托福综合写作:把握好阅读材料 错过听力也不用愁

2022-06-11 21:28:52

  

  很多时候我们都认为听力材料是托福综合写作制胜的关键,听力不好意味全盘皆输,因为阅读文章会再次出现,而听力只放一遍,最后的写作重点是要求概括出听力中的主要内容和听力阅读关系,假如错过听力,可能会造成综合写作失分惨重。其实并非如此,根据对现有的听力和阅读的分析以及关系的总结,可以得出一个结论:听力不好的情况下,依然可以用阅读文章逆袭成功。那么到底应当如何逆袭呢?且看如下分解。

  我们需要明确的是根据之前真题总结出来的规律,托福综合写作中阅读和听力的关系一般是相反的,听力总是会反驳阅读的内容,而且听力和阅读材料肯定是对同一话题的讨论。比如TPO第一套的综合写作,阅读主要是说四天工作制对于公司、经济、雇员有好处,听力中主要论证的是四天工作制对于这三者没好处。阅读和听力文章的内容形式是一定的纵观TPO新托福综合写作的文章,不难发现,不论是阅读还是听力都是给出一个主题句,之后用三个论点进行论证。而且阅读中的论点和听力中的论点是对应的,听力中分别对阅读论点加以反驳。

  我们在听力不好的情况下,通过阅读文章进行对听力的预测和判断,依然可以得到重要的信息。关键在于我们要找出阅读的主旨句,然后通过阅读主旨句来推断听力主旨句。

  根据以上两个依据,我们可以得出结论:听力基本上是反驳阅读的内容。所以我们找出阅读主旨句的同时,就可以推测出来听力的主旨句。以TPO1为例

  In the United States, employees typically work five days a week for eight hours each day. However, many employees want to work a four-day week and are willing to accept less pay in order to do so. A mandatory policy requiring

  companies to offer their employees the option of working a four-day workweek for four-fifths (80 percent) of their normal pay would benefit the economy as a whole as well as the individual companies and the employees who decided to take the option。(TPO1)

  通过分析新

  Offering employees the option of a four-day workweek won’t affect the company profits, economicconditions or the lives of employees in the ways the reading suggests。

  听力中的第一段就验证了我们的推测,四天工作制不会对公司、经济、雇员有好处。因此,在听力听不懂的情况下,我们依然可以通过阅读文章得出听力的主旨句。找出阅读的论点句,推断出听力的论点,我们可以得出,阅读和听力都是由三个论点来支持主旨句,因此在总结听力内容时,三个论点也是我们要找的重要信息。在听力听不懂的情况下,我们能不能通过阅读文章来推测出听力的论点呢。首先来看一下阅读文章的第二段。

  The shortened workweek would increase company profits because employees would feel more rested and alert, and as a result, they would make fewer costly errors in their work. Hiring more staff to ensure that the same amount of work would be accomplished would not result in additional payroll costs because four-day employees would only be paid 80 percent of the normal rate. In the end, companies would have fewer overworked and error-prone employees for the same money, which would increase company benefits。

  很显然,这一段托福作文主要说明的是缩短的工作制对公司带来了好处,增加了公司收益。如果按照逆袭依据一,我们就可以推测出听力中肯定说的是没有增加公司收益。下面来看一下听力中的第一个论点。

  First,offering a four-day workweek will probably force companies to spend more, possibly a lot more. Adding new workers means putting much more money into providing training and medical benefits. Remember the costs of things like health benefits can be the same whether an employee works four days or five. And having more employees also requires more office space and more computers. These additional costs would quickly cut into company profits。

  听力中很显然论证的就是四天工作制减少了公司收益,让公司花费更多。至于花费在什么地方了,那就是听力中我们需要去记的细节了。即便在听不懂的情况下,我们依然可以推测出听力中的第一个论点。其他的论点也是如此。


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