態度題作為托福聽力題型之一,想要做對它,需要我們理解說話者的感受,是支持還是反對,是積極的還是消極的,傳達的是快樂還是悲傷,是充滿了激情還是厭倦,表達的是肯定的態度還是否定的態度,或是中立的態度(這種情況下,就要看看教授的觀點是什么啦)。一般是討論有爭議的文章,這個這么說,那個那么說,那么教授的態度是什么呢?
出現方式
the professor mentions experiments on the wind speed necessary to move rocks. what is the professor's attitude toward the experiments?
what is the student's attitude toward ?
what is the speaker's opinion of ?
what does the professor think of ?
what is the professor's point of view concerning…?
不管它以什么形式出現,大家會看到題干最常出現的詞是opinion 和attitude,也就是觀點和態度是什么?所以看到題干中出現opinion 和attitude就要注意是傳說中的態度題啦。
解題思路
態度題,正如我們之前所說其主要目的是考察考生是否能聽出說話人的態度或觀點。考生也許會被問及關于說話人的感受、喜惡或者感到焦慮或快樂的原因。同時考生還會被問及關于說人的把握性的問題:說話人是在引用試試還是在表述觀點?材料中所陳述的事實是被廣為接受的還是仍有爭議的?有時,題目會考查考生發現并理解反語的能力。
當說話人要表達的意思跟其實際所說的內容相反時,那么他/她就是在說反語。例如,在某種語氣說出 "that's just great"這句話就可以表達出 "that's not good at all"的意思。說話人使用反語會處于各種目的,包括強調已提出的要點、營造幽默氣氛以引起聽眾共鳴,或者以簡潔的方式表示不贊成。
所以我們該如何解答托福考試聽力的態度題呢?這就需要我們從上下文提供的線索和說話人的語氣中去推斷教授所說的內容的背后的真正含義。下面我們舉例來說:
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one team of scientists flooded an area of the desert with water, then try to establish how much wind force would be necessary to move the rocks. and get this, you need winds of at least five hundred miles an hour to move just the smallest rocks. and winds that strong have never been recorded. ever! not on this planet. so i think it's safe to say that that issue has been settled.
the professor mentions experiments on the wind speed necessary to move rocks. what is the professor's attitude toward the experiments?
a. their results were decisive
b. they were not carried out carefully
c. they were not continued long enough to reach a conclusion
d. the government should not have allowed the experiments
答案 a
文章在這一小段介紹了一個科學隊是如何做實驗試圖去證明風雨理論的可能性。但發現使之發生的情況是不可能發生的。最后教授還用i think…來表述自己的觀點。
他很肯定得說呢,這件事可以有個定論了。so i think it's safe to say that that issue has been settled.這也就和選項a相一致了。a說他們的結果是具有決定意義。所以,在這道題里呢,教授的態度是肯定的。如果單從選項來看,b c d都是否定的態度,和教授肯定的態度是不一致的。故都錯。
注意事項
一般出現在文章的結尾
注意語氣、語調發生明顯變化的地方
從整體上去把握說話人的態度,是積極肯定的,消極否定還是中立的。