托福独立口语万能理由Part2本文出自环雅托福口语徐品品老师

近些年来，中国考生在托福独立口语部分的得分普遍偏低，鲜见 “Good” 档次。究其原因，除了语音语调、词汇语法的问题外，内容信息不足和逻辑缺失也很明显；尤其对于思维局限和语言水平不高的同学们来说，要在15秒内想到两个适用的理由和正确的表达尤为困难。在此篇文章，Phil老师继续来介绍几个好用的万能理由及其在具体考题中的使用。

1.to make friends/strengthen friendship

常用词汇及短语：to share the same interest(s)，to talk to / communicate with someone，to share one’s experiences，to do sth together etc.

例题1：What is your favorite activity to do in the weekend? Give reasons to explain your answer.

思路：以喜欢运动为例，一条原因可以是能交到有共同爱好的朋友，比如我喜欢打网球，经常遇到新球友，我们会一起玩以及讨论球赛球星等等；具体可以这样说：

By doing sports, I can make more friends because it’s easier to meet people who share the same interests this way. For example, I like to play tennis and I always have fun playing with some new guy on the court. After that, we would talk about tennis stars like Roger Federer and some recent tennis games.

例题2：Some students choose to take lessons during summer break while others prefer to have a rest or take a trip. Which one do you prefer? Use specific details or examples to explain your answer.

思路：选择“to have a rest or take a trip”，心情更好，就更容易更自在地跟人打交道，也就能认识一些有趣的朋友：

I can make some interesting friends this way. You see, with a great mood, I’d like to talk to more people and share my experiences with them, and people would be more willing to communicate with me in this way.

例题3：Talk about a challenging experience you had before and how meaningful that is to you.

思路：比如可以说“attending a basketball competition”，一个意义就是那次经历帮我交到了很多朋友，在比赛之前，我只是个普普通通的男/女生，赢了比赛之后，火了，很多人想认识我：

This experience also helped me make a lot more friends. You see, before that, I was just an ordinary guy in my school; but after winning the competition, many people liked to talk to me or hang out with me because I brought them honor and pride.

2.to learn/cultivate some skill(s)

常用词汇及短语：to learn/cultivate/improve/enhance sth，reading/writing/language/… ability (concrete skills)，communicative/cooperative/organizational skills, leadership, teamwork spirit, independence (abstract skills) etc.

例题1：What is your favorite activity to do in the weekend? Give reasons to explain your answer.

思路：这次我们以“reading English novels”为主题，原因是提高了读写能力，具体可以这样说：

My English is greatly improved after I make that my favorite hobby because I’ve learnt a lot about those original words and expressions in the novels. You know, sometimes I would even try to write something in English by imitating some passages in them.

例题2：Talk about a challenging experience you had before and how meaningful that is to you.

思路：还是说“attending a basketball competition”，另外一个意义是我通过做队长锻炼了我的组织和领导能力：

That was the first time I attended the competition as the captain of my team. I made lots of efforts to have the team members cooperate with each other and thus building up the team-work spirit, so my leadership and organizational skills were cultivated in that process.

例题3：Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: it is better to work in a group than to work alone?

思路：从提升能力的角度来说，两边都可以选，选择“to work in a group”可以说团队协作能力、沟通能力或者领导力，选择“to work alone”可以说独立能力，这里以后者为例：

When I work alone, I can learn to be independent because I cannot ask for someone else’s help easily. I gotta concentrate on my work and make efforts to find out all the possible solutions when I have a problem. This is helpful for myself.

同学们练习起来吧。