Part 1
考官
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
考生
Yes, I did. When I was about seven, my parents bought me a small red bike with training wheels and ride it to school and to the park almost every day because I think it's my favorite way to get around. I still remember how proud I felt when I finally nerve to ride without the training wheel.
考官
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
考生
That's a confusing one because now in China the situation is now getting better and better. I think in the past decades it's not very popular but from now on the shared bike is getting ground in our country.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
分数: 62.0建议: 回答切题,也提供了具体的颜色、年龄和骑车场景,内容比较生动。注意时态一致:讲童年经历时应使用过去时,例如把“ride it”改为“rode it”;“because I think”可改为“because it was”,避免时态跳跃。“finally nerve”表达不正确,可改成“finally managed to”或“finally plucked up the courage to”;“training wheel”通常用复数“training wheels”。
示例: Yes, I did. When I was about seven, my parents bought me a small red bike with training wheels. I rode it to school and to the park almost every day because it was my favorite way to get around. I still remember how proud I felt when I finally managed to ride without the training wheels.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
分数: 45.0建议: 先直接回答自行车是否受欢迎,再用一两个具体理由展开。避免重复使用“now”,并注意时间表达:“in the past decades”在这里不自然,可根据意思改为“in the past”;“from now on”表示从现在开始,谈当前趋势可用“recently”或“in recent years”。“getting ground”应改为“gaining popularity”或“gaining ground”。可以提到共享单车让短途出行更方便,以增强细节。
示例: Yes, I think bikes are becoming popular in China, especially in large cities. In recent years, shared bikes have made it easy and affordable to travel short distances. Many people use them to get to a subway station or run errands.
× When I was about seven, my parents bought me a small red bike with training wheels and ride it to school and to the park almost every day because I think it's my favorite way to get around.
✓ When I was about seven, my parents bought me a small red bike with training wheels, and I rode it to school and to the park almost every day because I thought it was my favorite way to get around.
这句话描述的是童年时发生的事情,因此相关动作应使用过去时。原句中的“ride”和“think”应分别改为“rode”和“thought”;“it's”也应改为“it was”,以保持时态一致。
× I still remember how proud I felt when I finally nerve to ride without the training wheel.
✓ I still remember how proud I felt when I finally had the nerve to ride without the training wheels.
“training wheels”通常指自行车两侧的一对辅助轮,应使用复数形式“wheels”。
× I still remember how proud I felt when I finally nerve to ride without the training wheel.
✓ I still remember how proud I felt when I finally had the nerve to ride without the training wheels.
“I finally nerve”缺少谓语动词,句子结构不完整。表达“终于有勇气做某事”时,可以使用“have the nerve to do something”,因此应改为“finally had the nerve to ride”。
× I think in the past decades it's not very popular but from now on the shared bike is getting ground in our country.
✓ I thought that shared bikes had not been very popular in the past few decades, but now they are gaining ground in our country.
“in the past few decades”指过去一段时间,描述这段时间的情况可用现在完成时“have not been”;结合前面的过去时叙述,也可用“had not been”。原句的“it's not”时态不合适。
× I think in the past decades it's not very popular but from now on the shared bike is getting ground in our country.
✓ I thought that shared bikes had not been very popular in the past few decades, but now they are gaining ground in our country.
这里是在泛指中国的共享单车,不是指某一辆特定的自行车,因此用复数“shared bikes”更合适;后文也应使用复数代词“they”。