1、听力原文2007年6月听力原文11W: Jim, you are on the net again! We are going to get off. Its time for the talk show!M: Just a minute dear! Im looking at a new jewelry site. I want to make sure I get the right gift for moms birthday.Q: What is the man doing right now?A) Surfing the net.12W: Ive never seen you hav
2、e such confidence before in the exam! M: Its more than confidence! Right now I felt that if I got less than an A, it will be the fault of the exam itself.Q: What does the man mean?B) He is sure of his success in the exam.13W: Just look at this newspaper! Nothing but murder, death and war! Do you sti
3、ll believe people are basically good?M: Of course I do! But newspapers hardly ever report stories about peace and generosity. They are not news!Q: What do we learn from the conversation?D) The man is quite optimistic about human nature.14M: Tom must be joking when he said he plans to sell his shop a
4、nd go to medical school.W: You are quite right! Hes just kidding! Hes also told me time and time again he wished to study for some profession instead of going into business.Q: What will Tom probably do according to the conversation?C) Stay in business15W: I hear your boss has a real good impression
5、of you, and he is thinking about giving you two more days off each month.M: I hope not. Id rather get more work hours I can get enough bucks to help out my two kids at college.Q: What does the man truly want?A) More money.16M: I heard you took a trip to Mexico last month. How did you like it?W: Oh,
6、I got sick and tired of the hotel and hotel food! So now I understand the thing: East, west, homes best!Q: What does the woman mean?B) She missed the comforts of home.17W: Im worried about Anna. Shes really been depressed lately. All she does is staying in her room all day.M: That sounds serious! Sh
7、ed better see a psychiatrist at the counseling centre.Q: What does the man suggest Anna do?C) Seek professional advice.18M: I could hardly recognize Sam after we got that new job! Hes always in a suit and tie now.W: Yeah. He was never liked that in college. Back then, he went around in old T-shirts
8、and jeans.Q: What does the speaker say about Sam?A) He dresses more formally now. 总的来说，本次6级考试听力的短对话部分难度并不高。除了对话的长度比4级稍长，速度略快，其对话本身的判断十分容易，不易误选，选项长度也很短。其中12，16，18题可以用性别指示原则确定答案出处；12题的BC两项还是相反项；11，14，17题考察的是计划行动；15题考察的是对象；只有13题稍微难一点，男女都要听并且需要对比才能出答案。 从题目本身的角度看，这次考察的主打内容是语气语调，其中12，13，14，16，17，18都重点涉及了语
9、气语调的考察，并且构成出答案的重要线索。此外，11，15题考察了敏感关键词，只要听出对话中的多个关键词中的一个既可做出答案，这在我们的考前串讲中曾经涉及过。其中15题的buck这个词语我在上课的时候还特别强调过。另外17题考察了建议请求关键词shed better，这一点和我们考前串讲一道例题几乎一模一样。最后18题当中的绝对化词语never也是我在串讲中重点提示过的。 综上所述，有几个要点需要将来的6级考生特别注意了。首先最重要的是，基本交流能力的考察已经上升到一个很重要的地位了。语气语调的考察竟然上升到了6个题目，占到了75%的比例，说明所谓考试技巧这个概念本身已经在漫漫淡化了，重要的是语
10、言的实际应用能力。我相信如果平时很喜欢看美国电影的这部分考生完成听力部分一定轻而易举！其次，从上课的经验中我发现，很多学生同样的一种课程不止来上一次，在上课的过程中我们所讲述的内容到最后总结复习的时候还是一问三不知。其实从上面的分析我们就可以看出，绝大部分的内容是我们上课的时候都讲过，甚至是特别强调过的。就连复合式听写当中第39空的单词也是我在上课的时候专门听写过的。所以如果考生上课的时候认真记录总结过的话这次的考试也会取得不俗的成绩。最后，很多考生反映在考试速度上有问题，不仅是听力部分，后面的阅读和综合部分更是这样。所以，在保证正确率的前提下提高速度这也是不容忽视的要点。而且现在考点主题的变
11、换很快，去年还是相反项主打，今年就转换到了语气语调了。因此也希望大家在以后的复习中尽量做到全面撒网，逐个深入，这样才能做到百战不殆。(接下页)Conversation One:M: Hi, Anna! Welcome back! Hows your trip to the States?W: Very busy. I had a lot of meetings, so, of course, I didnt have much time to see New York.M: What a pity! Actually, I have a trip there myself next week.
12、W: Do you? Then take my advice, do the well-being in the air program. It really works.M: Oh, I read about that in a magazine. You say it works?W: Yes, I did the program on the flight to the States, and when I arrived at New York, I didnt have any problem, no jet lag at all. On the way back, I didnt
13、do it, and I felt terrible.M: Youre joking!W: Not at all, it really meant a lot of difference.M: En. So what did you do?W: Well, I didnt drink an alcohol or coffee, and I didnt eat any meat or rich food. I drink a lot of water, and fresh juice, and I ate the noodles on the well-being menu. Theyre li
14、ghter. They have fish, vegetables, and noodles, for example, and I did some of the exercises of the program.M: Exercises? On a plane?W: Yes. I didnt do many, of course, there isnt much space on a plane.M: How many passengers do the exercises?W: Not many.M: Then how much champagne did they drink?W: A
15、 lot! It was more popular than mineral water.M: So, basically, its a choice. Mineral water and exercises, or champagne and jet lag.W: Thats right! Its a difficult choice.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation youve just heard.19. Why did the woman go to New York?20. What does the woman say
16、 about the well-being in the air program?21. What did the woman do to follow the well-being menu?22. What did the woman say about other passengers?Conversation Two:W: Morning. Can I help you?M: Well, Im not rally sure. Im just looking.W: I see. Well, theres plenty to look at it again this year. Im s
17、ure you have to walk miles to see each stand.M: Thats true.W: Er, would you like a coffee? Come and sit down for a minute, no obligation.M: Well, thats very kind of you, butW: Now, please. Is this the first year youve been to the fair, Mr.M: Yes, Johnson, James Johnson.W: My names Susan Carter. Are
18、you looking for anything in particular, or are you interested in computers in general?M: Well, actually, I have some specific jobs in mind. I owe a small company, weve grown quite dramatically over the past 12 months, and we really need some technological help to enable us to keep on top of everythi
19、ng.W: Whats your line of business, Mr. Johnson?M: Were a training consultancy.W: I see. And what do you mean “to keep on top”?M: The first thing is correspondence. We have a lot of standard letters and forms. So I suppose we need some kind of word processor.W: Right. Well, thats no problem. But it m
20、ay be possible for you to get a system that does a lot of other things in addition to word processing. What might suit you is the MR5000. Thats it over there! Its IBM compatible.M: What about the price? W: Well, the MR5000 costs 1,050 pounds. Software comes free with the hardware.M: Well, Ill think
21、about it. Thank you.W: Heres my card. Please feel free to contact me.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation youve just heard:23. Where did the conversation take place?24. What are the speakers talking about?25. What is the mans line of business?Keys:19. B) To have meetings.20. D) It can le
22、ssen the discomfort cased by air travel.21. D) Avoided eating rich food.22. C) Not many of them chose to do what she did.23. A) At a fair.24. C) The purchasing of some equipment.25. B) Training consultancy.应试框架下的能力考察浅析2007年6月六级听力长对话部分 今年六级听力考试的长对话部分，集中体现了命题组对于考试改革的诉求强调在实际环境中的语言运用能力。从六级考试的定位来分析，由于六级针
23、对的往往是高校的高年级学生，这些考生即将走上社会，投入实际工作，因此他们的英语学习不能仅停留在对书本知识的表层理解上，而要“学以致用”。 命题以工作场景为核心，强调商务英语 在这一指导原则下，今年长对话的命题完全脱离了以往听力题目以学校生活为主要背景的做法，而将对话内容全部安排在工作和商务场景之下。其实，早在国家教委所发行的六级样题中，长对话的conversation one内容为一家公司招聘初级销售经理，这已经给以后的六级长对话命题提供了线索这类新题型是专门在新的英语应用要求下应运而生的，因此会广泛地结合工作内容。而这种线索，在6月23日的六级考试中无疑得到了具体验证。 在题目中涉及工作内容
24、，这从九十年代中期起，就在短对话的命题中有所体现，但当时只是“蜻蜓点水”，通常只在对话中安插个别与工作相关的单词，与整体的解题关系比较间接，够不成难度。但在今年的第二篇长对话中，场景是在一次展销会上，其中的男生由于要为公司采购计算机设备，因此来展销会参观，而女生则是他在展销会上碰到的一位销售人员。两人的对话频繁涉及会展、商业洽谈、产品介绍、价格询洽、建立商业往来等内容，且层次丰富、信息容量大（六级的长对话篇幅比四级长，而且每位说话人每次发言的句子都比较复杂，这是四级和六级长对话在难度上的一大区别）。据很多考生事后反映，对于这类题目颇感措手不及，听的时候大脑的反应跟不上对话的节奏。比如女生向男生
25、介绍新形电脑产品时有这样一句话：But it may be possible for you to get a system that does a lot of other things in addition to word processing Its IBM compatible. 其中的word processing指电脑的文档处理系统，而compatible这个词表示“可兼容的”，在这里指这套计算机系统可以和IBM电脑兼容。这两个词都是非常典型的六级词汇，很多考生虽然在词汇手册上背到过，但放到句子的语言环境中来具体理解，就觉得比较吃力了。同样地，当女生询问男生所从事的职业时，她说：
26、Whats your line of business? 在这里，就不能把line, business之类的词单独理解了，line of business作为一个完整的固定表达，意为“行业领域”；女生向男生介绍售价时有这样一句表达：Software comes free with hardware.意思是软件是随同硬件免费附赠的。像这些语言，其实对于六级的考生来说，不存在任何难词，但由于对整体语言环境缺乏把握，容易造成理解上的困难。 难词依然存在，但不影响解题 说到这次长对话中的难词、偏词，可能要数conversation one中提到的jet lag了。这篇长对话发生在同事之间，女生刚从纽约
27、出差回来，向男生介绍了飞机旅途中的一项well-being program（健康计划），其中提到这项健康计划旨在降低旅客的jet lag，即“由飞行引起的身体不适”。这个词先后两次出现在文章中。而第20题针对健康计划的目的和作用来提问，因此必须理解jet lag才能解题。但要理解这个词，不一定要事先背过单词，只要利用上下文稍加推测即可。男生在对话结尾处提到：So, basically, its a choice. Mineral water and exercises, or champagne and jet lag.提示jet lag是和锻炼等健康的生活方式相反的一个选择，也就是会另人不适
28、的，理解到这一曾就可以做题了。 顺便提一句，类似情况在这次的级长对话中也有所体现。题目有一处提到了continental breakfast，即“欧洲大陆早餐”，这种早餐通常只提供面包卷、黄油、咖啡等，与生活在欧洲大陆之外的英国人吃的早餐有较大不同，因此得名。这些内容，native speaker说起来非常自然，但对于中国考生来说，不了解文化社会的背景知识，可能觉得很陌生。虽然有一题针对continental breakfast提问，但并没有要求考生搞懂这种早餐到底是什么，因此做题时，只要接收到有关breakfast的信息就足够了。但以后的命题很可能反复出现这类信息，如果要在考试时真正有把握理
29、解对话整体，需要考生补充过去容易忽略的文化常识。这体现出了四六级考试对于在校大学生英语学习的导向性作用，值得大家借鉴。 考点与清晰，解题顺序清楚 conversation two问了三道题，分别是对话发生的地点、对话主要内容和男生从事的行业。前两题都是短对话中常见的问题，考生比较熟悉，也较容易把握。其实，只要一看第23的选项，四个in, at开头加地点名词的短语，熟悉选项预读技巧的同学可以在听录音之前就直接判断出题方向了。且三道题目，考察在对话开头，通过对话的层层展开得到提示，在文章结尾处出现答案，这种考点布置的手法，与短文理解题如出一辙。总之，从题型的角度来说，长对话需要我们在听之前借鉴短对
30、话的预读方法做预判，而听的时候以短文理解题的思路，逐题定位答案。(接下页)P1The new year always brings with the cultural tradition of new possibilities. We see it as a chance for renewal. We begin to dream of new possible selves. We design our ideal self or an image that is quite different from what we are now. For some of us, we roll
31、at dreamy film in our heads just because its the beginning of a new year. But we arent serious about making changes. We just make some half-hearted resolution and it evaporates after a week or two. The experience makes us feel less successful and leads us to discount our ability to change in the fut
32、ure. It not the change is impossible but that it would lose(?) unless our resolutions are supported with plans for implementation. We have to make our intentions manageable by detailing the specific steps that will carry us to our goal. Say your goal is to lose weight by dieting and cutting off sweets. But one night you just have t
