新托福TPO口语参考答案——TPO33

1. A friend of yours wants to go to university next year but cannot
decide on a major field of study. What advice would you give your friend
to help make this decision?

My advice would be to follow your interests. There is a famous saying
that you are good at what you like and you like what you are good at. If
my friend had an interest, I would suggest he stick to it, even if it is not a
practical field and it’s not gonna help find any jobs. But, with interests,
one tries hard and makes the best of oneself effortlessly. For example, if a
person is interested in history, this person won’t feel bored reading
ponderous books. He or she may enjoy reading hard-to-understand
materials or books of ancient while others may feel it is tiring and boring.

2. Do you think that eating healthy food is easier or more difficult
today than it was 40 or 50 years ago? Use examples and details to support
your answer.

Yeah, I think so. I think the first reason is that our pace of life has
increased a lot. Most people in the city don’t have enough time cooking.
They either eat in the restaurant or eat fast food. And most of the food
there are prepared hastily or they are plain junk food. More importantly,

unlike 40 or 50 years ago, the fruits and vegetables are mostly grown in
greenhouses with heavy use of chemicals. Animals are raised in factories
with extremely bad environments. So the food sources are unhealthy.
Even if we cook carefully, it’s still harder to eat healthy food.

3. The man expresses his opinion about the proposal described in the
letter. Briefly summarize the proposal. Then state his opinion about the
proposal and explain the reasons he gives for holding that opinion.

The writer of the letter gives two suggestions. The first suggestion is to
shorten the bicycle borrowing period so that more bikes will be available.
The second suggestion is to leave student cards instead of cash when
students borrow bicycles. But the man in the conversation does agree
with the two suggestions. First of all, he thinks that students borrowing
bicycles usually need longer periods. For example, his friend and he
borrow bicycles every weekend to go off- campus. They often go to the
state park and it usually takes a whole day. Secondly, he thinks that if
students leave their cards when borrowing bicycles, they won’t be able to
get into library or dining halls. This will create inconvenience.

4. Explain the concept of carrying capacity using the example of the

moth and Ragwort.

The greatest number of animals a habitat can support is called carrying
capacity. Carrying capacity is not fixed. It changes according to the
environment. The professor uses the relationship of moth and ragwort to
illustrate this concept. Moth is a kind of insect that eats ragwort. Ragwort
is a plant that grows in the field. Normally, the number of moth in the
ragwort field is stable. But if there were a lot less rain in a year, ragwort
wouldn’t grow well. Moth wouldn’t survive and even those that survived
lay fewer eggs. So the number of moth would decrease. But if the rain
went back to a normal level, the ragwort would grow well. Moth would
have enough to eat and would lay more eggs. And the number of moth
would also increase.

5. Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then
state which of the two solutions from the conversations you would
recommend. Explain the reason for your recommendation.

The man has promised the girl to take her place to work tonight. But he
didn’t know that he was going to have a music rehearsal at the same time.
But the girl has already made her plan this evening. So this is the problem.

There are two solutions. The man, Bob, quits the music rehearsal and
goes to work as he promised. Or, the girl cancels her plan with her friends.
I would recommend the man to work as he promised, because it’s he who
created the problem. If he hadn’t promised the girl to take her place, she
probably wouldn’t have made her plan tonight. Even if there are new
songs he hasn't practiced and tonight is the last practice, he has to take
full responsibility of the mess, which is made by him.

6. Using the professor’s example of the pizza restaurant, explain two
advantages of franchising.

The professor talks about two advantages of franchising. The first
advantage is that the established company will provide training for you
and all your employees. For example, if you open a pizza restaurant by
franchising, the company will teach you how to prepare the pizza, how to
take orders and basically teach you how to operate the restaurant like
other restaurants of the company. You just follow its plan to success. The
second advantage is its established customer base. Because it is an
established company, its products are already well known. People will
trust it even if it’s in a new location. For example, the pizza restaurant
you open has the same name as the others’. People already know the

name and they’ll go to your restaurant because they trust the name and
think they will definitely have good experience.