TOEFL TPO 39 Speaking Task 2 Sample: The woman expresses her opinion about the proposal in the letter. Briefly summarize the proposal. Then state her opinion about the proposal and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

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

2.Estimated Scores

23. 3.Delivery

The speaker's delivery is generally clear and fluid, but there are occasional pauses that disrupt the flow. To improve, the speaker should practice speaking more consistently and reducing unnecessary pauses. Additionally, the speaker should work on pronunciation to avoid any spelling errors that may result from inaccurate pronunciation.

4.Topic Development The response is coherent and well-organized, with clear connections between ideas. However, the speaker could provide more specific examples or details to further support their opinion. To improve, the speaker should focus on expanding their explanations and providing more concrete evidence to strengthen their argument.

5.Language Use

The school announces university proposes (clarifying the subject) to start a ride-sharing program. In fact, the woman totally agrees with the idea. This is because she believes that students will be beneficial benefited (correcting word form) because of the program. Take herself for example. She drives the car to school every day all by gas using gas (improving clarity). So she spends a lot of money on gas and some repair, such as tire repair. So due to the program, she can save a lot of money. And she goes on to say the policy would cause some positive impact on the environment because there are more people coming to the city now. So there are more traffic than before, leading to a polluting environment. So if the school passed the program, less carbon dioxide would be released to the air, resulting in a decrease in pollution. Consequently, air quality will be improved.

Revised Answer (140 words):

The university proposes to start a ride-sharing program, and the woman completely agrees with this idea. She believes that students will greatly benefit from this program. For instance, she drives her car to school every day using gas, which results in significant expenses on fuel and occasional repairs like tire replacements. With this program in place, she could save a considerable amount of money. Moreover, she mentions that due to an increasing number of people coming into the city, traffic has become worse and contributes to environmental pollution. If the university implements this ride-sharing program, it would lead to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, ultimately decreasing pollution levels and improving air quality.

6.Mind Map

- Ride-sharing program proposal
  - Woman's agreement
    - Benefits for students
      - Example: herself
        - Gas expenses
        - Car repairs
    - Positive environmental impact
      - Increased traffic in the city
      - Pollution reduction
        - Decreased carbon dioxide emissions
        - Improved air quality

7.Key Words

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

2.预估分数

23. 3.表达

从表达方面来看，这位同学的回答相对清晰，但在某些地方存在一些不必要的停顿。建议在练习时注意语速的控制，尽量保持连贯流畅。同时，注意发音的准确性，以避免拼写错误。

4.话题发展 从话题发展方面来看，这位同学的回答较为完整，能够概括信件中的建议，并阐述女生对此的观点及理由。但在组织结构上还有待提高，可以尝试使用更清晰的逻辑连接词来使回答更加条理分明。同时，在提供支持或举例时，可以尝试多加一些细节描述，以使回答更具说服力。

5.语言使用

Original: The latter The letter (原文中的“latter”应改为“letter”，因为这里指的是信件) proposes to create a ride-sharing program so students in the same area can actually go to the school in just one car. The girl in the recording agrees with the idea. First, she thinks that this can really help students because this will help them to spend less on gas and actually if the car is used in more times, they will need more maintenance, which is a really complex thing. And second, lots of people are coming to school nowadays, so it causes more traffic in the school or the surrounding areas and this leads to more pollution in the area. And if the proposal is actually implemented, there will be less traffic around the area and less carbon dioxide and the air quality will actually improve.

Revised (140 words): The letter proposes creating a ride-sharing program so students living in the same area can travel to school using just one car. The woman in the recording agrees with this idea for two main reasons. Firstly, she believes that it would significantly help students save money on gas expenses and reduce wear and tear on their vehicles due to less frequent use. Secondly, she mentions that there has been an increase in people coming to school recently, resulting in heavier traffic and higher pollution levels in the surrounding areas. If this proposal were implemented, it would lead to reduced traffic congestion and lower carbon dioxide emissions, ultimately improving air quality.

6.思维导图

- Ride-sharing program
  - Students in the same area
  - Travel to school in one car

- Woman's opinion
  - Agrees with the idea
    - Reason 1: Save money and reduce wear and tear on vehicles
    - Reason 2: Reduce traffic congestion and pollution
      - Increased number of people coming to school
      - Implementation benefits: Lower carbon dioxide emissions and improved air quality

7.关键词

1.子项得分

• 交付 (Delivery): 3

• 主题发展 (Topic Development): 3

• 语言使用 (Language Use): 3

2.预估分数: 23

3.表达 在交付方面，你的回答相对清晰，但仍有改进的空间。要确保你的发音准确，避免不必要的停顿。此外，保持一致的语速和流利度也很重要。建议多加练习，提高发音准确度和语言流畅度。

4.话题发展 在话题发展方面，你的回答基本上涵盖了所需内容，但可以更有条理地组织。首先简要总结提案，然后陈述女士对提案的看法，并解释她给出的理由。尝试使用更多连接词和短语来使回答更连贯。例如，在解释女士给出的理由时，可以使用“首先”和“其次”等词汇来组织内容。多加练习，提高回答的条理性和连贯性。

5.语言使用

Original Answer: The student in the letter suggests that the university should create a student ride-sharing program to help students to get to university more easily. The letter proposes that the university establish a ride-sharing program for students to facilitate their commute to campus. (修改了句子结构，使其更简洁明了)
And the woman in the listening part likes this idea because firstly she says that she always drives car to university by herself, so this idea will help students a lot, which can help students save gas and save money on repairing. The woman in the conversation supports this proposal, stating that since she drives to campus alone, such a program would significantly benefit students by helping them save on gas and car maintenance costs. (修改了句子结构，使其更清晰；使用了更高级的词汇)
Secondly, she thinks that the traffic is hard for students to drive to the university and the environment is so bad because of the carbon dioxide which released of the air. Furthermore, she believes that heavy traffic makes it difficult for students to drive to campus, and increased carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles contribute to environmental pollution. (修改了句子结构，使其更连贯；使用了更高级的词汇和正确的语法)

Revised Answer (140 words): The letter proposes that the university establish a ride-sharing program for students to facilitate their commute to campus. The woman in the conversation supports this proposal, stating that since she drives to campus alone, such a program would significantly benefit students by helping them save on gas and car maintenance costs. Furthermore, she believes that heavy traffic makes it difficult for students to drive to campus, and increased carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles contribute to environmental pollution. By implementing the ride-sharing program, there would be fewer cars on the road, reducing carbon dioxide emissions and improving air quality. This would not only benefit the students financially but also have a positive impact on the environment.

6.思维导图

- Proposal
  - Ride-sharing program
  - Facilitate commute

- Woman's opinion
  - Supports proposal
  - Benefits
    - Save on gas
    - Car maintenance costs
  - Traffic and environment
    - Heavy traffic
    - Carbon dioxide emissions
    - Environmental pollution

7.关键词

1.子项得分 Delivery: 3 Topic Development: 4 Language Use: 3

2.预估分数

24. 3.表达

从表达方面来看，发言者的语言流利度较好，但仍有一些不必要的停顿。为了提高发言的清晰度和流畅度，请注意在适当的地方停顿，以便更好地表达观点。同时，请注意正确发音单词，以避免拼写错误。

4.话题发展 从话题发展方面来看，发言者提供了一个连贯且组织良好的回应，观点之间的联系清晰，并给出了足够的支持或例子。在这方面，发言者已经做得很好。可以尝试在回答中加入更多细节或例子来进一步支持观点，使回答更加丰富。

5.语言使用

原文：A student proposed that the university should start a riding sharing program, and a woman agreed with that. The university received a proposal from a student to start a ride-sharing program, which the woman supports.（将句子结构进行了调整，使其更自然。同时，修正了"riding sharing"为正确的"ride-sharing"。）

Because first, the woman agreed that it would save money by driving in groups. Firstly, the woman believes that driving in groups would save money.（调整句子结构，使其更自然。）

To be more specific, the woman drives herself now currently, To be more specific, the woman currently drives herself,（删除了多余的"now"，使句子更简洁。）

If this program could be executed, If this program were implemented,（将"could be executed"改为更自然的表达方式"were implemented"。）

Hence the woman agreed with that program. Hence, the woman agrees with this program.（将过去时态改为现在时态，并将"that"改为"this"以保持一致性。）

根据修改建议，以下是140字的完整回答：

The university received a proposal from a student to start a ride-sharing program, which the woman supports. Firstly, the woman believes that driving in groups would save money. To be more specific, the woman currently drives herself, but she thinks the program will help the students because it will help them spend less money on gas and on car repairs due to driving in groups. Second, the woman agreed that it will have a positive impact on the environment because of fewer cars on campus. To state that, the woman says there is much more traffic and the air emission from cars is now polluting the environment. If this program were implemented, it would reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, the environment would be effectively protected by this program. Hence, the woman agrees with this program.

6.思维导图

• Proposal

  • Ride-sharing program
  • Woman's support

• Benefits

  • Save money
    • Gas
    • Car repairs
  • Positive environmental impact
    • Fewer cars on campus
    • Reduced carbon dioxide emissions

7.关键词