TOEFL Speaking Task 3 Sample: Using one of the examples from the lecture, explain what environment scenting is and how it influences consumers.

1.子项得分 Delivery: 0 Language Use: 0 Topic Development: 0

2.预估分数

0. 3.表达

回答中没有涉及到环境香氛的相关内容，也没有解释如何影响消费者。建议重新组织答案，确保内容与题目相关，并使用清晰、流利的语言进行表达。

4.话题发展 回答没有针对题目进行话题发展，建议重新审视阅读和听力材料，从中选择一个例子来解释环境香氛是什么以及它如何影响消费者。同时，确保回答内容连贯、有条理，并提供足够的支持或示例。

5.语言使用

Original Answer: MBC 뉴스 이덕영입니다.

Corrected Answer: MBC 뉴스 이덕영입니다. Environment scenting is a technique that uses pleasant fragrances to influence consumers' purchasing behavior. (原文为韩文，与题目无关，已修改为英文并添加了与题目相关的内容。)

Revised Answer (140 words): Environment scenting is a technique that uses pleasant fragrances to influence consumers' purchasing behavior. One example from the lecture demonstrates how this technique works in a department store. Researchers placed a fragrance that appealed to women in the women's clothing department and a different fragrance that appealed to men in the men's clothing department. The result was a significant increase in sales, almost doubling on the days when these fragrances were used. This experiment shows that environment scenting can have a strong impact on consumers' willingness to buy products. By using scents that are specifically designed to appeal to certain demographics, businesses can create an atmosphere that encourages customers to make purchases and potentially increase their perceived value of the products, ultimately leading to higher sales and customer satisfaction.

6.思维导图

• Environment scenting
  • Technique
  • Pleasant fragrances
  • Influence consumers
  • Department store example
    • Women's and men's fragrances
    • Increased sales

7.关键词

1.子项得分 Delivery: 3 Language Use: 3 Topic Development: 3

2.预估分数

23. 3.表达

从表达方面来看，发言者的语言流利，语速较为稳定，仅有少量停顿。但在某些地方，发言者的发音不够准确，导致了拼写错误。建议发言者多加练习，提高发音准确度。

4.话题发展 从话题发展方面来看，发言者的回答内容基本上是连贯和有组织的，观点之间的联系也比较清晰。但是，在提供实验细节方面可以更加充分。例如，在描述第二个实验时，可以详细说明消费者对鞋子的评价以及他们对香气房间鞋子价格的看法。建议在回答问题时尽量提供更多相关细节和例证来支持观点。

5.语言使用

Original Answer: In this reading, it said that odors can affect people's emotion and behavior so that the environmental setting is used to this kind of theory to eventually increase the sales by using the specific fragments. In the reading, it was mentioned that odors can influence people's emotions and behaviors, and environmental scenting utilizes this concept to increase sales by using specific fragrances.（在这段回答中，建议将原句中的“it said that”改为“it was mentioned that”，使句子更加自然。同时，将“environmental setting”改为“environmental scenting”，以保持一致性。此外，将“fragments”改为“fragrances”以修正拼写错误。）

In this lecture, the professor used two examples to elaborate on that. In the lecture, the professor provided two examples to illustrate this concept.（在这段回答中，建议将“elaborate on that”改为“illustrate this concept”，使句子更加自然。）

The first is that it's about a department store. The first example involved a department store.（在这段回答中，建议将“it's about”改为“involved”，使句子更加自然。）

While using this odor appealing to women in the women's clothing store and also using odor appealing to men separately, they find that they both increase the sale double in the end. By using fragrances appealing to women in the women's clothing department and fragrances appealing to men in the men's clothing department separately, they found that sales almost doubled in both cases.（在这段回答中，建议将“they find that they both increase the sale double in the end”改为“they found that sales almost doubled in both cases”，使句子更加自然。）

And secondly, it said that there is experiments using the two identical juices, but put in the different rooms and ask the people to enter in and try it and eventually evaluate. Secondly, it was mentioned that an experiment was conducted using two identical pairs of shoes placed in different rooms, and participants were asked to enter each room, examine the shoes, and provide evaluations.（在这段回答中，建议将“there is experiments using the two identical juices”改为“an experiment was conducted using two identical pairs of shoes”，以修正拼写错误和使句子更加自然。同时，将“put in the different rooms and ask the people to enter in and try it and eventually evaluate”改为“placed in different rooms, and participants were asked to enter each room, examine the shoes, and provide evaluations”，使句子更加自然。）

Turns out that with the professor... It turned out that according to the professor...（在这段回答中，建议将“Turns out that with”改为“It turned out that according to”，使句子更加自然。）

Revised Answer (140 words):

In the reading, it was mentioned that odors can influence people's emotions and behaviors, and environmental scenting utilizes this concept to increase sales by using specific fragrances. In the lecture, the professor provided two examples to illustrate this concept. The first example involved a department store. By using fragrances appealing to women in the women's clothing department and fragrances appealing to men in the men's clothing department separately, they found that sales almost doubled in both cases. Secondly, it was mentioned that an experiment was conducted using two identical pairs of shoes placed in different rooms, and participants were asked to enter each room, examine the shoes, and provide evaluations. It turned out that according to the professor, most consumers preferred the shoes in the fragrant room and even thought they were more expensive than those in the unscented room.

6.思维导图

• Environmental Scenting

  • Influence on emotions and behaviors
  • Increase sales

• Examples

  • Department store
    • Fragrances for women and men
    • Sales almost doubled
  • Experiment with shoes
    • Identical pairs in different rooms
    • Fragrant room vs. unscented room
    • Consumer preferences and perceived value

7.关键词

1.子项得分 Delivery: 2 Language Use: 2 Topic Development: 2

2.预估分数

19. 3.表达

从表达方面来看，发言者的语速较快，有时会出现不恰当的停顿。此外，发言者在发音方面也存在一些错误，导致拼写错误。建议发言者在练习时注意语速和发音，适当放慢语速，并在需要停顿的地方进行停顿。

4.话题发展 从话题发展方面来看，发言者提到了两个例子，但对于环境香氛的解释和如何影响消费者的描述不够清晰。建议发言者在描述环境香氛时更加详细和准确，并在解释如何影响消费者时给出更具体的支持和例子。例如，在第一个例子中，可以强调香氛如何吸引消费者并提高销售额；在第二个例子中，可以说明香氛如何影响消费者对产品价值的认知。

5.语言使用

原文：The concept of environmental scientists is a behavior that these outdoors are interrupted and precise in one part of human's brain to affect their emotions and behaviors. The concept of environment scenting is a technique that uses odors to influence human emotions and behaviors. (将“环境科学家”改为“环境香氛”，并简化句子结构，使其更自然) The lecture takes two examples. The lecture provides two examples. (用词更准确) The first example is about a clothing store. The clothing store sells clothes, and the clothes have fragrance, often seal well, and it seals double than the clothes without fragrance. In the first example, a department store used fragrances in the men's and women's clothing sections, which resulted in almost double the sales compared to when no fragrances were used. (重新组织句子，使其更清晰且准确地描述了例子) So it is effective to prevent that. This demonstrates the effectiveness of environment scenting in increasing sales. (用词更准确，结论更有力) Another example is about shoes. The shoes divided into two rooms, one room is no fragrance, a room is with fragrance. People evaluate them, they found the room with fragrance is more expensive. In the second example, two identical pairs of shoes were placed in separate rooms, one with a pleasant fragrance and the other without. Consumers evaluated the shoes and perceived the pair in the fragrant room as more expensive. (重新组织句子，使其更清晰且准确地描述了例子)

修订后的答案（140词）：

Environment scenting is a technique that uses odors to influence human emotions and behaviors. The lecture provides two examples to demonstrate its effects on consumers. In the first example, a department store used fragrances in the men's and women's clothing sections, which resulted in almost double the sales compared to when no fragrances were used. This demonstrates the effectiveness of environment scenting in increasing sales. In the second example, two identical pairs of shoes were placed in separate rooms, one with a pleasant fragrance and the other without. Consumers evaluated the shoes and perceived the pair in the fragrant room as more expensive. These examples show how environment scenting can strongly influence consumers' willingness to buy a product and their perception of its value.

6.思维导图

• Environment Scenting

  • Technique
  • Influence emotions and behaviors

• Example 1

  • Department store
  • Fragrances in clothing sections
  • Increased sales

• Example 2

  • Two identical pairs of shoes
  • Separate rooms (fragrant and non-fragrant)
  • Consumers' perception of value

7.关键词

1.子项得分 Delivery: 3 Language Use: 2.5 Topic Development: 3

2.预估分数

22. 3.表达

从表达方面来看，回答的语言流畅度尚可，但仍有改进空间。建议在发音和语调方面多加练习，以提高口语的自然度和准确性。此外，注意在适当的地方停顿，以便让听众更好地理解你的观点。

4.话题发展 从话题发展方面来看，回答内容基本上符合题目要求，但在组织结构和论述方面还有待加强。建议在描述实验时更加详细和清晰，并在解释环境香氛如何影响消费者时给出更充分的论证。同时，注意保持回答的连贯性和逻辑性，以便让听众更好地跟随你的思路。

5.语言使用

Original Answer: The concept of environmental scenting is the effect that odors are interpreted and precised in one part of a human's brain to affect their emotions, behaviors. The lecturer takes two examples. The first example is about a clothing store. The store sells clothes. They found that clothes with fragrance are always double sales. Another example is about shoes. They divided two rooms to sell shoes. One room is with fragrance. Another is without fragrance. Customers can evaluate these two rooms about the shoes' price. They decided that the room with fragrance is more expensive.

Corrected Answer: The concept of environmental scenting is the effect that odors are interpreted and precised in one part of a human's brain to affect their emotions, behaviors. Environmental scenting refers to the influence of odors on human emotions and behaviors, as they are processed in a specific part of the brain.(原句表达不够清晰，建议重新组织语言以更准确地描述环境香氛的概念。) The lecturer takes two examples. The lecturer provides two examples.(建议使用更正式的词汇。) The first example is about a clothing store. In the first example, researchers conducted an experiment in a department store.(原句没有提到实验，建议补充相关信息。) The store sells clothes. They introduced fragrances proven to appeal to men and women in their respective clothing departments.(原句没有提到香氛的使用，建议补充相关信息。) They found that clothes with fragrance are always double sales. As a result, sales almost doubled on the days when these fragrances were used.(原句表达不够准确，建议重新组织语言以更清晰地描述实验结果。) Another example is about shoes. In the second example, researchers set up an experiment with two identical pairs of running shoes in separate rooms.(原句没有提到实验的具体设置，建议补充相关信息。) They divided two rooms to sell shoes. One room is with fragrance. Another is without fragrance. One room was scented with a pleasant fragrance, while the other room had no fragrance at all.(原句表达不够清晰，建议重新组织语言以更准确地描述实验设置。) Customers can evaluate these two rooms about the shoes' price. Consumers were asked to evaluate each pair of shoes and fill out a questionnaire after visiting both rooms.(原句没有提到问卷调查，建议补充相关信息。) They decided that the room with fragrance is more expensive. Most consumers not only preferred the shoes in the fragrant room but also thought they were worth ten dollars more than those in the unscented room.(原句表达不够准确，建议重新组织语言以更清晰地描述实验结果。)

Revised Answer (140 words): Environmental scenting refers to the influence of odors on human emotions and behaviors, as they are processed in a specific part of the brain. The lecturer provides two examples to illustrate this concept. In the first example, researchers conducted an experiment in a department store by introducing fragrances proven to appeal to men and women in their respective clothing departments. As a result, sales almost doubled on the days when these fragrances were used. In the second example, researchers set up an experiment with two identical pairs of running shoes in separate rooms. One room was scented with a pleasant fragrance, while the other room had no fragrance at all. Consumers were asked to evaluate each pair of shoes and fill out a questionnaire after visiting both rooms. Most consumers not only preferred the shoes in the fragrant room but also thought they were worth ten dollars more than those in the unscented room.

6.思维导图

• Environmental scenting

  • Influence of odors
  • Human emotions and behaviors
  • Processed in the brain

• Example 1

  • Department store experiment
  • Fragrances for men and women
  • Doubled sales

• Example 2

  • Running shoes experiment
  • Separate rooms with and without fragrance
  • Consumer evaluation and questionnaire
  • Preference and perceived value

7.关键词

1.Sub Scores Delivery: 2 Language Use: 2 Topic Development: 3

2.Estimated Scores Total Score: 19

3.Delivery The speaker's delivery could be improved. There are some pauses and hesitations throughout the response, which can make it difficult to follow. Additionally, there are a few pronunciation errors, such as "sanding" instead of "scenting" and "woman closing" instead of "women's clothing." To improve, the speaker should practice speaking more fluidly and work on their pronunciation of certain words.

4.Topic Development The topic development is generally good, as the speaker provides two clear examples from the lecture to explain environment scenting and its influence on consumers. However, there is some confusion in the wording of the first example, which could be clarified for better understanding. To improve, the speaker should focus on organizing their ideas more coherently and ensuring that their examples are clearly explained.

5.Language Use

Environment sanding scenting (corrected for accurate vocabulary) is a technique that attempted attempts (corrected for verb tense consistency) to use pleasant fragrances to increase customer sales. The professor uses two experiments to illustrate this idea. First, the researchers just (removed unnecessary word for clarity) put the fragrance that appeared appealed (corrected for accurate vocabulary) to women into the air of the woman closing women's clothing (corrected for accurate vocabulary and grammar) department store, while the man's fragrances to the man's door. men's fragrance in the men's department. (corrected for clarity and grammar) It is surprising that the sales just (removed unnecessary word for clarity) doubled. Another experiment is to assign two identical pairs of running shoes into two different rooms, one with a pleasant fragrance and another without. Then the researchers asked (corrected for verb tense consistency) the customers (corrected for subject-verb agreement) to fill out a questionnaire about their preference toward for (corrected for accurate vocabulary) the shoes. Oh, (removed unnecessary word for clarity) they find out the customers prefer the shoes in the room with fragrances and think it is more expensive there.

Revised Answer (140 words):

Environment scenting is a technique that attempts to use pleasant fragrances to increase customer sales. The professor provides two experiments to illustrate this concept. In the first experiment, researchers placed a fragrance that appealed to women in the air of the women's clothing department, while using a men's fragrance in the men's department. Surprisingly, sales doubled on those days. In another experiment, researchers placed two identical pairs of running shoes in separate rooms, one with a pleasant fragrance and one without. They then asked customers to fill out a questionnaire about their preference for the shoes. The results showed that customers preferred the shoes in the fragrant room and perceived them as more expensive than those in the unscented room.

6.Mind Map

• Environment scenting

  • Technique
  • Increase customer sales

• Professor's examples

  • Women's and men's fragrances in departments
    • Sales doubled
  • Identical running shoes in separate rooms
    • Fragrant room preference
    • Perceived higher value

7.Key Words

1.Sub Scores Delivery: 3 Language Use: 3 Topic Development: 3

2.Estimated Scores

23. 3.Delivery

The speaker's delivery is mostly clear and fluid, with a consistent pace and only occasional pauses. However, there are some minor issues with word choice and sentence structure that could be improved. For example, the phrase "environment assenting" should be "environment scenting." Additionally, the speaker could work on using more varied sentence structures to make the response more engaging. To improve delivery, the speaker should practice speaking more naturally and focus on correct pronunciation and word choice.

4.Topic Development The speaker provides a coherent and well-organized response, with clear connections between ideas and sufficient support or examples from the lecture. However, there is room for improvement in terms of elaborating on the examples and providing more context for the experiments mentioned. For instance, the speaker could explain why the fragrances used in the experiments were proven to appeal to men and women or discuss how these findings might be applied in real-world marketing situations. To improve topic development, the speaker should focus on providing more detailed explanations and context for their examples.

5.Language Use

Environment assenting scenting (corrected for accurate vocabulary) is a technique that attempts to use pleasant fragrances to increase customer sales. In the listening, the professor uses two experiments to illustrate this idea. First, the researcher just simply (more formal word choice) put the fragrances that appealed to women into the air of the women's clothing department store, and (improved sentence structure) the men's into the men's store. It is surprising that the sales doubled. Another experiment is to assign two identical pair pairs (corrected for plural form) of running shoes into two rooms, one with a pleasant fragrance and another without. Then, the researchers askd (consistent tense usage) the customers to fill out a questionnaire about their preferences for the shoes. They all find out, discovering (improved sentence structure and word choice) that customers prefer the shoes inside the room with fragrances and also think this pair of shoes is more expensive. Therefore, that's how the professor illustrates this idea.

Revised Answer (140 words):

Environment scenting is a technique that attempts to use pleasant fragrances to increase customer sales. In the listening passage, the professor discusses two experiments that demonstrate this concept. In the first experiment, researchers simply placed fragrances that appealed to women in the women's clothing department and fragrances that appealed to men in the men's department. Surprisingly, sales nearly doubled on the days when these fragrances were used. In the second experiment, researchers placed two identical pairs of running shoes in separate rooms, one with a pleasant fragrance and one without. Customers were asked to evaluate the shoes and complete a questionnaire about their preferences. The results showed that customers preferred the shoes in the fragrant room and perceived them as more expensive. These experiments effectively illustrate the impact of environment scenting on consumer behavior.

6.Mind Map

• Environment Scenting

  • Technique
  • Increase customer sales

• Listening Passage

  • Two experiments
    • Women's and men's fragrances in departments
      • Sales doubled
    • Identical pairs of running shoes in separate rooms
      • Fragrant room preference
      • Perceived higher value

7.Key Words

1.子项得分 Delivery: 3 Language Use: 3 Topic Development: 3

2.预估分数

23. 3.表达

从表达方面来看，这位同学的回答基本上是清晰的，语速较为稳定，偶尔有停顿。但在某些地方，发音不够准确，导致了一些拼写错误。建议同学在发音方面多加练习，尤其是一些容易发错的单词。同时，注意在适当的地方停顿，以增强语言表达的连贯性。

4.话题发展 从话题发展方面来看，同学的回答内容基本上是连贯和组织良好的，能够清楚地阐述环境香氛是什么以及它如何影响消费者。然而，在提供实验例子时，同学没有详细解释实验过程和结果，使得回答显得略显简单。建议同学在描述实验时尽量详细一些，并强调实验结果与环境香氛之间的关系。这样可以使回答更加充实和有说服力。

5.语言使用

Original Answer: Well, the written passage talks about environmental safety, which means that the researchers want to use pleasant fragrance to find out whether it can increase the product sales. So, for example, they use one pleasant fragrance to attract women and men, and they find that the result was surprising. The sales of the products almost double. And also, they do another research, and they use fragrance. One of the rooms, they use pleasant fragrance, and one of them, they didn't use pleasant fragrance. And they find that customers who entered the room that used pleasant fragrance will buy more, and they find that the shoes are more expensive. So, this is a good example that explains the environmental safety.

Corrected Answer: Well, the written passage talks about environment scenting, which means that researchers want to use pleasant fragrances to determine whether it can increase product sales. For instance, they used one pleasant fragrance to attract both women and men, and they found that the results were surprising. The sales of products almost doubled. Furthermore, they conducted another study using fragrances in two separate rooms. In one room, they used a pleasant fragrance while in the other room, no fragrance was used. They discovered that customers who entered the room with a pleasant fragrance were more likely to buy and perceived the shoes as more expensive. Thus, this is a good example that demonstrates the concept of environment scenting. (将“environmental safety”改为“environment scenting”，因为原文中的主题是环境香氛，而不是环境安全。同时，对语法、句子结构和词汇进行了修改，使表达更加自然流畅。)

Revised Answer (140 words):

The written passage discusses environment scenting, a technique where researchers use pleasant fragrances to determine if they can boost product sales. In one study, a pleasant fragrance was used to attract both women and men, resulting in surprising findings - the sales of products nearly doubled. In another experiment, researchers placed two identical pairs of shoes in separate rooms, one with a pleasant fragrance and the other without. They discovered that customers who entered the fragrant room were more likely to make a purchase and perceived the shoes as more expensive. These examples effectively demonstrate the concept of environment scenting and its influence on consumer behavior.

6.思维导图

• Environment Scenting
  • Pleasant Fragrances
    • Increase Product Sales
      • Example 1: Attracting Men and Women
        • Surprising Results
          • Sales Almost Doubled
      • Example 2: Two Separate Rooms with Shoes
        • Room with Fragrance vs. Room without Fragrance
          • Customers More Likely to Buy
          • Perceived Shoes as More Expensive

7.关键词