剑7Test4口语Part2的真题及解析

　　PART 2

　　Describe a piece of electronic equipment that you find useful.

　　You should say:

　　what it is

　　how you learned to use it

　　how long you have had it

　　and explain why you find this piece of electronic equipment useful.

　　You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes.

　　You have one minute to think about what you are going to say.

　　You can make some notes to help you if you wish.

　　PART 2 真题解析

　　考官给考生一张话题卡。考生有1分钟准备时间，并可以做笔记。之后考生要做1～2分钟的陈述。考生讲完后，考官会就考生的阐述内容提一两个相关问题，由考生做简要回答。

　　CUE CARD

　　Describe a piece of electronic equipment that you find useful

　　You should say:

　　what it is

　　how you learned to use it

　　how long you have had it

　　and explain why you find this piece of electronic equipment useful.

　　话题卡说明

　　话题卡Describe an electronic equipment是口语考试中物品类话题卡中较为高频出现的话题卡之一，考官主要考查考生描述物品细节的能力是否过硬。

　　考生在描述这个话题卡时要注意的是这个话题卡的限定条件有用处的，有帮助的电子产品。一个帮助自己学习语言的电子词典，一个休闲时间用来放松的电子游戏机等，都是不错的取材。

　　点题

　　The electronic thing I found useful is an Electronic English-ChineseDictionary This gadget was given by my granny on my 18th birthday. Itshandy, glossy, light weight, and super thin.

　　外观

　　It has a PDA style interface, where I could write an unknown character, then have the dictionary magically tell me what it was.

　　为何选择

　　Id say that it was in high school that Ive really felt the urge to get oneto help with my English learning. I had this gadget with me everywhere inthe last 3 years of my high school. As I mentioned, its completelyportable and very light weight, so its easy to put into my back pocket.

　　为何有用

　　The dictionary includes not only definitions, but plenty of usage examplesand sentences. It contains great idiomatic and colloquial phrases, both forUS and UK Englishin addition to the more standard used meanings.Also, the word search history list makes it very easy to jump back to aword you looked up earlier, making it a very valuable study tool.

　　Its popularity amongst young people also has had a persuasive effect onme. I personally think my electronic dictionary is the single bestinvestment.

　　重点词句

　　gadget　小物件，小玩意 handy　方便的 glossy　有光泽的

　　light weight　轻的 super thin　超薄的 interface　界面

　　magically　魔法般地 portable　便携的 idiomatic　习语

　　colloquial　口语的 search history list　历史查询列表 persuasive　有说服力的

　　investment　投资