一場托福考完，別人能拿110，而你只能痛哭流涕，眼紅別人的成績單。除了羨慕，還是羨慕。
為什麼得高分的不是自己。也不是不努力，日復一日地背單詞、刷題、聽寫，為什麼還是無緣高分？到底哪裡錯了？
一、理解誤區
詞彙量與聽力關係
有的同學認為自己背了很多單詞，甚至把整本單詞書都背過了一遍，發現對於聽力毫無作用。可以這麼說，詞彙量的確很重要，可是沒有正確的使用它，積累的詞彙對於託福聽力等於徒勞無功。it's all in vain
對於背了這麼多單詞聽力起不到作用真正原因在於一般性的常用簡單詞彙聽辯運用不熟悉，反應不夠快速，以至於處理聽力信息速率減慢。
為了解決這樣的問題，建議大家平時在背單詞的時候一定要正確模仿單詞錄音，讀著背，並且要熟讀例句。通過訓練託福線上練習題來實踐訓練總結單詞效果往往要比單一的背單詞書有效。
二、練習誤區
聽寫方式錯誤
聽寫對於託福聽力的目的是什麼？毫無疑問，就是為了讓你比之前能聽得更懂，更懂的標準就在於句子反應速率的提高。
1.比較有效的方法應該是怎樣呢？
▼第一步▼ 理解性地幹聽一遍句子，盡力理解意思。
▼第二步▼ 再放錄音一遍，try your best邊聽邊寫，句子末尾內容離你記憶時間最近，先寫。
注意：邊聽邊寫一個句子一般人跟不上，所以要簡寫，比如單詞的首字母或者開頭兩個字母，或者比較常用的詞用最適合你的符合表示，比如常用的important 就畫個星號就好了。
▼第三步▼ 再放一遍，查缺補漏那些對句子整體意思不是很重要的詞。
▼第四步▼一定要把原句讀出來，然後通過錄音再次聽一遍校正。
2.怎樣利用好材料？
TPO-推敲
TPO都是ETS之前考過的真題，對於考前模擬和複習具有很大的價值。很多同學會把TPO作為刷題工具，做完題、對完答案就開始刷下一套，半年就陷入了無題可做的尷尬局面。
但是如果我們能仔細推敲TPO的每一篇聽力，沉下心來分析出題點，弄懂每篇聽力的內在邏輯，把生詞都摘出來背熟，一般只要能堅持做上20套TPO，聽力就會有很大提升。
使用方法
1. 做一篇TPO聽力。
2. 打印出聽力原文，用紅筆劃出邏輯詞和出題點。
3. 對照答案，分析錯題。
4. 針對上面的幾種情況進行訓練：找邏輯詞，思考為什麼會在這個地方出題，查找對應的語法;查找生詞，多聽幾遍。
5. 再做一遍看是否全對。
6. 用簡單的英文或中文複述全文。
7. 摘錄所有的生詞並背誦。
SSS-習慣語速
Scientific American's Sixty-second美國人是託福聽力出題的重要來源 ——Science60秒，而且它的語速是要快於TPO的，習慣了它的語速之後，再去聽TPO，就會覺得託福難度比較容易接受。
使用方法
1.第一遍，盲聽，找到關鍵詞。
2.第二遍，爭取知道大致內容。
3.第三遍，一句一句地聽寫。
4.將聽寫好的材料與原文進行對比，看看那些地方寫錯了。
5.最後再聽一遍，達到可以用簡單的英文或者中文複述的程度。
3.託福聽力一些容易聽錯的內容
託福聽力考試中，那些經常聽到的，亦或是老師常講到的重難點詞彙童鞋們或許不會聽錯，但一些不太注意的詞組或短語卻經常容易誤聽。為大家總結了20組容易誤聽的聽力詞組。
- anything but
聽力原句：
Librarian：Oh, well I guess you might think that. But when I saw it back then it was anything but boring.
語境釋義：並不；一點也不
注：近似詞組nothing but意為“只不過是”,例如：It's nothing but a joke.
- in such short notice
聽力原句：
Student：Hi, thanks for seeing me in such short notice.
語境釋義：如此倉促
- in person
聽力原句：
Manager: Right, the choir. It’s nice to finally meet you in person. So, you are having problems with...
語境釋義：親自，當面
- high-end
聽力原句：
Pro: Ok, basically they have to offer things that most people can find anywhere else, you know quality, that means better exercise equipment,high-end stuff, and classes-exercise classes may be aerobics.
語境釋義：高端的
- drive…home
聽力原句：
Therefore, it’s best to be a non-conformist – to do your own thing, not worrying about what other people think. That’s an important point. He really drives this argument home throughout the essay.
語境釋義：把（論點、問題等）講得透徹、明白
- goof off
聽力原句：
Student: I went off to the stack and found some really good material for my part, but when I got back to our table, they were just goofing off and talking. So I went and got materials for their sections as well.
語境釋義：遊手好閒，混日子
- go down the drain
聽力原句：
Student: I know, but I didn’t want to risk the project going down the drain.
語境釋義：前功盡棄，付諸東流
- start from scratch
聽力原句：
Student: But we’ve got all the sources and it’s due next week. We don’t have time to start from scratch.
語境釋義：從頭開始
- come down to
聽力原句：
It’s been shaped by constraints over vast stretches of time, all of which comes down to the fact that the best foraging strategy for beavers isn’t the one that yields the most food or wood.
語境釋義： 歸結為
- open spot
聽力原句：
I am afraid we don’t have any openings at lunch time. A lot of students want to work then, so it is really rare for us to have an open spot at that time of day.
語境釋義：職位空缺
- not necessarily
聽力原句1：
Well, design doesn't necessarily include things like sculptures or decorative walkways or… or even eye catching window displays, you know art.
聽力原句2：
Professor：That’s another possible reason although it doesn’t necessarily explain other behaviors such as eating, drinking or sleeping.”
語境釋義：不一定，未必（不是“不需要”或者“不必要”的意思！）
- be at odds with
聽力原句：
They try to fit in with the rest of the world even though it’s at odds with their beliefs and their identities.
語境釋義：與…相違背、相沖突
注：在聽力中該短語會有連讀，要多聽。
- lesser-known
聽力原句：
Employee：You are lucky to have professor who includes the lesser-known writer like her on the syllabus, you know, not the usual authors we’ve all read.
語境釋義：不知名的
- pros and cons
聽力原句：
I mean no one really thinks that, say a bee goes through weighing the pros and cons of pollinating this flower or that flower.
語境釋義：權衡利弊，仔細斟酌
- in a different light
聽力原句：
Student: I mean... Being a waiter, I get to see a lot of the professors, like in a different light, we joke around a little you know. In the classroom, they always have to be pretty formal, but …
語境釋義：從不同的角度，從另外一面
- low key
聽力原句：
Pro: Oh, that's very thoughtful of you, Eric, but it will be low key, nothing flashy. That's not her style.
語境釋義：低調的，不張揚的
- common denominator
聽力原句：
There are variations on this model of course, but the common denominators are always an idea of creating a shopping space that will get people to shop in the city without needing their cars.
語境釋義：共同點，共性
注意：denominator本意為“分母”
- tongue in cheek
聽力原句：
But if you took away all the DNA that codes for genes, you still have maybe 70% of the DNA left over. That’s the so-called JUNK DNA. Though the word junk is used sort of tongue in cheek.
語境釋義：半開玩笑地
- pull them from thin air
聽力原句：
To begin, how do we create fictional characters? We don’t just pull them from thin air, do we? I mean we don’t create them out of nothing.
語境釋義：憑空捏造
- touch base
聽力原句：
Advisor: Hi, Steven I schedule this appointment, cause it has been a while since we touched base.
語境釋義：聯繫，進行接觸
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