今天，李轩老师继续带各位同学，接着盘《剑15》 Test 2的口语部分~

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【剑15真题解析】收藏！《剑15》 Test 1 写作 部分详细解读！

 part 1

Languages在2020年1-4月题库和2019年5-8月题库中都有出现，所以同学们并不会陌生。Languages对于学生而言不仅仅是交流工具，也是丰富自己简历的重要环节。所以language skills，foreign language以及English learning等话题会在题库中轮回出现。包括在Part 3部分，可以频繁看到the importance of language skills和the difficulties of language learning相关的问题。

Languages其实就是列举自己学习英语的过程和经历，中间会包含你遇到的语言学习障碍、语言课程内容和英语的可用武之地。其实同学们在练习自我介绍题型的时候，聊到喜欢的科目—英语，包含英语课的授课形式、作业任务和英语相关的课外活动，就是在介绍自己学习语言的过程。不要把话题局限于“考试”和“分数”。

答案概要：

1. How many languages can you speak?【Why / Why not?】

Actually, I can only speak 2 languages. Obviously one is my mother tongue, the other is English. I can speak English fluently and this second language is good enough for me to communicate with foreigners.

2. How useful will English be to you in your future?【Why / Why not?】

English will be extraordinarily important to me in my future as I will study in the UK after a couple of months. I will take the lectures and write assignments in English. What’s more, all the communication in my daily life would be performed by English.

3. What do you remember about learning languages at school?

I remember the English spoken course at school clearly since I was not good at speaking at all. The most unconfutable part of the class was giving a presentation in front of more than 40 people. I was so scared to speak out with an unskilled language.

4. What do you think would be the hardest language for you to learn? 【Why?】

The hardest language for me to learn would be Spanish. Actually I haven’t even tried to learn this language. The retroflex in Spanish is extremely difficult for me. I decided to give up on this language when I first heard it from the radio.

part 2

这道题目和剑14-Test4-Part2一模一样：描述一个你购买过物品的网站。物品题系列，以往出现过：你收过的（送过的）礼物，一件家具，一件电子设备，一件古董（有年代的物品）以及你买过的但是没怎么用过的物品等等。其实我们对物品题的内容预判可以确定为：购得物品的时间和场所，购买方式，物品性能以及使用体验。那么所有的物品题基本可以涵盖在你事先准备的话题素材里了。

答案概要：

what the website is

Taobao → largest online shopping platform, almost everyone who shops online uses this website;

what you bought from this website

So many things: laptop, earphones, keyboard, daily necessities, clothes and shoes…

how satisfied you were with what you bought

Generally speaking, I was quite satisfied (reason: good quality, authentic); I have to be really careful when shopping on Taobao in order to avoid counterfeit or bad quality products. Last time, I purchased a wireless keyboard on Taobao, but when I used it, it was difficult to type words smoothly and consistently. Consequently, I had to return the product and claim the refund.

and explain what you liked or disliked about using this website.

Anyway, I like this website so much, because it makes my life much easier. I don’t need to spend a whole day on shopping (time-saving). All I need to do is to browse the website and find my favorite items (simple steps). The parcel would be delivered to the place in 3-5 days (fast). I can get my refund unconditionally in 7 days because of the platform’s administration (guarantee).

part 3

这套Part3的第一个例题跟剑14-Test4-Part3的题目也是一模一样， Part3的部分Shopping online and The culture of consumerism 和Part2 — A website you have bought something from的话题是紧密相关的。Shopping online讨论的观点是围绕网上购物的类型，越来越受欢迎的原因以及网上购物的缺点。

保护消费者利益主义是之前没有出现过的， the culture of something是在描述某一种长期存在的现象，并且大部分是种controversial的现象，话题特点抽象，语言能力有限且观点表述不清晰的情况下，这样的话题是很难得分的。首先需要理解consumer society的定义和consumerism的定义，在生活中观察符合这两个定义的现象，再带到话题中去陈述，把观点具化。

答案概要：

What kinds of things do people in your country often buy from online shops?

cheap things: clothes, shoes, tissues, daily necessities; they don’t want to spend much money online, just in case they are counterfeits; big discount, more chances to get cheap things;

find more brands that may not be displayed in reality stores, less known brands -- something special, more suited to the people who have got strong desire on perfection (brand, best value, diverse styles)

Why do you think online shopping has become so popular nowadays?

getting lazier: why not to go to a shopping center → you can have the products delivered to your home; if you get the wrong-sized clothes, the shop will exchange the product and send you the right one → just click the mouse → everything could be done;

What are some possible disadvantages of buying things from online shops?

Disadvantages:

1. counterfeits, unreliable, claim refund / ask for replacement

2. deal with customers online, send the parcel back to the given address → customer services are more difficult to be sorted out online, more complains, unsatisfactory purchasing experience

Why do many people today keep buying things which they do not need?

• Reason 1: everything was on sale，those discounts online were up to 50% (tempting), lots of bargains;

• Reason 2: delivery – no need to go to the reality stores; the feeling of spending money could be weakened by online transaction;

• Reason 3: a good sense of satisfaction – receiving the products at home, opening the parcel box -- fantastic

Do you believe the benefits of a consumer society outweigh the disadvantages?

• 1. The modern consumer is not an isolated individual making purchases in a vacuum. consumerist attitudes -- consume more -- create mass markets, industrialization, and cultural attitudes

• 2.  institutions have been created to support consumer society: advertising and consumer credit

Talk about the bad influences of advertising and consumer credit:

• 1. Slogan: out of context, exaggerated content, make customers keep buying products that they do not really need;

• 2. Interest fee: overdraft on bankcard, exceed the budget, overspending

How possible is it to avoid the culture of consumerism?

It’s quite difficult to do in the modern time.

Reason:

• 1. Consumerism shapes us in such a way that we want to acquire material goods not because they are useful, but because of what they say about us;

• 2. Experience an “ever-increasing volume and intensity of desire”; people want the newest and the best to fit in with or outshine others

This phenomenon should be well-controlled – by individual awareness:

consumerism cultivates fear—fear of not fitting in, of not possessing the proper things, of not signifying the right persona or social status

今天的分析就到这里啦，有任何问题，欢迎各位同学在评论区讨论哈~