Part 1
考官
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
考生
Yeah, when I was a kid I had a small bike, but um when I fall down while riding this bike, uh, I get under so my mother banned to use this bike again.
考官
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
考生
Not where I live exactly because I live in the city center. Um here in the city center they usually use cars or buses, but when we go out of the center for example uh other villages um you can see people um riding by a bicycle
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
分數: 40.0建議: Répondez directement, puis expliquez brièvement ce qui s’est passé. Utilisez le passé pour raconter cet événement : « I fell off » signifie « je suis tombé de mon vélo ». La partie « I get under » n’est pas claire ; précisez si vous vous êtes blessé. Enfin, dites « my mother banned me from using it » ou, plus naturellement, « my mother wouldn’t let me ride it anymore ». Évitez les hésitations et limitez votre réponse à deux ou trois phrases.
範例: Yes, I had a small bike when I was a child. One day, I fell off it and got hurt, so my mother wouldn’t let me ride it anymore.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
分數: 62.0建議: Votre réponse établit une comparaison pertinente entre le centre-ville et les villages, mais elle ne répond pas tout à fait à la popularité des vélos dans l’ensemble du pays. Commencez par une réponse générale, puis ajoutez cette comparaison. Remplacez « riding by a bicycle » par « riding bicycles » ou « cycling », et évitez les répétitions de « city center » ainsi que les hésitations. Vous pouvez aussi préciser pourquoi les habitants des villages utilisent davantage le vélo.
範例: Yes, bikes are quite popular in some parts of my country, especially in smaller towns and villages. In the city center where I live, people tend to use cars or buses because the roads are busy. However, outside the city, cycling is more common.
× When I fall down while riding this bike, I get under.
✓ When I fell down while riding this bike, I got hurt.
The speaker is describing a childhood event, so the verbs should be in the past tense: fall becomes fell, and get becomes got. Got hurt is a natural way to express that the speaker was injured.
× My mother banned to use this bike again.
✓ My mother banned me from using this bike again.
The verb ban is followed by an object and from + a gerund: ban someone from doing something. Use me from using, not to use.
× You can see people riding by a bicycle.
✓ You can see people riding on a bicycle.
Use on, not by, to describe the vehicle a person is riding. Alternatively, you can say riding bicycles without a preposition.