词汇量太少，听不懂句子？雅思阅读猜词能力如何锻炼？

　　如果词汇量太少，听不懂句子，一定要培养快速猜词的能力。尤其是在阅读测试中，你没有时间反复权衡一个单词的意思。事实上，你不知道很多单词的意思，也不妨碍你理解文章的意思，比如副词和专有名词。本期我们就来讲解一下雅思阅读中的猜词，例子都来自剑桥雅思真题。

　　1.根据定义猜测词义

　　“定义句”的谓语动词多为be, mean, be regarded as, constitute等，有时定义也会通过标点符号的方式在文章中出现

　　immerse

　　The work was immerse: filling about eight large notebooks (and without a library to hand)（C5T1P1）

　　synthetic

　　thermoplastic

　　thermosetting

　　Some are entirely synthetic, that is, chemically engineered from elements of coal and oil. Some are ‘thermoplastic’ which means that they melt when heated and can then be reshaped. Others are‘thermosetting’: they cannot revert to their original state, and their shape is thus fixed forever. (C5T2P1)

　　有些是完全合成的，也就是说，用化学方法从煤和石油中提取。

　　有些是“热塑性塑料”，这意味着他们在加热时熔化，然后可以被重塑。

　　另一些是“热固性的”：它们不能回复到原来的状态，因此他们的形状永远是固定的。(C5T2P1)

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　　2.运用从句猜测词义

　　capacitance

　　Capacitance, or the ability to store electric charge, is one of the most common characteristic of electronic circuits.

　　Capacitance, 或储存电荷的能力，是电子电路最常见的特征之一。

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　　With the CRC for Micro technology in Melbourne, they are developing sensors that will be embedded in an athlete’s cloths or running shoes to monitor heart rate, sweating, heart production or any other factor that might have an impact on an athlete’s ability to run. (C6T1P1)

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　　嵌入运动员衣服或跑鞋中的传感器sensors, 以监测心率、出汗、心脏生产或任何其他可能影响运动员跑步能力的因素。(C6T1P1)

　　meditation

　　disputants

　　Another interests-based procedure is meditation, in which a party assists the disputants, the two sides in the dispute, in reaching agreement

　　3.举例说明猜测词义

　　epochal events

　　The consequences of epochal events such as wars and great scientific discoveries are not confined to a small geographical area as they were in the past

　　例如战争和伟大的科学发展等划时代事件的重要性…

　　4.逻辑关系猜测词义

　　taunt

　　shove

　　Bullying can take a variety of forms, from the verbal-being taunted or called hurtful names-to physical-being kicked or shoved-as well as indirect forms, such as being excluded from social groups. (C6T4P3)

　　欺凌可以有多种形式，从口头

　　--被嘲笑或被称为伤害性的名字

　　--到身体上的—被踢或被推搡

　　--以及间接的形式，比如被社会群体排斥(C6T4P3)

　　realism

　　While Notman’s landscapes were noted for their bold realism, Henderson for the first 20 years of his career produced romantic images, showing the strong influence of the British landscape tradition. （C14T2P1）

　　prodigy

　　There has always been an interest in geniuses and prodigies. (C8T3P2)

　　5.语境与常识猜测词义

　　glucose

　　Cells use the glucoses from food to generate ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the molecule that powers many activities in the body. (C6T3P3)

　　细胞利用食物中的glucose来产生ATP（三磷酸腺苷），这种分子为人体的许多活动提供能量。(C6T3P3)

　　tortoiseshell

　　…luxury materials such as tortoiseshell and ivory (C5T2P1)

　　free radicals

　　One possibility relates to the ATP-making machinery’s emission offree radicals which are thought to contribute to aging and to such age-related disease such as cancer by damaging cells. (C6T3P3)

　　一种可能性与ATP制造机制释放free radicals 有关, free radicals 被认为是导致衰老的因素，并通过破坏细胞导致与年龄相关的疾病，如癌症。（C6T3P3）

　　fledging

　　Before the breeding seasons being, food reserves must be built up to support the energy cost of reproduction, and to provide for young birds both when they are in the nest and after fledging. (C5T4P3)

　　在繁殖季节开始前，必须建立食物储备，以维持繁殖所需的能量，并在雏鸟筑巢和fledging后提供食物。(C5T4P3)

　　Photosynthesis

　　The second reason light is important to organism is that it is essential for photosynthesis. This is the process by which plants use energy from the sun to convert carbon from soil or water into organic material for growth(C5T4P3)

　　光对生物体如此重要的第二个原因是光对photosynthesis至关重要。这是植物利用来自太阳的能量将土壤或水中的碳转化成生长所需要的有机质的过程。

　　radioactivity

　　Born Maria Sklodowska in Poland in 1867, she is famous for her work on radioactivity, and was twice a winner of the Nobel Prize. (C9T4P1)

　　Isolation

　　Radium

　　In 1911 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for theisolation of a pure form of radium. (C9T4P1)