新托福TPO口语参考答案——TPO28.doc

1. Students have to complete various types of academic assignments in school.Choose one of the assignments below and explain why you think it is beneficial for students.Research paperClass presentationGroup projectI think the first one, writing research paper, is the most beneficial for students. If you are going to write a research paper, the first step is to go to the library to find useful materials. Or you may go to the Internet. So you practice you search skills from doing this. After finding all the relevant materials, you need to do a lot of reading and need to group them in a formal way. So you learn how to read and write a formal paper. This may help you develop good habits of doing research and put you in a favorable condition when applying for colleges.2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?To protect the health of young children, advertisements for candy and junk food should not be shown on television.Use specific reasons and details in your response.I dont agree with the statement because advertisements for candy and junk food arent just aimed for children. They are for the general public. Sometimes candy and junk food can serve useful purposes. Candy can help you after you drink bitter medicine. Junk food is fast and convenient. More importantly, canceling the advertisements wont do much to protect the health of young children. Young children can know the existence of candy and junk food in many ways. They can know it from their parents, friends and their parents friends. So protecting young children is not a good excuse to cancel the advertisements.3. The woman expresses her opinion of the students proposal. Briefly summarize the proposal. Then state her opinion about the proposal and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.A student proposes to open the music building later so that students can practice there late at night. Also, this will make it easier to accommodate the large number of students who need to reserve the room. In the conversation, the woman thinks this is a great idea. She says that now she has to practice in the dorms. But this is disturbing to other students, because practice with musical instrument will create lots of noise when other students are either sleeping or studying. She also says that always before big concerts, everyone in the orchestra needs room to practice. Its super hard to book a room. The man also met similar problem. So if the musical building can open later, this will definitely help ease the problem.4. Explain how the example of the television advertisement for pots and pans from the lecture illustrates the technique of refute-and-persuade.Refute-and-persuade is an advertising technique that companies first admit the problems of their products and then refute the problems. The professor uses an example to illustrate the technique. In the example, a professional cook is talking about pots and pans of a company. The cook begins by stating that the pots and pans are indeed very expensive and other companies pots and pans cost less. But then the cook starts to explain why it is still worthwhile to buy the pots and pans. She says that the company can provide a life-warranty. If there is anything wrong with the pots and pans, the company will replace them for free. So this helps save customers money in the long run.5. Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which of the two solutions from the conversation you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation.The man is having a problem that originally he was to interview the director of a play. But the director is having a bad cold. There are a couple of solutions. The first solution is to wait until the director feels better. But then his article wont come out before the play. The second solution is to interview the lead actor. But the man worries that the lead actor wont have as much to say as the director. If I were the man, I would choose to the second solution. In this way, at least his article will appear before the play. Even if the lead actor doesnt know all the stuff the play, itll still be interesting to get a different perspective. Also, the man still can interview the director and put the article on the next weeks newspaper.6. Using points and examples from the lecture, describe two ways lakes can disappear.The professor talks about two ways lakes disappear. The first way is by natural processes. Plants are growing in the lake. When they die, they become muddy substance and fall into the bottom of the lake. Then new plants grow and die and the muddy substance will accumulate. Gradually, the lake will be filled with muddy substance and there is no room for water. The second way is by human a