Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, I did. It was a small red bicycle that I got when I was about seven. I learned it to ride it in my neighbourhood with my friends and I often use it to go to the park or to the local shop because it made me feel happy.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, bicycles are quite popular in my country because they are good for our health and help protect the environment. For example, many of my friends often ride bicycles to work or school and shared bike severals are common in cities so people can use them easily.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 78.0Suggestion: 回答内容 relevant,结构也比较清晰,并且提供了自行车的颜色、购买年龄和使用场景等具体细节。不过,“learned it to ride it”表达错误,应改为“learned to ride it”;由于问题询问的是童年经历,后文的“use”应使用过去时“used”。最后的“because it made me feel happy”略显不自然,可以改为“which made me feel happy”或说明骑车带来的具体感受。建议使用“Also”或“Moreover”连接补充信息,并避免重复使用“it”。
Example: Yes, I did. I got a small red bicycle when I was about seven, and I learned to ride it in my neighbourhood with my friends. I often used it to go to the park or the local shop, which made me feel independent and happy.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 82.0Suggestion: 回答直接回应了问题,并给出了健康、环保以及通勤方面的理由,内容较完整。需要改正“shared bike severals”这一表达,正确说法是“bike-sharing services”或“shared-bike schemes”;“many of my friends often”中“many”和“often”同时使用略显重复,可以改为“many of my friends ride”。此外,最后一句信息较多,建议使用“For instance”或“In addition”连接,并补充一个更具体的城市生活场景,使答案更加自然有效。
Example: Yes, bicycles are quite popular in my country because they are healthy, environmentally friendly, and convenient. For instance, many people cycle to work or school, while bike-sharing services are widely available in large cities. As a result, people can easily rent a bike for short journeys and avoid traffic jams.
× I learned it to ride it in my neighbourhood with my friends and I often use it to go to the park or to the local shop because it made me feel happy.
✓ I learned to ride it in my neighbourhood with my friends, and I often used it to go to the park or the local shop because it made me feel happy.
“learn”后面通常接“to do”,所以应说“learned to ride it”,不能说“learned it to ride it”。另外,整段是在描述童年经历,应用一般过去时,因此“use”应改为“used”。“to the local shop”中的第二个“to”可以省略,因为“to”可同时连接两个并列地点。
× I learned it to ride it in my neighbourhood with my friends and I often use it to go to the park or to the local shop because it made me feel happy.
✓ I learned to ride it in my neighbourhood with my friends, and I often used it to go to the park or the local shop because it made me feel happy.
“when I was about seven”以及整个回答都在谈过去的经历,所以“use”应使用一般过去时“used”,与前面的“got”和“learned”保持时态一致。
× For example, many of my friends often ride bicycles to work or school and shared bike severals are common in cities so people can use them easily.
✓ For example, many of my friends often ride bicycles to work or school, and several shared bikes are common in cities, so people can use them easily.
“several”是数量词,后面应接可数名词复数,不能写成“severals”。同时,英语中应说“several shared bikes”,即数量词“several”放在名词短语前面。