在托福听力考试部分,尤其是讲座部分,教授会会涉及到事物发展的先后顺序及和过程,这样的文章特别容易设置排序题。因此托福听力过程原则也是备考必不可少的一部分。下面前程百利小编就用案例为考生分享托福听力过程原则。
过程原则的信号词
在托福听力中,同学们要特别关注表示先后顺序的关键词,把步骤一个一个的顺序排列,理清楚事物发展的过程,是怎样一步一步变化的。过程原则的常见信号词:起步阶段的词:start with/begin with /commence/set out/in the first stage . 随后阶段的词: then/after that /next/be followed by/subsequently.最后阶段:finally/eventually/at last/ultimately.
案例分析
例如:TPO7 lecture 4第二题
The professor discusses the process of basal slip. Put the steps in the correct order.
Click on a sentence, then drag it to the space where it belongs
Answer choices
Friction between the glacier and bedrock is reduced.
A liquid layer forms at the base of the glacier.
The glacier begins to slide
Pressure is increased on the ice
根据题目中the process of basal slip,可以定位到原文为: What happens is that the ice at the base of the glacier is under a great deal of pressure. So, ice at the base of the glacier melts, even though it’s below zero degree Celsius. And this results in a thin layer of water between the glacier and the ground. This layer of water reduces friction is... is like a lubricant. And it allows the glacier to slide or slip over the bedrock.本篇文章中虽然没有具体表示过程的信号词,但是从教授提到basal slip然后说What happens is that表明接下来要讲the process of basal slip教授清晰地分析了。首先是冰山底部的冰受到巨大的压力熔点降低under a great deal of pressure,在冰山底部形成液体层this results in a thin layer of water,于是冰山和岩床中间的摩擦力减小reduces friction,冰山就开始滑动。也可以通过首先确定将C这一结果项放在最后。然后再看A、B项,可以轻松推理出因为有一层液体(a liquid layer)存在,所以摩擦(friction)减弱,因此B排在A前。摩擦减弱后,冰川开始移动,所以与后半段步骤无关的D项应是整个过程的开端。
对于这类过程提的解答我们可以发现,如果在文章中没有提到具体的过程信号词,就会增加我们解题的难度,但是通过其中的逻辑关系和其他的听力原则也是可以推理出来的。例如在本道题目中What happens is强调原则,So, ice at the base of the glacier melts和And this results in这些都是因果原则,通过这些原则的利用也可以抓住文章的关键信息。如果文章中出现明显的first、second和third这些词汇就可以帮助我们更加准确的把握考点。
以上就是托福听力过程原则案例解析的相关内容,希望通过以上分析考生能够对在文章中遇到过程信号词和没有明显的过程信号词应该如何答题做到心中有数,帮助考生攻克托福听力。
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