通过场景判断身份,抓住原文中与职业相关的关键信息词且听清问的是哪方的职业或身份。
人物关系经常出现的语气用词:
① 夫妻、恋人常用亲昵温柔的语气:
dear darling
② 店员与顾客常用的客气的语气:
sir madam
Can I…? What would you like to have?
③ 下属对老板常用恭敬伏贴的语气:
Mr. Mrs.
Ok Could you please…?
④ 亲朋好友常用简洁随便的语气:
Hi! What’s up?
Some water?
⑤ 父母、老师教训子女、学生常用严厉的语气:
Don’t you remember…? What are you doing?
⑥ 医生询问病人的语气:
You need take… What’s the trouble with you?
提问方式通常为:
What’s the woman’s job?
What most probably is Mary?
What is the probable relationship between the (two) speakers?
What is the most probable relationship between Jim and Bob?
常考职业身份
四级对话中常涉及的职业身份包括:
教授(professor) 秘书(secretary)
医生(doctor) 老板(boss)
服务员(waiter/waitress) 主人 (host/hostess)
修理工(repairer, plumber, electrician…)
家庭角色(husband, wife, son, daughter, girlfriend…)
四级对话中常涉及的人物关系包括:
夫妻(husband — wife) 父子(father — son)
母子(mother — son) 师生(teacher — student)
同学(schoolmate/ classmate) 同事(colleague)
老板与秘书(boss — secretary) 雇主与雇员(employer — employee)
医生与病人(doctor — patient) 服务员与顾客(waiter/waitress—customer)
主人与客人(host/hostess — guest) 警察与司机(policeman — driver)
管理员与借阅者(librarian — reader) 房东与租房者(landlord/landlady — tenant)
【例1】 2003.1
W: John. What are you doing on your computer? Don’t you remember your promise?
M: This is not a game. It’s only a crossword puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A) Colleagues B) Husband and wife
C) Employer and employee D) Mother and son
【解析】 播音之前考生需对选项(colleagues、husband and wife、employer and employee、mother and son)提前作好预测原文内容的信息词汇准备。这题需掌握对话双方的特殊身份语言及口气:原文中“扩大我的词汇量”明显提示说话者是学生,根据女士的话及含有教训的口气“不记得你作的确保?”可推知其身份为家长,所以两者的关系应为母子。选择D。
【例2】1997.6
W: Excuse me, sir. I’m going to send this parcel to London. What’s the postage for it?
M: Let me see. It’s one pound and fifty.
Q: Who is the woman most probably speaking to?
A) A railway porter B) A bus conductor
C) A taxi driver D) A postal clerk
【解析】提前对四个选项(railway porter、bus conductor、taxi driver、postal clerk)积累相关词汇,再来听一听,你会发现本题关键信息词send this parcel, postage可推断出对话的场
景是在邮局,所以男士的身份是D选项a postal clerk。
英语四级听力常考词汇:人物篇
graduate school 研究生院
old-boy networks 老同学关系网
lighten up 放松,不要生气
up to a point 不完全如此,在某种程度上
impose on sb. 施加影响于某人
rationalize our pushiness 不要一意孤行
self-denial 克己的,忘我的
dimming the lights 调暗灯光
a fraction of 一小部分
family-owned hotel 家族旅馆
insulation 隔离(层)
slash 削减
carbon emission 碳排放
metric tons 公吨
profitability 赢利能力
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