有些学生并不满足于在托福的口语中取得不错的成绩,更是要追求一个完美的回答,所以为了满足这类学生的需求,这里给各个学生介绍一些比较好的方法。
很多同学看到独立口语题,一个头两个大,中文都不知道该如何表达,更何况要翻译成英语了。其实呢,不少独立题的答案可以从综合题中获得灵感哦。
首先,我们来看下这两年考到的三个独立口语题,分别是:
1. Do you agree or disagree with following statement? Some universities use electronic books to take the place of paper books or magazines.
2. Some day in the future the library will be replaced by e-books and other electronic devices, the libraries will no longer exist in universities. Do you agree or disagree with the statement?
3. The university is going to change printed newspaper to online version. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of doing this.
归根结底,三道题目都是关于:电子版本vs纸质版本。
那么,我们该如何作答呢?
这时候,就要拎出Tpo27的Task3的阅读原文和听力文本中的部分语句来搞定啦。
Reading Material
1. While the cost of the device is around $200, it is a one-time expense. Considering the rising cost of textbooks, students will save money in the long run since purchasing electronic books for their classes is much less expensive than buying regular textbooks.
2. Furthermore, the university believes the device will be an effective study aid because it is simple to operate and offers features such as highlighting of text and note-taking.
从这段阅读信息中,我们可以了解电子书的优点,一:长远来看,省钱;二:很好的学习工具。
Listening Material
(woman) but do you think people are only gonna use one device the whole time they are at university? What happens if yours breaks? You have to buy a new one. Or they come out with some fancy new features. Wouldn’t you want to get a new one then?
(man) A lot of people would probably want to replace theirs with the latest version.
这段听力信息描述了电子书的问题:会坏,会有新的版本,会被置换,而这笔开销会逐年累积。也就是表明电子书其实并不省钱。
(woman) well, this thing is pretty small. It’s only about 18 or 20 centimeters tall.
(man) So that means the screen’s pretty small.
(woman) Right, and I heard that the key pad or control buttons, they are small, too. So if you have normal-sized fingers, it’s not so easy to select an item or get it to function right, you know, to do stuff like highlighting or underlining.
而这段听力内容则说出了电子书的另一个缺点,too small,太小,只有18-20cm,键盘和按钮按起来都比较麻烦等。
(woman) Besides, I like the old-fashioned way of studying material: writing notes on the page and underlining or highlighting important sections of the book. I’m more comfortable with that.
最后这一部分的听力信息提到了人们喜好纸质版本的原因,也可以参考。
好了,把上述的阅读和听力信息整理下,来答题了。
如果我们要选择纸质版本,我们就可以说电子版本的缺点或纸质版本的优点。
结合之前关于一二两题的作答结构的推文,答案如下所示:
Topic Sentence
根据不同题目变化,表明选择paper version即可。
Reason1: Firstly, e-book(e-version) is not easy to use.
Detail1: I mean, this thing is pretty small. It’s only about 18 or 20 centimeters tall. The screen, key pad or control buttons are small, too.
E.g1: Like me, I have normal-sized fingers, it’s not so easy to select an item or get the function right, you know, to do stuff like highlighting or underlining. Sometimes I have to waste a lot of time operating the device.
Reason2: Besides, I like the old-fashioned way of studying material: writing notes on the page and underlining or highlighting important sections of the book. I’m more comfortable with that.
虽然Tpo27-3的听力文本一共提供了三个分论点,但是口语一二两题只需给出两个分论点然后展开即可。
同样的,如果选择electronic version,就可以说电子版本的优势(省钱,学习工具等)或纸质版本的缺点(不环保等)哦。
相信看了以上内容,对于追求口语完美的学生有所帮助。