对于OG阅读部分的学习,大致可以分成两个侧重来展开,一方面是对文章的掌握,这一方面可以按小安阅读法,参照携隐课堂中mumuwa“南丁格尔”的分析范例进行。另一方面是对ETS相关解释的把握,在这里我想多说一些。
首先,以OG-1为例,请大家看看我是怎么剖析的,不当之处请指正,当然如果认为不可救药,就扔臭鸡蛋吧。 。如果大家认真看完此篇解释,再大概统括一下,可以发现ETS在此篇主要给大家指出“定位”的作用。
在这篇开始之前,OG又特意罗嗦了三句重要的话:
1/The following discussion of reading comprehension is intended to familiarize you with the most efficient and effective approaches to the kinds of problems common to reading comprehension.
第一句,ETS很自信地(the most efficient and effective approaches)提出让大家注意解决问题的最有效率、最有效果的阅读方法。而这些方法则在其解释的自里行间啊!大家真应该感谢ETS,在后面的285道题目中的解释中,他(我不再称呼他为它了)可谓呕心沥血地展示了这些方法,而这些方法往往是我们大部分XDJM们所忽略的,我们不仔细看就对不起人家啊!!!
2/The particular questions in this chapter are generally representative of the kinds of reading comprehension questions you will encounter on the GMAT.
第二句,说明这48篇范例,经过精心挑选,具有代表性,而不是简单拼凑的。可能每篇都有类型和问题的不同侧重点吧!?就象这第一篇是侧重定位的。
3/Remember that it is the problem-solving strategy that is important, not the specific details of a particular question.
第三句,ETS又再次指出了解决问题的战略或曰策略或曰方法的重要性,而否定了各问题中具体内容的重要。其实,我还有疑问,ETS在此的前半句怎么看着别扭呢,it is…that…好像有点多余。但可能是强调句,强调problem-solving strategy吧。
第一题:解释部分只给出了正确选项的解释,其实ETS在后来的例子中连错误的选项也说明了是如何错的。我想他可能不想让我们一开始就太累了吧。由浅入深。我认为,此题指出“逐段总结”、“分清各段核心和层次”、“段落间关系”及“alternative意思”四个重点。
1/The best answer is D.
第一句,我发现ETS有时用best,有时用correct。我就考虑正确的选项可能有几个,但我们要选最好的。当然,ETS好像还没有在这两个词上做刻意区分。但是,在其他文章的题目中,确实出现一些情况:有的选项可能正确,但文中没有提到,因此模糊说来可以说这个选项correct,但绝不可以说它best。
2/This question requires you to identify the primary concern of the passage as a whole.
第二句,他指出了此题目的。确实是“主题”题型。但我们应当注意,ETS指出,对此种题型,我们需要宏观把握主要内容。你也许会想,这简单,我早就知道,我不否认。但需要提醒的是,你有没有把解决主题题型的几个关键问题及几个步骤深入到脑海中呢。具体如何做,下面几句给出提示。
3/The first paragraph presents a recent hypothesis about how caffeine affects behavior.
第三句,上来他说”第一段”如何如何,他是告诉我们要“逐段总结”。好吧,就让我们看看第一段:Caffeine, the stimulant in coffee, has been called “the most widely used psychoactive substance on Earth.” Snyder, Daly and Bruns have recently proposed that caffeine affect behavior by countering the activity in the human brain of a naturally occurring chemical called adenosine. #Adenosine normally depresses neuron firing in many areas of the brain. It apparently does this by inhibiting the release of neurotransmitters, chemicals that carry nerve impulses from one neuron to the next. Like many other agents that affect neuron firing, adenosine must first bind to specific receptors on neuronal membranes. There are at least two classes of these receptors, which have been designated A1 and A2. Snyder et al (et al: abbr. (Lat) 以及其他人,等人) propose that caffeine, which is structurally similar to adenosine, is able to bind to both types of receptors, which prevents adenosine from attaching there and allows the neurons to fire more readily than they otherwise would.读完后,你有没有像他那样总结出“a recent hypothesis about how caffeine affects behavior”这一段落核心呢。这样我们发现此段就分成两部分句群了,以#分开,第一层次就把此段概括了,第二层次是具体展开论述。我觉得,这是他表明我们要“分清各段的核心和层次”。
4/The second paragraph describes an (earlier) and (widely accepted) hypothesis about how caffeine affects behavior, and then presents evidence that is not consistent with that hypothesis.
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