2006.12 Section C: Compound dictation:
You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways depending on the situation they are in. This is very natural. All languages have two general levels of usage: a formal level and an informal level. English is no exception. The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a particular level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, reference books and in business letters. You would also use formal English in compositions and essays that you write in school. Informal language is used in conversation with colleagues, family members and friends, and when we write personal notes or letters to close friends.
Formal language is different from informal language in several ways. First, formal language tends to be more polite. What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite. For example, I might say to a friend or a family member “Close the door, please”, but to a stranger, I probably would say “Would you mind closing the door?”
Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary. There are bound to be some words and phrases that belong in formal language and others that are informal. Let’s say that I really like soccer. If I’m talking to my friend I might say “I’m just crazy about soccer!” But if I were talking to my boss, I would probably say “I really enjoy soccer.”
前七個(gè)填空要注意單詞的拼寫(xiě)，如colleagues不要和college混淆，也很容易拼成colleage或colleegue等，一定要注意。
空格8，抓住關(guān)鍵詞more words，polite，既然全文都在講正式和非正式用語(yǔ)，大致可猜出正式用語(yǔ)要更繁復(fù)一些，所以要用更多的詞匯。原文可轉(zhuǎn)寫(xiě)成如：What is interesting is that more words are needed to be polite.
空格9，文中有轉(zhuǎn)折詞but，根據(jù)前文我對(duì)朋友會(huì)說(shuō)……，那么這里一定是對(duì)陌生人會(huì)怎么說(shuō)的問(wèn)題，寫(xiě)成：but I might say to a stranger……為表示禮貌，把對(duì)朋友用的命令句式改成表示禮貌的疑問(wèn)句式。
空格10，很多同學(xué)會(huì)在there are bound to be 上栽跟頭，不知道句子在說(shuō)什么。但前文一句話已經(jīng)說(shuō)正式和非正式的詞匯也有不同。而這里又說(shuō)有些詞和短語(yǔ)屬于正式的，有些是非正式的，即作為前一句的解釋和具體話。所以填空中能寫(xiě)出這一點(diǎn)也是可以的。可改寫(xiě)成：there must be |
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