2008新托福TOEFL-iBT听力辅导(二)

TOEFL听力重点内容总结

（一）语气：
W: Prof. Smith sure was acting strangely today.
M: I noticed that too. She was talking so quietly and then — not giving us any homework. Can you believe that?
Q: What can be inferred about Prof. Smith?
(A)   She didn’t teach class today.
(B)   She noticed that the students didn’t do their homework.
(C)   She usually assigns homework.
(D)   She usually talks quietly.
 
关于语气题的总结：

1、停顿之后是重点。

（二）转折
W: Excuse me, do you sell calculators, I looked over in the office supply section, but I couldn’t find any.
M: That is where you’d find them, but we’re all sold out, we probably won’t have any in for a few more weeks.
Q: What does the man mean?       
(A)   He expects to sell all of the calculators soon.
(B)   The woman should look in a different section of the store.
(C)   The store doesn’t have any calculators to sell now.
(D)   Calculators are on sale this week.
 
M: Excuse me, Prof. Jones. I was absent from the first class. And, um, I heard that’s when you handed out the course outline. Would you happen to have an extra copy?
W: I don’t have any with me. But there are a few left in my office. Why don’t you stop by after class?
Q: What does the woman imply?
 
(A)   She hasn’t prepared the course outline yet.
(B)   She’ll distribute the course outline during the next class.
(C)   There aren’t any copies of the course outline left.
(D)   The man can get the course outline after class.
转折题型最主要是以BUT为标志，其次还有一些标志词。
在这些词的后面往往都是考点。
因此在做题时，把这些词后面的句子听懂，即可选对答案。
 
重点：
转折的后面经常是考点          

2、当but起到强转折作用时，把前面句子的意思取非即可