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专题3 练习听力
Practice Your Listening
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Zekeriya in Turkiye about listening to English.
Question
Dear teacher,
When I practice listening, I focus a lot and do a lot of repetitions. After a while, I realized that I was actually memorizing the audio recording instead of practicing listening. How do you think I should do an ideal listening exercise?
Thank you,
Zekeriya
Answer
I'm happy to answer this question, Zekeriya.
There is not one ideal listening exercise. Instead, there are several good ways to improve your listening.
The repetitions you are doing can be necessary and helpful for you to understand what you hear. And repetitions likely help you remember new words and how to pronounce them. But let's look at more ways you can practice listening.
Listening methods
First, try to find listening material that is just a bit above your ability. This will help you learn new words without making it too difficult for you.
It is best to listen to English material that has words written either in captions or in the body text, such as a VOA Learning English article. This will help check your listening.
◆You can test yourself by first listening to parts of the audio without reading the words.
◆Note the main ideas and the things you clearly understood.
◆Then, listen to it again and try to understand more details. This is when you can do shorter repetitions.
◆Next, you can check how much you understood by reading the words as you listen to the audio again.
Transcribing
One of the best ways to practice listening is by writing every word you hear. This is called transcribing. Even with audio examples as short as one minute, you can learn a lot of English using this method. For example, if you are transcribing an interview, you might notice differences between spoken English and written English.
By transcribing, you can notice and learn new expressions, grammar rules and spelling. This method also helps make new words stay in your memory when you read them. That is because you are discovering the answer to a problem you have already tried to solve through listening.
Other tips
Try listening to English spoken at different speeds. Over time, you can follow spoken English at a faster speed. Many videos online let you increase or decrease the speed of playback.
Practice listening to English spoken in different foreign accents. This is a useful skill because English is spoken in so many places around the world.
Center your listening on specific sounds or grammatical points. For example, preposition use in English can be difficult. Try listening for prepositions and the words they connect with. This can help you use them correctly in your speaking and writing.
Remember that, like any skill, you can improve listening by practicing often and having detailed plans for the methods you will use.
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Words in This Story
focus –v. to center one's attention on something
memorize –v. to learn something so you remember it exactly
ideal –adj. having the qualtiy of being exaclty what you want or the highest quality
captions –n. words that show on screen in a video that match the words being spoken
interview -n. a conversation in which a journalist asks questions to someone such as a famous person or government official
accent –n. a way of pronouncing words that shows what country or background a person comes from
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中文译文:
练习听力
作者:安德鲁·史密斯
二零二四年十一月八日
你好!本周在“问老师”节目中,我们回答了来自土耳其的Zekeriya关于英语听力的问题。
问题
亲爱的老师,
当我练习听力的时候,我会集中注意力,做大量的重复。过了一会儿,我意识到我实际上是在背诵录音,而不是在练习听力。你认为我应该怎样做一个理想的听力练习?
谢谢你!
Zekeriya
回答
我很乐意回答这个问题,泽克里娅。
没有一种理想的听力练习。相反,有几个好方法可以提高你的听力。
你所做的重复可能是必要的,有助于你理解你所听到的。重复可能会帮助你记住新单词以及如何发音。但是让我们看看更多练习听力的方法。
倾听的方法
首先,试着找一些稍微超出你能力范围的听力材料。这将帮助你学习新单词,而不会使它对你来说太难。
最好听那些有字幕或正文的英语材料,比如美国之音慢速英语的文章。这将有助于检查你的听力。
◆你可以先听部分音频,不朗读单词来测试自己。
◆记下主要思想和你清楚理解的内容。
◆然后再听一遍,试着理解更多的细节。这是你可以做短时间重复的时候。
◆接下来,你可以边听边读单词来检查你理解了多少。
抄录
练习听力的最好方法之一就是把你听到的每个单词都写下来。这叫做转录。即使是只有一分钟的音频例子,你也可以用这种方法学到很多英语。例如,如果你正在抄录一场面试,你可能会注意到英语口语和书面英语之间的差异。
通过抄写,你可以注意并学习新的表达、语法规则和拼写。这种方法还可以帮助你在阅读新单词时记住它们。这是因为你正在发现一个你已经试图通过倾听来解决的问题的答案。
其他技巧
试着听不同语速的英语口语。随着时间的推移,你可以以更快的速度跟上英语口语。许多在线视频允许你提高或降低播放速度。
练习听不同外国口音的英语。这是一项有用的技能,因为世界上很多地方都说英语。
把你的听力集中在特定的声音或语法点上。例如,在英语中使用介词是很困难的。试着听介词和与之相关的单词。这可以帮助你在口语和写作中正确地使用它们。
记住,像任何技能一样,你可以通过经常练习和对你将要使用的方法有详细的计划来提高听力。
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