Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, I have. No, sorry, I didn't. When I was little kid, my family was poor. They couldn't afford to buy me a bike. So I ended up using my dad's bike sometimes. I learned how to ride a bike from my dad's bike.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes and no it depends on where you live. I live in the northern part of China where the weather is harsh in winter, so people usually don't ride bike that much. The people live in the south because of the
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 68.0Suggestion: 回答的核心内容比较清楚,也提供了原因和具体经历,但开头先说“Yes, I have”又立即改口,影响流利度和自然度。建议直接回答“No, I didn’t”,并将“When I was little kid”改为“When I was a little kid”。最后一句“from my dad’s bike”表达不自然,可以改为“using my dad’s bike”或“with my dad’s help”。另外,避免重复使用“bike”,可以使用“it”或“one”替代。
Example: No, I didn’t. When I was a little kid, my family couldn’t afford to buy me one, so I sometimes used my dad’s bike instead. That’s how I learned to ride, with his help.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 45.0Suggestion: 你使用了“it depends on where you live”来表达观点,这是一个好的开头,但需要加入标点和连接词,例如“Yes, but it depends on where you live.”回答在“The people live in the south because of the”处中断,导致意思不完整;应说明南方人骑自行车较多的具体原因,例如天气温和、城市适合骑行或短途通勤。此外,“ride bike”应改为“ride bikes”或“ride a bike”,“The people live in the south”应改为“People living in the south”。
Example: Yes, but it depends on where you live. In northern China, people don’t ride bikes as much in winter because the weather can be extremely cold. However, bikes are more popular in the south, where the climate is milder and many people use them for short commutes.
× Yes, I have.
✓ Yes, I did.
问题是在询问过去的经历,应该使用一般过去时。回答过去时态的一般疑问句时,用“did”,而不是现在完成时助动词“have”。
× When I was little kid, my family was poor.
✓ When I was a little kid, my family was poor.
可数名词单数“kid”前面需要冠词。这里表示“一个小孩”,所以要加不定冠词“a”。
× I learned how to ride a bike from my dad's bike.
✓ I learned how to ride a bike by using my dad's bike.
“from my dad's bike”表示“从我爸爸的自行车那里学习”,介词搭配和意思都不自然。表示“通过使用某物”时,应使用“by using”。如果想表达“爸爸教我”,也可以说“I learned how to ride a bike from my dad.”
× Yes and no it depends on where you live.
✓ Yes and no. It depends on where you live.
原句把两个完整句子直接连接在一起,句子结构不完整。应将“Yes and no”和“It depends on where you live”分成两个句子。
× People usually don't ride bike that much.
✓ People usually don't ride bikes that much.
“bike”是可数名词。这里表示人们通常不骑自行车这一类交通工具,所以应使用复数形式“bikes”。
× The people live in the south because of the
✓ People who live in the south usually ride bikes more often because of the milder weather.
原句没有完成,介词“because of”后面缺少完整的名词短语,而且“The people live in the south”不能准确表达“住在南方的人”。可以使用“People who live in the south”作为主语,并补充完整原因。