托福独立口语万能段子

托福独立口语万能段子

对于不同的口语话题，如何能够利用一个万能的段子，搞定一类话题呢?

人物题要分类讨论

我们首先给人物题分分类。

主要分为两种：普通人【ordinary people】和名人【celebraties】。

今天，先详细讲讲第一种——普通人。

普通人里面，ETS主要考察五种人，我们直接看一下往年的真题：

1 What characteristics do you think a good neighbor should have?【邻居】

2 What do you think makes someone a good parent?【家人】

3 Describe a special friend in your childhood.【朋友】

4 Talk about your favorite teacher.【老师】

5 What qualities do you think a good leader should have?【领导】

答题时只需围绕

一个品质展开

对于一个普通人来说，我们在进行回答的时候只需要围绕一个品质展开讨论，就可以套用到任何普通人的题目中去。

也就是说，准备段子时，普通人的准备原则就是2个形容词2个例子。

这些品质可以有：hard-working, intelligent, a sense of humor, brave, helpful, a sense of responsibility, knowledgeable等等。

比如，我们选取乐于助人【helpful】这个品质，那么老师、家长、上司、朋友、邻居这五类人都可以使用;

例子也可以通用，比如出差的时候照看孩子或者宠物这个例子就可以用于这五类人。

我们下面以刚刚提到的第四题作为例题来分析一下。

Talk about your favorite teacher. Using specific details and examples to explain why you like her.

☞首先第一步，我们需要决定我们的描述对象。

这里我们选择英语老师-I really like my English teacher in my high school.

☞第二步，我们需要简单的对这个人进行一下描述。

上面提到的描述的切入点很多，注意只要不跟我们的理由点重合便可。

比如，她教英语已经10年了-she's been teaching English in our high school for ten years.

* 小tip：我们对描述对象进行描述的时候，建议使用定语从句，用一个who来引出描述切入点。上面的描述就变成了：I really like my English teacher in my high school who has been teaching English for more than ten years.这样的回答比你单句的回答要“高大上”很多，能让考官看到你的英语水平。*

☞第三步，我们想一个理由点。

比如我们选择creativity.这个老师的课很有趣，她比较创新。

于是我们的分论点就变成:

I like her mainly because she's really creative and her class is really interesting.

☞第四步，我们开始举例子或者作比较。

可以讲一次有趣的上课经历，比如老师上课让我们分组做游戏，赢了的小组可以赢得奖品;

也可以列举一下这个老师的上课风格，然后提出另一个老师的上课跟他作对比。

这样，一个结构完整的回答就准备好了：

Well, personally speaking, I really like my math teacher Linda, mainly because her class is interesting and I could really learn a lot. She divided us into several groups and gave up a lot of time of discuss one specific topic which is cool. And we could do some game in the class like spelling bee and stuff. Most importantly, she assigned us presentation tasks rather than the rigid written assignments which are boring. As a result we can only be in learning math but also practice the communication skill. So she is my favorite teacher.

注：斜体部分是要留意的地方，回答的时候加进去这些内容【情感态度词、详细的列举、逻辑连词等】，能让文章听起来更自然、更有说服力，考官听了也不会觉得很单薄。

但是!

这样的回答，如果发音不错也只能拿到3分【fair】;如果发音差一点那就只2分【limited】左右了。

为什么?

问题就出在了我一直跟大家强调的ETS口语评分标准之一语言使用【language use】上面。

单词的选择没有问题，没有使用写作词汇，很自然。

但是，语法问题就比较多了。

首先，时态问题。整个文章的展开都是一般说明，不存在过去时态，所以划线部分的过去时态都应该改成一般现在时态。

其次，短语及各种搭配用法不当。如give up是放弃，这里只有“给”的意思，所以改成give;of discuss这里根据句意应该是to discuss;assignment应该是复数形式，和前面的tasks平行;not only...but also没有用对。

把这些问题都改正一下，其实就是一个满分的版本了：

Well, my favorite teacher is my English teacher in my high school, who has been teaching English for ten years. I like her mainly because her class is really interesting. I could really learn a lot in the class. I mean, she would spilt us up into several groups and give each group a specific topic to talk about; she also let us take part in in-class games where we could be rewarded, like getting a bar of chocolate or something if we win. We could remember all those English words and grammar while enjoying the games and stuff. Most teachers, however, will do all the talking in the class, which is boring and it seriously makes me feel sleepy.

加粗部分显示了整个文章的逻辑：简单又清晰。

下划线部分能够看出对人物的描述和对事情的细化。

下面我们再来看另一类常考人物——名人。

这次同样要给大家讲一讲：

1.应对此类题的方法

2.针对此类题Fiona常套用的万能段子。

我们先看一下往年的考试题目：

1 Describe your favorite movies star or singer.

2 Talk about two different singers.

3 Talk about a character in a movie or book you like.

4 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: the opinions of celebrities such as famous actors or athletes have positive impact on young people.

对于这样的题目，我们的破题方法和普通人的破题方法一样。

对于名人的回答一般理由点可以从两个方面展开：个人成就和个人品质。

☞ 个人成就：如果是歌手，我们可以谈论专辑数目、粉丝数量、是否原创等;如果是演员，我们可以讨论电影类型、表演特色、获得奖项等。

托福独立口语扩展段落方法

托福口语独立题考两道：

第一个题我们叫做描述题，要求考生描述其熟悉的一个人，一个地方，一个物体或者一件事情;

第二个题叫二选一题，要求考生从所给的两个选项里面选一个并给出支撑自己选择的理由。

两个独立题都明确表示要学生在段落里面给出足够的细节和例子来充实段子。

但大多数中国考生在回答这两个题的时候都会陷入一个问题，段落过于空泛，段子明显不充实，很多时候都是在重复一个观点一个解释，而没有让这个段落往前发展下去，导致得分偏低。

今天就跟大家说说如何用细节拓展独立口语内容。

比如我们来看一个例题：

Task 1

Talk about a popular gathering place in your town where people like to go. Describe theplace and explain why people enjoy going there. Include specific examples anddetails in your response. 要求描述一个人们爱聚集的一个地方并解释原因。

考生拿到这个题大多会选择一个shopping center，leisure center或者park这种比较适合各个年龄阶层的人去的地方作为topic,下面是某位考生的作答：

In my opinion, people in my town like to go to the central park for two reasons:

To begin with, they can do some exercise there. A lot of people will go to the park todo some sports to keep healthy. Sometimes the whole family will get together inthe park to do exercise.

In addition,people could enjoy the beautiful views in the park and they feel relaxed. Theycan get close to nature and release pressure from work or study.

So that’swhy people in my town will go to the park.

我们来分析这个段子，开门见山给出topic—park, 用两个理由支撑—do exercise and enjoy views，但整个答案欠缺的就是细节充实的问题。比如do exercise后面，考生可以直接列出具体细节：

People like to play Tai Chi or go jogging in the morning,and the whole family may get together to go for a walk after dinner or playbadminton in the park.

直接给出这种细节描述exercise让段子更生动，而不是一直重复people do exercise or do sports.

同样的，第二层关于enjoy beautiful views后面也可以增加一些具体的景物描写，trees, flowers, lake, bridge, fountain等。

下面给出一个对比的范例：

Well, agathering place in my town is the central park.

One reasonis that the park provides people a place to do some exercise. For example, oldpeople would play Tai Chi in the early morning, students may go jogging aroundthe park, and the whole family could go for a stroll after dinner. By doingsome sports, they can keep healthy and energetic.

Plus, peoplehave the chance to get close to nature and escape from the rest of the citylike the concrete buildings, loads of schoolwork and huge pressure from work. Imean, they could feel the fresh air blowing their face, the smell of theflowers in the park.

So that’swhy citizens like to go to the park.

这样整个口语回答会显得更充实，更容易拿到高分。既然充实段落很重要，下面我们来介绍几种常用方法补充细节。

拿自己，身边的人直接举例子

例题：Task 2

Do you agree or disagreewith the following statement?

Students benefit more from classes with a largenumber of students than they do from smaller classes. Use specific examples anddetails to support your opinion.

这个题，其实就是小班好还是大班好的问题。选择没有对错，只要能充分证明自己的选择即可。

学生的回答提纲是： smaller class is better

1】Get more personal attention from professor

2】Concentrate better

对于第一个reason，我们可以直接举一个身边的例子加以说明。

比如：takingmyself as an example, last summer, I took park in a painting training class andthere were only five students in the class, so I got more time to interact withthe teacher about my weakness in painting.

很多学生质疑说这样的例子有说服力吗。但事实上独立题本来就是侧重考生的familiar things，所以推荐用身边的小例子作为支撑。

举反例，正的不行就说反的

同样上面这个例题的第二个理由，是学生常常会用到的一个万能理由，但很多学生都不知道怎么把它加以扩展。

说：Students can concentrate better in smaller class becauseit’s more quiet.

后面的思路就枯竭了，这个时候就可以用举反例的细节扩展方法：however, inbigger classes, there are so many people that they may easily talk, laugh, jokearound or gossip, which makes noise in the class to distract others.

给出具体的数据

这一个方面一般在我们用到时间和钱这两个万能理由的时候会用到。

例：Describe the most efficient type of transportation in your country. Usedetails and examples to explain your response.

Topic: airplane

Reason 1: fast，save time

Reason 2: no traffic congestion

对于第一个reason, 我们可以直接给出数据和对比：

For example,it only takes me 2 hours to fly from one city to another, however, when Ichoose to take train, it may cost me more than 20 hours.充分说明taking airplane is more efficient.

例2：You prefer to watchmovie in the movie theater or at home.

Topic: at home

Reason 1: save money

Reason 2: have more options when choosing movies

对于第一个理由，我们可以用倍数形式来显示在家看电影多省钱：watching movies in the movie theater costs 2 timesmore than watching same movies at home.

例3：这座建筑很高。

The building is verytall.

扩展细节：

The building is as tallas 468 meters, ranking first in Asia and third in the world. There are 68spheres in the building and the three biggest ones are observatories, wheretourists can have a birds-eye view of the whole city. It has been the landmarkof the city since it was completed.

托福口语高分的3个技巧

首先，你要保持逻辑思维的敏锐。

大家都知道，由于中西方文化差异，中国人的思维模式与西方国家的人思维方式有很大程度上的不同。由于受中国文化的影响，中国人一般表达时都会比较含蓄的进行表达，但西方人正好和中国人的这种表达是相反的。西方人在口语表达时会事先在头脑中形成类似于写作一样的大致的逻辑框架，对开头【提出论点】，中间【发展论点】，结尾 【总结或辨析】进行规划。所以学生只要应用了逻辑的开头，以此来陈述立场，进而发展论点，就会让考官形成思想认同，觉得你这个人逻辑思维到位，从而取得高分。而很多中国考生过于“含蓄”，回答问题毫无计划性。以这种思维方式来与西方人进行沟通，不仅影响双方理解，仅考试时间【通常是45秒-1分钟】，就不允许。

托福口语高分，其次要注意语音和语法的正确。

中国考生在托福口语考试当中最大的毛病可能就是语音的问题了。大环境就是这个样子，这个只有考生自己在平时的备考过程当，尽量的避免这类情况的发生，否则将会非常大的影响你的托福口语成绩。很多中国考生理解为说得快就是英语流利的体现，结果发音含混不清，很多考官重点考察的发音不到位，而在词语运用上过于简单，信息含量低，影响考官打高分。因此，考生在陈述过程中要有丰富的抑扬顿挫。对于语句重音、语调方式及停顿等，要掌握得自然飘逸。并注意口语的修辞化，对一些修辞能恰到好处地进行引用。

托福口语高分，最后你要掌握好答题时间。

托福考试的时间是非常有限的，尤其是在托福口语考试的答题时间上，一般不会超过1分钟。其中独立口语考生需要在45秒钟内完成，而综合口语你也不会有超过1分钟的时间来进行复述。