大多数中国考生在托福口语环节,都会莫名紧张,从而导致发挥失常,影响成绩。的确,托福口语一直是中国考生的弱势科目,多年应试教育体制下的小伙伴,在英语运用方面存在的共性就是开不了口。所以要保证考试现场正常发挥,拿到23+的成绩,就不仅仅是要在平时搭建起一个专属语料库,还要多次反复训练,这样,才不至于在考场上惨遭滑铁卢!托福口语独立题的现场15秒准备,对大部分同学而言可以说是极其恐怖的大脑断片儿时间...这就容易导致真正开始回答的时候不知道说什么,表达生硬不流畅。今天就给大家支两招儿!临场用好这两个小技巧,再也不怕大脑空白,磕磕巴巴~在托福听力里,Speaker也会频繁说“like”这个词,有时候它被用来打比方但是更多时候是用来打比方同时拖延思考时间。如:So after he became thinner, he’s like the most handsome man at our school.这个句子中的like并没有“就像是”的意思,而是被称作filler phrase/word(填充短语/填充词)来保证说话的流畅,避免出现“uh”这样的卡顿词。但要注意,在口语中不能将like过多当作挡箭牌,“只能浅尝,不可贪杯”哦~其实you know特别类似于中文里“你忘了”这个表达,虽然也没有实际的语义含义,但是还是有两个主要功能。在日常对话时用到you know,往往意味着说话人还没想好下一句话该说什么,或是在为下一句话措辞。适当运用you know来代替uh这样的卡顿词会让对方觉得你说话非常自然,但如果在托福口语中大肆使用这个表达则会给人一种“没有底气”、“没话找话凑时间”的尴尬感觉。So I started reading the chapter, you know, about how everyone speaks some dialect of the language. 如果对话中的两个人关系并不是很熟,you know就可以通过在对话中赢得对方肯定,来拉近两个人的关系。Student: Well, especially now, ‘cause I've got like one roommate who is from the south and another one from New York. And we all talk like totally different, you know.Professor: Yes, I understand. But…学生这里的you know就是在试图获得教授的赞同,就类似中文的“你说是吧”?美国人常用的Gap Filler莫过于Well。他们在交流时,当听话者想要让说话者知道自己正在准备说话时,就会先用一个Well揽过话茬。A:When are you going to take a trip to Italy?B: Well, I have been preparing for that for a long time and I think it will be in next month.这个词也是美国人超级爱用的语气词。发音时就是发出“啊”的音之后再闭上嘴继续“木”音。通常情况下,这个词用来告诉听话者:“我正在思考你所提出的问题”例如:A:Are you gonna be available this Sunday afternoon?B: Uhmmmmm… I am not sure and please let me check my schedule.这个可以说是考托口语杀手锏了,因为有很多的考生在回答问题时,说着说着就跑题了无法自圆其说。为了防止这种现象的出现,我们要迅速反应拉回话题。A: Would you please tell me more about your former university?B: Oh,yes,sure, I went abroad when I was a junior and came back one year later.I transfered to another school right after I came back. Oh, I am sorry, I mean I do not really know that much of it.以上这些间隙词都是可以自然的突出讲话的重点,同时间隙词可以毫无痕迹缓解沉默,可考官们一种“流利”的假象。
学会使用连接词,可以帮助我们流畅的从一个想法过渡到下一个想法,也能让你喘息几秒去思考下一步该说些什么。通过这种方式,你的答案听起来会更自然、流畅、连续,并且和评分官爸爸的调性保持一致,获得更高的口语分数。比如这些逻辑清晰的连接词:❶选择关系或对等关系的连接词:either…or…,neither…nor, or, as well as…, and, both…and…❷因果关系或对等关系的连接词:therefore, so, as a result, as the result of …,because of, due to …,owing to, thanks to等❸时间顺序的连接词:the moment, as soon as, at first, then, later, meanwhyle, at the beginning, in the end, before long, for the first(second…)time, the minute等➍转折关系的连接词:yet, and yet, but , while, on the contrary, on the other hand, however, at the same time(然而)等➎解释说明的连接词:that is, that is to say, in other words, such as, for instance, and so on, etc. and the like等➏递进关系的连接词:not only…but (also), what's more, what's worse, besides, in addition, worse still, moreover, above all等➐表示总结的连接词:in a word, on the whole, in short, briefly, in brief, to sum up, in all等根据ETS的官方介绍,电脑评分时,会判断你的回答中多久会出现一次卡壳,恰当的停顿是不会导致低分,所以同学们在作答是需要尽量减少停顿。另外每个句子结束的时候有小小的停顿也可以帮助考官理解内容。
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