tpo口语124答案.docx

1、tpo口语124答案TPO13 months ago, I read a book called The Five People You Meet in Heaven written by Mitch Albom. It recounts the life and death of a simple yet dignified old man, Eddie. After dying in a accident trying to save a little girl in an amusement park, Eddie finds himself in heaven where he enc

2、ounters five people who have significantly affected his life. The 5 lessons Eddie learnt about brotherhood, sacrifice, forgiveness, love and purpose of life have also enlightened me. That book changed my attitude towards life and death. It taught me to cherish life more than ever. This is indeed a c

3、ontroversial issue. Form my point of view; TV has far more pros than cons. Firstly, television has long been regarded as a tool to disseminate in formation and knowledge. People watch news on TV to know about whats happening in the country and the world. Children watch Animal World or National Geogr

4、aphy to gain more knowledge. At the same time, TV is also the most prevalent and effective device to entertain the masses. Although theres no denying that TV sometimes delivers negative information to people, the public or government censorship can ensure the quality of our TV programs today. Theref

5、ore, generally speaking, TV has had a positive influence on society.The first reason given by Paul (if you cant remember the name, you can just omit this) in the letter against the purchasing of the new sculpture is that he assumes the financial difficulties faced by the university makes the sculptu

6、re too costly to buy. However, the woman disagrees because most of the price of the sculpture is paid by a donor. Hence the university will only bear a small sum of money. Besides, Paul also suggests that the huge sculpture will occupy the space in the campus which is supposed to be reserved for stu

7、dents activities. The woman dismissed this point because she knows that Paul is just reluctant to find another place to play soccer with his friends if the lawn they used to play on is occupied by the sculpture. Further more, the woman thinks that the sculpture is a nice art that can actually make t

8、he campus prettier.Group think means that the individuals in a group all agree about something which may not be correct. They are under pressure to conform and make irrational decisions that they seldom make alone. The professor gives an example of him working in a computer company years ago. At fir

9、st, his coworker and he suggested a proposal to up-grade the outlook of their product. The supporters changed their minds as soon as they realize that the senior managers did not like the plan. His partner also gave up the original thought because he was afraid that if he insisted, he will leave bad

10、 impression on others. Despite the consensus we had reached about the proposal, our ultimate product was a failure. Therefore group think sometimes will results in negative resultsTPO2Ioften go to the basketball court near my apartment. Its very important to me because I play basketball there everyd

11、ay and basketball is my favorite sport. Ever since I was a little boy, I have been playing in that court with my friends. When in junior high, I practiced shooting and dribbling in that court nearly everyday till late at night. Besides, the court is the reminder of an awful lot of my valuable memori

12、es. I still can remember that how I started out shooting badly and then after several weeks practice, I could shoot well and dribbled well. I can also remember many friends with whom I played basketball and form teams. Without that court, I couldnt possibly make so many friends. So its very importan

13、t to me.Well, I think taking a wide variety of courses is better for students. Because, first of all, I think undergraduate study is meant for broadness. Students had better broaden their horizon and prevent themselves from being narrow-minded. Second of all, I think before students find their “true

14、 love”, I mean, the subject they really want to go deep into, they should probably extend their study field and taste different subjects in various areas so as to identify the “true love”. Take myself as an example, my major is software engineering in the college, but I took various courses outside

15、my major field. Then I found out that I was more interested in literature than in computer and software. So literature is my “true love”.The universityhas decided to stop its free bus service because not very many students ride the bus and plans to use the money saved to expand the overcrowded parki

16、ng lots. But the man in the conversation doesnt like the plan. As for the point about few students riding the bus, the man says its because the bus routes are out of date. The bus only goes through the places that are too expensive for students to live. If the buses change route and the man thinks t

17、here will be plenty of students taking those buses. The man also disagrees with the universitys plan to expand the parking lots. He thinks the plan will encourage more students to drive, which will add noise and create more traffic. Then theyll need more parking space. He thinks the university shoul

18、d make it easier for students to take the public buses not the other way around.The principleof audience effects is that individuals performance is affected by the knowledge that others are watching them. The professor uses examples of tying shoes and learning to type to demonstrate that we actually

19、 increase our speed of performing if we know that we are being observed. In the example of tying shoes, one group of college students was told that they were being observed, the other didnt know they were being observed. The students who knew they were being watched tied their shoes much faster than

20、 the other group. And in the example of learning to type, when we are conscious of being observed, we will increase typing speed. We type faster than we do alone. Also, other behavioral pattern will increase, like making mistakes. So when we type faster when we know we are being observed, we also ma

21、ke more mistakes.The professorasks the woman to attend a field trip, but the woman has already promised another professor to help set up a museum exhibition next week. And this is the problem. The professor offers two possible solutions. The first is that she can talk to the other professor to see i

22、f there is someone else who can replace the woman to help set up the museum exhibition. The second is that the woman finishes setting up the museum before they set out the field trip. Actually, I think the woman should choose the second solution, because she has already agreed to help the other prof

23、essor and the other professor is counting on her. Its possible that there is no one else who can take her place. So shed better finish the task first before she goes to the field trip.Theprofessor talks about two definitions of money, a broad one and a narrow one. By the broad definition, money is e

24、verything with which we can make purchases. For example, coins and bills can be money, because we can use them to buy goods such as vegetables and pay for services such as taxi. But in a barter system, vegetables can be money, because farmers can give drivers vegetables in exchange for a drive. By t

25、he narrow definition, in a society, the legal tender is money. For instance, in the US, drivers and farmers must accept dollars as payment. People can use dollars to pay for taxi and buy vegetables because dollar is the legal tender in the US. So, dollar in the form of coin and bill is money.TPO3I t

26、hink a good parent should be patient. Because children are always confused with the things around them, they ask questions every now and then. A good parent should be patient enough to give them answers. When i was very young, I always asked questions like “Why can airplanes fly?”,“Why cant we fly?”

27、 and “Why the earth is a globe?”. My parents answered these questions patiently and if they couldnt, they would buy books that have the answers to my questions. I also think a good parent should be open-minded. In other words, they should respect their childrens decisions when their kids are growing

28、 up. My parents always show their respect to my decisions. My major in the college is software engineering, but I decided to be an English teacher after graduation. My parents respected my decision and allow me to pursue my own interest. Thanks to my parents, I am patient and I respect other people.

29、I prefer to work on assignments individually. There are two reasons. The first is that I like to be in a quiet place while studying. If I study in a group, I will always be interrupted by group members who talk about irrelevant things. Then its possible that I cant even finish the assignments. Once,

30、 I attended a group discussion. Many people were not even discussing. They were just talking about NBA games. When it ended, I got nothing from it. The second reason is that Id like to think independently. Studying individually gives me enough time to develop my own ideas. When studying in a group,

31、I will always be distracted by others opinions and thoughts. So sometimes many assignments are not done by myself but by other group members. Like last week, I worked in a group to solve math problems. It turned out that many problems were solved by others not by myself. I felt very unhappy about it

32、.Dining services will not serve hot breakfast food anymore. They only serve cold breakfast food. The woman in the conversation thinks the change is ridiculous. First of all, she thinks whether something is hot or cold doesnt necessarily mean it is healthy. She says that in a really cold morning, a n

33、ice warm omelet is obviously better than a bowel of cold cereal. Secondly, she thinks the change will not help save money. Because if the students cant get what they want from dining hall, they will go off-campus. Then they have to pay off-campus price, which is more expensive. So this change will not help save money bu