生活類話題時托福口語獨立任務部分常出現的話題，涵蓋衣食住行興趣愛好等各方面。有些同學在拿到題目時會覺得無話可說，其實，任何生活類題目我們都可以通過三個方面去拓展思路：1是否省錢？2是否方便？3是否健康？這幾方面也是解答大多數生活類題目的萬能理由，如同一串金鑰匙。下面我們來通過兩道例題具體看一下它的應用。

1 Do you prefer to live in a big city or a small city?
根據以上提到的萬能理由、我們可以想到以下幾點1 money-saving——living in a small city 2 life will be very convenient——living in a big city 3 less population and good for health——living in a small city。根據常識，我們可以很快想到第四個觀點4 more entertaining places for relaxation——living in a big city。
針對這道題，如果考生的選擇是living in a small city，可以嘗試用以下的方式闡述理由：
A lot of people choose a big city to live in after they graduate from the college. To me, however, a small city may be a better choice. The first reason is money. Everything in big cities is very expensive, especially the housing, the price of which has reached an unaffordable level (How expensive). I don’t want to shoulder that much financial burden (Why I should save money). In addition, the pollution problem is very serious in many big cities. The increasing number of cars in big cities are dumping pollution into the air (How serious), which has become the NO.l health hazard for people living there (Why we should live in a place with less pollution).
當然，這道題考生也可以試著從live in a big city的角度來說一說：
More and more people choose small cities to live in. To me, however, living in a big city will be a better choice. The first reason is that it’s very convenient to live in a big city. With a lot of supermarkets and shopping malls, shopping will be easily available. The public transportation is also very convenient, especially the subway. If you want to go somewhere in the city, you can take the subway. Besides, life in a big city is much more exciting. There are a lot of enter taining places like conce rt halls, amusement parks, and museums. They are good places for people to get some relief from all the stress from study or work.

2 Do you prefer to do X sports like rock-climbing or traditional sports like basketball?
由于很多考生沒有體驗過極限運動，所以這道題看上去不好闡述，但只要應用一下“萬能”理由，我們便可以很快想出以下觀點1 傳統運動比較省錢，省錢體現在運動器材及裝備上，可以舉一個潛水的例子 2 傳統運動比較安全，而極限運動太危險，有時還會危及生命，可以舉一個登山的例子 3傳統運動比較方便，運動場所比較多，比如說籃球場到處都是，而極限運動需要特定的運動場所。

I prefer traditional sports to X sports. First, doing traditional sports is more economical because it doesn’t need very specific or particular equipment which usually costs a lot of money. Second, generally speaking, the traditional sports are safe while X sports are dangerous. For example, bungee jumping(蹦極跳)is very dangerous for those with heart problems. Third, doing traditional sports are very convenient. You can find a sports field or basketball court anywhere. Sometimes you can even jog along the pavements around your house. But if you want to do X sports, you usually have to find a specific place far from your home. So I prefer traditional sports to X sports.

托福口語部分的備考確實可以遵循借鑒一些“套路”模版，除了本文介紹的這三個拓展思路方式，大家的備考過程中也可以自己總結分析，同時要注意最重要的還是反復練習實踐。