口语分析和总结

托业口语考试中的“风俗话题”carnival狂欢节（狂欢节是一个大斋节前的节日，人们狂欢作乐并宴饮。狂欢节的日期根据复活节的日期推定，但必须是2月的星期一）；Christmas圣诞节（纪念耶稣基督诞生的节日，12月25日）；EasterSunday（耶稣）复活节（3月21日或其后月满之后的第一个星期天）；Father'sDay父亲节（每年6月的第三个星期日）；Mother'sDay母亲节（在美国为五月的第二个星期日）；ThanksgivingDay（基督教）感恩节（11月的最后一个星期四）；Valentine'sDay情人节（2月14日）；LanternFestival元宵节；MicHutuinFestival中秋节；NewYear，sday元旦；SpringFestival春节；etc.其它词汇：Christmascake/card/present/pudding/stocking/tree,ChristmasEve/time,coloredlights,compliments,customs,fireplace,gifts,goodwill,habits,ham,privacy,ribbons（缎带，丝带），rose,SantaClaus,shocking,tradition,Turkey,wreaths（花环，花冠），etc.常用短语：appropriatedress,break（follow,keepup）acustom破坏、（遵从，遵守）习俗；celebrateChristmas,culturaldifferences,cultureshock,EasternandWesternsocieties,go“Dutch”,mannersandcustoms风俗习惯；properbehavior,religiouscustoms,socialcustoms,theThanksgivingfeast,etc.常用句型：Customrequiredourdressingfordinner.礼俗要求我们参加宴会穿礼服。Itisanoldcustomthatmentiptheirhatswhengreetingsomebody.ItisthecustomfortheChinesetotakeofftheirshoeswhentheygetintoahall.ItisthecustomtodyeeggsatEaster.MerryChristmasandaHappyNewYear.Somanycountries,somanycustoms.有多少国家，就有多少习俗；百里不同风。Socialcustomvarygreatlyfromcountrytocountry.ThecelebrationofChristmasisacustom.TurkeyandhamaretraditionaldishesforChristmas.WheninRomedoastheRomans.

托业口语考试试题小范例~“Publictransportationshouldbeencouragedinsteadofprivatecars.”Doyouagreewiththisstatement?Pleasegivereasonsforyouranswer.Youmaybegintoprepareyourresponseafterthebeep.[2secondsbeep]Preparationtime:15secondsResponsetime:45secondsNarrator:Pleasebeginspeakingafterthebeep.[2secondsbeep]SuggestedAnswer:Withtheimprovementoflivingstandards,somepeoplecanaffordtobuytheirowncars.Theydrivetoworkordrivetothesuburbs,enjoyingthehappyholidays.Yet,privatecarscan，treplacepublictransportation,suchasbusesorsubways.Comparedwithprivatecars,busesandsubwayshaveseveraladvantages.First,theyareverycheap.Amonthlyticketenablesonetogofromalmostanypartofthecitytoanotherbybusorsubway.Second,thebusandsubwayschedulesarewellplannedandseldomdoesonehavetowaitverylongtocatchthem.Third,theyhavecomfortableseatsandsomeofthemareair-conditioned.Therefore,publictransportationshouldbeencouraged.词汇与解析：WORDSANDEXPRESSIONSenablev.使能够replacev.取代，替换schedulen.时间表seldomadv.很少，不常5.suburb5.suburb5.suburbn.市郊，郊区5.suburbn.市郊，郊区答案解析:随着生活水平的提高，一些人有能力购买汽车。私家车给人们的出行带来了许多便利，但是否就可以认为它能取代公共交通工具了呢？参考答案的回答显而易见：它不能代替公共交通。公共汽车和地铁价格廉价，到站准时，还有舒适的座位，有些公交车还带有空调，结论自然是应该鼓励大力开展公共交通。答案用词简洁，序数词first,secondandthird的使用清晰地说明了开展公共交通的三点好