IELTS Speaking Part 2

A Story Someone Told You That You Remember Well

最近一次出现于 2026年5–8月

题卡

Describe a story someone told you that you remember well

You should say:

  • who told you the story
  • when this person told you the story
  • what the story was about
  • and explain why you remember this story well

范文:6.5、7.0、7.5 三档

同一题目的三个版本,分别写到对应分数的真实水平——对比着看,能清楚看到分数之间到底差在哪里。

6.5 分

The 6.5 answer states its point plainly and directly ('He told the story quite simply, without much emotion') and organises the answer with a simple signalling sentence ('I remember it well for two reasons').6.5分的答案朴素直接地表达观点(如'他讲这个故事讲得挺平实,没什么感情色彩'),并用一句简单的引导句来组织回答(如'我对这件事记得很清楚,有两个原因')。

The story I remember well was told by my uncle, who runs a small restaurant in Hue. He told it to me last Tết, when the restaurant was closed for the holiday and we were sitting together after lunch.

The story was about how the restaurant started. My uncle said that after my grandfather passed away, he had almost no money, just a small cart and one recipe for bún bò Huế. He sold soup on the street for two years before he could afford a real shop. At first business was very slow, and some days he sold nothing at all. He told me about the first week he made enough money to buy a proper table for customers, and how proud he felt.

He told the story quite simply, without much emotion, but I could tell it still meant a lot to him. I remember it well for two reasons. First, I eat at that restaurant all the time, but I never knew how hard those early years were. Second, my uncle is usually a cheerful, joking person, so hearing him talk seriously about a difficult time made me see him differently. Now, every time I visit, I think about that little cart he used to push.

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我印象很深的一个故事是叔叔讲给我听的,他在顺化开一家小餐馆。他是去年春节告诉我这个故事的,那时餐馆放假关门,我们吃完午饭坐在一起聊天。

这个故事是关于餐馆是怎么开起来的。叔叔说,爷爷去世以后,他几乎没有钱,只有一辆小推车和一份顺化牛肉米线的配方。他在街边卖了两年汤粉,才攸够钱开一家真正的店。刚开始生意很不好,有些日子一碎都卖不出去。他跟我讲了第一次赚到足够的钱买一张像样的桌子给客人用的那个星期,还有他当时有多骄傲。

他讲得很平静,没有太多情感,但我能感觉到这件事对他来说意义很大。我记得这么清楚有两个原因。第一,我经常去那家餐馆吃饰,但从来不知道最初那几年有多辛苦。第二,叔叔平时是个爱开玩笑、很开朗的人,所以听他认真地讲一段艰难的日子,让我对他有了不一样的认识。现在,每次我去吃饭,都会想起他以前推的那辆小推车。

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为什么是这个分数

  • FCHe told the story quite simply, without much emotion, but I could tell it still meant a lot to him.The observation that the uncle "meant a lot to him" despite telling the story flatly is stated once, with a simple "but" contrast, and the speaker doesn't explain how they picked up on the hidden emotion — a pause, a tone, a look. That plain, undeveloped observation, noticed but not analysed, is characteristic Band 6.5 coherence: clear, but resting on assertion rather than evidence.尽管把故事讲得平铺直叙,说话人还是指出叔叔“meant a lot to him”,这一观察只用一个简单的“but”转折说了一次,而说话人并没有解释自己是如何察觉到这份隐藏情绪的——是一次停顿、一种语气,还是一个眼神。这种被注意到却未被分析、未加展开的平实观察,正是 Band 6.5 连贯性的典型特征:表达清楚,但停留在断言层面,而没有落到证据上。
  • LRmeant a lot to him"Meant a lot to him" is a stock, everyday phrase for emotional significance, reached for instead of anything more specific like "clearly still weighed on him" or "held real significance for him". That default to the most common available phrase, rather than searching for a more precise alternative, is the hallmark of Band 6.5 vocabulary — functional and correct, but not reaching.“Meant a lot to him”是一个用来表达情感分量的老套、日常短语,说话人选用了它,而不是像“clearly still weighed on him”或“held real significance for him”这样更具体的说法。默认选用最常见、现成的短语,而不去寻找更精确的替代表达,正是 Band 6.5 词汇的标志——功能性、正确,但没有伸手去够更高的表达。
  • GRAI remember it well for two reasons."I remember it well for two reasons" is a short signalling sentence that previews structure rather than building it into the grammar itself — the two reasons that follow are simply listed as "First..." and "Second..." rather than joined into the sentence through subordination. That's a basic but genuinely useful organisational device, typical of Band 6.5: it keeps the answer easy to follow without requiring the writer to control a more complex sentence.“I remember it well for two reasons”是一个简短的提示句,预告了接下来的结构,而不是把这种结构真正建进语法里——后面的两个理由只是被简单地列成“First...”和“Second...”,而不是通过从属结构并入句子。这是一种基础但确实有用的组织手法,是 Band 6.5 的典型特征:它让答案容易跟随,而不要求说话人去掌控一个更复杂的句子。
7.0 分

The 7.0 answer uses a natural collocation ('stick with me') and develops its point with specific concrete detail (paying slightly more than needed), fitting comfortably between the plain 6.5 telling and the more literary 7.5 version.7.0分的答案使用了一个自然搭配('挥之不去'),并用一个具体明确的细节(多付一点钱)来展开观点,恰好处于6.5分朴实叙述和7.5分更具文采版本之间的水平。

The story I remember best was told by my grandmother, about two years ago, when I was staying with her in Hue for the Tết holiday and we were sitting on her porch after dinner.

She told me the story of how she met my grandfather, which I'd somehow never properly heard before, even though I'd heard bits of it mentioned over the years. According to her, they met at a local market in the early 1970s, when she was sent by her mother to sell vegetables and he kept coming back every single day, buying something small just so he'd have an excuse to talk to her. She said it took him almost three months before he actually asked her name.

What made the story stick with me wasn't really the romance of it, if I'm honest, but the details she remembered so clearly, like exactly what she was wearing the first time and the fact that he always paid slightly more than he needed to, which she only realised years later. She told it slowly, laughing quietly to herself at certain parts, and she didn't seem embarrassed at all telling her granddaughter about it, which surprised me a little.

I remember it so well mainly because I'd never really thought of my grandmother as someone who was young once, nervous about a boy at a market. Hearing the story properly, rather than just the short version everyone repeats at family gatherings, made me see her completely differently, as a real person with her own memories rather than just my grandmother. I still think about that market stall whenever I pass through Hue now.

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我记得最清楚的一个故事是我奶奶讲的,大约两年前,那次我在春节期间去顺化陪她,吃完晚饭我们坐在门廊上。

她跟我讲了她和我爷爷是怎么认识的,不知为什么,这个故事我以前从来没有完整听过,虽然这些年零零碎碎听人提起过一些片段。据她说,他们是在上世纪七十年代初在当地一个集市上认识的,当时她被母亲差去卖菜,而他每天都来,每次都买点小东西,就为了找个借口跟她说话。她说他花了差不多三个月才终于问了她的名字。

说实话,让这个故事在我心里挥之不去的,倒不是它的浪漫,而是她记得那么清楚的那些细节,比如第一次见面时她穿的衣服,还有他每次都会多付一点钱,这件事她是很多年后才意识到的。她讲得很慢,讲到某些地方还会自己轻轻笑出声,而且她跟自己的孙女讲这些事一点都不觉得难为情,这倒让我有点意外。

我之所以对这个故事记得这么清楚,主要是因为我从来没真正想过奶奶也曾经年轻过,也曾为集市上的一个男孩而紧张。听完这个完整的版本,而不只是家庭聚会上大家常提的那个简短版本,让我用一种完全不同的眼光看待她——把她当作一个有着自己记忆的真实的人,而不仅仅是"我的奶奶"。现在每次路过顺化,我还是会想起那个集市摊位。

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  • LRstick with meA natural, idiomatic-leaning phrase used fluently rather than a plainer alternative like 'stay in my memory', reflecting Band 7.0's flexible vocabulary.流畅使用了一个自然、略带习语色彩的短语,而不是更平淡的说法(如'留在我的记忆里'),体现出7.0分灵活的词汇运用。
  • FClike exactly what she was wearing the first time and the fact that he always paid slightly more than he needed to, which she only realised years laterThe detail chosen to support "the details she remembered so clearly" isn't just one fact but two joined together, and the second carries a small narrative twist of its own — she only understood the significance of the overpayment years later. That's a step beyond a flat example: Band 7.0 asks for reason-plus-example development, and this example has its own miniature arc rather than being a static detail, though it stops short of the speaker drawing an explicit lesson from it, which would push it toward 7.5.用来支撑 "the details she remembered so clearly" 的这个细节,不只是一个事实,而是两个相互关联的事实,而第二个事实自带一个小小的叙事转折——她多年后才明白多付的钱意味着什么。这已经超越了一个平铺直叙的例子:7.0分要求"理由加例子"式的发展,而这个例子自带一个微型的情节弧线,而不是一个静态的细节,尽管它止步于说话者尚未从中得出一个明确的教训,而那样的进一步提炼才会把它推向7.5分。
  • GRAHearing the story properly, rather than just the short version everyone repeats at family gatherings, made me see her completely differently, as a real person with her own memories rather than just my grandmother.This sentence stacks three separate devices in one breath: a gerund-phrase subject ("Hearing the story properly"), an embedded contrastive phrase ("rather than just the short version..."), and a closing appositive ("as a real person... rather than just my grandmother"). Keeping all three accurate and coherent in a single sentence, without losing control of the syntax, is exactly the "generally accurate and fluent" comfortable complexity Band 7.0 grammar targets — a 6.5 answer would likely split this into two or three separate, simpler sentences instead.这句话在一口气里叠加了三种手法:一个作主语的动名词短语("Hearing the story properly")、一个嵌入式的对比短语("rather than just the short version..."),以及一个收尾的同位语("as a real person... rather than just my grandmother")。在一个句子里准确、连贯地把这三者维系在一起,而不失句法控制,正是7.0分语法所瞄准的"总体准确流畅"的从容复杂度——6.5分的答案很可能会把这拆成两三个独立、更简单的句子。
7.5 分

The 7.5 answer uses an abrupt two-word sentence for impact ('Four trips.') and closes by juxtaposing a mundane action against the intense story just told ('he went to check the fridge, as if nothing had happened'), a genuinely sophisticated structural choice.7.5分的答案用一个只有两个词、戛然而止的句子来制造冲击力('去了四趟。'),并以把一个平淡无奇的动作和刚讲完的浓烈故事并置来收尾('他起身去看了看冰箱,好像什么都没发生过一样'),这是一个真正精妙的结构选择。

The story I remember best was told by my father, three years ago, during a power cut at Tết. We were all in the kitchen in Hue with candles, nothing to do, and my sister asked, as a joke, whether he had any stories. He surprised us by having one.

It was about the flood of 1999, which was the worst Hue had seen in a century. I was seven and my sister was eight months old. The water rose overnight, faster than anyone expected, and by morning it was in the house, then at the table, then at the windows. My father said he'd stood on the stairs watching the level on the wall and understood that he might lose everything in the room.

What he did was wrap my sister in plastic — actual plastic, from a rice sack — and carry her above his head through chest-deep water down the street to the neighbours' house, which had an upper floor. Then he came back for me and my mother, and then again for my grandmother, who refused to leave without the family altar photographs. Four trips. He told it plainly, no drama, and at the end he said he'd never told it because there was nothing to say — everyone in Hue had the same story that year.

Why I remember it so well is partly that I was in it and had no memory of it. I'd been carried through that water and it had left nothing in me, and the story gave me the memory I should have had. But also because of who was telling it. My father is a quiet man who talks about motorbikes and the weather. That night, for twenty minutes, he was a man who'd carried his children through a flood, and I saw him differently afterwards and still do. The lights came back on and he went to check the fridge, as if nothing had happened.

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我记得最清楚的一个故事,是三年前我父亲讲的,那时正好是春节期间停电。我们全家人在顺化的厨房里点着蜡烛,无事可做,我妹妹半开玩笑地问他有没有什么故事可以讲。他让我们感到意外的是,他真的有一个故事。

那是关于1999年那场洪水的故事,那是顺化一个世纪以来遇到过的最严重的洪灾。当时我七岁,妹妹才八个月大。水在一夜之间上涨,比任何人预料的都要快,到早上时水已经涌进了屋子,接着涨到桌面,再涨到窗户那么高。父亲说,他当时站在楼梯上,看着墙上不断上升的水位,意识到自己可能会失去房间里的一切。

他当时的做法是,把我妹妹用塑料布——真的是从一个米袋子上剪下来的塑料——包裹起来,然后把她举过头顶,蹚过齐胸深的水,沿着街道走到邻居家,因为那户人家有二楼。接着他又回来接我和母亲,然后又回去接我奶奶,她坚持不肯离开,除非把家里祖先牌位前的照片也一起带走。一共来回了四趟。他讲述这一切时语气平静,没有一丝夸张,讲完后他说,他从来没有讲过这个故事,因为没什么好说的——那一年,顺化每家每户几乎都有一个类似的故事。

我之所以记得这个故事如此清楚,一部分原因是我自己就身在其中,却对此毫无记忆。我曾被抱着穿过那片洪水,可它在我心里没有留下任何痕迹,而这个故事,正好补上了我本该拥有却没有的那段记忆。但另一部分原因,是讲故事的人是谁。我父亲是一个沉默寡言的人,平时只谈论摩托车和天气。而那天晚上,在短短二十分钟里,他变成了那个曾抱着孩子们穿过洪水的人,从那以后,我对他的看法就不一样了,至今依然如此。灯重新亮起后,他起身去看了看冰箱,仿佛什么都没有发生过一样。

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  • FCFour trips."Four trips." is a two-word fragment dropped after a long, escalating description of the father carrying his family through floodwater one by one — sister, then narrator and mother, then grandmother. Landing a sentence that short only works because the preceding paragraph has built the tension; a 6.5 or 7.0 answer would more likely play it safe with a complete sentence like "He made four trips in total", accurate but not letting the number hit with the same force. That confidence to let context alone carry meaning is a distinctly Band 7.5 fluency move."Four trips." 是一个两词的句子片段,落在一段冗长、张力不断升级的描述之后——父亲一次次把家人背过洪水,先是妹妹,再是叙述者和母亲,最后是奶奶。让这么短的一句话发挥作用,只有在前文已经铺垫足够张力的情况下才能奏效;6.5或7.0分的答案更可能保守地选用一个完整的句子,如 "He made four trips in total",虽然准确,却无法让这个数字产生同样强烈的冲击力。这种敢于只依靠上下文来传递意义的自信,正是7.5分流利度所特有的一种表现。
  • LRthere was nothing to say"There was nothing to say" is understatement, not literal description — the father clearly could have said a great deal about surviving a historic flood, but the phrase downplays it, exactly how a stoic, undramatic man would describe an overwhelming experience. Band 7.5 Lexical Resource credits this kind of idiomatic restraint precisely because it's harder to produce than a literal phrase like "he didn't want to talk about his feelings" — it requires judging how much to leave unsaid, not just finding the right words to say."There was nothing to say" 是一种含蓄的低调陈述,而非字面上的描述——父亲显然本可以对自己在一场历史性洪水中幸存下来这件事说很多,但这句话却将其轻描淡写,恰如一个坚忍、不外露情感的男人会用来描述一段令人震撼的经历的方式。7.5分"词汇资源"正是看重这种习语式的克制,因为它比 "he didn't want to talk about his feelings" 这样字面化的短语更难写出来——它要求判断该留白多少内容,而不仅仅是找到恰当的词语来表达。
  • GRAThe lights came back on and he went to check the fridge, as if nothing had happened.Grammatically this final sentence is simple — a coordinated "and" plus an "as if" clause — but the "as if" clause is doing real interpretive work, framing the father's return to checking the fridge as deliberately, almost comically ordinary against the story he's just told. Band 7.5 rewards this kind of controlled understatement as much as obviously complex syntax: the juxtaposition itself, mundane action versus extraordinary story, is the sophisticated move, not the sentence's clause count.从语法上看,这最后一句其实很简单——只是用"and"连接了一个"as if"从句——但这个"as if"从句承担了真正的阐释作用,把父亲回去检查冰箱这一举动,衬托成一种近乎滑稽的、刻意的平常,与他刚讲完的故事形成反差。Band 7.5 看重的正是这种有控制力的轻描淡写,其价值不亚于明显复杂的句法:真正体现水平的,是"平凡举动"与"不凡故事"并置本身,而不是句子里从句的数量。

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  • Describe a story someone told you that you remember well2026年5–8月

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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. Do you agree or disagree that reading stories is better for a child's imagination than watching stories on TV or in films?

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

    Closes with a short, plain two-part conclusion, without the more polished, aphoristic ending the higher bands reach for.以一个简短、朴素的两部分结论收尾,没有高分段追求的那种更精致、格言式的结尾。

    I mostly agree, and my niece's drawings convinced me. After a book, she drew a dragon with six legs, purple, wearing a hat, because the book left it to her imagination. After a film, every child in her class drew the same dragon, because it was already drawn for them. Reading makes a child build their own pictures, and that is good for imagination. Films give finished images, which can be great for other things, like music or action. A good film can make a child imagine more. So reading is usually better, but not always.

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    我基本上同意这个说法,而我侄女的画让我确信了这一点。看完一本书之后,她画了一条有六条腿、紫色的、戴着帽子的龙,因为书把想象的空间留给了她。看完一部电影之后,她班上每个孩子画的都是同一条龙,因为电影已经替他们画好了。阅读能让孩子构建自己的画面,这对想象力是有益的。电影提供的是已经成型的画面,这在别的方面可能很出色,比如音乐或动作场面。一部好电影也能激发孩子想象更多。所以阅读通常更好,但也不总是这样。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCSo reading is usually better, but not always.A short, plain conclusion that states the balanced view directly, matching 6.5's simple style. 7.0 softens this with 'though not always', and 7.5 sharpens it into a near-aphorism ('it just isn't a hard rule'), giving the ending more polish.一个简短、朴素的结论,直接陈述了这种平衡的观点,符合6.5分简单的风格。7.0分用 'though not always' 让它显得柔和一些,而7.5分则把它打磨成一句近乎格言的话('it just isn't a hard rule'),让结尾更精致。
    • LRFilms give finished imagesThis is plain, functional vocabulary for the idea. 7.5 extends it with the more precise phrase 'hands over finished images', and adds an evaluative list ('wonderful for spectacle, music or faces'), showing wider descriptive range.这是表达这个想法的朴素、功能性词汇。7.5分用更精确的短语 'hands over finished images' 延伸了这个想法,并加上了一份评价性的列举('wonderful for spectacle, music or faces'),展现出更广的描述范围。
    • GRAAfter a book, she drew a dragon with six legs, purple, wearing a hat, because the book left it to her imagination.A single sentence with one 'because' clause, correct and clear. 7.5 links the equivalent idea to the next sentence using a semicolon, building one longer, more connected comparison across two clauses instead of two separate sentences.一个只带一个 'because' 从句的单句,正确而清晰。7.5分用分号把同样的想法和下一句连接起来,构建出一个更长、连接更紧密的比较,横跨两个分句,而不是两个独立的句子。
    7.0 分

    Links the book and film halves of the comparison with a semicolon instead of two separate sentences, giving a more fluent contrast.用分号把关于书和电影的两半比较连接起来,而不是用两个独立的句子,让对比显得更流畅。

    Honestly, I mostly agree, and my niece's drawings are what convinced me. After a book, she drew a dragon with six legs, purple, wearing a hat, because the text left the details to her; after a film, every child in her class drew almost the same dragon, since it had already been drawn for them. Reading forces a child to build their own pictures, and I'd say that construction is the imaginative muscle. Film hands over finished images, wonderful for spectacle or music, but it does the imagining for the child. That said, a good film can spark a child's imagination in the playground. So reading wins on average, though not always.

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    说实话,我基本上同意这个说法,而让我确信的正是我侄女画的那些画。看完一本书之后,她画了一条有六条腿、紫色的、戴着帽子的龙,因为文字把细节留给了她;看完一部电影之后,她班上几乎每个孩子画的都是同一条龙,因为电影已经替他们画好了。阅读迫使孩子构建自己的画面,我想说,这种构建的过程就是想象力的肌肉。电影提供的是已经成型的画面,这在场面或音乐方面可能很出色,但它替孩子完成了想象这件事。话虽如此,一部好电影仍然能在操场上激发孩子的想象力。所以平均而言阅读会胜出,但不是绝对的。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCHonestly, I mostly agree, and my niece's drawings are what convinced me.The hedge 'Honestly' plus the emphatic 'are what convinced me' give this opening a more reflective, personal tone than 6.5's flatter 'I mostly agree'. 7.5 achieves a similar effect with 'genuinely convinced me', a marginally more compact intensifier.限制语 'Honestly' 加上强调性的 'are what convinced me',让这个开头比6.5分中更平淡的 'I mostly agree' 显得更具反思性、更个人化。7.5分用 'genuinely convinced me' 达到了类似的效果,是一个略微更紧凑的强调词。
    • LRthat construction is the imaginative muscleThis is a precise, slightly abstract metaphor for how reading builds imagination. 7.5 extends the same metaphor with 'at work', giving it a touch more vividness within an otherwise identical phrase.这是一个精确、略带抽象色彩的隐喻,描述阅读如何构建想象力。7.5分用 'at work' 延伸了同样的隐喻,在一个基本相同的短语里增添了一点生动感。
    • GRAafter a film, every child in her class drew almost the same dragon, since it had already been drawn for themThis clause uses 'since' to give a reason, correct and reasonably fluent. 7.5 keeps a nearly identical structure but links it to the previous clause with a semicolon rather than a full stop plus 'after', creating one continuous sentence out of two.这个分句用 'since' 来给出理由,正确且相当流畅。7.5分保留了几乎相同的结构,但用分号而不是句号加 'after' 把它和前一个分句连接起来,把两句话变成了一句连续的话。
    7.5 分

    Closes with a semicolon-linked, near-aphoristic final line that neither lower band attempts.以一句用分号连接、近乎格言的结尾收尾,这是两个较低分段都没有尝试过的。

    I'd mostly agree, and my niece's drawings are what convinced me. After a book, she drew a dragon with six legs, purple, wearing a hat, because the text left it to her imagination; after a film, every child in her class drew almost the identical dragon, because it had already been drawn for them. Reading forces the child to construct her own pictures, and that construction is the imaginative muscle at work. Film, by contrast, hands over finished images — wonderful for spectacle, music or faces, but it does the imagining on the child's behalf rather than inviting her into it. That said, a good film can still send a child off inventing stories in the playground, just as a dull book can bore her into silence. Reading wins on average; it just isn't a hard rule.

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    我基本上同意,而让我确信的正是我侄女画的那些画。看完一本书之后,她画了一条有六条腿、紫色的、戴着帽子的龙,因为文字把想象的空间留给了她;看完一部电影之后,她班上几乎每个孩子画的都是几乎一模一样的龙,因为电影已经替他们画好了。阅读迫使孩子构建自己的画面,而这种构建的过程正是想象力肌肉在运作。相比之下,电影提供的是已经成型的画面——在场面、音乐或人物形象方面可能很出色,但它替孩子完成了想象这件事,而不是邀请孩子参与其中。话虽如此,一部好电影仍然能让孩子跑到操场上自己编故事,就像一本乏味的书也能把她闷得沉默不语一样。平均而言阅读会胜出;但这不是一条铁律。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCReading wins on average; it just isn't a hard rule.This closing uses a semicolon to join two short, balanced statements into one compact, almost proverbial line, giving the ending real rhetorical shape. Neither 6.5 nor 7.0 compresses the conclusion this tightly; both use a longer or softer closing phrase instead.这个结尾用分号把两句简短、平衡的陈述连接成一句紧凑、近乎谚语式的话,让结尾具有真正的修辞形态。6.5分和7.0分都没有把结论压缩得这么紧;两者都使用了更长或更柔和的结尾短语。
    • LRjust as a dull book can bore her into silenceThis is a vivid, parallel image that balances the earlier point about good films, extending the argument with a genuinely evaluative, well-crafted phrase. It goes beyond the plain vocabulary of the lower bands into a more literary register.这是一个生动、平行的意象,与前面关于好电影的观点相呼应,用一个真正具有评价性、精心打磨的短语延伸了论证。它超越了低分段朴素的词汇,进入了更具文学性的语域。
    • GRAFilm, by contrast, hands over finished images — wonderful for spectacle, music or faces, but it does the imagining on the child's behalf rather than inviting her into it.This sentence uses a dash to insert an evaluative list, followed by a 'but... rather than' contrast, managing three layers of meaning in one unit. That density, built from flexible punctuation rather than added clauses, is a hallmark of 7.5 grammar.这个句子用破折号插入了一份评价性的列举,后面又跟了一个 'but... rather than' 的对比,在一个单元里处理了三层意思。这种密度是靠灵活的标点而不是增加分句来实现的,是7.5分语法的一个标志性特征。
  2. 2. Why do children enjoy listening to stories?

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

    States the cause-and-effect idea with a simple 'so' link, in keeping with 6.5's plain reasoning style.用一个简单的 'so' 连接词陈述了因果关系,这符合6.5分朴素的推理风格。

    Partly because it makes them feel safe. My sister's son wants the same story every night, and he corrects her if she changes even one word. I think for small children, a story is like a small world they can control, so the pleasure comes from knowing what will happen. Stories also let children feel fear or courage safely, from someone's lap. They love the attention, because a story means an adult's attention. As they grow older, they start to enjoy surprises and characters, but it starts with the comfort of a familiar story and voice.

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    部分是因为这能让他们感到安全。我姐姐的儿子每晚都要听同一个故事,只要她改动一个字,他就会立刻纠正她。我觉得对小孩子来说,一个故事就像一个他们能掌控的小世界,所以那种快乐来自于知道接下来会发生什么。故事也让孩子能在某个人的怀里安全地体验恐惧或勇气。他们喜欢那份关注,因为一个故事就意味着一个成年人的关注。随着年龄增长,他们才开始喜欢惊喜和人物,但一切都始于对熟悉故事和声音的那份安心感。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCI think for small children, a story is like a small world they can control, so the pleasure comes from knowing what will happen.This states the idea with a simple 'so' cause-and-effect link, plain and clear. 7.0 reworks this into a dash-linked sentence with 'the pleasure lies in the predictability as much as the plot', and 7.5 adds the further evaluative word 'controllable', both giving the same idea more precision.这句话用一个简单的 'so' 因果连接词表达了这个想法,朴素而清晰。7.0分把它改写成一个用破折号连接的句子,用了 'the pleasure lies in the predictability as much as the plot',而7.5分又加上了评价性的词 'controllable',两者都让同样的想法更精确。
    • LRThey love the attentionA plain, everyday phrase. 7.5 extends this with 'relish the attention', a more evocative and slightly formal verb for the same feeling.一个朴素、日常的短语。7.5分用 'relish the attention' 延伸了这一表达,是一个更有画面感、也略微正式的动词,表达同样的感受。
    • GRAMy sister's son wants the same story every night, and he corrects her if she changes even one word.A simple 'and' sentence, correct but basic. 7.0 joins a similar idea to the next clause using a comma plus 'which tells me', turning two separate points into one continuous sentence, and 7.5 goes further with a dash-linked structure.一个简单的 'and' 句子,正确但基础。7.0分用逗号加 'which tells me' 把类似的想法和下一个分句连接起来,把两个独立的点变成了一句连续的话,而7.5分则更进一步,用了破折号连接的结构。
    7.0 分

    Opens with the hedge 'Honestly' and links the anecdote to its interpretation with a dash, rather than two separate sentences.以限制语 'Honestly' 开头,并用破折号把轶事和对它的解读连接起来,而不是分成两个独立的句子。

    Honestly, partly because it gives them a feeling of safety. My sister's son demands the exact same story every night and corrects her if she changes even a single word, which tells me that for small children a story is a small world they can control — the pleasure lies in the predictability as much as the plot itself. Stories also let children experience fear or courage at a safe distance, usually from a lap. They love the attention too, since a story means an adult's undivided time, plus the rhythm of a familiar voice. As they grow, I'd say the pleasure shifts toward surprise and characters they can become.

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    说实话,部分是因为这给了他们一种安全感。我姐姐的儿子每晚都要求听一模一样的故事,只要她改动哪怕一个字,他就会纠正她,这告诉我,对小孩子来说,一个故事就是一个他们能掌控的小世界——快乐既来自情节本身,也同样来自那种可预测性。故事也让孩子能在安全的距离之外体验恐惧或勇气,通常是坐在某个人的怀里。他们也喜欢那份关注,因为一个故事意味着一个成年人全神贯注的时间,再加上那种熟悉声音的韵律。随着年龄增长,我想说,那种快乐会转向惊喜和他们可以化身其中的人物。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCHonestly, partly because it gives them a feeling of safety.The hedge 'Honestly' gives this a more considered, spoken tone than 6.5's flatter opening. 7.5 achieves a similar effect by moving the hedge to the end ('if I'm honest'), a subtly more natural placement.限制语 'Honestly' 让这句话比6.5分中更平淡的开头显得更审慎、更口语化。7.5分通过把限制语移到句尾('if I'm honest')达到了类似的效果,这种位置微妙地更自然。
    • LRthe pleasure lies in the predictability as much as the plot itselfThis is a precise, balanced phrase contrasting two related ideas. 7.5 keeps nearly the same phrase, showing that at these two bands, well-chosen wording can recur while the surrounding sentence structure grows more demanding.这是一个精确、平衡的短语,对比了两个相关的想法。7.5分保留了几乎相同的短语,说明在这两个分段之间,措辞精当的用语可以重复出现,而句子周围的结构则要求越来越高。
    • GRAwhich tells me that for small children a story is a small world they can control — the pleasure lies in the predictability as much as the plot itselfThis uses a relative clause plus a dash to add a second, related observation within one sentence, fairly advanced. 7.5 achieves the same structure but adds the extra adjective 'controllable', showing marginally denser description within a very similar grammatical frame.这里用一个定语从句加一个破折号,在一个句子里加入了第二个相关的观察,相当高阶。7.5分实现了同样的结构,但加上了额外的形容词 'controllable',在一个非常相似的语法框架内呈现出略微更密集的描述。
    7.5 分

    Loops back to the opening idea in its final clause ('the comfort of a known ending'), giving the answer a sense of coming full circle.在结尾分句('the comfort of a known ending')中回扣了开头的想法,让整个回答有一种回到原点、首尾呼应的感觉。

    Partly for the safety of knowing exactly what happens next, if I'm honest. My sister's son insists on the identical story every night and corrects her the moment she changes so much as a word, which suggests that for small children a story is a small, controllable world — the pleasure lies as much in the predictability as in the plot itself. Stories also let children brush up against fear, loss and courage from a safe distance, usually a lap. They relish the attention too, since a story means an adult's undivided time, along with the rhythm of a familiar voice. As they grow, the pleasure shifts toward surprise and toward characters they can imagine becoming — but it all starts with the comfort of a known ending.

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    说实话,部分是因为知道接下来确切会发生什么带来的安全感。我姐姐的儿子每晚都坚持要听一模一样的故事,只要她一改动哪怕一个字,他就会立刻纠正她,这说明对小孩子来说,一个故事是一个他们能掌控的小世界——那种快乐既在于可预测性,也同样在于情节本身。故事也让孩子能在安全的距离之外——通常是坐在某个人的怀里——去触碰恐惧、失落和勇气。他们也很享受那份关注,因为一个故事意味着一个成年人全神贯注的时间,再加上那种熟悉声音的韵律。随着年龄增长,那种快乐会转向惊喜,以及他们可以想象自己化身其中的人物——但这一切都始于对一个已知结局的那份安心感。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCbut it all starts with the comfort of a known endingThis closing clause returns to and slightly reframes the opening idea, giving the answer a sense of coming full circle. Neither 6.5 nor 7.0 loops back to the opening this way; both simply add a final new point instead.这个结尾分句回到并略微重新框定了开头的想法,让整个回答有一种首尾呼应的感觉。6.5分和7.0分都没有以这种方式回扣开头;两者都只是简单地加上一个新的结尾点。
    • LRbrush up against fear, loss and courage'Brush up against' is a vivid, idiomatic way of describing safe, limited exposure to difficult emotions, well beyond the plain 'feel fear or courage' used at 6.5. It shows the kind of natural, image-based vocabulary expected at 7.5.'Brush up against' 是一种生动、习语化的表达方式,描述安全地、有限度地接触困难情绪,远超6.5分中朴素的 'feel fear or courage'。它展现出7.5分所要求的那种自然、意象化的词汇。
    • GRAwhich suggests that for small children a story is a small, controllable world — the pleasure lies as much in the predictability as in the plot itselfThis sentence balances 'as much in... as in...' as a parallel structure inside a dash-linked clause, a more elegant variant of the same idea expressed at 7.0. This kind of refined parallelism within an already complex sentence marks the top of the grammatical range.这个句子在一个用破折号连接的分句里,用 'as much in... as in...' 构建了一个平行结构,是7.0分表达的同一想法的更优雅变体。这种在已经很复杂的句子里出现的精致排比,标志着语法能力范围的顶端。
  3. 3. How can stories be used to teach social and moral behaviour?

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

    States the twist about revenge as a plain, direct fact at the end, without a developed lead-in.在结尾以一个朴素、直接的事实陈述了关于复仇的这个转折,没有经过成熟的铺垫。

    Stories let a lesson feel real instead of like a rule. I learned that kindness is rewarded from the story of Tấm and Cám long before anyone told me directly, and I remember it because I felt like I was Tấm. Stories show what happens to people — the greedy character loses, the honest one is saved — better than a lecture can. Folk tales and picture books all work this way. But there is a problem: as an adult, I noticed the same story had revenge in it that I never questioned.

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    故事能让一个道理感觉起来是真实的,而不是一条规矩。我从Tấm和Cám的故事里学到了善良会有好报,这比任何人直接告诉我要早得多,我之所以记得它,是因为我当时感觉自己就是Tấm。故事展示了人物的遭遇——贪婪的角色遭殃,诚实的角色得救——这一点比说教更有效。民间故事和图画书都是这样起作用的。但这里存在一个问题:长大后我才注意到,这同一个故事里其实还有复仇的情节,而我从来没有质疑过它。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCBut there is a problem: as an adult, I noticed the same story had revenge in it that I never questioned.This closing observation is stated as a plain, direct fact, suiting 6.5's style. Both higher bands reach the same point through a more developed lead-in ('The catch is what else the story carries'), giving the twist a more deliberate build-up.这个结尾的观察被陈述为一个朴素、直接的事实,符合6.5分的风格。两个更高分段都通过一个更成熟的铺垫('The catch is what else the story carries')来达到同样的点,让这个转折有更刻意的铺陈。
    • LRStories show what happens to peopleThis is a general, plain phrase. Both higher bands replace it with the more precise 'Stories show consequences', a tighter and more topic-appropriate noun choice for the identical idea.这是一个笼统、朴素的短语。两个更高分段都用更精确的 'Stories show consequences' 来取代它,是同一想法更紧凑、更贴合主题的名词选择。
    • GRAI learned that kindness is rewarded from the story of Tấm and Cám long before anyone told me directly, and I remember it because I felt like I was Tấm.This sentence uses two clauses joined by 'and', correct and reasonably fluent. Both higher bands keep the same basic structure but replace 'I felt like I was Tấm' with a more idiomatic and economical way of expressing identification with the character.这个句子用两个由 'and' 连接的分句,正确且相当流畅。两个更高分段都保留了同样的基本结构,但把 'I felt like I was Tấm' 换成了一种更地道、更简洁的方式来表达对角色的认同。
    7.0 分

    Builds toward the twist with a lead-in clause ('The catch is what else the story carries') instead of stating it as a bare fact.用一个铺垫分句('The catch is what else the story carries')来构建通往转折的过程,而不是把它作为一个赤裸裸的事实陈述出来。

    Honestly, stories let a lesson arrive as a feeling rather than a rule. I learned that kindness is rewarded from the tale of Tấm and Cám long before anyone told me directly, and the lesson stuck because I'd essentially been Tấm for twenty minutes. Stories show consequences — the greedy character loses, the honest one is saved — in a way a lecture can't, and children absorb who they want to be by choosing whom to root for. Folk tales, parables and modern picture books all work this way. The catch is what else the story carries: I noticed as an adult that the same tale contained a revenge I'd never questioned.

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    说实话,故事能让一个道理以一种感受的方式到来,而不是一条规矩。我从Tấm和Cám的故事里学到了善良会有好报,这比任何人直接告诉我要早得多,而这个道理之所以扎根,是因为在那二十分钟里,我基本上就是Tấm。故事以一种说教做不到的方式展示了后果——贪婪的角色遭殃,诚实的角色得救——而孩子们则通过选择为谁加油,吸收了自己想成为什么样的人。民间故事、寓言和现代图画书都是这样起作用的。问题在于故事还携带了什么别的东西:长大后我才注意到,同一个故事里其实还有一段我从未质疑过的复仇情节。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCHonestly, stories let a lesson arrive as a feeling rather than a rule.The hedge 'Honestly' gives this opening claim a more personal, considered tone than a bare statement would. 7.5 reaches a similarly confident tone without the hedge, instead adding the justifying clause 'which is precisely why it sticks' right after the claim.限制语 'Honestly' 让这个开头的论断比一个赤裸裸的陈述更具个人化、更审慎的语气。7.5分不用限制语也达到了类似的自信语气,而是在论断之后紧接着加上了一个理由分句 'which is precisely why it sticks'。
    • LRthe lesson stuck because I'd essentially been Tấm for twenty minutes'Essentially been Tấm' is a natural, idiomatic way of describing imaginative identification with a character. 7.5 varies this slightly to 'effectively been Tấm', showing that at the top two bands such phrases recur with only minor, deliberate variation.'Essentially been Tấm' 是一种自然、地道的方式,用来描述对角色的想象性认同。7.5分把它略微变化成 'effectively been Tấm',说明在最高的两个分段之间,这类短语的重复出现只带有细微、刻意的变化。
    • GRAThe catch is what else the story carries: I noticed as an adult that the same tale contained a revenge I'd never questioned.This uses a colon to introduce an explanatory clause, a fluent and controlled structure. 7.5 extends a very similar sentence with an added phrase ('what else the story smuggles in alongside the lesson'), showing slightly more elaborate modification within the same basic frame.这里用冒号引出一个解释性分句,结构流畅而有控制。7.5分把一个非常相似的句子进一步延伸,加上了一个短语('what else the story smuggles in alongside the lesson'),在同一个基本框架内展现出略微更复杂的修饰。
    7.5 分

    Justifies the opening claim immediately with 'which is precisely why it sticks', rather than simply stating it and moving on.立刻用 'which is precisely why it sticks' 为开头的论断给出理由,而不是简单陈述之后就继续往下讲。

    They let a lesson arrive as a feeling rather than as a rule, which is precisely why it sticks. I absorbed that kindness is rewarded from the tale of Tấm and Cám long before anyone spelled it out for me, and it stuck because I'd effectively been Tấm for twenty minutes. Stories show consequences — the greedy character loses, the honest one is saved — in a way no lecture ever could, and children quietly absorb who they want to become simply by choosing whom to root for. Folk tales, religious parables and modern picture books all work on this same principle. The catch is in what else the story smuggles in alongside the lesson: I only noticed as an adult that the same tale carried a revenge I'd never once questioned.

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    它们能让一个道理以一种感受的方式到来,而不是以一条规矩的方式,这正是它之所以能扎根的原因。我从Tấm和Cám的故事里吸收了善良会有好报这个道理,这比任何人把它说明白要早得多,而它之所以扎根,是因为在那二十分钟里,我实际上就是Tấm。故事以一种任何说教都做不到的方式展示了后果——贪婪的角色遭殃,诚实的角色得救——而孩子们则单单通过选择为谁加油,就默默吸收了自己想成为什么样的人。民间故事、宗教寓言和现代图画书都遵循着同样的原理在起作用。问题就在于,除了道理之外,故事还夹带了什么别的东西:直到长大后我才注意到,同一个故事里其实还夹带着一段我从未质疑过的复仇情节。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCwhich is precisely why it sticksThis added clause justifies the opening claim immediately, rather than simply stating it and moving on, giving the answer a tighter sense of argument from the very first sentence. Neither lower band front-loads this kind of justification.这个附加的分句立刻为开头的论断给出理由,而不是简单陈述之后就继续往下讲,让整个回答从第一句起就具有更紧凑的论证感。两个较低分段都没有把这种理由前置。
    • LRsmuggles in alongside the lesson'Smuggles in' is a vivid, idiomatic metaphor for something hidden being carried along with something intended, well beyond the plain 'what else the story carries' used at 7.0. It shows the kind of natural, image-rich vocabulary that marks 7.5.'Smuggles in' 是一个生动、习语化的隐喻,描述某种隐藏的东西被夹带着一同带进来,远超7.0分中朴素的 'what else the story carries'。它展现出标志着7.5分的那种自然、意象丰富的词汇。
    • GRAThe catch is in what else the story smuggles in alongside the lesson: I only noticed as an adult that the same tale carried a revenge I'd never once questioned.This sentence adds a prepositional phrase before the colon and intensifies the final clause with 'only... never once', packing more qualification into the same basic colon structure used at 7.0. This kind of incremental layering within a shared frame is characteristic of the top band's grammatical control.这个句子在冒号前加了一个介词短语,并用 'only... never once' 强化了结尾分句,在与7.0分相同的基本冒号结构里塞进了更多的限定内容。这种在共享框架内逐层叠加的方式,是最高分段语法掌控力的特征。
  4. 4. Do you agree with the view that everyone is a natural storyteller?

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

    States the anecdote's conclusion as a short, separate sentence rather than folding it into the previous clause.把轶事的结论以一个简短、独立的句子陈述出来,而不是把它融进前一个分句里。

    After that night in the kitchen, I agree more than before. My father is the quietest person I know, but he held four people silent for twenty minutes with a story he'd kept for twenty-five years. So the ability was there, waiting for a reason. Everyone tells stories daily — what happened at work, why we were late, how we met. The skill of telling them well is different, and some people ramble while others are interesting. I think the instinct to turn events into a story is universal, and some people are good at it.

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    在厨房里的那个晚上之后,我比以前更同意这个说法了。我父亲是我认识的人里最沉默寡言的一个,但他用一个他藏了二十五年的故事,让四个人整整二十分钟鸦雀无声。所以那种能力一直都在,只是在等一个理由。每个人每天都在讲故事——工作上发生了什么、为什么迟到了、我们是怎么认识的。而把故事讲好的技巧却不一样,有些人啰啰嗦嗦,有些人却引人入胜。我觉得把事件变成故事的本能是普遍存在的,而有些人只是更擅长这件事罢了。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCSo the ability was there, waiting for a reason.A short, plain summary sentence stating the conclusion of the anecdote directly, fitting 6.5's style. 7.0 links this to the previous clause with a dash instead of starting a new sentence, and 7.5 extends the same phrase with 'all along', both giving the point a smoother connection to what came before.一个简短、朴素的总结句,直接陈述轶事的结论,符合6.5分的风格。7.0分用破折号把它和前一个分句连接起来,而不是另起一句,7.5分则用 'all along' 延伸了同样的短语,两者都让这一点与前文的连接更顺畅。
    • LRsome people ramble while others are interesting'Interesting' is a very general, common adjective. Both higher bands replace it with the more precise and evocative 'riveting', a noticeably stronger word choice for the identical contrast.'Interesting' 是一个非常笼统、常见的形容词。两个更高分段都用更精确、更有感染力的 'riveting' 来取代它,对于同样的对比来说,这是一个明显更有力的词语选择。
    • GRAThe skill of telling them well is different, and some people ramble while others are interesting.This uses 'and' to join two related observations, correct but simply coordinated. Both higher bands replace 'and' with a comma plus 'though', a slightly more integrated way of linking a qualification to the main clause.这里用 'and' 连接两个相关的观察,正确但只是简单的并列。两个更高分段都用逗号加 'though' 来取代 'and',是一种把限定条件和主句连接起来的、略微更融合的方式。
    7.0 分

    Links the conclusion to the anecdote with a dash instead of a separate sentence, giving a smoother, more fluent connection.用破折号把结论和轶事连接起来,而不是用一个独立的句子,让连接更顺畅、更流畅。

    Honestly, after that night in the kitchen, I agree more than I used to. My father is the least talkative person I know, and yet he held four people silent for twenty minutes with a story he'd been carrying for twenty-five years — the ability was clearly there, just waiting for a reason. Everyone tells stories daily, really: what happened at work, why we were late, how we met. The skill of shaping them well is uneven, though, and some people ramble while others are genuinely riveting. But I'd say the instinct to turn events into a meaningful sequence seems universal, and only some people happen to be good at it.

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    说实话,在厨房里的那个晚上之后,我比以前更同意这个说法了。我父亲是我认识的人里最不爱说话的一个,可他却用一个他背负了二十五年的故事,让四个人整整二十分钟鸦雀无声——那种能力显然一直都在,只是在等一个理由。说真的,每个人每天都在讲故事:工作上发生了什么、为什么迟到了、我们是怎么认识的。不过,把故事讲好的技巧参差不齐,有些人啰啰嗦嗦,有些人却真正引人入胜。但我想说,把事件变成一段有意义的叙事的本能似乎是普遍存在的,只是碰巧有些人更擅长这件事。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCHonestly, after that night in the kitchen, I agree more than I used to.The hedge 'Honestly' gives this opening a more reflective, spoken quality than 6.5's plainer version. 7.5 reaches a similar effect through the intensifier 'far more' instead of the hedge, a marginally more assertive choice.限制语 'Honestly' 让这个开头比6.5分中更朴素的版本更具反思性、更口语化。7.5分通过强调词 'far more' 而不是限制语来达到类似的效果,这是一个略微更肯定的选择。
    • LRgenuinely rivetingThis is a precise, strong adjective choice reused identically at 7.5, showing that at the top two bands a well-chosen word can recur while the surrounding argument becomes more developed.这是一个精确、有力的形容词选择,在7.5分中被完全相同地重复使用,说明在最高的两个分段之间,一个措辞精当的词可以重复出现,而周围的论证则变得更成熟。
    • GRABut I'd say the instinct to turn events into a meaningful sequence seems universal, and only some people happen to be good at it.This sentence uses 'and' to link the claim to its consequence, clear and fluent. 7.5 replaces this with 'which suggests', turning the second clause into a result of the first rather than simply an added point, and extends the sentence further with a final explanatory clause.这个句子用 'and' 把论断和它的结果连接起来,清晰而流畅。7.5分把它换成了 'which suggests',让第二个分句成为第一个分句的结果,而不仅仅是一个附加的点,并进一步用一个结尾的解释性分句延伸了这个句子。
    7.5 分

    Ends with a crisp, almost aphoristic explanation ('the rest is mostly practice and permission') that neither lower band includes.以一句干脆、近乎格言的解释('the rest is mostly practice and permission')结尾,这是两个较低分段都没有的。

    After that night in the kitchen, I'd agree far more than I used to. My father is about the least talkative person I know, and yet he held four people silent for twenty minutes with a story he'd been quietly carrying for twenty-five years — the ability was there all along, simply waiting for a reason. Everyone tells stories daily, in fact: what happened at work, why we were late, how we met. The skill of shaping them well is wildly uneven, though, and some people ramble while others are genuinely riveting. But the instinct to turn raw events into a sequence with meaning does seem universal, which suggests everyone is a natural storyteller and only some become good ones — the rest is mostly practice and permission.

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    在厨房里的那个晚上之后,我会比以前更加同意这个说法。我父亲大概是我认识的人里最不爱说话的一个,可他却用一个他默默背负了二十五年的故事,让四个人整整二十分钟鸦雀无声——那种能力一直都在,只是在等一个理由。事实上,每个人每天都在讲故事:工作上发生了什么、为什么迟到了、我们是怎么认识的。不过,把故事讲好的技巧参差得厉害,有些人啰啰嗦嗦,有些人却真正引人入胜。但把原始事件变成一段有意义的叙事的这种本能,确实似乎是普遍存在的,这说明每个人天生都是讲故事的人,只是有些人成为了讲得好的人——剩下的,大部分靠的是练习和被允许去讲。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCthe rest is mostly practice and permissionThis final clause gives a crisp, almost aphoristic explanation for the gap between everyone-as-storyteller and good-storytellers, rounding off the whole answer with a memorable, evaluative point. Neither 6.5 nor 7.0 ends with this kind of compact final insight; both stop at the simpler observation that 'only some are good at it'.这个结尾分句为“人人都是讲故事的人”和“讲得好的人”之间的差距,给出了一个干脆、近乎格言的解释,用一个令人难忘、具有评价性的点为整个回答收尾。6.5分和7.0分都没有以这种紧凑的洞见收尾;两者都停留在更简单的观察上,即 'only some are good at it'。
    • LRwildly uneven'Wildly uneven' is a vivid, emphatic collocation for describing large variation in skill, stronger and more natural than the plainer 'uneven' or 'different' used at the lower bands. It shows the kind of precise intensification typical of 7.5 vocabulary.'Wildly uneven' 是一个生动、有力的搭配,用来描述技巧上的巨大差异,比低分段使用的更朴素的 'uneven' 或 'different' 更有力、更自然。它展现出7.5分词汇典型的那种精确的强化。
    • GRABut the instinct to turn raw events into a sequence with meaning does seem universal, which suggests everyone is a natural storyteller and only some become good ones — the rest is mostly practice and permission.This sentence chains a main clause, a 'which suggests' result clause, and a dash-linked final explanation, managing three layers of reasoning in one unit. That density, moving smoothly from observation to implication to explanation, is characteristic of the grammatical range expected at 7.5.这个句子把一个主句、一个 'which suggests' 结果分句,以及一个用破折号连接的结尾解释串联在一起,在一个单元里处理了三层推理。这种密度,从观察平滑地过渡到推论再到解释,是7.5分所期望的语法范围的特征。
  5. 5. What are the benefits of using technology in storytelling?

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

    Opens with a short, direct claim, whereas the higher bands compress the same idea into a single emphatic word.以一个简短、直接的论断开头,而高分段则把同样的想法压缩成一个单一的强调性词语。

    The first benefit is keeping stories safe. The next Tết, I recorded my father telling the flood story on my phone, so my niece can hear it in his voice, after he is gone. Technology also lets stories reach people who could never sit in that kitchen — audiobooks for blind people, subtitled films, or a grandmother's story shared with family abroad. It also adds pictures, sound and interaction for people who find reading difficult. It also lets ordinary people publish without needing a publisher. So the main benefit is reach and memory, not better stories.

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    第一个好处是让故事得以保存下来。下一个Tết,我用手机录下了父亲讲洪水那个故事的样子,这样即使他不在了,我侄女也能听到他的声音。科技也让故事能够传到那些永远没办法坐在那个厨房里的人身边——为盲人制作的有声书、带字幕的电影,或者一位祖母的故事被分享给远在海外的家人。它还为那些觉得阅读困难的人增加了画面、声音和互动。它也让普通人不需要出版社就能发表作品。所以主要的好处是传播范围和记忆的保存,而不是更好的故事本身。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCThe first benefit is keeping stories safe.A short, direct opening claim, typical of 6.5's plain style. Both higher bands compress this to the single word 'Preservation' as a sentence opener, a punchier, more confident way of stating the same idea.一个简短、直接的开头论断,是6.5分朴素风格的典型特征。两个更高分段都把它压缩成一个单词 'Preservation' 作为句子的开头,是一种更有力、更自信的方式来陈述同样的想法。
    • LRIt also adds pictures, sound and interactionThis is plain, functional vocabulary for the technology's features. 7.5 upgrades this to 'It layers in images, sound and interactivity', a more precise and slightly more vivid verb and noun choice.这是描述科技特点的朴素、功能性词汇。7.5分把它升级成了 'It layers in images, sound and interactivity',是更精确、也略微更生动的动词和名词选择。
    • GRASo the main benefit is reach and memory, not better stories.A simple contrastive closing sentence, clear and correct. 7.5 extends a very similar closing with the added discourse marker 'then' and a dash instead of a comma, giving the same conclusion a more deliberate, considered rhythm.一个简单的对比式结尾句,清晰而正确。7.5分把一个非常相似的结尾延伸了,加上了话语标记词 'then',并用破折号代替逗号,让同样的结论有了一种更刻意、更审慎的节奏。
    7.0 分

    Inserts the hedge 'I'd say' mid-sentence for a more considered opening than a flat statement.在句中插入限制语 'I'd say',让开头比一个平淡的陈述更审慎。

    The first benefit, I'd say, is preservation. The following Tết, I recorded my father telling the flood story on my phone, so my niece will hear it in his own voice, at his own pace, even once he's no longer here to tell it himself. Technology also lets stories reach people who would never sit in that kitchen — audiobooks for the blind, subtitled films across languages, a grandmother's tale shared with cousins abroad. It adds images, sound and interactivity for people who don't read easily, and it gives ordinary people a way to publish without needing a publisher's permission. So the real benefit is reach and memory, rather than better stories.

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    我想说,第一个好处是保存。下一个Tết,我用手机录下了父亲讲洪水那个故事的样子,这样即使有一天他不能再亲口讲述了,我侄女也能听到用他自己的声音、按他自己的节奏讲出来的故事。科技也让故事能够传到那些永远不可能坐在那个厨房里的人身边——为盲人制作的有声书、跨语言的带字幕电影,或者一位祖母的故事被分享给远在海外的表亲。它为那些不容易阅读的人增添了画面、声音和互动性,还让普通人不需要出版社的许可就能发表作品。所以真正的好处是传播范围和记忆的保存,而不是更好的故事本身。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCThe first benefit, I'd say, is preservation.Inserting the hedge 'I'd say' mid-sentence gives this claim a more considered, spoken quality than 6.5's flatter opening. 7.5 drops the hedge entirely and instead adds 'first and foremost', achieving similar emphasis through word choice rather than a spoken aside.在句中插入限制语 'I'd say',让这个论断比6.5分更平淡的开头显得更审慎、更口语化。7.5分完全去掉了限制语,转而加上 'first and foremost',通过用词选择而不是口语化的插话来达到类似的强调效果。
    • LRaudiobooks for the blind, subtitled films across languagesThis is a clear, functional list of technology's reach. 7.5 keeps a nearly identical list but adds the more vivid image 'a story that once lived in a single kitchen can now outlast the kitchen' elsewhere in the answer, showing that the higher band supplements plain lists with additional figurative language.这是一份清晰、功能性的关于科技传播范围的列举。7.5分保留了几乎相同的列举,但在回答的别处加上了更生动的意象 'a story that once lived in a single kitchen can now outlast the kitchen',说明更高分段会用额外的比喻性语言来补充朴素的列举。
    • GRAIt adds images, sound and interactivity for people who don't read easily, and it gives ordinary people a way to publish without needing a publisher's permission.This sentence joins two related benefits with 'and', clear and fluent coordination. 7.5 keeps a very similar structure but replaces the second verb phrase with 'hands ordinary people a way to publish', a slightly more idiomatic and economical variant of the same clause.这个句子用 'and' 把两个相关的好处连接起来,清晰而流畅的并列。7.5分保留了非常相似的结构,但把第二个动词短语换成了 'hands ordinary people a way to publish',是同一分句略微更地道、更简洁的变体。
    7.5 分

    Opens with the single compressed phrase 'Preservation, first and foremost' rather than a full sentence, a more confident economy of expression.以压缩过的单一短语 'Preservation, first and foremost' 开头,而不是一个完整的句子,是一种更自信的表达简洁性。

    Preservation, first and foremost. The following Tết, I recorded my father telling the flood story on my phone, so my niece will one day hear it in his own voice, at his own unhurried pace, long after he's no longer around to tell it himself — a story that once lived in a single kitchen can now outlast the kitchen. Technology also carries stories to people who would never otherwise sit in that room: audiobooks for the blind, subtitled films across languages, a grandmother's tale shared with cousins scattered abroad. It layers in images, sound and interactivity for people who don't read easily, and hands ordinary people a way to publish without waiting on a publisher's permission. The real benefit, then, is reach and memory — not necessarily better stories.

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    保存,首先且最重要的一点。下一个Tết,我用手机录下了父亲讲洪水那个故事的样子,这样有朝一日,我侄女就能听到用他自己的声音、按他自己不慌不忙的节奏讲出来的故事,即使很久以后他已经不能再亲口讲述了——一个曾经只存在于一间厨房里的故事,如今能够比那间厨房存在得更久。科技还能把故事带给那些原本永远不可能坐在那个房间里的人:为盲人制作的有声书、跨语言的带字幕电影,或者一位祖母的故事被分享给分散在海外的表亲们。它为那些不容易阅读的人叠加上了画面、声音和互动性,还让普通人不用等出版社的许可,就能拥有一条发表的路。归根结底,真正的好处是传播范围和记忆的保存——不一定是更好的故事本身。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCThe real benefit, then, is reach and memory — not necessarily better stories.The added discourse marker 'then' and the dash before the final contrast give this closing a more deliberate, weighed rhythm than the plainer versions at 6.5 and 7.0. It reads as the confident final word of a considered argument.增加的话语标记词 'then',以及最后对比之前的破折号,让这个结尾比6.5分和7.0分中更朴素的版本有着更刻意、更经过掂量的节奏。读起来就像是一个经过深思熟虑的论证给出的自信结语。
    • LRa story that once lived in a single kitchen can now outlast the kitchenThis is a vivid, evaluative image for the idea of preservation across time, well beyond the plain, functional language used at 6.5 and 7.0 for the same point. It shows the kind of natural, resonant phrasing that marks 7.5 lexical resource.这是一个生动、评价性的意象,表达了跨越时间的保存这个想法,远超6.5分和7.0分为同样的点使用的朴素、功能性语言。它展现出标志着7.5分词汇资源的那种自然、有回响的措辞。
    • GRAso my niece will one day hear it in his own voice, at his own unhurried pace, long after he's no longer around to tell it himself — a story that once lived in a single kitchen can now outlast the kitchenThis sentence stacks three parallel adverbial phrases before a dash-linked final clause, managing considerably more descriptive detail in one unit than the shorter equivalent sentences at 6.5 and 7.0. That capacity to extend a single sentence without losing control is a hallmark of the grammatical range expected at 7.5.这个句子在一个用破折号连接的结尾分句之前,堆叠了三个平行的状语短语,在一个单元里处理了远比6.5分和7.0分中更短的对应句子多得多的描述性细节。这种在不失控的情况下延展一个句子的能力,是7.5分所期望的语法范围的标志。
  6. 6. How is technology used in storytelling today?

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

    Opens with a complete subject-verb sentence, unlike the higher bands, which open with a confident sentence fragment.以一个完整的主谓句开头,不像高分段那样以一个自信的片段句开头。

    It's used in more ways than I can keep up with. A friend of mine runs a short-video channel about the history of one street in Da Nang, in sixty-second episodes, using old photos, maps and her own voice. This kind of storytelling didn't exist ten years ago, and now it has more viewers than the local newspaper. There are also games where the player decides the story, podcasts, audiobooks, and streaming shows for binge-watching. Even messaging is a kind of storytelling, since a family group chat is like a daily show.

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    它被运用的方式,多到我都跟不上了。我有个朋友经营着一个短视频频道,讲的是Da Nang一条街的历史,每集六十秒,用的是老照片、地图和她自己的声音。这种讲故事的方式十年前根本不存在,而现在它的观众数量已经超过了当地报纸。还有玩家自己决定剧情走向的游戏、播客、有声书,以及供人一口气追完的流媒体剧集。就连发消息也算是一种讲故事的方式,因为一个家庭群聊就像一档每日播出的节目。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCIt's used in more ways than I can keep up with.A short, direct opening statement, typical of 6.5's plain style. Both higher bands drop the subject entirely and open with a sentence fragment, a more confident, economical way of making the same opening move.一个简短、直接的开头陈述,是6.5分朴素风格的典型特征。两个更高分段都完全省略了主语,以一个片段句开头,是一种更自信、更简洁的方式来完成同样的开场动作。
    • LRusing old photos, maps and her own voiceThis is plain, functional vocabulary describing the technique. 7.5 upgrades the verb to 'weaving together', a more vivid and precise choice for the same idea.这是描述这种手法的朴素、功能性词汇。7.5分把动词升级为 'weaving together',对于同样的想法,这是一个更生动、更精确的选择。
    • GRAThis kind of storytelling didn't exist ten years ago, and now it has more viewers than the local newspaper.This uses 'and' to join two related facts, correct but simply coordinated. Both higher bands embed a very similar idea inside a longer dash-linked sentence describing the channel itself, rather than presenting it as a separate follow-up sentence.这里用 'and' 连接两个相关的事实,正确但只是简单的并列。两个更高分段都把一个非常相似的想法嵌入到一个更长的、用破折号连接的句子里,描述频道本身,而不是把它作为一个独立的后续句子呈现出来。
    7.0 分

    Opens with the hedge 'Honestly' before a sentence fragment, giving it a spoken rhythm beyond 6.5's complete sentence.在片段句之前用限制语 'Honestly' 开头,赋予它一种超越6.5分完整句子的口语节奏。

    Honestly, in more forms than I can really keep up with. A friend of mine runs a short-video channel telling the history of one Da Nang street in sixty-second episodes, using old photographs, maps and her own voice — a kind of storytelling that simply didn't exist ten years ago and now draws more viewers than any local newspaper. Beyond that, there are games where the player actually shapes the plot, podcasts that revived the oral tradition, audiobooks, streaming series built for binge-watching, and now AI tools that generate images or entire drafts. Even ordinary messaging counts as storytelling, in a sense — a family group chat is basically a daily serial.

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    说实话,方式多到我真的跟不上了。我有个朋友经营着一个短视频频道,用每集六十秒的形式讲述Da Nang一条街的历史,用的是老照片、地图和她自己的声音——这是一种十年前根本不存在的讲故事方式,而现在它吸引的观众比任何当地报纸都多。除此之外,还有玩家真正能左右剧情走向的游戏、让口述传统重新焕发生机的播客、有声书、为一口气追剧而打造的流媒体剧集,以及现在能生成图像或整篇初稿的AI工具。就连普通的发消息,在某种意义上也算是讲故事——一个家庭群聊基本上就是一档每日连载剧。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCHonestly, in more forms than I can really keep up with.Opening with the hedge 'Honestly' before a sentence fragment gives this a distinctly spoken, natural rhythm, a step beyond 6.5's complete but plainer sentence. 7.5 drops the hedge and instead varies the ending to 'than I can honestly keep up with', folding the same idea more economically into the fragment.以限制语 'Honestly' 开头,后面跟着一个片段句,让这句话有一种鲜明的口语化、自然的节奏,超越了6.5分完整但更朴素的句子。7.5分去掉了限制语,转而把结尾改成 'than I can honestly keep up with',把同样的想法更简洁地折叠进这个片段句里。
    • LRa kind of storytelling that simply didn't exist ten years ago and now draws more viewers than any local newspaperThis clause uses the verb 'draws', a reasonably natural choice. 7.5 replaces it with 'pulls in', a slightly more idiomatic and energetic verb for the identical meaning.这个分句用了动词 'draws',是一个相当自然的选择。7.5分把它换成了 'pulls in',对于同样的意思,这是一个略微更地道、更有活力的动词。
    • GRABeyond that, there are games where the player actually shapes the plot, podcasts that revived the oral tradition, audiobooks, streaming series built for binge-watching, and now AI tools that generate images or entire drafts.This sentence manages a five-item list within one clause, correct and fluent. 7.5 keeps an almost identical list but adds a further descriptive modifier and an extra phrase, packing marginally more detail into the same basic frame.这个句子在一个分句内处理了一份五项的列举,正确且流畅。7.5分保留了几乎相同的列举,但加上了一个进一步的描述性修饰语和一个额外的短语,在同一个基本框架内塞进了略微更多的细节。
    7.5 分

    Closes with a semicolon-balanced, almost proverbial final line summarising the whole answer, unlike either lower band.以一句用分号平衡、近乎谚语式的结尾总结了整个回答,这与两个较低分段都不同。

    In more forms than I can honestly keep up with. A friend of mine runs a short-video channel that tells the history of one Da Nang street in sixty-second episodes, weaving together old photographs, maps and her own voice — a kind of storytelling that simply didn't exist ten years ago and now pulls in more viewers than any local newspaper. Beyond that, there are games where the player actively shapes the plot, podcasts that have quietly revived the oral tradition, audiobooks, streaming series built for binge-watching, and now AI tools that can generate images or whole drafts on demand. Even ordinary messaging counts as storytelling in its own right — a family group chat is essentially a daily serial. The tools keep changing; the human urge to say 'listen to what happened' never does.

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    方式多到我说实话根本跟不上。我有个朋友经营着一个短视频频道,用每集六十秒的形式讲述Da Nang一条街的历史,把老照片、地图和她自己的声音编织在一起——这是一种十年前根本不存在的讲故事方式,而现在它吸引的观众比任何当地报纸都多。除此之外,还有玩家能主动左右剧情走向的游戏、悄悄让口述传统重新焕发生机的播客、有声书、为一口气追剧而打造的流媒体剧集,以及现在能按需生成图像或整篇初稿的AI工具。就连普通的发消息,本身也算得上是一种讲故事——一个家庭群聊基本上就是一档每日连载剧。工具在不断变化;而人类想说“听我说发生了什么事”的那份冲动,却从未改变过。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCThe tools keep changing; the human urge to say 'listen to what happened' never does.This closing uses a semicolon to balance two short, parallel statements into one memorable, almost proverbial line, giving the whole answer a strong sense of conclusion. Neither 6.5 nor 7.0 reaches for this kind of compact, balanced final statement; both simply end their lists with the messaging example.这个结尾用分号把两句简短、平行的陈述平衡成一句令人难忘、近乎谚语式的话,给整个回答带来强烈的收尾感。6.5分和7.0分都没有追求这种紧凑、平衡的结尾陈述;两者都只是用发消息这个例子来结束各自的列举。
    • LRpulls in more viewers than any local newspaper'Pulls in' is a vivid, energetic verb for attracting an audience, more natural than the plainer 'has more viewers than' used at 6.5 or 'draws' at 7.0. It shows the kind of precise, idiomatic vocabulary expected at 7.5.'Pulls in' 是一个生动、有活力的动词,用来表达吸引观众,比6.5分中更朴素的 'has more viewers than' 或7.0分的 'draws' 更自然。它展现出7.5分所期望的那种精确、地道的词汇。
    • GRAa family group chat is essentially a daily serial. The tools keep changing; the human urge to say 'listen to what happened' never does.This uses a short declarative sentence followed immediately by a semicolon-balanced pair, giving the ending two distinct rhythmic beats rather than one long sentence. That controlled variation in sentence length and structure for rhetorical effect is a hallmark of 7.5 writing.这里用一个简短的陈述句,紧接着一对用分号平衡的句子,让结尾有了两个截然不同的节奏拍子,而不是一个长句子。这种为了修辞效果而对句子长度和结构进行的有控制的变化,是7.5分写作的标志。
  7. 7. How are the stories that younger children enjoy different from those that older children like?

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

    Gives the concrete example as its own short, separate sentence rather than folding it into a longer one.把具体的例子作为一个简短、独立的句子呈现出来,而不是把它融进一个更长的句子里。

    I've seen this change in one child. At five, my niece wanted talking animals, repeated parts, and a happy ending, and she'd stop the story if it felt too scary. At eleven, she wants heroes who make mistakes, endings that are not perfect, and unpredictable stories. She recently said a book was 'too nice'. Younger children need stories that show the world is safe and fair, while older ones want to know how the world works, so they like danger and unfamiliar characters. Books get longer, pictures disappear, and the lesson is no longer stated directly.

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    我在一个孩子身上就见证了这种变化。五岁时,我侄女想要会说话的动物、重复的情节,还有一个圆满的结局,只要哪里让她觉得太吓人,她就会让人停下来别讲了。十一岁时,她想要的是会犯错的英雄、不完美的结局,以及无法预测的故事。她最近还说一本书“太好了,好得不真实”。年纪小的孩子需要那种展示世界是安全、公平的故事,而年纪大一点的孩子则想知道世界是怎么运作的,所以他们喜欢危险和陌生的角色。书变得更长了,插图消失了,道理也不再被直接说出来。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCShe recently said a book was 'too nice'.This gives the concrete example as a short, standalone sentence, easy to follow but disconnected from the surrounding argument. Both higher bands fold this same example into the middle of a longer sentence using a dash, tying it more tightly to the list of preferences that precedes it.这里把具体的例子作为一个简短、独立的句子呈现出来,容易理解,但与周围的论证脱节。两个更高分段都用破折号把同样的例子折叠进一个更长句子的中间,把它和前面的偏好列举更紧密地联系起来。
    • LRendings that are not perfectThis is plain, safe vocabulary. Both higher bands upgrade this to the more idiomatic 'endings that aren't tidy' or 'refuse to tidy themselves away', showing a noticeably more natural and, at 7.5, figurative choice.这是朴素、稳妥的词汇。两个更高分段都把它升级成更地道的 'endings that aren't tidy' 或 'refuse to tidy themselves away',展现出明显更自然的选择,在7.5分中甚至带有比喻色彩。
    • GRABooks get longer, pictures disappear, and the lesson is no longer stated directly.This uses a simple three-part list joined by commas and 'and', clear and correct. 7.5 keeps the same three-part structure but adds a further final sentence explicitly comparing the two ages, extending the overall argument beyond just the list.这里用一个由逗号和 'and' 连接的简单三项列举,清晰而正确。7.5分保留了同样的三项结构,但又加上了一个明确对比两个年龄段的结尾句,把整体论证延伸到了列举本身之外。
    7.0 分

    Folds the concrete example into a dash-linked clause instead of a separate sentence, tying it more tightly to the surrounding list.把具体的例子折叠进一个用破折号连接的分句,而不是一个独立的句子,把它和周围的列举更紧密地联系起来。

    Honestly, I've watched this change happen in one child. At five, my niece wanted talking animals, repetition and a guaranteed happy ending, and she'd stop the story if anything felt too frightening. At eleven, though, she wants heroes who make mistakes, endings that aren't tidy, and plots she genuinely can't predict — she recently complained that a book was 'too nice'. Younger children, I'd say, need stories that confirm the world is safe and fair, while older ones are testing how it actually works, and they're drawn to danger, injustice and characters closer to who they're becoming. Books get longer, pictures shrink, and the moral stops being spelled out directly.

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    说实话,我亲眼看着这种变化在一个孩子身上发生。五岁时,我侄女想要会说话的动物、重复的情节,还有一个保证圆满的结局,只要哪里让她觉得太吓人,她就会让人停下来别讲了。可到了十一岁,她想要的是会犯错的英雄、不完美的结局,以及她真的无法预测的剧情——她最近还抱怨一本书“太好了,好得假”。我想说,年纪小的孩子需要那种能确认世界是安全、公平的故事,而年纪大一点的孩子则在试探世界究竟是怎么运作的,所以他们被危险、不公,以及更接近他们正在成为的那种人的角色所吸引。书变得更长了,插图缩小了,道理也不再被直接讲出来。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCHonestly, I've watched this change happen in one child.The hedge 'Honestly' plus the verb 'watched... happen' gives this a more reflective, narrated quality than 6.5's flatter 'I've seen this change'. 7.5 achieves a similarly reflective tone through 'watched this shift play out', a slightly more vivid verb choice without needing the explicit hedge.限制语 'Honestly' 加上动词 'watched... happen',让这句话比6.5分中更平淡的 'I've seen this change' 更具反思性、更有叙事感。7.5分通过 'watched this shift play out' 达到了类似的反思语气,这是一个略微更生动的动词选择,而且不需要明确的限制语。
    • LRplots she genuinely can't predict'Genuinely can't predict' is a precise, natural intensifier. 7.5 varies this to 'genuinely can't call in advance', a more idiomatic phrase for the identical meaning, drawn from everyday spoken English.'Genuinely can't predict' 是一个精确、自然的强调表达。7.5分把它变化成 'genuinely can't call in advance',对于同样的意思,这是一个更地道的短语,取自日常口语英语。
    • GRAYounger children, I'd say, need stories that confirm the world is safe and fair, while older ones are testing how it actually works, and they're drawn to danger, injustice and characters closer to who they're becoming.This sentence uses 'while' to balance two age groups, then adds a further coordinated clause with 'and', a fluent, well-developed structure. 7.5 restructures the same content with a semicolon instead of 'while' and a 'which is why' result clause, showing a more varied way of connecting the same ideas.这个句子用 'while' 来平衡两个年龄组,然后又用 'and' 加上了一个并列分句,是一个流畅、成熟的结构。7.5分用分号代替 'while',再加上一个 'which is why' 结果分句,重新组织了同样的内容,展现出连接同样想法的一种更多样化的方式。
    7.5 分

    Adds a final reflective sentence stepping back from the examples to state the underlying pattern, something neither lower band includes.加上了一个反思性的结尾句,跳出具体的例子,陈述出背后的规律,这是两个较低分段都没有的。

    I've watched this shift play out in a single child. At five, my niece wanted talking animals, repetition and a guaranteed happy ending, and she'd stop a story dead if anything felt remotely frightening. At eleven, though, she wants heroes who mess up, endings that refuse to tidy themselves away, and plots she genuinely can't call in advance — she recently dismissed a book for being 'too nice'. Younger children, I'd say, need stories that confirm the world is safe and fair; older ones are quietly testing how it actually works, which is why they're drawn to danger, injustice, secrets and characters who resemble the person they're becoming. Books lengthen, pictures shrink, and the moral stops being stated outright. Six years apart, the same child is reading for almost opposite reasons.

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    我亲眼见证了这种转变在一个孩子身上发生。五岁时,我侄女想要会说话的动物、重复的情节,还有一个保证圆满的结局,只要有什么稍微让她觉得吓人,她就会让人立刻停下来别讲了。可到了十一岁,她想要的是会搞砸事情的英雄、拒绝把自己收拾得干干净净的结局,以及她真的无法提前猜到的剧情——她最近还嫌弃一本书“太好了,让人不信”。我想说,年纪小的孩子需要那种能确认世界是安全、公平的故事;而年纪大一点的孩子则在悄悄试探世界究竟是怎么运作的,这也是为什么他们会被危险、不公、秘密,以及那些像极了他们正在成为的那种人的角色所吸引。书变长了,插图缩小了,道理也不再被直白地讲出来。前后相隔六年,同一个孩子读书的理由却几乎截然相反。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCSix years apart, the same child is reading for almost opposite reasons.This final sentence steps back from the specific examples to state the underlying pattern in one compact, reflective line, giving the answer a clear sense of arriving somewhere. Neither 6.5 nor 7.0 includes this kind of summarising final observation; both end on the list of changes itself.这个结尾句跳出具体的例子,用一句紧凑、反思性的话陈述出背后的规律,让整个回答有一种明确抵达终点的感觉。6.5分和7.0分都没有这种概括性的结尾观察;两者都止步于变化列表本身。
    • LRshe'd stop a story dead if anything felt remotely frightening'Stop a story dead' is a vivid, idiomatic intensifier for an abrupt halt, well beyond the plain 'she would stop the story' used at 6.5. It shows the kind of natural, emphatic phrasing that distinguishes 7.5 vocabulary.'Stop a story dead' 是一个生动、习语化的强调表达,描述一种突然的停止,远超6.5分中朴素的 'she would stop the story'。它展现出区别于其他分段的7.5分词汇那种自然、强调性的措辞。
    • GRAYounger children, I'd say, need stories that confirm the world is safe and fair; older ones are quietly testing how it actually works, which is why they're drawn to danger, injustice, secrets and characters who resemble the person they're becoming.This sentence uses a semicolon to balance two age groups and then a 'which is why' clause to add a result, managing three layers of connected reasoning in one unit. That layered, semicolon-based construction is more ambitious than the simpler 'while... and' structure used at 7.0 for the same content.这个句子用分号来平衡两个年龄组,然后用一个 'which is why' 分句来加上一个结果,在一个单元里处理了三层相互关联的推理。这种基于分号、层层递进的结构,比7.0分中用于同样内容的更简单的 'while... and' 结构更有野心。
  8. 8. Do you agree or disagree that the message of a story is more important than how true it is?

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

    Ends with a single explanatory sentence, unlike the higher bands' more elaborate final structures.以一个单一的解释性句子结尾,不同于高分段更精致的结尾结构。

    For most stories, I agree, but there is one exception. My grandmother later told me it was three trips through the flood, not four, and the story didn't lose anything — what mattered was who my father is, and that stayed true either way. Folk tales and novels are not true in detail but true in meaning, and nobody minds that. The exception is stories that claim to be facts, like news or history. There, the truth matters more than the message, because a false story with a nice message can be used to trick people.

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    对大多数故事来说,我同意这个说法,但有一个例外。我祖母后来告诉我,那其实是三趟穿过洪水,不是四趟,而这个故事却丝毫没有因此逊色——真正重要的是我父亲是个什么样的人,而不管怎么讲,这一点都是真实的。民间故事和小说在细节上并不真实,但在意义上是真实的,而没有人会介意这一点。例外的是那些自称是事实的故事,比如新闻或历史。在这类故事里,真相比信息本身更重要,因为一个带着美好信息的假故事,是可以被用来欺骗人的。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCFor most stories, I agree, but there is one exception.This states the position and its limit in one plain, direct sentence, fitting 6.5's style. 7.5 restructures the same opening into a more compact clause with 'though' and the more evocative adjective 'telling', giving the qualifier a sharper edge.这句话用一个朴素、直接的句子陈述了立场及其限度,符合6.5分的风格。7.5分把同样的开头重新组织成一个更紧凑的分句,用了 'though' 和更有感染力的形容词 'telling',让这个限定条件显得更犀利。
    • LRFolk tales and novels are not true in detail but true in meaningThis is a clear, correct contrast using plain vocabulary. Both higher bands extend the list to 'Folk tales, parables and novels' and intensify the contrast with 'false in almost every detail', a more precise and slightly stronger formulation.这是一个清晰、正确的对比,使用的是朴素的词汇。两个更高分段都把列举扩展为 'Folk tales, parables and novels',并用 'false in almost every detail' 强化了这一对比,是一个更精确、略微更有力的表达。
    • GRAThere, the truth matters more than the message, because a false story with a nice message can be used to trick people.A single sentence with one 'because' clause, correct and clear. 7.5 closes the whole answer with an additional, separately structured final sentence built on repeated parallel clauses, extending the argument well beyond a single explanatory sentence.一个只带一个 'because' 从句的单句,正确而清晰。7.5分用一个额外的、结构独立的结尾句为整个回答收尾,这个结尾句建立在重复的平行分句之上,把论证延伸到远超一个解释性句子的程度。
    7.0 分

    Adds the hedge 'Honestly' to soften the opening claim, a step toward 7.5's more evaluative version.加上限制语 'Honestly' 来柔化开头的论断,朝着7.5分中更具评价性的版本迈进了一步。

    Honestly, for most stories I'd agree, with one exception. My grandmother later told me it was actually three trips through the flood, not four, and the story lost nothing for it — what it carried was who my father is, and that was true either way. Folk tales, parables and novels are false in almost every detail and true in what they mean, and nobody really minds. The exception is stories that claim to be fact: news, history, or a story told specifically to persuade you to act. There, the truth matters more than the message, because a false story with a good message is exactly how people end up manipulated.

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    说实话,对大多数故事来说我会同意这个说法,但有一个例外。我祖母后来告诉我,那其实是三趟穿过洪水,不是四趟,而这个故事却丝毫没有因此失色——它承载的是我父亲是个什么样的人,而不管怎么讲,这一点都是真实的。民间故事、寓言和小说几乎在每一个细节上都是假的,但在它们所表达的意义上却是真的,而人们其实并不真的介意。例外的是那些自称是事实的故事:新闻、历史,或者是专门用来说服你去做某件事的故事。在这类故事里,真相比信息本身更重要,因为一个带着美好信息的假故事,正是人们最终被操纵的原因所在。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCHonestly, for most stories I'd agree, with one exception.The hedge 'Honestly' softens this into a more considered opening than 6.5's flatter version. 7.5 keeps almost the same opening but swaps 'with' for 'though with', and adds 'telling' before 'exception', a small but noticeably more evaluative variation.限制语 'Honestly' 把这个开头柔化成一个比6.5分更平淡的版本更审慎的开头。7.5分保留了几乎相同的开头,但把 'with' 换成了 'though with',并在 'exception' 前加上了 'telling',是一个小但明显更具评价性的变化。
    • LRa false story with a good message is exactly how people end up manipulatedThis is a clear, idiomatic closing point. 7.5 rephrases the equivalent idea as 'a false story wrapped in a good one', a more figurative, image-based way of describing the same danger.这是一个清晰、地道的结尾观点。7.5分把同样的想法重新表述为 'a false story wrapped in a good one',是一种更具比喻性、更意象化的方式来描述同样的危险。
    • GRAThe exception is stories that claim to be fact: news, history, or a story told specifically to persuade you to act.This uses a colon to introduce a three-item list, correct and fluent. 7.5 keeps an almost identical colon structure but drops 'or', creating a tighter, more clipped list rhythm, and closes the whole answer with an additional parallel-structure sentence that 7.0 doesn't include.这里用冒号引出了一份三项列举,正确且流畅。7.5分保留了几乎相同的冒号结构,但去掉了 'or',创造出一种更紧凑、更利落的列举节奏,并用一个额外的排比结构句为整个回答收尾,这是7.0分没有的。
    7.5 分

    Closes with a deliberately compressed, parallel structure using a colon and semicolon, unlike the plainer explanatory sentences at the lower bands.以一个用冒号和分号构建的、刻意压缩过的排比结构收尾,不同于低分段更朴素的解释性句子。

    For most stories I'd agree, though with one telling exception. My grandmother later revealed it was actually three trips through the flood, not four, and the story lost absolutely nothing for it — what it carried was who my father is, and that remained true either way. Folk tales, parables and novels are false in almost every detail and true in what they mean, and nobody minds in the slightest. The exception is anything claiming to be fact: news, history, a story told specifically to persuade someone into action. There, truth matters more than message, because a false story wrapped in a good one is precisely how people get manipulated. So: for stories that ask to be felt, the message; for stories that ask to be believed, the truth.

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    对大多数故事,我会同意,不过有一个很能说明问题的例外。我祖母后来揭露说,那其实是三趟穿过洪水,不是四趟,而这个故事却丝毫没有因此失色——它承载的是我父亲是个什么样的人,而不管怎么讲,这一点都始终真实。民间故事、寓言和小说几乎在每一个细节上都是假的,但在它们所表达的意义上却是真的,而没有人会有丝毫介意。例外的是任何自称是事实的东西:新闻、历史,或者是专门用来说服某人去行动的故事。在这类故事里,真相比信息更重要,因为一个裹在美好信息外面的假故事,正是人们最终被操纵的确切方式。所以说:对于那些希望被感受的故事,重要的是信息;对于那些希望被相信的故事,重要的是真相。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCSo: for stories that ask to be felt, the message; for stories that ask to be believed, the truth.This closing uses a deliberately compressed, parallel structure with a colon and a semicolon instead of full sentences, giving the whole answer a memorable, aphoristic ending. Neither 6.5 nor 7.0 attempts this kind of formal, patterned close; both end on a more ordinary explanatory sentence.这个结尾用一个用冒号和分号构建、刻意压缩过的排比结构,而不是完整的句子,给整个回答带来一个令人难忘、格言式的结尾。6.5分和7.0分都没有尝试这种正式的、有格式的结尾;两者都止步于一个更普通的解释性句子。
    • LRa false story wrapped in a good oneThis is a vivid, figurative image for a lie disguised by an appealing message, well beyond the plain, literal phrasing used at 6.5 and 7.0 for the same danger. It exemplifies the kind of natural, image-rich vocabulary expected at 7.5.这是一个生动、具象化的意象,描述一个被诱人信息包装起来的谎言,远超6.5分和7.0分为同样的危险使用的朴素、字面化的措辞。它体现出7.5分所期望的那种自然、意象丰富的词汇。
    • GRAfor stories that ask to be felt, the message; for stories that ask to be believed, the truthThis uses ellipsis, omitting the repeated verb 'matters', across two parallel clauses joined by a semicolon, a highly compact and controlled structure. This kind of deliberate grammatical economy for rhetorical effect is a clear marker of the top band's range.这里使用了省略手法,在两个用分号连接的平行分句中省去了重复的动词 'matters',是一种高度紧凑、控制得当的结构。这种为了修辞效果而刻意进行的语法简省,是最高分段能力范围的明显标志。
  9. 9. What kinds of children's stories are popular in your country?

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    6.5 分

    Uses a plain connector, 'Along with these, there are also', to introduce the international stories, unlike the more vivid phrasing at 7.5.用一个朴素的连接词 'Along with these, there are also' 来引入国际化的故事,不同于7.5分更生动的措辞。

    Folk tales are the most popular, and they hardly change. My niece's picture books have the same stories my grandmother told me from memory: Tấm and Cám, the boy who found the watermelon, and the legend of the betel and areca tree. Then there are historical legends about heroes who fought invaders, which every school teaches. Along with these, there are international stories like fairy tales, Japanese cartoons, and superhero films, plus some modern Vietnamese picture books about everyday life. So children here grow up with old moral tales and modern cartoons in the same evening.

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    民间故事最受欢迎,而且几乎不怎么变化。我侄女的图画书里,讲的还是我祖母凭记忆讲给我听的那些故事:Tấm和Cám,那个找到西瓜的男孩,还有槟榔和蒌叶树的传说。然后还有关于抵抗外敌入侵的英雄的历史传说,这是每所学校都会教的。除了这些,还有国际化的故事,比如童话、日本卡通片、超级英雄电影,再加上一些讲述日常生活的现代越南图画书。所以这里的孩子成长过程中,同一个晚上里既有古老的道德故事,也有现代卡通片。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCFolk tales are the most popular, and they hardly change.A short, direct opening claim, typical of 6.5's plain style. Both higher bands add the intensifier 'barely seem to change', a slightly more precise and idiomatic verb phrase for the same observation.一个简短、直接的开头论断,是6.5分朴素风格的典型特征。两个更高分段都加上了强调语 'barely seem to change',对于同样的观察,这是一个略微更精确、更地道的动词短语。
    • LRAlong with these, there are international storiesThis is a plain, functional connector phrase. 7.5 upgrades the same transition to 'Alongside those sit the same international staples', using the more vivid verb 'sit' and the more precise noun 'staples'.这是一个朴素、功能性的连接短语。7.5分把同样的过渡升级成了 'Alongside those sit the same international staples',用了更生动的动词 'sit' 和更精确的名词 'staples'。
    • GRASo children here grow up with old moral tales and modern cartoons in the same evening.A single closing sentence with straightforward grammar, correct but plain. 7.5 extends a very similar closing with the more vivid phrase 'grow up on a strange diet' and the intensifier 'very same evening', giving the ending more descriptive weight.一个语法简单直接的单一结尾句,正确但朴素。7.5分把一个非常相似的结尾延伸了,用了更生动的短语 'grow up on a strange diet' 和强调语 'very same evening',让结尾有了更多描述性的分量。
    7.0 分

    Adds the intensifier 'by far' and 'barely seem to change' to the opening claim, sharpening it beyond a flat statement.在开头的论断上加了强调语 'by far' 和 'barely seem to change',让它比一个平淡的陈述更犀利。

    Honestly, folk tales are the most popular by far, and they barely seem to change. My niece's picture books contain the same stories my grandmother told me — Tấm and Cám, the boy who found the watermelon, the legend of the betel and areca tree — tales of poor children, cruel stepmothers and the origins of things. Then there are the historical legends about heroes who fought invaders. Alongside those sit international stories every country has — fairy tales, Japanese cartoons, superhero films — plus many modern Vietnamese picture books. Children here grow up with a strange mix: a thousand-year-old moral tale and a talking cartoon cat, sometimes in the same evening.

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    说实话,民间故事迄今仍然是最受欢迎的,而且它们似乎几乎没怎么变化。我侄女的图画书里,讲的还是我祖母讲给我听的那些故事——Tấm和Cám,那个找到西瓜的男孩,槟榔和蒌叶树的传说——都是关于贫穷孩子、狠心继母以及万物起源的故事。然后还有关于抵抗外敌入侵的英雄的历史传说。除了这些,还有每个国家都有的那种国际化故事——童话、日本卡通片、超级英雄电影——再加上许多现代越南图画书。这里的孩子成长在一种奇特的混合当中:一个千年古老的道德故事,和一只会说话的卡通猫,有时候就出现在同一个晚上。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCHonestly, folk tales are the most popular by far, and they barely seem to change.The hedge 'Honestly' plus the intensifier 'by far' gives this opening more conviction than 6.5's plainer statement. 7.5 achieves a similarly confident opening without the hedge, using the fragment 'Folk tales, above all' instead for a more compressed effect.限制语 'Honestly' 加上强调语 'by far',让这个开头比6.5分中更朴素的陈述更具说服力。7.5分在不使用限制语的情况下也达到了类似自信的开头,转而用片段句 'Folk tales, above all' 来营造更紧凑的效果。
    • LRthe origins of thingsThis is a plain, functional closing to the list of folk-tale themes. 7.5 keeps this exact phrase, showing that at the top two bands, a precise phrase can recur unchanged while the surrounding sentences grow more elaborate.这是民间故事主题列举的一个朴素、功能性的结尾。7.5分保留了完全相同的短语,说明在最高的两个分段之间,一个精确的短语可以保持不变地重复出现,而周围的句子则变得更复杂。
    • GRAChildren here grow up with a strange mix: a thousand-year-old moral tale and a talking cartoon cat, sometimes in the same evening.This uses a colon to introduce a vivid contrast, a fluent and well-controlled closing structure. 7.5 keeps an almost identical structure but swaps 'a strange mix' for 'a strange diet' and 'sometimes' for 'often', small but deliberate variations that sharpen the same image.这里用冒号引出了一个生动的对比,是一个流畅、控制得当的结尾结构。7.5分保留了几乎相同的结构,但把 'a strange mix' 换成了 'a strange diet',把 'sometimes' 换成了 'often',这些微小却刻意的变化让同一个意象更加锐利。
    7.5 分

    Fronts the verb in 'Then come the historical legends', a marked, confident word order beyond the plainer 'Then there are' used below.在 'Then come the historical legends' 中把动词提前,这是一种引人注目、自信的语序,超越了下面使用的更朴素的 'Then there are'。

    Folk tales, above all, and they barely seem to change from one generation to the next. My niece's picture books hold the exact same stories my grandmother told me from memory — Tấm and Cám, the boy who found the watermelon, the legend of the betel and areca tree — tales of poor honest children, cruel stepmothers, kind spirits and the origins of things. Then come the historical legends about heroes who fought off invaders, which every school here dutifully teaches. Alongside those sit the same international staples every country seems to have — fairy tales, Japanese cartoons, superhero films — plus a growing shelf of modern Vietnamese picture books about ordinary, everyday life. Children here grow up on a strange diet: a thousand-year-old moral tale and a talking cartoon cat, often in the very same evening.

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    首先,也是最重要的,是民间故事,而且它们从一代到下一代似乎几乎没怎么变化。我侄女的图画书里,讲的正是我祖母凭记忆讲给我听的那些故事——Tấm和Cám,那个找到西瓜的男孩,槟榔和蒌叶树的传说——都是关于贫穷诚实的孩子、狠心继母、善良神灵,以及万物起源的故事。接下来是关于抵抗外敌入侵的英雄的历史传说,这是这里每所学校都尽职尽责教授的内容。除了这些,还有每个国家似乎都有的那种国际化经典故事——童话、日本卡通片、超级英雄电影——再加上越来越多讲述普通日常生活的现代越南图画书。这里的孩子成长在一种奇特的“精神食谱”里:一个千年古老的道德故事,和一只会说话的卡通猫,常常就出现在同一个晚上。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FCChildren here grow up on a strange diet: a thousand-year-old moral tale and a talking cartoon cat, often in the very same evening.The metaphor 'grow up on a strange diet' frames the whole mix of old and new stories as something children consume daily, a more vivid closing image than the plainer 'grow up with a strange mix' used at 7.0. It gives the final line a more memorable, evaluative quality.隐喻 'grow up on a strange diet' 把新旧故事的整体混合,框定为孩子们每天都在“食用”的东西,比7.0分中更朴素的 'grow up with a strange mix' 是一个更生动的结尾意象。它让结尾这句话有了更令人难忘、更具评价性的特质。
    • LRa growing shelf of modern Vietnamese picture books'A growing shelf of' is a precise, slightly figurative quantifier, more vivid than the plain 'a growing number of' used at 6.5 and 7.0 for the identical idea. It shows the kind of natural, image-based vocabulary expected at 7.5.'A growing shelf of' 是一个精确、略带比喻色彩的量词表达,比6.5分和7.0分为同样的想法使用的朴素的 'a growing number of' 更生动。它展现出7.5分所期望的那种自然、意象化的词汇。
    • GRAThen come the historical legends about heroes who fought off invaders, which every school here dutifully teaches.This sentence fronts the verb for stylistic emphasis, a more marked and confident word order than the plainer 'Then there are' used at the lower bands. That willingness to manipulate word order for effect, while remaining fully correct, is a sign of flexible, higher-level grammar.这个句子为了文体上的强调而把动词提前,这是一种比低分段使用的更朴素的 'Then there are' 更引人注目、更自信的语序。这种为了效果而调整语序、同时又保持完全正确的意愿,是灵活、高阶语法能力的标志。

常见问题

这道 Part 2 题应该讲多长?
讲 1 到 2 分钟。考官会在 2 分钟时打断你,因此目标约 220-300 词,覆盖题卡上的每一点,并以你的感受收尾。
这张题卡之后会问哪些 Part 3 问题?
在"A Story Someone Told You That You Remember Well"之后,考官提出过 9 个讨论题,见上方列表。问题会从你的个人经历转向同一主题的普遍观点。
这张题卡还在使用吗?
考生最近一次报告它出现在 2026年5–8月。题卡每四个月轮换一次,许多话题会在之后的季度以略有不同的措辞回归。