Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, I did When I was about seven years old, my parents bought it and they hoped me can ride a bike and and do more exercise. I almost ride it every day with my friends.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
No, I don't think so because my country is really big so that some places we can reach by riding a bike, we sometimes drive two places.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 68.0Suggestion: 回答内容切题,也提供了年龄、父母购买原因和骑车频率等具体细节,结构基本清晰。需要改进语法和自然表达:句首“Yes, I did.”后应使用句号;“hoped me can”应改为“hoped I could”或“wanted me to”;“do more exercise”前可加“get”;“almost ride it every day”应改为“rode it almost every day”。此外,避免重复使用“and”,并用“because”或“so”连接原因和结果。
Example: Yes, I did. When I was about seven, my parents bought me a bike because they wanted me to get more exercise. I rode it almost every day with my friends, usually around my neighborhood.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 52.0Suggestion: 回答表达了明确观点,但后半句逻辑和语法不清楚。“so that some places we can reach by riding a bike”不符合自然英语;“drive two places”应为“drive to those places”。可以先说明自行车在某些地区受欢迎,再解释国家面积大、城市之间距离远,因此人们通常开车或乘坐公共交通。注意使用“although”“however”或“because”连接对比和原因,并避免把“some places”与“far distances”混淆。
Example: No, not really. Although bikes are popular for short trips in some cities, my country is very large, and many places are far apart. As a result, people often drive or take public transportation instead of cycling long distances.
× When I was about seven years old, my parents bought it and they hoped me can ride a bike and do more exercise.
✓ When I was about seven years old, my parents bought it, hoping that I could ride a bike and get more exercise.
“hope”后面不能直接接“人 + can”的结构。应使用“hope that + 主语 + 情态动词”,而且这里是在讲过去的希望,所以“can”要变成过去式“could”。另外,“get more exercise”比“do more exercise”更自然。
× I almost ride it every day with my friends.
✓ I almost rode it every day with my friends.
这段经历发生在过去,所以动词应使用一般过去时。“ride”的过去式是“rode”,不能使用原形“ride”。
× No, I don't think so because my country is really big so that some places we can reach by riding a bike.
✓ No, I don't think so because my country is really big, so some places are difficult to reach by bike.
“so that”通常表示目的或结果,不适合表达这里的因果关系。这里应使用“so”。同时,“some places we can reach”结构不完整,改为“some places are difficult to reach”后句子结构更清楚。
× We sometimes drive two places.
✓ We sometimes drive to places.
表示“开车去某地”时,地点前应使用介词“to”。“two”表示数字“二”,不能代替介词“to”。