解答同学们听力学习中经常碰到的5个难题

    对于这些日子我们收集的问题，在这里我给出了我个人的看法和意见，希望能对大家听力技能的提高有所帮助。如果还有问题，欢迎进一步提出来。如果有可能我们还可以组织北外网院 VOB 节目讨论有关问题。有不同意见也可以提出来讨论，大家学习方法各有不同，希望大家能尽快找到最适合自己的才好！

    1 ．听的时候很多词或是词组，本来是挺简单的，但有时候就是反应不过来，这可能也是需要不断地练习，形成本能反应，不知老师有没有别的建议？
I think there are mainly two possibilities. Some words of one or two syllables often skip your mind in a second, which are very hard to grasp if you haven't realized their importance in sentence meaning.

    There is an unforgettable verb in my mind—VETO. I ignored it at its unfamiliar sound during my training for news items. But then my understanding of the whole sentence is totally reversed, because VETO means refuse assent to (a legislative bill) so as to prevent enactment. My advice for this is to pay attention to verbs of "BIG" meaning and "SMALL" sound.

    Some words of more than two syllables are much easier to catch. But due to some sound change from original familiar root words, our ears are not used to that change. For instance, SPECI`ALITY from `special, FOR`MALITY from `formal, IDEALITIC from IDEAL. From this reason, we should train our ears by listening more to TUNE IN, or repeating to ourselves aloud.

    2 ．在听 VOA special news 时，在从 news 转到听 feature 时，文章变长了，在听的时候如何有效区分文章的意群，请指点。
It's very hard to store more information longer than 20 seconds in our short-term memory. Scientific study shows that we can only keep instant memory for no more than 20 second. After 20 second, if we can't use more effective way to memorize, say rote, image transfer, the instant information will be automatically replaced by later information installing.
    When the news become longer, the best way to help is to take short notes. How to differentiate the sentence group according to its meaning, please see the example:
(First read the passage by yourself, then divide the sentence groups according to their meaning)
Computers are opening up a whole new world of learning. They are becoming more and more common in colleges and schools, in the office or work-place, and even in the home. Fortunately for us all they are also becoming cheaper and cheaper. Many businesses, government departments and other organizations are increasingly using the internet to communicate with other people. "electronic mail" or email as it is called is becoming increasing common. While early programs could only handle simple messages, most can now carry pictures, and even sound. Why is email so useful? One reason is its cost: it is much cheaper to email a friend than to make a long distance phone-call. In addition, an email message is delivered almost instantly--there's no seven-day wait if you're emailing someone on the other side of the globe. You can keep in touch with family and friends even when they are away--they can visit a cybercafe and check their mail from there. Many companies now rely on email--it is much cheaper, it's much faster and it's much more reliable than ordinary snail mail. So next time you have a chance to learn about sending emails make sure you do so!

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