托福TPO25口语task5题目 Listening Part:
Listen to a conversation between two students.
(woman) Hey, Frank, how’s it going?
(man) Well, I just found out my roommate Jim is moving out of our off-campus apartment into a bigger place with a whole bunch of friends next semester.
(woman) Oh, really?
(man) Yeah,
(woman) Does this mean you’ll be living by yourself next semester?
(man) Yeah, but that’s OK cause I really want to live alone next semester anyway. I have to concentrate on my senior project for the history department. I have a lot to write and I don’t want any distractions. The only major problem, though, is how I’ll be getting to campus.
(woman) Oh, yeah?
(man) See, the apartment’s a little far from campus and Jim has a car and he gives me rides to and from campus every day. But I can’t afford a car now.
(woman) So have you thought about taking public transportation, uh, the bus to campus?
(man) Yeah, I have. The thing is that there’s no bus going directly to campus from that part of town. I’d have to change buses a couple of times on the way.
(woman) I see. That could take a lot of time.
(man) Right!
(woman) Hmm, well, maybe you should move back into a dormitory on campus. Request a single room. There’s lots of them.
(man) Yeah, I thought about that. You know, I could live alone and get my work done but, I don’t know, I would miss my apartment.
(woman) I know, but you’ve got to make some choice.
托福TPO25口语task5题目 Question:
Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which of the two solutions from the conversation you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation.
托福TPO25口语task5 答案解析：
住宿场景在26套TPO当中出现了4次，分别是TPO5, TPO14, TPO24和本套TPO25。住宿场景当中常出现的problems、solutions以及对solutions的评价总结如下
Problems & Solutions Comments for solutions
1.没房住 His dormitory on campus will not be available.
(1.1) Have to move out of my apartment.
(1.2) The deadline has already passed.
(1.3) Missed the due date for applying for campus housing.
(1.4) 住旅馆 Get a room in the hotel.
(1.5) Rent an apartment off campus.太贵.It’ll end up costing me some money. I have a tight budget.
(1.6) 住别人家 Stay at friend’s place.
(1.7) Stay with parents and commute to campus.人多且远 Too crowded, too many distractions.
(1.8) Stay with parents and commute to campus.
(1.9) Different schedules
2.没室友 Roommate moving off campus.
(2.1) 找新人 Get a new roommate 不合 There could be problems, have different schedules
(2.2) 搬家 Move on/off campus 距离 Economical, but too far away from campus; Close to campus, but expensive
托福TPO25口语task5 范文：
The man confronts with a problem that he doesn’t know how he will be getting to campus after his roommate moving out who used to give him a ride. There are two solutions to the problem. The first one is to take public transportation, like the bus, to school. The second one is to move back to a dorm on campus. I recommend the man should adopt the second way out. The reasons are as follows. Firstly, it will not bother him to commute during which he has to change buses a couple of times, which takes a lot of trouble and wastes time. Secondly, living in the dormitory, he will have a brand new way of life, like making lots of friends; take more exercises and so on. In that way, he won’t miss his life living off-campus.