雅思阅读:考试发现定位词,定位词主要是帮助我们在1000词左右的文章快速找到位置。因此定位词首先要满足的特点是足够明显,数字或带有大写字母的词汇,都可以作为特殊定位词。
例题详解
The trees from which quinine is derived grow only inSouth America.
根据大写字母,我们找到South America这个定位词,可以迅速定位到原文。
查看原文
At the time, quinine was the only viable, medical treatment for malaria. The drug is derived from the bark of cinchona tree, native toSouth America. And by 1856 demand for the drug was surpassing the available supply. Thus, when Hofmann made some passing comments about the desirability of a synthetic substitute for quinine, it was unsurprising that his star pupil was moved to take up the challenge.

看,定位词是不是一下子就找到了呢?
雅思阅读定位词的3大种类
特殊词汇
其中包括了很多如首字母大写的信息,数字,时间,以及与人相关的信息(身份、职业),学科等。
限定 名词
限定和名词的组合就相当于一个具象的“名词”,一般情况下在文章中大家都能找到这样的类似组合或者概念的表达,因此方便定位。