tpo34口语task4范文1
Now listen to part of a lecture on this topic in a business management class.
(male professor)
So, let me tell you about my own experiences when I was working for a computer company a couple of years ago.
So, one day a co-worker and I suggested we should give our computers a design make-over: make them look more up-to-date. Market research was showing that new customers said they would be more interested in buying our computers if they looked cooler. Our technology was advanced but the outside design looked really old-fashioned.
At first, more than half the group supported us. There were a few senior managers here who didn’t support the design change. One o f the senior manager said, “Our focus has always been on technology, changing the look is an unnecessary cost.”
Almost immediately, some of our supporters changed their minds! Even my co-worker changed his mind! When I asked him why after the meeting, he told me he didn’t want to make a bad impression on the senior managers. He thought that disagreeing with them might jeopardize his chances of getting a promotion by not looking like a team-player.
What about me? I hate to admit it, but, after a few hours of discussion, I started wondering if it was worth everyone’s time to argue about this? As more people sided with the senior management, I started to feel that I was the only one holding up the vote. Everyone else seemed to think change wasn’t necessary. I voted against my own idea in the end.
So we unanimously decided to stay with the current old-looking design. But this decision ended up costing us a lot of money. That same year, our competitor came out with a new design that attracted some of our customers and prevented us from profiting from new customers.
托福TPO1口语task4范文：
The professor talks about groupthink which means sometimes people would make a bad decision as a group. In the example, the professor and his co-worker thought they need to change the look of their computers, but managers disagreed. So his co-worker changed his mind because he didn't want to leave a bad impression on the managers by not looking like a team player. In the end, the professor changed his mind too, because he didn't want to be the only person that’s holding up the vote. But they were all wrong, the same year, a competitor came out with a new design that attracted many of their customers.
tpo34口语task4范文2
Your university plans to open a cafe inside the campus library. Do you think this is a good idea? Explain why or why not?
托福口语TPO34 Task2:Private car in the city centers
托福口语task2题目Question:
Do you agree or disagree with the followingstatement? Private car should not be allowed in thecity centers of large cities. Use details and examplesto explain your opinion.
托福口语TPO34 Task3:Program to Provide Free Tutoring
Reading Part:
Program to Provide Free Tutoring
The university has announced that starting with thefall semester, free tutoring will be available to allnew students for their entire first year. Theacademic dean, James Maxwell, commented, ^v^Theuniversity is aware of the academic problems thatmany first-year students face when making the transition from high school to college.^v^ Thenew tutoring program, he said, is designed to assist first-year students who want or needadditional support with their academic course work. The program will also be organized sothat individual students can arrange to work with tutors majoring in their own chosen field ofstudy.
听力原文：
Now listen to two students discussing the article.
Man: Hey, did you read about this plan?
Woman: Yeah, and I think it’s really a great idea.
Man: Why’s that?
Woman: Well, a lot of new students really need his, I mean, it, s not just about getting extra help with the course material, the/ II probably also get information about things like taking notes or the best way to study for exams.
Man: Yeah, I barely even knew how to do those Things when I first came here.
Woman: Neither did I. So these are things most students wind up having to learn on their own at first. That’s why so many of them have a hard time.
Man: And if s probably good that they can work with somebody who has the same interests.
Woman: Right. That will be a real advantage: to get information about the classes you’re gonna need to take from somebody who’s already taken those classes. And they could recommend professors and tell you who the best advisers in the department are, things like that.
Man: I see what you mean, so new students could get access to information about the program from another student, s point of view.
Woman: Exactly!
Question:
The woman expresses her opinion about the university’s plan. Briefly summarize the plan. Then state her opinion about the plan and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.
托福口语TPO34 Task4:The Familiarity Principle
Reading Part:
The Familiarity Principle
People tend to develop a preference for this theyhave previously encountered, things they arefamiliar with. Social psychologists refer to thistendency as the familiarity principle. Given achoice between two similar items, one they haveexperienced before and another that is new, most people will choose the familiar item. Thisprinciple operates even when people are not conscious of their previous experience with anitem. Once people have been exposed to an item - even if they do not recall having beenexposed to it - they will tend to prefer that item over other items to which they have not beenpreviously exposed.
tpo34口语task4范文3
Carrying Capacity
An animal species needs to have enough resources, like food and water, to survive in any given environment. However, because resources are limited, only a certain number of animals of a particular species are able to survive in a given habitat. The greatest number a habitat can support is known as the carrying capacity. If nothing happens to disrupt or unbalance the relationship between the animal and its habitat, the carrying capacity will remain stable. However, a carrying capacity is not fixed. If there is a significant disruption, such as an environmental event that alters the amount of available resources in the habitat, the carrying capacity will change.
托福TPO33口语task4题目 Listening Part:
Now listen to part of a lecture in a biology class.
(male professor) OK, so let's talk about what happened to a certain type of insect, a moth, a red-and-black moth that lives in Europe. These moths eat a plant called Ragwort and they live in fields where the Ragwort plants grow. Now, there was a group of moth that lives in one of these fields and, for many years, there was a lot of Ragwort growing there. So the moth had plenty to eat and the total number of moth in the field stayed pretty much the same.
But then one year it rained a lot less than usual and the Ragwort didn't grow as well. The result was that the moth didn't get enough to eat and many didn't survive but even the ones that did survive didn't lay as many eggs as before. So that year the moth population in the field was quite a bit smaller. The next year, though, the amount of rainfall returned to normal and again many more Ragwort plants grew and, once again, there was a lot available for the moth to eat. So that year the moth population increased and the female moth laid many more eggs than the year before. And now, after all that rainfall and plant growth, there were just as many moth in the Ragwort field as there were before.
托福TPO33口语task4题目 Question:
Explain the concept of carrying capacity using the example of the moth and Ragwort.
托福TPO33口语task4题目答案解析:
题目分析： 阅读：
Carrying Capacity
Greatest number of animals a habitat can support
The number might change if there' s a significant disruption.
听力：
Moths eat Ragwort
Live in place where there is a lot of Ragwort Total number stays the same Less rain
Ragwort didn' t grow well Moths didn' t survive Didn' t lay as many eggs Number decreased Next year situation returned Ragwort grew better Lay more eggs More moths
托福TPO33口语task4题目范文:
Carrying Capacity is the greatest number of animals a habitat can support. This number usually remains stable, but it might change when there’ s significant disruption.
Just like the example of moths. Moths eat a kind of plant called Ragwort. The moths live in a place where there is a lot of Ragwort, and the total number of moths that live there generally stays the same over the years. However, one year, it rained less, and Ragwort didn’ t grow well. So many moths didn’ t survive because there wasn’ t enough to eat. Also, female moths didn’ t lay as many eggs. Therefore, the population of moths decreased. The situation returned the next year, and Ragwort grew a lot better. As a result, the number of moths increased, and female moths laid more eggs.
Now there are as many moths as there was before.
tpo34口语task4范文4
Question：Using the example of washing hands, explain the concept of chaining behavior.
TPO53综合口语Task4满分范文：
Chaining behavior is a technique used by parents to teach children a sequence of complex behaviors. For example, professor taught his daughter how to wash her hands. He divided this complex behavior into 5 steps, and taught his daughter one step at a time. He first showed his daughter step 1 and practiced it with her for a couple of days. When she has mastered this action, he showed her step 2 and let her practice both steps for another few days until she can do both by herself. Then he added the third step after, and also let her practice for a while until she can do them all. For the last two steps, he did the same thing as the previous three steps. Finally she could finish the hand washing all by herself.
tpo34口语task4范文5
范文：
In the lecture, the professor mainly talked about the theory about agonistic behavior. To reinforce the theory, the professor gave an example about two rattlesnakes in his speech. In the example, scientists saw two rattlesnakes had found the same hole and both of them wanted to eat the food there. And what happened was the two rattlesnakes faced each other and made themselves as tall as possible. And then they began pushing each other and trying to control one another. But in this process, neither of those two rattlesnakes was trying to hurt each other. And the snake which could have easily bitten the other one, it didn’t, and let it go. Finally the winner got the food. So this example justify the agonistic behavior which is the certain animals species just simply want to show off the power of themselves in the regard of territory or food and prove their strength in the competition.
tpo34口语task4范文6
托福口语task4模版一：
The reading passage introduces the definition/ phenomenon/ problem/ process /some
functions/some features/ principle/ application/ cause/ effect of……(关键的抽象词). XXX is……(定义的内容)
In the listening passage, the professor continues to demonstrate it by providing some
托福口语task4模版二：
From the reading material, we know that…(关键术语,定义)
To demonstrate it, the speaker provides two examples/reasons/researches. One example is that……
Another example is that……..So the suggestion is that……
(记关键术语，主要观点)
托福口语task4整体模版：
“In the lecture, the professor mainly talked about the theory that ... . To reinforce the theory, the professor gave two reasons in his speech. The first one is that …. The other one is that …. And that’s the two reasons the speakerpresented to explain his idea.(The conclusion is optional)”
例如：
The Dead Sea
In this set of materials, the reading part describes the abody of water, and listening part provides additional information about the body of water.
The reading part describes the body of water named the Dead Sea. This body of water is said to be ^v^dead^v^ because its high salt level prevents life in it. It's so salty for the reason that it's landlocked with no outlet, and it's in anarea with a high temperaturem this causes rapid evaporation.
The listening part makes an additional point about the Dead Sea. The new point says that the Dead Sea isn't actually a sea. A sea is a body of water that's part of the ocean or opens into the ocean, while a lake is a body that;s entirelyenclosed. The Dead Sea has no outlet and is therefore a lake.
