托业口语考试的准备(二)
<p> 提高口语的语言质量</p><p> 除读音准确外,语言质量也是口语考试中不容忽视的一个环节。我们完全可以想象,如果一个考生在口语考试中讲的几乎全是<span word="My">My</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="happy">happy</span> <span word="one">one</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="parents">parents</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="too">too</span>. 之类的结构过于简单、信息含量很低的句子,即便发音再完美,恐怕也很难有很高的分数。其实如果方法得当,在一定时间内提高口语的语言质量是完全有可能的。下面我有一些见解和大家分享:</p><p> 1) 口语的逻辑化</p><p> 前面我曾提到,议论能力是新托福口语考试的考查重点之一。所以在提出观点或展开议论作到思路清晰、条理清楚是需要我们着重训练的一项重要能力。建议可精听美国历届大选辩论的实况,细心揣摩、用心模仿候选人在辩论中使用的语言逻辑结构。特别注意他们对因果、转折、列举、假设、推论、反问、举例、总结等语言模式的把握。同时可以模仿很多他们使用的精彩口语句型,如:</p><p> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="comfortable">comfortable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="that">that</span> (我认为)</p><p> <span word="Clearly">Clearly</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="viewpoint">viewpoint</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="traced">traced</span> <span word="to">to</span> (显然他的观点来自于)</p><p> <span word="Ill">Ill</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="way">way</span>. (我可以换一种方法来进行解释。)</p><p> <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="inbut">inbut</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="in">in</span> (它在方面平淡无奇,而在方面却不同寻常)</p>
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