Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes, I have it like when I was in the junior high school student.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
I'm not really because in my country everyone uses cars, modern bikes.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 35.0Gợi ý: 「Yes」と答えた後は、過去の経験なので現在形の「have」ではなく過去形の「had」を使いましょう。また、「when I was in the junior high school student」は不自然なので、「when I was in junior high school」または「when I was a junior high school student」と表現します。自転車をどのように使っていたかなど、具体的な情報を1文加えると、より自然で内容のある回答になります。
Ví dụ: Yes, I had a bike when I was in junior high school. I used it to go to school and visit my friends. It was a simple mountain bike, but I really enjoyed riding it.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 30.0Gợi ý: 質問は自転車の人気について尋ねているため、「I'm not really」ではなく「I don't think they are very popular」を使って、直接答えましょう。「everyone uses cars」は断定が強すぎるので、「many people rely on cars」のように自然で正確な表現にします。また、「modern bikes」は文脈上不明確なので、電動自転車について述べたい場合は「electric bikes」と言いましょう。人気が低い理由や、都市部での例を具体的に加えると、回答がより明確になります。
Ví dụ: I don’t think bikes are very popular in my country. Many people rely on cars because public transportation is limited in some areas. However, electric bikes are becoming more common, especially in large cities.
× Yes, I have it like when I was in the junior high school student.
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a junior high school student.
The question asks about a past situation, so use the past-tense form had instead of the present-tense form have. Also, a bike is clearer than it because the bike has not been mentioned before.
× Yes, I have it like when I was in the junior high school student.
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a junior high school student.
Use the indefinite article a before junior high school student because this refers to one student in a general category. The phrase the junior high school student is not appropriate here.
× I'm not really because in my country everyone uses cars, modern bikes.
✓ I'm not really sure because, in my country, everyone uses cars rather than modern bikes.
The phrase I'm not really is incomplete because the adjective sure is needed to complete the meaning. The original sentence also places cars and modern bikes together without showing the intended contrast. Use rather than to clearly express the comparison.