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[综合辅导] 托福口语三大备考关键词

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发表于 2012-8-14 23:51:59 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
  新托福的口语考试大约30分钟,共有6道题目,一般称作Speaking Tasks 1-6。如果把它们进行分组的话,正好两两每组:Speaking Task 1 and Speaking Task 2为一组,解题关键词是characteristics(特性、特质);Speaking Task 3 and Speaking Task 5为一组,解题关键词是campus(校园);而Speaking Task 4 and Speaking Task 6归入最后一组,解题关键词是class(课堂)。- v) g/ K6 F5 l, w0 f
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Characteristics: Speaking Task 1
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5 @4 R( |5 c8 Q( U2 L) b  第一题和第二题除了都是关于一些familiar topics以外,它们另一个共通之处就是涉及到人或事物的characteristics。比如在Speaking Task 1里面,you will be asked to describe an important book. 具体题目见下:
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Talk about a book you have read that was important to you for some reason.- O+ R0 ~( w! P# S* k5 {
Explain why the book was important to you. Give specific details and examples to explain your answer.$ b. k  a* K; N5 K
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. d5 k9 J9 S" t6 d+ q( Q# h  朗阁海外考试研究中心分析认为,针对这样的题目,你谈什么样的书其实并不重要。关键在于你说出了这本书之后,给出怎样的合理解释,即题目要求中的specific details and examples,而这些东西就是我们所说的characteristics。换言之,你把这本书的三大特性描述出来,就等于给出了相应的细节和例证。请看下面的列表:
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3 W* H6 @6 s, e$ H! \$ a& x+ JReason 1 = Characteristic 1: It gave me a lot of practical guidance
  |5 Y) T/ P* O- b9 t/ r- DReason 2 = Characteristic 2: It had a lot of illustrations to help me understand! N& A( q( f( h% f
Reason 3 = Characteristic 3: There was an interesting theoretical framework in the book; J7 f1 W1 X0 H5 u, j8 _- t

" K1 b$ {( R* S0 m. ~& x; i; j- h6 p1 a3 N  在三大理由(或三大特性)中,我们分别给其中的核心要点加了斜体和下划线,这就是考生们必须在15秒钟的准备时间内记下的最简单的笔记。没有这三点,想要在后面的45秒钟回答时间内进行良好的发挥,是一件异常困难的事情。
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( a+ M6 X' A/ \! h6 B( f1 x  下面我们来看一道题目,大意是:When it comes to choosing friends, which characteristic do you think is the most important: honesty, loyalty or sense of humor? 回答这个问题有两种策略:一个是老实人的办法,一个是聪明人的招数。我们先看题目在问什么,很明显,题目要求我们从三种特性中选出一种,是在择友过程中最重要的。老实人的办法就是老老实实地选一个,比如honesty(诚实),然后根据honesty再来展开三个论据(或举例或抽象描述):$ g3 ]8 v2 ?7 {# c! }
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Reason 2: Being honest to your friends is the best way to maintain a long-term relationship
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% ^. p# \9 [+ u* ^4 n4 ~  显然,此类针对honesty而扩展的抽象论证并非每一个考生力所能及的事情,因为这种老实人的办法往往难度较高,只适合那些语言功底扎实和思路敏捷的人。虽然这种策略比较容易拿高分,其风险也是较大的。
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$ X5 `6 ]5 @/ E9 ?8 ?0 R  那么聪明人的招数是什么呢?聪明人通常不按常理出牌,他们会寻觅一种捷径,以非常讨巧的方式来满足题目的要求。聪明人看到题目本身就含有三大特性,他们一见机遇就赶紧抓住:$ v, g4 e" M+ _& a
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These three characteristics are equally important when choosing friends
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Characteristic 1: Honesty – Only people who are honest to one another can become real friends.
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Characteristic 3: Humor – A person with a great sense of humor is often friendly and easy-going.6 H, k' f7 u3 e; r. F8 u
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  明眼人一看就知道,后一种策略的难度大大地降低了,因为每一个特性只要展开一个论据就行了,是一种取巧的方法。可能有人会问,这算不算off topic呢?考官会不会认为你没有回答到位呢?答案是否定的,因为三大特性同样重要的情况当然会存在,所以依次展开也无可厚非。其实从另一个角度看,聪明人有时也会碰到麻烦,比如其中讲某个特性的单词不认识(比如loyalty),导致无法在这上面展开,这时候只有退而求其次,讲其中的两大特性很重要(honesty and sense of humor are both very important)。0 X6 t* w$ s; e. L% Z8 ?8 u& P2 b) H

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  综上所述,Speaking Task 1的特性描述是极为关键的一种训练方法。朗阁海外考试研究中心建议大家备考时,特别针对Person, Place, Thing, Event这四种出题的可能性来列出一些常见的characteristics,其中关于人的特性尤其重要,因为在新托福口语考试中不止一次地考到
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 楼主| 发表于 2012-8-14 23:52:00 | 显示全部楼层

托福口语三大备考关键词

Describe a good parent, Describe a good leader, Describe a good teacher之类的题目,要求都是描述人物的各种特性,希望考生们多多准备。</p> , `& c- a0 p7 M! g& G* H
  最后我给出三道Speaking Task 1的模拟题,大家可以列一个简要的回答提纲。* A4 c- Z# k* N/ Y

( P1 {$ b' K; j  X  W# a7 OChoose one of your favorite methods of relaxing and explain why you like it best.Please include specific details in your explanation.________________________________________________________________________
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What is the most important quality that a good neighbor should have? Please give specific reasons to support your idea.________________________________________________________________________5 \8 n/ b6 G. p3 d1 A; s" E
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