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CC English IELTS Reading DSE Paper 1 通用
一分鐘重點
  1. 一句話定文章類型:呢篇係咩嚟?有冇作者立場?
  2. 逐段起花名:一段一句,成篇變骨架。
  3. 上下文估生字:答案好多時就坐喺難字隔籬。
  4. 搵意見字:分開事實、他人觀點、作者觀點。
  5. 捕捉轉折:however、yet、but 之後,係出題人最常取材嘅位置。

你唔係生字唔夠,
你係由細讀到大,浸死喺生字海。

好多同學一開始就由第一個字啃落去,一見到唔識嘅字就停低,結果讀完成篇都唔知講咩。高分嘅讀法倒轉嚟:先搞清楚成篇文係咩嚟,再落到段、句、字。

下面用一篇原創短文,逐步示範五個步驟。

練習短文

先用三分鐘讀一次。唔識嘅字,唔好停低。

The Hidden Cost of Urban Beekeeping A Over the past decade, beekeeping has become a fashionable pastime in many large cities. Hives now sit on the rooftops of hotels, offices and even museums, and their owners often present them as a simple way to help nature. At a time of widespread concern about falling insect numbers, it is easy to see why the idea has proved so appealing. B The honeybee, however, is only one of many pollinators. Large cities can also support more than a hundred species of wild bee, most of which are solitary: they live alone rather than in colonies, nesting in soil, dead wood or hollow plant stems. These bees are far less conspicuous than honeybees – few city residents ever notice them – yet they carry out a considerable share of the pollination in urban parks and gardens. C The difficulty is that all bees depend on the same limited supply of flowers. A single hive may contain tens of thousands of workers, which forage over several kilometres in search of pollen and nectar. In districts where hives are densely concentrated, some ecologists have recorded fewer wild bees visiting flowers, which suggests that the two groups may be competing for food. D None of this means that urban hives should be banned, but their popularity is arguably misplaced. Planting a wider range of flowering species and leaving patches of bare ground where solitary bees can nest would probably do more for pollinators than adding yet another hive to a crowded rooftop.

練習短文為 CC English 原創,只供閱讀練習用。

五步示範

第一步:一句話講,呢篇係咩嚟?

做法:用唔多過一分鐘,讀標題、每段第一句同最後一段。

學生寫低:「呢篇係一篇有作者立場嘅議論文:先介紹城市養蜂熱潮,再指出蜂箱可能影響野生蜂,最後作者提出自己嘅建議。」

線索:標題 Hidden Cost 暗示負面評價;D 段出現 shouldarguably

效果:知道文章有兩把聲:一把係蜂箱主人同大眾嘅睇法,一把係作者嘅睇法。做 Yes / No / Not Given 時,只睇作者嗰把聲。

第二步:逐段起花名

花名段落功能
A城市養蜂成熱潮背景
B唔好忘記野生蜂轉換焦點
C蜜蜂同野生蜂爭花問題與證據
D唔使禁,但種花更有效作者立場與建議

效果:成篇文變成四格骨架,之後任何一題都可以先判斷「答案應該喺邊段」。

第三步:靠上文下理估生字,唔好查字典

生字隔籬嘅線索估計意思
solitary冒號後:they live alone rather than in colonies獨居嘅
conspicuous破折號後:few city residents ever notice them顯眼嘅
forage後面:in search of pollen and nectar覓食
misplaced前文「唔使禁」,後文「種花更有效」用錯咗地方嘅

規律:解釋好多時就喺難字隔籬。留意冒號、破折號、whichrather thanin search of 之後嘅內容。

第四步:搵意見字,分開事實同觀點

同時留意保留語氣:suggestsmay be competingarguablyprobably。作者冇講死。如果題目將呢啲內容寫成肯定句,就要諗起《True / False / Not Given 判斷法》入面嘅「語氣被升級」陷阱。

第五步:捕捉轉折

規律:轉折詞之後通常係作者真正想強調嘅內容,亦係出題人最常取材嘅位置。

試下:兩條延伸題

Yes / No / Not Given

句子:Urban beekeeping should be prohibited.

NOD 段:None of this means that urban hives should be banned. 作者明確否定。

Matching Headings(C 段)

正確Competition for a limited resource

干擾The size of a honeybee colony:只係 C 段入面嘅支持細節,唔係主旨。

每一步最幫到邊類題型

步驟最幫到嘅題型原因
1 定文章類型Y/N/NG;Multiple Choice(主旨、作者目的)先判斷文章有冇作者立場,先知道要搵「資訊」定「觀點」。
2 逐段起花名Matching Headings;Matching Informationielts.org 指 Matching Headings 考 the difference between the main idea and a supporting idea,花名正正係一段嘅主旨。
3 上下文估生字Sentence / Summary Completion;T/F/NG填充題嘅答案好多時就係難字本身;唔查字典,先唔會喺一個字上面嘥時間。
4 搵意見字Y/N/NG;Multiple Choice(作者態度);Matching Featuresielts.org 指 Y/N/NG 考 recognise opinions or ideas;分清作者同其他人嘅聲,就唔會將引述當作者立場。
5 捕捉轉折T/F/NG、Y/N/NG(尤其 FALSE、NO);Matching Headings讓步句同轉折後嘅主句,經常係矛盾答案嘅依據。

題型描述引自 ielts.org;步驟同題型嘅對應係 CC English 嘅教學經驗。

Band 6 同 Band 7 差幾多題?

按 ielts.org 公布嘅對照,Academic Reading 答啱約 23 題係 Band 6,約 30 題係 Band 7,相差大約 7 題。官方亦註明,每份試卷所需嘅分數會有少少差異。

官方冇公布「邊幾題」屬於 Band 7。從教學經驗睇,Band 6 考生較常失分嘅,係要辨認改寫、分清主旨同細節、分清事實同觀點嘅題目,例如 T/F/NG、Y/N/NG 同 Matching Headings。呢啲正正係由大到細閱讀法針對嘅能力。

常見問題

由大到細閱讀法會唔會令我做得慢?

第一步同第二步加埋大約兩至三分鐘。目的係減少之後逐題重讀成篇嘅時間:你已經知道每段講咩,每一題都可以直接去對應嗰段搵。

考 Reading 真係唔查字典?

考試入面冇字典。平時練習都應該先估,做完先查,確認自己估得啱唔啱;咁樣先會練到喺試場用得嘅能力。

DSE Paper 1 用唔用得由大到細閱讀法?

用得。五個步驟針對嘅係讀長文嘅次序,DSE Paper 1 同 IELTS Reading 都係長文閱讀。

由大到細閱讀法同 True / False / Not Given 判斷法有咩關係?

由大到細幫你快啲搵到答案喺邊段、分清事實同觀點;T/F/NG 判斷法幫你搵到嗰句之後,判斷係 TRUE、FALSE 定 NOT GIVEN。兩個配合用。

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