浅析“无词阅读法”对雅思阅读直接效果(三)

　　常见的表示方向的关系有如下几大类：

　　表示前后方向相反：

　　转折关系： but/however/yet, on the other hand, despite

　　对比关系： more/lessthan, unlike

　　表示前后方向相同：

　　并列关系： A and B, notnor, first, second, third

　　递进关系： moreover, in addition/additionally/besides, not onlybut also

　　那么请大家来做一个练习：

　　Managerial and executive progress made by women is confirmed by the annual survey of boards of directors carried out by Korn /Ferry /Carre /Orban International. This year the survey shows a doubling of the number of women serving as non-executive directors compared with the previous year. However, progress remains painfully slow and there were still only 18 posts filled by women out of a total of 354 non-executive positions surveyed. Hilary Sears, a partner with Korn /Ferry, said, Women have raised the level of grades we are employed in but we have still not broken through barriers to the top.

　　上面一段话，完全可以浓缩成以下内容：

　　 progress doubling of the number However painfully slow raised the level of grades but not broken through

　　也就是说，从两次出现however/but这种转折关系词来看，这一段话一直采用的是一种对比结构，分别论述了妇女找工作的好坏两方面。怎么样，你能否仅仅用30秒钟完成阅读?

　　一旦你能 精通无词阅读法，那么在面对每篇将近1000字的雅思阅读文章时，就一定能产生这样的郁闷心情：怎么文章有这么多生词我不认识，却能够读懂大意? 这在以前简直就是mission impossible嘛!但是，不要惊讶，因为你已经顿悟了阅读!