2013年8月17日托福口语真题解析

2013年 8月 17日托福口语真题解析1. Which of the following qualities do you admire the most (or would be most interested in getting?) Art skills, language skills or sport skills? Use details and explanations in your response. 参考答案 I admire art skills the most out of the three choices. Photography is my favorite art form. First of all, taking photos is fun! Photography gives us a chance to see the world around us differently. It trains our eyes to spot things that are interesting out of the ordinary. Second, Every second that you live is a second more in the past. Every picture that is taken captures those split seconds and stores them timelessly. Pictures are a chart of memories and moments that can be revisited as they were when the image is viewed.2. Some people prefer to celebrate special occasions like birthdays with their friends, others prefer to be alone at such occasions. Which do you prefer? Use examples and details to support your response.参考答案 I prefer to celebrate my birthdays with my friends for the following reasons. First of all, having a party is a great way to celebrate special occasions, and you cant have a party by yourself. The more friends, the merrier! People can have a great time singing and dancing together. When therere people around, we can take tons of photos of each other. On the other hand, I think its pretty depressing to celebrate special occasions alone. Humans are social animals, which means its healthy to interact with each other and share our feelings.3.一学生给学校写信说图书馆一直都是 10pm关门，临考也是，觉得不合理，建议 24小时全开，便于学生彻夜查资料假期可以关门，还有可以收费什么的。听力一哥们觉得这一建议 rediculous，因为好像是 phycolgy课上说过熬夜不利于健康，而且假期有很多人要用图书馆作研究，收费什么不合理ReadingStudent suggestion: the school should keep the library open 24 hours during final exams instead of closing up at 10pmReason 1: students have more time for researchesReason 2: a small fee can be chargedListening:Man disagreesReason 1: the school shouldnt encourage students to work all night long, its not healthy nor productive, hes learned in class that pulling all nighters is not healthyReason 2: the extra charge isnt reasonable, lots of people use the library to do researches during school breaks.4.cause-false error两件事接连发生，人们往往把前一件事当做后一件发生的原因。教授举例，他有一台老轿车，发出噪音，一次借给朋友开，没开多少路 around the town,还回来后教授就觉得有噪音是那个朋友对车 do something ，其实不是是车太老了的缘故，他这么觉得只是因为朋友开车 just before the noise startTerm: cause-false errorDefinition: people tend to blame something on the most immediate causeExample: the professor loaned his car to a friend of his. Shortly after he got his car back, the car started to make noise. He blamed his friend for the noise. The fact is the car is old and beat up. He blamed his friend for the problem because his friend used the car right before the car started making noises.Sue有个艺术课绘画作业问题 要交脸部绘画 她找了室友 但是室友不在 下礼拜就要交了 解决一，找老师 explain 求延期，但是下礼拜有生物 study 解决二，找另外一个人当模特赶通宵，但是是家长参观周大家都在陪家长很少人有空Problem: the woman got her roommate to model for her painting assignment, but her roommate left right in the middle of itSolution 1: ask professor for an extensionPro: Con: shes got a biology assignment to do next weekSolution 2: ask someone else to model for her, work through the nightPro: Con: her friends are busy for parents week, not many people are available6.教授举例解释 absentee parenting，第一个例子是 deer什么父母把幼崽藏起来很少探望，可以不引起捕食者注意。第二个是兔子，有关食物，好像是什么东西 milk吧很有营养，每天一餐就可以了，不用一直在身边喂养Concept: absentee parentingTwo reasons: 1 protection 2 feedingExample 1: deer would leave cubs in tall bushes, so they c