它一般会涉及如下几个考点:环境,注册程序及费用,学校的历史,校名的变迁,建筑及开放时间,制度,教学,设施,教职员工,选课,学生常见问题及建议。一般由Admissions Officer 或School Counselor来向新生介绍。 针对这几个考点,我们归纳总结了一下各个考点的相关词汇,具体如下:
教学
research 研究,deadline 最后期限,poll (民意)调查,survey 调查,hypothesis 假设,
statistics 统计,statistically valid 统计学上有效的,data/datum 数据,investigation 调查,
quantitative 数量的/定量的,significant difference 显著的差异,interview 访谈,
respondents/interviewee 回答调查问题者/被访谈的人,questionnaire 调查问卷,multiple choice questions 选择题,analyze/analyze data 分析数据,results 结果,conclusion 结论,
interpretation 解释/阐释
设施
facilities设施,divisions/departments系,campus校园, Common Room/House公共休息室,canteen食堂,dining hall食堂,cafeteria自助餐厅,accommodation住宿,dorm/dormitory宿舍,parking lot/area停车场,car park停车场, parking regulations 停车规定,shopping mall购物中心,teaching building, 教学楼/教室楼,lecture theatre阶梯教室,Administration/Admin Office管理/行政办公室,laboratory/lab实验室,Student Union, society, club, auditorium会堂,礼堂,lounge, gymnasium/gym体育馆,playground, locker room更衣室,library, the School of Law法学院,law faculty法律系/学院,New Students Enrolments新生报道处,Recreation Center娱乐室,student union 学生会,society 学生社团,club 学生俱乐部
教职员工
dean系主任,院长,student/school counselor辅导老师,adviser /tutor/mentor导师,lecturer 讲师,professor 教授,assistant professor 助理教授,associate professor副教授,TA(Teaching Assistant) 助教,Principal/President校长,chancellor名誉校长,faculty教职员总称,lecturer上课的老师,coordinator课程协调人/班主任,Support Tutor指导老师,Director of Studies督学, lecture 老师的讲课,tutorial 助教的辅导,office hour 教授与学生面谈的时间,dorm mate /roommate/flat mate/housemate 合租一间宿舍/公寓/房屋的人
学生常遇见问题及建议
deadlines截至日期,attendance出勤率,homesickness想家,financial财务的,too high expectations期望值太高,plagiarism作弊,language, shy, living with students from his own country, wrong courses选错了专业,technical terms/vocabulary科技术语/词汇. student account 银行中的学生账户,current account 现金账户,chequebook/checkbook 支票本,withdraw cash 取钱,deposit money in a band 存钱
选课
enrolment 注册,selective/elective/option 选修课required course/compulsory course 必修课,course arrangement 课程安排,
application form 申请表,letter of recommendation 推荐信,
programme/program 某一专业的课程总称,school 学院,graduate school 研究生院,undergraduate 本科,postgraduate 研究生,school of Arts and Sciences 文理学院,score 成绩,credit 学分,degrees 学位,assessment 对学生的学习情况进行评估,handout 上课老师发的印刷品,assignment 作业,
presentation 针对某一专题进行的发言,project 需要学生进行独立钻研的课外课题,paper/thesis/dissertation 论文/硕士论文/博士论文,essay 短论文,
journal 周记/每周要做的作业,participation 出勤
接下来我们就通过一个具体的试题来说明。
BUSINESS PLANNING EXERCISE (听力原文略)
Complete the sentences below. Write no more than three words for each other.
15 The students’examinations will be in______2_____weeks.
16 Jessica cannot work on the presentation next week because she’ll be having surgery;or in hospital.___________.
17 most of the basic work on the project will be done by__Debbie and Andrew._________________
18 the meeting to discuss the progress of the project will take place on___Tursday_________.
Choose the correct letters A-D
19 What time will the final meeting take place? B
A 11:00
B 12:00
C 1:00
D 2:00
20 Who will present the final talk? D
A a Japanese student
B Mark
C Jessica
D no one chosen yet
解析
这部分题通常会分为两段来播放,多数以填空题和选择题的形式出现。值得注意的是,第一道题的题目要求:Write no more than three words for each other。正如上面的16,它有两种表达方法:having surgery或者是 in hospital.,只要任选其一就可以了。切忌千万不要超出字数要求否则都算错。
还有17,特殊人名或者地名在听力过程中会逐一地拼写,烤鸭们要留意了。18和19是关于时间和日期的考查,关于这类题没有别的捷径,只有通过做相关的针对性练习才会有很大的提高的!
复习建议
烤鸭们可以分为两个阶段来备考雅思听力,首先是初级阶段,在这里我强烈推荐那个十分经典的听力训练教材Listen to this,奠定自己坚实的听力基础。然后就是冲刺阶段,在这个阶段建议大家把雅思的历年真题作为自己复习的蓝本。通过做一系列真题,来分析一下雅思考试的题型,它的高频词汇,并且形成自己一套独特的记笔记的方法。经过这系列真题的洗礼,你就会感慨:Impossible is nothing!