2012年9月5日 星期三

淺析HKDSE Practice Paper Listening Short Task Part Two


Task Three

1. 根據學生表現報告,這部份考生失分多的原因是有不少字不懂得串,以致不能回答題目。例如:




assess (v) /re-assess (v)
評估/重新評估
distinguish (v)
區分
examine (v)
檢查; 細查; 診察
maintenance (n)
維持;維修
medical (v)
醫學的;藥物的
strategy (v)
策略

其是Flow Chart這類題型只是Table和Form filling的變種。大多數的問題都很直接,只須同學聽到
那個字並懂得串出來就可以了。

近年的高考題常出flow chart,如果同學想提升這部分的作答技巧,可以依以下深淺次序做下列的高考試題:
1. 2007 UE Part Two:whole part (easy)
2. 2010 UE Part Two:Question 9 (easy)
3. 2006 UE Part Two:Question 7 (difficult)
4. 2009 UE Part Two: Question 9 (most difficult)

跟著上述建議持之以行地練習,必能有所進步!:D

Task Four
1. 第一條部份要求同學tick 3個答案,但同學很容易被講者的內容弄得團團轉。請細讀下面摘錄的講稿:粗體字是用來顯示答案的出處,斜體是令考生混亂的地方,括號則是我的解釋。

Sam: So, I’d like to hand you over to Lucy now, who’s going to go through our recommendations.

Lucy: Thank you Sam. Right, so, our recommendations. Sam’s spoken about the problems suffered by children who are either overweight or obese…uh...There are a number of things that we think we can do to help these children. I mean, it’s all very well advocating a healthy diet and more exercise. These are expected and schools should be promoting these anyway. (這即表明上述所言都是學校應該做的事,並不是題目所言the group建議做的事

What we would like to see is a programme of visits to schools by medical experts (Recommendation One: Regular school visits by doctor). In this way, I mean, with these types of visits, the weight problems of children can be carefully monitored. We also want to see government put pressure on the media to cut the amount of advertising of the kinds of food that is causing children to put on weight.(Recommendation Two: Reduce promotion of unhealthy food by the mass media) So no more advertising of burgers and pizzas on Youtube please! Right, I’ll hand you over to Aaron to introduce one more recommendation. (第三個答案其實很明顯,在此不詳述了。)


2. 第二部份要求考生分辨兩位學生的語調,其實只要考生能聽得懂學生的意思並懂得供選擇的那些形容詞的意思就可以了。這類型題目在歷屆高考題經常出現 。所以同學應該要掌握。下列是一些常見的形容詞, 動詞和名詞,同學應該把它們記熟!

Adjective
Verb
Noun
1.admirable值得欣賞的
admire 欣賞某人/事
admiration
欣賞
2.apathetic 冷漠的
N/A
apathy冷漠
3.amazed 感到吃驚
amaze 令人感吃驚,驚奇
amazement
吃驚,驚奇
4.amused 感到想發笑
amuse:令人感到想發笑
amusement
樂趣
5.apologetic 感到抱歉
apologize 對某人道歉
apology道歉
6.disgusted 感到噁心
disgust 令人感到噁心
disgust噁心
7.disbelieving 感到難以置信
N/A
disbelief
難以置信
8.N/A
dislike 不喜歡
dislike
不喜歡
9.fearful 令人恐懼的
fear 令人恐懼
fear 恐懼
10. pleading 懇求的
plead懇求某人
Plead 懇求
11.horrified 感到恐懼
horrify令人恐懼
horror 恐懼
12.sad 傷心
sadden 令人傷心
sadness
憂愁
13.suspicious 有可疑的
suspect 懷疑
suspicion
懷疑
14.threatening具威挾的
threaten 威挾某人
threat 威挾
15.(un)sympathetic (不)同情/憐憫的
sympathize 對…表示同情/憐憫
sympathy
同情/憐憫

如果同學想提升這部分的作答技巧,可以做下列的高考試題,練好基本功:

2007 UE Part Two:whole part (easy)
強烈建議先做這個!因也可以練flow chart, 一舉兩得!

2004 UE Part Two:whole part (a little more difficult)


3. 至於第三部份就有三题要求考生填充,每一行一個字。不少考生因聽不明詞语的意思而失了分。請細讀下面摘錄的講稿:Underline是用來顯示重要部份,粗體字是用來顯示答案的出處,括號則是我的解釋。

Student 3: Thanks. I’d like to thank the group for an excellent presentation but I do have one concern...erm…What you were saying about prefects and all that… I
think all students should be rewarded for making the most of their natural abilities…erm... 

Personally, I wouldn’t make a student a prefect just because they were overweight or obese or whatever. To me that would be rewarding (聽到後要字按题目要求换成被動式,才能有分。) students for being overweight. It’s not fair. It would mean like I was being, patronized (這個字是動詞,解作對某人以施惠人自居,以屈尊俯就的態度對待换言之,對痴肥的學生委以重任會令那些同學感到被施舍。例句:Don’t patronize me! 不要以那副屈尊俯就的態度對待我!I can’t bear his patronizing attitude. 我不能忍受他那種居高臨下的態度。 . I mean, you’d know that you only got the position to make you feel better.

Aaron: If I could answer this one, Lucy… Maybe I wasn’t too clear on this point. I’m not saying that we should reward children for being overweight, what I’m saying is that we should provide them with the power to succeed. The measures that we have recommended should empower(這個字是動詞,解作使能夠,許可。這裡的意思就是provide somebody with the power to do something例句:Science empowers men to control natural forces more effectively. 科學使人更能夠有效地控制自然力量。these students so that they can achieve whatever they want in life, including good health.
如果同學想提升這部分的作答技巧,可以做下列的高考試題,練好基本功:
 2010 UE Part One:Question Four (easy)
 2009 UE Part One:Question Four (a little more difficult)
這一部分有不少科學和生物名詞,例如petal 花瓣,photosynthesis 光合作用,故此強烈建議同學先查明這些詞語的意思才做,加強聆聽理解。


4.至於第四部份要求考生概述Aaron的回答內容。由於Aaron說話速度較快,即使一些能力較佳的同學也因跟不上而失了分。很明顯此部分是分高下的關鍵:考生必須有良好的底子,而且要留意文中的連接詞(Conjunction)—一個連接詞代表一個point。請細讀下面摘錄的講稿:Underline是用來顯示答案的出處,粗體字是用來顯示連接詞。

Aaron: Thanks for your question. Yeah, well. It is a real issue isn’t it? I think, really,

the important thing is that…uhm…that children…I mean, it’s OK for children to eat fast food but so long as it’s only occasionally. (Point One) And, you know (Conjunction One), it’s not expensive to eat well (Point Two), is it? You can buy fresh fruit and vegetables from the market or supermarket quite cheaply. 這只是Point Two的 解釋,不是重點。And, you know (Conjunction Two), fresh fish or tofu, you can get cheaply. 雖然在新的conjunction之後,但這也只是Point Two的解釋,後面才是重點。同學千萬別中招! I think it’s just a matter of parents monitoringv.監管)what their children eat and limiting their intake of unhealthy food. (Point Three)



總括而言, Practice Paper的深淺程度適中,而且有不少失分位。那麼,究竟有甚麼方法可以令自己立於不敗之地呢?正如上述所言,HKDSE listening的題型大部分是參照新制會考和高考,而現在文憑試在剛起步的階段,雖然坊間有大量的練習,但他們質素參次不齊,再者它們的題目都是參考會考,高考或2009年的文憑試樣本試卷。所以我建議同學做會考和高考past paper是最實際的辦法!

我建議能力較弱的同學可以先由會考題著手,按深淺程度:由2007年開始,然後2010。這兩年都是比較容易的。跟著可以做比較難的是2009,最後才做最深的2008

至於高考題是DSE出題之參考地方,必定要做!除了按上述各部分的建議外,同學若要整份做的話,亦須按深淺程度:同學可由較淺的20042010開始,然後是2006200720092011 。我建議同學先做20072011先,因為我覺得這兩年是這四年中較淺的,其他可不分先後。

若再想挑戰自己的話,同學可以試歷屆最深的20052008年。

切記!做這些題目的時候必須有錄音稿在手,待聽不明白時可以參考。我強烈建議同學用一本記事本,把不懂串的詞語記熟,日子有功,才能有進步!

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