下篇

挑战Mr. D, 实属难度。首先要改变的,是听力时的过度敏感,不要见到嫌疑的就贸然出手,不可盯上貌似的就忽略了主谋。待到Mr. D招数用尽,再做回击,学会后发制人。

第二处要注意的,是要增强大脑的协调能力。判断“疑似”虚招的同时,要分一半注意力到紧接着出现的信息,以免漏听误判,死而有憾。

Round 1

A personal crisis may be caused by

A. studying for too long overseas.

B. business problems in the student’s own country.

C. disruptions to personal relationships.

…studying overseas can trigger a personal crisis – you may have left a lot of what you might call ‘unfinished business’ back in your own country; or you may have interrupted personal relationships or even sometimes have broken them off to come overseas…

拆招

抓住引子studying overseas can trigger a personal crisis来进入正题,在接到疑似虚招‘unfinished business’时,不贸然出手,判断B的同时,关注紧随其后的信息,马上可见真正的杀招interrupted personal relationships & broken them off, 随后可判断正确选项为C.

Round 2

What problem did the charity face in August 2000

A. It couldn’t meet its overheads.

B. It had to delay sending the bikes.

C. It was criticized in the British media.

…in August 2000, you may have read about some of our recent problems in the British media, we simply ran out of money…

拆招

In August 2000引入正题,随后的problems in the British media是一招虚晃,有problem不一定就是被criticize, 跟踪随后的信息得到ran out of money, 这才是真正的杀招,同样非常隐蔽,overhead: n.(企业运营的)经费,正是所谓的money. 所以正确答案为A.