Part 2的体验是什么?

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口语的Part 2(俗称“趴2”或“趴吐”),剑桥的官方定义是“In Part 2,the examiner gives you a topic card. Then you have one minute to prepare and make notes. Then you'll be required to talk about the topic for one to two minutes.”

Pat注:事实上,在全球很多考点,考官们其实都已经不再是发一个卡片了,而是发一张大纸,纸印着一个小小的topic和几点提示。

Part 2的本质是要求你做一个description(描述)。

描述闲聊至少有下面两点不同

☆ 描述时会有适当的思考和停顿(pause)。

有些考生在Part 2因为正好遇到可以使用自己准备过的答案(a prepared answer),就把答案无比流畅地背出来。这明显不符合正常人“描述”时的习惯。

☆ 描述要有一定的规划,要有秩序才能描述清楚。

与Part 1和Part 3不同,Part 2需要在同一个话题的不同方面之间做数次转换,所以对于答案的秩序感要求更高一些。不过既然是口语,毕竟还是和写作的严谨度要求不同,所以也不用太呆板(rigid)。

比如,下面这道题是《剑14》Test 2的Part 2:

Describe something you liked very much which you bought for your home.

You should say

what you bought

when and where you bought it

why you chose this thing

and explain why you liked it so much.

下面这道题则是《剑14》Test 3的Part 2:

Describe a difficult task that you succeeded in doing as part of your work or studies.

You should say

what task you did

why this task was difficult

how you worked on this task

and explain how you felt when you completed the task.

如果您对这些topics感觉“无从下嘴”,没关系,我们会在Day 8对卡片真题库进行深入的探寻。