一直是中國(guó)考生的一大痛點(diǎn),“烤鴨們”不用怕,把握好雅思聽力中關(guān)于時(shí)間的題,雅思成績(jī)沖刺7分不是白日夢(mèng)!在雅思聽力中,表示時(shí)間的一般是名詞類和介詞類,時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句和動(dòng)詞的轉(zhuǎn)化類以及時(shí)態(tài)轉(zhuǎn)化類四種。我們來(lái)看看雅思聽力中關(guān)于時(shí)間的題目要怎么把握吧。
一、雅思聽力考試中關(guān)于名詞類的時(shí)間考點(diǎn)
在劍四的Test 3 Section 1的第一題,出現(xiàn)了length of time in Australia: _______.
在劍五的Test 4 Section 1的第三題,出現(xiàn)了intended length of stay: _______.
在劍八的Test 3 Section 1的第三題,出現(xiàn)了length of let required:______.
所以不難發(fā)現(xiàn),length of time/stay作為時(shí)間的名詞考點(diǎn),說(shuō)明要在后面填寫相應(yīng)的一個(gè)時(shí)間段。
二、雅思聽力考試中關(guān)于介詞類的時(shí)間考點(diǎn)
劍五Test 1Section 3的21題:
Andrew has worked at the hospital for ______
A. two years
B. three years
C. five years
劍六Test 2 Section 2的第13題:
Trains for London depart every ________ each day during the week.
即for+一段時(shí)間或者是every/each+ 一段時(shí)間。
三、雅思聽力考試中關(guān)于從句和動(dòng)詞的轉(zhuǎn)化類
在劍五的Test1 Section4中的36題:
Research indicates that many women only think about their financial future when _____ occurs. This is the worst time to make decisions.
在這道題中,出現(xiàn)了我們所熟悉的when所引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ),且when后面有填空,要求有一個(gè)和when相對(duì)應(yīng)的同義轉(zhuǎn)換出現(xiàn)。
那讓我們看一下原文:
The research indicates that at present for women it takes acrisis to make them think about their future financial situation. But of course this is the worst time for anyone to make important decisions.
所以答案原文中出現(xiàn)的是“it takes a crisis to…”, 也就是說(shuō),題干中的when和聽力原文中的take做了一個(gè)同義詞替換。
關(guān)于take這個(gè)用法,有些語(yǔ)法不是很好的同學(xué)可能會(huì)有點(diǎn)懵,回顧一下中學(xué)英語(yǔ)學(xué)過的一個(gè)固定句型表達(dá),叫“it takes/took +人/ 時(shí)間+to do sth”, 即花費(fèi)某人多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間做某事。
在劍七Test4Section 2的14題也出現(xiàn)了“take+時(shí)間段”的用法:
The whole visit takes 90 minutes, including _____ minutes for the guided tour.
大家再來(lái)看一道題,來(lái)自劍五Test1 Section 3的27題:
A module takes _____ and the work is very …
這是一道出現(xiàn)于Section 3的密集型信息填空題。我們知道“take time to do sth”的這個(gè)用法,即“花費(fèi)時(shí)間做某事”,而聽力原文里則是這樣說(shuō)的:
And each module lasts for oneterm.
“last”大家熟悉的意思是上一個(gè),但是last在雅思聽力中?嫉氖撬鳛閯(dòng)詞的意思,叫做“持續(xù)”,是一個(gè)不及物動(dòng)詞,一般情況下后面加介詞for表示一段時(shí)間。所以,在這道題里,考查的是take+時(shí)間段和last for+一段時(shí)間的同義轉(zhuǎn)化。
類似的還有劍四的Test 3 Section 3也有一個(gè)last for的用法,如下:
The ‘Study for Success’ seminar lasts for _____
A. one day
B. two days
C. three days
顯然,這里的last for也是考察了“持續(xù)”的這一層意思。而聽力原文“Study for Success seminar is on the first and second of February.”用on+具體時(shí)間來(lái)與題目中的last for做了同義替換。
四、雅思聽力考試中關(guān)于時(shí)態(tài)的轉(zhuǎn)化類
大家來(lái)看一道來(lái)自劍七Test 1Section 2的11題:
PS camping has been organizing holidays for _____
A. 15 years
B. 20 years
C. 25 years
在這道題里,考察的是for+一段時(shí)間,根據(jù)題中時(shí)態(tài),我們看出是現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)。聽力原文里是這樣的:
The company started at25yearsago. It actually open as a retail chain selling camping equipment, and then 20 yearsago, it bought a small number of campsites in the UK, and began offering camping holidays. The company grew rapidly, and have been providing holidays in continental Europe for the last15years.
原文中,出現(xiàn)了三個(gè)時(shí)間點(diǎn)和兩個(gè)對(duì)應(yīng)時(shí)間的表達(dá),一個(gè)是介詞at+時(shí)間段+ago, 即一般過去式與現(xiàn)在完成式的語(yǔ)意上的平行轉(zhuǎn)換;一個(gè)是for+一段時(shí)間。而我們根據(jù)做題規(guī)律,聽力中大多以同義替換出現(xiàn),完全對(duì)等的表達(dá)大多不是正確答案。
通過真題里出現(xiàn)的實(shí)例,我們總結(jié)出常見的時(shí)間考點(diǎn):
名詞類時(shí)間考點(diǎn):length of time/ stay
介詞類時(shí)間考點(diǎn):for+ 一段時(shí)間,every/each+一段時(shí)間
動(dòng)詞以及時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句相互轉(zhuǎn)化的時(shí)間類考點(diǎn):last (for)+一段時(shí)間,take+一段時(shí)間及其與when, until引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句的相互轉(zhuǎn)化。
時(shí)態(tài)類的時(shí)間考點(diǎn):現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)與一般過去式之間的轉(zhuǎn)化,即at+時(shí)間段+ago與have/ has done for + 一段時(shí)間的相互轉(zhuǎn)化。
備考雅思的同學(xué)們,原來(lái)在考試中關(guān)于時(shí)間的題目是這么做的,腦洞有點(diǎn)大吧。結(jié)合這個(gè)做題技巧,大家可平日多多練習(xí),在模擬訓(xùn)練中檢驗(yàn)自己是否真的掌握了。這些點(diǎn)都能把握好,雅思聽力成績(jī)就有可能拿下7分甚至更高呢!