TOEFL Speaking Task 2 Sample: The woman expresses her opinion about the change proposed in the announcement. Briefly summarize the change then state her opinion about the change, and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

1.子项得分 Delivery: 3 Topic Development: 3.5 Language Use: 3

2.预估分数

24. 3.表达

总体来说，回答的表达较为清晰，但在某些地方仍有改进的空间。建议在练习中注意语速的控制，尽量保持一致。此外，尝试减少不必要的停顿，使语言更加流畅。在发音方面，需要注意一些单词的准确发音，以避免拼写错误。

4.话题发展 回答内容基本上符合题目要求，能够概括阅读和听力材料中的信息，并提出女生对这一变化的看法及理由。然而，在组织结构上还可以进一步优化。建议在练习中关注逻辑连接词的使用，使得回答更加连贯和有条理。同时，在给出理由时可以尝试提供更多具体的例子或细节，以增强说服力。

5.语言使用

Original: The university announced the statement announcement(建议使用“announcement”更符合语境) that the school will hire a professional theatre director for Spring Musical. The school thinks it will help students learn a lot from an accomplished director and attract a larger student audience. However, the woman disagrees with it. First, the director has a busy career, so he will only go on campus once a week. Therefore, the students will practice singing and dancing by themselves. She wants a student director because he or she can go to the school more often to see the rehearsal. In addition, the director is only famous in his field. And the students who love theatre and study in the theatre major may know him, but the average students haven't heard of him.

Revised (140 words): The university made an announcement that they will hire a professional theatre director for the Spring Musical. They believe this will provide students with valuable learning opportunities from an accomplished director and attract larger student audiences. However, the woman disagrees with this decision. She argues that since the director has a busy career, he will only be on campus once a week, leaving students to practice singing and dancing on their own. She prefers having a student director who can attend rehearsals more frequently. Furthermore, she points out that although the director is well-known within his field, most average students are not familiar with him, which may not result in increased attendance as expected by the university.

6.思维导图

• University announcement

  • Hire professional theatre director
  • Spring Musical
  • Benefits
    • Valuable learning opportunities
    • Attract larger student audiences

• Woman's disagreement

  • Director's busy career
    • Limited campus presence
    • Students practice on their own
  • Preference for student director
    • Frequent rehearsals
  • Director's fame
    • Well-known within his field
    • Average students unfamiliar

7.关键词

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，发言者的语言较为清晰，语速基本稳定，偶尔有停顿。建议发言者在练习时注意提高发音准确度，避免不必要的停顿，以提高整体表达效果。

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。但在给出女生反对意见的原因时，可以尝试更详细地解释和举例，以增强论据的说服力。同时，在总结时可以更加简洁明了地表达观点。

5.语言使用

Original Answer: The reading material is about an announcement from the university, which decides to hire a professional director, who is David Franks, to direct the musical for the students. The reading passage discusses an announcement made by the university to hire a professional director, David Franks, to direct the student musical.（将句子结构调整得更自然）

And the university decides to do so is because, first of all, David Franks is very sophisticated, so students may learn a lot from him. The university's decision is based on David Franks' expertise, which could provide valuable learning experiences for students.（用更高级的词汇和更自然的句子结构）

And the second reason is that David Franks is very famous, so he may attract a lot of students to watch the performance. Another reason is his fame, which could draw larger audiences to the performance.（简化句子，使其更流畅）

And the girls totally disagree with this suggestion because, first of all, David Franks is very busy in his career. The woman disagrees with this decision primarily because David Franks has a busy career.（改进句子结构，使其更自然）

He can only come to the university once a week, so he might not have enough time to direct the musical, leaving everything for the students to do by themselves. Since he can only visit the university once a week, he may not have sufficient time to direct the musical, resulting in students handling most tasks independently.（改进句子结构，使其更自然）

He cannot fully concentrate on the performance. He might not be able to fully focus on the performance.（用更自然的表达方式）

And the second reason is that David Franks is famous in his own specific field, so the students who are not in this particular area do not know him. The second reason is that David Franks is only well-known within his specific field, making him unfamiliar to students outside of that area.（改进句子结构，使其更自然）

Revised Answer (140 words):

The reading passage discusses an announcement made by the university to hire a professional director, David Franks, to direct the student musical. The university's decision is based on David Franks' expertise, which could provide valuable learning experiences for students. Another reason is his fame, which could draw larger audiences to the performance. The woman disagrees with this decision primarily because David Franks has a busy career. Since he can only visit the university once a week, he may not have sufficient time to direct the musical, resulting in students handling most tasks independently. He might not be able to fully focus on the performance. The second reason is that David Franks is only well-known within his specific field, making him unfamiliar to students outside of that area.

6.思维导图

- Reading Passage
  - Announcement
  - Professional director: David Franks
  - Reasons for hiring
    - Expertise
    - Fame

- Woman's Opinion
  - Disagreement
  - Reasons for disagreement
    - Busy career
      - Limited time on campus
      - Insufficient direction for students
    - Fame limited to specific field
      - Unfamiliar to students outside the field

7.关键词

1.子项得分 Delivery: 2 Topic Development: 2 Language Use: 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，句子之间的连接不够流畅。建议发言者在讲话时适当放慢语速，并注意句子之间的连接，使表达更加清晰流畅。

4.话题发展 从话题发展方面来看，发言者对女士的观点进行了总结，但在解释原因时存在一定的重复。建议发言者在解释原因时更加简洁明了，避免重复，并尝试提供更多相关细节以支持女士的观点。

5.语言使用

Original: University announces that they will hire a professional theater director to direct a student's plays, but the woman in the conversation disagrees with the announcement because first she thinks that the director is very famous and he will be very busy for his career and he will have a lot of plays in the city and he don't have time to direct them and in the end they will just do the scenes by all themselves and because the director don't have too much attention and second she thinks that if the actor is very famous but it not help them to make a lot of people to go to see the student's film because it's true he is famous but a student who don't care about the play will not know him.

Corrected: University announces announced (原文使用了现在时，但这里应该用过去时) that they will hire a professional theater director to direct a student's plays the students' play (这里应该使用复数形式，表示多个学生的戏剧), but the woman in the conversation disagrees with the announcement because first firstly (建议使用副词“firstly”来表示列举的第一个原因) she thinks that the director is very famous and he will be very busy for his career and he will have a lot of plays in the city and he don't doesn't (应该使用第三人称单数形式) have time to direct them. In the end, they will just do the scenes by all themselves on their own (这里使用“on their own”更自然) and because the director don't doesn't have too much attention. Second Secondly (建议使用副词“secondly”来表示列举的第二个原因), she thinks that if the actor is very famous, but it not help won't help (应该使用将来时态) them to make a lot of people to go to see the student's film because it's true he is famous, but a student who don't doesn't care about the play will not know him.

Revised Answer (140 words):

The university announced that they would hire a professional theater director to direct the students' play. However, the woman in the conversation disagrees with this decision. Firstly, she believes that the director is very famous and will be too busy with his career, having many plays in the city. As a result, he doesn't have enough time to direct their play, and they will end up doing the scenes on their own without proper guidance. Secondly, she thinks that even though the director is famous, it won't help attract more people to watch the students' play. This is because while he may be well-known within his field, average students who are not interested in theater would not recognize him or be drawn to see the play due to his fame.

6.思维导图

• University announcement

  • Hire professional theater director
  • Direct students' play

• Woman's disagreement

  • Director's fame and busy schedule
    • Limited time for directing
    • Students doing scenes on their own
  • Famous director not attracting more audience
    • Average students unaware of director's fame

7.关键词