2006 年8月28日 星期一

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Toeic 考記

不緊不慢的準備了兩個多月，昨天的托業考試卻出乎意料的愜意，雖然這絲愜意很快的在晚上的中國對希臘的世錦賽中消失殆盡。

02 年在比利時的時候，曾經參加過一次 toeic 的一次模擬考，當時感覺題量好大，到最后考完，都還剩 20 多題沒做，最后的分數倒還可以， 700 多分，而事隔 4 年，我再次參加同樣的英語考試，一方面是為了證明自己的水平，另一方面也是保持自己不中斷英語學習的一個外在方式。那次的印象比較深刻，所以這次也不敢掉以輕心，非常注意做題的速度，在最后做完時，還有 10 分鐘左右，當時心情就感覺很爽，因為成功做完了，而且感覺難度并不大，正確率在控制范圍之內。所以現在也對成績相當樂觀，肯定比 4 年前要好，不知道是 toeic 的難度下降了還是自己確實進步了，雖然四年間一直有學英語，但那時身處英語環境之中，聽讀能力應該是很有狀態的。所以很難說了。

說到復習，大約花了 2 個月，不是很高強度，一開始是背單詞，買了本 20 多塊的詞匯，分不同的主題。每個主題后有些練習，于是頭一遍就是背完，再蓋住單詞，看著中文解釋來寫詞，然后就做習題。這樣過來了一個多月，中間也保持輪轉前進，然后就開始第二遍，最后臨考前一周讀句子，過一遍生僻詞，這期間，和 gf 互相考，挺搞笑，她考我單詞，我考她中藥處方，呵呵。從第二個月開始還買了本閱讀練習，但感覺沒什么意義，難度很低， 20 多塊錢，十來天就給全部做完了。算是練練手吧。事實也證明，背單詞的那一部分很有效，很多詞都出現了， 邊做心里邊開花。。。 ^_^

現在就等著 2 周后確認成績，希望能如愿拿到 800+ 吧，告別了托業，也要開始考慮下一個認證考試了，但由于求職日期一天天在迫近，暫時把精力放到技術學習上來，在春節過后，就要啟動新的認證計劃～！

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Monday, August 28, 2006

After Toeic

After some easy review for about 2 months, I surprisingly enjoyed the toeic test taken yesterday, although the good mood soon disappeared after I watched the b-ball game on the world championship tournament between china and Greece at night.

I had once taken a toeic test 4 years ago, when I was studying in Belgium, at the time, I felt that it was so many questions that more than 20 of them were left unsolved when the time ended. But I still get a decent result about 700. As 4 years past, I took the same test again, for one reason, to prove my English capability, and for another, as an approach to keep myself studying English. As the last time’s impression, I dare not look down upon the test, so I forced myself to keep the speed when solving problems, it was about 10 minutes left when I had all of them solved, then I was feeling good at the moment, because I finished them all with the accuracy under control. So I am optimistic on the result, it is going to be better than last time, 4 years ago. I wonder this result is due to the decline of difficulty of the test, or it is due to my own improvement, although I kept learning English for the past 4 years, I was living in a English spoken environment at 4years ago after all, that should had keep my reading and listening ability in a good status. So It is hard to determined.

As for the review, I spent about 2 months, with a relatively low intensity. I began with?memorizing new words, I bought a dictionary that divide by topics at the price of about 20 ￥ , after each topic there were also some practices. I recited the new words for the first round, then try to write them out with only the Chinese explanation uncovered.? This lasted for one month, with going over iterations. Then followed the second round. And the last time I only?went over those difficult ones right before the test was about to take place. During these days, I had interesting time with my girl friend, we helped each other to recite stuffs, She tested my words while I tested her herbal prescription. I also bought a reading practice book at the second month after I started the review, but this seemed useless, those practices were so easy that I only took about 10 days to finished the book which I spent 20 ￥ on. any way, it kept my minds active. And later the fact proved that the new words reciting part helped a lot, many of those new words appeared during the test, that brought smiles on my face at the very moment.

So, it comes to me to wait for the result that will be confirmed 2 weeks later, hopefully I will get a score more than 800. while saying farewell to Toeic, I shall consider the next certification test, I am not going to make a move before the end of this year, as the day of seeking a job is approaching day by day, I am going to put most of my attention on the learning of software relevant knowledge, after the job hunt, I am going for the next certification!