Part 1
Examiner
Do you have a talent or something you are good at?
Candidate
Yes, I am quite good at drawing. I have been drawing since childhood and was able to produce real estate portraits and animals dropping early on, which encourages my parents and teachers to support me. I keep practicing to input my technique. Now I usually use pencils and watercolor to spend my weekend in the different styles.
Examiner
Was it mastered recently or when you were young?
Candidate
When I was 6 my mother enrolled me in a art classes, so I started learning to draw and pan. I partied a lot and honked and gradually become a quite good at it.
Examiner
Do you think your talent can be useful for your future work? Why?
Candidate
Yes, I believe my talent will be useful in my future work. Practicing it has developed my patience and attentions to details, which helped me complete long projects more reliable. For example, because I am patience and observant, I can spot mistake early and communicate solution to my team.
Examiner
Do you think anyone in your family has the same talent?
Candidate
No, I don't think so. My parents cook really well but I haven't developed the same skill. I don't enjoy cooking much and usually prefer eating what is prepared rather than making meals myself.
Do you have a talent or something you are good at?
Score: 62.0Suggestion: 回答主题明确,但句子有语法、用词和表达不自然的问题,信息有些重复且句子冗长。建议:1) 开头一句明确主题(已做到);2) 用一到两句具体举例并用连词(such as, for example, and)连接,避免重复;3) 注意时态与词汇准确(例如“produce”改为“draw”或“create”,“dropping”不合适,改为“portraits of animals”),4) 控制在3-4句内,语速适中。练习时可先写出要点:起点、学习过程、常用材料和练习频率。
Example: Yes, I’m good at drawing. I’ve been drawing since I was a child and can create detailed portraits of houses and animals. I usually practise with pencils and watercolors on weekends, experimenting with different styles to improve my technique.
Was it mastered recently or when you were young?
Score: 40.0Suggestion: 回答缺乏清晰性且存在多处错误与无关词(如“pan”, “partied”, “honked”),导致意思模糊。建议:1) 直接说起始年龄并说明学习过程;2) 用连词解释逐渐进步的原因(e.g. with regular lessons/practice);3) 注意语法(a art→an art, become→became, I was able to→I gradually became);4) 避免无关或错误词汇。
Example: I started learning when I was six, because my mother enrolled me in an art class. With regular lessons and practice over the years, I gradually became quite skilled.
Do you think your talent can be useful for your future work? Why?
Score: 70.0Suggestion: 内容相关且有举例,但存在语法与词汇错误(attentions→attention, more reliable→more reliably, patience→patient, spot mistake→spot mistakes)。建议:1) 用准确名词/形容词形式;2) 用连接词(for example)后给出具体情景;3) 将论点与工作场景更紧密结合,比如说明哪些工作类型受益;4) 控制句子数量并保持流畅。
Example: Yes, I think it will. Drawing has taught me patience and attention to detail, which are valuable at work. For example, when working on long projects I can spot mistakes early and suggest practical solutions to my team.
Do you think anyone in your family has the same talent?
Score: 76.0Suggestion: 回答清晰且流畅,内容自然,但可以更紧凑并略微扩展对比细节。建议:1) 首句直接回应,然后用一两句说明理由或举例对比;2) 可用连词(but, although)增强衔接;3) 保持简洁,避免不必要的重复。
Example: No, I don’t think so. My parents are great cooks, but I never developed that skill. I prefer eating what they prepare rather than cooking myself, so our talents are different.
× I have been drawing since childhood and was able to produce real estate portraits and animals dropping early on, which encourages my parents and teachers to support me.
✓ I have been drawing since childhood and was able to produce real estate portraits and animal drawings early on, which encouraged my parents and teachers to support me.
句中“animals dropping” 用法不正确,应为“animal drawings”(动物画作)。此外时态不一致:既有过去时“was able”又用现在时“encourages”,应改为过去时“encouraged”。建议:把“animals dropping”改为“animal drawings”,并把后半句的动词改为过去时以保持时间一致。
× I keep practicing to input my technique.
✓ I keep practicing to improve my technique.
“input my technique” 用法不当,英语中通常用“improve”表示提高技能。建议使用固定搭配“practice to improve (one's) technique”。
× Now I usually use pencils and watercolor to spend my weekend in the different styles.
✓ Now I usually use pencils and watercolors to spend my weekends experimenting with different styles.
原句中“watercolor”需用复数“watercolors”或加冠词;“to spend my weekend in the different styles” 介词和结构不当,应改为“spend my weekends experimenting with different styles”(用动词短语表尝试不同风格)。建议:使用复数或可数形式,并用合适动词短语。
× When I was 6 my mother enrolled me in a art classes, so I started learning to draw and pan.
✓ When I was six my mother enrolled me in art classes, so I started learning to draw and paint.
“a art classes” 中有冠词错误且数不一致,应为“art classes” 或“an art class”。另外“pan” 是拼写错误,应为“paint”。建议:去掉不必要的不定冠词并修正拼写。
× I partied a lot and honked and gradually become a quite good at it.
✓ I practiced a lot and gradually became quite good at it.
“partied” 和“honked” 语义不通且不合上下文,应为“practiced”;“become” 时态错误应为过去时“became”;“a quite good” 冠词多余,应为“quite good”。建议:用语义和时态正确的词并去掉多余冠词。
× Practicing it has developed my patience and attentions to details, which helped me complete long projects more reliable.
✓ Practicing it has developed my patience and attention to detail, which helped me complete long projects more reliably.
“attentions to details” 用法错误,应为“attention to detail”(不可数短语);“more reliable” 用作方式副词错误,应为副词“more reliably”。建议:使用固定搭配并用副词修饰动词。
× For example, because I am patience and observant, I can spot mistake early and communicate solution to my team.
✓ For example, because I am patient and observant, I can spot mistakes early and communicate solutions to my team.
“patience” 是名词,应使用形容词“patient”;“mistake” 和 “solution” 需用复数形式“mistakes”和“solutions”;“spot mistake early” 中缺副词位置无误但复数和词形需改正。建议:用形容词修饰人,用复数名词表示泛指多次发生的事。
× No, I don't think so. My parents cook really well but I haven't developed the same skill.
✓ No, I don't think so. My parents cook really well, but I haven't developed the same skill.
此句主要缺少逗号分隔,但语法问题不严重;保留原意并加上逗号以改善句子流畅性。说明:逗号有助于连接两个独立分句。
× I don't enjoy cooking much and usually prefer eating what is prepared rather than making meals myself.
✓ I don't enjoy cooking much and usually prefer eating what is prepared rather than making meals myself.
本句语法正确,代词“myself” 使用恰当,无需修改。说明:此处为一个正确的反身代词用法。