Part 1
考官
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
考生
Yeah, definitely. I guess every child had a back for most of the time. And I got it when I was six years old. It was my birthday gift for my parents.
考官
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
考生
From my perspective, bikes may be used to be popular, but nowadays technique is popular. So almost everyone use drive drive drive cars or take the subways.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
分数: 65.0建议: 回答切题,也提供了年龄和获得自行车的原因,结构基本清楚。不过,“back”应改为“bike”,“every child had a back”表达不准确;“for most of the time”不自然,可以改为“when they were young”或直接删除。“a birthday gift for my parents”应改为“a birthday gift from my parents”。建议使用更自然的连接方式,并避免不准确的泛化表达。
示例: Yes, definitely. I got my first bike when I was six, and it was a birthday present from my parents. I used to ride it around my neighborhood with my friends after school.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
分数: 40.0建议: 回答表达了过去和现在的对比,但语法、词汇和流利度问题较多。“may be used to be”应改为“used to be”,“technique”不符合语境,应使用“technology”或直接说“cars and public transport are more popular”。“everyone use”应改为“everyone uses”,“drive drive drive”需要删除并改为“drives”;“the subways”在泛指时通常说“the subway”或“the metro”。建议先给出明确观点,再用一个原因和具体对比展开。
示例: I think bikes used to be more popular in my country, especially in smaller cities. However, nowadays many people prefer driving cars or taking the subway because these forms of transport are faster and more convenient. That said, cycling is still common for exercise and short trips.
× Yeah, definitely. I guess every child had a back for most of the time. And I got it when I was six years old. It was my birthday gift for my parents.
✓ Yeah, definitely. I guess every child had a bike most of the time. And I got it when I was six years old. It was my birthday gift from my parents.
“most of the time”表示“多数时候”,通常不需要加介词“for”。表示礼物来自某人时,应使用“from”,所以“a birthday gift for my parents”应改为“a birthday gift from my parents”。另外,“back”根据上下文应为“bike”,这里属于明显的用词或记录错误。
× From my perspective, bikes may be used to be popular, but nowadays technique is popular.
✓ From my perspective, bikes used to be popular, but nowadays technology is popular.
“used to”表示过去常常或过去曾经,后面直接接动词原形,不能在前面再加情态动词“may”。因此,“may be used to be popular”应改为“used to be popular”。“technology”比“technique”更适合表达“科技”。
× So almost everyone use drive drive drive cars or take the subways.
✓ So almost everyone drives cars or takes the subway.
“everyone”虽然表示很多人,但语法上属于单数主语,因此一般现在时中谓语动词要使用第三人称单数形式:“use”应改为“uses”,“take”应改为“takes”。不过本句想表达的是“几乎每个人都开车或乘地铁”,所以最自然的表达是“everyone drives cars or takes the subway”。同时删除重复的“drive”,并使用固定表达“take the subway”。