新托福TPO口语参考答案——TPO28

1. Students have to complete various types of academic assignments in
school.
Choose one of the assignments below and explain why you think it is
beneficial for students.
?Research paper
?Class presentation
?Group project

I think the first one, writing research paper, is the most beneficial for
students. If you are going to write a research paper, the first step is to go
to the library to find useful materials. Or you may go to the Internet. So
you practice you search skills from doing this. After finding all the
relevant materials, you need to do a lot of reading and need to group them
in a formal way. So you learn how to read and write a formal paper. This
may help you develop good habits of doing research and put you in a
favorable condition when applying for colleges.

2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
To protect the health of young children, advertisements for candy and
junk food should not be shown on television.
Use specific reasons and details in your response.

I don’t agree with the statement because advertisements for candy and
junk food aren’t just aimed for children. They are for the general public.
Sometimes candy and junk food can serve useful purposes. Candy can
help you after you drink bitter medicine. Junk food is fast and convenient.
More importantly, canceling the advertisements won’t do much to protect
the health of young children. Young children can know the existence of
candy and junk food in many ways. They can know it from their parents,
friends and their parents’ friends. So protecting young children is not a
good excuse to cancel the advertisements.

3. The woman expresses her opinion of the student’s proposal. Briefly
summarize the proposal. Then state her opinion about the proposal and
explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

A student proposes to open the music building later so that students can
practice there late at night. Also, this will make it easier to accommodate
the large number of students who need to reserve the room. In the
conversation, the woman thinks this is a great idea. She says that now she
has to practice in the dorms. But this is disturbing to other students,
because practice with musical instrument will create lots of noise when

other students are either sleeping or studying. She also says that always
before big concerts, everyone in the orchestra needs room to practice. It’
s super hard to book a room. The man also met similar problem. So if the
musical building can open later, this will definitely help ease the problem.

4. Explain how the example of the television advertisement for pots and
pans from the lecture illustrates the technique of refute-and-persuade.

Refute-and-persuade is an advertising technique that companies first
admit the problems of their products and then refute the problems. The
professor uses an example to illustrate the technique. In the example, a
professional cook is talking about pots and pans of a company. The cook
begins by stating that the pots and pans are indeed very expensive and
other companies’ pots and pans cost less. But then the cook starts to
explain why it is still worthwhile to buy the pots and pans. She says that
the company can provide a life-warranty. If there is anything wrong with
the pots and pans, the company will replace them for free. So this helps
save customers’ money in the long run.

5. Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state
which of the two solutions from the conversation you would recommend.

Explain the reasons for your recommendation.

The man is having a problem that originally he was to interview the
director of a play. But the director is having a bad cold. There are a
couple of solutions. The first solution is to wait until the director feels
better. But then his article won’t come out before the play. The second
solution is to interview the lead actor. But the man worries that the lead
actor won’t have as much to say as the director. If I were the man, I
would choose to the second solution. In this way, at least his article will
appear before the play. Even if the lead actor doesn’t know all the stuff
the play, it’ll still be interesting to get a different perspective. Also, the
man still can interview the director and put the article on the next week’s
newspaper.

6. Using points and examples from the lecture, describe two ways lakes
can disappear.

The professor talks about two ways lakes disappear. The first way is by
natural processes. Plants are growing in the lake. When they die, they
become muddy substance and fall into the bottom of the lake. Then new
plants grow and die and the muddy substance will accumulate. Gradually,

the lake will be filled with muddy substance and there is no room for
water. The second way is by human activities. Farmers need water to
irrigate their fields so they use pump to get water from the lakes. If the
lakes don’t have enough refill. Say if there is not enough rain or there is
no stream to come into the lakes, the lakes will eventually dry up.