托福閱讀猜詞技巧也是大家應對托福閱讀生詞的一種方法。詞匯積累是解決托福閱讀生詞的最有效方法,但是因為托福閱讀涉獵詞匯量太廣,即便是背完了詞匯書,還是有可能會遇到生詞,此時我們就要用到閱讀的猜詞技巧了。下面,牛學君通過實例為大家講解托福閱讀猜詞技巧。
托福閱讀猜詞技巧一 語境猜測
1、根據同義、反義關系猜詞
Today' s teenagers seem to be more liberal in their ideas than their _______ grandparents.
A. freethinking B. traditional C. old D. happy traditional與liberal意思相反,故選B。
2、根據句意或段落文章的上、下文猜測詞義
Klebold and Harris felt _______ and wanted to revenge against those who disliked playing
together with them or laughed at them.
A. discouraged B. ashamed C. tired D. separated
根據下文的disliked playing together with them判斷此處應為“感到孤立”,故選D。
托福閱讀猜詞技巧二 構詞法猜測
1.前后綴
英語中的前綴、后綴構詞頗多,且特定的綴往往表示特定的含義,把握住這一點,可起到以不變應萬變的效果。
1)He had been overworking and fell ill at last.
overwork是由前綴over-加動詞構成,over有“超過、過于”之意,overwork意思是“工作過多,勞累過度”。再如,overburden負擔過重,overcharge要價過高,overdo做得過分。英語中常用的前綴還有:
mis-錯,誤:misfortune不幸;mislead誤導;mismanage處理不當
mid-中央:midnight半夜;midway半路
under-低于:underdone半生不熟的;underestimate低估
anti-反對:antibody抗體;anticyclone反氣旋;antifreeze防凍劑
下面劃線單詞為常見后綴派生詞:
1)You must stop dreaming and face reality.(-ty為名詞的標志)
2)The country is trying to popularize education. (-ize為及物動詞的標志,再如realize, modernize)
2.合成詞
Family members take turns choosing a special activity for the evening, and everyone partakes in for fun.
根據短語構成及上下文意思看,此處partakes in相當于takes part in。再如break out-outbreak(名詞爆發),set out-outset(名詞起始),come in-income(名詞收入) 。
上文中通過實例為大家講解了托福詞匯的猜詞方法,如果大家在做閱讀的時候遇到影響理解的生詞可以結合語境猜測詞義,也可以通過構詞法來猜測。