来源:苏州环球雅思
小编:沈初 978这里先说说应对新托福口语几条总的原则。
1.iBT口语其实考察的是学生presentation的能力,并不仅限于正常的交谈。很多时候同学觉得Ibt 口语难度大其实就是无法在短时间内总结刚刚听到的信息并用自己的语言表达出来。这种能力需要分几步来锻炼:第一步:跟读;第二步:复述;第三部:总结。
2.平时所有的练习必须录音,然后回放听,会听出很多自己都没察觉的问题,在之后的练习中不断的完善。发音不是最重要的,但是发音必须准确,不能影响你想要表达的意思。
3.一定要严格卡时间,每道题目以考试规定的时间为准,时间一到马上停止。如果你觉得没说完,从头计算时间再说一遍,一直说到自己满意为止。
4.考试之前所有的机经必须过3遍以上。第一遍先不用顾忌,按照题目的顺序来一遍。理想的情况是一遍下来差不多知道自己对哪些题目比较难入手,哪些内容不够熟悉,哪种结构的内容不容易表达等等。第二遍就是分类准备了,比如一个上午就准备第三题,或者一个晚上全部都准备第1题。然后有针对性地总结一些例子、句型和词汇等等。第三遍就是按照考试的顺序和时间间隔准备,相当于模考了。
下面谈一下新托福口语考试六大题的解题思路:
第1题
新托福口语考试六大题型中的第一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 youlike this place.请看example:Well, theplace I enjoy the most is a small town located in San Francisco. I like thissmall town because it has very charming ocean view. The sky there is so blueand 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 oceanbreeze is blowing and the seabirds are singing. Of course I like this smalltown also because there are many great restaurants and cafes. They offer thebest fresh seafood in the world like lobsters, crabs and tuna fish. The mostimportant, I made friends with some gorgeous local people. One of them even invited me to his house and joined the Thanksgiving partyand we really enjoyed our time together.
看出来了吗?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、有事件(make friends),有具体事物(food)。
这样的描述被认为是清晰自然且流畅的。
第2题
Task2 Personal Choice中要求考生在规定的时间之内必须在某两种对立的观点,如relax indoors vs.relaxing outdoors或A college education is necessaryfor a successful career vs. Agree/ Disagree中做出倾向选择,并陈述理由。其问法常以Agree or Disagree或Prefer A to B两种问法出现考题中。
不难发现,Task2 和Task1 Personal Preference是有共同之处的,即表达观点之后考生需要捍卫自己的观点,只不过Task 2 中的观点是二选一罢了。我们可以完全采用在前一题型中的笔记模式来准备即:Topic Sentence&Supporting Ideas.策略。而这里的supporting idea 尤为关键,我们知道中国人在英文的表达上是强于说理,弱于举例,因此这也成了国内考生心中的一个“痛”,在Supporting detail中死活想不出例子,不少同学因担心自己“没准备过”或“无万能理由”而败之惨痛。一起来看一个真题:
Somepeople prefer having meals at Chinese restaurants, but some others preferAmerican-style fast food like KFC and McDonald’s. Which do you prefer andexplain why.
侧重其中一点然后给出合情合理的例子展开是应对TASK2 的关键。我们可以这样来回答这个Topic:
“I think Chinese food would bebetter. Firstly, they are nutritious which have a lot of body-buildingnutrition and vitamin we really need. Also, there is a large variety ofchoices, like, if you like spicy food, you can choose “Sichuan” cuisinerestaurant. By the way, my favorite Sichuan dish is “Mapo Tofu” While, if youhave American -style fast food, all you can eat is Hamburg and Zinger burger orstuff like that, I mean you don’t have too many choices. Besides it lacks ofmany body-building nutrition and vitamin we really need. So, that’s why I preferto have Chinese food.
第3题。
这题是先让你读一段文章,一般是学校的政策或者是一封信,然后听一段录音,里面肯定是一男一女,然后一个人会反对阅读材料里的政策并且给出两条理由。(也有可能是支持,但是极少见;理由也有可能是2个以上,但是也极少见。)这题其实并不难,只要听力基本过关,一般拿个平均的分数没什么问题。这里给出一个通用模版:
According to the conversation, the man/woman apparently opposes(supports) theidea in the reading passage. He/she gave 2 reasons for that. The first one isthat XXX. The other one is that XXX.
第4题。
这题涉及到了学术方面的东西,此题会先让你阅读一段文章,是一个术语或一个现象。然后给出一个解释。下面的模板可以套用。
模版:In the lecture, the professor is explaining theconcept in the reading passage (which is called xxx. It means that xxx).
注意,括号里的东西可加可不加,根据当时情况而定,如果你觉得阅读部分比较容易总结,那就多说一句;如果阅读部分比较冗长,信息比较分散,那就不用总结了。关键是不要花太多时间去总结阅读里的东西,这样既没什么实际作用,又浪费了宝贵的时间。
第5题。
这题层次非常分明。先是一个人有麻烦了,然后给出2个解决办法,然后你自己选一个,再解释一下为什么。这题关键是要把problem说清楚,给出模版如下:
According to the conversation, the man is having a problem. He isdoing/planning to do/has done XXX. However xxx. (注意这里一个转折一定要体现出来) There are 2 solutions for that. (避免使用人称代词以免说错) The first one is that xxx. The second is that xxx. I think heshould xxx. Because xxx.
第6题。
就是第4题的翻版。唯一的区别是把阅读部分放到了听力里面,要求稍微高了点。应对这类题的策略是必须听出professor在说什么,接下来基本就是按照第4题的解题方法来答题。