剑桥雅思7-第三套试题-口语部分-Part 3真题部分:
PART 3 Discussion topics:
Competitions in school
Example questions:
Why do you think some school teachers use competitions as class activities? Do you think it is a good thing to give prizes to children who do well at school? Why? Would you say that schools for young children have become more or less competitive since you were that age? Why?
Sporting competitions
Example questions:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of intensive training for young sportspeople? Some people think that competition leads to a better performance from sports stars. Others think it just makes players feel insecure. What is your opinion? Do you think that it is possible to become too competitive in sport? In what way?
PART 3真题解析
第三部分：双向讨论（4～5分钟）考官与考生围绕由第二部分引申出来的一些比较抽象的话题进行讨论。第三部分的话题是对第二部分提示卡内容的深化和拓展。
话题举例
Competitions in school
1. Why do you think some school teachers use competitions as class activities?
答题技巧：老师们为什么开展竞争性的班级活动?描述竞争对正在校园里学习的孩子们的好处。
I think one important responsibility of teachers is to promote the students’ desire to be someone strong and prepare them for the future. Competition never sleeps. This is an awareness without which anyone joining the labour market would not succeed. It's always better to realize the cruelty before the students get shocked in the future.
promote促进 awareness认识
labour market劳动力市场 get shocked被震惊
2. Do you think it is a good thing to give prizes to children who do well at school? Why?
答题技巧：学校中的奖励机制对孩子来说是不是件好事?考生可以根据个人想法，谈论一下奖励对孩子们的利弊。好处可以是成为孩子们的动力(motivation)，当然坏处也是有的，例如：孩子们会追求物质财富（chase material possessions）或者思想变得现实（realistic）。
Yes, I do think so. For one thing, people by nature make all their efforts to gain the most pleasure and avoid pain. Children love games and having fun indeed, and they hate study. So if a child achieves something at school, a prize will apparently enhance his or her sense of satisfactory, which has always resulted in constant good performance. For the other, those children who cannot get the prize would feel that they want the same thing. Then prizes become a strong motivator for them.
by nature生性，本性 pain痛苦 apparently显然地 enhance加强，增强 sense of satisfactory满足感 constant持续的 motivator动力
3. Would you say that schools for young children have become more or less competitive since you were that age? Why?
答题技巧：现在的学校是否比我们念书时变得更加竞争激烈?考生可以通过一些学校中的实例来具体说明一下现在的孩子们在学校中面临的压力。需要注意的是这里面的“school”指的是小学、中学或高中，而不是大学。
I would say, as far as I know, schools in China have become more competitive. Children in primary schools are requested by their parents and teachers to learn the knowledge for secondary school students, only as a preparation for their future school entrance examination. Once they pass the exam, the vicious circle continues. Secondary school students spend a huge amount of time doing studies much beyond their capability. It was not like this when I was a child. I had more fun and more time to enjoy myself.
primary school小学 secondary school中学 entrance examination入学考试 vicious circle恶性循环 beyond capability超出能力范围
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