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找准信号词 四六级阅读“一目十行”

编辑:Fiona    来源:英语词汇网    点击:16    日期:2008-06-17    



在文章的浏览(即略读,skimming)过程中,对文中信息重要性的判断可以帮助读者快速有效地了解段落的大意。在浏览过程中,读者可以通过寻找“信号词”来区分重要信息和非重要信息。以下列出的是阅读过程中常见的几类“信号词”。
  1.以下词组提示下文所涉及的重要信息:
  The main / important point / conclusion / reason….
  The point to note here…
  2.以下词组提示了下文的结构框架:
  There are three major reasons…
  3.but 和 however表示对比,常常用来提示重要信息,例如:
  The rising birth rate is not due to increased fertility, but to a sharp decline in the

death rate.
  4.在文中提问可以突出问题后的答案,提示读者答案中有重要信息,例如:
  Why is a piped water supply so important? Disease due to contaminated water is

a common cause of death in childhood.
  5.有时,为了保证读者完全理解自己的观点,作者会在文中反复提出自己的观点,例如:
  Death control can be achieved autonomously. In other words, the death rate can

be cut without anything else changing.
  6.文章的结论通常是非常重要的,因此,读者要在文中寻找提示结论的“信号词”,例如:
  Thereforethe result
  In conclusionwe can conclude
  One of the primary conclusions
  7.举例是为了帮助读者理解某一个观点,因此,文中的例子不是浏览文章时的重要信息。在阅读过程中,以下词组提示读者下文是举例部分信息。
  For example/instancelike
  Such asthese include
  To illustrateamong these are
  有时,作者也会用破折号或括号来提示举例信息,例如:
  The developing countries are dependent on cash crops – sugar, coffee, cacao, cotton.
  Precipitating/violent/unexpected factors are those which reduce the food supply

(droughts, floods, wars, epidemics)…
  在段落浏览时,读者在看到信号词后,应不断对下文信息作出相应的判断,例如:
  The main reason for (提示:下文信息重要) the reduction in the death rate in the developing world has been improved

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