很多同學(xué)認(rèn)為托福口語沒回答錯誤、沒跑題就能拿高分,其實不然,托??谡Z評分還要考察考生回答內(nèi)容是否恰當(dāng)。以下是整理的托??谡Z的常見話題,歡迎閱讀!

1.托??谡Z的常見話題分析
比如托??谡Z練習(xí)談?wù)撨@個話題:Describe a job that you would like to do in the future 的時候,一個學(xué)生說:I think good job is no job but have much money。我們暫且不去評論這個學(xué)生的語法問題,但從學(xué)生想要表達(dá)的內(nèi)容上來看,一個好的工作就是不做事就有錢拿,這樣的觀點,可能很難得到考官的贊同吧。真正的好的內(nèi)容應(yīng)該是積極向上的,有自己獨到見解的。所以這樣的回答所能得到的托??谡Z評分就可想而知了。
托??谡Z首先要有足夠的ideas。
我們就以工作這個話題為例,什么樣的工作才算是好工作哪?有人喜歡工作well-paid,secure,有人則更看重 challenging,exciting,認(rèn)為那樣的工作才worthwhile, rewarding。有沒有free time,公司是否提供較好的pension benefit,medical benefit,working condition,和colleague是否相處融洽也都是很多人在擇業(yè)前考慮的因素??梢粋€工作也總有不讓人滿意的地方,如果工作太 demanding,職員會感到它stressful。又或者這個工作boring,dangerous,要不就是工人們必須在difficult environment中工作,都會造成負(fù)面的情緒。
比如,我們在談?wù)摴ぷ鞯臅r候可以說:Money is good, but I want a job which is also rewarding in other ways. It shouldn’t be boring like some other jobs, and there should be always something unexpected. Thus I’ll feel I am doing something worthwhile。
此外,在某些話題的論述上容易犯“幼稚病”的一個很重要的原因就是對這個話題的不了解。
就工作這個話題而論,由于很多考生是尚未走出校園的學(xué)生,對工作不甚了解,就是由于這種不了解,所以無法很好的回答考官的問題,而偏偏對于學(xué)生后期的發(fā)展打算又是托??谡Z練習(xí)題中的一個組成部分,所以,做好一些背景知識的補充,先去了解一些相關(guān)的知識,就顯的尤為的重要了。
比如,我們應(yīng)該去了解一些常見的崗位,和不同崗位的職責(zé)。如對各種崗位職責(zé)的描述:
I have to supervise and know about what’s going on in all the different parts of the company. I have to represent the company in all important decisions. (Chief Executive Officer)
I am a qualified accountant and a member of the management team. I monitor my company’s financial performance, as well as supervising the budg for various projects and controlling their costs. (Finance Manager)
My job is around the development and training of the managers in the store where I work, and making sure they do their jobs well. Also, I’m responsible for the recruitment of new staff. (Human Resources Manager)
I give advice about all sorts of different things connected with food, such as advice on how to market it, developing new recipes; I also write articles about it. (Marketing Consultant)
此外,在論述的時候,建議考生也可以結(jié)合一些時代的特色。
比如在談?wù)摴ぷ鲿r,我們可以談?wù)摤F(xiàn)代工作的工作節(jié)奏很快,員工們不得不為heavy workload拼命,很容易feel tired, feel fatigued,feel frustrated,feel depressed,每天都必須do paperwork,meet tight deadlines,很少有時間take a holiday。這些問題都越來越被重視,特別是當(dāng)人們意識到繁重的工作量還能導(dǎo)致很多的symptom,stress-related illness,比如high blood pressure,ulcer, fatigue,對于其心情的影響是毋庸置疑的,bad mood,low spirit會使整個公司面臨low morale的困擾??上驳氖牵芏喙径荚谥纸鉀Q這個問題,比如提供sports facility, create appealing working environment。而員工自己也要學(xué)會arrange time,來increase efficiency,而且經(jīng)常做些運動來relax,這樣可以使自己feel refreshed,keep fit在工作中have good performance。
在論述的時候,我們可以跳出自己個人而泛泛談?wù)撘环N社會現(xiàn)象,這樣就可以使我們的回答的立意更高遠(yuǎn),也就很容易擺脫“幼稚病”了,比如在談?wù)摴ぷ鲿r,我們還可以如是回答:Nowadays the pace of work has increased beyond people’s expectations. They are usually overwhelmed with the heavy workload and feel tired. Overwork will result in stress-related illness, such as high blood pressure and ulcer. Employees will give very poor performance in their work。
2.托??谡Z拿高分的范例
托福口語的評分是有真人考官來完成的,因此存在一定的主觀性,而官方指南上給出的評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)也的確讓不少同學(xué)不清楚應(yīng)該如何去達(dá)成要求。
People often feel home sick when they are away from home. What do you often do to deal with home sickness?
考生回答解析:
There are lots of activities you can do to help you deal with homesickness.
句話概述該話題,直接回答題目。
personally, I think making new friend whenever I am away from home is a very effective way to ease my homesickness.
提出一個可以在想家的時候進行的活動即為交朋友
By interacting with new friends, I feel like it is a very easy for me to fit in the local culture, also, I can enrich my own experience and broaden my horizon by exchanging different ideas with new friends,get over homesickness.
以上內(nèi)容是對交朋友這個活動的展開。
On top of that, I would say chatting with my family online is also very helpful, not only can you hear their voice, you can also see their face.
又提出來另外一個活動即為跟家人視 頻 聊天,這里出現(xiàn)了細(xì)節(jié)如face和voice;這兩個細(xì)節(jié)可以很生動的說明聊天可以緩解思念家鄉(xiāng)的心情。
Basically, it’s like you are talking to them face to face. You can update them what’s going on with your own life, like the people you meet, the places you have been, so on and so forth.
3.托??谡Z的范文
Some people like to collect old things such as newspapers. Others throw things away after they have used them. Which do you prefer and why?
考生回答解析:
I am the kind of person who likes to keep old things especially like newspapers, book I read in the past and . even the football I used to kick around.
句話直接回答題目,開門見山,清晰明了。
These things help me to document important milestones and memories. Particularly about the newspapers, newspapers record lots of major event in sports, politics and even the entertainment.
用兩句話引入關(guān)鍵即為newspaper,并出現(xiàn)了細(xì)節(jié)如sports, politics, 和entertainment;
I am a big basketball fan, and I follow the NBA very closely, I clip out the stories covering NBA finals every year and I collect them. I keep these precious documents not only for myself but also for the next generation to come.
以上是對為何我喜歡保存報紙的詳細(xì)闡述。
For these reasons and more, I find it very interesting to hold on to things from the past.
后一句話總結(jié)。
4.托??谡Z備考常識
托??谡Z評分主要看4點,第一,地道的口音。第二,標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的發(fā)音。第三,流暢的表達(dá)。第四,結(jié)構(gòu)清晰,例子很好的支持自己的觀點,同時沒有語法錯誤。
那么,我們能改善的,就是我們的發(fā)音和流暢的表達(dá)。
托??谡Z發(fā)音怎么改?很簡單,就是跟讀。跟讀,也就是跟著原始的錄音,人家說一句,自己跟著讀一句,而且有時候要讀很多句,力求的就是要無限接近錄音本身的發(fā)音,通過這種方法來校正自己的發(fā)音。其實這個方法就好像是,小孩總喜歡去模仿一些結(jié)巴,但是經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的情況就是模仿了幾次結(jié)巴之后,就會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己真的開始結(jié)巴了。這其實就是跟讀的作用的典型體現(xiàn)。
如果你說話的時候有大量的停頓,分?jǐn)?shù)也不會盡如人意。之所以會在說話的時候出現(xiàn)停頓,就是因為平時很少說英語,因此一旦開始說英語,就需要瘋狂的用大腦思考自己接下來該說什么,當(dāng)一旦開始思考的時候,嘴自然也就停下來了,這也就是為什么我們一聽自己的口語錄音就發(fā)現(xiàn),自己在水平測試的時候有大量的停頓,因此,我們做水平測試的目的就是要加強自己在托??谡Z考試中組織語言的能力,讓自己盡量可以在說前一句話的時候,就已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好了下面說什么,這樣,自己的回答自然就流暢了。
5.新托??谡Z考試范圍
新托福口語考試題目屬于中高程度的英語水平。
可能出現(xiàn)的話題討論有哪些類型?
四種類型:(1)學(xué)術(shù)話題。即課堂授課和課本上的話題。(2)學(xué)習(xí)活動的組織。包括學(xué)習(xí)方法的討論和學(xué)習(xí)過程及學(xué)習(xí)工具的磋商。(3)學(xué)術(shù)生活領(lǐng)域的一些規(guī)則。包括課程要求和學(xué)術(shù)方面的決策。(4)校園里的日?;顒?。包括服務(wù)類(書店和醫(yī)療服務(wù))和與朋友的談天。
在針對新托??谡Z考試speaking部分的設(shè)計框架中明確指出,學(xué)術(shù)環(huán)境涉及到的地點具體有以下幾個:
(1)教學(xué)類地點:報告廳,教室/討論組,實驗室
(2)學(xué)習(xí)類地點:圖書館,教授辦公室,自習(xí)室
(3)服務(wù)類地點:學(xué)生問詢信息和索取資料的地方