Claire Herbert TOEFL 克蕾爾托福 .雅思. GRE 滿分線上家教課程.台大|劍橋.MIT雙碩士| 一週1-2堂課. 3個月有效幫助同學前進國外名校

題目 The Question

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

It is better to use printed material such as books and articles to do research than it is to use the Internet.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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 範文 Sample Essay

 It is critically important for students to use the best available resources when they conduct research.  In my opinion, it is far better to use printed materials than online sources. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.

 To begin with, printed materials such as books and articles are more reliable than websites.  This is because websites can be edited by anyone in the world, regardless of whether or not they are qualified academics.  As a result of this, even articles in popular online encyclopedias often contain incorrect and biased information. My own experience demonstrates the danger of relying too heavily on web-based sources of information.  Two semesters ago, I was assigned a research paper in a freshman history class. I cited data that I found on Wikipedia which later turned out to be completely incorrect. This data was so hopelessly wrong that my professor spotted it immediately, causing me to fail the assignment and receive a fairly low grade in the class at the end of the semester.  If I had taken the time to compare what I had read online to a book or a scholarly article I would not have included it, and would not have received such a terrible score in the class.

TOEFL Listening Vocabulary 托福聽力詞彙 整理－學校篇

入學:

enrollment 登記, 註冊

opening ceremony n.開業典禮, 儀式 commencement ceremony 畢業典禮 convocation n.正式會議(可指簡單的畢業典禮) orientation meeting 開學說明會

staff n.全體職員

freshman (大學)一年級學生

sophomore (大學)二年級學生

junior (大學)三年級學生

senior (大學)四年級學生

tuition, fee 費用

VOA - Voice of America  美國之音

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/

是美國政府對外廣播及電視台

其中的speacial English 是專為非英語洗國家所開設的新聞節目

題材相當豐富 包含 美國新聞 科學新知 醫學 教育 藝術 文化 等等

適合中級以上水準的同學來練習

也非常適合當作托福TOEFL 或多益 TOEIC 的背景知識來學習

這些蔬菜英文怎麼說！買菜！煮菜都沒問題

看懂就能買對菜 煮好菜！

來這網站學習更多蔬菜名

https://7esl.com/vegetables-vocabulary-english/

可以搭配圖片來認識常見的蔬菜喔！

10 minutes Lessons 提供各領域的專家錄製長度約10分鐘的內容

包含 Business商業   IT電腦  education教育  Technology 科技  music音樂 art藝術 PE體育 等等

準備考托福 ＴＯＥＦＬ的同學可以把這網站當成增加自己的背景知識

增進自己的英文聽力功力

http://www.10minutelessons.com/

最新 TOEFL Vocabulary 托福詞彙題大全 part 2

717.1 install /put in place (v.) 放置， 安置

718 Instant/moment (n.) 片刻;瞬間

719 instantaneous/ immediate (a.) 即刻的

720 instigate/ incite (v.) 唆使;煽動

721 instructive/ informative (v.) 富有教育意義的

722 insufficient /inadequate (a.) 不足的

723 intact/ untouched (a.) 完好的

724 intangible/ nonmaterial (a.) 無形的

725 intangible/ immaterial (a.) 無形的

 最新 TOEFL Vocabulary 托福詞彙題大全 part 1

1 a matter of speculation / supposition (n.) 推斷

2 a solicitation of / an invitation of (v.) 墾 求 ; 墾 請

3 abandoned / left (a.)被遺棄的

4 aberrant / abnormal. (a.) 脫離常軌的,

5 abort /quit (v.)夭折;中止

6 abruptly /suddenly (adv.) 突然地;意外地

7 absorb /appeal (v.)吸收;被…吸引

8 absorb /learn (v.) (學習) 吸收

9 absorb /take in (v.)吸收;被…吸引

克蕾爾老師 ,

我達標了！！我太開心！

上課前：

 Reading : 20    Listening :19   Speaking :12   Writing :14   Total: 65

上課後：

 Reading : 28  Listening :27   Speaking :20   Writing :21  Total: 96

聽力

上完老師的聽力課之後真的覺得托福聽力一點都不難！老師的方法很簡單，

2019.09 TOEFL Speaking Prediction 托福新制口說第一題 考前預測

最常考的題目類別: (佔總題數的 66%)

1. 教育學習
2. 兒童成長
3. 設施規劃
4. 娛樂活動
5. 家人朋友

第二大類題目類別：（佔總題數的 29%）

1. 社會問題
2. 社會交際
3. 個人喜好
4. 職業工作

第三大類題目類別（佔總題數的 5%）

1. 通訊媒體
2. 環境保護

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１．

2019.09 independent writing 獨立寫作 重點題 預測

1.

Which one do you think is the most important factor for a student to success college or university?

• Tutors in university
• The encouragement from family and friends
• High-quality education from high school

2.

Do you agree or disagree: People should relax with the ways related to their hobbies and physical activities that are different with their work.

3.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

常常有同學跟我說

目前托福口說TOEFL Speaking 新制的第一題 我常常想不到要說什麼

今天要介紹一個網站來幫助苦惱的你

或是想來想去只有一個理由

夠不用說還要解釋了

我根本不知道那句話應問該怎麼講

如果你也剛好有以上的煩惱的話

我會推薦你用以下這個連結 來練習英文的思考模式

或是 乾脆直接把美國人怎麼講這句話學起來

從今年8月開始托福改至制

我們可以從以下表格看出口說測驗不粉到底有什麼差別

新制托福把原來的第一題跟第五題刪掉了！

除此之外

舊制的第二題Agree/ disagree 意見題－45秒回答 （新制的第一題）  難度增加了

出現很多需要思辨的題目

 Ex.  Do you agree or diagree that parents shoud support thier children to do volunteer activities? Why? please explain.

你同意還是不同意：家長應該支持他們的小孩去做志工？為什麼？

目前TPO 已經到54

想要讓聽力短期內能進步的方法

１．

就是TPO全部的lecture 都要聽過！

因為托福考試的內容都是大同小異的

即便有變化

也都是拿過去的內容作改編延伸而來的

How to practice TPO聽力練習步驟:

1.      用TPO網站計時練習：聽＋做題＋對答案

2.      閉上眼睛 聽聽力

185個iBT托福寫作 independet writing 題目提供給大家在考試前練習

常常想不到怎麼寫的同學

可以在考試前先把這１８５ 題 全部都先想過每個段落要寫什麼

在考場上才不會看到題目的時候一頭霧水

考試時間30 分鐘

一定要在28 分鐘內寫完

留2分鐘檢查錯字及文法 （否則會被扣很重喔）

計時開始就要開始打文章了

所以要對自己的模板相當熟悉

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這半年真的非常感謝克蕾爾

出社會之後一直想要讓英文進步

想要有美式腔調

但一直沒有動力

找了語言交換 也進步緩慢

每次下定決心要學英文

下班後都被自己的懶惰打敗

經由朋友的介紹每週開始跟克蕾爾學習

真的用遠不要放棄

Question:

1.What does the professor main discuss? 

A. ways that stars become nebulae

B. reasons that nebulae appear to give off blue light

Question 題目:

Some people prefer to eat at food stands or restaurants.

Other people prefer to prepare and eat food at home. Which do you prefer? Why?

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Samples 範文：

These days, people enjoy a plethora of dining options, as it is now possible to eat food at wonderful restaurants serving food from around the world, or to use modern technology to prepare great food in the comfort of our own homes.  Personally, I prefer to eat at home, rather than going out. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.

 To begin with, meals cooked at home are healthier than meals from restaurants, and I strongly value my health.  While meals prepared at restaurants are certainly delicious, they usually include a lot of oil, salt and sugar. Over consumption of unhealthy ingredients can have a profound effect on our health, and can even lead to chronic illnesses.  When I cook for myself at home, I precisely measure the amounts of everything that goes into my food and try my best to limit unhealthy ingredients whenever possible. It is true that my meals may not taste quite as nice at those I might get at a fancy restaurant, but I still enjoy my creations.  Rather than enjoying just the taste of the food, much of my pleasure is derived from the enjoyment that went into the cooking of it, and the peace of mind that I gain from knowing that I am taking care of my body.

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Question 題目:

Some teachers prefer to record the lecture in advance so that students can be familiar with material before taking the class so that students can discuss what they have learned from the recorded lecture in the class. Do you think it is a good idea or not?

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Samples 範文：

With the advancement of modern technology, there has been substantial progress in developing new teaching methods to assist students. In fact, it is proven that technology plays a role in helping students in various areas. Personally, I strongly agree with the opinion that recording lectures is beneficial to students.

Recorded videos furnish meaningful opportunities for students to have more interaction during class. Since students are able to preview the materials before going to class, the lecturer can spend more time on more in-depth discussion or debates during class time. For example, in a world history course, the lecturer can post the recorded videos online as an assignment, and students can watch them in advance to gain some background knowledge of a special event. Therefore, students can think about the influences caused by the event and even gather some more information online for further discussion. While in class, students can express more of their opinions and have more in-depth discussion with the professor.

2019.08.10 托福閱讀真題
最新閱讀考到這篇：The Origin of Flight

鳥類起源！這篇已經連續三年都有考！

The first flying vertebrates were true reptiles in which one of the fingers of the front limbs became very elongated, providing support for a flap of stretched skin that served as a wing. These were the pterosaurs, literally the "winged lizards." The earliest pterosaurs arose near the end of the Triassic period of the Mesozoic Era, some 70 million years before the first known fossils of true birds occur, and they presumably dominated the skies until they were eventually displaced by birds. Like the dinosaurs, some the pterosaurs became gigantic; the largest fossil discovered is of an individual that had a wingspan of 50 feet or more, larger than many airplanes. These flying reptiles had large, tooth-filled jaws, but their bodies were small and probably without the necessary powerful muscles for sustained wing movement. They must have been expert gliders,not skillful fliers, relying on wind power for their locomotion.

Birds, despite sharing common reptilian ancestors with pterosaurs, evolved quite separately and have been much more successful in their dominance of the air. They are an example of a common theme in evolution, the more or less parallel development of different types of body structure and function for the same reason — in this case, for flight. Although the fossil record, as always, is not complete enough to determine definitively the evolutionary lineage of the birds or in as much detail as one would like, it is better in this case than for many other animal groups. That is because of the unusual preservation in a limestone quarry in southern Germany of Archaeopteryx, a fossil that many have called the link between dinosaurs and birds. Indeed, had it not been for the superb preservation of these fossils, they might well have been classified as dinosaurs. They have the skull and teeth of a reptile as well as a bony tail, but in the line-grained limestone in which these fossils occur there are delicate impressions of feathers and fine details of bone structure that make it clear that Archaeopteryx was a bird. All birds living today, from the great condors of theAndes to the tiniest wrens, trace their origin back to the Mesozoic dinosaurs.

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题目：

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

(A) Characteristics of pterosaur wings

(B) The discovery of fossil remains of Archaeopteryx

Question 題目:

Some students prefer classes with frequent discussions between the professor and the students with almost no lectures.

Other students prefer classes with many lectures and almost no discussions.

Which do you prefer? 

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範文 Sample:

 Every student has their own preferred learning style, and therefore it is impossible to accommodate all of them.  In my opinion, the best classes are those which include a lot of discussions. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.

         To begin with, classes where we have the opportunity to speak help to develop our intellectual abilities.  Classes where the teacher does most of the talking are very passive, on the other hand, and do not help us grow academically.  They mostly involve the memorization of facts and details which do not help us in the long run. For example, I recently took a political science class that changed the way I think about the world.  The cut and thrust of debate in the class made me consider where my political beliefs came from and if they were even correct. I was required to listen to the opinions of others, so I was a more open-minded person after the class finished.  I believe that I would not have developed in such a way by just listening to lectures. This example demonstrates how valuable intellectual conversations can be.

         Secondly, classes that involve a lot of interactions can help students develop the skills necessary to work well in groups.  Many freshman students arrive at university very shy and unable to communicate well. Talking with their peers teaches students how to communicate effectively, and they can use this skill to excel in their future careers.  My older brother’s experience demonstrates that this is true. When he started university he was a very introverted person and did not enjoy collaborating with others. However, after four years of participating in debates, discussions and presentations in his classes he became a very confident public speaker.  As a result, when he began his career after graduation, he excelled in group work and was seen by his co-workers and supervisors as a natural leader. He was promoted quickly and advanced through the ranks of his company. Without participating in discussions with his professors and classmates he would not have developed the skills necessary to succeed in this way.

         In conclusion, I feel strongly that classes which are centered on discussions between professors and students are preferable to those in which the professor does all of the talking.  This is because these classes help students develop academically, and because they teach students the skills that they need to achieve success in the future. (411 words)