新托福口语突破(本书配1张MP3) 节选

托福考试(TOEFL)由美国教育考试服务中心(ETS)开发，用于测试母语为非英语的考生在校园
环境中理解和使用英语的能力。托福考试是一种标准化英语水平测试。目前全球各地约有4500多
所大专院校和相关机构要求学生入学时提供托福考试成绩。托福成绩也是获取奖学金的重要条件
之一。对于准备出国深造的人，托福成绩将是获得签证的重要依据。
托福在中国已有二十多年的历史，从2005年开始，托福考试作了一系列重大改革。改革后的托
福测试，在时间、题型、考试方式及计分方法等方面都有相应变化。为了帮助参加托福考试的考生尽
快熟悉新的托福考试，掌握必要的应试技巧，提高应试能力，我们特编写了此套新托福考试系列丛
书。这套丛书由《新托福考试综合指南》、《新托福听力突破》、《新托福阅读突破》、《新托福写作突
破》、《新托福口语突破》、《新托福全真模拟测试题集》六册构成。
这套丛书的特点有以下几个方面：
1．循序渐进。由易到难
本套丛书，除《新托福全真模拟测试题集》外，每册均有托福试题简介(包括试题形式、内容、要
求等)、基本功训练、专项训练及讲解、应试技巧及模拟测试等部分组成。语言简明扼要，深入浅出、
内容由易到难，循序渐进。考生可以逐步了解考试全貌，并逐步提高应试能力。
2．内容丰富。覆盖面广
本套丛书，包括了托福考试的方方面面，既有听、说、读、写，又有全真模拟测试题集。考生可先
进行单项训练，再进行专项训练，*后进行综合模拟测试训练，以期达到扎实的语言基本功和较高
的语言运用能力。
3．有的放矢。实用性强
本套丛书主要针对托福考试的四个部分，即听、说、读、写的内容、任务、要求进行细致的讲解，
所提供的应试策略方向明确，易于操作，实用性强。
本套丛书选用的资料涉猎英国、美国、加拿大及澳大利亚等国家的社会、文化、历史等方面。资
料来自英语国家的多种媒体，如广播、报纸、杂志等。
本套教材不但有助于在短期内提高托福考生的应试能力，同时也可以作为英语专业学生的专
项训练丛书。
参加本套丛书编写的人员都是长期从事英语出国考试研究与教学工作的一线骨干教师，他们
对托福应试培训有着丰富的经验。
由于我们的时间和水平有限，在编写上难免有疏漏和不足之处，恳请广大读者和同行提出宝贵
意见，以便日后对本套书作出修订，使之更加完善。
编 者
2008年1月2日

Task-based Training for
iBT TOEFL SPeaking
新托福口语考试专项训练
In this chapter’ you will have more opportunities to practice on the task-based exercises These ex-
ercises are so designed that they will be beneficial to you because they are more test-geared． In 0ther
words，these exercises win help you build your skill8 step by step for the upcoming actual iBT TOEFL
speaking test．
在这一章，会提供更多有关托福口语专项训练的练习。也就是说，这些练习会帮助考生们逐步
提高托福网考口语技能。
描述
Directions：This part focuses on Task One of the iBT TOEFL Speaking Test． It is iIIVOlVed with fa-
miliar topics． Y0u are supposed t0 get prepared and accomplish each task within 2—3 minutes in about 50
w0心s． Your descriptions should be well 0rganized and have coherence and unity．
说明：这一部分主要围绕托福网考口语测试**个题。这里会涉及到熟悉的话题。你需要充分
准备，然后在2—3分钟内完成每个题目。每个题目约50个词。你应组织好你的描述并使其具有连
贯性和一致性。
I ExampIe l：Describe an Occasion when you met someone who was boring or a nuisance．
1. Last summer I went to visit an aunt who lives'in Beijing. I went by train. The train was not very
full and I got into an empty compartment and started to read. Just before the train left the station, a young
man who looked like a businessman got into the same compartment. Shortly after the train started, he
began to talk. He talked about his work and went on telling me about the people who bought cars from him
in many different towns and cities. I became very bored. I pretended to have a friend who was in the
restaurant car. I took my book and went to the restaurant car and stayed there for the rest of the journey.
2. A friend, who lives some distance from me, came round one evening with his cousin. My friend
went to a meeting and left his cousin with me. This man, who had never met me before, began talking
about a book. The book was very uninteresting, but he went on talking about it. I tried to change the
subj.eot of the conversation, but he kept on talking about this dreadful book. When I offered him some
coffee, he refused but I insisted and escaped into the kitchen.