托福口语演示课件

1、New TOEFL iBTSpoken EnglishLesson SixWarm Up Exercises1. Practice Tongue TwistersTongue Twister No.1A tutor who tooted the flute,Tried to tutor two tooters to tootSaid the two to the tutor,“Is it easy to toot, or tutor two tooters to toot?”Tongue Twister No.2Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepp

2、ers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?Tongue Twister No. 3She sells sea shells on the sea shore,The shells she sells are sea shells Im sure.For it she sells sea shells on the sea shore. Then Im sure she sells sea shore shells. Tongue Twis

3、ter No.4 How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.Tongue Twister No.5 Spring is gay with flowers and song. Summer is hot and the days are long. Autumn is rich with fruits and grain. Winter brings snow and the New Year again. Tongue Twister No.6 Morning glory in the sun.

4、Here is another day begun. Factories open one by one. Off to school the children run. Work is waiting to be done. Tongue Twister No. 71) This is the house that Jack built.2) This is the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.3) This is the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack bu

5、ilt.4) This is the rat that caught the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.5) This is the dog that chased the cat that caught the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.6) This is the cow with the crumpled horn that tossed the dog that chased the cat that

6、 caught the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.TitleSpeakingQuestion1 of 6Time 00: 45OptionsExitOptionsVolumeSimulated Test What would be your dream job? Use reasons and details to support your response. _Preparation Time: 15 seconds Response Time: 45 secondsSample Answer My

7、 dream job would have to include the following three characteristics. First, the job should be within my domain of interest. This is important because excellence comes from passion, while passion comes from interest. Second, the job should involve some challenges and requires creative solutions. If

8、it is just boring routine work and can be done by almost anyone, then there is no sense in doing it at all. I want to conquer hard rocks and solve problems in a new and different way. Third, there should be a cooperative team. I want my colleagues to be friendly, understanding and helpful. That way

9、I will feel relaxed and bring out the best of myself. TitleSpeakingQuestion2 of 6Time 00: 45OptionsExitOptionsVolumeSimulated Test Do you prefer to write a paper as a final exam or have a sit-in exam? Use reasons and details to support your response. _Preparation Time: 15 seconds Response Time: 45 s

10、econdsSample Answer Well, this is actually a complicated question. My preference will vary from occasion to occasion. It depends on what kind of subject I am studying. If the subjects to be tested are fact-based subjects, such as science and engineering ones, I would prefer a sit-in exam. Because wh

11、at I need to do is just to learn about the facts, truth, or formula by heart and write them out to make sure whether I have mastered them. I dont have to express my opinions because they are simply true and have been put the test for years. If, however, I am supposed to study subjects in the humanit

12、ies, I would prefer to write a paper, because there is no definite answer to the questions therein. I need to learn about something and then find relevant materials and then formulate my own ideas about it. A paper would provide enough time and space for me to explore the subject and think for mysel

13、f. Sample Answer The woman has read the announcement at the Special Collections Reading Room and found it very inconvenient for her. The inconveniences are caused by the following reasons. First, the reading room will be closed on Mondays, but thats the time when she would have enough time to do res

14、earch for her paper. Second, she is in the last phase of her research and she needs access to the rare books and manuscripts, but that room will be closed to the public. Finally, she thinks the library administration should move the rare books to a temporary location, because her paper is due only t

15、wo weeks after the library is reopen. TitleSpeakingQuestion4 of 6Time 00: 45OptionsExitOptionsVolumeSimulated Test (Longman P439)Great Ape CommunicationQuite a few scientific studies have been conducted on communication by the great apes, a group of primates composed of gorillas, chimpanzees, and or

16、angutans. What has been concluded in these studies is that the great apes communicate in a variety of ways that include, but are not limited to, facial expressions, gestures with their appendages, and a variety of calls. The large primates use this wide variety of methods of communication to express

17、 a broad range of ideas to other members of their group, such as anger, fear, approaching danger, dominance over the group, or acceptance of members into the group. Sample Answer In this set of materials, we have learnt something about Great Ape communications. In the reading passage, we learn that

18、great apes are able to conduct a variety of communications with the help of facial expression, gestures and various calls. They can express fear, anger, approaching danger with other members of the group. In the listening materials, the professor talks about the limitations of the great ape communic

19、ation. There are two basic limitations in their communication. No.1 is a lack of displacement, which means the great apes are unable to talk about things that are not present when they are communicating. Limitation No.2 is a lack of productivity. That means the great apes, even though can communicat

20、e certain ideas, cannot control the communication by reorganizing their facial expressions, gestures or calls to produce new meaningsSample Answer In the listening passage, the woman was having a problem with deciding whether she should go to graduate school or start working after graduation from co

21、llege. She hates working and she has applied to grad school for a master in fine arts, but she is concerned with her mounting student debt. They have discussed two possible solutions: solution number 1 is that she would go to graduate school, but she will run into more students loans and might not b

22、e able to pay them off soon; solutions number 2 is that she should start working in a more general area to gain some working experience and pay off some of her debts and then she could re-apply to grad school when she wants and probably she has already changed her interest. I would recommend the sec

23、ond solution to her, because education should be directed to employment and the woman is simply trying to escape the reality. If she has to face it anyway, the earlier would be the better. Sample Answer In the listening materials, the man doesnt know about the guest speaker will give the lecture ton

24、ight, but assumes he is coming next week. The woman tells him about a notice posted on the theatre saying that the lecture is tonight. They realize that there must have been a change in schedule and the notice on the theatre is not possibly seen by many students, so they decided to set out telling t

25、heir friends about the change of the schedule of the guest speakers lecture. Types of Lectures1) A lecture about processes: the professor might describe its functions. Corresponding Answering FormatIn this talk, the professor has given some information about the following process: _. The basic funct

26、ions of this process are that: No.1, _; No.2,_; No.3,_; etc. Types of Lectures2) A lecture about a theory: the professor might explain what it is and its application. Corresponding Answering Format2) In this lecture, the professor has explained to us a theory called _. The theory came about because

27、_. And the theory can be applied to the following situations: No. 1, _; No. 2, _; No. 3, _; etc. Types of Lectures3) A lecture about a phenomenon: the professor might use examples to show its causes and effects. Corresponding Answering Format3) In this lecture, the professor talks about the phenomen

28、on that _. This phenomenon is caused by _. And this phenomenon will have an effect on the following things. No. 1. _ No. 2. _; etc. Types of Lectures4) A lecture about a concept: the professor might define it by classification and exemplification. Corresponding Answering Format4) In this lecture, th

29、e professor explained the concept/definition of _. This concept/definition falls into the following _ categories. No.1, _; No.2, _; etc. The professor also provided the following examples to illustrate this concept of _. The first example is _; The second example is _. Sample Answer to Question 6 In

30、 this lecture, the professor explained the forms of money. The forms of money fall into the following 2 categories. The first one is a narrow definition, in which money only takes the form of coins or paper bills. The second one is a broad definition, in which money means anything that a person uses

31、 to purchase something with and it is called “barter”. The professor also provided the following examples to illustrate the two forms of money. In the first example, you give dollars to a taxi driver to buy a taxi ride, and the taxi drivers uses the dollars to buy vegetables from a farmer. This illu

32、strates the first form of money; In the second example the taxi driver might give a farmer a ride in exchange for some vegetables and this is called “barter”. In addition, another concept mentioned in the passage is “legal tender”. It means something the law requires sellers to accept as payments. O

33、nly coins and paper bills are legal tenders in America. What should catch your attention?Sentence patterns for definition. Example markers. Wh- words. Turing-point signal words. Contingency words. Tone-softeners1) Defining sentence patterns.People think of A as B. A is often referred to as B. By A,

34、I mean _.The term A is defined as _.The concept falls into _ categories. The concept came into being when _. 2) Example Markers. For example For instance such as take _ as an example a case in point is _ in the case of _3) Wh- words What? When? Where? Why? How? Which?4) Turning-point signal words Bu

35、t, However Nevertheless although while on the contrary, on the other hand5) Contingency Words because, since, for, due to the fact that, because of, therefore, so, as a result, consequently lead to, result in, indeed, as a matter of fact, actually6) Tone-Softeners to some extent tend to be inclined

36、to do can may, mightTitleSpeakingQuestion6 of 6Time 00: 60OptionsExitOptionsVolumeLongman ComprehensiveP581.16.1Now listen to the passage carefully. TitleSpeakingQuestion6 of 6Time 00: 60OptionsExitOptionsVolumeLongman ComprehensiveP581.16.1Use points from the talk to explain how the Bank Holiday ca

37、me into being?Sample Answer In this lecture, the professor talks about a special Holiday named Bank Holiday. This Bank Holiday was caused by a serious banking disaster in the 1930s when many banks were closed. President Roosevelt found a solution called “Bank Holiday”when banks will be closed to reo

38、rganize its system. The government also passed a bill to give people a deposit insurance by the federal government. This solution turned out to be very effective. First, the number of failing banks decreased sharply; Second, the people avoided losing money because of the federal deposit insurance. T

39、itleSpeakingQuestion6 of 6Time 00: 60OptionsExitOptionsVolumeLongman ComprehensiveP581.16.2Now listen to the passage carefully. TitleSpeakingQuestion6 of 6Time 00: 60OptionsExitOptionsVolumeLongman ComprehensiveP581.16.2Use points from the talk to explain what constitutes creativity?Sample Answer In

40、 this lecture, the professor talks about creativity. Even though different researchers have listed different characteristics of creativity, there are two widely accepted components: originality and appropriateness. Originality means you have to solve a problem in a new and different way that no one

41、has ever found before. Appropriateness means your solution should be suitable and should be able to solve the problem without offending people. TitleSpeakingQuestion6 of 6Time 00: 60OptionsExitOptionsVolumeLongman ComprehensiveP581.16.3Now listen to the passage carefully. TitleSpeakingQuestion6 of 6Time 00: 60OptionsExitOptionsVolumeLongman ComprehensiveP581.16.3Use points from the talk to explain why the huge river in South