1、智课网IELTS备考资料雅思阅读标点符号的作用摘要: 你知道吗:雅思阅读中的特殊符号也可猜词!很多同学常用的猜词方法都是利用上下 文,这样的方法大家都在用并不新鲜,也并不能给你带来比别人更高的得分,如果你想有自己的雅思阅读秘籍,那么来看一下这篇雅思阅读标点符号的作用吧。雅思 阅读标点符号一:冒号冒号在英语句子中也是起到解释说明冒号前面信息的作用。Typically, children do not end up on the streets due to a single reason, but to a combination of factors: a dearth of adequate
2、ly funded schools, the demand for income at home, family breakdown and violence. (C4T3P1)解析:根据前后之间的并列关系,可以推测dearth是名词,且是贬义,相当于 lack、shortage 、inadequacy、deficiency。雅思阅读 标点符号二:分号分号用来连接前后两个句子,相当于适当的“逗号+并列练习and,but或or+句 子”。词汇猜测时,利用的是分号前后两个句子之间的逻辑关系是列举、转折还是选择。Some corpora attempt to cover the language a
3、s a whole, taking extracts from many kinds of text; others are extremely selective, providing a collection of material that deals with only a particular linguistic feature. (C4T3P3)解析:根据前后之间的语境,判断出“extremely selective”即指“不全面 的,只是包含一部分的” 。雅思阅读标点符号三:破折号(1)双破折号双破折号在文章中经常出现,它用来解释说明第一个破折号前面的信息,当这 个信息是以生词
4、的形式表现出来的话,有了破折号也就不难理解了。再者,双破折号 的信息去掉,也不会影响句子的整体意思。 Sometimes it is slow: vast bubbles of magmamolten rock from the mantleinch towards the surface, cooling slowly . (C4T3P2)解析:“molten rock from the mantle”用来解释“vast bubbles of magma ”,即“地壳中的熔岩”。(2)单破折号单破折是用来解释说明其前面的信息的。 Half of the worlds 6800 languag
5、es are likely to vanish within two generationsthats one language lost every ten days. (C4T2P1)解析:“thats one language lost every ten days”用来解释vanish ,表 示的是lost,两者意思相同。雅思阅读标点符号四:插入语的双逗号句子中经常会出现插入语,即前后用逗号与整个句子结构分开的短语,句子结 构,这个成份如果是做同位语成分的名词短语或者非限定性定语从句,通常是用来解 释第一个逗号前面的信息的。Passive smoking, the breathing
6、in of the side-stream smoke from the burning of tobacco between puffs or of the smoke exhaled by a smoker, also causes a serious health risk. (C3T1P2)解析:如果学员不认识“passive smoking”,逗号后有解释,即“ 吸入抽烟 者吞吐烟草燃烧的烟雾”。雅思阅读标点符号五:括号句子中出现的双括号与双逗号和双破折号的功能是一样的,括号内容用来解释 说明左半括号前面的名词短语,不影响整个句子的结构。(1)Some plastics are derived from natural sources, some are semi- synthetic (the result of chemical action on a natural substances). (C5T2P1)解析:“semi-synthetic”即指(半合成品=天然物质发生化学反应的产物)。相关字搜索: 雅思阅读