常见的表示方向的关系有如下几大类:
表示前后方向相反:
转折关系: but/however/yet, on the other hand, despite
对比关系: more/less…than…, unlike
表示前后方向相同:
并列关系: A and B, not…nor…, first, second, third
递进关系: moreover, in addition/additionally/besides, not only…but also…
那么请大家来做一个练习:
Managerial and executive progress made by women is confirmed by the annual survey of boards of directors carried out by Korn /Ferry /Carre /Orban International. This year the survey shows a doubling of the number of women serving as non-executive directors compared with the previous year. However, progress remains painfully slow and there were still only 18 posts filled by women out of a total of 354 non-executive positions surveyed. Hilary Sears, a partner with Korn /Ferry, said, ‘Women have raised the level of grades we are employed in but we have still not broken through barriers to the top.’
上面一段话,完全可以浓缩成以下内容:
… progress(+) … doubling of the number(+) … However … painfully slow(-) … raised the level of grades(+) … but … not broken through(-) …
也就是说,从两次出现“however/but”这种转折关系词来看,这一段话一直采用的是一种“对比”结构,分别论述了妇女找工作的好坏两方面。怎么样,你能否仅仅用30秒钟完成阅读?
一旦你能 精通“无词阅读法”,那么在面对每篇将近1000字的雅思阅读文章时,就一定能产生这样的“郁闷”心情:怎么文章有这么多生词我不认识,却能够读懂大意?这在以前简直就是mission impossible嘛!但是,不要惊讶,因为你已经“顿悟”了阅读! 四、“无词阅读法”对于完成题目的直接效果
我在讲课的时候,不会像其他没有“顿悟”的老师那样以词句为单位,查单词搞翻译。要知道,如果拿着字典来讲阅读,把文章翻译一遍之后问同学们:“明白这道题为何这样做了吗?”那么是不是所有的人都可以讲阅读了!
相反,凡是听过我的课的同学都知道,我讲题目的解法,从来不会翻译原文和题干,而是紧紧抓住题干的重要考点来加以训练,从而使学生在不翻译原文的情况下,就能把题目作对。比如判断题,“尘埃中人”的做题方法是必须把原文和题干都翻译出来,如果一旦翻译卡壳,就会觉得这道题目是“NOT GIVEN”。但是,我对于每一道判断题,都是先找出定位词,再找出考点词,然后在定位到出题句子之后,“考点对应出题点”的做题。