问答题
Directions
: You will now listen to part of a conversation. You will then be asked a question about it. After you hear the question, give yourself 20 seconds to prepare your response. Then record yourself speaking for 60 seconds.
Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which solution you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation.
Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which solution you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation.
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【答案解析】Prompt
Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which solution you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation.
Important Points
For this task, the prompt asks you to briefly summarize the problem being discussed (the woman has a problem in her house with the water—the pipes broke—and she needs a place to stay temporarily) and recommend one of the solutions. It is important to note that taking time to summarize both solutions is not a requirement of the task. Summarizing the problem, however, is required. You should also offer reasons and support for why you prefer one solution over the other. If you prefer the second solution, for example, you may say that it is worth spending the extra money on a hotel since getting good grades on her exams should be her priority as a student.
High-level Response: Listen to
Rater Comments
This response is well-organized and easy to understand. The speaker explains the woman"s problem quickly and clearly. Even though it is not required of the task, she briefly mentions what the two solutions from the conversation are before choosing the second solution (staying in a hotel) and defending her choice with reasons. The response is not perfect—the speaker says the woman should " rent a small hotel " instead of a hotel room , and she pauses at times and repeats some phrases. However, her pronunciation is easy to follow and she uses advanced grammatical structures to express her opinion, like when she says that the woman " wouldn"t have to worry about noise and inconveniencing other people " if she stayed in a hotel.
Mid-level Response: Listen to
Rater Comments
The speaker makes a clear choice of solution and gives some reasons for that choice. It"s clear from her response that she understands what the woman"s problem is; however, to improve on this response she could have begun by summarizing the problem explicitly before recommending a solution. The speaker is not able to convey the reasons for her recommendation very clearly or with precise language. For example, when trying to explain that the woman needs to stay in a hotel so that she can focus on studying for exams, she says, " and...two weeks is an amount of time, and by the time she"s going to have her midterm exams, which is very important to get... " The listener has to make an effort here to understand what the speaker is trying to say. Her frequent pauses and some repetitions of certain words and phrases also require enough listener effort to place this response in the mid-level. [听力原文]
Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which solution you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation.
Important Points
For this task, the prompt asks you to briefly summarize the problem being discussed (the woman has a problem in her house with the water—the pipes broke—and she needs a place to stay temporarily) and recommend one of the solutions. It is important to note that taking time to summarize both solutions is not a requirement of the task. Summarizing the problem, however, is required. You should also offer reasons and support for why you prefer one solution over the other. If you prefer the second solution, for example, you may say that it is worth spending the extra money on a hotel since getting good grades on her exams should be her priority as a student.
High-level Response: Listen to
Rater Comments
This response is well-organized and easy to understand. The speaker explains the woman"s problem quickly and clearly. Even though it is not required of the task, she briefly mentions what the two solutions from the conversation are before choosing the second solution (staying in a hotel) and defending her choice with reasons. The response is not perfect—the speaker says the woman should " rent a small hotel " instead of a hotel room , and she pauses at times and repeats some phrases. However, her pronunciation is easy to follow and she uses advanced grammatical structures to express her opinion, like when she says that the woman " wouldn"t have to worry about noise and inconveniencing other people " if she stayed in a hotel.
Mid-level Response: Listen to
Rater Comments
The speaker makes a clear choice of solution and gives some reasons for that choice. It"s clear from her response that she understands what the woman"s problem is; however, to improve on this response she could have begun by summarizing the problem explicitly before recommending a solution. The speaker is not able to convey the reasons for her recommendation very clearly or with precise language. For example, when trying to explain that the woman needs to stay in a hotel so that she can focus on studying for exams, she says, " and...two weeks is an amount of time, and by the time she"s going to have her midterm exams, which is very important to get... " The listener has to make an effort here to understand what the speaker is trying to say. Her frequent pauses and some repetitions of certain words and phrases also require enough listener effort to place this response in the mid-level. [听力原文]