Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yeah, when I was a child, I have a bike and I used it for a long time, but it broke up. When I go to school, I feel very sad and I do not buy a new bike after that.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
To be honest, I don't think so because in my country the people prefer using cars to the place they work or they study, I think car is more common.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 62.0Suggestion: 回答基本切题,也提供了自行车坏掉后的细节,但时态不一致:应将“have”改为“had”,“go”改为“went”,“feel”改为“felt”,“do not buy”改为“did not buy”。“broke up”通常用于描述关系结束,形容自行车损坏应使用“broke down”或“was broken”。另外,“when I was a child, I had a bike”已经表达清楚,可以直接说明用途和感受,并使用“because”或“so”连接原因和结果。
Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child, and I used it to go to school and play with my friends. Unfortunately, it broke down after several years. I was really upset, so I never bought another one.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 64.0Suggestion: 回答观点明确,但存在表达不自然和语法问题。“the people”应改为“people”,“using cars to the place they work or they study”应改为“driving to work or school”,“car is more common”应改为“cars are more common”。句末重复使用“I think”,影响流畅度。建议先直接回答,再用“because”解释原因,并补充一个具体原因,例如城市距离较远、公共交通和汽车更方便。
Example: I don’t think bikes are very popular in my country. Most people prefer driving to work or school because cities are quite large and cars are more convenient for long distances. However, bikes are becoming more common among young people who want to exercise or reduce pollution.
× Yeah, when I was a child, I have a bike and I used it for a long time, but it broke up.
✓ Yeah, when I was a child, I had a bike and I used it for a long time, but it broke up.
“When I was a child”表示过去的时间,因此后面的动词也应使用过去时。应将“have”改为过去式“had”。
× When I go to school, I feel very sad and I do not buy a new bike after that.
✓ When I went to school, I felt very sad, and I did not buy a new bike after that.
这段内容是在描述童年时发生的事情,因此应统一使用一般过去时。“go”改为“went”,“feel”改为“felt”,“do not buy”改为“did not buy”。描述过去经历时,要保持整段的时态一致。
× To be honest, I don't think so because in my country the people prefer using cars to the place they work or they study, I think car is more common.
✓ To be honest, I don't think so because in my country, people prefer using cars to the place they work or they study. I think car is more common.
“people”在这里表示泛指“人们”,不需要使用定冠词“the”。只有在指特定的一群人时,才使用“the people”。
× People prefer using cars to the place they work or they study.
✓ People prefer using cars to get to the place where they work or study.
这里的“to”后面需要接动词不定式“to get”,表示“使用汽车去到工作或学习的地方”。“prefer using cars to the place”结构不自然,因此应改为“prefer using cars to get to...”。另外,“where”用于引导表示地点的从句。
× I think car is more common.
✓ I think cars are more common.
这里是在泛指汽车这一类交通工具,应该使用复数“cars”。复数主语后面的be动词也要使用“are”,而不是“is”。