IELTS Speaking Part 2

A Time When You Felt Very Proud of Something a Family Member Did

最近一次出现于 2026年5–8月

题卡

Describe a time when you felt very proud of something a family member did

You should say:

  • Who the family member was
  • What he/she did
  • Where and when this happened
  • And explain why you felt so proud of what your family member did

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 account is told with simple, direct sentences and a single plain closing statement of pride ('I felt genuinely proud to be his niece'), typical of Band 6.5.整段叙述用简单直接的句子讲述,结尾用一句平实的话表达自豪('我真心为自己是他的侄女感到骄傲'),是6.5分的典型特征。

The family member I want to talk about is my uncle, who runs a small restaurant in Hue.

Last October, there was heavy flooding in Hue, and water came into his restaurant and damaged the furniture, the kitchen equipment, and a lot of food. He lost a lot of money in just one night, and many people thought he would need months before he could open again.

But my uncle didn't sit around feeling sorry for himself. He cleaned the whole place together with his wife and two workers for almost a week, bought some cheaper second-hand tables from another shop that was closing down, and reopened in less than three weeks, with a slightly smaller menu than before.

I felt very proud because he didn't give up, even after losing so much in one night. He kept saying the restaurant was his family's whole life, so stopping was never really an option for him. When I visited later and saw customers eating and laughing there again, I felt genuinely proud to be his niece.

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我想说的家人是我叔叔，他在顺化开了一家小餐馆。

去年十月，顺化发生了严重的洪水，水淹进了他的餐馆，损坏了家具、厨房设备，还有很多食材。他一夜之间损失了不少钱，很多人都觉得他要花好几个月才能重新开业，甚至可能开不了了。

但我叔叔没有坐在那里自怨自艾。他和婶婶还有两个员工一起，花了将近一个星期把整个店清理干净，又从一家正在关门的店里便宜买了一些二手桌子，结果不到三个星期就重新开业了，只是菜单比以前稍微少了一些。

我感到非常骄傲，因为他一夜之间损失了那么多，却没有放弃。他一直说这家餐馆是他们全家的生活，所以停下来从来都不是一个选项。后来我去看的时候，看到客人们又坐在那里吃饭说笑，就好像什么都没发生过一样，我真的为身为他的侄女感到骄傲。

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  • LR“He lost a lot of money in just one night” — 'A lot of money' is a vague, high-frequency quantity phrase rather than a specific figure or a more vivid description of the loss (soaked stock, ruined equipment), and it relies on the reader's general sense of scale rather than painting the scene. That reliance on common, general vocabulary instead of precise or descriptive detail is exactly what keeps this sentence at Band 6.5 rather than the more specific phrasing a 7.0 or 7.5 answer would use to make the loss feel concrete.'A lot of money' 是一个模糊、高频的数量短语,而不是一个具体数字或对损失更生动的描述(浸湿的库存、损坏的设备),它依赖读者对规模的大致感受,而非描绘出具体场景。依赖常见、笼统的词汇而非精确或描述性的细节,正是这句话停留在6.5分水平、而非7.0或7.5分答案会用来让损失显得具体可感的那种更精确措辞的原因。
  • GRA“But my uncle didn't sit around feeling sorry for himself.” — This is a short, single-clause sentence built around a common informal idiom, 'sit around feeling sorry for himself', which is used correctly and adds some colour, but the sentence itself has no subordination or coordination — it simply states one fact and stops. A 7.0 answer would more likely attach a further clause to it (e.g. 'he didn't sit around feeling sorry for himself, but got straight to cleaning up'), so despite the informal flavour of the vocabulary, the grammar here stays within Band 6.5's plain, single-clause range.这是一个围绕常见口语成语 'sit around feeling sorry for himself' 构建的短小单句,用得恰当,也增添了一点色彩,但这句话本身没有从属或并列结构——它只是陈述了一个事实,然后就此打住。7.0分的答案更可能在此基础上再接一个分句(例如 'he didn't sit around feeling sorry for himself, but got straight to cleaning up'),因此,尽管用词带有口语色彩,这里的语法仍停留在6.5分平实、单一分句的范围内。
  • FC“I felt genuinely proud to be his niece.” — 'Genuinely proud to be his niece' is a direct, unhedged statement of feeling that closes the story, but it doesn't unpack what specifically about the uncle's response — the refusal to give up, the family loyalty — produced that pride. Stating an emotion plainly and moving on, rather than analysing it, is the minimal-elaboration pattern typical of Band 6.5 fluency and coherence.'Genuinely proud to be his niece' 是一句直接、不加修饰的情感陈述,用来收束整个故事,但它并未具体说明叔叔的反应中——那种不放弃的坚持、对家人的忠诚——究竟是哪一点催生了这份自豪。平白地说出一种情绪便转入下一话题,而不加以剖析,正是6.5分流利度与连贯性中典型的最简发展模式。
7.0 分

The answer develops the story with concrete process detail (the notebook, the setback that forced a return to walking) and closes on a reflective distinction between the race and what it represented, giving more development than 6.5's simpler cause-and-effect account.答案通过具体的过程细节(那个本子、迫使她退回去走路的病情反复)来展开故事,并以一段反思——区分比赛本身和它所代表的意义——收尾,比6.5分那种更简单的因果叙述展现出更多发展。

The family member I'd talk about is my older sister, and what she did was finish a half marathon last September, about eighteen months after a knee injury that doctors said might stop her running properly ever again.

She injured her knee playing badminton, of all things, two years ago, and needed a fairly serious operation followed by months of physiotherapy. The surgeon was fairly blunt about it afterwards, telling her that jogging occasionally might be fine eventually, but that anything like a half marathon was probably unrealistic given how the knee had been repaired.

My sister, being who she is, treated that almost as a challenge rather than bad news. She started with short, careful walks around the park, then slow jogging with a physiotherapist checking her progress every few weeks, gradually building up distance over more than a year. She kept a simple notebook recording every run, however short, and I remember her getting genuinely upset when a setback forced her to drop back down to walking for a couple of weeks.

When race day came, I went along with the rest of the family to watch, not really expecting much beyond her finishing somewhere near the back. She crossed the line in just over two hours, which honestly isn't a fast time, but she crossed it running, on the knee she'd been told to be careful with for the rest of her life.

Why I felt so proud is that I watched the whole process up close, not just the finish line. It wasn't really about the race itself, but about her refusing to quietly accept a limit someone else had set for her. My mother cried, my sister laughed it off as usual, and I've honestly never admired her more than at that moment.

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我想说的这位家人是我姐姐,她做的事情是在去年九月完成了一场半程马拉松,而在那之前大约十八个月,她的膝盖受过一次伤,医生当时说这可能会让她再也无法正常跑步了。

说来讽刺,她是两年前打羽毛球时伤到膝盖的,之后做了一次相当大的手术,还接受了几个月的物理治疗。手术之后,外科医生说话相当直白,告诉她以后偶尔慢跑或许还行,但像半程马拉松这样的事情,考虑到膝盖修复后的情况,基本上是不现实的。

我姐姐这个人,几乎是把这话当成了一个挑战,而不是坏消息。她先是在公园里小心翼翼地走一小段路,然后在物理治疗师每隔几周检查一次进度的情况下慢慢地跑,花了一年多的时间逐渐增加距离。她用一个简单的本子记录每一次跑步,哪怕跑得再短,我还记得有一次因为病情反复,她不得不退回去只能走路,那时候她真的很难过。

到了比赛那天,我和家里其他人都去现场看她,其实没抱太大期望,只是想着她能跑到靠后的位置完赛就好。她最后是刚过两个小时完赛的,老实说这算不上快,但她是跑着冲过终点线的,用的正是那个被医生警告要小心一辈子的膝盖。

我之所以感到这么骄傲,是因为我从近处看着整个过程,而不只是看到终点那一刻。这其实不只是关于那场比赛,而是关于她拒绝默默接受别人替她设下的那个限制。我妈妈哭了,我姐姐还是像往常一样一笑带过,而说实话,那一刻我从没有那么佩服过她。

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  • LR“treated that almost as a challenge rather than bad news” — This flexible collocation reframes the surgeon's discouraging diagnosis in the sister's own terms, contrasting "challenge" against the more obvious "bad news" rather than using a plain word like "difficult" alone. This is the step above plain vocabulary the 7.0 lexical descriptor targets, doing real characterizing work by capturing the sister's determined personality in a single phrase. It also sets up the whole narrative arc that follows, which traces exactly how that challenge was met over eighteen months.这个灵活的搭配用姐姐自己的措辞重新定义了外科医生令人沮丧的诊断,把"challenge"(挑战)与更显而易见的"bad news"(坏消息)形成对比,而不是只用像"difficult"这样一个简单的词。这正是Band 7.0词汇描述所瞄准的、超越普通词汇的一步,通过一个短语就真正完成了刻画人物的工作,捕捉到姐姐坚毅的性格。它也为接下来的整个叙事弧线埋下伏笔,准确地追溯了这一挑战是如何在十八个月里被克服的。
  • GRA“She crossed the line in just over two hours, which honestly isn't a fast time, but she crossed it running, on the knee she'd been told to be careful with for the rest of her life.” — This long sentence combines a relative clause, "which honestly isn't a fast time," a contrast clause, "but she crossed it running," and a second relative clause, "the knee she'd been told to be careful with," three layers of subordination handled accurately in one continuous sentence. It's the comfortable, accurate complex grammar the 7.0 descriptor describes, going well beyond a plain statement like "she finished the race." The self-deprecating aside about the slow time also makes the achievement land harder, since the point isn't speed but the fact of finishing at all.这个长句把一个关系从句"which honestly isn't a fast time"、一个转折从句"but she crossed it running"和第二个关系从句"the knee she'd been told to be careful with"结合在一起,在一个连续的句子里准确处理了三层从属结构。这正是Band 7.0描述中那种从容、准确的复杂语法,远远超出了像"she finished the race"这样单纯的陈述句。对慢速成绩的自嘲式旁白也让这份成就更有分量,因为重点并不在速度,而在于“她终究跑完了”这件事本身。
  • FC“It wasn't really about the race itself, but about her refusing to quietly accept a limit someone else had set for her.” — This reflective distinction between the literal event, finishing a race, and its deeper meaning, refusing an imposed limit, gives the closing point real development, rather than simply restating that the sister was determined. That's exactly the kind of reasoning the 7.0 fluency descriptor rewards over flat description; a 6.5 answer would likely just say "I was proud because she didn't give up." It also reframes the whole story retroactively, making clear that the emotional core was always about defiance rather than athletic achievement.这种反思性的区分——把完成比赛这一字面事件,与拒绝接受被强加的限制这一更深层含义分开——让结尾的观点获得了真正的发展,而不只是重复姐姐很有决心这一点。这正是Band 7.0流利度描述所看重的、超越平淡描述的说理方式;Band 6.5的答案很可能只会说"I was proud because she didn't give up."它也追溯性地重新定义了整个故事,表明情感核心始终是关于不屈服,而不是关于运动成就。
7.5 分

The dash-interrupted sentence about persistence and the reflective opening ('Why I felt so proud is hard to put simply') show the structural range and evaluative depth typical of Band 7.5.用破折号打断的关于坚持的句子,以及带反思性的开篇句('我为什么会这么骄傲,很难三言两语说清楚'),展现出7.5分典型的结构广度和评价深度。

The family member is my mother, and what she did was pass her driving test — for a car — at the age of fifty-eight, on her fourth attempt, at the test centre outside Hue last November.

Some background makes this bigger than it sounds. My mother has ridden a motorbike all her life, like everyone in Hue, but she'd never driven a car, and when my father's eyesight began to fail two years ago and he had to stop driving, the family assumed the car would simply be sold. My mother announced instead that she would learn. Everyone told her not to, including the driving instructor, who said on the first day that people her age 'don't usually manage'.

She failed three times. The first time on parking, the second on the hill start, the third because she was so nervous she stalled at the gate. After each failure she came home, said nothing for a day, and then booked the next date. Between tests she practised in the empty car park of a shopping centre at six in the morning with my sister in the passenger seat, both of them, by all accounts, shouting.

When it happened, I was in Da Nang, and I got a video call from my sister with no words, just the camera pointed at my mother holding a piece of paper and laughing in a way I hadn't seen since I was a child.

Why I felt so proud is hard to put simply. It was partly the persistence — four attempts, at an age when most people stop trying new things and let the world decide for them. But mostly it was that she'd done it against everyone's advice, including mine, and without any bitterness about that. She now drives my father to his eye appointments, slowly, in the middle of the lane, and he has learned to say nothing, which is its own achievement.

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这位家人是我母亲,她做的事是——在五十八岁那年,第四次尝试才考过汽车驾照,地点是去年十一月顺化郊外的考试中心。

有些背景信息会让这件事显得比听上去更了不起。我母亲这辈子都骑摩托车,顺化的每个人都是这样,但她从没开过汽车,两年前我父亲的视力开始变差、不得不停止开车时,全家都以为那辆车会直接卖掉。结果我母亲却宣布她要去学。所有人都劝她别学,包括驾驶教练,他在第一天就说像她这个年纪的人"通常学不会"。

她考砸了三次。第一次栽在倒车入库上,第二次栽在坡道起步上,第三次是因为太紧张,车子在闸口就熄了火。每次失败之后,她回家,一整天都不说话,然后就去预约下一次考试。在两次考试之间,她每天早上六点在一家购物中心空荡荡的停车场里练车,我妹妹坐在副驾驶座上,据说两个人都是一路喊着过来的。

事情发生的时候我在岘港,妹妹给我打来一通视频电话,一句话也没说,只是把镜头对准我母亲——她手里拿着一张纸,笑得那样子,是我从小到大都没再见过的。

我为什么会如此自豪,很难三言两语说清楚。一部分是那份坚持——四次尝试,在这个大多数人已经不再尝试新事物、把决定权交给世界的年纪。但更主要的是,她不顾所有人的劝阻——包括我的——做成了这件事,而且丝毫没有因此心生怨怼。现在她开车送我父亲去看眼科,车速很慢,稳稳地走在车道中间,而我父亲也学会了什么都不说,这本身也是一种成就。

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  • FC“Why I felt so proud is hard to put simply.” — 'Why I felt so proud is hard to put simply' is a pseudo-cleft construction that does double duty: it states a question and immediately signals that a considered, multi-part answer is coming, rather than launching straight into the reasons. This kind of self-referential framing — announcing that the reflection ahead is genuinely complicated — is the discourse move the Band 7.5 descriptor points to when it calls for a 'cleft sentence' and 'one clear reflective or evaluative point'; a 7.0 answer would more likely skip the frame and just list the reasons directly.'Why I felt so proud is hard to put simply' 是一个分裂句(pseudo-cleft)结构,起到双重作用:它既提出了一个问题,又立刻表明接下来将给出经过深思熟虑、由多个部分组成的答案,而不是直接列出理由。这种自我指涉式的框架构建——预先说明接下来的反思确实很复杂——正是7.5分描述在要求"cleft sentence"和"一个清晰的反思或评价点"时所指的那种语篇策略;7.0分的答案更可能跳过这层框架,直接列出理由。
  • GRA“It was partly the persistence — four attempts, at an age when most people stop trying new things and let the world decide for them.” — The dash interrupts the main clause to insert an expanded, list-like elaboration ('four attempts, at an age when most people stop trying new things...'), and that inserted material itself contains an embedded relative clause modifying 'an age'. Layering a dash-interruption on top of an embedded clause, while keeping the sentence fully grammatical and easy to follow aloud, is the kind of structural risk-taking a 7.0 answer — which would more likely present the same idea as two separate, simpler sentences — tends not to attempt.破折号打断了主句,插入了一段扩展的、类似列举的阐述('four attempts, at an age when most people stop trying new things...'),而这段插入内容本身又包含一个修饰 'an age' 的嵌套关系从句。在一个嵌套从句之上再叠加一个破折号式的打断,同时仍保持句子完全合乎语法、朗读起来也易于理解,这正是7.0分答案——更可能把同一个想法呈现为两个更简单、独立的句子——通常不会尝试的那种结构性冒险。
  • LR“he has learned to say nothing, which is its own achievement” — 'Its own achievement' recycles the word 'achievement', which the story has already used seriously about the mother's driving test, and reapplies it ironically to the father's quiet restraint — a small piece of wordplay that only works because the reader already knows what 'achievement' meant a paragraph earlier. That kind of self-aware, understated humour built from precise reuse of a single word, rather than a fresh descriptive adjective, is the idiomatic touch Band 7.5 lexical resource specifically rewards over plainer, more literal phrasing.'Its own achievement' 重新使用了故事此前严肃地用来形容母亲驾照考试的那个词 'achievement',并把它讽刺性地套用到父亲那份沉默的克制上——这一小小的文字游戏之所以奏效,恰恰是因为读者在前一段已经知道 'achievement' 意味着什么。这种建立在对单一词汇精准重复运用之上的、自省而含蓄的幽默,而非一个全新的描述性形容词,正是7.5分词汇资源特别看重的那种习语色彩,胜过更平实、更字面化的表达。

各考试时段出题记录

  • Describe a time when you felt very proud of something a family member did2026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. What things do young children do that make their parents feel proud?

    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 "I think it's often" and lists the examples in short, separate sentences joined by plain commas.以"I think it's often"开头,并用简短、独立的句子,通过平实的逗号连接来列出各个例子。

    I think it's often smaller things than parents actually photograph. My sister cried last month, not because her son learned to read, but because he gave his biscuit to a crying child at the playground without being told. Of course, first steps, first words, and good school results make parents proud too. But what parents talk about most is kindness, courage, and independence, like a child who says sorry without being asked, or who tries something scary. I think pride in achievement fades quickly, but pride in a child's character usually lasts much longer.

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    我认为往往是一些比父母实际拍照留念的事情更小的事情。我姐姐上个月哭了,不是因为她儿子学会了阅读,而是因为他在没人要求的情况下,把自己的饼干给了游乐场里一个哭泣的孩子。当然,第一次迈步、第一次说话,还有优异的学习成绩,也会让父母感到骄傲。但父母谈论最多的,是善良、勇气和独立,比如一个孩子在没人要求的情况下主动道歉,或者尝试一件让他害怕的事情。我认为,为成就而骄傲的感觉会很快消退,但为孩子的品格而骄傲的感觉往往能持续更久。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“I think it's often smaller things than parents actually photograph.” — A full framing sentence states the claim before any evidence is given. The 7.5 band cuts the frame entirely and opens on the bare comparative fragment "Smaller things than the ones they photograph", a more confident, economical move.一个完整的铺陈句在给出任何证据之前就陈述了论点。7.5分答案则完全去掉了这个铺陈,直接以裸露的比较性片段"Smaller things than the ones they photograph"开头,这是一种更自信、更精炼的手法。
    • LR“a child who says sorry without being asked” — Clear, everyday phrasing. The 7.5 band tightens this to "apologised unprompted", a single precise verb plus adverb replacing a full clause, a small but real lexical upgrade.清晰、日常的措辞。7.5分答案把它收紧为"apologised unprompted",用一个精确的动词加副词取代了一整个从句,这是一个虽小却真实的词汇升级。
    • GRA“I think pride in achievement fades quickly, but pride in a child's character usually lasts much longer.” — A single contrastive sentence with "but", correct and clear. The 7.5 band achieves the same contrast with a semicolon and no conjunction at all, a tighter structure for the closing line.一个用"but"连接的简单对比句,正确且清晰。7.5分答案用分号而完全不用连接词就达到了同样的对比效果,这是结尾句更紧凑的结构。
    7.0 分

    The hedge "Honestly, I'd say" softens the opening, and "completely on his own" adds a small extra detail not present at 6.5.缓冲语"Honestly, I'd say"软化了开头,而"completely on his own"则加入了一个6.5分中没有的小细节。

    Honestly, I'd say it's often smaller things than the ones parents actually photograph. My sister was in tears last month, not because her son had learned to read, which he has, but because he'd given his biscuit to a crying child at the playground without being told, completely on his own. Of course, first steps, first words and good school results make parents proud too, but what I hear them talk about most is kindness, courage and independence, a child who apologised unprompted, or who tried something frightening. I think pride in achievement tends to fade with the next achievement, whereas pride in who a child is becoming usually lasts much longer.

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    老实说,我想说往往是一些比父母实际拍照留念的事情更小的事情。我姐姐上个月哭了,不是因为她儿子学会了阅读——他确实学会了——而是因为他完全出于自愿,在没人要求的情况下,把自己的饼干给了游乐场里一个哭泣的孩子。当然,第一次迈步、第一次说话,还有优异的学习成绩,也会让父母感到骄傲,但我听他们谈论最多的,是善良、勇气和独立,比如一个孩子主动道歉而无需提醒,或者尝试一件让他害怕的事情。我认为,为成就而骄傲的感觉往往会随着下一个成就而消退,而为孩子正在成为什么样的人而骄傲的感觉,往往能持续更久。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, I'd say it's often smaller things than the ones parents actually photograph.” — The double hedge makes the claim sound more considered than the flat 6.5 opener. The 7.5 band removes the hedge altogether, opening directly on the comparative fragment instead.双重缓冲语让这个论断听起来比6.5分平淡的开头更经过斟酌。7.5分答案则完全去掉了缓冲语,直接以比较性片段开头。
    • LR“a child who apologised unprompted, or who tried something frightening” — "Apologised unprompted" is a precise upgrade on the 6.5 phrase "says sorry without being asked". The 7.5 band uses the identical phrase, showing this piece of lexis already performs at the ceiling by 7.0."Apologised unprompted"是对6.5分短语"says sorry without being asked"的精确升级。7.5分答案使用了完全相同的短语,说明这一词汇选择在7.0分时就已经达到了顶峰水平。
    • GRA“I think pride in achievement tends to fade with the next achievement, whereas pride in who a child is becoming usually lasts much longer.” — A longer contrastive sentence with "whereas", more developed than the plain "but" at 6.5. The 7.5 band compresses the same content into a semicolon-linked pair with no conjunction, a subtly tighter version of this same closing contrast.一个用"whereas"连接的更长的对比句,比6.5分中平实的"but"更成熟。7.5分答案把同样的内容压缩成一对用分号连接、不用连接词的句子,这是同一结尾对比的一个稍微更紧凑的版本。
    7.5 分

    Drops the framing sentence and opens straight on the fragment "Smaller things than the ones they photograph", then lets a dash deliver the conclusion mid-story.去掉了铺陈句,直接以片段"Smaller things than the ones they photograph"开头,然后用一个破折号在故事进行到一半时就给出结论。

    Smaller things than the ones they photograph. My sister was in tears last month not because her son had learned to read, which he has, but because he'd given his biscuit to a crying child at the playground without being told — the moments that make parents proudest are usually the first signs of character rather than skill. First steps and first words, of course, and later good results. But what I hear parents talk about most is kindness, courage and independence: the child who apologised unprompted, who stood up for a friend, who tried the frightening thing. Pride in achievement fades with the next achievement; pride in who the child is becoming lasts.

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    比父母实际拍照留念的事情更小的事情。我姐姐上个月哭了,不是因为她儿子学会了阅读——他确实学会了——而是因为他在没人要求的情况下,把自己的饼干给了游乐场里一个哭泣的孩子——最让父母感到骄傲的时刻,往往是品格而非技能的最初迹象。当然还有第一次迈步和第一次说话,后来是优异的成绩。但我听父母谈论最多的,是善良、勇气和独立:那个主动道歉而无需提醒的孩子,那个挺身而出为朋友出头的孩子,那个尝试了令人害怕的事情的孩子。为成就而骄傲的感觉会随着下一个成就而消退;为孩子正在成为什么样的人而骄傲的感觉则会持续下去。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Smaller things than the ones they photograph.” — A verbless fragment opens the whole answer, more compact and confident than the full sentences used at 6.5 and 7.0. It trusts the listener to supply the implied "it is", a recognisable higher-band habit.一个没有动词的片段开启了整篇答案,比6.5分和7.0分中使用的完整句子更紧凑、更自信。它相信听者能够自行补上隐含的"it is",这是一个可识别的高分段习惯手法。
    • LR“who apologised unprompted, who stood up for a friend, who tried the frightening thing” — A three-item parallel list of precise verb phrases, more developed than the single example given at 6.5 or the two examples at 7.0. The repeated "who" structure adds rhetorical rhythm neither lower band attempts.一个由三项精确动词短语组成的平行列表,比6.5分中给出的单个例子或7.0分中的两个例子更成熟。重复的"who"结构增添了较低分段都没有尝试的修辞节奏感。
    • GRA“Pride in achievement fades with the next achievement; pride in who the child is becoming lasts.” — A semicolon links two balanced, near-mirrored clauses with no conjunction, tighter than the "but" of 6.5 or the "whereas" of 7.0. The repetition of "pride" as a deliberate anaphora is a rhetorical device the lower bands don't use.一个分号连接了两个平衡、近乎对称的从句,不用任何连接词,比6.5分的"but"或7.0分的"whereas"更紧凑。重复使用"pride"这一刻意的重复修辞,是较低分段都没有使用的手法。

  2. 2. Why can giving children prizes or rewards for their schoolwork help them progress?

    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 "I think it's because", then lists the reasons for rewards one after another in plain, separate sentences.以"I think it's because"开头,然后用平实、独立的句子逐一列出使用奖励的原因。

    I think it's because children live in the present, and progress is something in the future. My sister used a sticker chart to help her daughter learn multiplication for a month, and the stickers did what saying 'this will help you later' couldn't, they made the effort pay off today. Rewards show a child clearly that a task matters, and that adults are watching. They also work well for children who don't enjoy the work yet, which is most children at the start. I think the trick is to use rewards to get over the first hard part, then let the child's own skill take over.

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    我认为这是因为孩子活在当下,而进步是属于未来的东西。我姐姐用了一个贴纸表,帮助她女儿花一个月的时间学习乘法,贴纸做到了那句"这以后会对你有帮助"做不到的事——它们让努力在今天就得到了回报。奖励能清楚地向孩子表明,一件事很重要,而且大人正在关注。它们对那些还不喜欢这项工作的孩子也很有效,而这在开始阶段几乎是大多数孩子的状态。我认为诀窍是用奖励帮孩子度过最初艰难的那部分,然后让孩子自身的技能接管过来。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“I think it's because children live in the present, and progress is something in the future.” — A full sentence with "I think it's because" spells out the framing explicitly. The 7.5 band drops the frame and opens directly with "Because children live in the present", a bare subordinate clause standing in for a full sentence, more confident and compact.一个用"I think it's because"构成的完整句子明确地道出了铺陈。7.5分答案去掉了这个铺陈,直接以"Because children live in the present"开头,一个用来代替完整句子的裸露从句,更自信、更精炼。
    • LR“Rewards show a child clearly that a task matters, and that adults are watching.” — Clear, functional phrasing. The 7.5 band adds a further clause, "they turn a vague expectation into a concrete goal", a more precise and abstract way of naming what rewards actually do.清晰、功能性的措辞。7.5分答案加上了进一步的从句"they turn a vague expectation into a concrete goal",用更精确、更抽象的方式说明了奖励实际上起到的作用。
    • GRA“They also work well for children who don't enjoy the work yet, which is most children at the start.” — A single relative clause with "which", correct and clear. The 7.5 band expresses a very similar idea with the same structure, showing this pattern already reads naturally at 6.5, though the surrounding sentences at 7.5 are more tightly connected overall.一个用"which"构成的简单定语从句,正确且清晰。7.5分答案用同样的结构表达了一个非常相似的想法,说明这种句式在6.5分时就已经读起来很自然,不过7.5分周围的句子整体上连接得更紧密。
    7.0 分

    The hedge "Honestly, I think" opens the answer, and small spoken additions like "right in front of her" and "honestly" fill out the sentences.缓冲语"Honestly, I think"开启了答案,而像"right in front of her"和"honestly"这样的小小口语化补充则丰富了句子。

    Honestly, I think it's because children live so much in the present, while progress only really exists in the future. My sister used a sticker chart to get her daughter through a month of multiplication tables, and the stickers did what 'this will help you later' simply couldn't, they made the effort pay off today, right in front of her. Rewards give a clear signal that a task matters and that the adults are actually watching, and they turn a vague expectation into something concrete. They also work well for children who don't yet enjoy the work for its own sake, which is honestly most children at the start of anything. I'd say the trick is using them to get over that first difficult hill, then letting the child's own competence take over.

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    老实说,我认为这是因为孩子太活在当下了,而进步真正存在的地方只有未来。我姐姐用了一个贴纸表,帮助她女儿熬过一个月的乘法表学习,贴纸做到了那句"这以后会对你有帮助"根本做不到的事——它们让努力在今天,就在她眼前,得到了回报。奖励能给出一个清晰的信号,表明一件事很重要,而且大人真的在关注,而且它们把一个模糊的期待变成了具体的东西。它们对那些还没有出于喜爱而享受这项工作的孩子也很有效,老实说,这几乎是大多数孩子在任何事情刚开始时的状态。我想说,诀窍就是用奖励帮孩子度过最初那座艰难的小山,然后让孩子自身的能力接管过来。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, I think it's because children live so much in the present, while progress only really exists in the future.” — The hedge "Honestly" plus the added contrast "while" gives a more developed opening than the plain 6.5 version. The 7.5 band removes the hedge and states the same idea in half the words, a more economical structure.缓冲语"Honestly"加上加入的转折词"while",让开头比6.5分平实的版本更成熟。7.5分答案去掉了缓冲语,用一半的字数表达了同样的想法,这是一种更精炼的结构。
    • LR“they made the effort pay off today, right in front of her” — The added detail "right in front of her" gives a small vivid touch beyond the plain 6.5 phrasing. The 7.5 band drops this extra clause, showing that at the top band, cutting a detail can sometimes tighten a sentence more effectively than adding one.加入的细节"right in front of her"在6.5分平实的措辞之上增添了一点生动的细节。7.5分答案去掉了这个额外的从句,说明在最高分段,删掉一个细节有时比添加一个细节更能收紧句子。
    • GRA“I'd say the trick is using them to get over that first difficult hill, then letting the child's own competence take over.” — The answer closes on this single sentence, with the hedge "I'd say" softening the advice. The 7.5 band keeps an unhedged version of this same sentence but then adds a further semicolon-linked clause after it, extending the thought with a reflective closing observation this 7.0 version stops short of.答案以这一句收尾,缓冲语"I'd say"软化了这个建议。7.5分答案保留了这句话未加缓冲语的版本,但接着又加上了一个用分号连接的从句,用一个反思性的结尾观察扩展了这个想法,而这个7.0版本没有走到那一步。
    7.5 分

    Drops the framing entirely and opens with a bare "Because" clause, and the closing line adds a reflective twist absent from the other two bands.完全去掉了铺陈,直接以裸露的"Because"从句开头,而结尾句加入了一个另外两个分段都没有的反思性转折。

    Because children live in the present and progress lives in the future. My sister used a sticker chart to get her daughter through a month of multiplication tables, and the stickers did what 'this will help you later' could not — they made the effort pay off today. Rewards give a clear signal that a task matters and that the adults are watching, and they turn a vague expectation into a concrete goal. They also work for children who don't yet enjoy the work for itself, which is most children at the start of anything. The trick is to use them to get over the first difficult hill, then let the child's own competence take over; a reward that goes on forever stops being a reward.

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    因为孩子活在当下,而进步活在未来。我姐姐用了一个贴纸表,帮助她女儿熬过一个月的乘法表学习,贴纸做到了那句"这以后会对你有帮助"做不到的事——它们让努力在今天就得到了回报。奖励给出一个清晰的信号,表明一件事很重要,而且大人正在关注,而且它们把一个模糊的期待变成了一个具体的目标。它们对那些还没有出于喜爱而享受这项工作本身的孩子也很有效,而这是大多数孩子在任何事情刚开始时的状态。诀窍是用它们帮孩子度过最初艰难的那座小山,然后让孩子自身的能力接管过来;一个永远持续下去的奖励,就不再是奖励了。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Because children live in the present and progress lives in the future.” — A subordinate clause used as a complete, verbless opening statement, more compact than the full sentences at 6.5 and 7.0. This kind of fragment opener is a recognisable marker of confident, higher-band fluency.一个从句被用作完整的、没有动词的开场陈述,比6.5分和7.0分中使用的完整句子更紧凑。这种片段式开头是自信的高分段流利度的一个可识别标志。
    • LR“a reward that goes on forever stops being a reward” — A neat, slightly paradoxical closing line that neither lower band reaches for. It reframes the whole discussion with a compact generalisation rather than simply restating the advice about using rewards early on.一个简洁、略带悖论意味的结尾句,是较低两个分段都没有触及的。它用一个精炼的概括重新构建了整个讨论,而不是简单地重述关于早期使用奖励的建议。
    • GRA“let the child's own competence take over; a reward that goes on forever stops being a reward” — A semicolon adds a further reflective clause onto the end of the sentence with no conjunction, extending the thought beyond where the 7.0 version stops. This gives the answer a sense of continuing to develop right up to its final words.一个分号在句末不用连接词就加上了一个进一步的反思性从句,把这个想法延伸到了7.0版本止步的地方之外。这让答案给人一种直到最后一个字都仍在持续发展的感觉。

  3. 3. Do you agree or disagree that it is possible to give children too many prizes or rewards?

    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 plain "I agree", then joins the supporting points with comma splices rather than stronger punctuation.以平实的"I agree"开头,然后用逗号拼接而不是更强的标点来连接支持性的论点。

    I agree. My nephew now asks 'what do I get?' before even putting on his shoes, and that shows the problem, rewards for everything teach a child that nothing is worth doing for its own sake. Too many prizes also lose their meaning, like a medal for attendance making the medal for winning worth less. Research also seems to show that children rewarded for something they already enjoyed can enjoy it less afterwards, because it becomes work. Rewards are useful for starting hard things and marking real achievements, but beyond that, a parent's attention is the best reward, and it can't really be overdone.

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    我同意。我侄子现在甚至在穿鞋之前就会问"我能得到什么?",这说明了问题所在,凡事都给奖励会教会孩子,没有什么事情值得为了它本身去做。太多的奖品也会失去意义,比如出勤奖章会让获胜的奖章变得没那么值钱。研究似乎也表明,孩子如果因为一件他们本来就喜欢的事而得到奖励,之后反而可能会不那么喜欢它,因为它变成了一种工作。奖励对于开始做困难的事情、以及标记真正的成就是有用的,但除此之外,父母的关注才是最好的奖励,而且这种奖励几乎不可能给得过多。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“I agree.” — A bare two-word position statement placed on its own. The 7.5 band folds this same word into the opening dash, "Agree — my nephew has reached...", moving straight into the evidence rather than pausing after the position.一个独立成句的裸露两词表态。7.5分答案把同样的词融入了开头的破折号,"Agree — my nephew has reached...",直接进入证据,而不是在表态后停顿。
    • LR“rewards for everything teach a child that nothing is worth doing for its own sake” — Clear, functional phrasing that states the failure mode plainly. The 7.5 band uses an almost identical phrase, showing this piece of lexis already sits near the ceiling of the range by 6.5, with the real differences appearing in the surrounding punctuation.清晰、功能性的措辞,平实地陈述了失败的模式。7.5分答案使用了几乎相同的短语,说明这一词汇选择在6.5分时就已经接近该范围的顶峰,真正的差异体现在周围的标点上。
    • GRA“and that shows the problem, rewards for everything teach a child that nothing is worth doing for its own sake” — A comma splice joins two independent clauses, functional in speech but grammatically loose. The 7.5 band fixes the equivalent sentence with a colon instead, "that's the failure mode: rewards for everything teach...", a cleaner link between claim and explanation.一个逗号拼接句连接了两个独立从句,在口语中可行,但语法上较为松散。7.5分答案用冒号取代了对应句子中的这个结构,"that's the failure mode: rewards for everything teach...",让论点和解释之间的连接更清晰。
    7.0 分

    The hedge "I agree, honestly" softens the position, and "quietly" adds a small evaluative touch to the main example.缓冲语"I agree, honestly"软化了立场,而"quietly"则为主要例子增添了一点评价性的色彩。

    I agree, honestly. My nephew has reached the point of asking 'what do I get?' before putting on his shoes, and that's basically the failure mode, rewards for everything quietly teach a child that nothing is worth doing for its own sake. Too many prizes also lose their meaning, since a medal for attendance makes the medal for winning worth less. And research seems to back up what parents already notice, that children rewarded for an activity they used to enjoy can enjoy it less afterwards, simply because it's become work. Rewards are genuinely useful for starting hard things and marking real achievements, but beyond that, I'd say the most valuable reward is a parent's genuine attention, and it's the one that can't be over-supplied.

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    老实说,我同意。我侄子已经到了在穿鞋之前就问"我能得到什么?"的地步,这基本上就是失败的模式,凡事都给奖励会悄悄地教会孩子,没有什么事情值得为了它本身去做。太多的奖品也会失去意义,因为出勤奖章会让获胜的奖章变得没那么值钱。而研究似乎也印证了父母早已注意到的事:孩子如果因为一件他们过去喜欢的活动而得到奖励,之后可能会不那么喜欢它,仅仅是因为它变成了一种工作。奖励在开始做困难的事情、以及标记真正的成就方面确实很有用,但除此之外,我想说最有价值的奖励是父母真诚的关注,而这也是唯一一种不可能被过度给予的奖励。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“I agree, honestly.” — The hedge "honestly" is appended after the position statement, giving it a slightly more spoken rhythm. The 7.5 band removes the hedge and merges the position directly into the following clause with a dash instead.缓冲语"honestly"附加在表态句之后,给了它一种略微更口语化的节奏。7.5分答案去掉了缓冲语,改用破折号把表态直接并入后面的从句。
    • GRA“that's basically the failure mode, rewards for everything quietly teach a child that nothing is worth doing for its own sake” — Another comma splice joins the claim to its explanation, with "basically" and "quietly" added as fillers. The 7.5 band fixes this exact structure with a colon and drops both fillers, a tighter version of the same sentence.另一个逗号拼接句把论点和它的解释连接在一起,加入了"basically"和"quietly"作为填充词。7.5分答案用冒号修正了这个确切的结构,并去掉了两个填充词,给出了同一句子更紧凑的版本。
    • LR“I'd say the most valuable reward is a parent's genuine attention, and it's the one that can't be over-supplied” — The hedge "I'd say" softens this closing claim. The 7.5 band states the identical idea without the hedge, a small but real shift toward the more assertive register typical of the top band.缓冲语"I'd say"软化了这个结尾论断。7.5分答案不加缓冲语地陈述了完全相同的想法,这是朝着最高分段典型的更自信语域迈出的一小步,但却是真实的一步。
    7.5 分

    Opens with a one-word position, "Agree —", and uses a dash plus colon to move straight into the anecdote and its meaning.以一个单词的表态"Agree —"开头,并用破折号加冒号直接进入轶事及其含义。

    Agree — my nephew has reached the point of asking 'what do I get?' before putting on his shoes, and that's the failure mode: rewards for everything teach a child that nothing is worth doing for its own sake. Too many prizes also lose their meaning; a medal for attendance makes the medal for winning worth less. And research seems to support what parents notice, that children rewarded for an activity they already enjoyed can enjoy it less afterwards, because it's become work. Rewards are useful for starting hard things and marking real achievements. Beyond that, the most valuable reward is a parent's genuine attention, and it's the one that can't be over-supplied.

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    同意——我侄子已经到了在穿鞋之前就问"我能得到什么?"的地步,而这就是失败的模式:凡事都给奖励,会教会孩子没有什么事情值得为了它本身去做。太多的奖品也会失去意义;出勤奖章会让获胜的奖章变得没那么值钱。而且研究似乎也支持父母所注意到的事:孩子如果因为一件他们本来就喜欢的活动而得到奖励,之后可能会不那么喜欢它,因为它已经变成了一种工作。奖励在开始做困难的事情、以及标记真正的成就方面很有用。除此之外,最有价值的奖励是父母真诚的关注,而这也是唯一一种不可能被过度给予的奖励。

    为什么是这个分数

    • GRA“Agree — my nephew has reached the point of asking 'what do I get?' before putting on his shoes, and that's the failure mode: rewards for everything teach a child that nothing is worth doing for its own sake.” — A single word plus a dash states the position and moves straight into the evidence, and a colon later in the same sentence links the claim to its explanation with no comma splice. This is noticeably tighter than the comma splices used for equivalent sentences at both 6.5 and 7.0.一个单词加一个破折号陈述了立场,并直接进入证据,而同一句子后面的一个冒号则不需要逗号拼接就把论点和它的解释连接了起来。这明显比6.5分和7.0分中用于对应句子的逗号拼接更紧凑。
    • LR“it's the one that can't be over-supplied” — "Over-supplied" is a precise, slightly unusual word choice for describing something that can't be given in excess. Both lower bands use the more conventional "can't be overdone" or "can't be over-supplied" with a hedge in front, making this the leanest version of the same closing claim."Over-supplied"是一个精确、略显不常见的用词选择,用来描述一件不可能被给予过量的东西。两个较低分段都使用了更常规的"can't be overdone"或前面带有缓冲语的"can't be over-supplied",这使得这一版本成为同一结尾论断中最精炼的一个。
    • FC“Too many prizes also lose their meaning; a medal for attendance makes the medal for winning worth less.” — The semicolon-joined second clause adds a further consequence ('lose their meaning') onto the first point about over-rewarding, building the argument in one continuous move rather than starting a fresh sentence. A 6.5 or 7.0 answer would more likely split this into two separate sentences with a plainer connector. This tightly packed extension of the same idea is the kind of developed, economical coherence Band 7.5 rewards.用分号连接的第二个从句,在关于过度奖励的第一个论点之上又加上了一个进一步的后果("lose their meaning"),以一个连续的动作把论证建立起来,而不是重新开始一个句子。6.5分或7.0分答案更可能把这拆成两个用更平实的连接词连接的独立句子。这种把同一想法紧密打包延伸的手法,正是7.5分所奖励的那种成熟、精炼的连贯性。

  4. 4. In what situations can adults feel proud of themselves?

    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 "I think it's mostly when", then adds each new example with a plain "also" or "And".以"I think it's mostly when"开头,然后用平实的"also"或"And"添加每一个新的例子。

    I think it's mostly when they've done something they weren't sure they could do. My mother's laugh when she got her driving licence was pure pride, not comparing herself to anyone, just discovering she was more capable than people, including herself, had assumed. Adults also feel proud when they finish something long, like a degree or a marathon, when they keep a hard promise, or when they help someone without any benefit to themselves. Work gives pride when it's done well and noticed. And quiet pride comes from ordinary things, like paying debts and just showing up, even though that kind is rarely celebrated.

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    我认为大多是在他们做成了一件自己都不确定能不能做到的事情的时候。我母亲拿到驾照时的笑容,是纯粹的骄傲,不是在和任何人比较,只是发现自己比别人——包括她自己——所以为的更有能力。成年人也会在完成一件持续很久的事情时感到骄傲,比如拿到学位或跑完马拉松,在信守一个艰难的承诺时,或者在毫无自身利益的情况下帮助别人时。工作做得好并被人注意到时也会带来骄傲。而安静的骄傲则来自一些平凡的事情,比如还清债务和坚持出现,尽管这种骄傲很少被庆祝。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“I think it's mostly when they've done something they weren't sure they could do.” — A full sentence spells out the framing claim before the example arrives. The 7.5 band drops "I think it's" and opens on the bare comparative "Most often when they've done something they weren't sure they could", a tighter, more confident structure.一个完整的句子在例子出现之前就明确地道出了铺陈性的论点。7.5分答案去掉了"I think it's",直接以裸露的比较句"Most often when they've done something they weren't sure they could"开头,这是一种更紧凑、更自信的结构。
    • LR“not comparing herself to anyone, just discovering she was more capable than people, including herself, had assumed” — Clear phrasing that states the idea plainly. The 7.5 band tightens the same idea into "not comparison with anyone, just the discovery that she was more than people... had assumed", swapping the gerund clauses for compact nouns, a subtly more economical style.平实地陈述了这个想法的清晰措辞。7.5分答案把同样的想法收紧为"not comparison with anyone, just the discovery that she was more than people... had assumed",用紧凑的名词取代了动名词从句,这是一种略微更精炼的风格。
    • GRA“And quiet pride comes from ordinary things, like paying debts and just showing up, even though that kind is rarely celebrated.” — A single sentence tacks on a concessive "even though" clause at the end, correct but slightly loose. The 7.5 band splits the equivalent content into two short sentences joined by a colon and a full stop, a cleaner separation of description from evaluation.一个句子在结尾附加了一个让步性的"even though"从句,正确但略显松散。7.5分答案把对应的内容拆成两个用冒号和句号连接的简短句子,更干净地把描述和评价分开了。
    7.0 分

    The hedge "Honestly, I'd say" softens the opening claim, and the closing sentence links two ideas with a simple "and".缓冲语"Honestly, I'd say"软化了开头的论点,而结尾句用一个简单的"and"连接了两个想法。

    Honestly, I'd say it's mostly when they've done something they weren't sure they could pull off. My mother's laugh when she was holding her driving licence was pride of the purest kind, not comparison with anyone, just the discovery that she was more capable than people, including herself, had ever assumed. Adults also feel proud when they finish something long, a degree, a house, a marathon, when they keep a promise that was genuinely hard to keep, and when they help someone with no benefit to themselves. Work produces pride when it's done well and actually noticed, and parenthood produces it almost by reflection. Quiet pride, I think, comes from ordinary steadiness, and that last kind is probably the least celebrated and the most common.

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    老实说,我想说大多是在他们做成了一件自己都不确定能不能拿下的事情的时候。我母亲拿着驾照时的笑容,是最纯粹的一种骄傲,不是和任何人比较,只是发现自己比别人——包括她自己——所以为的更有能力。成年人也会在完成一件持续很久的事情时感到骄傲,比如一个学位、一栋房子、一场马拉松,在信守一个真正难以坚持的承诺时,以及在毫无自身利益的情况下帮助别人时。工作做得好并真正被人注意到时会产生骄傲,而为人父母则几乎是通过反射产生骄傲的。我认为,安静的骄傲来自平凡的坚持,而后面这一种大概是最少被庆祝、却也最常见的一种。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, I'd say it's mostly when they've done something they weren't sure they could pull off.” — The hedge plus the idiomatic "pull off" makes this feel more natural than the plain 6.5 opener. The 7.5 band removes the hedge entirely, relying on the compact comparative fragment alone to open the answer.缓冲语加上地道的"pull off",让这句话比6.5分平实的开头感觉更自然。7.5分答案完全去掉了缓冲语,单独依靠紧凑的比较性片段来开启答案。
    • GRA“pride of the purest kind, not comparison with anyone, just the discovery that she was more capable than people, including herself, had ever assumed” — A comma splice strings the explanation onto the claim without a colon, functional but a little loose for 7.0. The 7.5 band fixes the equivalent sentence with a colon, "pride of the purest kind: not comparison with anyone", a cleaner link between claim and explanation.一个逗号拼接句把解释串到了论点上,没有用冒号,对7.0分来说是可行的,但略显松散。7.5分答案用冒号修正了对应的句子,"pride of the purest kind: not comparison with anyone",让论点和解释之间的连接更清晰。
    • LR“and that last kind is probably the least celebrated and the most common” — A reflective closing observation, reasonably well put. The 7.5 band expresses the identical idea with almost the same words, showing this closing insight already lands well by 7.0, with 7.5 mainly tightening the sentences that lead up to it.一个措辞相当得体的反思性结尾观察。7.5分答案用几乎相同的措辞表达了完全相同的想法,说明这一收尾洞见在7.0分时就已经落地良好,而7.5分主要是收紧了引向它的那些句子。
    7.5 分

    Drops the framing sentence for a bare comparative opener, and the colon before "not comparison with anyone" ties the anecdote to its meaning directly.去掉了铺陈句,改用裸露的比较句开头,而"not comparison with anyone"前的冒号则直接把轶事和它的含义连接了起来。

    Most often when they've done something they weren't sure they could. My mother's laugh holding that licence was pride of the purest kind: not comparison with anyone, just the discovery that she was more than people, including herself, had assumed. Adults feel proud when they finish something long — a degree, a house, a marathon — when they keep a promise that was hard to keep, and when they help someone with no benefit to themselves. Work produces pride when it's done well and noticed. Parenthood produces it by reflection. And quiet pride comes from ordinary steadiness: paying the debts, showing up, not giving in. That last kind is the least celebrated and probably the most common.

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    大多是在他们做成了一件自己都不确定能不能做到的事情的时候。我母亲拿着那张驾照时的笑容,是最纯粹的一种骄傲:不是和任何人比较,只是发现自己比别人——包括她自己——所以为的更有能力。成年人会在完成一件持续很久的事情时感到骄傲——一个学位、一栋房子、一场马拉松——在信守一个难以坚持的承诺时,以及在毫无自身利益的情况下帮助别人时。工作做得好并被人注意到时会产生骄傲。为人父母则通过反射产生骄傲。而安静的骄傲来自平凡的坚定:还清债务,坚持出现,不放弃。这最后一种是最少被庆祝、却也可能是最常见的一种。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Most often when they've done something they weren't sure they could.” — A subordinate clause stands alone as the entire opening line, with no main clause attached, more compact than the full sentences at 6.5 and 7.0. This kind of confident fragment is a recognisable higher-band opening move.一个从句独自构成了整个开头句,没有附加主句,比6.5分和7.0分中使用的完整句子更紧凑。这种自信的片段式手法是一个可识别的高分段开场动作。
    • LR“not comparison with anyone, just the discovery that she was more than people, including herself, had assumed” — A tight, noun-based restatement of the same idea expressed with gerund clauses at 6.5. Cutting "capable" and using "more than people... had assumed" directly is a small but deliberate economy.一个紧凑的、以名词为基础的重述,表达了6.5分中用动名词从句表达的同一想法。去掉"capable"并直接使用"more than people... had assumed",是一个小而刻意的精简。
    • GRA“That last kind is the least celebrated and probably the most common.” — A short, separate closing sentence follows a colon-led list of examples ("paying the debts, showing up, not giving in"), a cleaner two-step structure than the single sentence with a trailing "even though" clause used at 6.5. This lets the closing reflection land with more weight.一个由冒号引出的例子列表("paying the debts, showing up, not giving in")之后,跟着一个简短、独立的结尾句,比6.5分中使用的、带有拖尾"even though"从句的单一句子结构更干净。这让结尾的反思更有分量。

  5. 5. Is it possible for people in any kind of job to feel proud of their work?

    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 "I think so", and the anecdote is followed by a separate sentence, "That shows pride is about", to spell out its meaning.以"I think so"开头,轶事之后跟着一个独立的句子"That shows pride is about",来明确点出它的含义。

    I think so, although some jobs make it harder than others. The man who cleans my street arranges the rubbish bags in a perfectly straight line before the truck comes, and once pointed it out to me. That shows pride is about doing a thing properly, not about the job's status. Any job with a visible result and some control over how it's done can give someone pride. It's harder in jobs that are split into small parts, only measured by speed, and watched too closely, because then nothing really belongs to the worker. I think pride needs a little ownership to grow.

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    我认为可以,尽管有些工作会让这变得更难一些。清扫我家那条街道的那位大叔,会在垃圾车来之前,把垃圾袋排成一条完美的直线,还曾经指给我看。这说明骄傲是关于把一件事做好,而不是关于这份工作的社会地位。任何有明显成果、并且对怎么做有一定自主权的工作,都能给人带来骄傲。而在那些被拆分成许多小部分、只以速度衡量、又被盯得太紧的工作中,骄傲会更难产生,因为那样一来,就没有什么真正属于工人自己了。我认为骄傲的产生需要一点归属感。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“That shows pride is about doing a thing properly, not about the job's status.” — A separate sentence spells out the meaning of the anecdote after the fact. The 7.5 band folds the same meaning into the anecdote's own sentence using a dash, "once pointed it out to me — pride in work is about...", a more integrated structure.一个独立的句子在事后明确点出了轶事的含义。7.5分答案用一个破折号把同样的含义融入了轶事本身所在的句子里,"once pointed it out to me — pride in work is about...",这是一种更融合的结构。
    • LR“It's harder in jobs that are split into small parts, only measured by speed, and watched too closely, because then nothing really belongs to the worker.” — Functional description of fragmented work. The 7.5 band tightens this to "work that's fragmented, measured only by speed, and supervised so closely", using more precise single words ("fragmented", "supervised") in place of fuller descriptive phrases.对碎片化工作的功能性描述。7.5分答案把它收紧为"work that's fragmented, measured only by speed, and supervised so closely",用更精确的单词("fragmented"、"supervised")取代了更完整的描述性短语。
    • GRA“I think pride needs a little ownership to grow.” — A short, simple closing sentence. The 7.5 band replaces this with two sentences, a short statement followed by an imperative ("Give a person even a small piece of a job that's theirs..."), a more varied closing structure than the single sentence here.一个简短、简单的结尾句。7.5分答案用两个句子取代了它——一个简短的陈述句后接一个祈使句("Give a person even a small piece of a job that's theirs..."),比这里的单一句子提供了更富变化的结尾结构。
    7.0 分

    The dash-free comma pattern in "pointed it out to me, almost proudly, pride in work is" links three ideas loosely with commas."pointed it out to me, almost proudly, pride in work is"中不用破折号的逗号模式,用逗号松散地连接了三个想法。

    I think so, though some jobs definitely make it harder. The man who cleans my street arranges the collected rubbish bags in a perfectly straight line before the truck arrives, and he once pointed it out to me, almost proudly, pride in work is really about doing a thing properly, not about the thing's status. Any job with a visible result, some kind of standard to meet, and a bit of control over how it's done can produce pride. Where it tends to fail is in jobs designed to remove exactly those things, work that's fragmented, measured only by speed, and supervised so closely that nothing really belongs to the worker. I'd say pride needs a little ownership, and give a person even a small piece of a job that's theirs and most will find something in it to be proud of.

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    我认为可以,尽管有些工作确实会让这变得更难。清扫我家那条街道的那位大叔,会在垃圾车到来之前,把收集好的垃圾袋排成一条完美的直线,他有一次还几乎是带着骄傲地指给我看——工作中的骄傲其实是关于把一件事做得规规矩矩,而不是关于这件事的地位。任何有明显成果、有某种标准要达到、并且对怎么做有一点掌控权的工作,都能产生骄傲。而它往往会失效的地方,正是那些被设计成要专门去除这些东西的工作——那些被拆分得七零八落、只以速度衡量、又被盯得那么紧,以至于什么都不真正属于工人的工作。我想说骄傲需要一点归属感,而只要给一个人一份工作里哪怕一小块真正属于他的部分,大多数人都能在其中找到值得骄傲的东西。

    为什么是这个分数

    • GRA“and he once pointed it out to me, almost proudly, pride in work is really about doing a thing properly, not about the thing's status” — A comma splice strings the anecdote's detail and its meaning together without a dash or colon, a little loose for 7.0. The 7.5 band fixes the equivalent sentence with a dash, giving the same content a cleaner, more deliberate link.一个逗号拼接句把轶事的细节和它的含义串在一起,没有用破折号或冒号,对7.0分来说略显松散。7.5分答案用一个破折号修正了对应的句子,给同样的内容提供了更清晰、更刻意的连接。
    • LR“Where it tends to fail is in jobs designed to remove exactly those things” — "Designed to remove exactly those things" is precise and reasonably natural. The 7.5 band uses the near-identical phrase, showing this wording already performs at the ceiling of the range by 7.0."Designed to remove exactly those things"精确且相当自然。7.5分答案使用了几乎相同的短语,说明这一措辞在7.0分时就已经达到了该范围的顶峰水平。
    • FC“I'd say pride needs a little ownership, and give a person even a small piece of a job that's theirs and most will find something in it to be proud of” — The hedge "I'd say" softens the closing claim before the imperative arrives in the same long sentence. The 7.5 band splits this into two short, separate sentences instead, letting the final imperative land with more punch on its own.缓冲语"I'd say"软化了这个结尾论断,而祈使句则在同一个长句中紧接着出现。7.5分答案把它拆成了两个简短、独立的句子,让最后的祈使句能够独立落地,更有力度。
    7.5 分

    The dash before "pride in work is about doing a thing properly" lets the anecdote deliver its own conclusion, and the closing imperative replaces a plain summarising statement."pride in work is about doing a thing properly"前的破折号让轶事自行给出结论,而结尾的祈使句取代了一个平实的总结性陈述。

    I think so, though some jobs make it harder. The man who cleans my street arranges the collected rubbish bags in a perfectly straight line before the truck comes, and once pointed it out to me — pride in work is about doing a thing properly, not about the thing's status. Any job with a visible result, a standard to meet and some control over how it's done can produce pride. Where it fails is in jobs designed to remove those: work that's fragmented, measured only by speed, and supervised so closely that nothing belongs to the worker. Pride needs a little ownership. Give a person even a small piece of a job that's theirs and most will find something in it to be proud of.

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    我认为可以,尽管有些工作会让这变得更难。清扫我家那条街道的那位大叔,会在垃圾车到来之前,把收集好的垃圾袋排成一条完美的直线,还曾经指给我看——工作中的骄傲是关于把一件事做得规规矩矩,而不是关于这件事的地位。任何有明显成果、有一个标准要达到、并对怎么做有一定掌控权的工作,都能产生骄傲。而它会失效的地方,正是那些被设计来去除这些东西的工作:那些被拆分得七零八落、只以速度衡量、又被盯得如此之紧,以至于什么都不属于工人的工作。骄傲需要一点归属感。只要给一个人一份工作里哪怕一小块真正属于他的部分,大多数人都能在其中找到值得骄傲的东西。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“and once pointed it out to me — pride in work is about doing a thing properly, not about the thing's status” — A dash lets the anecdote's meaning follow directly within the same sentence, without a separate summarising sentence or a comma splice. This is tighter than both the extra sentence used at 6.5 and the comma splice used at 7.0 for the same content.一个破折号让轶事的含义在同一个句子里直接跟上,而不需要一个独立的总结句或逗号拼接。这比6.5分中额外加的一句和7.0分中使用的逗号拼接都更紧凑。
    • LR“work that's fragmented, measured only by speed, and supervised so closely that nothing belongs to the worker” — Precise, economical descriptors ("fragmented", "supervised") replace the fuller, more literal phrasing at 6.5 ("split into small parts", "watched too closely"). This compact, almost technical vocabulary is characteristic of the top band.精确、精炼的描述词("fragmented"、"supervised")取代了6.5分中更完整、更字面化的措辞("split into small parts"、"watched too closely")。这种紧凑、近乎专业术语的词汇正是最高分段的特征。
    • GRA“Pride needs a little ownership. Give a person even a small piece of a job that's theirs and most will find something in it to be proud of.” — A short declarative sentence is followed by a separate imperative sentence, a deliberate two-step close. Both lower bands merge this same content into one longer sentence with "and" or a comma splice, a less rhythmically varied ending.一个简短的陈述句后面跟着一个独立的祈使句,这是一个刻意的两步式收尾。较低两个分段都用"and"或逗号拼接把同样的内容合并成一个更长的句子,结尾的节奏变化较少。

  6. 6. Are people proud of different things today than in the past?

    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 "I think the feeling is similar, but", spelling the contrast out in full before the examples.以"I think the feeling is similar, but"开头,在给出任何例子之前就完整地道出了对比。

    I think the feeling is similar, but the objects have changed. My grandmother is proud of keeping a full rice store through hard years and marrying all her children well, while my colleagues are proud of marathon times, promotions, and how their flats look. So the shift is from family and survival towards individual achievement and image. People used to be proud of what they held onto, and now they're proud of what they've added. Pride in a village or a trade has weakened as people move around more. But the basic need hasn't changed, it's just that the audience has moved from the neighbours to the internet.

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    我认为这种感觉是相似的,但对象已经改变了。我奶奶为在艰难岁月里保持米缸不空、把所有子女都嫁娶得体面而感到骄傲,而我的同事们则为马拉松成绩、升职,以及他们的公寓好不好看而感到骄傲。所以这种转变是从家庭和生存,转向了个人成就和形象。人们过去为自己守住了什么而骄傲,现在则为自己增添了什么而骄傲。对一个村庄或一门手艺的自豪感,随着人们越来越多地四处迁移而减弱了。但这种基本的需求并没有改变,只是观众从邻居变成了互联网。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“I think the feeling is similar, but the objects have changed.” — A full sentence spells out the contrast before any example. The 7.5 band compresses this into the two-word-pair fragment "Different objects, similar feeling", stating the same contrast with far fewer words.一个完整的句子在任何例子出现之前就道出了对比。7.5分答案把它压缩成两个词一对的片段"Different objects, similar feeling",用远少得多的词表达了同样的对比。
    • GRA“People used to be proud of what they held onto, and now they're proud of what they've added.” — Two clauses joined by "and", clear and correct. The 7.5 band links the equivalent clauses with a semicolon instead, removing the conjunction entirely for a slightly tighter parallel structure.两个用"and"连接的从句,清晰且正确。7.5分答案改用分号来连接对应的从句,完全去掉了连接词,呈现出略微更紧凑的平行结构。
    • LR“But the basic need hasn't changed, it's just that the audience has moved from the neighbours to the internet.” — A comma splice joins the claim to its explanation, functional but loose. The 7.5 band fixes the equivalent sentence with a colon ("unchanged: to have done something that mattered") and ends on a separate short sentence, a cleaner two-part close.一个逗号拼接句把论点和它的解释连接了起来,可行但松散。7.5分答案用冒号("unchanged: to have done something that mattered")修正了对应的句子,并以一个独立的简短句子收尾,这是一种更干净的两段式收尾。
    7.0 分

    The hedge "I'd say" is dropped in mid-sentence, and "honestly" is added as a filler after the second example.缓冲语"I'd say"被放在句子中间,而"honestly"则作为一个填充词加在第二个例子之后。

    Different objects, I'd say, but a similar feeling underneath. My grandmother's pride, when she talks about her life, is in keeping a full rice store through hard years and marrying all her children well, while my colleagues are proud of marathon times, promotions, and how their flats look, so the shift is really from family and survival towards individual achievement and image. People used to be proud of what they held onto, and now they're proud of what they've added, honestly. Community pride, in a village or a trade, has weakened as people move around more. But the underlying need is unchanged, to have done something that mattered and to have someone recognise it, it's really only the audience that's moved, from the neighbours to the internet.

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    我想说,对象不同了,但底下的感觉是相似的。我奶奶谈起她的一生时,她的骄傲在于在艰难岁月里保持米缸不空、把所有子女都嫁娶得体面,而我的同事们则为马拉松成绩、升职,以及他们的公寓好不好看而感到骄傲,所以这种转变其实是从家庭和生存,转向了个人成就和形象。人们过去为自己守住了什么而骄傲,现在,老实说,他们为自己增添了什么而骄傲。社区层面的自豪感,比如对一个村庄或一门手艺的自豪,随着人们越来越多地四处迁移而减弱了。但底层的需求并没有改变——做成一件重要的事,并有人认可它——真正改变的其实只是观众,从邻居变成了互联网。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Different objects, I'd say, but a similar feeling underneath.” — The hedge "I'd say" is inserted mid-fragment, giving it a more spoken rhythm than the flat 6.5 opener. The 7.5 band removes the hedge, letting the two-part fragment stand entirely on its own.缓冲语"I'd say"插入在片段中间,让它比6.5分平淡的开头拥有更口语化的节奏。7.5分答案去掉了缓冲语,让这个两部分的片段完全独立存在。
    • LR“so the shift is really from family and survival towards individual achievement and image” — "Really" is added as an intensifier here. The 7.5 band drops it, relying on the noun phrase itself ("from family and survival toward individual achievement and image") to carry the weight without extra emphasis words.这里加上了强调词"really"。7.5分答案去掉了它,依靠名词短语本身("from family and survival toward individual achievement and image")来承载分量,不需要额外的强调词。
    • GRA“But the underlying need is unchanged, to have done something that mattered and to have someone recognise it, it's really only the audience that's moved, from the neighbours to the internet.” — A long sentence uses comma splices to string three separate ideas together, ambitious but grammatically loose for 7.0. The 7.5 band fixes this with a colon after "unchanged" and a full stop before the final sentence, a much cleaner distribution of the same content.一个长句用逗号拼接把三个独立的想法串在了一起,野心不小,但对7.0分来说语法上较为松散。7.5分答案用"unchanged"后的冒号和最后一句前的句号修正了这一点,让同样的内容分布得更干净。
    7.5 分

    Opens with the bare two-part fragment "Different objects, similar feeling", and semicolons replace the plain "while" and "and" used at the lower bands.以裸露的两部分片段"Different objects, similar feeling"开头,并用分号取代了较低分段中使用的平实的"while"和"and"。

    Different objects, similar feeling. My grandmother's pride, when she talks about her life, is in keeping a full rice store through hard years and marrying all her children well; my colleagues are proud of marathon times, promotions, and how their flats look — the shift is from family and survival toward individual achievement and image. People used to be proud of what they held onto; now they're proud of what they've added. Community pride, in a village or a trade, has weakened as people move. But the underlying need is unchanged: to have done something that mattered and to have someone recognise it. Only the audience has moved, from the neighbours to the internet.

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    对象不同,感觉相似。我奶奶谈起她的一生时,她的骄傲在于在艰难岁月里保持米缸不空、把所有子女都嫁娶得体面;我的同事们则为马拉松成绩、升职,以及他们的公寓好不好看而感到骄傲——这种转变是从家庭和生存,转向了个人成就和形象。人们过去为自己守住了什么而骄傲;现在他们为自己增添了什么而骄傲。社区层面的自豪感,比如对一个村庄或一门手艺的自豪,随着人们的迁移而减弱了。但底层的需求并没有改变:做成一件重要的事,并有人认可它。唯一改变的是观众,从邻居变成了互联网。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Different objects, similar feeling.” — A two-word-pair fragment with no verb opens the whole answer, far more compact than the full sentences at 6.5 or the hedge-softened fragment at 7.0. This kind of stripped-down parallel opener is a clear higher-band signature.一个没有动词的两词对片段开启了整篇答案,远比6.5分中的完整句子或7.0分中加了缓冲语的片段更紧凑。这种精简到极致的平行式开头,是一个明显的高分段标志。
    • LR“Only the audience has moved, from the neighbours to the internet.” — A short, separate closing sentence isolates the key image for emphasis. Both lower bands instead bury this same image at the end of a longer, comma-spliced sentence, giving it less rhetorical weight.一个简短、独立的结尾句把关键意象单独提炼出来加以强调。较低两个分段都把同样的意象埋在了一个更长、用逗号拼接的句子末尾,削弱了它的修辞分量。
    • GRA“My grandmother's pride, when she talks about her life, is in keeping a full rice store through hard years and marrying all her children well; my colleagues are proud of marathon times, promotions, and how their flats look” — A semicolon balances two parallel clauses about different generations with no conjunction, tighter than the "while" used to join the same content at 6.5 and 7.0. This kind of unmarked semicolon contrast recurs across the whole 7.5 answer.一个分号在没有连接词的情况下平衡了两个关于不同世代的平行从句,比6.5分和7.0分中用来连接同样内容的"while"更紧凑。这种不加标记的分号对比手法,在整篇7.5分答案中反复出现。

  7. 7. How can being proud of oneself sometimes have negative effects?

    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 "I think it happens when", then lists each negative effect in its own separate sentence.以"I think it happens when"开头,然后用各自独立的句子逐一列出每一个负面影响。

    I think it happens when pride stops someone from learning. A designer I know won a national award five years ago and hasn't grown since, because he now believes he's already right, and treats feedback as an attack instead of a gift. Too much pride also damages relationships, since nobody enjoys someone who keeps talking about their own achievements. It can also stop people from trying things they might fail at, because failure would hurt their image. And pride in a group or a country can turn into looking down on others. I'd say healthy pride says 'I did that well', but unhealthy pride says 'I never do badly', and that stops all improvement.

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    我认为是在骄傲阻止了一个人学习的时候。我认识的一位设计师五年前获得了一个全国性的奖项,从那以后就没再进步过,因为他现在相信自己已经是对的了,并把反馈当成一种攻击而不是一份礼物。过度的骄傲也会损害人际关系,因为没有人喜欢一直在谈论自己成就的人。它还会阻止人们尝试那些他们可能会失败的事情,因为失败会损害他们的形象。而对一个团体或一个国家的骄傲,也可能变成对别人的轻视。我想说,健康的骄傲说的是"我这件事做得很好",而不健康的骄傲说的是"我从不做错事",而后者会阻碍一切进步。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“I think it happens when pride stops someone from learning.” — A full sentence frames the claim before the example arrives. The 7.5 band drops the frame for the bare subordinate clause "When it closes the door to learning", a tighter, more confident opening move.一个完整的句子在例子出现之前就构建了铺陈。7.5分答案去掉了铺陈,改用裸露的从句"When it closes the door to learning",这是一种更紧凑、更自信的开头手法。
    • LR“treats feedback as an attack instead of a gift” — Clear, functional phrasing for the contrast. The 7.5 band tightens this to "an attack to be dismissed rather than a gift", adding the precise participle "dismissed" for a slightly more deliberate word choice.清晰、功能性地表达了这一对比。7.5分答案把它收紧为"an attack to be dismissed rather than a gift",加入了精确的分词"dismissed",呈现出略微更精心的用词选择。
    • GRA“I'd say healthy pride says 'I did that well', but unhealthy pride says 'I never do badly', and that stops all improvement.” — A long sentence links two quoted contrasts with "but" and then adds a result clause with "and", correct but a little chained. The 7.5 band achieves the same closing contrast with a semicolon instead of "but", a tighter link between the two quotations.一个长句用"but"连接了两个引用式的对比,然后又用"and"加上了一个结果从句,正确但略显链条化。7.5分答案用分号取代了"but"来达到同样的结尾对比效果,让两个引语之间的连接更紧凑。
    7.0 分

    The hedge "Honestly" opens the answer, and "quietly" and "particularly" add small evaluative touches not present at 6.5.缓冲语"Honestly"开启了答案,而"quietly"和"particularly"则加入了6.5分中没有的小小评价性色彩。

    Honestly, I think it happens when pride closes the door to learning altogether. A designer I know won a national award five years ago and hasn't really grown since, because pride quietly turned into the conviction that he was already right, so every piece of feedback became an attack to dismiss rather than a gift to accept. Excessive pride also strains relationships, since nobody particularly enjoys someone who narrates their own achievements. It can make people afraid to try things they might fail at too, because failure would damage the image they've built. And pride in a family or a nation can slide into contempt for others. I'd say healthy pride says 'I did that well', while unhealthy pride says 'I am someone who cannot do badly', and that second sentence is really what stops all improvement.

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    老实说,我认为是在骄傲彻底关上了学习之门的时候。我认识的一位设计师五年前获得了一个全国性的奖项,从那以后就没再真正进步过,因为骄傲悄悄地变成了一种确信——确信自己已经是对的了,于是每一条反馈都变成了一种要打发掉的攻击,而不是一份可以接受的礼物。过度的骄傲还会给人际关系带来压力,因为没有人特别喜欢一个不停讲述自己成就的人。它也会让人害怕去尝试那些可能失败的事情,因为失败会损害他们精心营造的形象。而对一个家庭或一个国家的骄傲,则可能滑向对别人的蔑视。我想说,健康的骄傲说的是"我这件事做得很好",而不健康的骄傲说的是"我是一个不可能做错事的人",而正是这后一句话,阻碍了一切进步。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, I think it happens when pride closes the door to learning altogether.” — The hedge "Honestly" plus "altogether" extends the opening claim slightly beyond the plain 6.5 version. The 7.5 band removes both the hedge and the framing verb, opening directly on the bare clause instead.缓冲语"Honestly"加上"altogether",把开头的论点略微延伸到超出6.5分平实版本的程度。7.5分答案去掉了缓冲语和铺陈动词,直接以裸露的从句开头。
    • LR“pride quietly turned into the conviction that he was already right” — "Quietly turned into the conviction" is a nicely understated way of describing a gradual change. The 7.5 band uses the near-identical phrase without "quietly", showing this wording already performs well by 7.0, with the 7.5 version simply trimming one adverb."Quietly turned into the conviction"是描述渐进变化的一种颇为含蓄得体的方式。7.5分答案使用了几乎相同但去掉了"quietly"的短语,说明这一措辞在7.0分时就已经表现良好,7.5分只是删掉了一个副词。
    • GRA“I'd say healthy pride says 'I did that well', while unhealthy pride says 'I am someone who cannot do badly', and that second sentence is really what stops all improvement.” — The hedge "I'd say" softens the closing contrast, and "while" links the two quotations. The 7.5 band removes the hedge and swaps "while" for a semicolon, arriving at the identical two quotations with a more direct, unhedged structure.缓冲语"I'd say"软化了这个结尾对比,而"while"则连接了两个引语。7.5分答案去掉了缓冲语,并用分号取代了"while",用一种更直接、不加缓冲的结构呈现了完全相同的两个引语。
    7.5 分

    Drops the framing entirely for a bare "When it closes the door to learning", and a semicolon replaces "but" in the closing contrast between healthy and unhealthy pride.完全去掉了铺陈,改用裸露的"When it closes the door to learning",并用一个分号取代了健康与不健康骄傲之间结尾对比中的"but"。

    When it closes the door to learning. A designer I know won a national award five years ago and hasn't grown since, because pride turned into the conviction that he was already right — every piece of feedback became an attack to be dismissed rather than a gift. Excessive pride also strains relationships; nobody enjoys someone who narrates their own achievements. It can make people afraid to try things they might fail at, because failure would damage the image. And pride in a group, a family or a nation can become contempt for others. Healthy pride says 'I did that well'; unhealthy pride says 'I am someone who cannot do badly', and the second sentence stops all improvement.

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    在骄傲关上学习之门的时候。我认识的一位设计师五年前获得了一个全国性的奖项,从那以后就没再进步过,因为骄傲变成了一种确信——确信自己已经是对的了——每一条反馈都变成了一种要被打发掉的攻击,而不是一份礼物。过度的骄傲也会给人际关系带来压力;没有人喜欢一个不停讲述自己成就的人。它也会让人害怕去尝试那些可能失败的事情,因为失败会损害他们的形象。而对一个群体、一个家庭或一个国家的骄傲,则可能变成对别人的蔑视。健康的骄傲说的是"我这件事做得很好";不健康的骄傲说的是"我是一个不可能做错事的人",而后者阻碍了一切进步。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“When it closes the door to learning.” — A subordinate clause alone forms the entire opening sentence, with no main clause attached, more compact than the full sentences at 6.5 and 7.0. This is a confident, higher-band way of launching straight into the argument.一个从句独自构成了整个开头句,没有附加主句,比6.5分和7.0分中使用的完整句子更紧凑。这是一种自信的、高分段的方式,直接切入论证本身。
    • LR“every piece of feedback became an attack to be dismissed rather than a gift” — The precise participle "dismissed" sharpens the contrast beyond the plainer phrasing at 6.5. The 7.0 band reaches a similar wording, showing this phrase already performs near the ceiling by 7.0, with 7.5 keeping it essentially unchanged.精确的分词"dismissed"让这个对比比6.5分中更平实的措辞更加尖锐。7.0分答案给出了类似的措辞,说明这个短语在7.0分时就已经接近顶峰水平,7.5分基本保持不变。
    • GRA“Healthy pride says 'I did that well'; unhealthy pride says 'I am someone who cannot do badly', and the second sentence stops all improvement.” — A semicolon balances the two quoted contrasts with no conjunction, tighter than the "but" at 6.5 or the "while" at 7.0 for the same pair. The parallel repetition of the sentence structure across both halves is a deliberate rhetorical device.一个分号在不用连接词的情况下平衡了两个引用式的对比,比6.5分中的"but"或7.0分中的"while"用于同一对句子时更紧凑。两半句子结构上的平行重复是一种刻意的修辞手法。

  8. 8. What effects can individuals being too proud of material possessions have on society?

    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 "I think it turns life into", then links the story to its point with a plain "So" at the start of the next sentence.以"I think it turns life into"开头,然后用下一句开头平实的"So"把故事和它的意义连接起来。

    I think it turns life into a competition that nobody really wins. In my parents' neighbourhood in Hue, there's a quiet race to own a car, and some families have borrowed a lot of money to park something outside the house that they can't really afford. So pride in possessions can lead to debt, envy, and a constant feeling of falling behind. It also causes waste, since things get bought to be seen rather than used, and it shifts respect from what people do to what they own. It also puts pressure on children to keep up. Some ambition for a better life is healthy, but when the possession itself becomes the point, society ends up richer in things and poorer in ease.

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    我认为这会把生活变成一场没有人真正能赢的竞争。在我父母位于顺化的那个街区,存在一场悄悄进行的拥有汽车的竞赛,有些家庭借了很多钱,就为了在家门口停一辆他们其实负担不起的东西。所以,对拥有物的骄傲会导致债务、嫉妒,以及一种持续的落后感。它也会造成浪费,因为东西被买来是为了被人看见,而不是为了使用,而且它把尊重从人们做了什么,转移到了人们拥有什么上。它还会给孩子带来要跟上别人的压力。对更好生活的一些追求是健康的,但当拥有物本身成了目的时,社会最终会变得物质上更富有,但精神上更缺乏从容。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“I think it turns life into a competition that nobody really wins.” — A full sentence frames the claim with "I think" and the intensifier "really". The 7.5 band drops both the framing and the intensifier, stating the identical claim in fewer, more assertive words.一个完整的句子用"I think"和强调词"really"构建了铺陈。7.5分答案去掉了铺陈和强调词,用更少、更有力的词陈述了完全相同的论点。
    • GRA“So pride in possessions can lead to debt, envy, and a constant feeling of falling behind.” — A separate sentence introduced by "So" draws the conclusion from the anecdote. The 7.5 band instead folds this conclusion into the same sentence as the anecdote using a dash, a more integrated, less step-by-step structure.一个由"So"引出的独立句子,从轶事中得出了结论。7.5分答案则用一个破折号把这个结论融入了轶事所在的同一个句子,这是一种更融合、更少分步骤感的结构。
    • LR“It also causes waste, since things get bought to be seen rather than used” — Clear, functional phrasing. The 7.5 band tightens "to be seen" to "for display", a slightly more precise and formal register for the same idea.清晰、功能性的措辞。7.5分答案把"to be seen"收紧为"for display",为同一个想法呈现出略微更精确、更正式的语域。
    7.0 分

    The hedge "Honestly" opens the answer, and "actually" and "pretty" appear as small intensifiers not present at 6.5.缓冲语"Honestly"开启了答案,而"actually"和"pretty"则作为6.5分中没有的小强调词出现。

    Honestly, I think it turns life into a competition nobody actually wins. In my parents' neighbourhood in Hue, there's a quiet race to own a car, and several families have borrowed pretty heavily to park something outside the house that they can't really afford, pride in possessions produces debt, envy, and a constant sense of falling behind. At a social level it also drives waste, since things are bought for display rather than use, and it shifts respect from what people do to what they own. It raises the pressure on children to keep up too. Some ambition for a better life is healthy and has genuinely lifted a lot of families, but when the possession becomes the point rather than the comfort, society gets richer in things and noticeably poorer in ease.

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    老实说,我认为这会把生活变成一场没有人真正能赢的竞争。在我父母位于顺化的那个街区,存在一场悄悄进行的拥有汽车的竞赛,好几个家庭借了相当多的钱,就为了在家门口停一辆他们其实负担不起的东西——对拥有物的骄傲会催生债务、嫉妒,以及一种持续的落后感。在社会层面,它也会推动浪费,因为东西被买来是为了展示,而不是为了使用,而且它把尊重从人们做了什么,转移到了人们拥有什么上。它同样也会加大孩子们要跟上别人的压力。对更好生活的一些追求是健康的,而且确实让不少家庭的生活得到了提升,但当拥有物本身成了目的,而不是为了生活的舒适时,社会最终会变得物质上更富有,但明显在从容上更贫乏。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, I think it turns life into a competition nobody actually wins.” — The hedge "Honestly" plus the intensifier "actually" extends the claim slightly beyond the plain 6.5 opener. The 7.5 band removes both, opening on the bare claim alone for a more direct, confident statement.缓冲语"Honestly"加上强调词"actually",把这个论点略微延伸到超出6.5分平实开头的程度。7.5分答案两者都去掉了,直接以裸露的论点开头,呈现出更直接、更自信的陈述。
    • GRA“several families have borrowed pretty heavily to park something outside the house that they can't really afford, pride in possessions produces debt, envy, and a constant sense of falling behind” — A comma splice links the anecdote directly to its conclusion without a dash or colon, functional but loose for 7.0. The 7.5 band fixes the equivalent sentence with a dash, a cleaner, more deliberate connection between story and claim.一个逗号拼接句把轶事直接连接到它的结论,没有用破折号或冒号,对7.0分来说可行但松散。7.5分答案用破折号修正了对应的句子,让故事和论点之间的连接更清晰、更刻意。
    • LR“society gets richer in things and noticeably poorer in ease” — "Noticeably" is added as an intensifier before "poorer". The 7.5 band drops it, trusting the contrast between "richer in things" and "poorer in ease" to carry its own weight without an extra qualifier.在"poorer"前加上了强调词"noticeably"。7.5分答案去掉了它,相信"richer in things"和"poorer in ease"之间的对比本身就足以承载分量,不需要额外的限定词。
    7.5 分

    Drops the framing entirely for the bare claim "It turns life into a competition nobody wins", and the dash lets the anecdote deliver its own conclusion.完全去掉了铺陈,改用裸露的论点"It turns life into a competition nobody wins",而破折号则让轶事自行给出结论。

    It turns life into a competition nobody wins. In my parents' neighbourhood in Hue there's a quiet race to own a car, and several families have borrowed heavily to park something outside the house that they can't really afford — pride in possessions produces debt, envy and a constant sense of falling behind. At a social level it drives waste, since things are bought for display rather than use, and it shifts respect from what people do to what they own. It also raises the pressure on children to keep up. Some ambition for a better life is healthy and has lifted a lot of families. But when the possession is the point rather than the comfort, society gets richer in things and poorer in ease.

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    这会把生活变成一场没有人能赢的竞争。在我父母位于顺化的那个街区,存在一场悄悄进行的拥有汽车的竞赛,好几个家庭借了很多钱,就为了在家门口停一辆他们其实负担不起的东西——对拥有物的骄傲会催生债务、嫉妒,以及一种持续的落后感。在社会层面,它会推动浪费,因为东西被买来是为了展示,而不是为了使用,而且它把尊重从人们做了什么,转移到了人们拥有什么上。它也会加大孩子们要跟上别人的压力。对更好生活的一些追求是健康的,而且确实提升了不少家庭的生活。但当拥有物本身成了目的,而不是为了生活的舒适时,社会最终会变得物质上更富有,但从容上更贫乏。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“It turns life into a competition nobody wins.” — A bare declarative sentence opens the whole answer with no framing verb or hedge, more direct than the "I think" opener at 6.5 or the hedged version at 7.0. This kind of unhedged assertion signals confidence appropriate to the top band.一个没有铺陈动词或缓冲语的裸露陈述句开启了整篇答案,比6.5分中"I think"的开头或7.0分中带缓冲语的版本更直接。这种不加缓冲的断言,标志着符合最高分段的那种自信。
    • LR“things are bought for display rather than use” — "For display" is a precise, slightly formal noun phrase replacing the more literal "to be seen" used at 6.5. It reads as a more deliberate, considered word choice."For display"是一个精确、略带正式感的名词短语,取代了6.5分中更字面化的"to be seen"。它读起来像是一个更经过斟酌的用词选择。
    • GRA“several families have borrowed heavily to park something outside the house that they can't really afford — pride in possessions produces debt, envy and a constant sense of falling behind” — A dash links the anecdote to its conclusion within a single sentence, avoiding both the separate "So" sentence at 6.5 and the loose comma splice at 7.0. This integrated structure is a consistent feature of the 7.5 answer throughout.一个破折号在同一个句子内把轶事和它的结论连接了起来,既避免了6.5分中独立的"So"句子,也避免了7.0分中松散的逗号拼接。这种融合式的结构贯穿了整篇7.5分答案。

  9. 9. Do you agree or disagree that if countries had less national pride, there would be greater global harmony?

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    6.5 分

    Opens with "I partly agree, because", spelling the qualification out in a full sentence before any example.以"I partly agree, because"开头,在任何例子出现之前就用一个完整的句子明确道出了限定条件。

    I partly agree, because it depends on what kind of pride we mean. When Vietnam wins a football match, the whole city of Da Nang is out on the street with flags for a night, and nobody anywhere is harmed by that. That kind of pride just brings people together and stops there. The pride that damages harmony is the kind that needs someone else to be lesser, like believing your own country deserves more, or that its way is the only right way. Less of that would definitely help. But removing national pride completely isn't realistic, because people need to belong somewhere.

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    我部分同意,因为这取决于我们说的是哪一种骄傲。当越南赢得一场足球比赛时,整个岘港市的人都会在街上挥舞国旗庆祝一整晚,而这不会伤害到任何地方的任何人。这种骄傲只是把人们团结在一起,仅此而已。真正损害和谐的骄傲,是那种需要有别人显得低人一等才能存在的骄傲,比如相信自己的国家应得的更多,或者相信自己国家的方式才是唯一正确的方式。少一点这种骄傲肯定会有帮助。但完全消除民族自豪感是不现实的,因为人需要有所归属。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“I partly agree, because it depends on what kind of pride we mean.” — A full sentence spells out the position and its reason together. The 7.5 band opens instead on the single word "Partly", letting the following sentence supply the reason without repeating "I agree", a more compact structure.一个完整的句子把立场和它的理由一起道了出来。7.5分答案则以一个单词"Partly"开头,让接下来的句子自行提供理由,而不需要重复"I agree",这是一种更紧凑的结构。
    • LR“That kind of pride just brings people together and stops there.” — Plain, functional phrasing. The 7.5 band uses the almost identical "that pride binds people together and stops there", showing this wording already performs well at 6.5, though "binds" is a marginally more precise verb than "brings together".平实、功能性的措辞。7.5分答案使用了几乎相同的"that pride binds people together and stops there",说明这一措辞在6.5分时就已经表现良好,尽管"binds"是一个比"brings together"略微更精确的动词。
    • GRA“Less of that would definitely help. But removing national pride completely isn't realistic, because people need to belong somewhere.” — Two separate short sentences state the concession and the caveat. The 7.5 band achieves the same content but links the caveat with a semicolon instead of "because", and then adds a further closing sentence this version doesn't include.两个独立的简短句子分别陈述了让步和附加条件。7.5分答案达到了同样的内容,但用分号而不是"because"来连接附加条件,然后又加上了一个进一步的结尾句,而这个版本没有包含这一句。
    7.0 分

    The hedge "I'd say" is inserted after "Partly", and "honestly" and "genuinely" appear as extra spoken touches.缓冲语"I'd say"插入在"Partly"之后,而"honestly"和"genuinely"则作为额外的口语化点缀出现。

    Partly, I'd say, and the difference is really in what kind of pride we're talking about. When Vietnam wins a football match, the entire city of Da Nang is on the street with flags for a night, and honestly nobody anywhere is harmed by it, that pride binds people together and stops there. The pride that actually damages harmony is the kind that needs someone else to be lesser, the belief that one's own country is entitled to more, or that its way is the only way. Less of that would certainly help. But removing national pride altogether isn't realistic or even desirable, since people genuinely need to belong somewhere, so a world of countries proud of themselves and curious about each other would probably be more harmonious than one where nobody was proud of anything.

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    我想说,部分同意,而真正的区别在于我们谈论的是哪一种骄傲。当越南赢得一场足球比赛时,整个岘港市的人都在街上挥舞国旗庆祝一整晚,而且老实说,不会有任何地方的任何人因此受到伤害——那种骄傲把人们团结在一起,仅此而已。真正损害和谐的骄傲,是那种需要有别人显得低人一等的骄傲——相信自己的国家理应得到更多,或相信它的方式才是唯一的方式。少一点这种骄傲肯定会有帮助。但完全消除民族自豪感既不现实,也未必值得追求,因为人真的需要有所归属,所以一个由各自为自己感到骄傲、又对彼此充满好奇的国家组成的世界,大概会比一个没有人为任何事感到骄傲的世界更加和谐。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Partly, I'd say, and the difference is really in what kind of pride we're talking about.” — The hedge "I'd say" is inserted between "Partly" and the explanation, giving a spoken rhythm. The 7.5 band drops the hedge and the trailing "we're talking about", arriving at the same idea in fewer words.缓冲语"I'd say"插入在"Partly"和解释之间,呈现出一种口语化的节奏。7.5分答案去掉了缓冲语和拖尾的"we're talking about",用更少的词达到了同样的想法。
    • GRA“so a world of countries proud of themselves and curious about each other would probably be more harmonious than one where nobody was proud of anything” — This closing idea is folded onto the end of a very long sentence with "so", making the sentence quite heavy. The 7.5 band gives the identical idea its own separate sentence, without "so" or "probably", a cleaner, more emphatic close.这个结尾的想法被用"so"叠加到了一个很长的句子末尾,让整个句子显得相当沉重。7.5分答案给了这个完全相同的想法一个独立的句子,不用"so"或"probably",呈现出更干净、更有力的收尾。
    • LR“the belief that one's own country is entitled to more, or that its way is the only way” — A precise, well-balanced description of harmful pride. The 7.5 band uses the identical phrase, showing this wording already performs at the ceiling of the range by 7.0.一个对有害骄傲的精确、平衡的描述。7.5分答案使用了完全相同的短语,说明这一措辞在7.0分时就已经达到了该范围的顶峰水平。
    7.5 分

    Opens with the bare word "Partly", and the closing sentence stands alone rather than being folded into the previous one with "so".以裸露的单词"Partly"开头,而结尾句独自成句,而不是用"so"叠加到前一句里。

    Partly, and the difference is in what kind of pride. When Vietnam wins a football match, the entire city of Da Nang is on the street with flags for a night, and nobody anywhere is harmed by it; that pride binds people together and stops there. The pride that damages harmony is the kind that needs someone else to be lesser — the belief that one's own country is entitled to more, or that its way is the only way. Less of that would certainly help. But removing national pride altogether isn't realistic or even desirable; people need to belong somewhere. A world of countries proud of themselves and curious about each other would be more harmonious than one where nobody was proud of anything.

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    部分同意,而区别在于是哪一种骄傲。当越南赢得一场足球比赛时,整个岘港市的人都在街上挥舞国旗庆祝一整晚,而不会有任何地方的任何人因此受到伤害;那种骄傲把人们团结在一起,仅此而已。真正损害和谐的骄傲,是那种需要有别人显得低人一等的骄傲——相信自己的国家理应得到更多,或相信它的方式才是唯一的方式。少一点这种骄傲肯定会有帮助。但完全消除民族自豪感既不现实,也未必值得追求;人需要有所归属。一个由各自为自己感到骄傲、又对彼此充满好奇的国家组成的世界,会比一个没有人为任何事感到骄傲的世界更加和谐。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Partly, and the difference is in what kind of pride.” — A single word plus a short clause opens the whole answer, more compact than the full sentence at 6.5 or the hedge-extended version at 7.0. This economy at the very start signals confidence before any evidence is even given.一个单词加一个简短的从句开启了整篇答案,比6.5分中完整的句子或7.0分中加了缓冲语的版本更紧凑。这种在给出任何证据之前就体现出的精简,在一开始就传达出了自信。
    • GRA“A world of countries proud of themselves and curious about each other would be more harmonious than one where nobody was proud of anything.” — A separate, standalone closing sentence, with no "so" or hedge attached, gives the final claim its own weight. The 7.0 band buries the same idea at the end of an already long sentence, giving it less rhetorical emphasis.一个独立的结尾句,不附加"so"或缓冲语,让最后的论点拥有了自己的分量。7.0分答案把同样的想法埋在了一个已经很长的句子末尾,削弱了它的修辞强调效果。
    • LR“nobody anywhere is harmed by it; that pride binds people together and stops there” — The verb phrase 'binds people together' is a mildly figurative collocation for social cohesion, chosen over a flatter alternative like 'makes people feel close'. A 6.5 or 7.0 answer would more likely default to that plainer phrasing. The image of pride as something that 'binds' captures the positive, unifying kind of national pride the answer is arguing for more precisely than a literal description would, the less-common but natural collocation typical of Band 7.5.动词短语"binds people together"是一个略带比喻色彩的搭配,用来表达社会凝聚力,而不是使用像"makes people feel close"这样更平淡的替代说法。6.5分或7.0分答案更可能默认使用那种更平实的措辞。这种把骄傲比作能够"binds"(凝聚)的东西的意象,比字面描述更精确地捕捉到了这篇答案所主张的那种积极、团结性的民族自豪感,这是7.5分典型的那种不常见却自然的搭配。

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 Time When You Felt Very Proud of Something a Family Member Did"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。
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