当然，这里专家要向考生说明的是，如一些考试文章在上述网站上搜索起来有困难，考生可以在维京百科上搜索相关的词条内容。拿澳洲考拉举個例子，这是我们雅思考试中考過的有关澳洲的较有特色的动物。很多考生对于这个名字不陌生，但是具体细节谈論起來，相关的知识就比较匮乏了。那么现在只要在en.wikipedia.org/的搜索框内输入‘Koala’则会出现很多相关的内容，以下仅为部分摘录，
The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from near Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula. Populations also extend for considerable distances inland in regions with enough moisture to support suitable woodlands. The koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia.
通过此段，考生可以大致了解考拉的分布主要在澳洲东部及南部沿海地区，从阿德莱德到約克角半岛南部。而在塔斯马尼亚及西澳地区则没有发现考拉。
A baby koala is referred to as a joey and is hairless, blind, and earless. At birth the joey, only a quarter of an inch long, crawls into the downward-facing pouch on the mother's belly (which is closed by a drawstring-like muscle that the mother can tighten at will) and attaches itself to one of the two teats.
這一段主要介绍考拉宝寶的主要情况，出生時候只有四分之一英寸長，生活在媽妈的育儿袋里。
The koala lives almost entirely on eucalypt leaves. This is likely to be an evolutionary adaptation that takes advantage of an otherwise unfilled ecological niche, since eucalypt leaves are low in protein, high in indigestible substances, and contain phenolic and terpene compounds that are toxic to most species. Like wombats and sloths, the koala has a very low metabolic rate for a mammal and rests motionless for about 16 to 18 hours a day, sleeping most of that time. 本段讲到考拉的饮食几乎完全依赖桉树叶生存，并且考拉的新陈代谢非常慢，一天可以16-18个小时不動。
建议考生在搜索的时候選用英文，在平时学习背景知識的时候，不断扩大对于相关这一主题的词匯量。这样在考试當中遇见相關背景的文章的时候不至于出现因生词过多造成理解误差的情况，同時也可以在考试当中节省阅读时間，保證阅讀速度。
|
发表于 2017-7-22 16:57:53