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今年的讲座名为 “Paralinguistic Features of Languages ” ，主题是辅助语言学，对 于英语专业的学生来说， 这个话题或许没有专门学过， 但并不陌生。 讲座类的内容非常突出 的特点就是逻辑性强， 思路很清晰， 所以在听音频做笔记的时候， 要特别注意总起性质的句 子。一般来说 lecture 的第一段会对接下来的内容做总结介绍， 如果下文划分成若干个小类 别，会概括性地提到这些类别， 然后在后文进行详细的例证、 再分类。 第一段对给考生一个 宏观性的思路非常重要，听漏掉一两点也没关系，下文必然会重新提到。 本次真题的听力原文如下，注意文章中标粗的部分，是记笔记的重点部分： Paralinguistic features of languages Good morning, everyone. Today well continue our discussion on describing language. Last week we examined such features of language as grammar, vocabulary, the sounds of language, etc. In this lecture, well look at another important aspect of language. Perhaps some of you may wonder what is this important aspect of language. Let me tell you. It refers to features of communication that takes place without the use of grammar and vocabulary. They are called ‘ paralinguistic features of language. These features fall into two broad categories : those that involve voice and those that involve the body. Now, the first category, is what we call vocal paralinguistic features. Vocal features are actually tones of voice. While they are, perhaps, not central to meaning in communication in the same way as grammar or vocabulary, they may, nevertheless, convey attitude or intention in some way. Let me give you some examples. The first is whispering , which indicates the needs for secrecy . The second is breathiness . This is to show deep emotion . The third is huskiness , which is to show unimportants . The fourth is nasality . This is to indicate anxiety . The last is extra lip-rounding , which expresses greater intimacy, expecially with babies, for example. So we can see that there are a number of ways of altering our tone of voice. And when we do this consciously, we do it to create different effects in communication. Now, lets come to the second category, physical paralinguistic features, which involves the body. In addition to convey meanings with tone of voice, we can also express our intentions through the ways in whi