1. 关于Trees类话题
在这一类话题中考生会被问及以下问题:Do you like to go to the forest? / Have you ever planted any trees? / Do you think that people should plant trees? /What are the effects of trees? / Are there many trees in your hometown? 考生们在答题时需要注意,在回答Have you ever planted any trees? 时,考生要摒弃以往可能出现的回答,比如Yes, I did it. / No, I have never done that before. 因为考官旨在考察考生的英语语言能力,而不是真的想知道考生是否之前有种树经历。所以,考生在回答Part 1部分时,给出3到4句话比较合适,也就意味着考生在答题时需要进行适当的扩充。那么对于这道题,考生可以结合Arbor Day进行作答。如果考生们对英语国家文化比较了解,不难发现Arbor Day表示每年的4月10日,也就是英语国家的植树节。例如对于该问题考生可以参考这样的答案:Yes, I did that before. I vividly remember that I planted trees with my bros on the last Arbor Day. And, you know, we did that in a civic park. That is really interesting.
2. 关于Flower类话题
关于花类话题,有以下常见问题:Do you like flowers? / What are the popular flowers in your country? / On what occasions do Chinese people send flowers to others? / What kind of flowers do you like most? / What special meanings do different flowers mean? 对于花类话题,考生们如果考前不做好充分准备,答案比较容易出现重复。在课堂练习中不难发现,提到花类的话题,考生们对于词汇比较有所欠缺,答案非常有限。比如,考生被问及到What kind of flowers do you like most? 大家通常会把答案集中在rose上。但是考官面对这样千篇一律的答案,非常难给出高分。所以建议考生们在备考前积累花类词汇,对于花名进行了解。在这里给考生们列举一些常见花名,供大家参考作为答题素材:carnation康乃馨 / peony牡丹 / lotus荷花 / violet紫罗兰 / orchid兰花。大家也可以给出这样的答案:You know, I am not a kind of expert in the field of flower. But if you ask this question, I wanna say that my favorite flower is peony which is our national flower. That is very meaningful in China.
Part 2
关于Part 2部分出现的植物类话题,在此列出近两年的常考题目来进行分析。
Ø Describe an important plant in your country (such as vegetables, flowers, fruits, trees)
You should say
What plant it is
How you know it
Why it is important
Explain how you like it
Ø Describe a kind of flower that you like
What flower it is
What it looks like
Where the flower usually grows
Where you have seen this kind of flower
Why you like it
2. 分类词汇的储备。关于flower这个话题,除了花名,考生还需要对分类词汇做好必要的准备,毕竟在考题中还设置了what it looks like这样的问题。对于花的外观描述,会涉及到花朵(bloom/blossom)、花瓣(petal)、花蕾(bud)、花香(fragrance)这些词汇的运用。所以,考生们需要对分类词汇进行整理,储备有效词汇。
3. 注重素材和生活之间的联系性。很多考生在课堂上对于题目当中涉及“why do you like it”或者“how do you like it”的问题会产生困扰。因为他们认为自己对于花类词汇并不爱好,根本无法答题。其实不然,如果考生足够细心和有想象力,那么一定可以在碰及这样的问题的时候,很好地将素材和生活联系起来。举个例子,如果考生在这里运用的素材是jasmine, 那么在答题的时候不妨大胆地将jasmine和生活中的jasmine tea相连:The reason why I like jasmine is that, you know, jasmine tea is my favorite drink. 既然找到并且建立了素材和生活之间的联系,那么后面考生将可以顺利的对jasmine tea进行阐述,也就是找到了原因的依托点。