Yes, I mean I like skating very much. You know, I began to learn how to skate when I was in my childhood. So, now, I am very good at skating. Why do I like skating? I think, to me skating is a very good way to relax. When I skate, it seems that I am flying; I can leave behind all my work and all the unpleasant things and just enjoy skating. After skating on the white ice world, I always feel very pleasant and very energetic. I mean, you may feel a bit tired physically but quite relaxed mentally. Also, skating is quite a good way to keep fit and healthy. As everybody knows, health is the basis of everything. So, in my spare time, I‘ll go and enjoy my skating.
2. What kind of music do you like best and why?
Well, as far as I am concerned, I like pop music best. Generally speaking, pop music is very lively,so, whenever I listen to it, I always feel very relaxed and very comfortable. It makes me feel that life is so beautiful and meaningful. It can stimulate my thinking. That‘s to say, when I listen to pop music, I feel I’m quite quicker in learning, thinking and finishing my work.
3. Do you think it important for university students to do physical exercises regularly and why?
Of course I think it‘s important for university students to do physical exercises regularly. As we all know, health is the basis of everything. If a person does not have good health, how can he or she finish studing and work? Also, as to our university-students, our bodies are developing very fast. If we fail to do physical exercises regularly, our bodies may not be able to develop well. And that will influence our health in our whole life. So, for our health and also for our study and our future work, I think it very important for university students to do physical exercises regularly.
4. Which way of corresponding do you think will be the most popular way in the near future?
Well, I think corresponding through sending e-mails will be the most popular way in the near future. As everybody can see now, computers are becoming more and more popular around us. More and more people can afford a computer. Also, more and more people are learning to use computers. Compared with telephones, sending e-mails can be much cheaper, especially for long-distance phone calls. Since it contains written information, it is replacing fax to a large extent. Actually, e-mail combines the advantages of both telephone and fax. Like a telephone, it is quick. Like a fax, it contains written information. And it’s cheaper than both tele phone and fax. So, I believe sending e-mails will become the most popular way to communicate in the near future.
5. Are you interested in participating in the work of the Student Union? Give your reasons.
Yes, of course. It has a lot of advantages through working in the Student Union. We have more chances to make friends with different people. We have the opportunity to learn a lot of things we cannot learn from our books. We can learn how to deal with different people, and how to solve different problems. Above all, working in the Student Union is a precious chance to develop managerial skills. And I think this is very important in modern society.
6. How do you spend your weekends?
How do I spend my weekends? As students, we have to be busy with our classes and studies during the weekdays. So the two-day long weekend is the happiest time for us. Sometimes I like to go shopping to buy some daily necessities for the next week. Sometimes I go swimming, watch TV or go for a movie to relax. But my favourite thing is going to the English Corner to practice my English, and at the same time I can talk with some of my friends. As everybody knows, because of the heavy workload of study, we have almost no time to chat with each other. So I spend my weekends usually leisurely.
这位考生在回答问题之前首先重复了考官提出的问题,与此同时,他的脑海里在想下面该怎
么说。通过这种方式,他给自己赢得了一点思考的时间。接下来这位考生谈了在周末通常要做的
几件事情以及最爱做的事情,条理清楚,内容也较为充实。
这里要求考生注意的一点是考官提问的是如何度周末,并不是提问周末要做的某一具体事情,
因而,考生只是泛泛地谈谈周末通常要做的事情即可。
9. Are you a sports enthusiast? What kind of sports do you like most?
Am I a sports enthusiast? Yes, I think so. I think I am a real sports enthusiast. When I was a little girl, I was very keen on playing ball games, especially basketball. When I grew up and entered university, taking part in sports activities has become one of my habits. Still, I‘m very good at playing basketball, they said I’m the best player on the campus.
考生重复了一下问题,接着回答了自己的问题,显得很自然,也很得体。这里要提醒考生注意的是考官的提问是两个问题,一定要听清问题,回答全面,切不可只回答一个问题。
10. Do you think good manners are very important for college students?
Good manners are very important for college students? Oh, Yes, very important. Good manners are a must for every college student. In recent years our country has appealed for quality education. Good manners or morality are part of it. It‘s not merely enough for a college student to be academically successful, he needs good manners. In my opinion, good manners are just like the heart of the body, without which a person is not complete.
考生自始至终的表述都比较自然、流畅,说理也比较充分。在口语考试中切忌的是不可一句话就结束回答。类似上述问题在你表示了肯定Yes 或否定No 之后,一定要陈述一下细节、理由或举例说明。
11. Do you have any extracurricular activities?
Yes, of course. I work in the English club once a week. I think working there is a good practice to my English ability. I have a part-time job two afternoons a week. I think a part time job will be very helpful to my future career. I coach primary pupils in English. I like to have an experience of teaching. I organize student activities sometimes. I want to develop my organizational ability. So, in a word, I have many extracurricular activities, and I think they are very important.
业余活动有很多,考生在回答此题时与其说选择你最擅长的活动或最喜欢的活动来说,还不如选择你最有把握能说清楚,又能有言可发的活动来说。
12. Do you like watching TV? What kind of programmes is your favourite one?
Yes, I like watching TV. With the living standards of people rising year by year, television is now playing a very important role in people‘s lives and TV programmes have been an essential part of our entertainment. Of many TV programmes, news broadcast, sports competition, telefilms are to my liking,and my favourite programme is “Animal world”, which is broadcasted on CCTV. For many years I have regarded“ Animal world” as my favourite TV programme because it is both interesting and instructive. It is not only showing some very beautiful pictures but also telling many new things and unknown stories. I think it is hard to imagine a world without animals.
考生在回答这个问题时就可以选择自己熟悉的电视节目来表述,这样易于扩展要讲的内容。
13. What do you think of fast food? Can you tell some of its advantages?
Today, fast food is developing very fast. Many kinds of food, such as hot dogs, hamburgers, rice and noodles, can be made into fast food. The variety and quality of fast food should be further improved to meet the needs of most people. Fast food has some advantages. We all know that people are very busy nowadays and they often feel very tired because of hard work Therefore, they don‘t want to waste much time for a meal, but prefer the most convenient food at hand. Apart from the convenience, fast food is cheaper. It costs people less money in buying fast food than eating in a restaurant.
考生在回答此类问题时不要忽视一个问题,要二者兼顾。Fast Food 应该说有不少优势,你在回答时要挑选你能说明白的优势去说,而未必去陈述它所有的优势。
14. What is the difference between life in a large modern city and in the countryside? What’s youropinion?
Most people prefer to live in a large modern city for the conveniences available there. They can get all kinds of food and clothing at big shops and markets. They can also get the information they need. In addition, life in the city is quite colourful since there are plenty of recreational facilities. Other people, however, would rather live in the countryside, for it is closet to nature. They are attracted by the fresh air, clear streams and the friendly people there. As far as I am concerned, I think both the city and the countryside have disadvantages. I would like to live in the city for a time and then go to the countryside for a change.
考生在回答这类需要作出比较的问题时,也应从自己熟悉的角度出发,比较才能来得容易些,充分些。
15. Do you like music? Can you say something about music?
Yes, I like music very much. There are many kinds of music since people have different ideas about what is beautiful. They have their choices from the magnificent compositions of music masters like Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Whgner, to the popular songs of the common music hall. Good music often has a wonderful effect upon the feelings of every person. Forinstance, soft and sweet music soothes the wearied, the sad, and the restless, while grand music will fill strong men with great ambitions. Indeed, as one poet once asked, “What passion cannot music raise and quell?”
这位考生列举了几位很有名的音乐家,说明他熟悉也喜欢音乐,举的例子也比较到位,使得他的整个回答有理有据,语言流畅,表述充分。如考生不熟悉音乐以及那些有名的音乐家,或不能准确地说出他们的名字,就得设法去用一些其他办法比如你喜欢的某位中国音乐家来补救,以求把问题回答得完整一些,流畅一些。
16. What‘s your opinion on traveling?
Well, nowadays traveling on holidays has become a fashion in China with the development of economy. When the demands on food, clothes and some other necessities of life become far beyond being satisfied, people have come to spend their extra money on traveling. Traveling has many advantages. Firstly, it provides oppotunities ofr people to taste strang food and to know novel customs that they otherwise would not know. Secondly, through traveling, men may make friends along the way. Thirdly, in traveling, people can broaden their horizen, enrich their experience of life and expand their scope of knowledge, especially of geography and history. However, traveling also has some disadvantages. For example, perilous peaks and furious rapids may endanger travellers’lives. Accommodations and bad weather trouble travellers a lot. Well, on the whole, I think travelling does more good than harm.
在回答这个问题时,这位考生既用了列举法,也用了举例法,使得他的表述清晰明了,有条不紊。
17. Are there any taboos in China? Can you give us some examples?
Yes. China is a country with a long history, during which a lot of taboos have come into being. Here are some examples. Don‘t say any unpleasant words during festivals, especially the word “death”, old people are particularly unhappy when hearing that. Don’t wear white clothes if you‘re going to attend a wedding. Nor should you bring white flowers. You should also avoid white clothes during the Spring Festival, red is the best colour. Don’t send others clocks as gifts, for they have a funeral connotation. Don‘t share a pear with your friends, relatives of family members. Don’t give couples or lovers umbrellas as presents. Both pears and umbrellas suggest “parting”。
这位考生在回答问题时虽然没有使用明显的列举法,但几个排比性质的don‘t.。.,don’t.。.,仍然卓有成效地起到了列举法的作用,听来仍是条理清晰,表述充实。
三级听力部分在100分的原始分中就占20分, 而其加权占了30%, 可见PETS对听力的重视。同时PETS听力是有规律可循的。
三级的听力理解部分由A(10段简短对话,4选1)和B(4段对话或独白,4选1)部分组成,考查考生理解英语口语的能力。A节考查考生理解事实性信息的能力,而B节考查考生理解总体和特定信息的能力。要系统复习听力首先从功能意念开始,包括友好往来、交流补救、态度、情感、影响生活话语、时间表达、空间意念和比较关系等。从听力信息上讲,应当学会理解主旨要义、获取事实性具体信息、理解明确表达的概念性含义、进行有关的判断、推理和引申、理解说话者的意图、观点或态度等。要在听力部分得到高分,平时的训练技巧和考试的良好发挥都是不容忽视的。
依据图式理论,在语言的理解中,信息的接受者运用语言知识来分析、整合话语时采用自下而上(bottom-up)的加工模式,相反在运用非语言知识时采用的却是自上而下(top-down)的方式。听解中,前者对听解起制约性的关键作用,后者在听解中起辅助的作用。由此,我们可以得出结论,语言知识和非语言知识在听解中有着各自的作用,绝不能因顾此而失彼,听能的培养当中,只注重侧重语言知识或是片面地强调熟能生巧都会事倍功半甚至是徒劳无功的。学习者在平时的自主学习当中,也要从这两方面入手,着力提高语言知识水平,提高学习者利用非语言知识分析、归纳获取语言信息的能力,相信PETS听力不会再感觉那么难。