雅思阅读段落标题之完美法则

2014-04-18 11:40     供稿单位: 长沙新航道     原创作者:陈虹    

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List of Headings(中文译作“段落标题题”),是雅思阅读部分的常考题之一。此类题型要求考生对于文章整体有所把握,同时能正确地概括段落大意,所以对于大部分学生来说有较高难度。下面就来详细介绍新航道完美法则,告诉你怎样攻克段落标题题。

 

完美法则一:主题句为先

 

在段落中寻找主旨句然后与标题配对。主旨句一般为首尾句,第二句或含观点的宾语从句,带标志词比如表转折的句子等等。主题句一般是自然段最完美的总结与阐述,找到了主题句就等于成功了一半。我们只要在备选项中挑出最为合适的同义替换即可。

 

完美法则二:细节为王

 

但是很多情况下,我们找到了主题句,但发现在备选答案中没有相应的同义替换。小伙伴们,怎么办?“细节为王”,即选择与此段某一细节相关的答案。

 

请看剑7 P22 第16题:

 

Yet there is a dark side to this picture: despite our progress, half of the world’s population still suffers, with water services inferior to those available to the ancient Greeks and Romans. As the United Nations report of access to water reiterated in November 2001, more than one billion people lack access to clean drinking water; some two and a half billion do not have adequate sanitation service. Preventable water-related diseases kill an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 children every day, and the latest evidence suggests that we are falling behind in efforts to solve these problems.

 

在这个段落中很明显句话为主题句 ,但是找遍方框中的备选答案,没有一个与此相关短语,我们只能另辟蹊经: 文中Preventable water-related diseases...与第七个选项:The relevance to health有关,所以我们退而求其次,以其为答案。

 

完美法则三:部分为主

 

这一方法与完美法则二有着异曲同工之妙,不同之处在于不是某一句子所反映出的意义,而是段落某几个句子的意义之综合。请看:( 剑6,P26 /D)Life for the descendants of the Thule people is still harsh. Nunavut is 1.9 million square kilometers of rock and ice, and a handful of islands around the North Pole . It’s currently home to 2500 people, all but a handful of them indigenous Inuit. Over the past 40 years, most have abandoned their nomadic ways and settled in the territory’s 28 isolated communities, but they still rely heavily on nature to provide food and clothing. Provisions available in local shops have to be flown into Nunavut on one of the most costly air networks in the world, or brought by supply ship during the few ice-free weeks of summer. It would cost a family around 7,000 pounds a year to replace meat they obtained themselves through hunting with imported meat. Economic opportunities are scarce, and for many people state benefits are their only income.

 

这段话的前半部分都在描述当地人艰苦的生活,从provisions一句起至段末,文章一直在谈给养和粮食的问题(有provision, supply ship, meat等词明示)。读完段落,再看选项。我们发现只有iii Alternative sources of essential supplies一项可能性,因为其中的essential supplies和段落后半部分关于给养的主题吻合。所以由此选择了此项为正确答案。

 

完美法则四:总结升华

 

并不是每一个段落都有主题句的,我们在浩如烟海的雅思阅读文章中总会碰到没有主题句情形,这个时候如何处理呢?以《九分达人》中的一篇文章为例:

 

Propagation of seaweeds occurs by spores, or fertilization of egg cells. None have roots in the usual sense; few have leaves, and none have flowers, fruits or seeds. The plants absorb their nourishment through their fronds when they are surrounded by water: the base or “holdfast” of seaweeds is purely an

attaching organ, not an absorbing one.

 

locations and features of different seaweeds

 

2. various products of seaweeds

 

3. nutritious value of seaweeds

 

4. why it doesn’t dry or sink

 

5. how seaweeds reproduce and grow

 

此段文章中无从找寻主题句,只有通过自己归纳总结,特别是通过关键词句提炼出中心意思,选择一个与此段落大意相匹配的答案即可。段落开头“Propagation”与第五个选项中的“reproduce”意义相同;从第二句开始至结尾阐述了海藻如何茁壮生长,这与“grow”不谋而合,所以我们的答案为第五个选项。

 

标题题是考察大家对于段落大意的把握,大家只有从主题句出发,结合以上四个完美法则,揣摩分析考官的出题意图与角度,加以大量的练习,一定会在雅思考试中立于不败之地!

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