托福听力态度题：察言观色听懂弦外之音

兔斯基

态度题作为托福听力题型之一，想要做对它，需要我们理解说话者的感受，是支持还是反对，是积极的还是消极的，传达的是快乐还是悲伤，是充满了激情还是厌倦，表达的是肯定的态度还是否定的态度,或是中立的态度(这种情况下，就要看看教授的观点是什么啦)。一般是讨论有争议的文章，这个这么说，那个那么说，那么教授的态度是什么呢?

出现方式

the professor mentions experiments on the wind speed necessary to move rocks. what is the professor's attitude toward the experiments?

what is the student's attitude toward ?

what is the speaker's opinion of ?

what does the professor think of ?

what is the professor's point of view concerning…?

不管它以什么形式出现，大家会看到题干最常出现的词是opinion 和attitude,也就是观点和态度是什么?所以看到题干中出现opinion 和attitude就要注意是传说中的态度题啦。

解题思路

态度题，正如我们之前所说其主要目的是考察考生是否能听出说话人的态度或观点。考生也许会被问及关于说话人的感受、喜恶或者感到焦虑或快乐的原因。同时考生还会被问及关于说人的把握性的问题:说话人是在引用试试还是在表述观点?材料中所陈述的事实是被广为接受的还是仍有争议的?有时，题目会考查考生发现并理解反语的能力。

当说话人要表达的意思跟其实际所说的内容相反时，那么他/她就是在说反语。例如，在某种语气说出 "that's just great"这句话就可以表达出 "that's not good at all"的意思。说话人使用反语会处于各种目的，包括强调已提出的要点、营造幽默气氛以引起听众共鸣，或者以简洁的方式表示不赞成。

所以我们该如何解答托福听力的态度题呢?这就需要我们从上下文提供的线索和说话人的语气中去推断教授所说的内容的背后的真正含义。下面我们举例来说:

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one team of scientists flooded an area of the desert with water, then try to establish how much wind force would be necessary to move the rocks. and get this, you need winds of at least five hundred miles an hour to move just the smallest rocks. and winds that strong have never been recorded. ever! not on this planet. so i think it's safe to say that that issue has been settled.

the professor mentions experiments on the wind speed necessary to move rocks. what is the professor's attitude toward the experiments?

a. their results were decisive

b. they were not carried out carefully

c. they were not continued long enough to reach a conclusion

d. the government should not have allowed the experiments

答案 a

文章在这一小段介绍了一个科学队是如何做实验试图去证明风雨理论的可能性。但发现使之发生的情况是不可能发生的。最后教授还用i think…来表述自己的观点。

他很肯定得说呢，这件事可以有个定论了。so i think it's safe to say that that issue has been settled.这也就和选项a相一致了。a说他们的结果是具有决定意义。所以，在这道题里呢，教授的态度是肯定的。如果单从选项来看，b c d都是否定的态度，和教授肯定的态度是不一致的。故都错。

注意事项

一般出现在文章的结尾

注意语气、语调发生明显变化的地方

从整体上去把握说话人的态度，是积极肯定的，消极否定还是中立的。