托福机经口语
Task 1
Describe a popular gathering place where people in your town usually go for relaxation. Explain why people in your town like to go there. Include reasons and examples to support your response. [2009.10.24/北美2009.10.24]
Task 2
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more beneficial for students to study in larger classes than study in smaller classes. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. [2009.10.24/北美2009.10.24]
Task 3
【个人倡议】：一学生在写倡议书给校报说学校应close the campus coffeehouse。理由1、Few students use this coffeehouse and every time he passes by it, there are few people in it. It is a waste of space。理由2、The food in the coffeehouse is not tasty. Once he and his friends bought some food there but the cakes and muffins were very dry。
【学生态度】：女生反对。理由1、She likes the coffeehouse because it is never too crowded and noisy。She can read some books, bring her laptop there and do some work on her papers there. Also many students like studying there even for the final exam. She prefers this coffeehouse to the library because students can work while eat, which is not allowed in the library。理由2、She thinks that the student who wrote the proposal has not been to the coffeehouse for a while. She found the food delicious when she went there last time. The food quality there has been improved a lot. The new manager of the coffeehouse often adds some new healthy food that is both delicious and good for students' health。[2009.10.24/北美2009.10.24]
Task 4
【名词解释】：flag species（旗舰物种）：Environment organizations always choose a particular attractive species as a flag specie to arouse people's attention to protect a threatened area and all the endangered species in it。
【教授举例】：教授gives us an example of macaw（金刚鹦鹉）in South America。Macaw is a great green bird in rain forest。It is very beautiful and has amazingly colorful feathers。This species was threatened because in the forest they lived in, people cut down too many trees, which was necessary for their food and nesting。环保人士made small books with macaw's beautiful pictures and spread them to community centers and schools。环保人士 asked people to contribute money and help to establish protective lands for macaws。Finally，the population of macaw increased。Many other species that faced the same danger, like bats and frogs, where also protected。 [2009.10.24/北美2009.10.24]
Task 5
【学生困难】：The woman has just moved into a new apartment off campus，but there is no Internet access there。Everyday, she needs to use Internet to do some research, send e-mails or accomplish assignments。
【解决方案】：男生建议：1、to call an Internet service company to set up the Internet connection for her，但女生说she has to pay for it every month，而且还cost a lot。2、to go to the computer center on campus,where there is a free access to the Internet。但女生说she doesn't have classes every day and she doesn't want to go there only for Intenet。而且the computer center is usually too crowded。[2009.10.24/北美2009.10.24]
Task 6
【讲课要点】：Before writing a fiction story, authors need to decide how to narrate a story。There are two types of narrators：第1种、objective narrator（客观叙述），meaning that an author just tell readers what the characters do and say，without telling what they think。Readers have to guess the meaning of their conversation. For example, if an author wants to write a story about a couple's trip，he just tells that the couple get into a train，sit together, look out of the window。Readers need to interpret what the characters are thinking about by themselves. 第2种、Omniscient narrator（全知叙述）。Meaning that authors provide readers everything about the characters, including the characters' feelings and mood。In the same story, the author may tell readers the man's feelings and mood. He feels nervous because he hasn't seen his friend for a long time and he is not sure whether his wife would like his friend。[2009.10.24/北美2009.10.24]
