2015年12月13日托福口语真题回忆（新东方）

　　Task 1

　　If your parents have some extra money, how would you like them to spend it?

　　Personally speaking, I'd like my parents to spend the money on two things. The first thing to do is to buy me a new guitar. See I have been taking guitar lessons for almost 10 weeks now and I'm getting pretty good at it. Currently I'm using a second-hand guitar my cousin used to play. My dad said I just had to make do before I got better at it. I have always had this passion for music and it's always been my dream to become a rock star someday. I started a band with some of my classmates and I'm planning to have a concert by the time I finish my guitar lessons. So I could really a new guitar now, it doesn't have to be something fancy, but I think I deserve my own guitar now. The other thing I'd like them to do is to donate some money to charity, start a fund or something, to help those who are less fortunate. A small thing you do could make a big difference in their life sometimes.

　　Task 2

　　Do you agree or disagree that it's better for college students to choose their major after they spend a year of two in college?

　　I agree that it's better for students to choose their major after spending a year or two in college for the following reasons. Firstly, most of students need time to figure out what they're really interested in. Take myself as an example, I had to choose my major in my senior year in high school right before going to college. I didn't really know what each major meant back then. I mean we had a career consultant at school but still the information I could get from her was pretty vague. In the end I chose business management as my major simply because others told me it would be easy to look for a job after I graduate from college. Of course later I grew to love it. But I think if I was given more time, I could pick something that suited me better. Plus, spending a year or two in college means that students can get some advice from other experienced professors and students, these people can offer them more perspectives when they choose a major.

　　Task 3

　　The university is planning to shut down the radio station due to two reasons. The first one is that few students listen to the radio. And the second reason is that it's getting more and more difficult to get volunteers to do the programs. In the conversation, the woman disagrees with the plan. Her first reason is that students nowadays prefer smart phones or the internet, they don't listen to the radio any more, the university should thinking about using the Internet as a platform to reach out to students. As for the second reason, the woman points out that students may not be interested in doing the programs now, but things will definitely change if the university could offer some extra credits to the volunteers.

　　Task 4

　　In the lecture, the professor introduces the concept of eminent domain which means under certain circumstances the government has the right to reimburse the private households for their property to maximize the benefit of the country. He offers us his own example to illustrate it. A couple years ago the government decided to build a railroad to alleviate the traffic condition around the area, and this decision would affect his uncle's property. The government then tore down his uncle's house and reimbursed him for it. At first his uncle was very upset about it. But over time, the traffic condition around that area did get a lot better.

　　Task 5

　　The woman's problem is that she's got a part-time job and she was late for work because of the traffic congestion, the situation will last like a week so she might be late again. There are two possible solution for her. The first one is to leave for work 15 minutes earlier. And the second one is to change a shift at work. If I were in her shoes, I'd go for the second solution because I'm sure she can work it out with one of her colleagues, they'll understand if she asks nicely, plus it's only a part-time job, she doesn't have to take it that seriously. I personally don't recommend the other solution because the 15 minutes she misses can be really important, she's going to miss out on some pretty valuable things if she left early.

　　Task 6

　　In the lecture, the professor talks about two reasons of the reduced water clarity. The first reason is sediment. Let's say there's a railway being built around a lake, with all the construction going on, a lot of soil gets washed down into the lake and thus reduce the water clarity of the lake. The second reason is the extra nutrients of plants. For example, farmers today fertilize the plants with fertilizers and the plants get a lot of nutrients, thus they would grow faster and better. But over time they cover up the surface of the lake and this blocks the sunlight which reduces the clarity of the water as well.