TOEFL TPO -1 Speaking Task 4 Sample: Using points and examples from the talk, explain two of the types of majority influence: informational and normative.
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Using points and examples from the talk, explain two of the types of majority influence: informational and normative.
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1.子项得分
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交付:2
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语言使用:2
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话题发展:2
2.预估分数
- 总分:18
3.表达 从交付方面来看,回答中存在一些不清晰和不流畅的地方。建议在练习口语时,注意保持语速的一致性,尽量减少不必要的停顿。此外,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,回答内容基本上涵盖了听力材料中的关键信息,但组织结构和逻辑性还有待提高。建议在回答问题时,先简要概括听力材料的主要观点,然后用具体的例子加以支持。此外,注意使用恰当的连接词和过渡词来使回答更加连贯。
5.语言使用原文:The lecture explains two of the types of majority influence. The first influence is majority is informational influence. The professor takes herself for example, when he drive a car, he take to the restaurant and everyone ask her to go straight. He thinks going straight is the correct answer. So he goes straight to answer the correct answer. Another influence is normative influence. The professor takes herself for example, when he go to the movie to watch a movie. After watching movie, everyone thinks it was great, but he thinks it was awful, but he told everyone is good, so he go with the group, or he is not a part of the group.
修改后:The lecture explains two types of majority influence: informational and normative influences. The first type is informational influence. The professor uses herself as an example when she drives a car and takes people to a restaurant. Everyone tells her to go straight, so she believes that going straight is the correct decision and follows their advice. The second type is normative influence. The professor uses another example where she goes to watch a movie with some people. After watching the movie, everyone says it was great, but she thinks it was awful. However, she tells everyone that she liked it in order to fit in with the group. (修改了句子结构,词汇和语法,使表达更自然流畅)
修改建议与解释:
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将 "two of the types" 改为 "two types"(两种类型),使表达更简洁。
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将 "is majority is informational influence" 改为 "is informational influence"(信息影响),避免重复。
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将 "takes herself for example" 改为 "uses herself as an example"(以自己为例),使表达更自然。
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将 "when he drive a car" 改为 "when she drives a car"(当她开车时),注意使用正确的代词和动词形式。
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将 "he take to the restaurant" 改为 "and takes people to a restaurant"(并带人们去餐厅),使句子更完整。
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将 "everyone ask her to go straight" 改为 "everyone tells her to go straight"(每个人都告诉她直走),使用更合适的动词。
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将 "So he goes straight to answer the correct answer" 改为 "so she believes that going straight is the correct decision and follows their advice"(所以她相信直走是正确的决定,并遵循他们的建议),使表达更清晰。
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将 "when he go to the movie to watch a movie" 改为 "where she goes to watch a movie with some people"(当她和一些人去看电影时),使句子更完整。
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将 "After watching movie, everyone thinks it was great, but he thinks it was awful, but he told everyone is good, so he go with the group, or he is not a part of the group." 改为 "After watching the movie, everyone says it was great, but she thinks it was awful. However, she tells everyone that she liked it in order to fit in with the group."(看完电影后,每个人都说很棒,但她认为很糟糕。然而,为了融入团队,她告诉每个人她喜欢它。),使表达更自然流畅。
修订版(140字):
The lecture explains two types of majority influence: informational and normative influences. The first type is informational influence. The professor uses herself as an example when she drives a car and takes people to a restaurant. Everyone tells her to go straight, so she believes that going straight is the correct decision and follows their advice. The second type is normative influence. The professor uses another example where she goes to watch a movie with some people. After watching the movie, everyone says it was great, but she thinks it was awful. However, she tells everyone that she liked it in order to fit in with the group.
6.思维导图
- Majority Influence
- Informational Influence
- Professor's example
- Driving to a restaurant
- Everyone says go straight
- Correct decision
- Normative Influence
- Professor's example
- Watching a movie with people
- Everyone says it was great
- Fit in with the group
7.关键词
| Words | Phonetic Symbols | Parts of Speech | English definitions | Simplified Chinese translations | Sample sentences |
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| Majority | /məˈdʒɒrɪti/ | noun | The greater number or part of something | 大多数 | In a democratic society, the majority's opinion should be respected. |
| Influence | /ˈɪnfluəns/ | noun | The power to affect someone or something | 影响 | The majority influence can have a significant impact on an individual's decision-making process. |
| Informational | /ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃənl/ | adjective | Relating to or characterized by information | 信息的 | Informational influence occurs when people rely on the majority's opinion to make the right choice. |
| Normative | /ˈnɔːrmətɪv/ | adjective | Establishing a standard or norm | 规范的 | Normative influence is when individuals conform to the majority's opinion to fit in with the group. |
| Conform | /kənˈfɔːrm/ | verb | To behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards | 遵从,顺从 | People often conform to the majority's opinion in order to avoid conflicts and maintain harmony. |
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