2015年5月24日托福考试解析(三)

 　　为大家带来口语考试部分的真题回顾与解析，祝各位考生学习愉快!

　　Task1

　　What kind of volunteer work would you like to do?

　　Sample response:

　　As far as I am concerned, the work of assisting¹ traffic policemen to maintain² the traffic order in our city once a week is the kind of volunteer work I would like to do . The reasons are as follows. Firstly , it is a meaningful work. There are more and more cars on the roads, traffic accidents happen frequently due to many people’s behaviors of breaking traffic rules. So the more people do in directing the traffic, the fewer accidents that’ll occur. Besides, I can also know better about the traffic rules by being a volunteer that I’ll be much safer while walking and driving.

　　Task2

　　Some people prefer to work in an office setting³, others prefer to work at home, which one do you prefer?

　　Sample response:

　　I prefer to work in an office setting. There are several reasons . Firstly, working in an office setting has more opportunities to learn. For instance⁴, I can always learn a lot from my boss and my colleagues who have creative ideas and wonderful working skills. Especially when we work together to solve some big problems. I can improve myself much more quickly. Second of all, working in an office setting makes me feel I’m really working, which means I have a more serious attitude towards my job and gives me a great sense of value. Yet working at home can never bring me such kind of feeling.

　　Task 3

　　阅读：学校将停止poetry writing这门课，因为：1)人太少了;2)学生们可以到state university 学类似的课。

　　听力：男生反对，因为：1)人数少是一件对学生有利的事情，这样一来会得到更多的关注;2)state university特别远，而且多数学生没有车，不方便。

　　The student’s letter suggests that the school should allow students to drink beverages⁵ in the library.

　　Task 4

　　阅读: reseachers are certain stimuli⁶ that can lead animals to do a corresponding⁷ behavior.

　　听力：举例1：蟾蜍喜欢吃虫子，所以它们见到长得像虫子的东西都会去吃。如果人们拿一支铅笔在蟾蜍附近动的话，它们就会把铅笔当作虫子并进行攻击。

　　举例2：goose会保护自己的蛋，所以如果人们把任何球体的东西扔到它们身边，它们就会将这个物体弄回自己的巢穴。

　　Task5

　　女生想选一门老师的经济学课，可是她还有其他四门课。S1：选择旁听这堂课。S2：下学期再选。

　　Task6

　　两种majority influence, 第一种是information influence,比如一帮朋友开车去某家餐厅但忘记路线了，朋友们都说直走，虽然你一开始想左转或右转，但最后还是放弃了。第二种是 normative influence,比如和一帮人去看电影你很想和他们成为朋友，他们说这部电影很好，而你认为很糟糕，但是你还是会放弃自己之前的想法。

1 assisting   

v.帮助，促进( assist的现在分词 )；为…的助手；为…当帮手；辅助

参考例句：

• These policies defeat the objective of assisting domestic farmers. 这些目标使帮助国内农民的政策归于失败。 来自辞典例句
• Sue was assisting Jude very materially now. 淑现在真正帮起裘德来了。 来自辞典例句

2 maintain   

vt.支撑；赡养，抚养；维持，保有

参考例句：

• He has to maintain a large family on a small salary.他不得不依靠很少的工资养活一家人。
• We must do our best to maintain sales at their usual rate.我们要尽力使销售额保持在平日的水平上。

3 setting   

n.背景

参考例句：

• The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
• Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。

4 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

5 beverages   

n.饮料( beverage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 控制酒类销售的法规
• regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 含酒精饮料的销售管理条例

6 stimuli   

n.刺激（物）

参考例句：

• It is necessary to curtail or alter normally coexisting stimuli.必需消除或改变正常时并存的刺激。
• My sweat glands also respond to emotional stimuli.我的汗腺对情绪刺激也能产生反应。

7 corresponding   

adj.符合的，一致的，相同的，相应的，相当的

参考例句：

• We shall take the corresponding measures.我们将采取相应措施。
• Finally,some corresponding advices are put forword based on the above experiments.最后提出了几个相应的建议。