问题方式
第一种: 过去和现在变化类问题
例子:
How has your hometown changed in the past decade?
What changes do you foresee in the next 20-50 years?
下列内容可以帮助大家引入答题内容
回答过去
Well, I’m not exactly sure of it since I have been quite a busy student over the past 10 years.
But, let me try to search my memory and answer your question.
回答将来
Wow, 50 years, huh? That’s a very far future. I’m not sure what’s going to happen to (my hometown) then. Since the future is 无法预测unpredictable.
But let me try to imagine it.
答题时要注意时态的转换,动词的曲折变位.
平时练习的时候结合下列造句结构
比较
The difference between … is that… is more… while… is more…
While… is perhaps more…; … is more…
The main difference between the way… and the way… is in the…
The biggest difference between… about… years ago and today is that…
There are some key differences between… and …
One big way that… differ from… is…
Yes, there are quite a few differences between… and…. A good example is…
The difference between… and is that… tend to be more…. While…
表示变化
Yes, there have been some big changes.
Yes, …has changed a lot.
… are now a lot…er/more…
More and more… are…
Some big changes have taken place..
…is/are less…than before
…is/are getting more and more…
…has changed a lot because…
…hasn’t changed at all because…
…are not as…as before
第二种: 优缺点类问题
例子:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having an retired person at home?
What are the benefits and problems of sending an elderly family member to a nursing home?
答题的时候要注意很多事情不是楚河汉界分明的,
问题的两边都答一些, 体现思维全面的同时更好填充大约1分钟左右的即兴答题时间.
平时练习的时候结合下列造句结构
两分法
There are two sides to this issue. On the one hand… ;on the other hand…
The issue is complex. On the one hand people say… but on the other…
There are many advantages and disadvantages to…
Benefits problems
Strengths weaknesses
Pros cons
Positive negative
Benefits challenges
The main advantage of… is that… The disadvantage is…
The positive side of…is…, but the darker side of it is that…
While many point out… I think it also…
The benefits of…are…but the challenges are…
第三种: 问考生对于某种观点的看法
例子:
Some people think it’s a waste of time to wait at the roadside for the red light to turn green when there’s no traffic on the road.
What do you think of this opinion?
Some people think the primary reason for work is to make contribution to the community not for earning salary.
Do you think this is wise?
回答这种问题, 可以委婉的说明这个问题很有争议,不好回答,但是让我尝试一下.
之后,如果观点清晰,语言基础强大, 就给出一个内容形式并重的答案.
如果感觉自己的思维出现空白,就在考试的时候舍弃内容的深刻, 保全形式的精致.
下列结构可以对答案进行包装
表示问题深刻
That’s difficult to say, but I guess…
That’s a good question. I suppose/guess/presume…
It’s difficult to say what/where/how/why/when…
It’s a big/complex/controversial/complicated issue/problem/topic.
I’m no expert, but I guess…
Maybe I can answer this by telling you a personal experience I had...
I’m not sure, but from my own observation, I’d say that… because…
It’s hard to say but if I were to guess, I’d say…
I’d probably say the real importance of … is that they allow us to…
表达主要观点的句子结构
It would seem to me that…
As far as I’m concerned, the…
In my opinion…
I’d like to point out…
If you want my opinion…
From my point of view/angle/perspective, I think…
Take the problem of… for example.
The … is a good example.
One example of this is…
Personally, I think…
Well, I know may… but I think it’s…
A lot of people think the… is getting better but frankly I think…
Well I think there are … reasons:
First of all,…; secondly,…; thirdly,…; next to that…; last but not least….
The best reason I can think of right now is…
If you allow…to…. This will have a… effect on your…
I everyone were to…, we should…
I think what should be done is…
If I had the power to change things, I’d…
To solve this problem I think we should…
Well, the point I’m trying to make is that…
Well, what I’m trying to say is that…
What I mean is that…
All I’m trying to tell you is that…
Well, what I’m getting at is that…
第四种: 社会问题解决方案的整体个人关系
例子:
Do you think the problem of unhealthy lifestyle should be solved by the government or by the individual?
Do you think it’s the police’s job or the responsibility of the individual traffic participants to keep the normal order of city traffic?
这种问题可以采取双边的方法答题,
政府,集体的任务: education/publicity/legislation/regulation
教育, 宣传, 立法 宏观的控制
个人, 个体的任务: awareness/requirement/respect
建立意识, 提高自身要求, 尊重彼此权利
之后可以谈谈问题的影响和解决问题的意义
注意下列造句结构
谈论影响
I was so touched by…
This… taught me the value of…
I think for me this… symbolizes…
The impact it had on me was to make me more aware of…
This taught me a very important lesson…
I will never forget this…as long as I live.
Whenever i… I’m always reminded of…
When I see this… I feel…
This… always reminds me of ….
I think the reason I like it so much is because…
I choose this as my favourite… because…
I like this…so much because it…
The reason I prefer this… to others is because…
I guess the reason I tend to…is because it’s so…
