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如何通过托福听力提高口语水平

时间:2022-02-06 18:32:32 口语技巧 我要投稿

如何通过托福听力提高口语水平

      一提到托福,大家会马上和出国联系起来。其实,学习托福绝不仅仅只是为了出国,它的意义主要在于以下三个方面。第一,托福高分对于申请出国读名校及拿奖学金有着不可忽视的参考作用。第二,在外企在招聘中,如果应聘者可以提供较高的托福成绩,也是非常有利的一项竞争指标。 第三,托福的内容能够真正帮助大家提高英语水平。其中的听力部分,绝对是练就一口地道美语和切实提高听力水平的利器。下面,我就结合托福听力部分的内容和大家谈谈如何提高自己的口语。

如何通过托福听力提高口语水平

  很多人误以为如果一个人发音好,就代表他口语好。其实发音只是口语中的一部分。可以算是形式。形式固然重要,但要是没有内容的话,形式就只是空中楼阁,没有太多的实际意义。语言是用来交流的。所以第一重要的是当你和别人说话时,能否用别人能接受的方式来表达自己。具体到语言本身,就是你说出的话是不是对方能理解和接受的。因此,要想用英文准确表达自己,我们先要熟悉外国人的思维方式。

  当要拒绝别人时,外国人很少直接拒绝,往往会选择相对婉转的方式。我们来看几个托福中的句子,请大家注意读一下:

  A: How about a movie tonight? That new comedy is opening in town.

  B: Sounds great, but I’ve got to put the finishing touches on my psychology research paper.

  A: Let’s go to a movie after dinner.

  B: That’s tempting. However, the tennis tournament’s tomorrow and I need to get a short practice session tonight.

  A: A bunch of us are getting together to go to the basketball game on Saturday afternoon. You want to come?

  B: Oh, I’d love to, but I have to work.

  从上面的例子可以看出,只要听到外国人说:I’d love to, but.../ I’d like to, however…/ Sounds great, trouble is…之类的内容,后面基本上都是提出一个原因来委婉地拒绝第一个人的邀请。另外,我们一般都是在表示感谢时说thanks,而外国人也会用它来委婉的表达拒绝的。例如:

  A: Would you like me to water your plants while you are away?

  B: Thanks for the offer, but Mark already said he’d keep an eye on them.

  A: Do you think you might like to join the university gardening club?

  B: Oh, thanks for the invitation. But this is how I relax. I’d rather not make it something formal and structured.

  A: Oh, we had the best tour guide when we were in San Francisco. I recommend him very highly when you go there next month.

  B: Thanks, but I’ll be staying with my family and they are taking care of everything.

  A: The drama club is holding auditions for their annual play, it’s a musical. What do you think?

  B: To tell you the truth, I don’t really act or sin