托福口语考试中警惕语法陷阱（二）

失误点三：人称一致

人称一致问题是同学在答托福Task5的时候惯犯的一个错误。Task5是学生困难和解决题，一男一女进行对话。对话中一个同学叙述自己遇到的问题，另外一个同学提出解决方案，题目要求是复述学生的困难和解决方案等。学生答题时一会儿用she,一会儿用he, 无法自拔。我们来看看下面这个同学是怎么答题的：

In the conversation, the man has a problem that he forgot his paper home, but today is the due date. He has two options. First, she can drive back to get his paper. If he hurries, she can come back before the class is over. Second, he can e-mail the paper to her professor later, but .................

这篇对话描述的是一个男生同学遇到的问题以及他可能选择的解决方案有哪些。可是这位答题的同学开头用的是he, 后面就不断的蹦出了she.

为什么会出现这种现象呢?在汉语中不管是“他”还是“她”，发音是一样的。我们从来不会说“男他”，“女她”。导致我们在说英语(精品课)的时候总是把he,she混淆。

正确答 案：

In the conversation, the man has a problem that he forgot his paper home, but today is the due date. He has two options. First, he can drive back to get his paper. If he hurries, he can come back before the class is over. Second, he can e-mail the paper to his professor later, but .................

失误点四：名词复数

在托福口语答题中使用到可数名词时要么前面加“the”表特指，要么前面加“a”表个别，要么后面加“s”表一群。可同学答题时往往把可数名词孤零零放在那儿，什么也不加。我们看看下面这个同学是怎么答题的：

Pronghorn live in North America. They run super fast. Why do they run fast? Long time ago, lion lived in North America, chase and prey pronghorns. Lion are faster than other predators today. Now, lion are extinct. They are no longer predator for pronghorn. But back then, pronghorns’ speed was critical to their survival.

答 案中所加下划线的部分都是可数名词，后面都要加“s”.

正确答 案：

Pronghorns live in North America. They run super fast. Why do they run fast? Long time ago, lions lived in North America, chase and prey pronghorns. Lions are faster than other predators today. Now, lions are extinct. They are no longer predators for pronghorn. But back then, pronghorns’ speed was critical to their survival.