注意段落首尾句
托福写作辅导提到与中国人写作习惯大不相同的是，外国人习惯于一种固定的写作结构，即“总——分”或者”总——分——总”结构，用这种结构写出来的文章逻辑清晰、脉络分明，非常有利于阅读。
The cane toad is a large (1.8 kg) amphibian species native to Central and South America. It was deliberately introduced to Australia in 1935 with the expectation that it would protect farmers’ crops by eating harmful insects. Unfortunately, the toad multiplied rapidly, and a large cane toad population now threatens small native animals that are not pest. Several measures have been proposed to stop the spread of the cane toad in Australia.
通过看首尾句我们不难发现这篇文章的主题为最后一句Several measures have been proposed to stop the spread of the cane toad in Australia. 而前面都是在讲cane toad 的背景信息。
注意关键词
在首段之后，文章通常会分为三段，从三个方面来论述作者的观点，这时候就要求我们注意会有提示作用的关键词。比如first, second, third,这些词后面通常接的是新的观点，需要我们格外注意。比如：
One way to prevent the spread of the toad would be to build a national fence.
Second, the toads could be captured and destroyed by volunteers.
Third, researchers are developing a disease-causing virus to control the cane toad populations.
这些都是该段的主题，也就是分论点，在阅读的时候我们要高度重视。
把握逻辑
在阅读的时候我们要注意论点之间的关系，是递进，还是并列，这有助于我们在听力的时候把握相应关系。
比如这篇文章，就是三个并列的关系，是三种不同的解决方案，而听力也会针对这些方案一一反驳，在听的时候要格外注意。
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