随想

备考TOEFL

背景

大环境不好。既是后路,也是目标。进可攻,退可守。

硬指标,必须要过。

9、10月准备,10月底考。

时间表

Now score about 80. Practice speak and read every day.

Timeobjectresult
9.10 9.11
9.17 9.18
9.24 9.25
10.1 10.2
10.8 10.9
10.15 10.16
10.22 23take practice testget score 100 in practice TOFEL
10. 29 30take examget score 100 in TOFEL

托福阅读科目考试时长为54-72分钟 18,托福听力科目考试时长为60分钟左右,托福口语的考试时长为17分钟,托福写作科目的考试时长为50分钟。

总分120,目标100。

我的问题

听说里的常用短语

read 阅读 都还好 只有6选3很难

listen 看缘分 需要做笔记

speak 很多短语很常见,但是我不怎么会说。补充一些常用的句子。搜托福常用句.

transition-words

1.Giving an example

furthermore, moreover,also,esides, in addition, what is more, such as, finally, for instance, in this case,  as you know, you may ask/say, as he explains,as an illustration, in this situation, as for, as to, according to, on this occasion

2. Set the reason

Since, as, for, due to, on account of, as a result of, another important factor/reason of…, for the reason that…, in view of, for this reason.

3.Time

At the same time, as soon as, so far, since, now, then until, when, meanwhile, shortly, later, lately, after a while, at this time, at that time, before, earlier, presently, in the meantime, formerly, previously, simultaneously, eventually, finally, concurrently , immediately, subsequently, lastly, consequently, since then, following this, preceding this, at the outset, at this point, after, afterwards, after this, at once, at length, in the mean time, meanwhile, at the same time, in the end, not long after, some time ago, at present, all of a sudden, from this time on.

4.Place

Close to, close at hand , next to, down, far, beyond, against, on the opposite side, opposite to, above, across, across from, around, at the bottom, before, behind, below, beneath, between, in the middle of, in the distance, in the center of, farther, on the left/right

5.Clarification

In other words, again, as has been pointed out, to repeat, as I have said above, once again, after all, indeed, in fact, truly, of course, chiefly, especially certainly, actually, particularly, to be sure, above all, surely, most important of all, even worse, no doubt, needless to say.

6.Cause & Effect

So, then therefore, thus, hence, as a result, accordingly, for this reason, on that account, it follows that, thereupon, inevitably, under these conditions, as a consequence, consequently, in consequence, so that, not only…but (also…), so… as to

7.Comparison

similarly, likewise, like, as, at the same time, in fact, too, in the same way, in alike manner, both, also, compared with, in comparison with

8.Contrast

but, however, yet, or, nevertheless, still, nonetheless, conversely, nor rather, whereas, though, on the one hand, on the other hand, on the contrary, by contrast with/to, even though, instead, unlike, different from, in contrast (with/to), instead (of), the opposite (of), unlike, while, for all of that, notwithstanding, something is just the other way around, opposed to, as opposed to

9.Conclusion

To sum up, in summary, to summarize, in short, in brief, to be brief, in other words, on the whole, in conclusion, to conclude, the conclusion can be drawn that…

Reading

3篇 每篇10个题 20分钟一篇

每个题不要想当然,凭直觉选答案。那个看起来正确的一般是诱导答案。那个看起来不像的反而是答案。

每个选项都要确保正确。

先看问题,在看答案

看清楚是选正确答案还是错误答案

我的历史文化都差一点。科技技术啥的都还好。

Listening

5个 每个5~6个题

人物对话。提及其他人物和事情。

有图必考。文章简单,问题就会很难。文章难问题就会简单。

找到每个选项必错的理由

问题:听不懂长句子。

第一个问题是:这段对话为什么会发生?

凡举例子,一定都问的很细节。

自然科学 大自然相关的 话题 太欠缺了

Speaking

Score points

Fluency Pronunciation Grammar vocabulary

Delivery/Language/Topic building/Speech Rater

30s prepare, 60s to speak.

Tips

No emm and uha pause…

Use a mix of simple and compound(and so) sentences

Use complex advanced and no-repeat words.

Use transaction phrase like Therefore instead moreover for example as a result consequently

Easy Topic 开放性问题 没有材料

你认为上网课比较好还是在教室上课比较好?

Agree/Disagree Preferance Good idea

Explain your reasons using specific details. Use details and reasons in your response.

Answer template

  1. state main point I agree with the idea that/I think this better to
  2. Transition to the details I feel it for two reasons
  3. Suppot your point First for example Second To be more sepcific

Announcement and opinion structure

Announcement/Article/Newspaper will give 2 reasons for a change. Identify and note them. A Man and a Woman will talk about it. They agree or disagree with opinion. Or Have a mix opinion infrequently. Take the notes that the reference supported the opinion.

They will change to a sth.building transportation activity. And give the reason.

Take some good notes. Reading and listening. Remember the order. The change and reason. opinion is often oppose to the fact

The woman express her opinion of the university ‘s plan .State her opinion and the reasons she gives for holding that opinion .

Answer template

  1. state change ,one sentence
  2. state reason for the change one sentence
  3. state the Speaker’s Opinion
  4. state the Speaker’s First Reason To begin with
  5. state the speaker’s Second Reason Moreover detail

use phrase as a result consequently moreover therefore

talking about reading 10~13 at most .Focus on the listening part

Article and lecture

lecture will give a concept and 1 or 2 example. If there are just 1 example, take care of the parts like before after, note the example.

Biology/Animals 60 Business/Marketing 20 Psychology/Learning 10 Art/History/Literature 10

  1. Describe what _ _ is, and how the professor ‘s example illustrate this idea
  2. Describe how the example of the _ _ illustrate the concept of _ _

Answer template

  1. State the term or idea. The reading is about (TERM/CONCEPT)
  2. Give a Small Amount of Detail from the reading (It states that)
  3. Transition (The professor elaborate on this by providing an example )
  4. State the First Example or First part (To begin with , he mentions that … )
  5. State the Second Example or Second Part (Next , he says that …)

Lecture about term ,concept ,process and its example

1.5-2.5min,summarize the example ,biology ,animals ,business ,market ,psychology ,learning ,2 examples

How animal adapt to life deep in the ocean

How unused factories can be adapted to help communities

How old artwork can be preseved

Using the example of _ _ from the lecture ,explain two ways that (CONCEPT /TERM ) is beneficial for animals /explain (CONCEPT /TERM)

answer template

  1. introduce the subject +Transition to the example
    The lecture explains by giving two example
  2. State the First Example
  3. State the Second Example
  4. Give a Short Conclusion
    These example demonstrate ….

Main thing Details Example

Writing

2、3个

很多转述、转告

最后更新于 2023年2月6日 by qlili

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