托福独立口语之市民健康与政府开销关系

　　托福口语资料之关于国外节日风俗，希望对你的托福考试备考有所帮助!

　　托福口语素材整理——主要传统节日：carnival狂欢节(狂欢节是一个大斋节前的节日，人们狂欢作乐并宴饮。狂欢节的日期根据复活节的日期推定，但必须是2月的星期一);Christmas圣诞节(纪念耶稣基督诞生的节日， 12月25日);Easter Sunday (耶稣)复活节(3月21日或其后月满之后的第一个星期天);Father’s Day父亲节(每年6月的第三个星期日);Mother’s Day母亲节(在美国为五月的第二个星期日);Thanksgiving Day (基督教) 感恩节(11月的最后一个星期四);Valentine'sDay情人节(2月14日);Lantern Festival元宵节;Mid-AutumnFestival中秋节;New Year's day元旦;SpringFestival春节;etc.

　　其它托福口语话题词汇：Christmas cake / card / present / pudding / stocking / tree，Christmas Eve / time，colored lights， compliments， customs， fireplace， gifts，goodwill， habits， ham， privacy， ribbons(缎带，丝带)， rose， Santa Claus， shocking，tradition， Turkey， wreaths(花环，花冠)，etc.

　　常用短语：appropriate dress， break (follow， keep up) a custom破坏、(遵从，遵守)习俗;celebrate Christmas， cultural differences， culture shock， Easternand Western societies， go“Dutch”， manners and customs风俗习惯; proper behavior，religious customs， social customs， theThanksgiving feast， etc.

　　常用句型：

　　1. Custom required our dressing for dinner. 礼俗要求我们参加宴会穿礼服。

　　2. It is an old custom that men tip their hats when greeting somebody.

　　3. It is the custom for the Chinese to take off their shoes when they getinto a hall.

　　4. It is the custom to dye eggs at Easter.

　　5. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

　　6. So many countries， so many customs. 有多少国家，就有多少习俗;百里不同风。

　　7. Social custom vary greatly from country to country.a

　　Intelligibility是托福口语评分标准里面反复出现一个单词，译为清晰性;其实我们在评分标准里面还能看到对这个词的解释：easy tofollow，回答者的逻辑一定要非常清晰并且不能出现任何造成别人理解困难的跳跃，站在rater(评分人员)的角度去考虑的话应该非常容易的就能跟上回答者的思路。当然在托福口语题目里面经常出details这个词。笔者就结合以上两个要求(清晰性和细节)对下面托福口语独立题目进行解析，并提供参考答案。

　　Should the government spend money on projects which can encourage itscitizens to lead a healthier lifestyle?

　　I would say government should spend money on projects to help citizens tolead a healthier lifestyle, and I have the following reasons forsupport.(第一句话就亮出自己的观点,并给考官一个信号-下面是我的理由) Firstly, the government's supposed totake care of the health of its citizens. As a citizen, we pay a large sum of ourincome as tax to the government, tax money should be used to fund projects toimprove people's health, like renovate local recreation center, hold freelecture for community members.(第一个理由，出现了一些细节如recreation center, lecture)secondly, spending money to help citizen live a healthier lifestyle actuallysaves money in the long run. Many health problems like heart attack, high bloodpressure and obesity can be prevented by governmental projects. So, for thesereasons and more, I agree with this statement. (第二个理由又出现了好多关于病症的细节如heart attack,high blood pressure and obesity)(共计123个单词)

　　8. The celebration of Christmas is a custom.

　　9. Turkey and ham are traditional dishes for Christmas.

　　10. When in Rome do as the Romans.