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新概念与国外考试的关系：融会贯通新概念 托福雅思无极限

《新概念英语》(以下简称"新概念")自1967年诞生之日起，便以其编排的科学性和系统性、知识的广博性和实用性、哲理的缜密性和严谨性风靡世界，在英语教学领域谱写了神话般的传奇。这是一套系列丛书，共分四册，程度由浅入深，内容包罗万象。其中一、二册侧重语音、口语、简单语法、句型及小短文等内容，三、四册则突出了阅读和写作这两大技能的培养。新东方自1999年推出"新概念"培训课程以来，已累计培训学员上百万人次，单个课堂学员人数达5百之多，该课程已成为新东方的品牌英语基础课程。

随着经济能力的增强和全球化进程的加速，我国国民在思维观念上更加国际化，主要体现在对子女的培养方面。越来越多的家长希望子女出国留学，感受西方先进的教育理念和教学氛围。于是，针对出国留学的语言测试也就被更多的家长和学生所熟悉，如SAT、托福、雅思，GRE等，而且变得愈加火爆异常。为了顺应这一时代潮流，新东方在"新概念"的课程设置、教学方法、教学内容等方面也锐意改革、大胆创新，将本属于基础英语培训的"新概念"与考试类课程进行"嫁接移植"，既保留了知识的传统优点，又吸收了考试的核心精髓，有机结合，相得益彰，既得到了学员的高度评价，也收到了良好的经济效益，同时也使这本经典教材焕发了"第二春"。下面我就三方面谈谈"新概念"与国外考试的关系。由于"新概念"的一、二册相对简单明了，三、四册比较精深繁杂，与考试更为紧密;而国外考试中关注和考生最多的是托福和雅思这两种语言测试，我的主题内容和实例举证也基本围绕三、四册和托福、雅思。

一、文章题材

"你在考场上做阅读时最害怕遇到的情况是什么?"相信有很多考生在面对这个问题的时候会下意识地回答："不认识的单词。" 诚然，单词是很多同学在学习英语过程中的拦路虎。但是大家都是身经百考的人了，其实心里早已清楚，在大型考试中难免会遇到自己不认识单词，因此早早做好心理准备。真正遇到这种情况的时候也能从容应对-猜单词，根据上下文分析，或者直接跳过去。此外，少数不认识的单词可能会导致一两个错题，但是并不会影响全局。那让我换一个具体的问题，"大家有没有遇到过这种情况，在单词并不太难的情况下，阅读一篇文章以后，居然产生了不知所云的感觉?"

相信很多同学是有过类似经历的，而且不得不承认，这种情况是影响全局的-甚至可能导致无法解答文章后面的所有题目。尤其是在托福、雅思的考试中这种情况更为普遍。这两门考试的试卷中会出现涉及各个领域知识的文章-天文、地理、考古、探险、生物、医学等等，不一而足。从而也就意味着，我们会在考场上高度紧张的情绪下突然见到我们完全陌生的领域的话题。这对我们的心理素质和实际英语能力的冲击是相当大的。尤其是某些基础较为薄弱的考生，会立刻慌了手脚-由于常年接受传统教育，我们的知识面是相当偏狭的。当我们面对"butterfly effect"这样一个短语时，即使我们知道"butterfly"是"蝴蝶"，"effect"是"效应"，我们也未必知道什么是"蝴蝶效应"。如果考题直击我们知识体系中的"盲点"，我们很难不惊慌意乱，而慌乱的结果就是巨大的心理压力及惨痛的答题水平。

更为糟糕的是，我们根本不可能预测在考试中会出现什么样的知识点。仅就2009年上半年的托福考试内容而言，在听力和阅读中涉及的重要内容至少包括：恐龙、恒温动物、古代畜牧业、达尔文进化论、心理学知识、古代军队及战争对欧洲形成的影响、人的大脑和记忆认知问题、植物学、社会学、天文学(包括哈勃望远镜，陨石，外星生命及星系形成)、照相技术发展史、股份制等等。总体来说，这些话题对我们而言是相当陌生的。而在紧促的考试过程中，如果猛地听到或者看到完全陌生的话题，这本来对我们的实力和心理就是一种巨大的挑战。

但是只要浏览一下"新概念"的课文目录，不难发现，其文章题材相当广泛，包括历史、哲学、美学、教育等人文科学的知识以及环保、石油开采、外太空探索、昆虫、鸟类、动物等自然科学的内容，简直可以称为百科全书。这与托福、雅思的文章题材不谋而合。比如托福OG (Official Guide) 里选取的文章有："石油的形成"、"候鸟的迁徙"、"火星上是否有生命"、"儿童的早期教育"等;雅思剑桥全真试题里选取的文章有："珍惜每一滴水"、"保护热带雨林"、"避免雷击的方法"等。

二、文章体裁

"新概念"的文章体裁大致有三类：记叙文、说明文和议论文。其中一、二册中记叙文为主体，三、四册中说明文和议论文占据多数，尤以前者份额较大。而托福、雅思选取的文章几乎都是说明文，所以掌握"新概念"对于国外考试的体裁类型会有更深刻的了解。比如，汉语行文的一般模式是：运用事例先做铺垫，通过层层推理和步步深入，最后呈现观点和主旨，这就是通常意义上的分总法;而欧美的人思维方式恰恰相反，作者一般会开宗明义，将观点置于文章起首部分，而后辅以事例佐证，这种方式被称为总分法，这种方法正是托福、雅思考试文章的主导类型。试看"新概念"三册第四课"The Double Life of Alfred Bloggs"。全文的主题句(topic sentence)出现在第一段中："Such is human nature，that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers."(许多人情愿放弃较高的薪水以换取做白领工人的荣耀，这是人之本性。)而第二段是事例讲解，围绕主人公Alfred Bloggs的经历进一步阐明前述观点。再看三册47课"Too high a price ?"全文共分三段，每段的起首句即是本段的主题句。第一段："Pollution is the price we pay for an over-populated and over-industrialized planet."(污染就是我们为这个人口过密、过度工业化星球所付出的代价。)第二段："Rubbish,however,is only part of the problem of polluting our planet."(然而，垃圾只是我们这个星球污染问题的一个方面。)第三段："However,there is an even more insidious kind of pollution that particularly affects urban areas and invades our daily lives, and that is noise."(但是，还有一种更加有害的污染，尤其会影响城镇地区，干扰我们的日常生活，那就是噪音。)

三、授课方法

在课堂上，时常有同学问我：老师，我现在准备国外考试，不知道学习新概念是不是对口。在解答这个问题之前，我们先思考这样一个问题：国外考试考的是什么呢?让我们以托福考试为例。托福考试的官方介绍是这样的：托福考试从听、说、读、写四个方面综合考量考生的大学课堂英语能力。它是全球范围最广泛采用的英语水平测试，被130个国家、逾8,500所大学和其它机构所接受，作为许可入学的评估标准-其中包括几乎美国、英国、加拿大和澳大利亚的所有大学院校。从以上介绍中我们不难看出。国外考试是以移民或去国外生活沟通交流为目的、实用性很强的考试。也就是说，这类考试主要考察的是同学们的英语使用能力。其题目的设置都不是以考试为最终目的，而是以应用操作、实用性为考察目的。其实无论是雅思、托福、GRE，还是与这些考试类似的其他国外考试，都秉承着同样的理念。许多同学在备考的过程中总是来询问我一些关于考试技巧方面的问题。其实对于考试来说，技巧远远不如提高综合能力来得重要。而同学们想要在短期内迅速提高综合能力的话，"新概念"便是一条捷径。"新概念"并不是一套神书，每天瞻仰膜拜也不可能成就英文水平，"新概念"也不是传说中的灵丹妙药，能解决所有的疑难杂症。它毕竟只是一本普通的教材，如果按照以往的学习模式，它也只不过比一本故事书更有趣些，语言更地道些。真正的灵丹妙药是我们学习"新概念"的方法。这也就是为什么同一套"新概念"，因为学习方法不同而造就完全迥异的学习效果。

简而言之，新东方的"新概念"的授课方法可以称为"四合一法 (Four in One)"，即"词法+句法+章法+题法"。"词法"指词汇讲解，我们在授课过程中会将"新概念"课文词汇依据托福、雅思等考试要求重新归类，分为高频词、一般词和低频词。这样的分类既保证了重点突出，又提高了效率。比如第三册第一课里有这样一个单词：accumulate。如果教师只是领读带读、一带而过，也不会让学员产生质的提升。其实这个单词在托福考试的官方TPO中多次出现：There is accumulating evidence indicating that birds navigate by using a wide variety of environmental cues. (TOEFL TPO, Orientation and Navigation) 。"句法"主要涉及语法。考试阅读文章中必然包含许多长难句，而解析这些长难句也是出题人的考查重点和题目设置的内容。所以，我们在"新概念"课堂会讲解一些语法重点、难点，并紧密结合考试内容，将理论融于实践，将抽象化为具象。比如，"新概念"三、四册中的难点语法有：同位语从句，倒装结构、独立主格结构，等等。而这些语法现象在托福、雅思里比比皆是：

1.This was justified by the view that reflective practice could help teachers to feel more intellectually involved in their role and work in teaching and enable them to cope with the paucity of scientific fact and the uncertainty of knowledge in the discipline of teaching. (同位语从句，托福TPO)

2.Plato expressed the idea that humor is simply a delighted felling of superiority over others. (同位语从句，雅思)

3.Most literate women learnt to read in primary school, and the fact that a woman has had an education may simply indicate her family's wealth or that it values its children more highly. (同位语从句，雅思)

4.Nor does the hypothesis that infantile amnesia reflects repression-or holding back-of sexually charged episodes explain the phenomenon. (倒装，托福TPO)

5.The first region to have something approximating today's ATC was New York City, with other major metropolitan areas following soon after. (独立主格，雅思)

6.In the UK, travel times to work had been stable for at least six centuries, with people avoiding situations that required them to spend more than half an hour travelling to work. (独立主格，雅思)

"章法"主要与文章的逻辑结构有关。如前所述，英文文章多以"总分"结构为主，我们在课堂上通过大量的实例让学员对这些思维逻辑的内容加深印象，夯实基础，从而在应试中做到临危不乱，得心应手。"题法"就是做题的方法。我们会在传授基础知识的前提下，适当融入技巧的内容，力求"基础为主，技巧为辅"的教学思路，使学员在有限的时间内打牢基础，并总结技巧，更好地应对考试。

结语

"新概念"在提高同学们英语能力方面有着其他教材不可取代的地位。在准备国外考试的过程中，这一优势也极大地显现出来。相比美文浩如烟海的全套"新概念"而言，笔者上述内容只是沧海一粟，挂一漏万实属必然。笔者只愿"他山之石，可以攻玉"，希望同学们在备考国外考试、了解国外考试技巧和要求的同时，以提高自身英文能力为前提，全力备考，一定会取得佳绩。

新概念英语第四册多项选择题：Youth

Multiple choice questions 多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension 理解

1，What's the main difference between young people and old people?

a.Old people think of the young as ‘a problem’.

b.Old people create this ‘problem’ of age difference.

c.Old people have a past; young people have a future.

d.Old people and young people forget they are all human beings.

2，One of the things young people want to do is to _____.

a.find out who they are

b.make sure they become ‘a problem’

c.feel uncertain about themselves

d.feel they are in a huge school

3，According to the writer, young people _______.

a.are conceited, ill-mannered or fatuous

b.don't see life in the same way their elders do

c.don't have any ambitions

d.come from another planet

4，The writer doesn't believe that ____.

a.people automatically deserve respect because they are old

b.young people and old people are equals

c.you should argue with young people if they are wrong

d.young people have any faults

Structure 句型

1，The problem, if there is one, ______ by olderpeople.(1.2)

a.created

b.is created

c.creates

d.is creating

2，For one thing, if you ______ a problem, you have acertain identity.(11.7-8)

a.were

b.being

c.had

d.are

3，______ to be linked with life, and the origin of things.(1.12)

a.They seem

b.It seems

c.This seems

d.What seems

4，It is _______ they are conceited and ill-mannered.(1.14)

a.necessary

b.permissible

c.possible

d.likely

Vocabulary 词汇

1，Let us get down to ______.(1.2)

a.what is needed

b.basics

c.the end

d.the bottom

2，Perhaps that's where the _____ is.(1.5)

a.wound

b.problem

c.hurt

d.injury

3，Identity is one of the things in life the young are busy _______.(11.8-9)

a.looking at

b.looking to

c.looking over

d.looking for

4，That's what I____ when I meet a young person.(11.13-14)

a.am annoyed with

b.care about

c.object to

d.think about

新概念英语第四册多项选择题：Seeing hands

Multiple choice questions 多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension 理解

1，Solid doors and walls are _____.

a.no obstacle for people who can read and detect colours with their fingers

b.invisible to people who can read and detect colours with their fingers

c.transparent to people who can read and detect colours with their fingers

d.concerned in cases reported in Russia recently

2，Vera Petrova's father _____.

a.had always known his daughter had this talent

b.found that his daughter could perceive things with different parts of her skin

c.discovered his daughter's gift by accident

d.described the way newspapers were done up in bundles

3，The scientific research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk ______.

a.made Vera read a newspaper

b.arranged that Vera.should undergo a number of experiments

c.tested Vera thoroughly

d.set up a game of Lotto with Vera

4，Which one of these statements is true?

a.Vera couldn't always perceive things with her skin.

b.Vera was occasionally blindfold when she did the tests.

c.Vera 's hands had to be wet before she could perceive things through her skin.

d.Vera 's knees didn't have the same sensitivity as her fingers.

Structure 句型

1，________ these tests were being conducted, shewas able to read a newspaper.(1.9)

a.During

b.On occasion

c.While

d.As if

2，Vera couldn't ‘see.with her skin ______ she wasblindfold.(11.13-14)

a.only

b.except

c.as if

d.unless

Vocabulary 词汇

1，This ability was first ____ by her father.(1.4)

a.observed

b.remarked

c.regarded

d.acknowledged

2，Vera 's curious talent was brought to the _____ of a research institute.(1.7)

a.attention

b.observation

c.regard

d.care

3，······wearing stockings and slippers, she was able to _____ colours with her foot.(11.11-12)

a.draw

b.see

c.understand

d.watch

4，This abilitythe moment her hands were wet.(1.15)

a.continued

b.renewed

c.increased

d.stopped

新概念英语第四册多项选择题：Matterhorn man

Multiple choice questions 多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension 理解

1，Modern climbers differ from their predecessors because they _____.

a.like to find the easiest way to the top of a mountain

b.like sport

c.prefer difficult climbs to easy ones

d.always follow a particular route

2，It is probably true to say that modern climbers ____.

a.enjoy testing themselves on difficult climbs

b.avoid dangerous situations

c.are not as well equipped as earlier climbers

d.are only interested in getting to the top of a mountain

3，The pioneers had a hard time because ____.

a.Zermatt and Chamonix had rapidly become popular

b.Alpine villages were primitive

c.the mountains were extremely high

d.there wasn't anything to eat

4，It is probably true to say that early climbers _____.

a.had seven course dinners when they were climbing

b.didn't mind uncomfortable conditions

c.always found accommodation with the local priest

d.enjoyed a higher standard of living back home

Structure 句型

1，Earlier climbers liked summits _____ had never been climbed before.(11.2-4)

a.which

b.which they

c.that they

d.unless they

2，____ single aim was getting to the top.(11.6-7)

a.They're

b.There

c.Their

d.Theirs

3，_____ Zermatt and Chamonix, most places wereunknown.(11.8-9)

a.Except

b.Unless

c.Without

d.Apart from

4，_____ were generally dirty and flea-ridden.(11.10-11)

a.The few inns that existed

b.Inns like this

c.Such inns

d.Few inns

Vocabulary 词汇

1，In the pioneering days this was not the ______ at all.(1.2)

a.condition

b.situation

c.history

d.event

2，They often faced difficulties of the most ____ nature.(11.4-5)

a.dangerous

b.dreadful

c.extreme

d.pitiful

3， -all washed down with _____wine.(1.12)

a.course

b.sour

c.rough

d.new

4，Often a valley ______ no inn at all.(1.12)

a.was proud of

b.advertised

c.showed

d.possessed