Part 1
Examiner
Do you often send emails?
Candidate
Absolutely, especially for postgraduate career. I usually send emails for finding a job or finding APHD tutor. It's more convenient for me to improve my work efficiency.
Examiner
When would you send emails to others?
Candidate
Well, it's hard to say. If I have something urgent, I usually send e-mail at any time. However, if I have enough time, I usually choose to send e-mail in the work time, for example in the morning or afternoon.
Examiner
Is sending emails popular in China?
Candidate
Absolutely, it is very popular in China. For workers, it is a effective way to contact with other company staff. Moreover, for students, it's very helpful for them to contact with employer.
Examiner
Do you think sending emails will be more or less popular in the future?
Candidate
Well, it's hard to see. Maybe in the future there are more effective way to contact with each other. In addition, it can reduce more unnecessary time for person.
Do you often send emails?
Score: 72.0Suggestion: 用更自然、简洁的表达并修正语法与搭配错误。回答应先直接回答问题,然后给出一到两条具体理由或例子,避免重复和不必要的词语。例如“postgraduate career”和“APHD”应改为更地道的表述,注意名词复数和冠词用法。
Example: Yes, I do. As a postgraduate student I often send emails to look for jobs or to contact potential PhD supervisors, because email is efficient and helps me manage professional communication.
When would you send emails to others?
Score: 78.0Suggestion: 避免模糊开头词语,直接给出时间点并用连接词衔接原因和对比。改进时注意时态与搭配(e-mail -> emails; in the work time -> during working hours)。可加具体例子(比如发送给导师或公司)使内容更具体。
Example: I usually send emails during working hours, such as in the morning or afternoon, because recipients are more likely to reply then. If something is urgent, though, I'll send an email immediately, even outside office hours.
Is sending emails popular in China?
Score: 74.0Suggestion: 注意介词搭配和名词单复数(contact with -> contact; employer -> employers)。可以给出更具体的场景和对比,例如电子邮件相比于即时通讯的优势,来增加细节和说服力。
Example: Yes, email is widely used in China. Employees use it for formal communication within and between companies, and students often email potential employers or university staff when applying for jobs or internships.
Do you think sending emails will be more or less popular in the future?
Score: 70.0Suggestion: 避免不确定和笼统的表达(hard to see)。可以先给出明确观点,再用一到两条具体理由支持。修正语法(there are more effective way -> there may be more effective ways; contact with each other -> contact one another; reduce more unnecessary time for person -> save people time)。
Example: I think email will remain important, but it may share communication with faster tools like instant messaging. Email will still be used for formal or detailed correspondence because it is more professional and keeps records.
× Absolutely, especially for postgraduate career.
✓ Absolutely, especially for my postgraduate career.
原句缺少冠词或所有格来限定名词“career”。在英语中,表示特定的经历时通常要用冠词或所有格。此处应使用“my postgraduate career”表示“我的研究生生涯”。建议在表示特定人或经历时加上适当的冠词或所有格。
× I usually send emails for finding a job or finding APHD tutor.
✓ I usually send emails to find a job or to find a PhD supervisor.
原句中“APHD tutor”形式和大小写均不正确且表达不自然;另外“for finding”不是常用搭配,应使用不定式“to find”。建议用“to find”表达目的,并将“APHD tutor”改为常用的“PhD supervisor”。
× It's more convenient for me to improve my work efficiency.
✓ It's more convenient for me and helps improve my work efficiency.
原句结构有些不自然,逻辑上“更方便”和“提高效率”是并列的结果或并列描述,需用连接词或改写以使句子更流畅。建议用并列结构连接两部分并用现在时描述常态。
× If I have something urgent, I usually send e-mail at any time.
✓ If I have something urgent, I usually send emails at any time.
原句中“e-mail”可以用复数“emails”更自然一致;时态(现在时)本身正确,但“at any time”可保留。主要是复数名词使用不一致。建议统一使用“emails”。
× However, if I have enough time, I usually choose to send e-mail in the work time, for example in the morning or afternoon.
✓ However, if I have enough time, I usually choose to send emails during working hours, for example in the morning or in the afternoon.
原句有几处介词和短语用法错误:应使用复数“emails”;“in the work time”不自然,常用“during working hours”或“at work”;“in the morning or afternoon”中“afternoon”前最好加介词“in”。建议使用固定搭配“during working hours”和在时间短语前一致使用介词。
× For workers, it is a effective way to contact with other company staff.
✓ For workers, it is an effective way to contact other company staff.
原句中“a effective”应为“an effective”(冠词+形容词发音规则);此外,“contact with”在这种结构下不需要介词“with”,直接用“contact other staff”或“make contact with other staff”。建议改为“an effective way to contact other company staff”。
× Moreover, for students, it's very helpful for them to contact with employer.
✓ Moreover, for students, it's very helpful for them to contact employers.
原句中同样不应使用“contact with”后接直接宾语,且“employer”应为复数或加冠词(an/the)。建议使用复数“employers”或加冠词并去掉“with”。
× Well, it's hard to see. Maybe in the future there are more effective way to contact with each other.
✓ Well, it's hard to say. Maybe in the future there will be more effective ways to contact each other.
原句有多处问题:惯用表达是“it's hard to say”而不是“see”;“there are more effective way”中主谓不一致,复数的“ways”应与“are”搭配或使用“there will be”表将来;“contact with each other”中“contact”后不加“with”。建议改为“there will be more effective ways to contact each other”。
× In addition, it can reduce more unnecessary time for person.
✓ In addition, it can reduce unnecessary time for people.
原句中“reduce more unnecessary time”不自然,应为“reduce unnecessary time”或“reduce more unnecessary time”不推荐;“for person”应为“for people”或“for a person”,更常用复数“people”。建议合并并使用正确的名词形式。