北京孙老师 2014-07-25 11:43:23

行家观点系列:托福听力语音识别的基础知识

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语音识别和词汇是听力的基础,这两个关键不攻克,是不可能提高听力的。现在我们需要好好总结一下语音识别的知识,总结一些规律,然后,在听文章的过程中注意一下,解决这个基础问题,对于考取听力高分,甚至托福高分起到重要的作用。
1. 连读问题
连读中的基本规则
(1) 辅音 元音连读
a) And their mating ritual is just so impersonal.
b) And even though they spend the significant portion of the year hibernating
c) when they are not hibernating, you can find themin open areas
d) it’s not as if they aren’t ready for the real world because they are
e) They are large ground squirrels, about the size of an average house cat.
f) ran out of money
g) about the size of an average house cat
h) Come on in
i) fit it in
j) Fill out this application form
k) call it today
l) I was found on the ground by the fountain about a field of a summer stride.
m) Not at all.
n) Rush hour.
o) This dictionary is not exactly what I wanted but it will do.
p) Travel agency, travel agent
(2) 辅音 辅音连读:辅音 辅音连读:前一个单词的结尾辅音和后一个单词的开头辅音相同时,合并成一个音,同时发音延长。
a) That certainly makes it one of the largest towns in the world at that time.
b) One of the things that make the settlement of this size impressive is the time period
c) they did with just stone
d) It flakes very nicely into really sharp points.
e) Some money, bike key
f) Like candy
g) Big girl
h) Some money
i) Up side down
(3) 元音 元音连读:元音和元音相连时,中间不可停顿,必须一气呵成。(由一个元音向另一个元音滑动)
a) We have no sure access to what they thought
b) So, for instance, their art.
c) Be on time
d) Grow up
(4) H连读
a) I’m just learning so much from just watching him
b) vegetative parts of a plant’s herbs and the flowers
c) So, how did he do that?
d) so I’ve got to look at other sources.
e) I lent him a book.
f) Larry is taking a lot of art, isn’t he?
g) The stuff the nurse gave me seemed to have helped.
h) I must have left my keys at my sister’s house.
i) She learned to use the computer on her own.
(5) 其他特殊连读
【t】 【j】=【ch】:meet you, hurt you, that your
【d】 【j】=【dg】:would you, hand your, did you
【s】 【j】=【sh】:miss you, this year
Example: won’t you, don’t you, didn’t you, haven’t you, hadn’t you, wouldn’t you, weren’t you, last year, next year, did you, had you, would you
2. 失爆问题
托福听力过程中的失爆问题:【p】,【b】,【t】,【d】,【k】,【g】任意两个连续出现就会发生失爆现象
a) Sit down, good night,
b) I think you’ve got the battery in upside down.
3. 略读问题
托福听力过程中的略读问题:书写时将两个或多个相邻的单词省略某些字母而连接起来
a) I am = I’m, you have = you’ve, how is = how’s, that would = that’d
b) Doesn’t, didn’t, shouldn’t, hadn’t, hasn’t, wouldn’t, won’t
c) Don't worry. She'll still be around. She's got lots of projects that she's still in the middle of.
d) So I’ll predict that Uranium-Lead Dating is going to become an increasingly popular dating method
e) it’s not as if they aren’t ready for the real world because they are.
f) that’dmean working long hours as a musician for, like, no money
g) and we knew we wouldn’t remember everything we wanted to ask the doctor
h) but they weren’t experienced at investing their new wealth
常见略读总结
a) I’m, you’re, she’s, they’re, there’s, he’s, who’s
b) We’ve, he’ll, she’d, she’ll, she’s, they’d, they’ve, they’ll
c) Can’t, weren’t, won’t, aren’t, wouldn’t, shouldn’t
d) Gotta, gonna
4. 弱读问题
托福听力过程中的弱读问题
(1) 介词弱化:
Oh, yes. You were lookingat variations in climate in the Grant City area, right?
(2) 代词弱化:
I’m starting to summarize it now
I’ve lost my book.
(3) 连词弱化:
there’s a journal named Sleep and Dream.
have you checked to see if your professor put any material for you to look at on reserve?
5. 英美音差异问题
托福听力过程中的英美音问题
(1) 【r】音问题,如果在单词中出现r,美音一般是读出来的;而英音则不读
(2) 【ɒ】【ʌ】在美音中几乎不存在短音ɒ,因为ɒ一般情况下都读做【ʌ】
Hot, box, rock
(3) 其他情况
Neither
如何解决英美音问题
常见易混音:Course-cause, once more-one small, career-Korea, worse-was, bore-ball, door-doll, core-call, tear-tea, short-shot
不加儿化音的词:China, Australia, banana, wall
常见英美音不同读法:Neither, either, record, cupboard, cassette, garage, laboratory, adult, ordinary, secretary, dictionary
6. 词性变音问题
托福听力过程中往往因词性变化,读音也会变化,从而会影响理解。而这些词如果在阅读中出现,肯定能够认识,但是在听力里出现未必会听懂,比如Method- methodically 此外,经常出现的还有下面的这些词:
Company-companion
library-librarian
geography-geographical
ignore-ignorant
photo-photographer-photographic
declare-declaration
economy-economic-economical
invite-invitation
technology-technological
type-typical
7. 缩写问题
托福考试中常见的学术型缩写,通常会影响理解,总结如下:
Intro. Course = introductory course 导论性课Demo = demonstration 演示
Memo = memorandum 备忘录 Info. = Information 信息
Expo = exposition 博览会 Chem.= chemistry 化学
Comm. = commerce 商业 Tech = technology 技术
Ad.= advertisement 广告 Dorm = dormitory 寝室
M.A. = Master of Arts 文学硕士 M.S. = Master of Science 理学硕士
B.A. =Bachelor of Arts文学士 B.S. = Bachelor of Science理学士
alga = algebra 代数学、代数 anat = anatomy 解剖学、解剖
archit = architecture 建筑学、建筑 arith = arithmetic 算术、算术
astron = astronomy 天文学、天文 eng = engineering工程学、工程
electr = electricity电学、电 fin = finance财政学、财政
geol = geology地质学、地质 geom = geometry几何学、几何
gram = grammar文法 hist = history历史、史
ling = linguistics语言学、语言 maths = mathematics数学、数学
mech = mechanics 机械学、机械 med = medical医学、医
met = meteorology气象学、气象 myth = mythology 神话
phil = philosophy哲学 phon = phonetics 语言学、语言
photo = photography摄影术、摄影 phys = physics物理学、物理
physiol = physiology生理学、生理 pol = politics政治学、政治
psych = psychology心理学、心理
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