“疯狂”解析托福口语Task 2 之“策略”

随着托福口语考试Task 1的结束，考生就要马上调整好进入Task 2 Personal Choice的备考状态。Task 2 Personal Choice中要求考生在规定的时间之内必须在某两种对立的观点，如relax indoors vs. relaxing outdoors或A college education is necessary for a successful career vs.Agree/ Disagree中做出倾向选择，并陈述理由。其问法常以Agree or Disagree或Prefer A to B两种问法出现考题中。仔细研读过ETS的同学你会发现，即便是官方备考策略中也明确指出要求考生首先要Be familiar with the direction and dismiss them by clicking on continue，及考生必须要明确和清楚自己的立场，所以切莫出现写作的形式，如“双边倒”，不少同学会出现既说A又说B的情况，导致要么就是没有说完，要么就是没有表达清楚，因此这是不可取的。

接下来就是审题，要求考生在15秒内准备(包括记笔记)，完后并陈述45秒钟即可。不难发现，实际上Task 2 和Task 1 Personal Preference是有共同之处的，即表达观点之后考生需要捍卫自己的观点，只不过Task 2 中的观点是二选一罢了。 我们可以完全采用在前一题型中的笔记模式来准备即：Topic Sentence &Supporting Ideas.策略。而这里的supporting idea 尤为关键，我们知道中国人在英文的表达上是强于说理，弱于举例，因此这也成了国内考生心中的一个“痛”，在Supporting detail中死活想不出例子，不少同学因担心自己“没准备过”或“无理由”而败之惨痛。一起来看一个真题：

Some people prefer having meals at Chinese restaurants, but some others prefer American-style fast food like KFC and McDonald’s. Which do you prefer and explain why.

题目要求考生在中餐和西餐之间做出偏向选择，并说明理由。需要提醒的是考生倒不必在此纠结于到底选中餐还是西餐，切莫浪费不必要的时间，当然一定是以选自己熟悉的领域为原则的。如果你总是为难于该说什么样的理由甚至是顿时说不出任何理由的时候，小奥老师的“两个策略”可以帮助大家快速解决这个问题。

策略一: 可以借用传说中的形容词(adj.)来作为Supporting Idea，以此展开细节描述;这样的话，同学们的脑海里可能马上就蹦出诸如：nutritious、convenient 、fast service 等这样的形容词，并以此说出一个例子即可。如

I think Chinese food would be better. Firstly, they are nutritious which have a lot of body-building nutrition and vitamin we really need。

策略二：若是在找不到第二个合适的理由，可直接借用对方的一个缺点来作为Supporting idea 来陈述;如描述中餐是时可采取相比之下西餐的品种少、营养价值不高等不足之处来作为第二个理由;描述西餐时可采取相比之下中餐的费时、油腻等不足之处来作为第二个理由即可，即：

1 A+B-缺点

2 B+A-缺点

如：

1) Well， if you have American -style fast food, all you can have is Hamburg and Zinger burger or stuff like that, I mean you don`t have too many choices. Besides it lacks of a lot of body-building nutrition and vitamin we really need.

2) Well, if you choose to have American -style fast food, it only takes you about 30 minutes, while if you have Chinese food, it will be an hour ”

随后，在45秒的陈述时间中，看着你的笔记镇定自如的复述即可,需要提醒的是若还有足够的时间的话别忘了总结，如：

That`s the reason why I prefer...

In conclusion...

Therefore, I much prefer...

我们可以这么来回答这个Topic：

“I think Chinese food would be better. Firstly, they are nutritious which have a lot of body-building nutrition and vitamin we really need. Also, there is a large variety of choices , like, if you like spicy food, you can choose “Sichuan” style restaurant. By the way, my favorite Sichuan dish is “ants climbing tree.”(蚂蚁上树) While, if you have American -style fast food, all you can eat is Hamburg and Zinger burger or stuff like that, I mean you don`t have too many choices. Besides it lacks of many body-building nutrition and vitamin we really need. So, That`s why I prefer to have Chinese food.

以上这两个策略均可用于Task 2的任何话题中。

1 Some students like to regularly review their notes, while others like to review their notes just before tests.What is your choice and why?

2 Instead of always being busy,one should have a relaxed life style.Do you agree or disagree?

Tips:托福口语考试侧重点不在于考察考生的学术背景，而是注重考察学生如何express idea和Organize reply的能力。必要的时候还可以来个“善意的谎言”或是“移花接木”。但英语学习终归还是要回到本质上，如若脱离了语言学习的本质，浪费了大量的时间、金钱，又有何用呢?希望大家能够勤模仿，多练习、多积累，坚持每天练英语、每天说英语，每天用英语。因为，英语学习贵在坚持，任何“三天打渔，两天晒网”的这种心态在英语学习中是不可能成功的!记住一句话：只要你的英语综合技能提高了，还担心考试吗?你觉得呢?