2007年9月三级口试考生常见问题

薛翠老师

Part one: Questions

在这一部分中一般涉及的范围有：
1． sth about your work/ school/ family
2． sth about your favorite sport/ music/ TV program
3． sth about how to spend your spare time/ weekend

常见的问题有：
1． Can you tell me something about your work/ school?
2． Do you like your job/ school?
3． What do you dislike in your job/ school?
4． Can you tell me something about your family?
5． What do your family usually do for the weekend?
6． What’s your favorite sport/ music/ TV program? And why?
7． What do you usually do in your spare time?

Part two: Talk

这一部分常涉及一些社会问题，题目要求为：Talk between yourselves. It is not necessary for you to agree with each other but you should give your own reasons.

常见问题：拿到图片后学生往往发现图片很好理解，在忙于用自己的思维进行思考时往往就会忽略考官的要求，从而导致跑题。

例如本次口试一的论点为：The pictures show four means of transportation: bicycle, bus, taxi and car. What kind of transportation should be encouraged in Chinese cities?
对于encourage这个单词，大部分学生根本就没有理解，或者是完全忽略了这个单词，普遍现象就是把每个图片进行描述，图片原意被曲解为：What kind of transportation will I/ you take in my/ your daily life? 在三分钟的讨论中没有涉及任何在中国应该提倡哪种交通工具这个关键论点，可想而知这是一个扣分点。

为了避免此类情况出现，考生应：1. 尽力去听考官对图片的描述及要求。2. 如果是搭档理解错误，而又是他/她首先提问，应尽可能把对方引到正确的话题，而不能一味地任其朝错误的方向发展。

此题的讨论可以这么展开：Which kind of transportation should be used in Chinese cities? And what’s your reasons? 对方可以进行这样的作答：And you? Can you tell me your reasons?

在下午的口试二中也出现了同样的问题，论点为：The pictures show four different styles of parents: parent as a friend, parent as a ruler, parent as a servant and parent as a coach. What kind of parent do you appreciate and give your reasons?

考生进行讨论时出现了：What do you think of picture 1, 2, 3 or 4? 说到最后也没有说出自己到底是觉得哪种父母亲好，也没有给出自己的理由。甚至有考生说出了：The grandparent is giving an apple to the boy. 考官在要求中根本就没有提及grandparents这类单词。

防止这类错误发生的措施就是结合考官的要求及图片的信息，做到在最短的时间内了解图片的含义及作为考生应该做些什么。此题的讨论可以这么展开：What kind of parents do you prefer? Why? 对方可以这么作答：I like … better because … . And how about you?

Part three: Personal talk

在这一部分中每一位考生都会拿到一张图片，要求是：first describe the picture and then tell us what you think of it.也就是说在这一部分中考生需要做两件事：1. 描述图片；2. 阐述观点。

对于描述图片，考生可以常用的是：The picture shows/ suggests that …; From the picture I can learn that…; The picture tells us that…

对于阐述观点，考生可以常用的是：In my opinion, …; I think…; As far as I am concerned…; According to my point of view…

注意进行图片描述时应以第三人称叙述故事，许多考生把自己作为主人公来进行叙述，还有考生把各人的阐述变成了两人的对话。

此次考题一：A student is complaining to his classmate that his bicycle has been stolen again. 有考生拿到自己的图片就对其partner说：***, my bicycle was stolen again. 把自己当成了图片中的受害人，导致其搭档非常confused;
甚至有考生将其理解为：***, how do you think that this is your bicycle? 俨然一幅指责对方偷了他的车的态度。
正确的描述方法应为：A is complaining to B that his bike has been stolen. 以故事的形式结束描述，接着用一两句话阐述自己对该现象的观点，如：It is very common on campus. And I think we should take some measures.

试题二：The picture shows a very dangerous phenomenon: two women are crossing the slowly running cars selling their newspapers.
该考题较易理解，考生一般不会以第一人称来进行叙述，该题得分率较高。
描述方法可以是：Two women are selling their newspapers in the street, which is very dangerous. In my opinion, it is right for them to earn money and make their living, but …

试题三：A man is showing his wife a skirt he bought for her from abroad. 在该题中，考生虽然不会以第一人称来叙述，但还是出现了错误，如：Maybe the man is the woman’s husband. 或者Perhaps they are husband and wife.
导致此问题发生的原因还是忽略了考官事先对图片的描述。
考生进行描述及阐述时应抓住的重点应为：abroad及图片中显示的made in China, 从而引出自己的观点。
描述方法可以是：A man is showing a skirt to his wife which he bought abroad but the skirt is made in China. And she feels very surprised. In fact, many products of China have been exported to foreign countries. China is under great development.

试题四：The picture shows a small donation ceremony held in a village school.
描述该图片的时候应抓住的重点是：donation及village，从而可以引申出山区及城镇的贫富差距。有考生也想到了书的再利用可以在一定程度上起到保护环境的作用，从而展开自己的论述，这也是一个比较好的切入点。

总之，进行口试时，切记：
1． 听清考官的题目要求且描述，不要盲目地只以自己的常规思维思考；
2． 注意自己的句子结构，以免破句出现（People more money now than before.）；
3． 注意考生与考生之间的交流，在可能的情况下，将错误理解原意的对方引入正确的话题；
4． 最后，也是重要的一点，放平心态，以平常心面对口试，紧张会使考生将单词、词组及句子忘得一干二净，对考官的问题、要求及解释也是模棱两可，从而影响考试结果。

附：考试的所有要求

对于第二部分：Here is a picture for you two. You should have a talk between yourselves and we will just listening. The picture shows…. It is not necessary for you to agree with each other. Remember you have only three minutes for this part. So don’t feel worried if I stop you then.

对于第三部分：Now I will give each of you a fifferent picture. Please first describe the picture and then tell us what you think about it. To A: The picture shows … . Remember you have only one and half a minute for this part. To B: Listen carefully while A is speaking and after A has finished speaking, you can say something more. You will have half a minute for this.

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