【Listening】
1.本篇文章开始的时候主要讲的是作者的人生态度,包括他的“credo”(人生信条),I sympathize with the introvert as I would with the sickly, but both are missing a lot of life.这里有一个词可能会阻听力的进行:introvert,这个词有“内向的;不喜欢交往的 ”的意思,是一个形容词;即使我们不知道introvert的意思,下文紧接着提到“sickly多病的”,联系前文的sympathize(同情),我们可以很快推断出introvert在这里是与sickly相并列的“弱者”。
2.第二段当中出现了两个专有名词,即Assisi和Loyola,文中说As a Catholic, I am touched by Assisi and his animals, but Loyola and his army fascinate me.这里如果感到完全陌生,也不会影响理解全文,因为我们可以通过前文的As a Catholic(作为一个天主教徒) ,知道这两个词是与宗教有关的。
3.倒数第二段当中的This philosophy is not startling for its originality nor for its maturity.中的This philosophy。通过前文But I honestly think I could have survived them better, and perhaps avoided some of them altogether, if I’d gotten away from an obsession with myself. 可以推断出,这里的philosophy就是指出上一句话。在英语里这些指示代词,经常用到,要练习上下文才知道究竟指代的是什么。所以听力要贯穿全文,提纲挈领地记住最重要的信息。