2016年7月3日
独立口语：
T1
Your friend plans to go to your country to study but has concern about expenditure, what is your advice for your friend?
题目翻译：你的朋友打算来你的国家学习，他很关注日常开销，你对他有什么建议?
题目解析：本题属于意见建议题，可以从“金钱投资”类似的话题进行思路的展开。首先，对于expenditure这个词需要认识熟悉，并能够使用相关近义词进行展开。常用词有：cost, spend, purchase, expenses, consume, saving等等。可以参考的建议有：1. 好好学习，申请奖学金;2. 参加一些课外项目(赚外快);3. 记录日常花销，购买东西时货比三家。有其他相关理由也可以使用，此题建议不予过多限制，能够自圆其说即可。
范文：
Well, As the saying goes don't bite off more than you can chew, so when dealing with money, you should never spend more money than you make. So, I guess my friend should try to make ends meet and spend under his or her budget. Also, working part time is also a good way to save up some money. For example, one can choose to be a delivery guy or even wait tables. By delivering food to customers, not only can you get lots of tips from generous customers, you can also get transportation fee paid from them. One can make easily make $ 150-200 a day.
T2
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It's impolite to make calls or sent text messages on a dinner table. Explain in details.
题目翻译：你是否认为在餐桌上打电话或发短信对于一起用餐的人非常不礼貌?
题目解析：这道题较为经典，考察电子产品对人的影响。目前科技类话题常考的产品有：电脑、手机、电视。因此需要考生掌握这三大类的相关表达。电脑除了computer，还可以使用laptop，notebook等词汇;手机要掌握相关表达如“自拍”(selfie)、“社交软件”(social networking apps)、“手机软件”(applications/apps)。而电视要知道一些节目名称如“电视连续剧”(TV series)、“真人秀”(reality show)等。
此题的思路分析：认为餐桌打电话不礼貌：1. 干扰他人用餐，2. 不能全心交流，对人不尊重。认为餐桌电话并不是不礼貌：1. 紧急情况的电话必须接，2. 通话时可以降低音量，且通话时长自己控制在一定时间，不会对人造成恶劣的影响。也可以从自身理解的点出发，只要能自圆其说即可。
范文：
Well, frankly speaking, it really depends on the situation when it comes to the question of is it okay to make calls or sent text messages on a dinner table. Such behaviors can be excused if it is an emergency, like you are having dinner with a group of friends and some called you saying that your family number got really sick, of course it is no problem to make the call. However, if you are just bored about your time with friends, I do not think making calls and sending text messages are polite, and it is not courteous at all, actually, socializing with friends on the dinner table and talking about the past can be great fun.
TASK 3
标题：University to Build New Auditorium
计划： The university is planning to build a new auditorium to replace the old one.
阅读理由： Firstly, the old auditorium is old-fashioned, the decorations have been outdated; having a new, clean, modern auditorium is a better option. In addition, the old one is too small to accommodate all students.
听力态度：Disagree
听力理由：Firstly, old auditorium is the first thing the university ever built, it is part of the history, it represents the history. Secondly, in terms of the space of the old auditorium, barely there are any events that require all students to participate in the auditorium, often there is small group of people come to see a play or concert, so space is no concern.
Task 4
标题：Dormancy
定义：In the really harsh natural environment, some animals will use dormancy to protect themselves from the nature. In a word, they will avoid exposure to certain elements in the environment and use slow metabolism to preserve energy.
听力：Professor used an example of the lungfish to demonstrate the term, lungfish lives in the shallow lakes that faces the possible consequences of drying up. If the lake dries up, then the lungfish is cooked, so they will explore certain method to prevent that from happening. So basically what the lungfish do is to dig a hole through the mud at the bottom of the lake, its body will be curled up and berried in the mud, so the covered mud could be a proactive coat for the lungfish that keeps them away from the heat and also keep the moisture inside the body. The lungfish will keep the body still and breathe really slow, the heart beat is slowing down as well. Usually the lungfish relies on eating crabs and small fish to survive but since it lives in the shelter, it doesn’t need to eat anything at all. They can survive in this shelter for months, or even years until the lake returns.
Task 5
问题：The woman wants to take the guitar lesson but the guitar lesson got canceled because there was not much people signing up for it this semester.
解决方法1：Her professor offered the first solution in which she can seek for a professor at school for private lessons.
优点1：They will meet up once a week, she can be committed to several lessons altogether until she can play very well.
缺点1：She is concerned about the expanse since private lessons usually are not cheap, not to mention she has to take several courses.
解决方法2：She can buy a book online to teach herself how to play guitar, there also comes with a cd that she can listen to.
优点2：There is no need to worry about the cost.
缺点2：If she want to study fast and to learn more, she has to be really committed, disciplined and stick to it.
2016年7月3日托福口语真题回忆
Task6
话题：In a mass media class, professor talks about certain techniques in advertising to persuade consumers.
论点1：Direct route.
例子1：If a car is really energy efficient that it runs on electricity or small amount of gasoline, in advertisement, they will use facts and statistics to compare themselves with other cars, the consumers can have a pretty good sense on the functions. This is direct approach or direct route.
论点2：Indirect route
例子2：If a car is ordinary in functions, has no other obvious advantages, in advertisement it will be showing a group of people smiling and laughing, driving themselves to the beach, this is a technique that relates the car with happiness. Using associations and connections other than facts and hard evidence, is indirect route.