Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
Well, funny you should ask. Actually, when I was about three, I begged my parents to get me a bike because everybody else my age already had one. However, my parents thought it would bring lots of fights among me and my cousins 'cause I was living in an extended family. So I never got one until I.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Well, I guess it depends on the region. In bitter cities such as Shanghai, bikes are quite popular. Especially when your office is like 1 kilometer away from a tube station than a bike would really come in handy because then you don't have to walk for that kind of distance. However, in smaller cities I.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Pontuação: 62.0Sugestão: 内容较自然,但不够完整和连贯。回答时有口语化开头且信息具体(年龄、原因),但句子未完结导致意思不清;句子有冗余(例如“funny you should ask”可有可无),且未使用连接词来清晰表明时间顺序或结果。建议在开头直接给出主题句,补全结尾,并用一两个连接词(so/therefore/because/then)组织细节,控制在3-4句内,同时避免不必要的填充语。
Exemplo: I didn’t have a bike when I was very young. When I was about three I begged my parents for one because many of my cousins had bikes, but they refused because there would have been constant fights over it. As a result, I only got a bike later when I was older and could share it more responsibly.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Pontuação: 58.0Sugestão: 回答思路正确,使用了对比(大城市与小城市),但表达有错误与未完成的句子(“bitter cities”应为“bigger”或“大城市”;句子结构混乱,连接词使用不当;结尾未说明小城市情况)。建议先给出总体观点,然后用清晰的对比句补充细节,注意词汇准确性并完成句子,使用连接词如“for example/in contrast/therefore”。
Exemplo: I think it depends on the region. In big cities like Shanghai, bikes are quite popular because they are convenient for short trips from the tube station to the office. In contrast, in many smaller towns people prefer motorcycles or cars since destinations are more spread out and public transport is less frequent.
× So I never got one until I.
✓ So I never got one.
原句“until I.” 是不完整的句子结构,缺少谓语或完整的从句。可能本意是“until I was older”或只是表示从未得到过,因此应将“until I.” 删除或补全。建议根据上下文补全为“until I was older”或直接写成完整句“So I never got one.”。
× Especially when your office is like 1 kilometer away from a tube station than a bike would really come in handy because then you don't have to walk for that kind of distance.
✓ Especially when your office is like 1 kilometer away from a tube station, a bike would really come in handy because you don't have to walk that distance.
原句包含不正确的连接词使用和冗余表达(“when...than” 不正确),并且有冗余词组“for that kind of distance”。建议删除“than”,在从句与主句之间用逗号分隔;将“you don't have to walk for that kind of distance” 精简为“you don't have to walk that distance”。这样句子结构更自然、语法正确。
× In bitter cities such as Shanghai, bikes are quite popular.
✓ In bigger cities such as Shanghai, bikes are quite popular.
原句使用了错误的形容词“bitter”(苦的、严酷的),在此语境应使用表示规模或人口的形容词“bigger”或“bigger/major”。建议根据语境改为“bigger cities”或“major cities”。
× Actually, when I was about three, I begged my parents to get me a bike because everybody else my age already had one.
✓ Actually, when I was about three, I begged my parents to get me a bike because everybody else my age already had one.
该句本身语法正确,无需修改。这里重复返回以表明已检查:主谓数一致,单复数使用正确。