2022.3.12 Task 1 真题

When traveling, some people like to keep a record of their experiences——for example, by keeping a journal or by taking pictures. Other people prefer not to keep such records when traveling. Which do you prefer and why?

题目大意：旅行的时候有些人喜欢记录旅途中的经历，比如写旅行日记或者拍照，有些人则不这么做。你会怎么选择？

答题思路

这题我也是答得非常 personal 了，记住，所有 prefer 类型的题目都是非常 personal 的哦！

你只要说出你选择的原因就好了，再加点自己的亲身经历。总结来说就是：想想你会怎么做？

我的思路是这样的：

语言积累

keep a record v. 记录

precious memory n. 珍贵的回忆

eidetic memory n. 过目不忘的记忆能力

备考方法论

托福备考的闭环是由学习，练习，反思组成的。

老师全程指导的托福之星系列打卡营 —— 21 天突破口语就是按照这个闭环设计的，有同一目标的学员聚在一起，在新一老师的指导下，刷口语真题，听讲评，收反馈，最后订正错题。

在 21 天内，你的学习过程将会经历以下几个阶段：

阶段一：熟悉托福考试的考法和常考话题

阶段二：提升你的词汇量、语法，熟悉句子结构，记忆口语素材

阶段三：学会如何正确使用你已经掌握的词汇、句子和口语素材

阶段四：在口语中流利地表达你的观点、运用你所学的知识

阶段五：你的口语高光时刻！

老师寄语：

A beautiful quote: - why learning a foreign language?

"Being intelligent and learning foreign languages share one in common: they are both painful. And by 'painful', I don't mean the ennui of tediously long lectures or vocabulary and grammatical studies, or the expense of time for the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge, nor even the loneliness your dedication to the endeavor could bring upon you. The pain, the true torment, is the confusion. For the bigger the circle of the known, the greater the contact with the unknown. And the more firmly unlearnt believes used to stand, the more helplessly your new identity totters.

After learning a language, if you care enough, part of you becomes a member of the tribe to which the language belongs. And that cultural schizophrenia can be truly excruciating. That pain, however, cannot be easily offset by the better chances of employment in the job market or the simple pleasures of impressing your friends at the dining table with political intrigues and historical anecdotes played out in five different languages. Why, then, would anyone who's not crazy masochist want to learn a foreign language? Yes, to communicate with different people. Yes, to travel to different places. Yes, to advance your career in a globalized world. Yes, it is good for your brain. But more importantly, as potentially excruciating as it is, it is for those curious enough to see the world as it is, and those brave enough to tare down the wall of bigotry instead of comfortably hiding behind the linguistic barrier and refusing to step forward to know your fellow human beings, or even your so-called enemies.

Indeed, the pursuit of knowledge is almost by definition, a sort of masochism. And language learning is no exception. But in such pain, and perhaps only in such pain, can we overcome misunderstandings, bridge cultures and civilization, and find a world in peace and prosperity." -- Phoenix