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1、EnglishListeningNote-takingSkillsStudySkills:Note-taking1AsstudentsyoumayoftenattendlecturesdeliveredinEnglish.Youwillwanttowritedownasmanyofthedetailsaspossibleasyoulistensothatyoucanrememberthemlater.However,takingnotesonalecturecanbedifficult.Howcanyouwriteeve
2、rythingdownquickly,especiallywhenthewordsarelong?Youmaystillbewritingonesentencewhilethelecturerisfivesentencesfurtheralong.Bythetimeyouhavefinishedwritingandcanlistenagainyouarelost!Younolongerunderstandwhatthelectureristalkingabout.Or,likemanystudents,youmaydec
3、idethatitismoreimportantjusttolisten,andsoyoustoptakingnotes.Butthenattheendofthelectureyouhavealreadyforgottenmanyimportantdetails.Thistextbookwillintroducesometechniqueswhichyoucanbegintousenowtomakesurethatyourlisteningandnote-takingkeeppacewiththespeaker'side
4、as.RephrasingSentencesforNote-TakingTakinggoodnotesrequiresyoutobeabletodotwothingsveryquickly:First,youmustrecognizemaintopics;second,youmustbeabletowritedownasmanydetailsandsupportingexamplesasyoucanhearandunderstand.Inotherwords,yourhandmustworkasquicklyasyour
5、ear.Moststudentsdonothavespecialtrainingintranscribingorcopyingspeech.Youdon'tneedacourseinsecretarialskillsorshorthandinordertodoagoodjobtakingnotes.Butyoudoneedtopractiseafewsimpletechniquestohelpyoutobethoroughinyournote-taking.Youshoulduseabbreviations.Wewill
6、studythattechniquelater.Youshouldalsolearnhowtowriteonlythemostimportantwordsfromeachsentence,andignoretherest.Whenyousendatelegramtosomebody,youmustpaybytheword;andformanypeople,moneyislimited.Thatiswhywesendveryshorttelegramswhichincludeonlythemostimportantword
7、s.Forexample,comparethesetwomessages:1."Iwillbearrivingtomorrow,Monday,April15,onTWAflightnumber222,atJFKairport."2."Arrive15thTWA222JFK"Whichmessagewouldbemoreexpensive?Whenyoutakenotes,youhaveasimilarproblem.Inthiscaseitisnotmoney,buttime,thatislimited.Therefor
8、e,itisagoodideatopractiselisteningforonlythemostimportantsentencesinasectionofspeech,andonlythemostimportantwordsinthosesentences.__________________StudySkills
