托福口語的獨立任務部分考察學生用英語表達個人觀點與意見的能力，其中涉及話題多樣，而由于托福考試旨在考察學生實際在國外讀大學會用到的英語，它的場景往往設定為大學校園，因此考察話題其實也和學術文化更有關聯。其中書籍類是比較常考到的口語話題，而其實如果學會巧妙地思路轉換并積累適當的口語素材，我們完全可以輕松應對所有書籍類話題。

我們來看一個經典Task 1，來自TPO1：

Talk about a book you read that was important to you for some reason. Explain why the book was important to you. Give specific details and examples to support your answer.

這個題就是需要考生描述一本重要的書籍，還要給出重要的理由。在這里，我們要知道，考官并不真的在乎我們要說的書是什么!題目需要我們展示的是書為什么重要、如何重要，并不一定要講述書的內容。只要我們在答題時留言流暢，和話題相關就可以得到不錯的分數。

所以大家的思路轉換大法是：

1.談感受

例如：故事很有趣，我們可以這么說：The story in the book was so interesting and appealing that once I began to read it, I couldn’t stop. /The book was so fun to read that I couldn’t help laughing every time I read it. It brought me a lot of happiness.

再或者：故事很有意義，我們可以這么說：The story in the book was not only exciting but also inspiring. It taught me so much about the world we were living and showed me different ways people thought. /The story was meaningful and inspiring. It taught me to keep going and never give up, which is the most important lesson in life.

2.談功能

例如：書本可能會對你的學業有幫助，我們可以說：The book is beneficial to my academic learning. It provides much extra information on my major courses in addition to school textbooks.

又或者：此書還可能幫你交到朋友：To be honest, I met my girlfriend thanks to this book. We were sitting in the reading room next to each other and reading the same book! What a coincidence! Then we began to talk about how much we liked the writer and his books. Next thing you knew, she gave me her number!