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托福口說Task 1範例 (一) 

托福口說第一題主要是考生就某樣事物發表自我的意見並舉例說明，所以如何快速生成回答內容，主要是靠"聯想"，前提是本身對於問題主題有過相關的記憶或概念，不然也是無用。一開始在練習時可以先用簡單的模版讓自己的回答的架構是正確完整的，再來便是替換修正使用的單字，而後是讓自己唸的順暢，因為其中一個口說得分關鍵就是流暢。PS: 不要過度使用模板，因為考官聽久了也都聽得出來，要盡可能調整承自己的回答方式，而不是讓自己陷入模板的框架中。

1. Choose a school which is very impressive to you and explain why it is impressive to you. Include reasons and examples to support your response. 

Personally, I would like to say that the school which is very impressive to me is Beijing University. It is one of the most famous universities in China. There are a couple of reasons to name. The first reason I wanna say is it’s beautiful, when I’m free, I can walk in the woods, smell the grass and flowers, listen to the birds singing, all of these make me feel relaxed. The second reason is there are a lot of foreigners, so I can make friends with them, we can have a get together, we discuss, we talk, we laugh, all of these make my life funny. So that’s why Beijing University is very impressive to me.   

2. Choose one of the following work of art and explain why you like it most: song, poem, and painting. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 

Personally, I would like to say that I like magazine most. There are a couple of reasons to name. The first reason I wanna say is there are a lot of funny stories in the magazine, so I can learn a lot of jokes and share them with my friends, which can improve my interpersonal and communication skills. The second reason is I can make friends with those who have the same love for magazines, and we can have a get-together. We talk, we laugh, we discuss, and all of these make my life funny. So that’s why I like magazines most.   

3. Describe a book that is the most useful to you. Explain why this book is so useful. Include details and examples in your explanation.

 Personally, I would like to say that the book I think is interesting is the Lord of the Rings.  There are a couple of reasons to name. The first reason I wanna say is I could learn a lot of English vocabularies and sentence structures from it, which are very useful in my preparation of GRE. The second reason is it would courage me when I feel depressed and wanna give up, I want to be the hero in the story to reach the final destination by great efforts. So that’s why I think the lord of the ring is interesting. 

4. Describe one difficulty you have encountered and how you overcomed it. Include reasons and details to support your response. 

Personally, I would like to say that the huge difficulty I have encountered is English listening.  As it is known, in China, we don’t have enough opportunities to communicate in English. I took two steps to overcome the difficulty. The first step I wanna say is dictation. In this way, I can increase my temporary memory and learn some new words. The second step is reading following the tape, by doing this, I can imitate the standard pronunciation and become familiar with the communication situation. The third step is talking with my foreign teachers, so I can practice my spoken English and thus improve my listening ability.    

5. Describe an important thing you miss most when you are away from home. Explain why. Include reasons and details to support your response.

Personally, I would like to say that the important thing I miss most when I’m away from home is the book “the lord of the rings”. There are a couple of reasons to name. The first reason I wanna say is I could learn a lot of English vocabularies and sentence structures from it, which are very useful in my preparation of GRE, thus I can save a lot of energy. The second reason is it would encourage me when I feel depressed and wanna give up, I want to be the hero in the story to reach the final destination by great efforts. So that’s why I miss the book “the lord of the rings” most when I’m away from home.