托福獨(dú)立口語(yǔ)歷史建筑類(lèi)話(huà)題探討

　　托福獨(dú)立口語(yǔ)考察考生對(duì)各類(lèi)話(huà)題的觀點(diǎn)看法的口頭表達(dá)能力，歷史建筑類(lèi)是?？伎谡Z(yǔ)話(huà)題之一。對(duì)于歷史，考生只能追溯過(guò)去，但是如果不加了解，那便無(wú)從談起。本文為各位TOEFLer帶來(lái)托?？谡Z(yǔ)話(huà)題關(guān)于歷史建筑的拓展，希望大家能夠借鑒，在考場(chǎng)上有的放矢。

　　1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is important to study history from ancient times.

　　Agree：

　　(1)Enrich myself, enlarge knowledge scopes. (充實(shí)自己，擴(kuò)大知識(shí)領(lǐng)域)

　　(2)Develop the habit of stay calm. (養(yǎng)成冷靜的習(xí)慣)

　　2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

　　People don’t need to memorize historical events or references because

　　they can find such information from the internet very easily nowadays.

　　Agree：

　　(1)most of us are not historians and experts, it is not necessary

　　to remember particular information. (大多數(shù)人都不是歷史學(xué)家，沒(méi)必要去記住那些特定的信息)

　　(2)some general idea is good enough, one needs to know the causes

　　and effects of events, and how they relate to each other, but things

　　like dates and names are just details you can look up on the internet.

　　(記住大概就可以了，我們需要了解一些事件的結(jié)果、影響及關(guān)聯(lián)，但如日期和人名等細(xì)節(jié)我們隨時(shí)可以上網(wǎng)查到)

　　3. A historical event you want to go back to and why?

　　Qu Yuan is a famous poet and chancellor in Warring States Period.

　　He also has another status, patriot. But to the country is quite corrupt

　　on the time, the government officials are full of themselves and

　　bribery has become a common practice, the economy of whole country has

　　largely deteriorated. In order to against with war and save his country

　　on the verge of extinction, Qu Yuan drowns himself into river, called

　　Miluo, to show his own loyalty. I want to go back to those days, to save

　　a loyal chancellor.

　　4. Some people prefer to live in a traditional building,

　　others prefer to live in a modern one. Which one do you prefer and why?

　　Please give specific reasons to support your idea.

　　· traditional building：

　　(1)Neighbors are closer around Traditional buildings like quadrangle courtyard. (傳統(tǒng)房屋像四合院可以讓鄰里之間更加親近)

　　(2)Life is more convenient around old communities (老房子老社區(qū)生活更方便)

　　· modern building：

　　(1)Safety guaranteed. New buildings can even stay intact in earthquake. (現(xiàn)代建筑因?yàn)楦呖萍紩?huì)更加堅(jiān)固，抵御災(zāi)害)

　　(2)Modern houses usually have Internet access (上網(wǎng)方便)

　　(3)Better traffic condition (道路交通更方便)

　　(4)Better interior design (室內(nèi)裝修更好)

　　5. Should a city try to preserve its old, historic buildings or destroy them and replace them with modern buildings?

　　Agree：

　　(1)Ancient buildings depict the history, culture, and traditions of a country. (舊建筑向大家描繪了一個(gè)城市的歷史、文化與傳統(tǒng))

　　(2)traditional buildings remind people about their origins and the

　　experiences they have had over the years. (傳統(tǒng)建筑使人們想起他們的根源與他們往年的記憶)

　　(3)help foreigners to learn more about the historical background. (幫助外國(guó)人了解城市的歷史背景)

　　Disagree：

　　(1)New city need place to develop. (新城市需要發(fā)展的空間)

　　(2)People live in modern buildings; it is not worth to save place for historic buildings. (人們居住在現(xiàn)代化建筑中，為老建筑留下空間沒(méi)必要)