托福口語(yǔ)是中國(guó)考生普遍低分的單項(xiàng)，而提分無(wú)他捷徑，唯有多加練習(xí)反思。練習(xí)的過(guò)程中大家也要注意結(jié)合自身基礎(chǔ)和備考階段，選擇適合的練習(xí)材料。下面的這篇托福獨(dú)立口語(yǔ)真題難度適中，適合基礎(chǔ)中等的考生拿來(lái)做練習(xí)，大家可以結(jié)合參考答案和筆記大綱，做好備考訓(xùn)練。
Do you agree with the statement: employees should be allowed to listen to music at work?
你同意這種說(shuō)法嗎?員工應(yīng)該被允許在工作時(shí)聽(tīng)音樂(lè)。
It's hard to learn a new skill needed at work when we listen to music.
When you’re presented with new information that’s complicated, it takes more focus and mental energy for you to grasp and apply that knowledge. For instance, if you’re learning how to drive a stick shift car or writing your first lines of programming code, it’s best to turn the music off. Also, listening to music at work will decrease our efficiency. Listening to music takes up some of your attentional capacity, meaning that if you listen to it while working, you have fewer resources left for the task at hand.
What's more, lyrics are often distracting. For intensive work, lyrics are especially destructive for focus. Trying to engage in language related tasks such as writing while listening to lyrics is akin to holding a conversation while another person talks over you while also strumming a guitar. Lyrics are often a nogo.
當(dāng)我們聽(tīng)音樂(lè)時(shí)，很難學(xué)到工作所需要的新技能。當(dāng)你遇到復(fù)雜的新信息時(shí)，你需要更多的精力和精力去掌握和應(yīng)用這些知識(shí)。例如，如果你正在學(xué)習(xí)如何開(kāi)一輛換檔車(chē)或者寫(xiě)你的第一行編程代碼，最好關(guān)掉音樂(lè)。此外，在工作中聽(tīng)音樂(lè)會(huì)降低我們的效率。聽(tīng)音樂(lè)占用了你的注意力，這意味著如果你一邊工作一邊聽(tīng)，你就沒(méi)有多少資源可以直接處理手頭的任務(wù)。而且，歌詞往往過(guò)于分散注意力。密集工作時(shí)歌詞會(huì)破壞專(zhuān)注力。想從事語(yǔ)言相關(guān)的任務(wù)，比如寫(xiě)作的話(huà)，聽(tīng)有歌詞的音樂(lè)有點(diǎn)像跟另一個(gè)人談話(huà)…同時(shí)彈著吉他。這往往是行不通的。
1. Outline:
Should not listen to music at work 工作時(shí)不應(yīng)該聽(tīng)音樂(lè) R1: takes away attentional capacity and efficiency減少多工作的注意力及效率 R2: too distracting 歌詞使人分心
2. Vocabulary
complicated adj. 難懂的，復(fù)雜的 eg: Mental illness is a very complicated subject. 精神疾病是個(gè)非常復(fù)雜的課題。 grasp n. 抓住 理解 vt. 抓住;領(lǐng)會(huì)短語(yǔ): grasp the idea; grasp the content 也可以說(shuō)：cling onto sth. stick shift car 手動(dòng)擋車(chē) 也可以說(shuō) drive a stick attentional capacity 注意力容量 akin adj. 類(lèi)似的 phrase: akin to sth 與某物相似類(lèi)似的 nogo 不通過(guò) (口語(yǔ)化的表達(dá))
