托福口语Task6 模板及高分答案

TOEFL Speaking Task6

题目类型及答题要点

题目类型

第6题是学术讲座，题目主要包括2个部分：

➢ LISTENING PART

在听力部分中，一名教授会讲授某个学术的定义，概念，现象或过程，并举例说明。听力的长度约为230-280词，听力时间为90到120s不等，此时考生需要根据对听力内容的理解进行笔记。

➢ ANSWERING PART

在答题部分中，首先是20s的准备时间，然后60s的答题时间。此时考生需要:

审题—确定答题重点。

浏览笔记—标记答题重点，划掉冗余部分。

整理思路—快速理清答题重点的逻辑顺序。

话题类型

Task 6 和Task 4一样，涉及学术话题。 涵盖的领域很广，不过最高频的话题是4大类。

biology 生物学

psychology 心理学

sociology 社会学

economics 经济学

Task 6 听力结构很简单， 说白了，就像小学时学过的三段式作文一样。

第一段 引出概念或定义

第二段 1st子标题+例子

第三段 2nd子标题+例子

那第六题说白了，就是一个复述题目。 同学们复述的重点是 两个子标题以及例子。 这样子 第六题的答题模板也出来了。

Part 1 改写题目

Part 2 复述 1st子标题+例子

Part 3 复述 2nd子标题+例子

真题演练( 托福口语生物学经典例子)

• Question：Task 6

using points and examples from the lecture，explain the two different types of physical variations some animals use to defend themselves.

Listening

Most animals have ways to protect themselves. They require

defenses since virtually every animal is potential prey for

another animal higher on the food chain. So, over countless

generations, animals have developed various ways to protect

themselves. Interestingly, some are categorized as defensive

while others are considered offensive adaptations.

Let‘s look at the defensive adaptations first. Look at the picture

in your book on page 242. It is a turtle, right? You have all

seen them. Some of you may even have had pet turtles. But did

you know they’ve actually developed two defensive methods?

The first is the most obvious. It is the shell. The shell covers the

turtle’s entire body, including its vital organs. The shell is very

hard. Most predators give up trying to bite through it. But take

a look at the neck. It’s really long. Oh, a weak point, right?

Wrong. The turtle has a flexible neck, so it can easily fold its

neck back into its shell when danger comes along.

But remember, some adaptations are offensive. Look at the

picture on the opposite page. You may not be familiar with the

animal. It is a hedgehog. Now, look at those spines on its back. Nasty looking, aren’t they? These spines are offensive weapon

the hedgehog can use against much larger animals. First, it

wraps itself up in a ball. This makes it hard to attack.

Sometimes the hedgehog might even ram its attacker. And

those spines hurt. Oh, but there is more. Those spines, unlike

the porcupine’s, are hard to remove. So the attacking

animal

suffers twice-when it gets stuck with the spines and when it

tries to remove them.

Sample Answer

In the listening, the professor talks about 2 ways that animals use to protect

themselves. The first way is defensive adaptation. The professor uses turtle for an

example. Turtle’s shell is so hard that its enemy will give up trying to bite through it.

In addition, Turtle has a long neck. When danger comes along, it will fold back its

neck into its body.

The second way is offensive adaptation. For example, hedgehog uses spines

as a weapon against its enemy. And spine hurts. The attacking animal will suffer

twice, one is get stuck with it and the other is trying to remove it.

下面是TPO 1-TASK 6 参考答案。

6. Using the research described by the professor, explain what scientists have learned about the

mathematical abilities of babies.

In the lecture the professor describes how scientists learn about baby’s mathematical abilities.

Researchers did an experiment to test baby’s ability to add that baby knows one plus one equals

two. They first put a doll in front of a baby and lowered the screen to hide the doll. So the baby

knows it’s there. Then they clearly put another doll behind the screen so there should be two

dolls. But researchers secretly took one away and when they lift the screen up, the baby was

surprised because it expected to see two dolls but there was only one. We know when a baby is

surprised, it stares at the thing that makes it feel surprised. The researchers recorded the baby’s

eye-movement with a camera and found that the baby stared. So the baby has the ability to add.

It knows one doll plus one doll equals two dolls.

TPO3-TASK 6参考答案。

6. Using the examples from the talk, explain how persuasive strategies are used in advertising. The professor talks about two kinds of persuasive strategies in advertising. The first strategy is

repetition. When a slogan is repeated enough times, we tend to believe what the slogan says.

The example is a car commercial. A guy is driving around and keeps stopping to pick up different

people, each time a narrative says“Plenty of room for friends”,“Plenty of room for family” and so

on. If we hear the slogan so many times, we tend to believe the car is spacious even if it’s not.

The second strategy is using celebrities. We believe celebrities are trustworthy. For example, in a

car commercial, If a famous race-car driver is shown in a car and says“I like my car fast.”, people

will believe the car is fast even if it’s actually not a very fast car