作为一名从美国留学归来的老海龟,我从事着自己喜欢的法律事务工作也讲授托福阅读课程。我想从我的角度来帮大家分析一下新托福口语考试的一些问题,希望能给大家带来一些帮助。
新托福口语考试得分标准:1、详细具体(空洞的形容词和花哨的句子结构不能得分);2、词汇量和语法现象要多;3、规定时间内尽可能说快一点,多说一点,信息量大一点。
我深深知道,中国学生缺乏大量的语言环境,在仅有15至30秒的准备时间内要完美地做到以上几点是基本不可能的。那么,是不是要因为一个小小的口语考试就放弃我们在加州的阳光下散步的权利呢?当然不会!既然我们不能依赖于现场发挥,那么就通过平时准备,来大大减低现场难度要求。其核心就是——转化原则,在充分领会转化原则的基础上,创建自己的模板,以精练的短句,清楚的表达为主。
新托福考试口语题破解(一)
新托福口语考试六大题型中的靠前种是问你一个你所熟悉的人、地方、东西或者事件,你需要在回答中加入具体的例子和细节。例如:
choose a place you like and explain why you like this place.
请看看袁老师是怎么回答的:
Well, the place I enjoy the most is a small town located in France. I like this small town because it has very charming ocean view. I mean the sky there is so blue and the beach is always full of sunshine. You know how romantic it can ever be, just relax yourself on the beach, when the sun is setting down, when the ocean breeze is blowing and the seabirds are singing.
Of course I like this small French town also because there are many great French restaurants. They offer the best seafood in the world like lobsters and tuna fishes. The most important, I have been benefited a lot from this trip to France because I made friends with some gorgeous French girls. One of them even gave me a little watch as a souvenir of our friendship.
看出奥妙来了吗?
1、这个回答里用的全部是口语化的短句子;
2、按照正常的语速念完正好是45秒;
3、出现了多处非常具体的细节描写(得分点);
4、有景色描写(beach)、有人物(French girls)、有事件(make friends),有具体事物(a watch)。为何如此设计,等一下就会讲到。