雅思阅读信号词答题技巧

　　让步信号词

　　让步信号词的作用与转折信号词相同，让前后两句话的方向或意思相反。表示让步关系的信号词有：though，although，while，albeit，despite，in spite of，nevertheless，nonetheless等。

　　公式： although A （正/负）， B （负/正）

　　应用：让步信号词具有同转折信号词相同的用法，可在阅读的过程中根据前半句的方向或意思判断后半句的方向或意思。例如：

　　Although the world regards Asia as the focus of an economic and industrial miracle，without adequate supplies of food，chaos could easily result.

　　分析：前半句是正面积极的意思，后半句话峰一转，表述负面消极的意思。

　　并列信号词

　　阅读中碰到复杂的大并列时，先看连词后面的内容。如果连词后面是动词，回上文找并列的动词;如果是形容词，就回上文找形容词性的并列成分，包括_ing分词和_ed分词。表示并列关系的信号词有：and，or，as well as，either----or; neither ---nor; not only---but also; rather than 等。

　　例：Many people stay at jobs they are too old for rather than meet possible rejection.

　　分析 rather than 的后项是动词meet，因此并列的前项也是动词，即stay.

　　转折信号词

　　转折信号词的作用是否定前项肯定后项，使前后两句话的方向或意思相反。表示转折关系的信号词有：but，yet，however，whereas，in fact，on the contrary，conversely, on the other hand等。

　　公式: A （正/负）， but B （负/正）

　　应用：在阅读前半句时就可以预测后半句的大意，使接下来的阅读过程变成求证，如同把文章读了两遍。另外，在有生词的情况下，只要理解了半句话的意思，就可以推测另一半句子的含义。例如

　　The second flaw in the reasoning of the WZCS （ The World Zoo Conservation Strategy ）document is the naive faith it places in its 1,000 core zoos. One would assume that the caliber of these institutions would have been carefully examined, but it appears that the criterion for inclusion on this select list might merely be that the zoo is a member of a zoo federation or association. This might be a good starting point, working on the premise that members must meet certain standards, but again the facts don't support the theory.

　　题目：Zoos in the WZCS select list were carefully inspected.（判断题）

　　举例信号词

　　举例信号词是对上文的解释说明，信号词前后的内容意思相同。可用做举例的信号词有：for example，for instance，like，such as等。英语里的破折号和冒号也有相同的作用。

　　1. In general, those Aborigines living in the dry inland areas were largely dependent for their vegetable foods on

　　seed such as those of grasses, acacias and eucalypts.

　　2. When the car comes to a river, it turns amphibious two hydrojets power it along by blasting water under its body.

　　特殊关键词

　　特殊关键词（人名、地名、时间、数字和生词）是最好的定位标志，多以AA的形式重现。

　　因果信号词

　　大因果——表示原因或结果的成分都是句子的，叫大因果。

　　表示原因的信号词：because，in that，as，since 等。

　　1例： I am in a slightly awkward position, in that my secretary is on holiday at the moment.

　　表示结果的信号词: so （that）, therefore, thus, hence, as a result, consequently 等。

　　例：In a five-year period between 1983 and 1988 the community's female workforce grew by almost six million. As a result, 51% of all women aged 14 to 64 are now economically active in the labour market compared with 78% of men.

　　小因果——表示原因或结果的成分都是动词（词组）或介词（词组）的，叫小因果。

　　例1：Increased air temperature has brought about higher sea levels.

　　例2：Necessity led to experimentation.

　　比较信号词

　　比较分为类比和对比两种。做题时要理解比较的双方（谁同谁比较）、比较点（比较什么）和比较的方向（结果怎么样）。

　　类比_______比较相同点，信号词有as...as，like，similar，parall等。

　　例：These two detectives are as jealous as a pair of professional models.

　　对比_______比较不同点，信号词有more than, unlike, on the other hand, in contrast with 等。

　　例： It is far easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

　　另外，还可通过时间或地点的差异造成强对比。

　　例： Between11 and l5 million salmon once spawned in the Columbia river system.Now there are only 3 million

　　以上就是从信号词的角度解读雅思阅读中的雅思阅读做题技巧，定位好了文章的信号词，各种对比关系、因果关系、并列关系等就比较清楚了，同学们做题的思路也比较清楚了。

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