Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
When I was young, I didn't have a bike because my mom didn't, umm, let me to buy let me buy a bike.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Yes, I think so. Umm, the bikes are popular in the cities, especially in Seoul. I think umm because umm the the metropolitan, in the metropolitan cities, the convenient transportation includes bus and subway and also includes bikes.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Pontuação: 62.0Sugestão: 질문에 직접 답한 점은 좋습니다. 다만 “let me to buy”는 문법적으로 틀리므로 “let me buy”라고 해야 합니다. “umm”과 반복된 자기 수정은 줄이고, 어머니가 자전거를 사 주지 않은 이유나 당시의 느낌을 한 가지 덧붙이면 답변이 더 자연스럽고 구체적입니다.
Exemplo: No, I didn’t have a bike as a child because my mother wouldn’t let me buy one. She was worried that I might have an accident.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Pontuação: 52.0Sugestão: 자전거가 특히 서울에서 인기가 있다고 직접 답한 점은 적절합니다. 하지만 “the metropolitan”과 “the convenient transportation includes...”는 표현이 어색하고, “umm”과 반복 때문에 핵심이 흐려집니다. “bicycles are popular”처럼 자연스러운 표현을 사용하고, 자전거가 인기 있는 이유를 따릉이 같은 공공자전거 이용이나 자전거 도로 등 구체적인 예로 설명해 보세요.
Exemplo: Yes, bicycles are quite popular in large cities, especially Seoul. Many people use the public bike-sharing service to get around or to enjoy a ride along the riverside.
× When I was young, I didn't have a bike because my mom didn't, umm, let me to buy let me buy a bike.
✓ When I was young, I didn't have a bike because my mom didn't let me buy one.
After let + object, use the base form of the verb without to. The sentence also contains a repeated, unfinished phrase, so remove the false start and keep the complete construction: let me buy.
× Yes, I think so. Umm, the bikes are popular in the cities, especially in Seoul.
✓ Yes, I think so. Bikes are popular in cities, especially in Seoul.
When making a general statement about bikes and cities, do not use the definite article the. Use plural nouns without an article to refer to them generally.
× I think umm because umm the the metropolitan, in the metropolitan cities, the convenient transportation includes bus and subway and also includes bikes.
✓ I think that convenient transportation in metropolitan cities includes buses, subways, and bikes.
Bus and subway refer to types of transportation in general, so use their plural forms, buses and subways. The original also has a false start and repetition; the correction presents the complete idea clearly.