【雅思閱讀】核心策略之略讀與掃讀(Skimming and Scanning)
我們?cè)谌粘I钪袝?huì)運(yùn)用不同的策略和方法閱讀不同類型的文章。我們會(huì)快速閱讀,通過略讀把握文章大意,通過掃讀(尋讀)確定細(xì)節(jié)信息?;蛘咄ㄟ^精讀詳細(xì)理解信息。我們的閱讀方式取決于文章的長(zhǎng)度和類型以及閱讀目的。略讀是指快速閱讀??焖匍喿x時(shí)我們只看文章的標(biāo)題和下標(biāo)題,以及每個(gè)部分或者段落的第一行。并且要關(guān)注文章中反復(fù)出現(xiàn)的關(guān)鍵詞。我們的目的是理解文章的大意。skimming(略讀)是一個(gè)有用的策略,貫穿整個(gè)雅思閱讀考試的過程。掃讀是指尋找文章中的特定信息或特定詞組。在掃讀過程中,我們忽略與題目要求不相關(guān)的信息。如果題目要求尋找具體的事實(shí)信息或么某一特定部分,那么scanning(掃讀(尋讀)) 是一種有用的策略。在閱讀每個(gè)段落時(shí),我們必須綜合運(yùn)用這兩種方法。另外還有一個(gè)輔助的方法是細(xì)節(jié)閱讀,細(xì)節(jié)閱讀是指閱讀文章中特定的詞匯和仔細(xì)思考文章中特定的句子。在雅思閱讀考試中運(yùn)用這種技巧能夠準(zhǔn)確完成細(xì)節(jié)問題。通常來說,考生首先必須略讀或掃讀文章以確定考點(diǎn)在文章中的具體定位,再通過細(xì)節(jié)閱讀,確定題目答案。
分析認(rèn)為,在雅思考試中這兩種方法具體的做法是:首先,在略讀時(shí),要花足夠的時(shí)間去讀段落的第一句和第二句,直到完全理解作者的含義,因?yàn)榈谝痪渫窃摱蔚闹黝}句(top sentence),而第二句往往是對(duì)前句的延伸(extension)或進(jìn)一步的解釋(explanation)。然后,運(yùn)用掃描,迅速瀏覽從第三句開始的后面部分,搜尋作者對(duì)開頭兩句的支持句(supporting sentences),并同時(shí)注意文章中間是否有轉(zhuǎn)折詞(transition),因?yàn)檫@些詞常常會(huì)把文章的思路逆轉(zhuǎn)或加入其它重要的信息。最后,當(dāng)讀到段落的最后一句時(shí),我們又要使用略讀,這時(shí)必須再次放慢速度(slow down your pace)直到完全消化作者對(duì)段落的小結(jié)(conclusion),因?yàn)樵撔〗Y(jié)有可能與主題句截然相反或引導(dǎo)讀者進(jìn)入下一個(gè)段落。
我們通過下面的例子來看略讀與掃描在是選擇段落主題句中的運(yùn)用。
段落: Tourism, holiday-making and travel are these days more significant social phenomena than most commentators have considered. On the face of it there could not be a more trivial subject for a book. And indeed since social scientists have had considerable difficulty explaining weightier topics, such as work or politics, it might be thought that they would have great difficulties in accounting for more trivial phenomena such as holiday-making.? However, there are interesting parallels with the study of deviance. This involves the investigation of bizarre and idiosyncratic social practices, which happen to be defined as deviant in some societies but not necessarily in others. The assumption is that the investigation of deviance can reveal interesting and significant aspects of “normal” societies. It could be said that a similar analysis can be applied to tourism.
題目: Which one of the following phrases can be the heading of the above paragraph?
選項(xiàng):
i The politics of tourism
ii The cost of tourism
iii Justifying the study of tourism
iv Tourism contrasted with travel
v The essence of modern tourism
vi Tourism versus leisure
ix Creating an alternative to the everyday experience
viii The role of modern tour guides
vii The artificiality of modern tourism
解題:在這篇談旅游業(yè)的段落中,作者第一句和第二句都使用了比較級(jí)(more significant than..., there could not be a more trivial...),這時(shí)我們要充分理解作者的含義:表面上(on the face of it)是說旅游業(yè)不是一個(gè)重要的話題,實(shí)際上暗示出旅游業(yè)的重要性,為下文的反駁打好鋪墊。隨后的支持句進(jìn)行進(jìn)一步的展開,講探討旅游業(yè)的困難性,似乎對(duì)于旅游業(yè)的論述是極其艱難的。然而,文章中的However使思路陡然一轉(zhuǎn),隨后把對(duì)旅游業(yè)的研究與對(duì)deviance的研究作了一個(gè)對(duì)比,最后得出的結(jié)論是認(rèn)為研究旅游業(yè)是同樣有趣和重要的。通過這樣的略讀和掃描的結(jié)合,我們很容易地得出答案為iii Justifying the study of tourism,其中justify意為 “為...辯護(hù),證明...有理”。
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