Gifts— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: 回答需更自然并直接回答问题，避免频繁的语气词和重复。应增加一两句具体细节说明为何难以挑选礼物（例如时间紧、不了解对方喜好），并使用连接词使逻辑更清晰。句子不超过五句。

Example: Not really. I’m usually very busy with work and tax deadlines, so I don’t have much time to shop. Also, I find it difficult to choose something suitable because I’m not always sure about people’s preferences, like their favorite hobbies or styles.

Suggestion: 回答直接且简短，但可以略微扩展以显得更自然和完整。加入连接词并举例说明其他场合（如节日、毕业）或频率，会让回答更丰富。保持句子数少于五句。

Example: I usually give gifts at weddings and birthday parties. I also give presents on special occasions like Christmas or when a friend graduates, especially if it’s a close relationship.

Suggestion: 回答需更清晰、用词准确并提供具体细节。目前表达含糊（例如“youthfulness”用法不当）。建议说明你注重实用性，并列举具体考虑因素（用途、质量、价格、收礼人年龄或兴趣），并用连接词组织句子。

Example: I prefer practical gifts. For example, I consider whether the item will be useful in daily life, its quality and durability, and whether it suits the recipient’s age and interests.

Suggestion: 回答明确但语气略显消极和笼统。可以更礼貌且具体地解释原因（例如缺乏手工技能或时间），并可提到在特殊情况下可能尝试手作以显示灵活性。保持简洁并使用连接词。

Example: No, I haven’t. I don’t have much skill for making handmade gifts and they take a lot of time. However, for very close friends I might try making a simple card or photo album if I have time.

Suggestion: 回答观点明确且合逻辑，但可通过加入具体原因和例子来增强说服力。避免犹豫词并使用连接词（例如“because”“for example”）。保持在五句以内。

Example: Not really. I think suitability matters more than price because a thoughtful, useful gift shows you understand the person. For example, a well-chosen book for a reader means more than an expensive item they won’t use.

× I am always busy with my tax schedules and have little time for, uh, choosing gifts.

✓ I am always busy with my tax schedule and have little time to choose gifts.

原句中“tax schedules”使用复数不自然，應為單數“tax schedule”；短語“time for choosing gifts”更常見的說法是“time to choose gifts”。建議使用單數名詞並將“for choosing”改為不定式“to choose”使表達更地道。

× it's hard for me to uh, choose something that, uh, is suitable for, uh, my friends or parents.

✓ It's hard for me to choose something that is suitable for my friends or my parents.

句中多餘的填充詞“uh”已省略；語法上“suitable for my friends or parents”可接受，但為了清晰可改為“my friends or my parents”。且保持不定式“to choose”與“that is suitable”結構。

× When we, uh, attend a wedding or birthday party.

✓ We usually attend weddings or birthday parties.

原句為片語而非完整句子，缺少主句或時態。題目問“When do you usually give gifts to others?” 回答應使用完整句並表達習慣性動作，故改為一般現在時複數形式“weddings or birthday parties”。

× I'm the kind of person who actually, uh, focus on a something practical.

✓ I'm the kind of person who actually focuses on something practical.

關係子句中主語為“who”指代“person”，需用第三人稱單數動詞“focuses”，而“a something practical”是不正確搭配，應為“something practical”。

× So, uh, when I choose a gift, I may pay attention to its youthfulness and, uh.

✓ So, when I choose a gift, I may pay attention to its usefulness and appearance.

原句“youthfulness”不太符合常見的禮物考慮要素，語義不明且句尾不完整。建議改為常見的描述如“usefulness and appearance（實用性和外觀）”，使意思完整且語法正確。

× I am not good at the handmade gift and so.

✓ I'm not good at making handmade gifts.

原句“good at the handmade gift”在語法和搭配上錯誤。固定搭配是“good at doing something”，所以應改為“good at making handmade gifts”。此外去掉模糊短語“and so”。

× If I do it, it's just a waste of time and efforts.

✓ If I do it, it's just a waste of time and effort.

習慣用法中“a waste of time and effort”中的“effort”通常用不可數形式，且與“time”並列時不加復數。將“efforts”改為不可數“effort”。

× I prefer choosing something practical and useful.

✓ I prefer to choose something practical and useful.

動詞“prefer”之後既可接動名詞也可不定式，但在此語境中與前文一致性更好用不定式“to choose”；兩者都可接受，但此處建議改為不定式使句子更流暢。

× Do expensive gifts better express your feelings?

✓ Do expensive gifts express your feelings better?

原句中副詞“better”位置不自然。英語中比較級副詞通常放在動詞之後，故將“better”移到句尾以形成正確問句結構。

× Being suitable is better than, uh, being expensive.

✓ Being suitable is better than being expensive.

原句中僅需刪除語氣填充詞“uh”。句子本身語法正確，為比較結構“X is better than Y”。

× The practical and useful gifts, uh can do a good job too.

✓ Practical and useful gifts can do a good job too.

刪除多餘的定冠詞“The”和填充詞“uh”，並將句子調整為自然的陳述句。