研究生英语听说教程引版第一册答案.pdf

Chapter 1 Learning to Listen PART ONE PREPARING FOR THE LISTENING ENCOUNTER: QUESTIONAIRE 1. False Without some prior experience, comprehension is impossible. Merely decoding words without knowledge of the subject will not result in true understanding. For example, a native speaker may understand all of the words in a lecture concerning physics, but without some scientific background, the lecture will for the most part be unintelligible. Conversely, a foreigner with zero English proficiency can walk into a supermarket and negotiate meaning via knowledge of the general topic “supermarkets.” 2. False This is often impossible even in one‟s native language for a variety of reasons. Despite loud noises and other distractions, we are still able to grasp the gist of what is being communicated. 3. False On the contrary, longer passages often contain redundancies which help to explain the same information in more than one way. In lengthy conversations, examples and explanations are often provided a beat or two after language which might initially appear to be rather difficult to negotiate. Students need to learn how to look for the redundancies and expanded explanations, which are particularly abundant in longer listening passages. 4. False Body language is said to account for approximately 65% of all communication. Clearly, many ideas are communicated through non-verbal means. 5. False It is far more efficient to focus on specific details if that is all that you want or need. In these instances, worrying about every single word is counterproductive.