大家好,我是SK2 TOEFL 的David ~
1/28的托福独立写作考题很有趣。
这次,我将尝试把独立写作题目当成口说一二题来回答,
如果你一两个月内也要考试,建议你也可以做这样的练习,
毕竟在几年前,独立写作的题目就开始跑到口说一二题里面来,
使得快速、精准的审题,变得更重要,
独立写作有30分钟可以写,口说一二题只有15秒能准备,来回时间差了有一千多倍。
The government has enough money to fund either of the following to improve
younger children’s education. Which do you think is the most effective?
1. hire more teachers so that each class has fewer students
2. let 3-year-old or 4-year-old children attend pre-school in advance
3. provide additional training of teaching young children
以下,我们把他当成口说一二题,来练习:
15秒审题思路:
虽然开头出现了The government,但不应该从Government 的角度去思考,
因为题目关键的问题是”Which is the most effective“
(to improve younger children’s education),
也就是说,这题的目的、需要优先去定义的,
是”improve younger children’s education”,因为“目的”必须优先处理,
Government 基本可以无视,换成people/business 也不会有任何影响。
在审题的15秒内,我会快速思考,younger children’s education “最重要的”,
也因此最应该提升的是什么,借此来选择一个答案,
我想到的是,younger children’s education needs to be interesting,
这也就是我的理由(从根本定义出发,得到的就是理由,可以让你选择答案)
哪一个选项可以让教育变得更有趣呢?
我直觉感觉是3. provide additional training of teaching young children
这时,我也快速思考哪些字可以发展:additional training, interesting,
这些字就是我稍后例子可以发展的。
于是,开始之前,我已经想好了答案、理由、例子要发展的关键字:
ans: “provide additional training of teaching young children”
is the most effective
reason: younger children’s education needs to be interesting-
additional training can make classes more interesting
example: additional training/interesting
接着,就可以开始作答了,我第一次的回答长这样:
音档:https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ySoUf3JXOJg8pd8fg_OBS8YD2-YklCzU
I think, providing additional training of teaching young children,
is the most effective way to improve younger children’s
education.
This is because, younger children’s education needs to be more
interesting, and I believe, providing additional training, is the
most effective way to make classes for kids more interesting.
For example, if the government uses the money, to hire
professional people to deal with children, and buy a lot of cool
games, such as coding games and puzzles, the kids would be
motivated, and encouraged to come to school everyday. They will
also want to learn more. The classes will be filled with laughter,
and kids would have passion in learning. Therefore, younger
children’s education will have been successful, because kids can
find joy in learning.
当然,在实战时容易紧张,回答的内容可能不会有很缜密的逻辑,
例子发展也可能无法很细,或是时间掌握不好——
这一切都很正常,重要的是“保持你声音的自信”。
放慢速度,稳稳回答,
即便内容有些许小问题,你的声音可以维持你的分数于不落,
毕竟准备时间短,内容不可能每次都完美,但有自信的声音可以告诉评分官:
“我对于我能使用英文沟通,是有自信的。”
口说想得到高分,掌握这些点就差不多了。
也提醒各位,有鉴于题目变长变难,
练习“在15秒内审完题、决定选哪个、决定理由”变得更重要,
务必习惯“题目用看的,不要用听的”,并且只看“最关键的问题”,
不用理细节描述,帮自己争取更多的时间思考!
~SK2 David