雅思听力考试关键词汇之and的重要性

“and”我们在刚接触到英语的时候我们就认识了，这个词语广泛用于各种英语的句子中。

如并列：However, after the axe had been chipped into shape, they needed water and sand for grinding and polishing ...(剑6 Test3 Section4后面缩写为：6-3-4)

顺接：You pay a £250 joining fee and then it's £450 ... (6-1-1)

两个意思之间的连接必须用and;句子之间的顺接也可以用and;某些表示条件、结果甚至是某些因果都可以用and。

同义互换

雅思最重要的一个现象就是同意互换(paraphrase)，尤其在听力过程中，为了增加难度许多词语并不会出现原词。那么我们来看看and会如何做同意互换呢。

1. It is possible to hire _______ and _______.

Audio Scripts: And you can hire laptops ... as well as printers ... (6-1-3)

2. Cardboard, coloured pens and a _______.

Audio Scripts: ... and coloured each one in using different colours, then you thread a piece of string ... So we'd need some string as well. (4-4-3)

那么既然and这么重要，在我们听力中会有什么问题呢?首先，提醒考生们要注意，and这个词语本身并不是说话的重点，因此在说话的过程中，这个词语并不会完全读成/ænd/而会弱化成/∂nd/;其次，由于and是爆破音/d/结尾，当后面的单词由辅音开头的时候还会继续爆破，此时and仅仅读作/∂n/;再次and是元音开头，若前面一个单词是辅音结尾，还会产生连读，更加增加了这个词被听出来的情况。

E.G.: Highlights: music and ______.

Audio Scripts: ... but the best part is the music and lighting. (4-3-2)这边的and弱化了，但是还是能听出在music后面有一个/∂n/。

E.G.: ... because it had water, raw materials and fuels such as ______ and ______.

Audio Scripts: The water and the availability of raw materials ... and also the abundance of local fuels, like coal and firewood, ... (4-1-2)

此题可以通过fuels来定位，同时like和such as做同义词互换，也就是正确答案就是后面的并列关系的名词，但是此题的难点就是coal and firewood被读作/k∂ul∂n fаi∂wud/，这样就导致无法听出正确答案了。

雅思听力中的常见同音词汇

雅思听力常见同音词：

eight - number between 7 and 9, 八

ate - past tense of eat, 吃的过去式

bear - a big, hairy animal

bear - to be able to withstand something

bare - exposed