2017 DSE 英文卷三 Part A 考評報告重點｜Listening 四大任務拆解

講開2017年DSE英文卷三Part A，呢年考嘅主題係香港揀「姐妹城市」(twin city)，成個Part A圍繞住雙城計劃展開，錄音入面有電台節目、旅遊宣傳片、同遊記分享，形式幾豐富。考評局話今年Part A整體表現唔錯，mean score有51.9%，但係四個task難度逐步遞增，好多同學去到Task 3、4就開始失手，分數就係咁樣被拉低。想知點樣從高分考生身上偷師？下文逐個task拆俾你睇，等你可以針對性操練。

Task 1: 電台節目「Brunch with Charlie」，送分題都有陷阱

呢個task講緊雙城計劃背景，mean有73.8%，理應係最輕鬆。不過考評局指出，雖然問「Lemy Chan讀咩科」有93%人答啱，答案係history，但係去到細節位就開始有人跌親。

例如問「現代雙城概念始於幾時」，答案係after World War 2，只有55%人答啱。考評局估計因為二戰歷史對香港學生嚟講比較陌生，聽到錄音講二戰後要促進互相理解，好多同學聽完都唔識轉化成答案。建議大家聽錄音前，先睇題目預測內容方向，見到關鍵字如「modern idea」就要準備聽時間相關資訊，腦入面預設好 "when", "started", "began" 呢啲信號詞。

另外問「邊兩個國家最常用twinning」，答案係Germany同France，有81%人識剔。但問原因「點解呢兩國特別多」，要答「佢哋鄰近」或者「容易溝通」，就只有67%人答到。呢度考緊你會唔會將聽到嘅資訊重新組織，而唔係單純抄字。高分考生會寫 "the countries had been next to each other" 或者 "it had been easy for them to communicate"，將聽到嘅片段整理成完整句子。低分考生就淨係寫 "Germany and France" 做原因，咁就答非所問。

仲有問「大城市一般同幾多個城市結盟」，選項有1、around 5、around 10、over 30，答案係B around 5，74%人答啱。呢度要留意錄音入面有conflicting information，要識得篩選。有時錄音會提到多個數字，你要對準題目問嘅係「大城市」定「小城市」，唔好俾干擾資訊混淆。

Task 2: 委員會細節，推論題開始出現

Task 2 mean跌到54.6%，難度明顯提升。考評局話呢部分少咗重複，資訊密度高，要推論嘅地方多，唔可以再靠「聽到乜寫乜」。

最經典係第14題問「委員會需要幾多人」，錄音冇直接講數字，但係提到「五個學生加五個公眾人士」，高分考生識得加埋得出10，但只有53%人做到。呢種「聽完要自己計」嘅題型，建議大家聽緊時快速寫低數字，唔好淨係等答案出現。聽到 "five students" 同 "five members of the general public"，即刻喺腦入面加埋，或者寫個 "5+5=?" 喺草稿紙度。

第15題問學生資格，要答 "secondary (or high school) students or older"，48%人答啱。好多人中伏寫 "secondary and university" 或者淨係寫 "university"，因為冇留意題目講緊 "or older"，而唔係 "and"。考評局特別提醒，要睇清楚題目要求嘅格式，例如係咪要寫 "or older" 呢啲細節。建議大家預備時間要仔細睇題目嘅grammatical pattern，知道答案大概係咩詞性。

最慘烈係第20題，問委員會成員需要有咩特質，第二個特質係 "enthusiasm for other cultures"，只有14%人答啱！考評局話因為呢個概念複雜，而且錄音只提過一次，好多同學聽漏咗就留空。建議大家聽之前先睇題目，知道要填兩個特質，聽緊時就會特別留意同 "knowledge of Hong Kong" 並列嘅另一個要求。留空係最蝕底，就算唔肯定，都要估一個相關嘅答案，例如 "interest in different cultures" 都可能會有分。

第26題問「點解要政客參與」，要答 "represented all political parties"，只有33%人答啱。考評局估計係因為同學對 "political parties" 呢個詞唔熟，聽到都唔識串。溫習時建議多接觸時事詞彙，唔好淨係背書本單字，多聽新聞報道，熟悉 "political parties", "legislative council", "committee" 呢類詞。

Task 3: 視頻介紹，最考專注力

Task 3 mean只有41.1%，係好多同學嘅夢魘。今年要聽兩條片，一條講阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯，一條講波蘭克拉科夫，而且係獨白形式，冇對話咁多線索，一唔留神就會漏咗關鍵資訊。

布宜諾斯艾利斯部分，探戈起源係 "lower-class districts"，只有49%人答啱。考評局話因為內容只提過一次。跟住問「點解男人同男人跳舞」，答案係 "their wives or girlfriends were not there (or were in Europe)"，只有23%人答啱！呢題要聽完再重組原因，唔係直接抄字。高分考生會寫 "because their wives or girlfriends were not there"，將因果關係表達清楚。低分考生就淨係寫 "men danced with men"，完全冇解釋原因。

去到Boca Juniors球場，問「點解食物特別」，要答佢哋嘅牛肉三明治 "had won prizes (for being the best sandwiches in the world)"，只有23%人答啱。考評局話呢題資訊複雜，要處理到 "beef sandwiches had won prizes" 呢個結構。建議大家平時練習時，特別留意食物、獎項、比賽呢類描述，訓練自己快速記低 "what" 同 "achievement"。聽到 "prize" 或者 "award"，即刻諗係邊樣嘢攞獎。

克拉科夫部分更慘。問「650年前克拉科夫係咩」，答案係 "the capital (of Poland)"，只有39%人答啱，因為錄音講得好快，一閃即逝。Main Square以前賣咩？答案係 "mainly clothes"，36%人答啱。而家賣咩？ "arts and crafts"，只有26%！考評局發現好多同學聽到 "Central Market" 就以為係答案，冇留意前後文講緊「以前」定「而家」。呢度教大家一個技巧：聽到 "before", "originally", "in the past" 就寫低舊有資料；聽到 "now", "today", "currently" 就寫低新資料，用箭頭或者時間線幫自己整理。

Nova Huta部分，「由邊個起」要答 "the communist government"，26%人答啱；「遊客點解去」要答 "the architecture" 或者 "the ugly buildings"，都係26%。考評局估計 "communist" 同 "architecture" 對學生嚟講太難認，聽到都唔識串。建議大家溫習時多記歷史同建築相關詞彙，例如 "communist government", "architecture", "industrial area", "steelworks" 等等。

Task 4: Lemy遊記，短答題最考精準度

Task 4 mean 39.3%，要回答具體問題。考評局話唔使寫完整句子，minor grammar and spelling mistakes 會被忽略，只要意思清楚就得。但係好多同學連意思都表達唔到。

第42題問「點解覺得克拉科夫人慷慨」，答案係 "everyone had invited her into their homes" 或者 "made her feel very welcome"，60%人答到。但好多答唔到嘅人只係重複 "the people were generous"，冇解釋原因。考評局提醒，答 "why" 題一定要講原因，唔好淨係複述題目。聽到 "generous" 就要準備聽 "because", "as", "since" 引出的原因。

第43題問「點解冬天唔太難受」，室內原因係 "the heating was turned on all the time"，只有28%人答啱！好多同學聽到 "heating" 都唔識寫，或者漏咗 "all the time"。第44題室外原因係 "thermal underwear"，更慘，只有22%人答啱。考評局話 "thermal underwear" 對學生嚟講太陌生，甚至有人寫 "special underwear" 或者 "winter underwear" 都被接受，但當然冇 "thermal" 咁準確。建議大家多記衣物詞彙，唔好淨係識 "coat" 同 "sweater"，"thermal underwear", "gloves", "scarf" 呢啲都要識。

第45題問「點解侍應嬲」，答案係 "he thought Lemy should be grammatically perfect" 或者 "she had made a grammatical mistake"，55%人答啱。第46題問「點解覺得唔公平」，要答 "Lemy was trying her best" 或者 "it had only been a small error"，46%人答啱。呢兩題都要推論，錄音冇直接講 "unfair"，要聽完自己判斷。聽到語氣轉變，例如由開心變嬲，就要諗背後原因。

第47題問「點解第二個禮拜日冇搭火車去滑雪」，可以答 "because the train took too long" 或者 "was too slow" 或者 "stopped at 52 stations" 或者 "arrived too late" 甚至 "because the bus was quicker"，58%人答到。考評局話呢題接受多個答案，但同學要識得paraphrase，唔好淨係抄錄音原字。例如錄音講 "the train had taken too long"，你可以寫 "it was too slow" 或者 "there were too many stops"。

第48至50題講滑雪意外，48題 "taken the wrong ski lift and ended up on a difficult slope" (37%)，49題 "had to ski down the slope" (15%！)，50題 "fell down again and again" (49%)。考評局話49題最難，因為要講到 "had to ski down the slope" 先至完整，表達到「被迫」嘅意思。好多同學只係講 "she skied down" 但冇 "had to" 呢個被迫嘅語氣。聽到 "had to", "must", "needed to" 呢啲modal verbs，一定要寫落去，因為佢哋往往帶出關鍵語氣。

第52題問「點解要趕返克拉科夫」，答案係 "she had to give a talk about Hong Kong the next morning"，只有16%人答啱！呢題極多同學寫 "she didn't want to miss the talk" 或者 "she had a talk"，但冇講到係「佢自己要做演講」。考評局強調，聽完要理解角色同責任，唔好斷章取義。聽到 "talk" 或者 "presentation"，要留意係「聽」定係「講」，係主動定被動。

總結備試策略

第一，預測內容。聽之前用30秒睇題目，估吓錄音會講咩，準備相關詞彙。例如見到 "tango" 就諗定 "dance", "origin", "history" 呢類字；見到 "ski" 就諗 "slope", "lift", "snow", "cold" 等等。

第二，邊聽邊記。唔好諗住靠記憶，聽到數字、時間、原因即刻寫低，用縮寫都得。例如 "WW2" 代表World War 2，"govt" 代表government，自己識睇就得。

第三，注意推論題。聽到 "five students and five members" 就要諗係咪要加埋；聽到佢趕時間就要諗背後原因。推論題通常係拉分位，識得諗多一步就贏人。

第四，詞彙打底。特別加強歷史、政治、建築、衣物、環保詞彙，呢啲都係DSE常考但課本少教嘅範疇。建議平時多睇紀錄片、多聽Podcast，擴闊詞彙面。

第五，Paraphrase能力。練習將聽到嘅內容用唔同句式表達，例如將 "the train was slow" 轉成 "the train took too long"。DSE聽力寫作唔係考背誦，係考你點樣用英文表達理解到嘅內容。

2017年Part A整體嚟講，Task 1、2尚算友善，但Task 3、4絕對係拉開分數嘅關鍵。想攞高level，後半段絕對唔可以放棄，聽漏咗都要跟住題目預測，盡量填寫相關內容。記住，留空係最蝕底嘅做法，寫錯咗都可能會有partial credit，但留空就乜分都冇。