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学英语简单吗?肯定会有许多学生说:“难死了”。
为什么有好多学生对英语的学习都感到头疼呢?答案只有一个:“不得法。” 英语与汉语一样都是一种语言,为什么你说汉语会如此流利?那是因为你置身于一个汉语环境中,如果你在伦敦呆上半年,保准说起英语来会非常流利。但很多中学生没有很好的英语环境,那么你可以自己设置一个英语环境,坚持“多说”、“多听”、“多读”、“多写”,那么你的英语成绩肯定会很出色。
一、多“说”。
自己多创造机会与英语教师多讲英语,见了同学,尤其是和好朋友在一起时尽量用英语去问候,谈心情……这时候你需随身携带一个英汉互译小词典,遇到生词时查一下这些生词,也不用刻意去记,用的多了,这个单词自然而然就会记住。千万别把学英语当成负担,始终把它当成一件有趣的事情去做。
或许你有机会碰上外国人,你应大胆地上去跟他打招呼,和他谈天气、谈风景、谈学校……只是别问及他的年纪,婚史等私人问题。尽量用一些你学过的词汇,句子去和他谈天说地。不久你会发现与老外聊天要比你与中国人谈英语容易的多。因为他和你交谈时会用许多简单词汇,而且不太看重说法,你只要发音准确,准能顺利地交流下去。只是你必须要有信心,敢于表达自己的思想。
如果没有合适的伙伴也没关系,你可以拿过一本书或其它什么东西做假想对象,对它谈你一天的所见所闻,谈你的快乐,你的悲伤等等,长此坚持下去你的口语肯定会有较大的提高。
二、多“听”
寻找一切可以听英语的机会。别人用英语交谈时,你应该大胆地去参与,多听听各种各样人的发音,男女老少,节奏快的慢的你都应该接触到,如果这样的机会少的话,你可以选择你不知内容的文章去听,这将会对你帮助很大,而你去听学过的课文的磁带,那将会对你的语言语调的学习有很大的帮助。
三、多“读”。
“读”可以分为两种。一种是“默读”。每天给予一定时间的练习将会对你提高阅读速度有很大的好处,读的内容可以是你的课本,但最好是一些有趣的小读物,因为现在的英语高考越来越重视阅读量和阅读速度。每道题的得分都与你的理解程度有很大关系,所以经过高中三年阅读的训练后,你必定会在高考中胜券在握。 另一种是“朗读”这是学语言必不可少的一种学习途径。
四、多“写”
有的同学总是抱怨时间紧,根本没时间写作文。其实“写”的形式很多,不一定就写作文才提高写作能力。比如写下你一天中发生的一些重要的事情,或当天学了某一个词组,你可以创设一个语境恰如其份地用上这个词。这样即可帮你记住这个词的用法,又可以锻炼你的写作能力,比如学“wish”一词时,可写一小段如下:
The teacher often asks us what we want to be in the future.My good friend Tom wishes to be a soldier.However,I'm different .I wish I were a teacher in the future.But my mother wishes me to be a doctor.
只几句话:但wish的几种用法已跃然纸上,这样写下来印象会深刻得多,这样比死记硬背wish的用法也有趣轻松的多。
学习英语不用花大块的时间,10分钟的散步可以练"说",吃完饭后可以读一会儿英语小说,睡前听几分钟英语,可以使你得到更好地休息……只要你每天抽出一些时间来练英语,你的英语成绩肯定会很快提高的。
背英语单词技巧
1、循环记忆法
艾宾浩斯遗忘曲线
人的大脑是一个记忆的宝库,人脑经历过的事物,思考过的问题,体验过的情感和情绪,练习过的动作,都可以成为人们记忆的内容。例如英文的学习中单词、短语和句子,甚至文章的内容都是通过记忆完成的。从"记"到"忆"是有个过程的,这其中包括了识记、保持、再认和回忆。有很多 人在学习英语的过程中,只注重了学习当时的记忆效果,孰不知,要想做好学习的记忆工作,是要下一番工夫的,单纯的注重当时的记忆效果,而忽视了后期的保持和再认同样是达不到良好的效果的。
在信息的处理上,记忆是对输入信息的编码、贮存和提取的过程,从信息处理的角度上,英文的第一次学习和背诵只是一个输入编码的过程。人的记忆的能力从生理上讲是十分惊人的,它可以存贮1015比特(byte,字节)的信息,可是每个人的记忆宝库被挖掘的只占10%,还有更多的记忆发挥空间。这是因为,有些人只关注了记忆的当时效果,却忽视了记忆中的更大的问题--即记忆的牢固度问题,那就牵涉到心理学中常说的关于记忆遗忘的规律。
一、艾宾浩斯记忆规律曲线解释
德国有一位著名的心理学家名叫艾宾浩斯(Hermann Ebbinghaus,1850-1909),他在1885年发表了他的实验报告后,记忆研究就成了心理学中被研究最多的领域之一,而艾宾浩斯正是发现记忆遗忘规律的第一人。
根据我们所知道的,记忆的保持在时间上是不同的,有短时的记忆和长时的记忆两种。而我们平时的记忆的过程是这样的:
输入的信息在经过人的注意过程的学习后,便成为了人的短时的记忆,但是如果不经过及时的复习,这些记住过的东西就会遗忘,而经过了及时的复习,这些短时的记忆就会成为了人的一种长时的记忆,从而在大脑中保持着很长的时间。那么,对于我们来讲,怎样才叫做遗忘呢,所谓遗忘就是我们对于曾经记忆过的东西不能再认起来,也不能回忆起来,或者是错误的再认和错误的回忆,这些都是遗忘。艾宾浩斯在做这个实验的时候是拿自己作为测试对象的,他得出了一些关于记忆的结论。他选用了一些根本没有意义的音节,也就是那些不能拼出单词来的众多字母的组合,比如asww,cfhhj,ijikmb,rfyjbc等等。他经过对自己的测试,得到了一些数据。
然后,艾宾浩斯又根据了这些点描绘出了一条曲线,这就是非常有名的揭示遗忘规律的曲线:艾宾浩斯遗忘曲线,图中竖轴表示学习中记住的知识数量,横轴表示时间(天数),曲线表示记忆量变化的规律。
这条曲线告诉人们在学习中的遗忘是有规律的,遗忘的进程不是均衡的,不是固定的一天丢掉几个,转天又丢几个的,而是在记忆的最初阶段遗忘的速度很快,后来就逐渐减慢了,到了相当长的时候后,几乎就不再遗忘了,这就是遗忘的发展规律,即"先快后慢"的原则。观察这条遗忘曲线,你会发现,学得的知识在一天后,如不抓紧复习,就只剩下原来的25%)。随着时间的推移,遗忘的速度减慢,遗忘的数量也就减少。有人做过一个实验,两组学生学习一段课文,甲组在学习后不久进行一次复习,乙组不予复习,一天后甲组保持98%,乙组保持56%;一周后甲组保持83%,乙组保持33%。乙组的遗忘平均值比甲组高。
二、不同性质材料有不同的遗忘曲线
而且,艾宾浩斯还在关于记忆的实验中发现,记住12个无意义音节,平均需要重复16.5次;为了记住36个无意义章节,需重复54次;而记忆六首诗中的480个音节,平均只需要重复8次!这个实验告诉我们,凡是理解了的知识,就能记得迅速、全面而牢固。不然,愣是死记硬背,那也是费力不讨好的。因此,比较容易记忆的是那些有意义的材料,而那些无意义的材料在记忆的时候比较费力气,在以后回忆起来的时候也很不轻松。因此,艾宾浩斯遗忘曲线是关于遗忘的一种曲线,而且是对无意义的音节而言,对于与其他材料的对比,艾宾浩斯又得出了不同性质材料的不同遗忘曲线,不过他们大体上都是一致的。
因此,艾宾浩斯的实验向我们充分证实了一个道理,学习要勤于复习,而且记忆的理解效果越好,遗忘的也越慢。
三、不同的人有不同的艾宾浩斯记忆曲线--个性化的艾宾浩斯
上述的艾宾浩斯记忆曲线是艾宾浩斯在实验室中经过了大量测试后,产生了不同的记忆数据,从而生成的一种曲线,是一个具有共性的群体规律。此记忆曲线并不考虑接受试验个人的个性特点,而是寻求一种处于平衡点的记忆规律。
但是记忆规律可以具体到我们每个人,因为我们的生理特点、生活经历不同,可能导致我们有不同的记忆习惯、记忆方式、记忆特点。规律对于自然人改造世界的行为,只能起一个催化的作用,如果与每个人的记忆特点相吻合,那么就如顺水扬帆,一日千里;如果与个人记忆特点相悖,记忆效果则会大打折扣。因此,我们要根据每个人的不同特点,寻找到属于自己的艾宾浩斯记忆曲线
2》如何学英语
下定决心,坚持不懈
英语学习作为一门语言技能,通过大量的训练和练习任何人是可以掌握的。一般地说,英语学习的原则是听、说领先,读、写跟上。李扬的疯狂英语提倡,首先建立起我能学好英语的信心,然后以句子为单位,大量地模仿,疯狂地操练,大声地朗读,最后达到自如地说英语,他的方法对提高说英语的能力很奏效。钟道隆教授45岁开始学英语,一年后,学成出国当口语翻译,并创造了逆苦恼、逆急于求成、逆速成的逆向学习英语的方法。他还提出学习英语要遵循听、写、说、背、想的方法,他的方法强调以听为主,并且把所听到的内容全部写下来。尤其是他的学习精神最可佳,他学习英语用坏了十几台录音机,你可想象他听了多少英语;用完的圆珠笔芯几乎装满了一个一拉罐,你可想象他写了多少,在一年半内,累计业余学习英语时间大约三千小时,也就说每天抽出几个小时来学英语。如果我们做到他那样,一定也能学好英语。最重要的是坚持,只要能下定决心,坚持每天至少一个小时的学习英语,战胜自我最后肯定会有收获的。
注意方法,循序渐进
决心下定,还注意学习方法,有时根据自己的情况和不同的学习目的,选择不同的学习方法,但是学习英语一定要踏踏实实地、一步一个脚印地走。要把基础知识掌握好,也就是说,发音要正确、基本词汇要掌握牢、基本句式要熟练、基本语法要会用。
(1)要过好语音关。把每一个音标发正确,注意改正有问题的音素,特别是那些容易混淆的音素,尽早地掌握国际音标,并尽量的掌握一些读音规则,尽快地能利用读音规则来拼单词,掌握读音规则对单词的记忆和拼写非常有用。
(2)掌握一定数量的英语单词。对于学习者来说掌握英语词汇是一难关,学习单词要从单词的形、音、义这三方面去掌握,要注意单词的一词多义,一词多类的用法,要学会一些构词法的知识,来扩展词汇量。学习单词要在语言材料中去学,要结合词组,通过句子,阅读文章来活记单词,死记的单词是记不牢的。坚持在读、说前,先反复听,听的时候反应单词、句子的意思和节奏,想一下单词的拼法、句子结构。并要同学习语法规则有机结合起来进行。
(3)掌握好基本语法。语法在学习英语中也很重要,它能帮助我们把握住英语的基本规律,通过例句或语言现象把死的语法规则要记住,活的规则要通过做大量的练习掌握。总之学习英语要通过听、说、读、写、译来进行操练,不但要注意数量,更重要的是要注意质量,尤其是基本知识要掌握的准确,熟练。只有经过大量的实践,才能做到熟能生巧,运用自如。
提前预习,有的放矢
作为学生,在每次上课前,都要对要学的课文提前预习。首先在音标的帮助下试着拼读单词,也可以借助配套磁带反复听,对比一下,把握不准的要标出来,注意上课老师的发音,还要记一下单词的汉语意思和词性。借助课文的注释或辅导材料,预习一遍课文,找出不明白的地方,做到心中有数,在教师讲课时注意听这些地方。总之,预习的目的是熟悉要学的内容,找出不明白的地方,带着问题听课,做到有的放矢。
认真听课,积极配合
课堂是老师与学生一起学习、掌握、运用知识的主要场所。作为起主导作用的老师一方引导学生搞好课堂教学是很必要的,但也需要学习者的积极配合。上课要专心听讲、作好笔记、认真操练、积极思考。预习时出现的问题在课堂上教师没有讲到的,要向老师提出,把问题搞清楚,老师讲授的问题,先注意听,下课后整理一下笔记,反复思考一下这些问题,抓住老师所讲的重点,难点和考点。总之,上课时要做到耳听、眼观、嘴动、脑想,调动起多个感官来。
完成作业,找出问题
学完每一课,要认真完成课后作业。做作业时一定不要看参考书上题的答案,做完后再对答案,对于作业中所出现的不明白的问题,应该记下来,等下次上课时提出来。做作业是英语学习的很重要的环节,它是消化知识和巩固知识的过程,一定要认真完成规定的作业,笔头作业要动一动笔,口头作业要动一动嘴,提高听力要练一练耳,课文在听和读的基础上,最好背诵某些精彩段落。总之,要做大量的练习,英语是练出来的, 一定不要偷懒。
及时复习,巩固知识
学会了的东西随着时间的流逝会逐渐遗忘,但学语言有遗忘现象是正常的。更不必因为有遗忘现象而影响自己学好英语的信心与决心。问题在于怎样来减轻遗忘的程度。善于类比,总结知识,把新学的知识同过去学的有关的知识进行横向和纵向比较和联系。建立错误档案记录,加深印象,以避免再反同样错误。我们大部分知识和技能是靠重复获得的,及时复习对于记忆非常必要,学英语就是要坚持天天不断的练,不断地重复基本句型,常用词汇和基本语法等。学习英语的过程也是同遗忘做斗争的过程。
总而言之,只要你能做到下定决心学,注意学习方法,把课前预习,认真听课,完成作业,及时复习这些环节作好了,你一定能够学好英语
2005年高考试题全国卷Ⅰ听力原文
1
W: Very nice skirts. How much are they?
M: Ten dollars each and one dollar off if you buy two. They are on
sale.
2
M: I know you want to talk about this report but I’d like to tell you
about my new computer.
W: Let’s keep to the point. We can talk about that later. All right?
M: OK.
3
W: Bill , that’s a lovely painting in your living room.
M: I’m glad you like it. It’s a Christmas gift from my son.
W: Well, it’s beautiful. Your son has very good taste.
4
M: So, how is your new roommate?
W: She really makes me angry.
M: What happened?
W: She’s always making loud noises at midnight. When I remind her she
is always rude.
5
W: Excuse me,I’m looking for Mr.Town.
M: Oh!He is not on this floor.He is on the fourth floor.Go down this
stairs and turn left.
6-7
M: Did you finish typing that report?
W: Yes, I did. But I worked late.
M: It must be a long repot, I guess.
W: Exactly. Twelve pages. I spent three hours on it.
M: By the way, what time did you go home?
W: I left the office at about 9 o’clock. I got home at ten.
M: What did you have for dinner?
W: I sent out for a sandwich and I ate it at my desk.
8-9
M: Ricky, what’s going on? Fred just told me now that you’re going to leave us.
W: Yes. I really feel bad about it. But BMD came up with a really good
offer.
M: Well, I didn’t know that you are looking for a new job.
W: Well , just between you and me. I think we have some real problems
in this department. Don’t get me wrong. It has nothing to do with you,
Frank. Everybody says that you’re an excellent manager.
M: Problems? What problems? Do we have time to talk about it?
10-12
W: You know, I’ve just finished some very interesting research for the
newspaper about things people do in their spare time.
M: Really? What did you learn?
W: Well , I talked to 20 people, and 19 of them watch TV.
M: That’s interesting. I never watch it. Do you?
W: Not much.. Anyway, about half of them, 9 people play some kind of
sport.
M: I’m not surprised. People are getting more exercises these days.
W: Yes. A few of them go to movies.
M: Mm, I do, too.
W: But here is the most interesting result. Only one of them reads.
M: That’s terrible.
13-16
M: Excuse me, do you mind if I sit here?
W: Not at all, go ahead.
M: Thank you.
W: Are you going somewhere or are you meeting someone?
M: I’m on my way to Washington, and you?
W: I’m on my way to San Francisco.
M: Really? I think San Francisco is probably the most exciting city in
the US.
W: So do I. No other city has as many good restaurants or as much good
music
M: Is San Francisco your hometown?
W: No, I’m from a very small town in Pennsylvania. I wouldn’t want to
live there again either.I don’t like small town living very much.
M: En, neither do I really. But small towns have their advantages. less
traffic.
W: And friendly people. You know I’m beginning to feel homesick. By
the way , where are you from?
M: China.
W: China? But you speak English like a native speaker. I didn’t have
any idea.
M: Oh, excuse me. It’s time for my flight. Well, nice talking with
you.
17-20
M: Could you suggest some ways to bring family members close together?
W: Well, I feel it is very important for families to have regular meals together. One of my good childhood memories was dinner with my parents and two sisters. Because my husband and I both work, and our three children are busy with their studies, we seldom had a chance to get together as a family. But we thought it would be possible for us to sit down and enjoy meals together every week. First, we tried setting three fixed days: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. But almost everyone was unhappy. Then my son had an idea that everyone told me his or her most convenient days and I would choose the two best days. For a while, the children were still unhappy with the idea, they said they would rather spend the time with their friends playing sports. Gradually though, they began to see these evenings together an interesting and helpful.
We laughed a lot. We made plans for trips. We discussed each other’s problems. After a couple of months, anybody who had to miss a family meal felt regretful. And now, we all feel that we have been able to build much stronger relationships within family than we had before.
2006 年高考全国卷( I )
(Text 1)
M: How much are the tickets?
W: There are 15 pounds each, but student tickets are half price.
M: Could I have two students’ tickets please?
(Text 2)
M: Excuse me. I just want to check the boarding gate for BA16 to London, isn’t it 22?
W: Oh it just changed, be 25, down that way on the right. Thanks.
(Text 3)
W: Do you live very far from your school?
M: About 8 kilometers, but it doesn’t seem very far, there is much traffic along this road. It’s great to go by bike.
(Text 4)
W: Now, can we get the computers before Wednesday?
M: Well, it depends, if it is less than 10 kilometers, we can deliv¬er them on Tuesday, but it is further away, it will be on Thursday. Where is your office?
W: Just around the corner.
(Text 5)
W: You can’t wear that, John. It’s black.
M: What’s wrong with a black shirt, everybody has a black shirt.
W: It doesn’t look like going to a party.
听第6段材料,回答第6至7题。
(Text 6)
M: Hello, may I speak to Mr. Brown?
W: I am sorry, he is out for lunch. Would you like to leave a message?
M: Err, what time do you expect him back?
W: Say, in half an hour.
M: Thank you, I’ll try back later.
听第7段材料,回答第8至9题。
(Text 7)
W: Welcome to Youth Hotel, can I help you?
M: I’d like a room for a night.
W: Would you like a single room, a double room or a room for three?
M: Oh, a single room please. Can I pay by check?
W: Sure, fill in this form please.
M: Need my student card number?
W: No, just your address and telephone number.
M: OK, here is the form.
W: Very well. Here is your key to room 212.
M: Thank you!
W: Have a good stay!
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
(Text 8)
M: Hi, you must be that new secretary, welcome! I’m Tom Robison from public relations.
W: Hi, Mr. Robison, Thanks. My name’s Lisa Jones, working in sales now.
M: Please call me Tom, Lisa.
W: OK, Tom. Have you worked here long?
M: Yes, over 20 years.
W: Wow that is a long time. Do you enjoy working here?
M: Well, yes. I suppose I took the job because err well the money is good, and it’s good place to work in, but to be honest, what I re¬ally enjoy is the chance to go abroad, just visiting other coun¬tries. That’s the best thing.
W: That’s nice, for me the best thing about working here is that I live close to the office, I can go home for lunch, and I don’t have to worry about the traffic.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
(Text 9)
M: Now Cathy, do you know when the visitors from India are coming?
W: We offer them three choices: the end of March, the middle of April and the beginning of May, and choose the earliest one which is good actually with exams coming up in May.
M: Right. And how many are coming? Did you say about 12?
W: Yes, they said 12 at first, but changed to 10 this morning.
M: Good, we have 8 weeks to prepare, here are my suggestions. On the first day, a welcome party, then they can visit the schools in the district on the second and third days.
W: We’ve got to remember this group wants to look at how com¬puters are being used in the classroom.
M: Exactly, so I want to ask Mr. Goodman to give them a talk on this on the afternoon of the third day.
W: That will fit in very nicely.
M: And on the last day, they would do some sightseeing, we could take them on the tour of London but many of them may have been there already, and Scotland will be too far away.
W: Why not take them for a walk along the coast, it should be interesting.
M: Good idea! Cathy I’m sure they’ll like it.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
(Text 10)
W: There are many interesting stories about how a baby learns to say its first word. Now Mike, would you like to share your story with us?
M: OK, here’s my story, I was about 18 months old I think and I had just started to say my first word. Every time a truck went by, I would shout a word that sounded like a track, but to eve¬ryone else, it
sounded nothing like it. My parents tried to cor¬rect me, but failed. Then, about three months later, we traveled to New York, as we were waiting for our plane at the air¬port. I looked out of a huge window, at that very moment I saw the largest truck in the world, I had to tell someone about this. I turned to my father who was standing next to about a thousand people waiting for the very flight and screamed “Track! Track!” My father tried hard to shut me up, but I was so excited, I kept screaming my special word. My poor mother decided she didn’t know this baby and then ran into the ladies-room where she hid until I finally stopped. Well, I learned how to say truck correctly, and soon I was talking like a normal child. Howev¬er, my parents will never forget the very first word I pro¬duced in my life.
2007年高考英语真题山东卷听力部分原文材料
第一部分:
1.
W: John, is Mark coming for tea tomorrow?
M: Yes ,I told you yesterday, Tracy.
W: Oh, did you? Sorry, I must have forgotten.
2.
W: What’s the hurry? We’d like you to stay for dinner.
M: Well, thank you, but Helen and I have to meet my parents at the railway station.
3.
W: Hi, Tom .We have to start the meeting without you.
M: I know .my flight was delayed because of the heavy rain.
W: But you are just in time for the discussion.
4.
M: How much are these shoes?
W: Oh, they are 35 dollars a pair.
M: Do you have size 9?
W: I’m afraid they are sold out.
5.
M: Hi, I’m thinking of taking a trip during the Christmas holidays.
W: Where would you like to go ?
M: Well, maybe somewhere warm and sunny.
M: How about a tour to Southeast Asia?
第二部分:
1.
M: Ladies and gentlemen, let’s welcome Jane Carter. Jane, you’re so young, how can you sing so well?
W: Well, Mr. Green. I like singing very much and I’ve been doing this for a while. Above all, I have Mr. James as my teacher.
M: No wonder. I believe you do a wonderful job tonight. Now, ladies and gentlemen, Jane Carter.
2.
W: Happy birthday, Jimmy. Are you ready for the next present?
M: You mean there is more besides the watch?
W: Come with us, it’s in the car. Now, here we are. You’ve been talking about this for a month.
M: Oh, it’s a new computer. It’s just what I want .I’m so happy about it. Thank you so much, Mum and Dad.
3.
W: Excuse me, sir?
M: Can I help you?
W: My name is Jane Smith. I’m a designer looking for a job.
M: See my secretary. She’ll search you up with the test.
W: When?
M: Next month.
W: I can’t wait that long.
M: Excuse me?
W: I can’t wait a month. I need something sooner.
M: I’m sorry.
4.
M: Hi, Lily. How is your new flat?
W: It’s so great. I really like it.
M: How big is it?
W: It’ a one big room, but it has a bath room and a small kitchen, too.
M: How far is it from the office?
W: It’s only about 10 minutes.
M: 10 minutes by bus or by car?
W: On foot. I walked to work this morning. I was 10 minutes early.
M: You’re lucky. I was 10 minutes late.
W: What happened?
M: All the buses came late.
W: What did Susan say?
M: She was late, too.
W: What happened to her?
M: She took the train and it was late, too.
W: Well, then, you were really lucky after all. But what are you going to do tomorrow?
M: I’ll start out 15minutes earlier.
5.
Good afternoon, everybody! And welcome to this class on English words. I hope all of you can hear me, if not, please let me know. I am Professor John Morros. I’ll be your teacher for the next 13 weeks. As you can probably tell, this is one of the most popular and crowded class. Indeed, every time this course is offered, this room is very full. Why is that? Well, in order to use the English language, it’s very important to have at least a basic understanding of how words are formed. Just to mention one figure and there are many. There are about one million words in English. If you’re an English learner, you might wonder how you can possibly remember all of the words. Well, for one thing, you don’t have to. No need of speaker exists who knows all of the words in English language.
Besides, there are short cuts. Short cuts? Yes, for example, if you know how words are formed by using parts of words from other language, such as Greek and French, you’ll understand a good number of words when you first come across them. Let me put them in this way, Knowing the rules will help you master a large number of words. This is probably the number one reason why the class is so popular.
2008年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(全国卷)听力原文
Text 1
M: I think it’s going to rain.
W: I guess so. The sky is dark and cloudy.
Text 2
M: Lucy is going back to China next month, Alice.
W: Oh, really?
M: And she will not take Richard this time.
Text 3
W: I hate to say it, but Jackie isn’t doing well in the film.
M: Well, I think he is only playing a different type of role. My sister thinks he is still the best.
Text 4
M: Professor Miners, could I talk to you about my paper?
W: Sure, come to my office between two to three. It’s Room 340.
Text 5
W: OK, time to go home.
M: I can’t. I haven’t finished the report about the newly opened restaurant.
W: Well, if you carry on working like that, you’ll make yourself ill.
Text 6
M: I haven’t seen you for a long time. Where have you been?
W: I went to New York to visit my sister and stayed there for two months. Actually, I really went to meet my new nephew.
M: That’s great! How old is he?
W: Well, he was five months old when I got there and he could possibly be the most beautiful baby I’ve ever seen.
M: What did you do in your sister’s home?
W: I helped the baby and played with him a lot which was nice, but what I enjoyed most was feeding him.
Text 7
M: Air pollution is so bad in this city. I think the government should stop people from driving cars on certain days.
W: You have a point. Air pollution is a problem, but not letting people drive on certain days is a bad idea. People have to go to work by car.
M: I’m afraid I don’t agree with you there. Reducing air pollution is really important. People are so used to driving that they don’t think about ways to do things. If we stop them from driving on certain days, maybe they could think of new ways to get around.
W: I see your point, but I still think it wouldn’t be possible to stop people from driving.
Text 8
M: Let’s go and have lunch together.
W: OK.
M: By the way, I’m thinking of going to New Zealand around Christmas for three weeks. It’s such a beautiful country. I’ve never been there before.
W: Have you booked a flight?
M: Not yet. I’m planning to book my flight in two weeks’ time.
W: Book your flight right now.
M: Why?
W: Because the longer you leave it, the more expensive it’ll be. As a matter of fact, the prices may double at Christmas time. New Zealanders usually go home for Christmas.
M: Then, I’m going to book my flight tomorrow morning.
Text 9
M: Hello.
W: Hello, Mike. This is Jane.
M: Oh, hello, Jane.
W: Listen, Mike, I’ve got a real problem.
M: What is it?
W: The car is broken down.
M: Oh, not again.
W: Yeah, I checked the oil, and I checked almost everything. It’s just not starting at all.
M: You have to get ready of it, you know.
W: I know, I know. But, look, the thing is I’ve got to pick Tom up at the airport. Can I …?
M: Use my car? Yes, of course.
W: That’ll be great; it’s very kind of you.
M: Come on when you like, I don’t need it until tonight.
W: OK. I’ll be around in about an hour. Thanks a lot.
M: It’s all right. See you then.
W: See you.
Text 10
OK, when we met last week, we talked about different kinds of short stories and some well-known short story writers. I remember that many of you said you liked the American writer Ernest Hemingway, right? I hope you all followed my advice and finished reading his story "A Day’s Wait", because as I said, we’re going to study it together in today’s lesson. Now, since you’re supposed to have read the story, let’s have some discussion. Please look at the four questions on the blackboard. First, when and where does the story take place? Second, what does the boy wait for in the story? And what kind of person does he show himself to be? Third, what kind of person is the boy’s father? Fourth, what is the writer’s main purpose of writing this story? I’d like you to work in groups of four or five and present your answers in ten minutes. Is everything clear?
2009年高考试题—英语听力(全国10)
第一节
1.
W: What do you think we need to buy for our new kitchen?
M: We’ve got a fridge and a dinner table already, we needs some chairs.
2.
M: I like to stay two nights, please.
W: Do you want full board or half board?
M: What’s the difference?
W: Full board includes all meals and half board includes just breakfast and dinner.
3.
M: Shouldn’t we invite Cathy to the party tonight?
W: Invite Cathy? She is the one who is complaining whole thing.
4.
M: Did you say you were driving to town this morning?
W: Yes, I have to draw some money from the bank to pay my bookstore bills.
5.
M: What are you working on so hard?
W: An article for the newspaper, if I am late, it won’t get printed until next week.
第二节
6-7
M: Excuse me, I think you are in my seat.
W: Sorry, but it says 7A on my boarding card.
M: Oh, uh, right, I asked for window seat, you see.
W: yes, so did I, what’s your seat number?
M: Let’s see, oh, it’s 8A.
W: Yes, I guess you are in the seat behind me.
M : Oh, yes, sorry about that.
8-9
M: Can I help you?
W: Yes, how mush are these T-shirts?
M: They are 12 dollars 50 cents each.
W: I like the green one, but it isn’t big enough. Have you got larger size?
M: Just a minute. No, I am sorry, we haven’t. What about the black one?
W: No, it is too dark, I prefer something lighter, yellow or pink?
M: How about the pink one?
W: That’s nice, I will take it.
M: That’s 12 dollars 50cents then.
W: Here you are.
10-12
W: So how long have you been living in London?
M: A couple of years. How long have you been working here?
W: Only a few months. I moved down here for the job. There is no work for me where I came from.
M: Where did you come from then?
W: I came from a small village called Arnside near Lancaster a year ago. There is nothing to do there, so I moved to London.
M: Do you enjoying working here in this restaurant?
W: Very much so.
13-16
M: I am sure you’ve noticed a lot of things that are different about our school.
W: Oh, yes, in the United States, we don’t have to carry a big school bag with us like you do.
M: Why is that?
W: We have a locker of our own which is a small box with a lock within textbooks and our personal things in it. I just bring a day pack to school.
M: A day pack?
W: Yes, it is a small bag which you carry on your back.
M: What do you carry in it?
W: My notebooks, or a few books for homework.
M: That’s convenient. Is there anything else you’ve noticed about our school?
W: Yes, I am surprised that everyone is so silent in class.
M: What do you mean?
W: Well, we usually ask questions about exams, homework or textbooks on the first day of the school year. The teachers like such questions.
M: So you thought it different.
W: Yes, I expected to see a lot of discussions in class, because we learned that way in the United States.
M: I see, that would be a good topic for our school newspaper for the fist month of the term. Nice talking with you. See you around. Bye.
W: Bye.
17-20
W: Good morning, everybody. Today for our writing class, we are glad to have Mr. Henry Stone with us. A well know writer in this country, he is going to share with us his writing experiences. Now, Henry, please tell us how you find so many interesting things for your stories.
M: Ok, I watch people a lot, I do that when I travel, I have been to many countries such as Britain, Italy, and Sweden. So I
spent a lot of time at the airports, while waiting for my flights, I watch people passing by and start my imagination. For example, the other day when I was waiting for my flight to Greece, I saw a couple, they were buying magazines at that moment, they were not wearing business clothes, but the man was carrying a suitcase, every few seconds, the women looked around, I wondered someone was following them. Perhaps they were running away and, you know, this reminded me of a story in the newspaper that day: a banker stole one million ponds a week before and disappeared with his wife, there was a picture of them in the paper, the couple really looked like the thieves, maybe I should stop them. Just then, I saw them say goodbye to each other. And the women walked away. Well, sometimes I make mistakes like that, but I find things like that very useful for my writing,
2010年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(山东卷)原文
第一节
1. M: Do you have any plans for the weekend, Dorothy. Would you like to join me for an outing?
W: Thanks, but I am going to work on my paper all weekend.
2. W: So what did you buy?
M: A T-shit, it was a real bargain. I got it half price, saving 15 dollars.
3. M: I am going to the museum Sunday afternoon. There is a new exhibition of Indian art. Want to come with me?
W: I’d love to, but my best friend is getting married on Sunday, and I won’t miss it for anything.
4. W: National Bank, can I help you?
M: Yes, please. What are your business hours?
W: We open at 9:00 and close at 4:00 during the week, on Saturday we close one hour earlier at 3:00, and we are closed on Sunday.
5 W: May I help you, sir.
M: Yes, I seem to have lost my room key.
W: In that case, you need to go to the front desk to get another one.
第二节
6-7
M: Hello, Nora, I heard about a flat that might interest you girls. It’s near the central bus station on the main road, and about 75 pounds a week, quite reasonable. The problem is, it’s only got two bedrooms, but I expect two of you could share.
W: Well, as long as it’s to me, I’ve got to have my own room, because I’ve been working at home most of the time, any other information?
M: Yes, it’s got a very big and well equipped kitchen, and I know you like cooking. So that’s another point in its favor, but there is a small sitting room and not much furniture yet. So let me know quickly if you want it or it will be taken.
8-9
M: Hello, Barbara, welcome back. You look great.
W: Rod, it’s lovely to see you
again.
M: How was your trip?
W: Fine but tiring. Milan was interesting, it’s bigger than I expected, noisier and dirtier, too.
M: And Florence, what did you think of Florence?
W: Well, I didn’t go there. Have you been there?
M: No, I’ve never been to Italy. I’d really like to go to Roma. Well, the cars are in the car park. Is this all your luggage?
W: Yes, but the suitcase is very heavy.
M: Barbara, what’s in it? Books or stones?
W: Just 20 pairs of shoes.
10-12
W: Hello, Thomas Brothers.
M: Hello, this is Mike Landon here. Is Jack Cooper there by any chance?
W: I am afraid not, he is away for a day or two, back on, let’s see, Monday morning.
M: Oh, well perhaps I can live a message for him.
W: Yes, of course, just a minute. Now, let’s see, to Jack Cooper from Mike London.
M: No, Landon, L-a-n-d-o-n.
W: Sorry, yes, got that, and what’s the message?
M: Well it’s just this: could he come to a meeting on Monday afternoon at 5:00 pm?
W: That’s this coming Monday, October 12th?
M: Right, it’s to discuss the new factory in France.
W: Fine, I’ve got that. I will see that he gets it as soon as he comes in on Monday.
M: Good, thank you, goodbye.
13-16
M: Now, Mrs. Franks, I just like to read your statement back to you, and then you can write your name on it.
W: Fine.
M: I was standing in front of the Second National Bank building at about 8:50 am, I saw a small red car heading for the cross roads of Churchill Avenue, and York Road, it was coming towards me along Churchill Avenue at about 40 miles per hour. The traffic lights on York Road changed to green, and a delivery lorry began to move forward at about 5 miles per hour. The driver of the car probably didn’t see that his traffic light has changed from orange to red, and ran into the side of the lorry.
W: That’s correct.
17-20
Welcome to Montfort School, thank you for choosing our school and for joining the happy Montfort family, which has been educating boys since 1916. We are so happy that you have taken time off to be with us today. It is with great pleasure that we have prepared some events that we hope will please you. At 9:00 am, our headmaster will give a welcome speech; this will be in the school hall. Please be sited by 8:45 am. Following the speech, it’s the guide tour of the exhibition at 9:30, here you can see the proud history of our school and our achievements in the field of education. The exhibition is laid out in the classrooms on the 2nd
floor.
Then the guide tour of science labs at 10:20 am, here you can see the subjects that new students will be studying. You will also notice that our labs have excellent equipment. At 11:00 am, you will be guided to the tool to practical areas. This covers our technical workshops, music, and other areas of our school life. At Montfort, we believe in all around development of our students.
Lunch will be at 12:00. It has been specially prepared for our guests. All our teachers and student leaders will be present to answer any questions that you have in your minds. We are so happy that you could be with us today.
2010年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(山东卷)原文
Text 1
W: Jack, how do you like the play?
M: It’s a simple story with a happy ending, but, luckily, they had a very strong actor, he managed to carry the whole play.
Text 2
M: Have we missed it? The man said it’s only five blocks away opposite the bank.
W: Wait a minute, the Chinese restaurant, the national bank, there it is, the Radisson Hotel.
Text 3
M: Let’s meet at 20 to 5. W: Well. Could we make it 20 past 5?
W: That’s a bit late for me. I could manage 10 past.
M: OK. See you then.
Text 4
M: What time are we leaving for the outing?
W: I’ll phone you tomorrow. I should have everything sorted out by then.
Text 5
W: Thanks for all you’ve done for me. Hey, listen, would you like to go to see a film sometime?
M: Yeah, that’d be great. I’d love it.
Text 6
W: Hey, where is everybody?
M: They took Ben to the park. Where have you been?
W: Sorry, I’m late. I picked up the cake and it took me longer than I expected. When will
the party start?
M: Ben invited eight children from school. And they’ll arrive at about 2 in the afternoon.
W: OK. Then I’ll put the candles on the cake and leave it in the kitchen and then I’ll come
and help set the table.
Text 7
M: So, Macy, how was your holiday?
W: Oh, we loved it. Tom liked Germany best, but France was my favorite.
M: So did Rachael finally go with you?
W: No, she wasn’t able to. She was called away(请到别的地方,分心,改变思想,叫走,转移)
for a business trip to China.
M: That’s a pity. So where exactly did you go and visit?
W: Well, we traveled all over, Italy, Spain and Holland; we even bathed in a Swiss lake
M: You did, really?
Text 8
W: Bob, I’m sure you know about second-hand smoke.
M: Of course, I do.
W: But have you heard about third-hand smoke?
M: Third-hand smoke? I’m afraid not. What is that then?
W: Well, it is here in today’s paper. Parents may think they are protecting children from second-hand smoke when they smoke outside their home or only when the children are not there. But now
researchers are warning about what they call third-hand smoke. When you smoke dangerous matter from cigarettes get into your hair and clothing. As babies are the weakest, when you come to a baby, you pass it to the baby and increase the chances of disease in the baby.
M: Is that so? In that case I have to say that I should never get close to a baby.
W: That’s right. Actually all smoking parents should do the same or better give it up completely.
Text 9
M: Hello, welcome to our program “Today City”. I’m Larry. We’re going to Louisville Kentucky where our guest Michelle Ray comes from. She is proud of her middle-sized city with a small town feel and big city dreams. Now, Michelle, tell us about your city.
W: Thank you, Larry. Here is my city. Louisville is my city. The first place I take visitors from out of town is to the Highlands for shopping and night life. When I have delicious Asian food I always go to the Zen Garden which provides wonderful all vegetable dishes.
M: Wow, that’s interesting. Many people go for (追求,喜欢,被吸引) healthy food now.
W: You can say that again(我完全同意! 你说对了). If I want to go camping and fishing, I go to the Red River area. For complete quiet I can hide away in my house with a good book from one of our public libraries.
M: That all sounds very exciting. I’m sure some of our listeners will include Louisville in their travel plan for their next holiday. Thank you, Michelle.
Text 10
M: We are glad to have Dr. Garfield to talk to us today about dreams. Let me start by asking the first question. Does everyone dream?
W: It appears that everyone does. Mostly when people say that they never dream, what they really mean is that they don’t remember their dreams or they don’t think their dreams are important. The reason behind is that they might have been made fun of with a child when they first reported their dreams or it was so frightening that they just turned off {(使)沮丧, (使)不感兴趣 } dreaming completely. The other day, someone named Davis came to me and said that he used to be a great dreamer, but suddenly he stopped having dreams. I asked him what it happened. It turned out {(常与to, that连用)结果} that his brother died by heart attack and he never expected that such a terrible thing would happen to a young person. Generally, when there was some frightening event and dream about it was too terrible. People prefer not to dream about it. Actually the worst thing you can do is stop dreaming. Because it means that the bad experience would be too painful to even appear in dreams. As long as you dream about it and even the dream is frightening, your mind is working on it. My personal opinion about what dreams do is that they help us deal with our problems. We see certain patterns take place in dreams.When a person is hurt deep inside, when a person is seriously ill or when a person has been really sad, if people turn off their dreams totally, it means they don’t love themselves to even think about it.