2014年：设施题和生物学的趋势走向。托福口语机经通常被认为是一个考前预测，而无论是什么考试，考生对预测题目都有很大的依赖性，
Task 3
1. 【提议】学生建议学校取消停车场
1. 占地大
2. 取消的话学生会有很多的benefits
【学生议论】女生同意
理由1：1. 省下的地方可以用来种树种草，提供green space方便学生study和hang out with friends
理由2：减少traffic 很多学生可以骑自行车或步行
2. 【提议】The university is going to add a kitchen to the students' dormitory building
Reason l : Students can practice their cooking skills
Reason 2: Students can benefit from it
【学生议论】The man disagrees
理由1： Spare room in dorms should be reserved for TVs and stuff to entertain friends
理由2：Students are way too busy to study recipes. not to mention to cook for themselves. the dorms are either for relaxing or for studying
3. 【提议】The student suggests the school change a room to a student lounge because it’s convenient for students to rest and place their textbooks.
【学生议论】The man disagrees with this proposal.
4. 【提议】：学校打算remove vending machine,因为卖的都是一些没有营养的垃圾食品。并且说学生也可以去学校附近的杂货店买。
【学生议论】：女生持反不同意
理由一：学校可以在用健康食品来取代垃圾食品，鼓励学生健康饮食。
理由二：移走vending machine会给学生带来不方便。因为课间时间很少，来不及去校外买东西。如果学生晚上十点后肚子饿了，就没地方买东西吃因为杂货店已经关门。
以上是2014年第三季度托福口语第三大题选出的关于设施题的机经，原因是设施题占了最大的比重，其次就是政策题。仔细研究了第三季的机经，我们发现设施题共考了4次，考到的次数最多;其次就是政策提题，共考了3次。其余的课程题、开放题仅一次。和第二季度的口语机经相比，变化不大，第二季度政策题多余设施题(政策题6 次而设施题5次)。总的来说这两个季度政策题和设施题占据了主流趋势。
关于托福第三题的答题技巧，有一点需要指出的是，不要忽视阅读部分的45秒的效率，重视简单笔记的作用，因为这是预测听力部分内容的法宝。
以下是2道第三题大答题参考：
The university is planning to remove the vending machine on campus. The woman in the conversation is against the decision for two reasons. Firstly, the school says the items sold in the vending machine are junk food with no nutrition, so it should be removed. But the woman points out the school can replace the junk food with healthy food to encourage students to eat healthily. Secondly, the school states that students could buy from food from a grocery store nearby campus. However, the women is holding an opposite opinion by saying that the interval time between classes is too short for students to get food off campus. Besides, what if students get hungry at 10pm when the grocery store is already closed. So removing the vending machine would just bring students inconvenience.
The university is going to add a kitchen to the students’ dormitory building. This is supposed to practice students’ cooking skills and to give students some benefits. The man in the conversation disagrees with it. First, the kitchen will occupy the place where TVs should be put there. Therefore, stuff and students could entertain with their friends there. Also, students do not need kitchen really because students are too busy to study recipes and have not enough time to cook for themselves. So the dorms are either for relaxing or for studying.
Task 4 & Task 6
Task 4
1. 【名词解释】Principle of allocation: 动物会根据任务的难易来调整自己精力和时间的分配。
【教授举例】elephant seal 他们生活的海洋有很多鱼，所以捕食很容易。但是繁殖很难，需要花时间去找地方繁殖。他们要确定自己的领地吸引异性，还要费力赶走其他竞争者。
Task 6
【讲课要点】
The professor talks about two ways how sea bottom dwellers feed themselves. The first way is active method. For example, sea anemone camouflages into plant and parasite on other sea animals and the host will release poisonous chemicals, so sea anemone can prey easily. The second way is passive method. For example, oysters don’t move a lot but wait for tiny organism sent by sea water and waves.
以上为托福口语第四大题与第六大题的抽取机经，这两大题都是生物类话题，第三季度生物类话题占据了9篇之多。经过和第二季度机经的相比较，我们发觉心理学主要集中在第四大题而生物则在第六大题居多，其余类别的话题相对较少。
关于第四第六题的答题注意要点，个人觉得，第一还是在于阅读笔记的有效性上面，阅读的笔记要点其实就是后面30秒准备时间的一个答题思路和主线，每个人的侧重点都有可能随着阅读部分而有所不同，但那不是不对的，只要说话有主线有自己理解上的逻辑，那么表现力一定是有理的。
比如以上两题机经，可以这样回答：
1. According to the reading, we get to know that the principle of allocation means animals allocate their energy and time based on the degree of difficulty of the tasks. The professor gives an example. There are a lot of fish where elephant seals live, so it is easy to find food but hard to reproduce. It takes a lot of time to fifind a location, attract female seals, and drive away competitors
2. In the lecture, the professor talked about two ways how sea bottom dwellers feed themselves. The first way is active method which means that sea animals do something for preying food. For example, sea anemone camouflages into plant and parasite on other sea animals and the host will release poisonous chemicals, so sea anemone can prey easily. The second way is passive method which means that sea animals don’t do things for preying food. For example, oysters don’t move a lot but wait for tiny organism sent by sea water and waves.
Task 5
1. 【学生困难】女生说父母来参加他的毕业典礼，遇到了麻烦：他们从比较远的地方来需要找地方住下，但学校附近的hotel 都 book 满了。
方案一：去她的公寓住
评价：但她的公寓非常小，需要 rearrange，她要睡沙发了。
方案二：去远一点的 hotel 住，
评价：离学校开车 20 分钟， 需要租车,成本比较高。
2. 【学生困难】Student rented an apartment but the kitchen was unavailable.
方案一： share a kitchen with a friend (inconvenient)
方案二： Buy a meal plan at school cafeteria (cheap and far away)
托福口语考试第五大题问题解决题型，住宿困难题第三季度占了最多，一共3篇，而冲突题其次为2篇。这和第二季度的考题有比较大的变化，第二季度冲突题占得最多一共有6篇。但是不论是冲突题还是住宿困难题，对于这两种常见的题型要做到心中有数，有防备就好。更重要的是阐述问题部分的时间不能够过长，一般应当控制在15-20秒以内，不然后面主题选择原因的阐述重头部分就会时间不够，明明听懂并且预备说的内容，由于时间不够而留下遗憾。有的时候，还会影响第六题的答题心情。
以前两篇机经举例，可以这样回答：
1. The woman has encountered a problem that her parents are going to visit her, but the hotels nearby have been booked. There are two solutions. The first is that they can live in her small apartment off campus, which is close to school. The second is that she can book a hotel room which is 20 minutes drive from school. Personally, I recommend the first solution. Because first, it is much more economical. She can save tons of money to decorate and rearrange her dorm, which can impress her parents, and is also better for the future. And second, living with her parents will also enhance the family ties.
2. The student rented an apartment but the kitchen was unavailable. There are two solutions. One is to share a kitchen with a friend and another is to buy a meal plan at school cafeteria. If I were him I would choose the first solution. Even if it might be inconvenient, the student could find some other time to cook while not the same time with his friend. If he try to buy a meal plan at school, he will spend too much time on the way and he have to do it everyday.
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