【考托口语资料】小站独家深度解析官方原题Official33——独立口语2

Task：Independent speaking

Question: Do you think that eating healthy food is easier or more difficult today than it was 40 or 50 years ago? Use examples and details to support your answer.

Sample Answer:

From my perspective, I think eating healthy food is absolutely more difficult today than it was 40 or 50 years ago. First of all, in the past, manufacturers were not capable enough to produce diversity of chemicals to promote the growth of the crops, or to boost the taste of food. Majority of people ate comparatively green food or raw food. However, we now though have wider choices no matter for our dinner or snacks, a bunch of them contain additive which definitely are not that healthy. Furthermore, with the fast development of economy, industries like manufacturing sacrifice our environment in order to maximize profit. They discharge pollutants into rivers, air, mountain, cycling these toxic materials into the biological chain. It is certain that the food we grow and eat contain higher level of toxic ingredients due to the modernization.

Comments:

Ÿ 在官方真题Official 33这道Task 2我们可以看到，“今昔对比”这种题目还是非常热门的，无论对于独立口语还是独立写作来说，近几年一直时不时的触及到这种类型。

Ÿ 所谓“今昔对比”就是：针对某一个现象或话题（通常热门）， 让考生比较此现象或话题对于现在的人和过去的人之间的差异。

Ÿ 就如这道题目中，讨论的话题是现在的人们是不是吃的比过去更加健康。每天，我们都可以在不同的电视节目中看到很多的养生饮食节目，可见人们对于吃还是非常关注的。 当然同学们可以针对这类话题各出己见。在这里给出的sample answer 中，主要观点是认为过去的人吃的比较健康，2个论据是“过去的生产商没能力生产添加各种催熟，添加剂的产品”和“当今很多有毒物质已经进入了生物链，进入了人们的餐桌”。

Ÿ 同学们不必拘泥于答案，其实，从反面论证也完全ok的。如，“people now are informed of a bunch of knowledge regarding to healthy diet. Thus, they are more capable of selecting the right food for dinner or snacks.” 人们对于健康饮食的认知比过去要高的多，理所应当地更加知道如何合理饮食，健康饮食。

当然，也经常有童鞋困惑，“我可不可以中立”，答案是：“当然可以”。但是，语言组织能力差的童鞋还是不要了！中立最难的地方还是在于怎样将两个对立的观点有逻辑的，流利地衔接起来。所以，“需谨慎！”

Ÿ 我们来回顾一下，过去曾经考过的类似的“今昔对比”题：

a) Students working harder than before will result in some beneficial influences than before. What's your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

b) Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? We are more informed of the world events than our parents when they were young.

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