新托福口语第三题解题思路

　　新托福口语考试第三题要求考生先阅读一段文字，然后再听一段与阅读文字在内容上相关的听力材料，最后考生按照要求口头回答相关问题。阅读材料是70～100词的自然段，共45秒钟的阅读时间。题目要求考生总结阅读材料中隐含的说话者的观点。
　　此题型的内容为校园场景，形式为读－听－说。许多同学对于这一题的解答思路不是很明确，本文将对考生准备该题时必须注意的重点进行针对性的解析。
　　考试内容
　　此题型考查的是考生运用英语的综合能力，是对考生适应北美校园通知讨论情景的模拟考查，体现了新托福口语考试的考查目的之一，即“实现听、读、说三方面的动态有机融合”，同时也是新托福口语考试的点睛之笔。其目的在于考查考生是否真正具备了实际的校园语言综合应用能力，是否达到了较高标准和较高质量的即时输入与输出的语言运用水平。
　　因此，这道题(包括第四、五、六题)既是对考生综合听说能力的考验，也是对考生概述能力的考验。
　　很多人觉得它比同为校园话题的第五题难度要大些，这是很正常的，因为第五题讨论的通常都是学生个人的问题，而第三题讨论的是校园“大政方针”的问题。即使用中文来表达，大家也不一定都熟悉在这种场景中需要的词汇和句型，更别说用英文来准确地表述了。
　　第三题的rating(评分标准)以“your ability to speak clearly and coherently”、“Accuracy”和“Completeness”为评判标准。
　　样题分析及解题思路
　　样题
　　本文以Official Guide(官方指南)第214页的第三题为例(分为三个部分)：
　　1、阅读材料
　　Announcement from the President
　　The university has decided to increase the tuition and fees for all the students by approximately 8 percent next semester. For the past five years, the tuition and fees have remained the same, but it’s necessary to increase them now for several reasons. The university has many more students than we had five years ago, and we must hire additional professors to teach these students. We have also made the commitment to research and technology and will be renovating and updating our laboratory facilities to better meet our students?needs.
　　2、听力材料
　　You will then hear:
　　Narrator: Now listen to two students as they discuss the announcement.
　　The dialogue will begin:
　　Man: Oh great, now we have to come up with more money for next semester.
　　Woman: Yeah, I know, but I can see why. When I first started here, classes were so much smaller than they are now. With this many students, it’s hard to get the personal attention you need.
　　Man: Yeah, I guess you’re right. You know, in some classes I can’t even get a seat. And I couldn’t take the math course I wanted to because it was already full when I signed up.
　　Woman: And the other things, well, I am kind of worried about not being able to get a job after I graduate.
　　Man: Why？I mean you’re doing really well in your classes, aren’t you?
　　Woman: I’l doing ok, but the facilities here are so limited. There are some great new experiments in microbiology that we can’t even do here. There isn’t enough equipment in the laboratories, and the equipment they have is out of date. How am I going to compete for jobs with people who have practical research experience? I think the extra tuition will be a good investment.
　　3、问题：
　　Now answer the following question:
　　The woman expresses her opinion of the announcement made by the university president. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.
　　解题思路
　　下面我们来探讨一下解决这种典型校园场景读听说题的方法。
　　1、阅读部分：这道题要求大家具备快速阅读的能力。
　　这些阅读材料是以通知、书信等形式出现的。更重要的是，它们的内容都是校方做出decision、policy、regulation后进行的公示，或者是一名学生看到这些公示后以书信形式做出的公开评价。同时，这些阅读材料中还会出现校方做出这种决定或新规定的原因，通常都会列举两到三点理由。