【综合点评】
经过19年9月份的新一轮话题,11月份的题库已经趋于稳定,最近几场考的题,基本上都会在我们要考的题库里边,要考试的小伙伴们可以参照我们给到的题库,逐一准备,做到有备无患。当然老师也会给大家抽出一些超高频的考题,时间不够的情况下,大家可以优先准备这些题,以期在最短的时间有一个最高的准备效率。
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【PART ONE原题重现】
必考题
Name
Hometown
Home and accommodation
Work/study
高频话题
人物地点类
relatives
friends
countryside
outdoor
market
accommodation
物品+抽象类
language(新)
voices(新)
patience (新)
jeans(新)
haircut(新)
concentration(新)
math
social network
tea &coffee 生活+自然类
sleep
sharing
garbage
perfume
transport
travel
smile
borrow &lend
animal
weather
plan
媒体文艺
music
movie
reading
photos
【PART TWO题库回顾】
人物类
1. A children that made u smile
2. A person who speaks a foreign language
3. A singer or band
4. Someone who helped u to achieve your goal
5. A foreign celebrity
6. Someone who helps others a lot
7. A person who is good at his or her job
8. A person who often travels by plane
9. A person who is good at his or her jobs
地点类
1. An newly-built public facility
2. A park or garden you like
3. A place where u can read and write
4. A place which is full of colors
5. A school u went to in your childhood
6. a historical building m
7. a beautiful sky u enjoy seeing
物品与媒体类
1. a picture u like in your room
2. an item you seldom use
3. a piece of clothing you enjoy
4. an advertisement
5. a prize you want to win
6. a gift u prepared for a long time
7. a movie u want to share
8. a practical skill
9. a game show
10. something special you took home from a tourist attraction
11. a kind of special food
12. something useful u borrowed
13. an indoor game
事件类
1. a time u lost something and got it back
2. a situation when u felt sleepy but had to stay awake
3. a water sport
4. a time u taught an old person sth
5. a time u give advice to others
6. an time u got the incorrect information
7. a time u got up early
8. a time u invited ur friends to dinner
9. an experience that your vehicle broke down
10. a time u solved a problem with internet
11. a time u searched information on line
12. an unusual experience of travelling
13. something that is good to your work
14. an experience u received a call
15. a time that someone didn’t tell u the truth to u
16. an interesting talk
17. a leisure activity with family
18. a time u celebrated your achievement
19. an advice u got about your choices about major or job
20. a time u when u met sb for the first time
【Part 1-3真题点评】
Part 1:需要重点注意开篇work or study,accommodation,hometown三选二题型的作答,为了给考官留下一个良好的印象,建议突出自己的词汇储备,如accommodation话题可以简要描述一下自己的公寓是one fifty square kilometers, has a big French window,hometown话题可以重点描述一下家乡的地理位置等。
其他的话题有一些比较难的比如抽象话题类的concentration,我们需要有“抽象化具象,具象转抽象”的思维模式。具体来说就是对于抽象的概念用具体实例去描述,具象的物体和事件总结出抽象的规律。
以该话题中的Can people focus on two different things at the same time?题目为例:
这个题目我们如果过于纠结于focus这个抽象的词,一直考虑什么叫focus和怎样才能算focus,而忽视了题干中其它关键词提示的展开方式时,就很容易掉入逻辑陷阱而卡壳。其实这个题目的关键词展开有两种方式:
第一种,我们仔细观察people这个词,但凡涉及到该关键词的问题,最好的方式是分情况考虑,使用万能句it depends之后我们就能把问题转化成:What kind of people can stay focus on two different things? 很明显,这个问题的答案要简单得多,我们可以在比较忙的人群中随意抽取一些人,如学生,白领等,阐述他们是否能够,又如何同时对两件事情集中注意力就好了。
第二种,我们再来看two different things,对这个部分进行展开,不妨把问题转换成 when do people need to focus on two different things? 这个问题很容易让大家联想到生活中的一些场景,比如吃饭和玩手机,听音乐和做作业等。那么在做这两件事的时候你是否能够较好地分配你的注意力呢?你的答案是不是和你身边的人一样呢?显然,把问题按照这种思路进行拆解作答,逻辑和说服力会强很多。
这一妙招同样也可以使用在该题型下的How to concentrate on a particular object?上,我们首先需要把“特定物品”具象化,例如书本,听力材料,做作业等。将自己在该场景下集中注意力的方法阐述后,再描述一下这些方法是否有普适性。依照这一思路相信大家的答案都可以比较丰满。
Part 2: 这季的part 2 沿用了上一季的一些问题,但同样出现了一些较难的新题,大家需要自行整理并标出题库中的难题部分,如handmade gift和a person with interesting opinions话题重点准备自己的语料。在准备的过程中不要忘记对细节的填充哦。细节才能使一个故事栩栩如生,只有“细节关”闯得好,诸位才能有把自己的中高阶词汇和句型放入作答中的机会。
Part 3:第三部分其实与其说是对考生英文水平的考察,不如说是对考生critical thinking ability的试炼,因为该部分不仅需要询问到你的观点,并且还要求你具备验证自己观点和证伪某popular but not true观点的能力。值得一提的是考官在该部分有自己组织问题的权利,于是很多考官偏爱“穷追猛打”这一形式,导致一“why”傻三年的情况出现。所以大家在平常生活中就要对一些可能见怪不怪的现象,比如为什么现在越来越多低头族,为什么网购越来越受青睐等养成爱打破砂锅问到底的习惯,并且没事多和自己“杠一杠”,自我质疑提出的观点,以锻炼质疑,论证和临场随机应变的能力。这些积累的实例往往是我们考试P3作答中的法宝。
后边给到大家比较难的第二部分的问题的sample answer 供大家参考
【SAMPLE ANSWER】 Part2
Describe a toy you had in your childhood
You should say:
when you had the toy
how you got it
what it was like
and explain how you felt about this toy
【例题解析】
思路
这个问题大家估计能够立马想到自己童年最珍惜的意见玩具,那么问题就来了:需要用全英描述自己的玩具,得涉及到多少材料,形状和做工方面的专有名词哇?大家如果有这样的顾虑,不妨想一想我们童年的玩具很重要真的是因为它们本身的价值吗?非也。我们在它们身上灌注的情感价值远远高于其本身价值,所以这一题的解法自然就出来了。我们使用较少篇幅对玩具本身进行描述(但并不代表可以遗漏一些关键细节,如其功能和玩耍方式等),把主要的笔墨(或者说是口水?)放在它情感价值的描述上。
词汇Accompany 陪伴
Stuffed animal 毛绒(填充)玩具
Sth come into sb’s possession 某人拥有某物
Marble 大理石,弹珠
Sentimental value 情感价值
语法
注意主谓一致,时态正确,以及描述感情时强调句的使用。
【范例】
When it comes to the toy I had in my childhood, I can’t help but to think of the one that accompanied me for a half of my childhood --- a white stuffed bear. It came into my possession as a birthday gift on my 5th birthday, if my memory serves me correctly. Regarding the appearance of the bear, it has a size of a 3-month old baby, a pair of brown eyes made of marble and a pair of fluffy ears that I loved to play with.
Like I said, it has accompanied me for a half of my childhood, therefore, it has significant sentimental value to me. Whenever I think of it, my thoughts always bring me back to the afternoons I spent with it in my bedroom, as well as a couple of other toys. I wasn’t a big fan of socializing with friends when I was a kid, so, the bear kind of became my loyal friend and an ideal secret keeper. So, there we were, spending time in my imaginary world. Oh, what would I give to go back to those times? Sadly, it has been gone for a long time for I’ve never seen it after we moved when I was a teenager, but if I had to pick an item to represent my childhood, this white stuffed bear would be my sole choice.
环球教育苏州校区 黄浩鑫