the library?
(A)She thinks she might need additional help from the man
(B)She does not have a computer at home
(C)She has to hand in her assignment by the end of the day
(D)She will be meeting a friend in the library later on
我们再来看一下原文
WOMAN:
Right, abstracts! They'll definitely make the project more durable. I guess I should try out the electronic search while I'm still here then, you know, just in case.
MAN:
Sure, er… that computer's free over there, and I'll be here till five this afternoon.
WOMAN:
Thanks, I feel a lot better about this assignment now.
这个女的为什么要在图书馆用一下电脑来查资料呢?答案就在这个女性的第一段话:“Right, abstracts! They'll definitely make the project more durable. I guess I should try out the electronic search while I'm still here then, you know, just in case.对!简介!他们将会使这个项目的生命力更强!我猜我应该试试信息化的搜索方式,我等一会在那边的时候可以试一下,你知道的,以防万一吗!”
这里解题的核心就是在于最后的just in case以防万一。换句话说,这位女同学是害怕自己回到宿舍之后,不会使用电脑查图书馆资料,因此先在图书馆的电脑上试一下,如果有不懂的地方就让图书馆的这位帅哥教她一下。因此,本题的正确答案是AShe thinks she might need additional help from the man.她认为她或许需要这位帅哥的额外的帮助。
这就是所谓的弦外之音,如果lecture几乎不错,但是托福听力conversation总是会错1-2题的话,就是因为这个弦外之音,也就是我们要听出说话人的潜台词。