托福听力态度题：说话人语气是关键

在托福听力中有一类题考察我们对于说话者感受的理解，是支持还是反对亦或是积极或消极，称为托福听力态度题。态度题出题方式多为What is the professor’s attitude toward …?What is the student’s opinion about …?一般当大家在题干中看到了attitude或opinion此题就是妥妥的态度题啦。

《托福考试官方指南 Offcial Guide》中态度题被描述为：The second type of pragmatic understanding question test whether you understand a speaker’s attitude oropinion.You maybe asked a question about the speaker’s feelings,likes anddislikes or reasons for anxiety or amusement.从OG中我们不难看出，说话者想表达的或正或负的情感是我们解题的Key。

想要更好应对托福听力态度题，我们首先需要了解一下常见各类态度，一般可以分为肯定、否定、怀疑和客观这四种：

肯定态度(positive)favorable,approval,enthusiastic,supportive

否定态度(negative)disapproval,dissatisfied,objection,opposition,critical,compromising,concerned

怀疑态度(doubtful)suspicious,incredulous,skeptical,questionable

客观态度(objective)neutral,impartial,disinterested,unprejudiced,unbiased,detached

首先我们先回归到官方指南去研究一下所给出的做题建议。“Learn to pay attention to speaker’s tone of voice. Does the speaker sound apologetic? Confused? Enthusiastic? The speaker’s tone can help you answer this kind of question.” 不难分析，整句话的核心在于tone (语气) 这个词。根据官方指南上的建议，我们需要着重关注说话者的语气来解决这类题目即关注说话者在描述某个物体或某件事时所使用的形容词或副词的感情色彩。下面我们通过一道真题来看一看态度题的解题秘籍。

What is the professor's attitude when she discusses the master writer seminar?

A.She is surprised that more students do not enroll in it.

B.She is excited because she learns a great deal from her students.

C.She is pleased because it gives students a strong foundation in literary

theory and criticism.

D.She is disappointed that she does not get to teach it as often as she would like

由题干单词attitude可见，此题是一道态度题，考查教授对于他所教研究生课程的态度。分别来看A，B，C，D四个选项，每个选项均有标红的态度词表示其态度。在我们把某道题妥妥的归结为态度题后，我们需要进行一个排正负的过程。就例题而言，B和C选项分别出现了正向态度词excited和pleased并且句意为正(好事)，而D选项disappointed无疑是一个负选项(坏事)，最后我们看到了A选项中一个熟悉又陌生的词surprised, 大家需要注意的一点是surprise 这个词宜好宜坏，需要结合整句话来判断正负。由于本例句的A选项含义为“她对于很多学生没能注册进这门课程表示惊讶”为负向含义，因此A选项的surprise为负。到此为止，我们的第一步排正负的工作顺利完成。A，D选项为负。 B，C选项为正。接下来我们只要回归原文并辨别定位句说话者的语气就能顺利的排除或正或负的一组选项啦~就本例题而言，回归原文定位句“And my students, they bring so much insight to the table that it’s easy to forget who the professor is.”整句话内容为正，因此我们可以大胆的排除A和D两个负向选项后再做选择。

综上所述，托福听力态度题解题策略在于把握好说话者的情感正负，说话者语气是我们需要重点关注的一个解题关键，通过语气和选项用词进行正负排除，得出最合适的答案。