【答案解析】Prompt
Talk about an important experience that you recently had. Describe what happened and explain why it was important to you.
Important Points
In this question, you should describe a recent experience and explain why it was important. After briefly describing the experience, you should explain its importance by giving specific reasons. Reasons such as, "I learned to appreciate life" or "It changed my way of thinking" are overly general and lack the specificity needed for full credit in topic development. You should also explain how you learned to appreciate life or how it changed your way of thinking. For example, "This experience taught me to appreciate life. Before, I was spending all my time working, usually alone, and I wasn"t happy. But after this happened, I realized that it was more important to spend time with my friends. So now I see my old friends more, and I"m more relaxed and enjoy life more."
High-level Response: Listen to

Rater Comments
This is a fully developed response to the question. She describes her experience studying abroad in Spain and gives a few examples of the importance of the experience (learning a new language, new culture, and so on.); she also gives a longer explanation to describe the experience of living alone for the first time. Although she doesn"t provide a lot of support for the importance of the event, she does mention several things such as learning a new language and living in a different culture for which the importance is implicit. She doesn"t sound like a native English speaker, and there are occasional mispronunciations, but her speech is clear throughout and she uses correct, precise language and vocabulary to describe the topic.
Mid-level Response: Listen to

Rater Comments
The speaker gives a specific recent experience—her brother"s car accident—but does not develop it fully with specific reasons. She also does not specifically discuss why it was important to her. General statements, such as, " We practically had to do everything ourselves " are not supported with specific details. Too often the speaker is not precise in what she says. Her statement, " I think we all learned about it " is vague. For example, she does not make clear what the pronoun "it" refers to. Therefore, listeners are not sure what the speaker means. A lack of precise vocabulary and grammar prevent this speaker from fully developing her ideas. Her pronunciation is clear in general, but there are some hesitations that cause problems for listeners. [听力原文]
Narrator
Talk about an important experience that you recently had. Describe what happened and explain why it was important to you.