說(shuō)到雅思聽(tīng)力中的時(shí)態(tài)問(wèn)題，同學(xué)們可能會(huì)“望而生畏”。一個(gè)在中文中沒(méi)有的概念，在英語(yǔ)里卻有16種時(shí)態(tài)區(qū)別。對(duì)于這兩種語(yǔ)言上的差別，看都看不過(guò)來(lái)，更不用說(shuō)聽(tīng)了。不過(guò)大家也不用太過(guò)擔(dān)心，在雅思聽(tīng)力當(dāng)中的時(shí)態(tài)考點(diǎn)，只考3種區(qū)別，也就是過(guò)去，現(xiàn)在，將來(lái)3種時(shí)態(tài)。簡(jiǎn)單地說(shuō)，考點(diǎn)就在于“過(guò)去有的”，“現(xiàn)在已有”，“將來(lái)會(huì)有”，大家只要把3種時(shí)態(tài)相關(guān)信號(hào)詞掌握即可。

　　下面舉兩個(gè)例子

　　例1：劍橋真題8，test3, section 1的第9-10題。

　　Which TWO facilities in the district of Devon Close are open to the public at the moment?

　　A. museum

　　B. concert hall

　　C. cinema

　　D. sports centre

　　E. swimming pool

　　當(dāng)看到這個(gè)題干的時(shí)候，大家就應(yīng)該注意到，題目的考點(diǎn)即時(shí)態(tài)，關(guān)鍵詞“at the moment”也就是選擇與“現(xiàn)在”相對(duì)應(yīng)的選項(xiàng)。

　　錄音原文如下：

　　Man： Why’s that part of town so popular?

　　Woman: Well, there’s a big scheme to improve the district, and it’ll soon have the best facilities formiles around.

　　Man: What sort of thing?

　　Woman: There is a big sports center under construction, which will be very impressive when it’sfinished. In fact the swimming pool’s already opened ahead of schedule, and it’s attracting a lot ofpeople.

　　Man: What about cinemas: are there are any in the area?

　　Woman: The only one closed down last year, and it’s now in the process of being converted into afilm museum. The local people are trying to get a new cinema added to the scheme..

　　Man: I think I hear something about a plan to replace the existing concert hall with a larger one.

　　Woman: Ah, that’s due to start next year.

　　加粗部分就是相關(guān)的時(shí)間考點(diǎn)詞，如果注意到考點(diǎn)詞，大家可以很容易地把“過(guò)去有的”和“將來(lái)會(huì)有”的選項(xiàng)排除，選擇“現(xiàn)在已有”的B,E選項(xiàng)。

　　例2：劍橋真題8， Test 2, section 3, Question 21

　　Where in Australia have Asian honey bees been found in the past?

　　A. Queensland

　　B. New South Wales

　　C. Severl states

　　觀察題干，大家可以發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí)態(tài)考點(diǎn)詞“in the past”，即所選答案應(yīng)該是對(duì)應(yīng)“過(guò)去有的”。

　　錄音原文：

　　Anyway, my current research involves trying to find a particular type of bee, the Asian Honey Bee,and finding out whether there are any of them around in various states of Australia. We discovereda few of them in Queensland once and eradicated them. Now, we’re pretty keen to make sure thatthere aren’t any more getting in, particularly to New South Wales and other states.

　　注意聽(tīng)”once”和 “Now” 這兩個(gè)信號(hào)詞，就很容易把正確答案“Queensland”，即A選項(xiàng)聽(tīng)出來(lái)。 把混淆信息“New South Wales and other states”即 B,C選項(xiàng)排除

　　通過(guò)這個(gè)兩個(gè)例子，大家也應(yīng)該注意到，不論是第一部分還是第三部分，不論生活場(chǎng)景還是學(xué)術(shù)場(chǎng)景，時(shí)態(tài)都作為一重要考點(diǎn)。而區(qū)分時(shí)態(tài)，不需要太過(guò)糾結(jié)于動(dòng)詞變化上的一些細(xì)節(jié)，比如到底是did, 還是 had done, 還是has done。因?yàn)橐粋€(gè)具體動(dòng)詞的詞尾變化，或者h(yuǎn)ad, has 這樣的助動(dòng)詞，在念的過(guò)程都可能弱化，導(dǎo)致聽(tīng)不到答案。大家更應(yīng)該注意的是將中英文融會(huì)貫通，主動(dòng)去聽(tīng)像我們中文表達(dá)中的一些表示時(shí)間的狀語(yǔ)，比如now, past, future, last, next等，和描述事物存在性的形容詞，比如 used, existing等。希望大家在做題的時(shí)候能多多積累整理，攻克雅思聽(tīng)力中的時(shí)態(tài)關(guān)!