一、中心句出现的位置难以捉摸
在T3的阅读短文里,中心句往往出现在*句,而且有着明显的信号词在提醒考生这就是中心句。这些信号词包括:plan, consider, will make, will set, etc. 考生很轻松地就能把中心句记下来。但是,同学们需要注意的是,T3中并不是只有学校的announcement,还有一些是学生对学校的建议。考生们往往在紧张的情况下会错误地认为这是一篇announcement, 从而花费大量的时间找关键词、中心句,找了半天也只找到零零碎碎的片段,在回答的时候也用错了措辞,导致失分。
1. T3抓住关键词,巧判阅读内容
前面说过,很多考生一味的认为T3就是学校的announcement, 其实T3还有一部分是学生的建议或提议。那么我们怎么判断这是announcement还是suggestion呢?很简单,一般在学生建议的*后都会有个*明显的标志,就是署名——Sincerely / Faithfully, XXX. 这一关键点是帮助考生判定这是一个学生建议的重要依据。其次,在文章的中间会以*人称I作为主语多次反复强调这是我的看法和理由。比如下面这篇短文: Close the Campus Coffee house I propose that the university close the campus coffeehouse. Coffeehouses are great, if people actually use them, like to socialize with friends, while enjoying a cup of coffee and a snack. But students are not using our campus coffeehouse. There are usually lots of empty tables when I pass by the place.
It is just a waste of space that could be used for other things. Also, the food at the coffeehouse is not very good. The last time I was there, the cakes and muffins my friends and I ordered were dry and didn’t have much flavor. Sincerely, Greg Smith
很明显,在本文中有大量的*人称以及在末尾有很明显的信号表示这是个人的proposal, 而非announcement。所以,考生应该立即把答题模式改为From the reading passage, we learn that a student suggests the university to …. 这样就能很好的引出reading的内容,不至于套错模板,以致失分。
2. T4看准信号词,巧判中心句
当文章的中心句很明显不在前两句的时候,很多考生就开始慌了,忐忑地一句句读,既没读懂也没记完。那么在这种情况下我们应该怎么办呢?那就是找信号词。信号词包括:be known as, be called, refer to, means, etc. 有些时候,这些信号词和中心句并不在一句中,那么这时候就需要另外一些信号词来帮你判断中心句在哪了。比如:However, they may grow so attached to the idea of a successful outcome that even if it starts to look like the project will fail and the disadvantages are outweighing the benefits, they will nevertheless increase their commitment to the project rather than give up. This is known as irrational commitment. 在这几句文字中我们很快就会找到is known as这个信号词,来提示我们中心句的位置。但这一句根本没有任何相关的解释,这就需要我们用另外一个词来定位,就是代词This. 我们知道,代词出现是因为前文提到了它的所指物,所以很容易判定前一句就是对irrational commitment的解释。当然,这么长一句话需要考生对其进行提炼,从而使答案简明扼要。