m: hello. lucy. this is john. look, could you do me a favor? i`ve tried to phone my wife six times and i can`t get through. the line is busy all the time. could you possibly go next door and give her a message?
w: sure. what do you want to tell mary?
m: could you just say i`ve run into an old friend and i`m staying with him and not at the hotel. i`ll give her a ring later.
w: sure. i`ll go round now.
m: thanks a lot, lucy.
w: okay. bye.
m: bye!
该题考查考生对谈话者之间的关系进行判断。根据对话中的语气及内容,我们不难判断此题的答案为a。
四、理解领会对话的观点、态度及意图
常用的提问方式有:what does the man (woman) think of ... ? / how does the man (woman) feel about... ? 等等。听这类试题我们首先要判断两个人的态度是否相同。如果不相同,我们要分清每个人对这件事情的看法,千万不能够混淆。另外说话人的态度是通过语气、语调等的变化体现出来的,因此,听的时候要做出正确的判断。
例4:
6. how does the man feel about david`s way of sleeping?
a. it`s effective. b. it`s strange. c. it`s the best.
7. how many hours does david sleep a day?
a. four. b. six. c. seven.
8. what does the woman suggest at the end of the talk?
a. people should develop a habit like david`s.
b. people need longer hours of sleep.
c. people have different sleeping habits.
录音原文:
m: how come david is always so full of energy.
w: he has a strange but highly effective way of sleeping.
m: what is that?
w: he takes a short sleep for an hour every six hours and has a total of four hours` sleep each day.
m: where did he get that strange idea?
w: he read from a book which said it was the best way of human beings and he believed that.
m: how many hours do you sleep a day?
w: i need at least seven hours. i once tried to follow david`s example. but it never worked out of me.
m: if i sleep during the day, i can never wake up.
w: not everyone is david, i guess.
第6小题考查对说话者所持观点、态度的理解情况。对话中女士提出 he has a strange but highly effective way of sleeping, 然后对david的睡眠方式进行了一番描述。男士则继续质疑,其中也体现自己的态度:where did he get that strange idea? 所以最佳答案为b。第7小题考查细节,a为正确答案。第8小题与第6小题考查的内容一样。男女对david的睡眠方式进行了一番讨论之后,女士才说"not everyone is david, i guess.",意为"我想不同的人有不同的睡眠方式"。所以c项为最佳答案。