下面我們就一道具體的例題來給大家分析一下如何做托?？谡Z題，以下只是一種方法，大家得根據(jù)自己的實(shí)際情況進(jìn)行調(diào)整。
旁白：Now first listen to a conversation about the family and say something about Brian’s family.
Please Listen Carefully.
Lin: Brian, what’s up? You look unhappy.
Brian: Oh, nothing particular, Lin. Just that I miss my family terribly.
Lin: Me too. How many people are there in your family?
Brian: Four. My parents, my elder sister and I.
Lin: What do they do?
Brian: My father works in a computer company, and my mother is a nurse. My older sister studies in Beijing, and we email each other fairly often.
Lin: Are your parents strict with you?
Brian: Yes, I think so. When I was at home, I had to clean my own room, help with house chores, finish my homework before dinner time, get back home no later than 9:00 in the evening, and so no.
Lin: That’s good for you. Do you get along well with your family?
Brian: Sure. I’m lucky to live in a strict yet loving family. I love them.
旁白：You may begin to prepare your response after the beep.
[2 seconds beep]
Preparation time: 15 seconds
Response time: 45 seconds
Please begin speaking after the beep.
[2 seconds beep]
示例解答：
There are four members in Brian’s family, his father, his mother, the elder sister and him. His father works in a computer company, and his mother is a nurse in a hospital. His older sister studies in Beijing, and they get in touch with each other by email. His parents are strict with him. When he was at home, he had to clean his own room, help with house chores, finish his homework before dinner time and get back home before 9:00. In short, Brian lives in a strict yet loving family.
（轉(zhuǎn)自秦蘇珊英語中心）
詞匯與解析：
1. be strict with: 嚴(yán)厲的，嚴(yán)格的
2. house chores: 家務(wù)事，家務(wù)活
3. get along with: 進(jìn)展(情況)；生活地，(友好地)與……相處
4. get in touch with 保持聯(lián)系
答案解析：
這是兩名學(xué)生在討論家庭的一篇對話。這篇對話傳遞了三個(gè)信息： Brian的家庭成員(Brian: Four. My parents, my elder sister and I.)； Brian父母的職業(yè) (My father works in a computer company, and my mother is a nurse.)； Brian的父母親對他要求很嚴(yán)格。
對話的語言口語化，流暢自然，句型表達(dá)地道，有許多我們可以模仿的好句子：1. Just that I miss my family terribly. 只是我很想家。2. Lin: Do you get along well with your family? 你和家人相處得好嗎？Brian: Sure. I’m lucky to live in a strict yet loving family.當(dāng)然，我非常幸運(yùn)地生活在一個(gè)要求嚴(yán)格卻充滿愛心的家庭。
在討論“家庭”這類話題時(shí)，我們應(yīng)該盡量多掌握有關(guān)家庭的文化背景知識，家庭是社會的一個(gè)基本單位，理想的家庭會給家庭成員提供保護(hù)、安全、和溝通情感的機(jī)會。在不同的社會里，家庭結(jié)構(gòu)，家庭成員的需要不盡相同?，F(xiàn)代社會流行的家庭模式主要有以下三種：1）核心家庭，the nuclear family --- two adults and their children, 即父母親和他們的孩子，這是一些國家流行的家庭模式。2）大家庭，an extended family, 由祖父母和其他親戚組成的一個(gè)大家族，這種模式在一些發(fā)展中國家和農(nóng)村非常盛行。3）單親家庭，a single-parent family，孩子與離異的父親或者母親生活，或者是未婚母親與子女。
我們同時(shí)還應(yīng)該注意到家庭的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況、居住的環(huán)境會影響到孩子的綜合素質(zhì)及與父母親的關(guān)系?？偟膩砜矗瑏碜暂^高收入的家庭、居住在郊區(qū)的孩子與父母關(guān)系和睦；而家境貧寒、居住在城里的孩子與父母的關(guān)系比較冷漠，比較疏遠(yuǎn)。
總而言之，大家把握好文段的信息點(diǎn)，結(jié)合自己的知識拓展地說一些，就可以很好地完成口語題了。
