Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Nope, I didn't have a bike when I was a child. My parents thought that was too dangerous for a kid like me. My first bike was boat when I was in college and it was a second hand bike so it was cheap but still the experience quite cool.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Absolutely yes. You can see bikes in every city, every street and people are using the shirt bikes to save money and also with a healthy life style, as you can imagine.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 68.0Suggestion: 回答直接,也提供了父母的原因和第一次买车的经历,内容比较完整。主要问题是语法和搭配错误:应说“was bought”或更自然地说“I bought my first bike”,而不是“was boat”;“a second hand bike”应写作“a second-hand bike”;“the experience quite cool”缺少系动词,应改为“the experience was quite cool”。此外,“Nope”较口语化,在考试中使用“Yes/No, I didn’t”更稳妥。
Example: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child because my parents thought it was too dangerous. I bought my first bike when I was in college. It was a cheap, second-hand bike, but I really enjoyed riding it around campus.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 62.0Suggestion: 回答观点明确,也提到了共享单车省钱和有益健康两个原因,但表达不够自然,且有明显词汇和语法错误。“shirt bikes”应为“shared bikes”;“in every city, every street”可改为“in cities and on streets across the country”;“with a healthy life style”应改为“to maintain a healthy lifestyle”或“because cycling is good for their health”。建议使用“Moreover/In addition”连接两个理由,并补充一个具体结果,使答案更连贯。
Example: Yes, bikes are very popular in my country, especially in large cities. Shared bikes are widely available, so people use them to save money and avoid traffic jams. In addition, cycling is a convenient way to stay healthy.
× My first bike was boat when I was in college and it was a second hand bike so it was cheap but still the experience quite cool.
✓ My first bike was bought when I was in college, and it was a second-hand bike, so it was cheap, but the experience was still quite cool.
“was”后面需要接过去分词来构成被动语态,所以“boat”应改为“bought”。“bought”表示“被买”。注意:be + 过去分词是常见的被动语态结构。
× My first bike was boat when I was in college and it was a second hand bike so it was cheap but still the experience quite cool.
✓ My first bike was bought when I was in college, and it was a second-hand bike, so it was cheap, but the experience was still quite cool.
“the experience quite cool”缺少系动词“was”。英语句子通常不能只有主语和形容词,需要使用“主语 + be动词 + 形容词”的结构,例如“the experience was cool”。
× My first bike was boat when I was in college and it was a second hand bike so it was cheap but still the experience quite cool.
✓ My first bike was bought when I was in college, and it was a second-hand bike, so it was cheap, but the experience was still quite cool.
“bike”是可数名词单数,前面需要使用冠词或其他限定词。这里使用“a second-hand bike”,表示“一辆二手自行车”。此外,“second-hand”作前置定语时通常需要加连字符。
× Absolutely yes. You can see bikes in every city, every street and people are using the shirt bikes to save money and also with a healthy life style, as you can imagine.
✓ Absolutely yes. You can see bikes in every city and on every street, and people are using the shirt bikes to save money and also to maintain a healthy lifestyle, as you can imagine.
表示“在街道上”时,通常使用介词“on”,所以“in every street”应改为“on every street”。另外,“with a healthy lifestyle”不能与“save money”平行表达目的;这里应使用“to maintain a healthy lifestyle”,表示“保持健康的生活方式”。