my name is Steve Ford

我叫史提夫．福德．

and welcome to another How to pass the TOEFL speaking section video

現在請收看另一段錄影，介紹如何通過托福口語考試．

Above all else, the speaking section is about feeling comfortable

首要的一點，口語部分要讓人感覺舒服．

My aim is to pass on some tips to you so that you can be ready the day of your test

我希望傳授一些技巧，讓你們做好考試的準備．

Today I will be going over an independent speaking question

我們今天來溫習一道口語議題．

Remember that independent speaking questions are basically divided into two types

請記住，口語議題通常有兩種類型．

proving or disproving one side of an argument or talking about a personal experience

同意或反對某一論點，或者談論個人經歷．

Let's listen to the question, the student's answer

我們來聽聽議題，和學生的回答．

and afterward I will make some comments and suggestions

之後，我會作出評論和提出建議．

Here's the question:

議題如下：

OK! Let's look at our student's intro.

好！讓我們看看學生的回答．

So "there have lots sight things" should be changed to "there are lots of tourist attractions"

請看看．”"there have lots sight things（那裏有很多東西）”應改為”there are lots of tourist attractions（那裏有很多遊客喜歡的東西）”．

The next part "and lots of friends who like to look at the things" could be

”"And lots of friends who like to look at the things（很多人喜歡遊覽）”可以改為

and lots of tourists who like to check them out"

”And lots of tourists who like to check them out（很多遊客喜歡一探究竟）”．

That's a good phrasal verb right there "check out"

”Check out（一探究竟）”是一個很恰當的短語動詞．

you really wanna focus on phrasal verbs to make sure that you can boost your score

使用恰當的短語動詞可以提升你的成績．

So our student's first point covers the Kremlin as a tourist attraction and he says:

留意一下，這位學生首先介紹克林姆宮作為遊客勝地．他說：

I like how he has introduced his first point "first of all", that will help you to stay focused.

他用"first of all（首先）”來開始他的介紹，這是一個好方法，讓你不偏離議題．

We can add in "the" Kremlin whenever that's mentioned.

別忘了，在”Kremlin”這一特有詞語前要加上 "the"．

The odd mistake with articles and prepositions is OK, but if it's constant, it can drive your score down.

少數冠詞與介詞的錯誤可以忽略，但重覆的犯錯，會把你的分數拉低．

Next, "it's like a hub" Good simily, good word choice!

"It's like a hub（它是城巿的樞杻）" 非常形象化，用很好！

He can give himself a pat on the back for that one

值得讚揚！

"you can easy get by subway" that's pretty close, you could say, "you can EASILY get THERE by subway"

You can easy get by subway" 有點不正確，應該說："you can EASILY get THERE by subway（搭地下列車到那裏很方便）"

The next part is good, "you have some stations right beneath the main square."

下一句說得好．"you have some stations right beneath the main square（主廣場下方就有幾個車站）."

"right beneath", couldn't have said it better myself! Sounds like a native speaker!

"Right beneath”用得再好不過，這說得多地道呀！

"And you can know the Red Square" "know" is not the right word choice when we are visiting a place.

句子"And you can know the Red Square(你可以了解紅場)中的 "know(了解)" 用來表示參觀並不恰當．

I know it's used in other languages, but we need to change this to "and you can visit Red Square".

其它語言有這樣的用法，但這裏應改為"and you can visit Red Square（你可以參觀紅場）".

second point: "People who come to Moscow like to have some trips" here I would change "have some trips" to go sightseeing"

第二點，"People who come to Moscow like to have some trips（來莫斯科的遊客想四處走走）"這一句子中的"have some trips" 最好改為"to go sightseeing（四處觀光）"

"breathtaking pictures" "breathtaking" is an awesome word choice

"breathtaking pictures(令人嘆為觀止的照片)" 中的"breathtaking(嘆為觀止)" 用得十分出色．

watch out for the pronunciation: breath(noun), breathe(verb) breathtaking.

留意這一詞語的發音：breath(名詞), breathe(動詞) breathtaking

the main store our student is referring to is a huge department store in downtown Moscow

這位學生所提到的巨型百貨商店位於莫斯科巿中心，

and many other parts of Russia cities called GUM(according to Wikipedia)

根據維基百科的資料，俄羅斯其它的城巿都把它叫做古姆．

if you're gonna make a local reference like that you wanna make sure you spell it out for your rater(evaluator)

如果你想製作一個當地指南，你要把它用字母拼讀出來．

third point: "You know there are a lot of churches, you can see some historyЕ.you can perceive history of Moscow and Russia by having a trip to the Kremlin."

第三點，"You know there are a lot of churches, you can see some history. You can perceive history of Moscow and Russia by having a trip to the Kremlin(你知道,那裏有很多教堂，你可以看到歷史．你到克林姆宮遊覽，就可以了解俄羅斯和莫斯科的歷史．"

So he talks about the many churches of Moscow and "perceive history" "I'm gonna change that to "get to know the history of Moscow and Russia"

他說的是莫斯科的教堂和歷史的認識．所以我會把"perceive history（了解歷史）" 改為"get to know the history of Moscow and Russia（認識俄羅斯和莫斯科的歷史）"

one last thing I'd like to add in is

最後，我想補充的是：

"having a trip to the Kremlin" is the wrong word choice and you should say "taking a trip to the Kremlin"

"having a trip to the Kremlin"這一句子中的動詞搭配不當，應該說： "taking a trip to the Kremlin"

After the student's introduction, which was a little confusing, I found his answer to be cohesive with three separate examples, that's great!

這位學生的介紹有點亂．他的回答有三部分，各有例子，互相連貫．做得好！

giving some description to back them up

還有描述，讓回答更為完整．

The student's word choice at times was unclear, but nothing major

他的用詞有時候並不清晰，但問題不大．

There was a pretty good pace in his speaking, no long pausesЕ.umЕ..ahЕЕ

說話語速自然，沒有很長的停頓，或者嗯，啊等語氣詞．

and there were no real issues regarding pronunciation

發音來說沒有實質的問題．

I liked how the student was able to compare some of the tourist attractions to something in his imagination

我欣賞這位學生的做法．他把自己的想像和一些遊客勝地連接起來，

I really like that: "the Kremlin is sort of like a castle" and "it's like a hub".

例如："the Kremlin is sort of like a castle（克林姆宮像座城堡）" and "it's like a hub（它是個樞杻）".

This shows that the student has the ability to quickly think in an abstract way in English

這表示：這位學生能夠以抽象的方式快速思考英語．

not an easy task considering he only had 45 seconds to do it

他只有45秒的時間，這不是件容易的事．

By the way, this student already got the score he needed as he did considerable practice from the time of this recording

對了，這位學生從這次錄音開始，做了相當多的練習，考到了他需要的成績．

If you can pay attention to word choice, it will definitely boost your score.

如果多些留意用詞選擇，分數一定會提升．

Well everybody, we'll keep this short and sweet and I look forward to our next test prep. Video!

長話短說！期待下一次的考試準備攻備的錄影．

Bye for now!

再見！