雅思聽(tīng)力關(guān)鍵小詞:BUT
同義互換
BUT往往不會(huì)在試卷上出現(xiàn),因此我們不需要過(guò)分關(guān)注它與其他詞語(yǔ)之間的互換。但是同樣表示轉(zhuǎn)折的詞語(yǔ)卻有不少,同樣也是我們需要關(guān)注的。
However:
Videos, however, are ideal for use with everyone present in the class... (2-3-3)
Whereas:
Asiatic lions also have a long fold of skin on the undersides, whereas not many African lions have this. (6-4-4)
Nevertheless:
Nevertheless, when you start out and particularly when you're going for an interview, it's important not to confuse people ...(IELTS plus Test 3 Section 4)
這些詞語(yǔ)雖然都表示轉(zhuǎn)折的意思,但是相對(duì)于but來(lái)說(shuō)都屬于生難詞匯,尤其是在聽(tīng)力過(guò)程中,往往無(wú)法能夠聽(tīng)懂這些詞語(yǔ);另外由于這些詞語(yǔ)都較長(zhǎng)并且一般后面都會(huì)有一定的停頓時(shí)間,在聽(tīng)力中聽(tīng)到并不難。因此在聽(tīng)力過(guò)程中出現(xiàn)頻率并不是很高。
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既然BUT這么重要,并且出現(xiàn)頻率也很高,那么在聽(tīng)力過(guò)程中會(huì)有什么問(wèn)題呢?首先,和AND一樣,BUT本身只是連詞,并不是說(shuō)話的重點(diǎn),因此在說(shuō)話的過(guò)程中,這個(gè)詞語(yǔ)并不會(huì)完全讀成/b^t/,而是會(huì)弱化為/b?t/;其次,由于BUT是由爆破音/t/結(jié)尾,因此如果后面的詞是輔音這個(gè)詞語(yǔ)就會(huì)爆破,此時(shí)BUT僅僅讀作/b?/。這樣遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)加大了聽(tīng)出這個(gè)詞語(yǔ)的可能性,自然也很難能定位到后面的重要的話。
Audio Scripts:... at lease we've done the oral presentation ... I got my feedback really quickly ... We knew the criteria ... but I'm not so sure about the written work. One thing I think is that there's just too much, it's really stressful. (5-3-3)
此題有相當(dāng)難度,因?yàn)榭涨暗膖oo much是在很后面才出現(xiàn),聽(tīng)到了這個(gè)詞語(yǔ)時(shí)答案已經(jīng)不知所蹤了。此題可以通過(guò)前面幾句的名詞oral presentation, feedback, criteria來(lái)定位,然后BUT的出現(xiàn)也就預(yù)示了答案的到來(lái)。但是這個(gè)題目中BUT讀的非常弱,非常容易聽(tīng)漏。
總的來(lái)說(shuō),在表示轉(zhuǎn)折的連詞中BUT的出現(xiàn)頻率是最高的,而且BUT之后往往是非常重要的語(yǔ)句,也就是答案句所在。要注意的是BUT會(huì)弱讀,需要重點(diǎn)練習(xí)對(duì)這個(gè)詞語(yǔ)的敏感度。