Part 1
考官
What is your favourite food?
考生
I'm a sucker for sweet tooth, so my favorite food is cream cake. Uh, I like uh, the soft cake structure and very sweet.
考官
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
考生
Uh, as I mentioned, I'm a fan of cream cake all the time. So, uh, when I was young, I, I was fond of cream cake. It's very sweet.
考官
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
考生
Umm, absolutely. Every spring, uh, my family can pick up some bamboo shoots and uh, every autumn we can pick up some walnuts and chestnuts to make them a cute, uh, chestnut.
What is your favourite food?
分數: 55.0建議: Be more natural and concise: start with a clear topic sentence, avoid filler words (uh, um) and correct awkward phrases. Add one specific detail about why you like cream cake using a linking word. For example, mention a flavor or occasion and explain briefly.
範例: I love cream cake because I enjoy its soft, fluffy texture and rich sweetness. For instance, I often choose strawberry cream cake after special dinners because the fruitiness balances the cream, making it feel light rather than overly sweet.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
分數: 50.0建議: Avoid repeating the same short answer and fillers. Give a clear topic sentence referencing childhood, then add a specific memory or reason using a linking word (for example or because). Keep it within three to four sentences.
範例: When I was young, I loved cream cake because my parents often bought it to celebrate my birthdays. For example, I remember a vanilla cream cake with chocolate sprinkles that I always asked for, and that memory makes me enjoy cream cake even now.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
分數: 60.0建議: Make sentences clearer and more precise. Remove fillers and use correct verbs and vocabulary (e.g., 'harvest' or 'gather' instead of 'pick up'). Use linking words (for example, in spring/in autumn) and give one specific dish or way you prepare them.
範例: Yes, we eat seasonal foods. For example, in spring my family harvests fresh bamboo shoots and we stir-fry them with garlic, while in autumn we gather walnuts and chestnuts and roast them for snacks or use them in desserts.
× I'm a sucker for sweet tooth, so my favorite food is cream cake.
✓ I'm a sucker for sweets, so my favorite food is cream cake.
The phrase 'sucker for' should be followed by a noun phrase like 'sweets' not 'sweet tooth' (which is a noun phrase meaning a tendency; using both is redundant). 'Cream cake' is acceptable but 'sweets' is more natural here. Suggestion: use 'sucker for sweets' or 'have a sweet tooth'.
× Uh, I like uh, the soft cake structure and very sweet.
✓ I like the soft texture of the cake and how sweet it is.
'Structure' is not the natural collocation for cake quality; 'texture' is correct (type 13). Also the original lacks a verb for the second part; converting to 'how sweet it is' makes a complete clause. Suggestion: use 'the soft texture of the cake' and complete comparisons with a clause.
× Uh, as I mentioned, I'm a fan of cream cake all the time.
✓ As I mentioned, I'm always a fan of cream cake.
Word order and adverb placement are awkward. 'All the time' after 'fan' is less natural than placing the adverb before 'a fan' or using 'always' (type 6). Suggestion: place frequency adverbs before the main verb or between auxiliary and main verb.
× So, uh, when I was young, I, I was fond of cream cake.
✓ When I was young, I was fond of cream cake.
This sentence is grammatically correct but contains disfluency 'I, I'. Remove the repeated pronoun. It uses past tense appropriately (type 5). Suggestion: avoid repetition; speak 'I was fond of cream cake.'
× It's very sweet.
✓ It was very sweet.
Within the context referring to childhood (past tense), the description should be in the past: 'It was very sweet' (type 12). Suggestion: match tense to the time frame mentioned.
× Every spring, uh, my family can pick up some bamboo shoots and uh, every autumn we can pick up some walnuts and chestnuts to make them a cute, uh, chestnut.
✓ Every spring my family picks some bamboo shoots, and every autumn we pick walnuts and chestnuts to make a simple chestnut dish.
Use of 'can' implies ability rather than habitual action; for habitual actions use simple present (type 4 and 27). 'My family pick' should be 'my family picks' or 'we pick' to agree with subject (type 27). 'Make them a cute chestnut' is unclear; changed to 'make a simple chestnut dish' for clarity and correct article usage (type 22). Suggestion: use simple present for habitual activities and ensure subject-verb agreement; clarify the object and use appropriate articles.