2013年1月27日托福口语真题解析.doc

2013年1月27日托福口语真题解析Task 1Some schools require students to finish a reading list during school breaks. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of this requirement.A: I think its a great idea for students to finish a reading list during school breaks. If students dont have such reading list to go through, they might waste their time on meaningless activities like playing computer games or watching TV shows. However, there are certain disadvantages to this policy too. Many students like to travel, work or do volunteer works during school breaks. For those students, they wont be able to do above activities if they have to sit in their room reading all day while they can learn and accomplish so much doing the things they are truly passionate for.Task 2Some people prefer doing outdoor activities during summer; others prefer to do outdoor activities during winter. Which do you prefer?A: I prefer to do outdoor activities during summer. First of all, you have so much more choices during summer. You can jog in the forest, swim in a lake or even hike in the mountains. There are so much you can do in the summer to enjoy nature. But our choices of winter activities are pretty much limited to skiing and snowboarding. And also people dont get injured doing outdoor activities during summer because the weathers nice. We dont have to do too much warm-up exercise to get ready. But our body can get pretty stiff during winter due to the low temperature.Task 3阅读：一个学生建议在宿舍放冰箱，让学生更方便，可以放snack/cold beverages等等,小冰箱的话不会占太多的地方。听力：woman不喜欢这个提议。一是因为dormitory里已经有shared refrigerator，而且经常很空，可以随时过去放自己的东西，二是因为学校的dorm实在太小了，书都放不下，即便冰箱很小，学生也不会愿意再多一个item的。况且有的学生根本不需要冰箱。解析：Key Points:ReadingA student suggests that they should have refrigerators in their dormitories, because firstly it would be convenient for them to store snacks or cold beverages and secondly, the small fridge wouldnt cover so much area.ListeningThe woman dislikes this proposal, and she has two reasons for that. The first reason is that there is already a shared refrigerator which is often empty that students would be able to store things if they like. The second reason goes like this. Their dorm is so small that even storing books would cause too much space problems. Students wouldnt prefer having another item like the refrigerator even it is small, let alone for those who dont need it at all.Task 4讲的是respending effect，就是人们倾向于选择 energy-efficient appliance，可是由于选了energy-efficient的东西，节省了钱，就有更多的钱买其他的了，最后是消耗了更多的energy。教授用一个家庭的例子说明，有个家庭有个old refrigerator，耗电量大，每个月electricity bill都非常高，因此这个家庭换了一个新的，用电量明显下降，电费也少了，可是它又有钱买别的设备了，比如air-conditioner，到最后，还是用了跟用旧冰箱同样多的电。最后结论很重要：the overall cost升高了。解析：Key Points:ReadingRe-spending effect，people tend to choose energy-efficient appliance. However, once they choose to do so, they will spend more and consume more energy in other areas even though the energy-efficient appliance saves their money for the time being.ListeningThe professor gives an example of a specific family, which has an old refrigerator that consumes a lot of energy, leaving an expensive electricity bill every month. Therefore, the family changes a new one that consumes much less energy and charges less electricity bill. However, the family spends the rest of the money on other appliances like the air-conditioner, equal to the energy consumption with last month. As a result, the overall cost increases.注意：答题时态以讲座时教授说话时态为准。Task 5一个女生要做advanced reading before the end of the semester,但有一个section的translation找不到，有两个选择1，上网找2，买used from students who take this course last year。解析：Key PointsProblemThe girl has to finish the advanced reading before the end of the semester but she cannot find the translation of a specific section.Solutions1. Surf the Internet2. Buy used books/notebooks from students who took this course last year.注：关注听力材料中关于这两个解决方案的优缺点分析，有助于作答。Task 6讲的是鸟用循环系统适应迁徙的两个方式。一个是呼吸。它迁徙过程中飞的海拔都比较高，还有一些高山，这种环境的氧气含量少，他们自己身体中的一个器官可以吸收氧气，再飞行过程中最大效率的消耗掉这些氧气。另外一种方式就是运用肌肉的什么(这个我没怎么听清，一个