上海新東方學(xué)校 陳文笠
本次短對話而言，男女特征比較明顯，這次男生的地位略有抬頭，但總體而言，依然較女生低下。而從其內(nèi)容而言，場景基本得以保留和延續(xù)，比如第11題：
W: There were more than a hundred people at Kate's birthday party. How come she's got so many friends?
M: It's really no surprise. You know she was popular even when she was a child
Q: What does the man imply about Kate?
其中出現(xiàn)的派對場景birthday party一詞非常明顯；
再如第12題：
M: They say there'll be a snow-storm tonight, and the cold weather will last quite a few days.
W: Oh! We're so lucky, we'll be getting away for a while, and having a holiday in Florida. But let's call right now to confirm our flight.
Q: What do we learn about the two speakers?
其中天氣場景詞snow-storm、cold weather，節(jié)日場景的holiday等。
不過這次短對話中的詞組詞匯考點明顯略有增加，比如15題：
M: My washing machine is more than fifteen years old and it has worked just fine until last night.
W: You'll never be able to get parts for it, even from Japan. So it might be time to invest a more recent model.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
其中的invest一詞；
以及16題：
W: I can't decide what to do about the party tomorrow.
M: You don't have to go if you don't want to, but I'll be glad to give you a ride if you do.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
中的give you a ride等。
而這一點的變化在之前考試中已初見端倪，這也是四級考試向六級考試特點靠攏的一個典型表現(xiàn)。不過縱使如此，考點本身并沒有發(fā)生太大的變化，比如13題看似是很與眾不同的一題，但最后答案的courageous一詞也在原文中表達(dá)得相當(dāng)清晰：I really admire his courage. 而就場景變化也在這方面表現(xiàn)得比較明確，就是工作場景詞匯的明顯增加，即使是用在別的領(lǐng)域中，比如12題中的confirm，14題的invest，17題的contract一詞，這些都與六級考點有所接軌。
綜上分析，可以發(fā)現(xiàn)，短對話場景繼承往年特征并在近幾年加大了工作場景的比例；詞匯相對活躍，但多數(shù)在之前考試中均有出現(xiàn)過；詞組考查數(shù)量見漲，向六級靠攏，但言外之意仍屬少數(shù)；最后，技巧而言，基本延續(xù)了往年的特色，尤其是在男女側(cè)重而言
