A Famous City You Find Interesting

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这些是考官在该题卡之后提出的讨论题，已编写范文的题目附有参考答案。

1. 1. Why are so many young people attracted to city life?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   This answer uses plain, separate sentences with the basic connector 'but' to present a direct claim, a personal example, and a short list of reasons, all in everyday vocabulary.这篇答案用平实、独立的句子,加上基础连接词“but”,呈现出一个直接的论断、一个个人例子,以及一个简短的理由列表,全部使用日常词汇。

   I think it is because cities give people a lot of choice, and when you are eighteen, choice feels like freedom. When I moved to Hanoi for university, the thing that surprised me most was not the traffic, it was that there were twelve cinemas to choose from, but in Hue there was only one. Jobs are another big reason, especially for fields like mine that do not really exist in small towns. Young people also want to meet different kinds of people and try new things without their whole neighbourhood watching them. Cities are one of the only places that let you do that.

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   我觉得是因为城市给了人们很多选择,而十八岁的时候,选择就等于自由。我当年为了上大学搬到河内,最让我惊讶的不是交通,而是竟然有十二家电影院可以挑,而在顺化只有一家。工作机会是另一个重要原因,尤其是像我这个专业这种在小城镇根本不存在的行业。年轻人也想认识各种各样的人、尝试新鲜事物,而不用被整个街坊邻里盯着看。城市是为数不多能让你做到这一点的地方之一。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Jobs are another big reason, especially for fields like mine that do not really exist in small towns.” — This point is introduced as a fresh, separate sentence with the plain phrase 'another big reason'. A band 7 answer would more likely present this as the more obvious, practical point before moving to a deeper reason, using a marker like 'obviously' to guide the listener.这一点是以一个全新、独立的句子引出的,用了平实的短语“another big reason”。7分水平的答案更可能把它呈现为更显而易见、更实际的一点,然后再过渡到更深层的理由,用“obviously”这样的标记词来引导听者。
   • LR“try new things without their whole neighbourhood watching them” — This is a plain, literal description of the idea of privacy while experimenting. A higher band answer would likely use a more abstract, precise phrase, such as 'try on identities', to capture the same idea with more nuance.这是对“尝试时保有隐私”这个想法平实、直白的描述。更高分的答案很可能会用一个更抽象、更精确的短语,比如“try on identities”(试穿不同的身份),用更多细腻的层次来捕捉同样的想法。
   • GRA“When I moved to Hanoi for university, the thing that surprised me most was not the traffic, it was that there were twelve cinemas to choose from, but in Hue there was only one.” — This long sentence strings three clauses together with commas and 'but', which is accurate but somewhat linear. A 7.5 answer would likely break this into a punchier structure using a dash, separating the surprising realisation from the explanation more sharply.这句长句用逗号和“but”串联了三个分句,虽然准确,但有些线性平铺。7.5分的答案很可能会用破折号把它拆解成更有力的结构,把令人惊讶的发现和解释更清晰地分开。

   7.0 分

   The natural spoken tags 'Honestly' and 'obviously' frame this answer with reflective fluency beyond a 6.5 response's plain listing, and the dash before the Hue comparison shows a more flexible way of adding contrast.自然的口语化标记词“Honestly”和“obviously”,为这篇答案赋予了一种超越6.5分平铺列举的、经过思考的流利感,而在“顺化对比”前的破折号则展现出一种更灵活的方式来增添对比。

   Honestly, I think it's because cities offer choice, and at eighteen choice feels like freedom. When I arrived in Hanoi for university, what actually overwhelmed me wasn't the traffic, it was realising there were twelve cinemas and I could pick any of them — back in Hue there was just one. Jobs are the practical reason, obviously, especially in fields like mine that barely exist in small towns. But underneath that, I'd say young people want to meet people unlike themselves and try on identities without the whole neighbourhood watching. Cities are pretty much the only places that offer that at scale, which is probably part of the appeal.

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   老实说,我觉得是因为城市能提供选择,而十八岁的时候,选择就等于自由。我当年为了上大学抵达河内,真正让我应接不暇的不是交通,而是意识到竟然有十二家电影院可以随便挑——而在顺化只有一家。工作显然是那个更实际的原因,尤其是像我这个专业这种在小城镇几乎不存在的行业。但在这背后,我想说,年轻人想要认识和自己不一样的人,想在不被整个街坊邻里盯着的情况下尝试不同的身份。城市几乎是唯一能大规模提供这种可能的地方,这大概也是它吸引力的一部分。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Jobs are the practical reason, obviously, especially in fields like mine that barely exist in small towns.” — The aside 'obviously' marks this point as the expected, surface-level answer before the speaker moves to a deeper one, showing awareness of layered argument-building. A 6.5 answer would more likely present this same point flatly as 'Jobs are another big reason' without signalling its relative importance.插入语“obviously”把这一点标示为在说话人转向更深层理由之前的、预料之中的表层答案,展现出对分层次论证建构的意识。6.5分的答案更可能平铺直叙地把同样的观点表述为“Jobs are another big reason”,而不去标示它的相对重要性。
   • LR“try on identities without the whole neighbourhood watching” — 'Try on identities' is a moderately more abstract, figurative phrase than the plainer 'try new things' a 6.5 answer would use, borrowing an image from clothing to describe experimenting with who you are. It shows developing precision in expressing an abstract idea.“try on identities”(试穿不同的身份)是一个比6.5分答案可能使用的更平实的“try new things”稍显抽象、更具比喻性的短语,借用了“试穿衣服”的意象来描述对“自己是谁”的探索。它体现出在表达抽象想法时精确度的提升。
   • GRA“what actually overwhelmed me wasn't the traffic, it was realising there were twelve cinemas and I could pick any of them — back in Hue there was just one” — This sentence uses a dash to separate the main realisation from the contrasting comparison, rather than joining everything with 'but' as a 6.5 answer would. It shows more flexible punctuation-based structure without reaching the fully compressed grammar of a 7.5 answer.这句话用破折号把主要的发现和形成对比的比较分开,而不是像6.5分答案那样把所有内容都用“but”连接起来。它展现出更灵活的、依靠标点的结构,但还没有达到7.5分答案那种完全凝练的语法。

   7.5 分

   The fronted structure 'What overwhelmed me... wasn't the traffic — it was...' and the closing self-aware aside 'which is oddly motivating' give this answer compact, evaluative grammar, alongside the genuinely less common word 'crave'.前置结构“What overwhelmed me... wasn't the traffic — it was...”以及结尾自省式的插入语“which is oddly motivating”,为这篇答案带来了凝练、具评价性的语法,再加上真正不那么常见的用词“crave”。

   Because cities offer choice, and at eighteen, choice feels like freedom itself. What overwhelmed me when I first arrived in Hanoi for university wasn't the traffic — it was realising there were twelve cinemas within reach, when Hue had offered exactly one. Jobs are the practical reason, obviously, especially in fields like mine that barely exist outside a handful of large cities. But underneath that, young people crave meeting people unlike themselves and trying on identities without the whole neighbourhood watching. Cities are pretty much the only places offering that at scale, and, perhaps counterintuitively, they're also where you're least likely to be the most interesting person in the room, which is oddly motivating.

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   因为城市能提供选择,而十八岁的时候,选择本身就等于自由。我第一次为了上大学抵达河内时,真正让我应接不暇的不是交通,而是意识到伸手可及的地方竟然有十二家电影院,而顺化恰恰只有一家。工作显然是那个更实际的原因,尤其是像我这个专业这种在少数几个大城市之外几乎不存在的行业。但在这背后,年轻人渴望认识和自己不一样的人,渴望在不被整个街坊邻里盯着的情况下尝试不同的身份。城市几乎是唯一能大规模提供这种可能的地方,而且,或许有点违反直觉的是,在城市里,你也最不可能是房间里最有趣的那个人——这种感觉却莫名地令人振奋。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“and, perhaps counterintuitively, they're also where you're least likely to be the most interesting person in the room, which is oddly motivating” — This closing observation adds a surprising, self-reflective twist on top of the main argument, marking the answer with the kind of layered, evaluative insight typical of the highest band. A 6.5 or 7.0 answer would more likely stop after the point about meeting different people, without this extra ironic observation.这个结尾的观察在主要论点之上又加了一层令人意外的、自省式的转折,为这篇答案打上了最高分段典型的那种层次分明、具评价性的洞察力标记。6.5分或7.0分的答案更可能在“认识不同的人”这一点之后就停下来,不会加上这个额外的、带点反讽意味的观察。
   • LR“young people crave meeting people unlike themselves” — 'Crave' is a genuinely less common, more intense word than the plainer 'want' a lower band would use, suggesting a stronger, almost instinctive desire. It gives the sentence more emotional precision than a flatter verb would.“crave”是一个真正不那么常见、更强烈的词,比低分答案可能用的更平实的“want”更能暗示一种更强烈、近乎本能的渴望。它比一个更平淡的动词赋予句子更多的情感精确度。
   • GRA“What overwhelmed me when I first arrived in Hanoi for university wasn't the traffic — it was realising there were twelve cinemas within reach, when Hue had offered exactly one.” — This sentence is fronted with 'What overwhelmed me...' as the subject, delaying the real information until after the dash, which is a more flexible, emphatic structure than a straightforward subject-verb-object sentence. This kind of cleft, fronted construction is characteristic of the grammatical range expected at 7.5.这句话用“What overwhelmed me...”作为主语前置,把真正的信息推迟到破折号之后才揭晓,比一个直白的主谓宾句式更灵活、更有强调效果。这种强调句式的前置结构正是7.5分水平所期望具备的语法广度的特征。

2. 2. Do you agree or disagree that cities are better places for young people than for older people?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   Short sentences joined with 'but' and 'so' present a direct opinion, a specific example, and a balanced conclusion, all in plain, everyday vocabulary.用“but”和“so”连接的简短句子,呈现出一个直接的观点、一个具体的例子,以及一个平衡的结论,全部使用平实的日常词汇。

   I only agree a little bit. Cities are built for young people in obvious ways, like the fast pace, the stairs, and the noise, and most older people I know in Hue would find a big city like Da Nang tiring. But my parents' former neighbour, a retired teacher, moved here to be near her son, and now she has more friends than she ever had at home, because of a tai chi group in the park and a market where she talks to people every morning. Cities have hospitals, services, and company close by, which is good for someone who cannot drive anymore. So cities are usually better for young people, but a well-planned city can also be very good for older people.

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   我只有一点点同意。城市在很多显而易见的方面都是为年轻人设计的,比如快节奏、楼梯,还有噪音,我认识的大多数顺化老人都会觉得像岘港这样的大城市让人吃不消。但我父母以前的邻居,一位退休老师,为了离儿子近一点搬来了这里,现在她的朋友比她在老家时还多,因为公园里有个太极拳小组,还有一个她每天早上都去和人聊天的市场。城市里医院、各种服务和人际往来都近在咫尺,这对一个已经不能开车的人来说很合适。所以城市通常对年轻人更好,但规划得当的城市对老年人来说也可以非常好。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“I only agree a little bit.” — The opening opinion is stated as a very short, flat sentence with a basic quantifier. A band 7 answer would more likely open with a softer, more considered hedge like 'I'd only half agree', giving the same idea a touch more nuance.开头的观点是以一个非常简短、平淡的句子加上一个基础的量化词表达出来的。7分水平的答案更可能用一个更柔和、更经过思考的缓和语开头,比如“I'd only half agree”,给同样的想法多添一丝细腻感。
   • LR“now she has more friends than she ever had at home” — This is simple, direct vocabulary describing an increase in friendships. A higher band answer would likely add more specific, evocative detail about how, such as naming the exact activities that built those friendships, rather than stating the outcome so plainly.这是描述“友谊增加”的简单、直接的词汇。更高分的答案很可能会加入更具体、更生动的细节来说明“如何”增加的,比如点明是哪些具体活动培养了那些友谊,而不是这样平铺直叙地陈述结果。
   • GRA“Cities have hospitals, services, and company close by, which is good for someone who cannot drive anymore.” — This sentence lists three nouns before adding a relative clause explaining their benefit, a functional but fairly plain structure. A 7.5 answer would likely compress this into a phrase like 'suits someone who can't drive any more', avoiding the more formal 'which is good for'.这句话在加上一个解释其好处的定语从句之前,先列出了三个名词,是一个功能性但相当平实的结构。7.5分的答案很可能会把它压缩成“suits someone who can't drive any more”这样的短语,避免使用更正式的“which is good for”。

   7.0 分

   The hedge 'I'd only half agree, to be honest' softens the opening claim more naturally than a 6.5 answer's flat statement, and the dash-set list of city features shows a more flexible way of adding detail.缓和语“I'd only half agree, to be honest”比6.5分答案平淡的陈述更自然地软化了开头的论断,而用破折号引出的城市特征列表则展现出一种更灵活的补充细节的方式。

   I'd only half agree, to be honest. Cities are built for the young in fairly obvious ways — the pace, the stairs, the noise — and most older people I know in Hue would probably find Da Nang exhausting. But my parents' former neighbour, a retired teacher, moved here to be near her son and actually has more friends now than she ever had back home, through a tai chi group in the park and a market where she chats every morning. Cities have services, hospitals and company within walking distance, which suits someone who can't drive any more. So they favour the young by default, but a well-designed city can be genuinely kind to older people too.

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   老实说,我只能算半同意。城市在相当显而易见的方面是为年轻人打造的——节奏、楼梯、噪音——我认识的大多数顺化老人可能都会觉得岘港让人筋疲力尽。但我父母以前的邻居,一位退休老师,为了离儿子近一点搬来了这里,现在她的朋友其实比她在老家时还多,靠的是公园里的一个太极拳小组和一个她每天早上都去聊天的市场。城市里的各种服务、医院和人际往来都在步行可达的范围内,这适合一个已经不能开车的人。所以城市默认更偏向年轻人,但一座设计得当的城市对老年人来说也可以真正很友善。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“I'd only half agree, to be honest.” — This opener combines a hedged quantifier ('only half agree') with the spoken tag 'to be honest', giving the opinion a more nuanced, considered tone than a flat statement. A 6.5 answer would more likely state the same view as a simpler, unhedged sentence.这个开头把一个带有保留意味的量化词(“only half agree”)和口语化标记词“to be honest”结合在一起,让这个观点比一个平淡的陈述多了一层更细腻、更经过思考的语气。6.5分的答案更可能用一个更简单、不加保留的句子来表达同样的观点。
   • LR“which suits someone who can't drive any more” — 'Suits' is a more compact, slightly idiomatic verb than the fuller phrase 'is good for' a 6.5 answer would use, expressing the same idea more economically. It shows developing precision in word choice.“suits”是一个比6.5分答案可能使用的更完整的短语“is good for”更紧凑、略地道的动词,更经济地表达了同样的意思。它体现出用词精确度的提升。
   • GRA“Cities are built for the young in fairly obvious ways — the pace, the stairs, the noise — and most older people I know in Hue would probably find Da Nang exhausting.” — The dash-set list of three short nouns is inserted directly into the sentence without a connecting phrase like 'such as', showing more flexible structure than a 6.5 answer's plainer comma-list. It stops short of the further compression a 7.5 answer would apply to the surrounding clauses.用破折号引出的三个简短名词的列表,直接插入句中,不需要像“such as”这样的连接短语,展现出比6.5分答案更平实的逗号列表更灵活的结构。但它还没有达到7.5分答案对周围分句进一步压缩的程度。

   7.5 分

   The compact idiomatic phrase 'courtesy of' replaces a fuller connector, and the balanced closing sentence 'they favour the young by default, but a well-designed city can be remarkably kind' shows the parallel, evaluative structure typical of band 7.5.紧凑而地道的短语“courtesy of”取代了一个更完整的连接词,而平衡的结尾句“they favour the young by default, but a well-designed city can be remarkably kind”则展现出7.5分典型的对仗、评价性结构。

   I'd only half agree. Cities are built for the young in fairly obvious ways — the pace, the stairs, the noise — and most older people I know back in Hue would find a city like Da Nang exhausting. But my parents' former neighbour, a retired teacher, moved here to be near her son and now has more friends than she ever managed at home, courtesy of a tai chi group in the park and a market where she chats every morning. Cities offer hospitals, services and company within walking distance, which suits anyone who can no longer drive. So they favour the young by default, but a well-designed city can be remarkably kind to older people too.

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   我只能算半同意。城市在相当显而易见的方面是为年轻人打造的——节奏、楼梯、噪音——我认识的大多数顺化老人都会觉得像岘港这样的城市让人筋疲力尽。但我父母以前的邻居,一位退休老师,为了离儿子近一点搬来了这里,现在她的朋友比她在老家时还多,这多亏了公园里的一个太极拳小组和一个她每天早上都去聊天的市场。城市里的医院、各种服务和人际往来都在步行可达的范围内,这适合任何一个已经不能开车的人。所以城市默认更偏向年轻人,但一座设计得当的城市对老年人来说也可以出奇地友善。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“So they favour the young by default, but a well-designed city can be remarkably kind to older people too.” — This closing sentence balances two contrasting clauses with parallel grammar, delivering a confident final judgement on the whole question. A 6.5 or 7.0 answer would more likely state a similar contrast with plainer wording like 'good for young people' versus 'also good for older people'.这句结尾用对仗的语法平衡了两个形成对比的分句,对整个问题给出了一个自信的最终判断。6.5分或7.0分的答案更可能用更平实的措辞表达类似的对比,比如“good for young people”对“also good for older people”。
   • LR“courtesy of a tai chi group in the park” — 'Courtesy of' is a genuinely less common, slightly formal-idiomatic phrase for attributing a positive outcome to its cause, more precise than the plainer 'through' or 'because of' a lower band would use. It adds a touch of natural sophistication to the sentence.“courtesy of”是一个真正不那么常见、略带正式习语色彩的短语,用来把一个积极的结果归因于它的原因,比低分答案可能用的更平实的“through”或“because of”更精确。它为句子增添了一丝自然的老练感。
   • GRA“moved here to be near her son and now has more friends than she ever managed at home, courtesy of a tai chi group in the park and a market where she chats every morning” — This long sentence links the move, the outcome and the cause into one continuous flow using 'and' and 'courtesy of' rather than breaking into separate sentences. This kind of extended, single-sentence cause-and-effect chain is characteristic of the flexible grammar expected at 7.5.这句长句用“and”和“courtesy of”把“搬家”“结果”和“原因”连成一个连续的整体,而不是拆成独立的句子。这种延展的、单句式的因果链条正是7.5分水平所期望具备的灵活语法的特征。

3. 3. How does living in a city affect the way people see the world?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   Short, separate sentences joined with 'but' and 'so' give a direct claim, an everyday example, and a simple final contrast, using plain vocabulary throughout.用“but”和“so”连接的简短独立句,给出一个直接的论断、一个日常的例子,以及一个简单的最终对比,通篇使用平实的词汇。

   I think it makes you more tolerant but also less curious at the same time. After years of sharing lifts, pavements and cafés with people from everywhere, I barely notice differences anymore, like a tourist wearing unusual clothes or a colleague with unfamiliar habits. That is the tolerant part. But cities also teach you to filter people out, because you cannot really pay attention to two hundred strangers a day, so you stop noticing most of them. People from my hometown notice everything and everyone, which can be a bit nosy, but it is also a kind of attention that I think I have lost. So city life makes your world bigger but your attention smaller, and I am not sure that is a fair trade.

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   我觉得城市生活会让你变得更宽容,但同时也变得没那么好奇了。在多年和来自天南海北的人共用电梯、人行道和咖啡馆之后,我几乎已经注意不到什么差异了,比如一个穿着奇装异服的游客,或者一个有着不熟悉习惯的同事。这就是宽容的那部分。但城市也会教你学会过滤掉一些人,因为你不可能真的对一天遇到的两百个陌生人都投以关注,所以你就不再注意大多数人了。我老家的人会注意到每一个人、每一件事,这可能有点爱管闲事,但那也是一种我觉得自己已经失去的关注力。所以城市生活让你的世界变大了,但你的关注力却变小了,我不太确定这是不是一笔划算的交易。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“That is the tolerant part.” — This is a very short, plain sentence summarising the previous point. A band 7 answer would more likely fold this label into the sentence before it rather than stating it separately, showing tighter coherence between ideas.这是一个非常简短、平实的句子,总结了前一点。7分水平的答案更可能把这个标签融入前面那句话中,而不是独立陈述出来,展现出想法之间更紧密的连贯性。
   • LR“cities also teach you to filter people out” — This is direct, literal phrasing. A higher band answer would likely use a more precise verb for the mental process being described, such as 'train you to filter', which fits more naturally with the idea of a learned habit rather than a lesson being taught.这是直接、直白的表达。更高分的答案很可能会用一个更精确的动词来描述这个心理过程,比如“train you to filter”,这与“习得的习惯”这个想法比“被教导的一课”更自然地契合。
   • GRA“People from my hometown notice everything and everyone, which can be a bit nosy, but it is also a kind of attention that I think I have lost.” — This sentence adds a relative clause and a further contrast using 'but', building up the idea step by step. A 7.5 answer would likely compress this using a dash or a more economical phrase, avoiding the slightly wordy 'that I think I have lost'.这句话加上了一个定语从句和一个用“but”表达的进一步对比,一步步地构建起这个想法。7.5分的答案很可能会用破折号或更经济的短语来压缩它,避免“that I think I have lost”这种略显冗长的表达。

   7.0 分

   The reflective tag 'I'd say' and the dash before the tolerance example show more natural spoken structure than a 6.5 answer's flat statements, and the balanced closing sentence links two ideas with 'and' more economically.反思性标记词“I'd say”以及在“宽容”例子前的破折号,比6.5分答案平淡的陈述展现出更自然的口语结构,而平衡的结尾句则用“and”更经济地把两个想法连接了起来。

   Honestly, I think it makes you more tolerant and less curious at the same time. After years of sharing lifts, pavements and cafés with people from everywhere, I barely notice difference any more — a tourist in unusual clothes or a colleague with unfamiliar habits just isn't remarkable. That's the tolerance, I'd say. But cities also train you to filter, since you can't really take in two hundred strangers a day, so you stop truly seeing any of them. People from my hometown notice everything and everyone, which can be nosy but is also a kind of attention I've lost. City life widens your world and thins your attention, and I'm not sure that's a fair trade.

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   老实说,我觉得城市生活会让你变得更宽容,同时也变得没那么好奇。在多年和来自天南海北的人共用电梯、人行道和咖啡馆之后,我已经几乎注意不到什么差异了——一个穿着奇装异服的游客,或者一个有着不熟悉习惯的同事,已经不再显得引人注目。我想说,这就是宽容。但城市也会训练你学会过滤,因为你不可能真的把一天遇到的两百个陌生人都装进心里,所以你就不再真正“看见”他们中的大多数人了。我老家的人会注意到每一个人、每一件事,这可能有点爱管闲事,但那也是一种我已经失去的关注力。城市生活拓宽了你的世界,却稀释了你的关注力,我不太确定这是不是一笔划算的交易。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“That's the tolerance, I'd say.” — The trailing aside 'I'd say' turns this summarising sentence into a personal, reflective judgement rather than a flat label, showing more natural spoken habit than a 6.5 answer's plain 'That is the tolerant part'. It signals the speaker actively weighing their own claim.尾随的插入语“I'd say”把这句总结性的话变成了一个个人的、反思性的判断,而不是一个平淡的标签,比6.5分答案平实的“That is the tolerant part”展现出更自然的口语习惯。它标示出说话人正在主动权衡自己的论断。
   • LR“cities also train you to filter” — 'Train' is a more precise, slightly figurative verb than the plainer 'teach' a 6.5 answer would use, suggesting a gradual, habitual process rather than a single lesson. It shows developing lexical precision without being a rare word.“train”是一个比6.5分答案可能使用的更平实的“teach”更精确、略带比喻色彩的动词,暗示了一个渐进的、习惯性的过程,而不是一堂单一的课。它在不使用生僻词的情况下,体现出词汇精确度的提升。
   • GRA“City life widens your world and thins your attention, and I'm not sure that's a fair trade.” — This closing sentence pairs two contrasting verbs ('widens', 'thins') in parallel before adding a reflective final clause, a more economical structure than a 6.5 answer's fuller 'makes your world bigger but your attention smaller'. It shows more compact grammar, though not yet the fully compressed style of a 7.5 answer.这句结尾把两个形成对比的动词(“widens”、“thins”)并列配对,然后加上一个反思性的收尾分句,比6.5分答案更完整的“makes your world bigger but your attention smaller”更经济。它展现出更紧凑的语法,但还没有达到7.5分答案那种完全凝练的文风。

   7.5 分

   The colon before 'you can't take in two hundred strangers a day' compresses the explanation into the same sentence, and the paired verbs 'widens... thins' give the closing line the tight, parallel structure typical of band 7.5.在“you can't take in two hundred strangers a day”前的冒号,把解释压缩进了同一个句子里,而配对的动词“widens... thins”则为结尾句赋予了7.5分典型的紧凑、对仗结构。

   I think it makes you more tolerant and less curious at the same time. After years of sharing lifts, pavements and cafés with people from everywhere, I barely register difference any more — a tourist in unusual clothes or a colleague with unfamiliar habits simply isn't remarkable. That's the tolerance. But cities also train you to filter: you can't take in two hundred strangers a day, so you stop really seeing any of them. People from my hometown notice everything and everyone, which can be nosy but is also a kind of attention I've lost. City life widens your world and thins your attention, and I'm not convinced that's a fair trade.

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   我觉得城市生活会让你变得更宽容,同时也变得没那么好奇。在多年和来自天南海北的人共用电梯、人行道和咖啡馆之后,我已经几乎注意不到什么差异了——一个穿着奇装异服的游客,或者一个有着不熟悉习惯的同事,已经算不上什么值得留意的事了。这就是宽容。但城市也会训练你学会过滤:你不可能把一天遇到的两百个陌生人都装进心里,所以你就不再真正“看见”他们中的任何一个了。我老家的人会注意到每一个人、每一件事,这可能有点爱管闲事,但那也是一种我已经失去的关注力。城市生活拓宽了你的世界,却稀释了你的关注力,我并不确信这是一笔划算的交易。

   为什么是这个分数

   • LR“I barely register difference any more” — 'Register' used here for noticing is a genuinely less common, more precise word than the plainer 'notice' a lower band would use, suggesting a more automatic, almost perceptual process. It shows the kind of natural but unusual word choice associated with wide lexical resource.这里用来表示“注意到”的“register”,是一个真正不那么常见、更精确的词,比低分答案可能用的更平实的“notice”更能暗示一种更自动化、近乎知觉层面的过程。它展现出与广博词汇资源相关的那种自然却不寻常的用词选择。
   • FC“But cities also train you to filter: you can't take in two hundred strangers a day, so you stop really seeing any of them.” — This sentence uses a colon to launch directly into the explanation rather than a separate connecting word, and links the cause and effect with a single 'so' inside one continuous flow. A 6.5 or 7.0 answer would more likely split this into two separate sentences with a full stop after 'filter'.这句话用冒号直接引出解释,而不是用一个独立的连接词,并用一个单独的“so”把因果关系连接在一个连续的流程里。6.5分或7.0分的答案更可能把它拆成两个独立的句子,在“filter”后面加一个句号。
   • GRA“City life widens your world and thins your attention, and I'm not convinced that's a fair trade.” — The paired verbs 'widens' and 'thins' create a tight, parallel contrast in place of a fuller comparative structure like 'makes your world bigger but your attention smaller'. This kind of compact, verb-led parallelism is characteristic of the grammatical range expected at 7.5.配对的动词“widens”和“thins”创造出一种紧凑、对仗的对比,取代了像“makes your world bigger but your attention smaller”这样更完整的比较结构。这种紧凑的、以动词为主导的对仗正是7.5分水平所期望具备的语法广度的特征。

4. 4. What factors have led to the rapid growth of towns and cities around the world?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   This answer lists causes in short, separate sentences joined with 'because' and 'and', giving concrete examples in plain, everyday vocabulary.这篇答案用由“because”和“and”连接的简短、独立的句子列出原因,用平实的日常词汇给出具体的例子。

   I think jobs are the main reason. Half of the young people from my uncle's village in Quảng Trị have moved to factories and service jobs in Da Nang within about ten years, because farming pays much less than a job in a warehouse does. Machines doing farm work also push people off the land at the same time as factories pull people into cities. Education and healthcare are another reason, because governments usually build these in cities, so families move there for their children. Better transport made moving possible, and mobile phones made it easier, because people can still stay in touch with home. It is basically the same story everywhere.

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   我觉得工作是主要原因。我叔叔老家在广治省的一个村子,大约十年间,村里一半的年轻人都搬去了岘港的工厂和服务业岗位,因为种田挣的钱比在仓库打工少得多。机械化种田把人从土地上推出去,同时工厂又把人拉进城市,这两股力量同时在起作用。教育和医疗是另一个原因,因为政府通常会把这些资源建在城市里,所以家庭会为了孩子搬到那里。更好的交通让搬迁成为可能,而手机让这一切变得更容易,因为人们依然能和家里保持联系。基本上到哪里都是同样的故事。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Machines doing farm work also push people off the land at the same time as factories pull people into cities.” — This sentence uses the plain connector phrase 'at the same time as' to link two related processes, presented as a fairly literal description. A band 7 answer would more likely use a more compact word pair like 'pushes... pulls', treating them as two sides of a single economic force.这句话用平实的连接短语“at the same time as”来连接两个相关的过程,以一种相当直白的方式呈现。7分水平的答案更可能用像“pushes... pulls”这样更紧凑的词语对,把它们当作同一种经济力量的两个方面来处理。
   • LR“farming pays much less than a job in a warehouse does” — This is plain, direct comparative vocabulary. A higher band answer would likely use a more specific, quantifying phrase, such as saying farming pays 'a fraction of' what a warehouse job pays, for a more precise contrast.这是平实、直接的比较性词汇。更高分的答案很可能会用一个更具体、更量化的短语,比如说种田挣的钱只是仓库工作的“a fraction of”(一小部分),从而形成更精确的对比。
   • GRA“Better transport made moving possible, and mobile phones made it easier, because people can still stay in touch with home.” — This sentence repeats the structure 'X made Y [adjective]' twice before adding a reason with 'because', which is accurate but somewhat mechanical. A 7.5 answer would likely vary the second half of this parallel structure, replacing the repeated pattern with a differently phrased clause.这句话重复了两次“X made Y [形容词]”的结构,然后用“because”加上一个理由,虽然准确,但有些机械。7.5分的答案很可能会在这个并列结构的后半部分做出变化,用一个措辞不同的分句取代重复的模式。

   7.0 分

   The opener 'Jobs, more than anything, I'd say' and closing tag 'to be honest' give this answer natural spoken reflection, while the paired verbs 'pushes... pulls' show more economical structure than a 6.5 answer's fuller phrasing.开头的“Jobs, more than anything, I'd say”以及结尾标记词“to be honest”,为这篇答案赋予了自然的口语化思考感,而配对的动词“pushes... pulls”则比6.5分答案更完整的表述展现出更经济的结构。

   Jobs, more than anything, I'd say. Half the young people from my uncle's village in Quảng Trị have moved to factories and services in Da Nang within a decade, simply because farming pays a fraction of what a job in a logistics warehouse does. Mechanised agriculture pushes people off the land at the same time as industry pulls them into towns. Then there's education and healthcare, which governments tend to concentrate in cities, so families move for their children. Transport made it possible, and mobile phones made it easier, since migrants can stay connected to home. It's essentially the same story everywhere, to be honest.

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   我想说,首要原因是工作。我叔叔老家在广治省的一个村子,大约十年间,村里一半的年轻人都搬去了岘港的工厂和服务业岗位,原因很简单:种田挣的钱只是物流仓库工作的零头。机械化农业把人从土地上推出去,与此同时工业又把人拉进城镇,这是同一时刻发生的两件事。然后是教育和医疗,政府往往把这些资源集中在城市里,所以家庭会为了孩子搬迁。交通让搬迁成为可能,而手机让这一切变得更容易,因为迁移者依然能和家里保持联系。老实说,基本上到哪里都是同样的故事。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Mechanised agriculture pushes people off the land at the same time as industry pulls them into towns.” — The paired verbs 'pushes' and 'pulls' frame the two forces as a single economic mechanism rather than two separately described actions, showing more efficient idea-linking than a 6.5 answer's fuller 'push people off... pull people into'. This economical parallel is typical of band 7 coherence.配对的动词“pushes”和“pulls”把这两股力量塑造成一个统一的经济机制,而不是两个分开描述的动作,比6.5分答案更完整的“push people off... pull people into”展现出更高效的想法连接方式。这种经济的对仗是7分水平连贯性的典型特征。
   • LR“farming pays a fraction of what a job in a logistics warehouse does” — 'A fraction of' is a moderately more precise, quantifying phrase than the plainer 'much less than' a 6.5 answer would use, giving a sharper sense of scale. It shows developing lexical precision.“a fraction of”是一个比6.5分答案可能使用的更平实的“much less than”稍显精确、更量化的短语,给出了更清晰的规模感。它体现出词汇精确度的提升。
   • GRA“Transport made it possible, and mobile phones made it easier, since migrants can stay connected to home.” — This sentence links two parallel clauses with 'and' before adding a 'since' clause for the reason, showing slightly more complex structure than a 6.5 answer's version of the same idea. It stops short of the further variation a 7.5 answer would apply to avoid repeating the same sentence pattern.这句话用“and”连接两个并列的分句,然后加上一个“since”分句来说明原因,比6.5分答案对同样想法的版本展现出稍微复杂一点的结构。但它还没有达到7.5分答案为避免重复同一句式而做出的进一步变化。

   7.5 分

   The paired verbs 'pushes... pulls' and the closing parallel clause 'the countryside needs fewer hands, and the city keeps offering more' give this answer the compact, aphoristic finish typical of band 7.5.配对的动词“pushes... pulls”以及结尾的对仗分句“the countryside needs fewer hands, and the city keeps offering more”,为这篇答案带来了7.5分典型的紧凑、格言式的收尾。

   Jobs, more than anything. Half the young people from my uncle's village in Quảng Trị have moved to factories and services in Da Nang within a decade, because farming pays a fraction of what a warehouse job does. Mechanised agriculture pushes people off the land just as industry pulls them into towns. Then there's education and healthcare, which governments concentrate in cities, so families relocate for their children's sake. Transport made the move possible, and mobile phones made it painless, since migrants can now stay connected to home without really leaving it behind. It's essentially the same story everywhere — the countryside needs fewer hands, and the city keeps offering more.

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   首要原因是工作。我叔叔老家在广治省的一个村子,大约十年间,村里一半的年轻人都搬去了岘港的工厂和服务业岗位,因为种田挣的钱只是仓库工作的零头。机械化农业把人从土地上推出去,恰恰就在工业把人拉进城镇的同一时刻。然后是教育和医疗,政府把这些资源集中在城市里,所以家庭会为了孩子的前途而搬迁。交通让这次搬迁成为可能,而手机让它变得毫无痛感,因为迁移者如今可以在不真正告别家乡的情况下,依然和家里保持联系。基本上到哪里都是同样的故事——乡村需要的人手越来越少,而城市提供的机会却越来越多。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“It's essentially the same story everywhere — the countryside needs fewer hands, and the city keeps offering more.” — This closing sentence uses a dash to launch into a compact, parallel summary of the whole pattern just described, giving the answer a memorable, well-organised finish. A 6.5 or 7.0 answer would more likely end on a plainer restatement like 'It's essentially the same story everywhere' without this added parallel flourish.这句结尾用破折号引出一个紧凑、对仗的总结,概括了前面所描述的整体模式,为这篇答案带来了令人印象深刻、结构良好的收尾。6.5分或7.0分的答案更可能以一个更平实的重述结束,如“It's essentially the same story everywhere”,而不会加上这样的对仗修辞。
   • LR“mobile phones made it painless, since migrants can now stay connected to home without really leaving it behind” — 'Painless' is a genuinely less common, more evaluative word than the plainer 'easier' a lower band would use, and the trailing clause 'without really leaving it behind' adds a subtle figurative twist. Together they show a more expressive, precise use of vocabulary.“painless”是一个真正不那么常见、更具评价色彩的词,比低分答案可能用的更平实的“easier”更有力,而尾随的分句“without really leaving it behind”则增添了一层微妙的比喻转折。两者结合,展现出更具表现力、更精确的词汇运用。
   • GRA“Mechanised agriculture pushes people off the land just as industry pulls them into towns.” — The paired verbs 'pushes' and 'pulls' are set in a tight 'just as' comparative structure rather than the fuller 'at the same time as' a 6.5 answer uses, compressing the parallel relationship into fewer words. This kind of economical parallelism is characteristic of the grammatical range expected at 7.5.配对的动词“pushes”和“pulls”被放进了一个紧凑的“just as”比较结构里,而不是像6.5分答案那样使用更完整的“at the same time as”,用更少的词把这种并列关系压缩了起来。这种经济的对仗正是7.5分水平所期望具备的语法广度的特征。

5. 5. What can be done to improve the quality of life in cities?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   This answer states each idea in short, separate sentences joined with 'but' and 'because', giving concrete examples in plain, everyday vocabulary such as 'reduce heat and noise' and 'real part of quality of life'.这篇答案用由“but”和“because”连接的简短、独立的句子陈述每一个想法,用平实的日常词汇给出具体的例子,比如“reduce heat and noise”和“real part of quality of life”。

   I think the government should give people places to be that are not shops or roads. The best thing Da Nang has done recently, I think, is the walkway along the Han River. It is just a wide path with benches and some lighting, but every evening it is full of families, teenagers, and old couples, people who did not really have anywhere else to just relax outside. Other than that, the obvious things help too, like reliable public transport, housing that nurses and teachers can afford near their work, and trees, because they reduce heat and noise. I would also protect the small markets and street food, because eating well for a low price on the pavement is a real part of quality of life.

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   我觉得政府应该给人们提供一些不是商店、也不是马路的去处。我觉得岘港最近做得最好的一件事,就是沿着韩江修的那条步行道。它其实就是一条宽阔的小路,有长椅,还有一些灯光,但每天傍晚都挤满了一家人、青少年,还有老夫妻,这些人其实原本没有别的地方可以在户外单纯地放松一下。除此之外,一些显而易见的东西也有帮助,比如可靠的公共交通、让护士和老师负担得起、又能住在工作地附近的住房,还有树木,因为它们能降低热度和噪音。我还想保护那些小市场和街边小吃,因为能在路边花不多的钱吃得好,这是生活质量真正的一部分。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Other than that, the obvious things help too, like reliable public transport, housing that nurses and teachers can afford near their work, and trees, because they reduce heat and noise.” — This long sentence introduces the list with the plain transitional phrase 'Other than that, the obvious things help too', a functional but slightly clunky way to signal a shift to more general points. A band 7 answer would more likely use a punchier phrase like 'Beyond that, the obvious things' to move more smoothly.这句长句用平实的过渡短语“Other than that, the obvious things help too”来引出列表,是一种功能性的但略显笨拙的方式来标示向更宏观论点的转换。7分水平的答案更可能用一个更有力的短语,比如“Beyond that, the obvious things”,过渡得更顺畅。
   • LR“people who did not really have anywhere else to just relax outside” — This is a plain, functional description. A higher band answer would likely phrase the same idea more precisely, describing people who 'previously had nowhere to simply exist outside', which captures a slightly deeper sense of absence than just 'relax'.这是一个平实、功能性的描述。更高分的答案很可能会更精确地表达同样的想法,把这些人描述为“previously had nowhere to simply exist outside”(以前没有地方可以单纯地在户外存在),这比单纯的“relax”捕捉到了更深一层的缺失感。
   • GRA“It is just a wide path with benches and some lighting, but every evening it is full of families, teenagers, and old couples, people who did not really have anywhere else to just relax outside.” — This sentence joins a description, a contrast with 'but', and a further explanatory phrase all with commas, building a fairly long chain. A 7.5 answer would likely break the description off with a colon to introduce the list of people more sharply.这句话用逗号把一个描述、一个用“but”形成的对比,以及一个进一步的解释短语连接在一起,构成了一个相当长的链条。7.5分的答案很可能会用冒号把描述断开,更清晰地引出那份人物列表。

   7.0 分

   The colon before the river-walkway description and the dash-set list of who uses it show more flexible punctuation than a 6.5 answer's comma-chained sentences, while the phrase 'in my view' adds natural spoken reflection.在“江边步道”描述前的冒号,以及用破折号引出的“使用者”列表,比6.5分答案逗号串联的句子展现出更灵活的标点运用,而短语“in my view”则增添了自然的口语化思考感。

   Honestly, I'd say give people places to be that aren't shops or roads. The best thing Da Nang has done recently, in my view, is the walkway along the Han River: it's just a wide path with benches and some lighting, and every evening it's full of families, teenagers, old couples — people who previously had nowhere to simply exist outside. Beyond that, the obvious things help too: reliable public transport, housing that nurses and teachers can actually afford near their work, and trees, which cut heat and noise more than anything mechanical. I'd also protect the small markets and street food, since eating well for very little on the pavement is a real part of quality of life.

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   老实说,我想说应该给人们提供一些不是商店、也不是马路的去处。在我看来,岘港最近做得最好的一件事,就是沿着韩江修的那条步行道:它其实就是一条宽阔的小路,有长椅,还有一些灯光,但每天傍晚都挤满了一家人、青少年、老夫妻——这些人以前根本没有地方可以单纯地在户外存在。除此之外,一些显而易见的东西也有帮助:可靠的公共交通、让护士和老师真正负担得起、又能住在工作地附近的住房,还有树木,它们降低热度和噪音的效果比任何机械设备都好。我还想保护那些小市场和街边小吃,因为能在路边花很少的钱吃得好,这是生活质量真正的一部分。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“The best thing Da Nang has done recently, in my view, is the walkway along the Han River:” — The aside 'in my view' is folded naturally into the middle of the sentence rather than placed at the very start, showing a more integrated, spoken way of signalling personal opinion. A 6.5 answer would more likely open the whole sentence with 'I think' instead.插入语“in my view”自然地嵌入了句子中间,而不是放在最开头,展现出一种更融合、更口语化的方式来标示个人观点。6.5分的答案更可能用“I think”来开启整个句子。
   • LR“people who previously had nowhere to simply exist outside” — 'Simply exist outside' is a more abstract, evocative phrase than the plainer 'just relax outside' a 6.5 answer would use, hinting at a deeper lack of public space rather than just a lack of leisure spots. It shows developing precision in expressing a subtle idea.“simply exist outside”是一个比6.5分答案可能使用的更平实的“just relax outside”更抽象、更具感染力的短语,暗示了一种更深层的公共空间缺失,而不仅仅是休闲场所的匮乏。它体现出在表达微妙想法时精确度的提升。
   • GRA“it's just a wide path with benches and some lighting, and every evening it's full of families, teenagers, old couples — people who previously had nowhere to simply exist outside” — This sentence uses a dash to launch into the list of visitors before adding the explanatory phrase, avoiding the extra comma-chain a 6.5 answer uses. It shows more flexible punctuation, though not yet the fully compressed colon-based structure a 7.5 answer applies throughout.这句话用破折号引出“使用者”列表,然后再加上解释性的短语,避免了6.5分答案那种额外的逗号串联。它展现出更灵活的标点运用,但还没有达到7.5分答案通篇使用的那种完全凝练的冒号结构。

   7.5 分

   The verbless colon-launched list 'Beyond that, the obvious things:' and the closing evaluative line about planning documents give this answer compressed, precise grammar and an idiomatic final flourish typical of band 7.5.用冒号引出、没有动词的列表“Beyond that, the obvious things:”,以及结尾关于“规划文件”的评价性收尾句,为这篇答案带来了凝练、精确的语法,以及7.5分典型的地道收尾修辞。

   Give people places to be that aren't shops or roads. The best thing Da Nang has done recently, in my view, is the walkway along the Han River: just a wide path with benches and some lighting, and every evening it's full of families, teenagers, old couples — people who previously had nowhere to simply exist outside. Beyond that, the obvious things: reliable public transport, housing that nurses and teachers can afford near their work, and trees, which cut heat and noise more than anything mechanical ever could. I'd also protect the small markets and street food. A city where you can eat well for a dollar on the pavement has a quality of life no planning document captures.

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   给人们提供一些不是商店、也不是马路的去处。在我看来,岘港最近做得最好的一件事,就是沿着韩江修的那条步行道:不过是一条宽阔的小路,有长椅,还有一些灯光,但每天傍晚都挤满了一家人、青少年、老夫妻——这些人以前根本没有地方可以单纯地在户外存在。除此之外,还有一些显而易见的东西:可靠的公共交通、让护士和老师负担得起、又能住在工作地附近的住房,还有树木,它们降低热度和噪音的效果,是任何机械设备都比不上的。我还想保护那些小市场和街边小吃。一座能让你花上一块钱就在路边吃得好的城市,拥有一种任何规划文件都无法捕捉到的生活质量。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“A city where you can eat well for a dollar on the pavement has a quality of life no planning document captures.” — This closing sentence delivers a vivid, slightly provocative final judgement that ties the whole answer together, contrasting lived experience with bureaucratic planning. A 6.5 or 7.0 answer would more likely end on a plainer statement like 'eating well for very little is a real part of quality of life'.这句结尾给出了一个生动、略带挑衅意味的最终判断,把整篇答案连接了起来,把亲身生活体验和官僚式的规划形成对比。6.5分或7.0分的答案更可能以一个更平实的陈述结束,比如“eating well for very little is a real part of quality of life”。
   • LR“trees, which cut heat and noise more than anything mechanical ever could” — The intensifying phrase 'ever could' adds a genuinely more emphatic, idiomatic edge to the comparison than the plainer 'more than anything mechanical' a lower band would settle for. It shows confident, natural use of an intensifying structure.强调短语“ever could”为这个比较增添了真正更有力、更地道的锋芒,比低分答案愿意止步于的更平实的“more than anything mechanical”更胜一筹。它展现出对强调结构自信、自然的运用。
   • GRA“Beyond that, the obvious things: reliable public transport, housing that nurses and teachers can afford near their work, and trees, which cut heat and noise more than anything mechanical ever could.” — This sentence drops the verb entirely after 'Beyond that, the obvious things', letting the colon introduce a bare list rather than a full clause. This verbless, colon-based compression is characteristic of the flexible, economical grammar expected at 7.5.这句话在“Beyond that, the obvious things”之后完全省略了动词,让冒号引出一份赤裸的列表,而不是一个完整的分句。这种没有动词、依靠冒号实现的压缩,正是7.5分水平所期望具备的灵活、经济的语法特征。

6. 6. Do you think cities will continue to grow in the future?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   This answer states its claims in short, separate sentences joined with 'but' and 'because', giving one vivid detail (the cranes) and a plain final prediction in everyday vocabulary.这篇答案用由“but”和“because”连接的简短、独立的句子陈述论断,给出一个生动的细节(吊车),以及一个用日常词汇表达的平实的最终预测。

   I think the big cities will keep growing, at least in this part of the world. The cranes on the Da Nang skyline have not stopped since I arrived. But I think the way cities grow will change. Remote work means some people can choose to live in smaller places, and some of my friends are already looking at towns up the coast where a house costs much less. Climate change will matter too, because coastal cities like mine flood more every year, and at some point that will affect where people want to live. So my guess is that cities will keep growing overall, but the fastest growth will move to medium-sized places instead of the biggest ones.

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   我觉得大城市还会继续扩张,至少在世界这个地区是这样。自从我到岘港以来,天际线上的那些吊车就没停过。但我觉得城市扩张的方式会发生变化。远程办公意味着有些人可以选择住在更小的地方,我有些朋友已经在物色沿海往北一些的小镇了,那里的房子便宜得多。气候变化也会是个重要因素,因为像我们这样的沿海城市每年洪涝都更严重,总有一天这会影响人们想住在哪里。所以我的猜测是,总体上城市还会继续扩张,但增长最快的会是中等规模的城市,而不是那些最大的城市。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“But I think the way cities grow will change.” — This shift to the second half of the argument is signalled with the plain connector 'But' at the start of a new, short sentence. A band 7 answer would more likely fold this same shift into the flow with a phrase like 'But I think the shape of growth will change', avoiding the flat, separate sentence.论证转向后半部分的这个转折,是用平实的连接词“But”放在一个新的短句开头来标示的。7分水平的答案更可能用像“But I think the shape of growth will change”这样的短语把同样的转折融入行文之中,避免这种平淡、独立的句子。
   • LR“a house costs much less” — 'Much less' is a vague, general comparison. A higher band answer would likely use a more specific, quantifying phrase for the same idea, such as 'a third as much', giving a sharper sense of scale.“much less”是一个模糊、笼统的比较。更高分的答案很可能会用一个更具体、更量化的短语来表达同样的想法,比如“a third as much”(只有三分之一),给出更清晰的规模感。
   • GRA“Remote work means some people can choose to live in smaller places, and some of my friends are already looking at towns up the coast where a house costs much less.” — This sentence joins two related facts with 'and', building a fairly linear chain of information. A 7.5 answer would likely tighten this by dropping the repeated verb phrase, linking the ideas with a comma instead of restating 'some of my friends' separately.这句话用“and”连接两个相关的事实,构建出一个相当线性的信息链条。7.5分的答案很可能会通过去掉重复的动词短语来收紧它,用逗号连接想法,而不是把“some of my friends”单独重述一遍。

   7.0 分

   The dash before the crane image and the phrase 'the shape of growth' show more natural spoken structure and precise vocabulary than a 6.5 answer's plainer statements, while the closing sentence links two ideas with 'but' inside one continuous flow.在“吊车”意象前的破折号,以及短语“the shape of growth”,比6.5分答案更平实的陈述展现出更自然的口语结构和更精确的词汇,而结尾句则用“but”把两个想法连接在一个连续的行文中。

   The big ones will, I'd say, at least in this part of the world — the cranes on the Da Nang skyline haven't stopped since I arrived. But I think the shape of growth will change. Remote work means some people can choose smaller places, and a few of my friends are already looking at towns up the coast where a house costs a third as much. Climate will matter too, since coastal cities like mine flood more each year, and at some point that's bound to affect where people want to live. So my guess is that cities keep growing in absolute terms, but the fastest growth probably shifts to mid-sized places rather than the giants.

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   我想说,大城市会继续扩张,至少在世界这个地区是这样——自从我到岘港以来,天际线上的那些吊车就没停过。但我觉得扩张的形态会发生变化。远程办公意味着有些人可以选择更小的地方,我有几位朋友已经在物色沿海往北一些的小镇了,那里的房子只要三分之一的价钱。气候也会是个重要因素,因为像我们这样的沿海城市每年洪涝都更严重,总有一天这必然会影响人们想住在哪里。所以我的猜测是,从绝对数量上说,城市还会继续扩张,但增长最快的大概会转移到中等规模的城市,而不是那些巨型城市。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“But I think the shape of growth will change.” — 'The shape of growth' is a more abstract, compact way of framing the idea of how cities expand than the plainer 'the way cities grow' a 6.5 answer would use, treating growth as something with a describable form. This shows a slightly more sophisticated way of packaging the same idea.“the shape of growth”是一种比6.5分答案可能使用的更平实的“the way cities grow”更抽象、更紧凑的方式,来构建“城市如何扩张”这个想法,把扩张当作一种有可描述形态的东西来对待。这展现出一种打包同样想法时稍显高明的方式。
   • LR“a house costs a third as much” — 'A third as much' is a moderately more precise, quantified comparison than the vague 'much less' a 6.5 answer uses, giving a concrete sense of scale. It shows developing precision in expressing comparative information.“a third as much”是一个比6.5分答案使用的模糊的“much less”稍显精确、量化的比较,给出了具体的规模感。它体现出在表达比较性信息时精确度的提升。
   • GRA“at least in this part of the world — the cranes on the Da Nang skyline haven't stopped since I arrived” — The dash introduces the supporting image directly after the claim, avoiding a separate sentence as a 6.5 answer would use. This shows a more flexible way of attaching evidence to a claim, though it isn't yet as consistently compressed as a 7.5 answer's structure.破折号在论断之后直接引出支持性的意象,避免了像6.5分答案那样使用独立的句子。这展现出一种更灵活的方式来把证据附加到论断上,但还没有达到7.5分答案那种始终如一的凝练结构。

   7.5 分

   The fronted, comma-interrupted clause 'the shape of growth, I suspect, will change' and the layered closing sentence with 'because' nested inside 'but' show the compressed, multi-clause grammar typical of band 7.5.被前置、由逗号打断的分句“the shape of growth, I suspect, will change”,以及在“but”中嵌套了“because”的层次分明的结尾句,展现出7.5分典型的凝练、多分句语法。

   The big ones will, at least in this part of the world — the cranes on the Da Nang skyline haven't stopped since I arrived. But the shape of growth, I suspect, will change. Remote work means some people can now choose smaller places, and a few of my friends are already eyeing towns up the coast where a house costs a third as much. Climate will matter too, since coastal cities like mine flood a little more each year, and at some point that's bound to shift where people actually want to live. So my guess is that cities keep growing in absolute terms, because populations and jobs are still concentrating, but the fastest growth shifts to mid-sized places rather than the giants.

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   大城市会继续扩张,至少在世界这个地区是这样——自从我到岘港以来,天际线上的那些吊车就没停过。但我怀疑,扩张的形态会发生变化。远程办公意味着有些人如今可以选择更小的地方,我有几位朋友已经在物色沿海往北一些的小镇了,那里的房子只要三分之一的价钱。气候也会是个重要因素,因为像我们这样的沿海城市每年洪涝都越来越严重,总有一天这必然会转变人们真正想住的地方。所以我的猜测是,从绝对数量上说,城市还会继续扩张,因为人口和就业机会仍在不断集中,但增长最快的会转移到中等规模的城市,而不是那些巨型城市。

   为什么是这个分数

   • LR“a few of my friends are already eyeing towns up the coast” — 'Eyeing' is a genuinely less common, more vivid verb than the plainer 'looking at' a lower band would use, suggesting active, interested consideration rather than passive observation. It adds a touch of natural, idiomatic colour to an otherwise ordinary sentence.“eyeing”是一个真正不那么常见、更生动的动词,比低分答案可能用的更平实的“looking at”更能暗示一种主动、感兴趣的考量,而不是被动的观察。它为一个原本普通的句子增添了一丝自然、地道的色彩。
   • FC“But the shape of growth, I suspect, will change.” — The aside 'I suspect' is inserted into the middle of the sentence rather than placed at the start, showing a more integrated, confident way of hedging a prediction. A 6.5 or 7.0 answer would more likely place a similar hedge, like 'I think' or 'I'd say', at the very beginning of the sentence instead.插入语“I suspect”被嵌在句子中间,而不是放在开头,展现出一种更融合、更自信的方式来对一个预测进行缓和。6.5分或7.0分的答案更可能把类似的缓和语,比如“I think”或“I'd say”,放在句子的最开头。
   • GRA“cities keep growing in absolute terms, because populations and jobs are still concentrating, but the fastest growth shifts to mid-sized places rather than the giants” — This sentence nests a 'because' clause inside a larger 'but' contrast, building two layers of reasoning into one continuous structure. This kind of multi-level clause embedding without losing clarity is characteristic of the grammatical control expected at 7.5.这句话把一个“because”分句嵌套在一个更大的“but”对比结构里,把两层推理构建进一个连续的结构中。这种在不失清晰度的前提下进行多层次从句嵌套的方式,正是7.5分水平所期望具备的语法掌控力的特征。

7. 7. Are there any disadvantages for people who live in cities that are popular with tourists?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   Short, listed sentences joined with 'and' and 'because' give a direct claim and several plain examples, using everyday vocabulary such as 'daily trouble' and 'things made to look nice in photos'.用“and”和“because”连接的简短、列举式句子,给出一个直接的论断和几个平实的例子,使用日常词汇,比如“daily trouble”和“things made to look nice in photos”。

   Yes, and prices are just the beginning. My favourite café near My Khe Beach doubles its prices in high season and stops selling the local dishes, because tourists pay more for pancakes than for mì Quảng. Housing has the same problem, because landlords prefer short-term rentals to a nurse on a yearly lease. There is also daily trouble, like crowded pavements, noise at night, and being asked for directions in three languages before breakfast. And there is a deeper cost too, which is that the city starts performing for visitors, so the real local parts get replaced by things made to look nice in photos. Tourism brings money, but the people who actually live there rarely get much of it.

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   有,而且价格上涨只是个开始。我在美溪海滩附近最喜欢的一家咖啡馆,旺季时价格会翻倍,还不再卖本地菜了,因为游客愿意为薄饼付的钱比为米广米线付的钱还多。住房也有同样的问题,因为房东更愿意做短租,而不是把房子按年租给一位护士。还有一些日常的麻烦,比如拥挤的人行道、夜里的噪音,以及还没吃早饭就要用三种语言给人指路。还有一种更深层的代价,那就是这座城市开始为游客而表演,所以真正本地的那部分,渐渐被那些专门拍出来好看的东西取代了。旅游业带来了钱,但真正住在那里的人却很少能分到多少。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“There is also daily trouble, like crowded pavements, noise at night, and being asked for directions in three languages before breakfast.” — This point is introduced with the plain phrase 'There is also daily trouble, like', a functional but generic transition. A band 7 answer would more likely name the category more precisely, such as 'the daily friction too', giving the same list a sharper, more specific frame.这一点是用平实的短语“There is also daily trouble, like”引出的,是一种功能性但笼统的过渡。7分水平的答案更可能更精确地点明这个类别,比如“the daily friction too”,为同样的列表赋予一个更犀利、更具体的框架。
   • LR“the real local parts get replaced by things made to look nice in photos” — This is plain, literal phrasing for the idea of a city performing for tourists. A higher band answer would likely use a more precise verb for this process, such as describing parts of the city as 'replaced by versions designed to be photographed', which sounds more deliberate and specific.这是对“城市为游客表演”这个想法平实、直白的表达。更高分的答案很可能会用一个更精确的动词来表达这个过程,比如把城市的某些部分描述为“replaced by versions designed to be photographed”,听起来更刻意、更具体。
   • GRA“My favourite café near My Khe Beach doubles its prices in high season and stops selling the local dishes, because tourists pay more for pancakes than for mì Quảng.” — This sentence joins two actions with 'and' before adding a reason with 'because', a clear but fairly standard structure. A 7.5 answer would likely replace 'stops selling' with a more vivid verb like 'drops', giving the same idea more bite.这句话用“and”连接两个动作,然后用“because”加上一个理由,是一个清晰但相当标准的结构。7.5分的答案很可能会用一个更生动的动词,比如“drops”,来取代“stops selling”,让同样的想法更有力度。

   7.0 分

   The dash-set list of daily annoyances and the phrase 'a subtler cost' give this answer more flexible structure and precise vocabulary than a 6.5 answer's plainer listing, while 'quietly drops' adds a natural evaluative touch.用破折号引出的日常烦恼列表,以及短语“a subtler cost”,比6.5分答案更平实的列举方式展现出更灵活的结构和更精确的词汇,而“quietly drops”则增添了一丝自然的评价色彩。

   Plenty, and prices are honestly just the start. My favourite café near My Khe Beach doubles its prices in high season and quietly drops the local dishes, since tourists pay more for pancakes than for mì Quảng. Housing goes the same way, because landlords prefer short-term rentals to a nurse on a yearly lease. There's the daily friction too — crowded pavements, noise at night, being asked for directions in three languages before breakfast. And there's a subtler cost, which is that the city starts performing itself for visitors, so the genuinely local parts get replaced by versions designed to be photographed. Tourism brings money, but the people actually living with it rarely see much of it.

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   多得很,老实说价格上涨只是个开始。我在美溪海滩附近最喜欢的一家咖啡馆,旺季时价格会翻倍,还悄悄不再卖本地菜了,因为游客愿意为薄饼付的钱比为米广米线付的钱还多。住房也是同样的走向,因为房东更愿意做短租,而不是把房子按年租给一位护士。还有一些日常的摩擦——拥挤的人行道、夜里的噪音,以及还没吃早饭就要用三种语言给人指路。还有一种更微妙的代价,那就是这座城市开始为游客表演自己,于是真正本地的那部分,被专门设计出来供人拍照的版本取代了。旅游业带来了钱,但真正生活在其中的人却很少能分到多少。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“There's the daily friction too — crowded pavements, noise at night, being asked for directions in three languages before breakfast.” — The word 'friction' names the whole category of small annoyances precisely before the dash unpacks it with examples, a more efficient way of organising the list than a 6.5 answer's generic 'daily trouble, like'. This kind of precise category-naming shows stronger coherence.词语“friction”(摩擦)精确地点明了整个小烦恼的类别,然后破折号再用例子把它展开,比6.5分答案笼统的“daily trouble, like”更高效地组织了这个列表。这种精确的类别命名展现出更强的连贯性。
   • LR“the genuinely local parts get replaced by versions designed to be photographed” — 'Versions designed to be photographed' is a more precise, evaluative phrase than the plainer 'things made to look nice in photos' a 6.5 answer uses, hinting at deliberate curation rather than simple prettiness. It shows developing lexical precision.“versions designed to be photographed”是一个比6.5分答案使用的更平实的“things made to look nice in photos”更精确、更具评价色彩的短语,暗示了一种刻意的策划,而不仅仅是简单的美观。它体现出词汇精确度的提升。
   • GRA“My favourite café near My Khe Beach doubles its prices in high season and quietly drops the local dishes, since tourists pay more for pancakes than for mì Quảng.” — The verb 'drops' replaces the fuller 'stops selling' a 6.5 answer would use, giving the same idea in fewer, more vivid words. This kind of economical verb choice shows more compact grammar without losing precision.动词“drops”取代了6.5分答案可能使用的更完整的“stops selling”,用更少、更生动的词表达了同样的意思。这种经济的动词选择展现出更紧凑的语法,同时又不失精确度。

   7.5 分

   The colon before the list of daily annoyances and the verbless fragment 'And a subtler cost, which is...' show the compressed, flexible punctuation typical of band 7.5, alongside the precise phrase 'versions designed to be photographed'.在日常烦恼列表前的冒号,以及没有动词的片段“And a subtler cost, which is...”,展现出7.5分典型的凝练、灵活的标点运用,再加上精确的短语“versions designed to be photographed”。

   Plenty, and prices are only the start. My favourite café near My Khe Beach doubles its prices in high season and quietly drops the local dishes, because tourists pay more for pancakes than for mì Quảng. Housing goes the same way — landlords prefer short-term rentals to a nurse on a yearly lease. There's the daily friction too: crowded pavements, noise at night, being asked for directions in three languages before breakfast. And a subtler cost, which is that the city starts performing itself for visitors, and the parts that were genuinely local get replaced by versions designed to be photographed. Tourism brings money, but the people living with it rarely see much of it.

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   多得很,而价格上涨只是个开始。我在美溪海滩附近最喜欢的一家咖啡馆,旺季时价格会翻倍,还悄悄不再卖本地菜了,因为游客愿意为薄饼付的钱比为米广米线付的钱还多。住房也是同样的走向——房东更愿意做短租,而不是把房子按年租给一位护士。还有日常的摩擦:拥挤的人行道、夜里的噪音,以及还没吃早饭就要用三种语言给人指路。还有一种更微妙的代价,那就是这座城市开始为游客表演自己,那些曾经真正属于本地的部分,被专门设计出来供人拍照的版本取代了。旅游业带来了钱,但生活在其中的人却很少能分到多少。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“And a subtler cost, which is that the city starts performing itself for visitors, and the parts that were genuinely local get replaced by versions designed to be photographed.” — This sentence begins with 'And' as a deliberate fragment continuing the previous list, rather than restarting with a full subject and verb as a lower band would. This kind of stylistic sentence fragment for rhetorical effect is a mark of confident, native-like coherence.这句话以“And”作为刻意延续前一个列表的片段开头,而不是像低分答案那样重新以完整的主语和动词开始。这种为了修辞效果而使用的文体性句子片段,是自信、接近母语者水准连贯性的标志。
   • LR“the parts that were genuinely local get replaced by versions designed to be photographed” — The phrase 'versions designed to be photographed' precisely names the deliberate, curated nature of tourist-facing change, a more evaluative and specific choice than the vaguer phrasing a lower band would use. It reflects genuinely wide, precise lexical resource.短语“versions designed to be photographed”精确地点明了面向游客的变化那种刻意、被策划的本质,比低分答案可能使用的更模糊的措辞更具评价性、更具体。它反映出真正广博、精确的词汇资源。
   • GRA“There's the daily friction too: crowded pavements, noise at night, being asked for directions in three languages before breakfast.” — The colon launches directly into a verbless list of three short noun phrases, avoiding any connecting word like 'such as' or a repeated 'there is'. This kind of compact, colon-based listing is characteristic of the grammatical range expected at 7.5.冒号直接引出一个没有动词的、由三个简短名词短语构成的列表,避免了任何像“such as”这样的连接词,或重复出现的“there is”。这种紧凑的、依靠冒号实现的列举方式,正是7.5分水平所期望具备的语法广度的特征。

8. 8. What benefits do cities gain from having large numbers of tourists?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   This answer lists benefits in fairly long but plainly connected sentences using 'and' and 'because', giving concrete local examples in everyday vocabulary.这篇答案用“and”和“because”连接的、相当长但平铺直叙的句子列出好处,用日常词汇给出具体的本地例子。

   Money, obviously, and then the infrastructure that the money pays for. Da Nang's airport, the bridges, and the daily beach cleaning are all things local people use every day, and none of them would be at this standard without visitors. Tourism also creates jobs that do not need a university degree, which is important for families like my uncle's, and it keeps crafts and food traditions alive because someone is paying for them. There is also a softer benefit, which is that a city that welcomes strangers all year becomes more open and better at speaking English, and its young people can meet the world without leaving home. Whether these benefits are worth the costs depends on how the money gets shared.

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   显然是钱,然后是那些用这些钱建起来的基础设施。岘港的机场、那些桥梁,以及每天的海滩清洁,都是当地人每天都在用的东西,如果没有游客,这些都不可能达到现在这样的水准。旅游业还创造了一些不需要大学学历的工作机会,这对像我叔叔家这样的家庭来说很重要,而且它让手工艺和饮食传统得以延续,因为总有人愿意为它们买单。还有一个更柔软的好处,那就是一座全年欢迎陌生人的城市,会变得更开放,英语也说得更好,而它的年轻人不用离家就能接触到全世界。这些好处是否值得付出相应的代价,取决于这笔钱是怎么分配的。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“There is also a softer benefit, which is that a city that welcomes strangers all year becomes more open and better at speaking English” — This point is introduced with the plain phrase 'There is also a softer benefit, which is that', a functional but slightly wordy way to frame the idea. A band 7 answer would more likely compress this opening, moving straight into the description without the extra relative clause.这一点是用平实的短语“There is also a softer benefit, which is that”引出的,是一种功能性但略显冗长的方式来构建这个想法。7分水平的答案更可能压缩这个开头,直接进入描述,不加多余的定语从句。
   • LR“young people can meet the world without leaving home” — This is a fairly common, general way of describing cultural exposure. A higher band answer would likely phrase this with a more idiomatic pairing, describing young people as becoming 'more open' in a way tied more precisely to hosting strangers, adding subtlety to the same idea.这是描述“文化接触”相当常见、笼统的方式。更高分的答案很可能会用一个更地道的搭配来表达,把年轻人描述为变得“more open”,并与“接待陌生人”这件事更精确地联系起来,为同样的想法增添一丝细腻感。
   • GRA“Da Nang's airport, the bridges, and the daily beach cleaning are all things local people use every day, and none of them would be at this standard without visitors.” — This sentence lists three items before a general statement, then adds a further clause with 'and', creating a fairly long, additive chain. A 7.5 answer would likely compress the list into a dash-set fragment before the main claim, dropping the 'are all things' framing.这句话在一个笼统的陈述之前先列出了三样东西,然后再用“and”加上一个进一步的分句,形成了一个相当长的累加链条。7.5分的答案很可能会把这个列表压缩成一个在主要论断之前、用破折号引出的片段,去掉“are all things”这种框架式表达。

   7.0 分

   The dash-set list of infrastructure and the colon before the softer benefit show more flexible punctuation than a 6.5 answer's fuller connecting phrases, while the aside 'I'd say' adds natural spoken reflection to the closing line.用破折号引出的基础设施列表,以及在“更柔软的好处”前的冒号,比6.5分答案更完整的连接短语展现出更灵活的标点运用,而插入语“I'd say”则为结尾句增添了自然的口语化思考感。

   Money, obviously, and then the infrastructure the money pays for. Da Nang's airport, the bridges, the beach cleaning every morning — locals use all of that daily, and none of it would exist at this standard without visitors. Tourism also creates jobs that don't require degrees, which matters a lot for families like my uncle's, and it keeps crafts and food traditions alive because somebody is paying for them. There's a softer benefit too: a city that hosts strangers all year becomes more open and better at English, and its young people meet the world without leaving home. Whether those benefits outweigh the costs, I'd say, depends entirely on how the money is shared.

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   显然是钱,然后是那些用这些钱建起来的基础设施。岘港的机场、那些桥梁、每天早上的海滩清洁——当地人每天都在使用这些东西,如果没有游客,这些都不可能达到现在这样的水准。旅游业还创造了一些不需要学历的工作机会,这对像我叔叔家这样的家庭来说影响很大,而且它让手工艺和饮食传统得以延续,因为总有人愿意为它们买单。还有一个更柔软的好处:一座全年接待陌生人的城市,会变得更开放,英语也说得更好,而它的年轻人不用离家就能接触到全世界。我想说,这些好处是否超过了相应的代价,完全取决于这笔钱是怎么分配的。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“There's a softer benefit too: a city that hosts strangers all year becomes more open and better at English” — The colon here launches directly into the description of the softer benefit, dropping the extra relative clause 'which is that' a 6.5 answer uses. This more economical transition is typical of band 7 coherence.这里的冒号直接引出对“更柔软的好处”的描述,去掉了6.5分答案使用的多余定语从句“which is that”。这种更经济的过渡是7分水平连贯性的典型特征。
   • LR“its young people meet the world without leaving home” — This phrase is slightly more compact and natural-sounding than a 6.5 answer's fuller 'can meet the world without leaving home', dropping the modal 'can' for a punchier, more confident statement. It shows a modest step toward more idiomatic phrasing.这个短语比6.5分答案更完整的“can meet the world without leaving home”稍微更紧凑、更自然,去掉了情态动词“can”,让陈述更有力、更自信。它展现出朝更地道表达迈出的一小步。
   • GRA“Da Nang's airport, the bridges, the beach cleaning every morning — locals use all of that daily, and none of it would exist at this standard without visitors.” — The dash introduces a bare list of three items directly, without the fuller framing 'are all things local people use' a 6.5 answer includes. This shows a more flexible, compressed way of presenting the same information.破折号直接引出一份赤裸的、由三个项目构成的列表,不需要6.5分答案里那种更完整的框架“are all things local people use”。这展现出一种更灵活、更凝练的方式来呈现同样的信息。

   7.5 分

   The idiomatic phrase 'footing the bill' and the intensified closing clause 'without ever leaving home' give this answer natural, precise vocabulary, while the dash-launched infrastructure list shows the compressed grammar typical of band 7.5.地道的短语“footing the bill”以及强化后的结尾分句“without ever leaving home”,为这篇答案赋予了自然、精确的词汇,而用破折号引出的基础设施列表则展现出7.5分典型的凝练语法。

   Money, obviously, and then the infrastructure the money pays for. Da Nang's airport, the bridges, the beach cleaning every morning — locals use all of that daily, and none of it would exist at that standard without visitors. Tourism also creates jobs that don't require degrees, which matters enormously for families like my uncle's, and it keeps crafts and food traditions alive because somebody is footing the bill for them. There's a softer benefit too: a city that hosts strangers all year becomes more open and better at English, and its young people meet the world without ever leaving home. Whether those benefits outweigh the costs depends entirely on how the money gets shared around.

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   显然是钱,然后是那些用这些钱建起来的基础设施。岘港的机场、那些桥梁、每天早上的海滩清洁——当地人每天都在使用这些东西,如果没有游客,这些都不可能达到那样的水准。旅游业还创造了一些不需要学历的工作机会,这对像我叔叔家这样的家庭来说影响巨大,而且它让手工艺和饮食传统得以延续,因为总有人在为它们买单。还有一个更柔软的好处:一座全年接待陌生人的城市,会变得更开放,英语也说得更好,而它的年轻人根本不用离家,就能接触到全世界。这些好处是否超过了相应的代价,完全取决于这笔钱是怎么分配开来的。

   为什么是这个分数

   • LR“somebody is footing the bill for them” — 'Footing the bill' is a genuinely idiomatic collocation for paying a cost, more vivid and natural-sounding than the plainer 'paying for them' a lower band would use. It gives the sentence a native-like, conversational texture.“footing the bill”是一个真正地道的搭配,用来表示“承担费用”,比低分答案可能用的更平实的“paying for them”更生动、更自然。它让句子带有一种接近母语者的、口语化的质感。
   • FC“its young people meet the world without ever leaving home” — The intensifier 'ever' sharpens the contrast between staying home and encountering the world, adding emphasis that a 6.5 or 7.0 answer's plainer version lacks. This small addition shows a more deliberate, evaluative use of language.强调语“ever”让“留在家里”和“接触世界”之间的对比更加鲜明,增添了6.5分或7.0分答案更平实的版本所缺乏的强调效果。这个小小的增添展现出更刻意、更具评价性的语言运用。
   • GRA“Da Nang's airport, the bridges, the beach cleaning every morning — locals use all of that daily, and none of it would exist at that standard without visitors.” — The dash launches a bare three-item list before the main clause, avoiding any framing phrase like 'are all things'. This kind of compressed, punctuation-led listing is characteristic of the flexible grammar expected at 7.5.破折号在主句之前引出一份赤裸的三项列表,避免了任何像“are all things”这样的框架短语。这种凝练的、依靠标点主导的列举方式,正是7.5分水平所期望具备的灵活语法的特征。

9. 9. What kinds of things do tourists like to do when they visit cities?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   This answer moves through a list with short, plainly connected sentences using 'and' and 'while', giving concrete local examples such as Dragon Bridge in everyday vocabulary.这篇答案用“and”和“while”连接的简短、平实的句子来展开一份列表,用日常词汇给出像龙桥这样具体的本地例子。

   The famous thing first. Every Saturday night in Da Nang, you can see hundreds of visitors waiting on Dragon Bridge for it to breathe fire, because that is the image they arrived with. After that, it is mostly food, and more and more it is the local, slightly hidden food rather than restaurants. Walking tours of old neighbourhoods and markets are popular too, mostly for the atmosphere rather than for shopping. Younger tourists look for cafés and viewpoints that will look good online, while older tourists want museums and a slower pace. I think what they all want, if I am honest, is to feel for a few days that they live somewhere other than home.

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   先是那个最有名的东西。每周六晚上,在岘港你能看到成百上千的游客在龙桥边等着它喷火,因为那正是他们带着来的那个既定印象。除此之外,大多是食物,而且越来越多的人追求的是本地、稍微隐蔽一点的美食,而不是餐馆。老城区和市场的步行游览也很受欢迎,大多是为了氛围,而不是为了购物。年轻游客会找那些能拍出好看照片发到网上的咖啡馆和观景点,而年长的游客则想要博物馆和一种更慢的节奏。说实话,我觉得他们所有人想要的,其实是在这几天里,感受一下自己生活在一个不是家乡的地方。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“The famous thing first.” — This opening is an extremely short, fragmentary sentence functioning as a simple label. A band 7 answer would more likely integrate this same idea into a fuller opening sentence, showing more deliberate control over how the answer begins.这个开头是一个极短的、片段式的句子,起到一个简单标签的作用。7分水平的答案更可能把同样的想法融入一个更完整的开头句子中,展现出对答案开场更刻意的掌控。
   • LR“you can see hundreds of visitors waiting on Dragon Bridge for it to breathe fire” — This is a clear, literal description of the scene. A higher band answer would likely add a more specific time detail, such as pinpointing the exact hour, to make the image feel more vivid and precisely observed.这是对场景清晰、直白的描述。更高分的答案很可能会加入一个更具体的时间细节,比如点明确切的钟点,让画面感觉更生动、观察得更精确。
   • GRA“Younger tourists look for cafés and viewpoints that will look good online, while older tourists want museums and a slower pace.” — This sentence contrasts two groups using the connector 'while', with a fairly repetitive parallel structure. A 7.5 answer would likely vary this slightly, using different sentence patterns for each half rather than a strictly mirrored comparison.这句话用连接词“while”把两个群体进行对比,并列结构相当重复。7.5分的答案很可能会做一点变化,给两半分别用不同的句式,而不是严格对称的比较。

   7.0 分

   The dash after 'first' and the semicolon-joined list of activities show more flexible punctuation than a 6.5 answer's plainer connected sentences, while the verb 'hunt for' adds a more vivid touch to the younger-tourist example.“first”后面的破折号,以及用分号连接的活动列表,比6.5分答案更平实的连接句式展现出更灵活的标点运用,而动词“hunt for”则为“年轻游客”的例子增添了更生动的色彩。

   The famous thing, first — every Saturday night in Da Nang you can see hundreds of visitors waiting on Dragon Bridge for it to breathe fire, because that's the image they arrived with. After that it's food, and increasingly the local, slightly hidden food rather than restaurants; walking tours of old neighbourhoods; markets, mostly for the atmosphere rather than shopping. Younger tourists hunt for cafés and viewpoints that will look good online, while older ones want museums and a slower pace. What they all seem to want, honestly, is to feel for a few days that they live somewhere other than home.

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   先是那个最有名的东西——每周六晚上,在岘港你能看到成百上千的游客在龙桥边等着它喷火,因为那正是他们带着来的那个既定印象。除此之外是食物,而且越来越多人追求的是本地、稍微隐蔽一点的美食,而不是餐馆;还有老城区的步行游览;市场,大多是为了氛围而不是购物。年轻游客会四处寻觅那些能拍出好看照片发到网上的咖啡馆和观景点,而年长的游客则想要博物馆和一种更慢的节奏。老实说,他们所有人似乎想要的,其实是在这几天里,感受一下自己生活在一个不是家乡的地方。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“The famous thing, first — every Saturday night in Da Nang you can see hundreds of visitors waiting on Dragon Bridge for it to breathe fire” — The dash attaches the opening label directly to the explanation in one continuous sentence, rather than leaving it as its own short fragment as a 6.5 answer does. This shows a more integrated way of opening the answer.破折号把开头的标签直接接到解释上,构成一个连续的句子,而不是像6.5分答案那样把它留作独立的短片段。这展现出一种更融合的方式来开启这篇答案。
   • LR“Younger tourists hunt for cafés and viewpoints that will look good online” — 'Hunt for' is a more vivid, active verb than the plainer 'look for' a 6.5 answer would use, suggesting a more deliberate, purposeful search. It shows developing precision in describing tourist behaviour.“hunt for”是一个比6.5分答案可能使用的更平实的“look for”更生动、更主动的动词,暗示了一种更刻意、更有目的性的搜寻。它体现出在描述游客行为时精确度的提升。
   • GRA“After that it's food, and increasingly the local, slightly hidden food rather than restaurants; walking tours of old neighbourhoods; markets, mostly for the atmosphere rather than shopping.” — This sentence uses semicolons to string together three separate activity categories without repeating a verb for each, a more flexible structure than a 6.5 answer's fuller sentences joined with 'and' and 'too'. It shows more grammatical range while still being clear.这句话用分号把三个独立的活动类别串联起来,不需要为每一项都重复动词,比6.5分答案用“and”和“too”连接的更完整句子展现出更灵活的结构。它在保持清晰的同时展现出更大的语法广度。

   7.5 分

   The semicolon-joined list carries over from a 7.0 structure, but the closing clause 'the best cities make that remarkably easy' adds an evaluative final touch, and the idiom 'built for the feed' offers genuinely current, precise vocabulary typical of band 7.5.用分号连接的列表沿用了7.0分的结构,但结尾分句“the best cities make that remarkably easy”增添了一个评价性的收尾点缀,而习语“built for the feed”则提供了7.5分典型的、真正紧跟时代的精确词汇。

   The famous thing, first — every Saturday night in Da Nang you can watch hundreds of visitors waiting on Dragon Bridge for it to breathe fire, because that's the image they arrived with. After that it's food, and increasingly the local, slightly hidden food rather than restaurants; walking tours of old neighbourhoods; markets, mostly for the atmosphere rather than shopping. Younger tourists hunt for cafés and viewpoints built for the feed, while older ones want museums and a slower pace. What they all seem to want, if I'm honest, is to feel for a few days that they live somewhere other than home, and the best cities make that remarkably easy.

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   先是那个最有名的东西——每周六晚上,在岘港你能看到成百上千的游客守在龙桥边,等着它喷火,因为那正是他们带着来的那个既定印象。除此之外是食物,而且越来越多人追求的是本地、稍微隐蔽一点的美食,而不是餐馆;还有老城区的步行游览;市场,大多是为了氛围而不是购物。年轻游客四处寻觅那些专为社交媒体信息流而生的咖啡馆和观景点,而年长的游客则想要博物馆和一种更慢的节奏。说实话,他们所有人似乎想要的,其实是在这几天里,感受一下自己生活在一个不是家乡的地方,而最好的城市能让这一点变得出奇地容易。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“and the best cities make that remarkably easy” — This closing clause extends the answer with a final evaluative observation about cities themselves, rather than ending on the tourists' desire alone. A 6.5 or 7.0 answer would more likely stop right after describing what tourists want, without this additional layer of comment.这个结尾分句为这篇答案延伸出一个关于城市本身的最终评价性观察,而不是仅仅停留在游客的欲望上。6.5分或7.0分的答案更可能在描述完游客想要什么之后就直接停下,不会加上这一层额外的评论。
   • LR“cafés and viewpoints built for the feed” — 'Built for the feed' is a genuinely current, idiomatic shorthand for spaces designed with social media in mind, more precise and natural than the fuller, more explanatory phrase a lower band would use. It shows confident, up-to-date lexical resource.“built for the feed”是一个真正紧跟时代、地道的简写说法,用来指那些专为社交媒体而设计的空间,比低分答案可能使用的更完整、更具解释性的短语更精确、更自然。它展现出自信、与时俱进的词汇资源。
   • GRA“After that it's food, and increasingly the local, slightly hidden food rather than restaurants; walking tours of old neighbourhoods; markets, mostly for the atmosphere rather than shopping.” — This sentence strings three activity categories together with semicolons rather than repeated connecting words or separate sentences, keeping the list tight and fast-moving. This kind of semicolon-based compression across a list is characteristic of the grammatical range expected at 7.5.这句话用分号把三个活动类别串联在一起,而不是重复使用连接词或用独立的句子,让这份列表保持紧凑、节奏明快。这种在列表中依靠分号实现的压缩,正是7.5分水平所期望具备的语法广度的特征。