TPO 第22套口语 Question 4 重新选题
阅读材料
收起Irrational Commitment
When people have devoted time or resources to a certain project, they generally want to see it succeed. However, they may grow so attached to the idea of a successful outcome that even if it starts to look like the project will fail and the disadvantages are outweighing the benefits, they will nevertheless increase their commitment to the project rather than give up. This is known as irrational commitment. This tendency to continue with a project when it would make better sense to quit can be especially strong when people feel they may be judged by others for their eventual success or failure with the project.
听力材料
收起口语题目
收起Explain how the example from the professor’s lecture illustrates irrational commitment.
答题辅导
收起1、题目关键词: irrational commitment
2、答题要领:
(1)Briefly state the main idea of the reading passage.
(2)Concentrating on the lecture given by the professor.When orally summarizing the lecture, test takers are supposed to include the main points and some key examples as well.
3、阅读材料要点:
(1) People want their projects to succeed. Even when their projects show signs of failure, they still step up their commitment to it instead of giving it up, especially when they realize that they may be judged by others for the final result of their project.
(2) This is called "Irrational Commitment".
4、听力材料要点:
(1)the professor gives his own example. He and his wife bought a house he really loved
(2)Then problems of the house kept emerging. But the professor was more determined every time after one problem occurred because he thought , if he didn't stick to his point, his wife would think he was wrong in not following his idea.
5、模板:
(1) In this set of materials, the reading passage is (the title of the reading passage) and the listening material is a lecture by a professor on the same topic. 当然,如果你觉得你的听力材料的理解率很高也不用谈及阅读材料中的内容。只是第一段说起来实在太easy了。
(2) In the reading passage, the university made an announcement that...本段可以省略,但是前提是你对于听力材料理解率很高,不会时间未到却无话可说了。
(3) In the lecture, the professor...不但要包括主要的观点而且最重要的是要包括教授举出的例子。