托福口语Task4例题

Task4的题目流程和Task3是一样的,是Read/Listen/Speak三者结合,属于integrated speaking题型的。

托福口语task4例题

Question:

Using the example from the lecture, explain the concept of optimal foraging.

1、题目关键词：

using the example, explain, the concept of optimal foraging

2、答题要领

【1】Briefly state the concept of optimal foraging.

【2】Use the example in the lecture to illustrate the concept.

3、阅读材料要点：

【1】Animals lose energy in the process of obtaining food.

【2】To save energy, animals will minimize the energy they expend in the foraging process and maximize the nutritional benefits.

【3】The act is known as optimal foraging.

4、听力材料要点：

【1】There’s a bird that feeds on a type of shellfish that has a hard outer shell.

【2】When the bird preys, it carefully selects only the biggest shellfish.

【3】To crack the shellfish and then eat the meat, the bird carries the shellfish to a certain height,no more, no less, and then drop it.

【4】In this way, the bird expends only the right amount of energy that it needs to obtain the food.

5、模板：

【1】 In this set of materials, the reading passage introduces the concept of optimal foraging and the listening material is a lecture by a professor on an example about the topic.

【2】 The reading passage introduces a concept of optimal foraging

【3】 In the lecture, the speaker illustrates an example of a bird to explain the concept of optimal foraging further

TPO托福口语Task4范文：

Optimal foraging is an energy-efficient approach for animals to obtain food. For example, there’s a type of bird that eats shellfish. The bird needs to grab the shellfish in the shallow water, carry the shellfish into the air and thendrop it on the rock below. The bird will only select the biggest shellfish to make sure it gets the most amount of energy for its efforts. Also, the bird only carries the shellfish to a specific height. If the height is lower, it willprobably need to drop the shellfish many times before the shell cracks open. If the height is higher than necessary, it would waste the bird’s energy. So this bird just spends the necessary amount of energy to obtain food.

托福口语task4答题技巧

托福口语task4是口语考试中的难点，掌握托福口语task4答题技巧对我们提高分数是很有帮助的。

一、理清关系，抓住结构，提炼内容

无论是文章还是录音，一般来说可以通过句子间的逻辑关系【重复，并列，递进及转折;补充说明，因果，罗列、对比以及举例】来抓住段落的结构，在提炼具体信息之后进而获取段落的内容要点。在文章中，考生要抓住定义及补充说明;在录音中，考生需要把握概述或总结和举例【3Ws】—【what, how, why】的内容。补充说明，就是指的是一些较为具体的信息。概述在录音中出现在段首，总结出现在例子结束的地方。下面我们就来了解一下第四题的高分答题框架和答题技巧。

首先，在第四题的reading部分呢，我们最重要也是唯一的主旨就是要找到题目中给出的学术话题的definition，Official Guide里面是这样描述阅读的意义的：Reading passage broadly defines a term, process, or idea from an academic subject。

那么这个定义我们要怎么找呢，由于托福考试当中只有45S的阅读时间，我们只需要用信号词寻觅的方法找到拥有定义的那句话并且吵在草稿纸上就可以了。

经常出现的信号词包括：

……【Definition】is known as ……

……【Definition】 is called ……

……【Definition】 is often referred to as ……

…… is a form of 【Definition】……

…… is a term used to describe 【Definition】……

……occurs when 【Definition】……

One way……【Definition】 is by ……

找到了Definition，接下来就要进入听力的部分了，

第四题其实也是对未来的留学生活当中最有帮助的一道题目，Official Guide里面对听力的描述是An excerpt from a lecture provides examples and specific information to illustrate the term, process, or idea from the reading passage。

也就是说听力部分是讲课当中的一处节选，提供了阅读部分中对于学术话题定义的举例说明。因此在听力当中，考生只需要听到教授举出的一个或两个例子并且与阅读当中的定义做一个连结就可以了。听力当中的例子基本上都是与我们的生活息息相关，因此用词文法较为简单，考生不必担心听不懂的情况。在听懂例子的前提下需要按顺序记下事件发展的关键词。

二、如何用英语描述要点

回答问题时，要将文章和录音中的内容进行有机结合和删节。以这道题目为例：

Using the professor’s examples, explain the advertising technique of target marketing.

由于例子强调的是针对不同的群体做的广告，没有强调其有效性，故去掉文章中关于 “effective”的内容。根据以上的要点，此答案的思路可以是这样：

讲座中，教授，手机广告例子，阐述，目标营销，广告宣传策略，特定观众，对产品有最大需求/不同广告，吸引不同人群/在流行音乐节目间，播放手机广告，强调好玩，颜色鲜艳，与朋友一起很开心，销售年轻人这种手机/不同广告，在商务节目间，强调高效，商务人员，轻松处理商务，节约钱。

Sample Answer:

In the lecture, the professor uses commercials of a mobile phone to illustrate the advertising strategy of target marketing aiming at specific audiences who have the greatest demand for the product. The mobile phone company produces different commercials to appeal to different groups of people. During the shows with pop music, the commercial shows the phone’s bright colors and young people’s enjoyment in using it to emphasize that it’s fun to use this mobile phone for the purpose of selling it to them. But during the programs about business, the commercial conveys the idea to businessmen that their phone is so efficient that they can deal with business easily and even can save money.

新托福口语task4解析:不同性别长相分工不一样

托福口语考试日期：

2018年1月28日

新托福口语题目回忆版本一：

不同性别长相分工不一样，举例天堂鸟bird of paradise。 雄鸟的羽毛明亮鲜艳，吸引配偶;雌鸟的颜色单调，负责哺育幼鸟，并且颜色单调不会被捕食者注意，有利于安全。

托福口语范文一：

Dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different appearances. The professor uses the example of the bird of paradise to illustrate what is dimorphism.

The male and female birds of paradise appear differently in their colors and sizes. The male birds have bright and beautiful feathers to attract female birds so that they can produce offspring. The female birds on the other hand, areless colorful. Their main responsibility is to take care of the young, not attracting the opposite sex. Additionally, the dull color is safer for the female birds to avoid being found by the predators.