托福口语真题分析 | 9月11日独立口语Question1 & Question 2

9月11日托福口语真题解析

Question1 

Describe a common mistake that experienced teachers often make.

         看到这道题目，同学们也会感叹，终于轮到我们翻身把歌唱了。因为，以前总是考类似Describe a mistake that you once made这样的题目，同学们的回答可能都变成了自己的忏悔书、认错信的风格。没错，这次的考题终于可以“数落”老师一番。

        但是题目中有两个比较重要的限定，请大家一定要清楚审题：

1）common, often两词限定了同学不能只谈论偶尔发生的一次过错，若整段回答中只回答了a mistake once my teacher made，那就会造成在topic development这块评分的损失，有偏题之嫌。

2）experienced teacher限定了犯错的人必须是有经验的老师，所以若学生回答的是新老师常犯的错误，也会造成偏离题意。

        老教师常会犯怎么样的错误呢？大家快速在脑子里能蹦出哪些词组？我想到的比如：judge a student based on past experience, unwilling to admit mistakes they made, presume that students lack self-discipline, stop answering questions patiently, etc. 当然，考试的时候能够快速寻找到能够举出相关具体事例的一个错误即可。

        I would say that experienced teachers often misjudge students based on their previous improper behaviors, which may cause unfairness. To be more specific, experienced teachers seldom buy students’ excuses for the delay in assignments or being late for school, since the majority of students in the past failed to do so because they lacked self-discipline and motivation. However, as a matter of fact, accidents do happen sometimes, and not all the reasons student provide are excuses, as occasionally the dog does eat the paper and the bus does break down on the half way.

        However, in most of these cases, experienced teachers often tend not to trust their students and students don’t have opportunity to make further explanations.

 

Question 2

Which do you prefer when you were a child, playing indoors or outdoors?

        Question 2常见的二选一相信同学们一定不陌生了。这道题需要注意的首先是时态问题，题设中限定了when you were a child，因此同学们在回答问题的时候应该在全篇涉及到童年的叙述部分使用过去时相关的时态。

        I prefer to play outdoors when I was a kid who once wanted to explore the outside world. Firstly, the open field made me feel more energetic and refreshed. For example, when I was a child, I liked more oxygen, more sunshine and open field cuz the nature told me more than I can learn from books. Secondly, playing outside means I could meet more children at my age, having the same interest in games and tricks. When I was a kid, I used to spend the whole day long with my friends running in the close neighborhoods, making new friends and visiting old ones. I believe nothing can be more fascinating than being outside from home for kids at that age.