托福口语练习 语言沟通和非语言沟通

Explain how the examples from the professor's lecture illustrate¹ the relationship between verbal² and nonverbal communication.

解释说明教授的演讲是如何举例说明语言沟通和非语言沟通关系的。

Now read a passage from a psychology³ textbook.

现在请读心理学课本上的一段话。

You have 45 seconds to read the passage. Begin reading now.

你有45秒钟来阅读这段话。现在开始计时。

Now listen to part of a lecture on this topic in a psychology course.

请听关于心理学课程话题的部分演讲。

Last month, my favorite uncle paid me a surprise visit.

上个月，最喜爱的叔叔令人惊喜的造访了我。

I hadn't seen him in many years.

我好多年没见他了。

The door bell rang, I opened the door and there was uncle Pete.

门铃响了，我打开门看见了皮特叔叔。

Now, I am sure when I saw him I said something like,

现在，我很确定当时我说了这些话

"Uncle Pete, what a surprise! How nice to see you."

“皮特叔叔，太惊喜了！见到你真高兴。”

Anyway, my wife was standing⁴ next to me, and according⁵ to her,

不管怎样，我妻子站在旁边，据她说，

I wasn't really aware of this, my eyes got really wide and I broke into a huge big smile,

我并没有意识到自己的眼睛睁得很大，笑的嘴都咧开了，

she said I was really jumping up and down like a little boy.

她说我又蹦又跳的简直像个小男孩儿。

Well, anyway, later that evening uncle Pete told me how very very good he felt when he saw how happy I was to see him.

反正傍晚晚些时候说皮特叔叔告诉我，他看见我这么高兴跟他见面感觉很开心。

But compared that with this: my daughter, she's six,

与此相对比的是：我女儿6岁了，

we were building a bird house together last week, and I was showing her how to use a hammer and a nail⁶.

上个礼拜我们一起搭一座鸟屋，我演示给她看怎么使用锤子和钉子。

And, of course, stupid me, I wasn't being very careful when I smashed⁷ my thumb with the hammer.

当然了，愚蠢如我，不小心用锤子砸到了我自己的大拇指。

Boy, it hurt! I almost felt like screaming, but I didn't want to upset my daughter,

天哪，太疼了！我简直想尖叫出声，但是我不想让女儿难过，

so I said, “Don't worry, honey. It's nothing.”

所以我说，“别担心，亲爱的，我没事儿。”

Meanwhile, I was shaking my hand as if that would stop my thumb from hurting and my face was contorted in pain.

同时，我抖着手好像可以防止疼痛似的，我的脸疼的扭曲了。

My voice was trembling⁸, too. So, even though I told my daughter I was OK,

我的嗓音也颤抖着。因此，尽管我告诉女儿我没事儿，

I am sure she didn't believe me, because she kept asking me if I was OK.

我敢说她绝对没相信，因为她一直在问我还好吗。 

1 illustrate   

v.举例说明，阐明；图解，加插图

参考例句：

• The company's bank statements illustrate its success.这家公司的银行报表说明了它的成功。
• This diagram will illustrate what I mean.这个图表可说明我的意思。

2 verbal   

adj.口头的，用言辞的，用文字的，动词的

参考例句：

• Verbal statements are no guarantee.口说无凭。
• I delivered a verbal protest against their brutal acts.我对他们的暴行提出口头抗议。

3 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 according   

adj.按照，根据

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• We must cut our coat according to our cloth this year.今年我们必须学会量入为出。

6 nail   

n.钉子，指甲；vt.用钉钉牢，使固定，使集中于，揭露

参考例句：

• He drove a nail into the wall.他把钉子钉在墙上。
• In order to hang the picture,he had to hammer a nail.为了挂那幅画，他必须钉枚钉子。

7 smashed   

adj.喝醉酒的v.打碎，捣烂( smash的过去式和过去分词 )；捣毁；重击；撞毁（车辆）

参考例句：

• Several windows had been smashed. 几扇窗户劈里啪啦打碎了。
• In time-honoured tradition, a bottle of champagne was smashed on the ship. 依照由来已久的传统，对着船摔了一瓶香槟。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 trembling   

n.发抖adj.发抖的v.发抖( tremble的现在分词 )；焦虑；颤动；轻轻摇晃

参考例句：

• My legs were trembling with fear. 我吓得双腿直发抖。
• Daddy was trembling with anxiety as to how the talks would go. 爸爸为那些商谈的进展而焦虑不安。 来自《简明英汉词典》