新托福TPO口语参考答案——TPO31

1.Parentsneedtomakesuretheirchildrenleadhealthylives.Whatcanparentsdotohelptheirchildrenhavehealthylifestyles?Well,Ithinkparentsshouldbehavethemselvesinthefirstplace.Iftheygotobedearly,getupearlyandneverstayupatnight,theirchildrenwillfollowtheirexample.Soparentsshouldtrynottobackbite,nottoswearandnottobeangrywiththeirchildreneasily.Childrenwilldefinitelylearnfromthem.Inaddition,parentsshouldprovidechildrenwithgoodphysicalenvironment.Iftheykeeptheirhouseorapartmentclean,andalwaysdothelaundrytimely,Ibelievechildrenwillalsokeeptheirroomandthemselvesneatandclean.Inaword,parents’habitsalwaysinfluencetheirchildren’s.2.Someuniversitystudentschoosetotakedifficultclasseseveniftheyknowtheymightnotgetagoodgradeintheclass.Otherstudentsprefertotakeeasierclassesinwhichtheyknowtheywillgetagoodgrade.Whichdoyouprefer?ExplainwhyIprefertotakedifficultclassesevenifImightnotgetagoodgrade.Whenwethinkwemaynotgetagoodgradeinacourse,itdoesn’tmeanthisiscertainthing.Itonlymeansthatthecourseisprettychallenging.AndIamapersonwholikestotakechallengesbecausethat’swhatIthinkthebestwaytoimprovemyself.Intheprocess,I’llhavetolearnmanynewthings.AndIalwayshavetopushmyselftotryharder.However,takingeasierclassesislikestayinginasafezone.Youmayfeelcomfortablebutyouneverimprove.3.Themanexpresseshisopinionabouttheproposaldescribedintheletter.Brieflysummarizetheproposal.Thenstatehisopinionabouttheproposalandexplainthereasonshegivesforholdingthatopinion.Thewriterproposesthatthestudentsshouldbeallowedtogointothemoviecollectionareabecausethiswillmakeiteasierforstudentstochooseanduniversitywillhavenoneedtopayextrastaff.However,themanintheconversationthinksthisisabadproposal.Firstofall,hesaysthatit’snotdifficulttochoosethevideorightnow.Studentscanusethecomputersystemtosearchthemoviesandtheyseewhetheramovieisavailableornoteasily.Also,theycansearchmoviesbycategoriessuchastitles,actorsandkeywords.Secondly,hesaysthatthestaffsarestudents.Theyneedthemoneytopayforbooksandliving.Plus,themoneyisn’tmuchsotheuniversitywon’tfeelanypressurebypayingthestaffs.4.Usetheexamplesfromtheprofessor’slecture.Explaintheconceptofmentalaccounting.Mentalaccountingisatendencytoputmoneyindifferentcategoriesasifindifferentbankaccounts.Thiswillmakeitdifficultforpeopletosavemoney.Theprofessoruseshimselfasanexampletoillustratetheconcept.Whenhewasayoungman,heworkedinanofficeandhegotaregularsalary.Healsoworkedasawaiterandearnedsomemoney.Atthattime,hedecidedtobuyahouse.HesavedallthemoneyfromofficebutusedthemoneyfrombeingawaitertobuyvideosandCDsortoeatout.Sohetreatedthemoneydifferently.Itturnedoutthatittookhimlongertimetobuythehousethanitwouldifhesavedboththemoneyfromworkingintheofficeandfromworkingasawaiter.5.Brieflysummarizetheproblemthespeakersarediscussing.Thenstatewhichofthetwosolutionsfromtheconversationyouwouldrecommend.Explainthereasonsforyourrecommendation.Thegirlishavingaconflict.Hergrandmaisflyingtovisithertomorrow.Butatthesametime,sheisgoingtohaveabiologyreviewsession.Therearetwopossiblesolutions.Firstsolutionisthatshegoestopickuphergrandmaherself.Butshe’llmissthereviewsession,whichisveryhelpfulforexams.SecondsolutionisthatshecanaskherfriendMarytohelppickuphergrandma.ButMarydoesn’tknowhergrandmaandgrandmamaynotfeelcomfortable.IfIwerethegirl,Iwouldchoosetopickupmygrandmabecausegrandmawon’tfeelcomfortablemeetingstranger.EvenifIcan’tgotothereviewsession,Icanasktheclassmatesfornotes.Icanstilldowellintheexam.6.Usetheexampleoftheowlandthewolf,explainhowtwospecialbodyfeatureshavehelpedArcticanimalsadapttothecold.TheprofessortalksabouttwobodyfeaturesthathelpArcticanimalsadapttothecold.Thefirstbodyfeatureisthecoveringonthefeet.Sheusesowlasanexample.BecausetheArcticenvironmentisfullsnowandice,ifanimalswalkonthesnowyandicysurface,it’seasytoloseheat.Owlhasaspecialfeatheronitsfeetsothatitdoesn’tneedtotouchonthecoldgroundwhenit’swalking.Thiscanhelpitstaywarm.Thesecondfeatureisacompactbody,meaningtheanimalshavesmallerorshorterbodyparts.SheusesArcticwolfasanexample.Thearticwolfhassmallerearsandshorterlegssothatithaslessexposuretothecoldenvironment.Thiscanalsohelpthebodystaywarm.