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 Type of Food That You Like to Eat on Special Occasions"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？

是的——它是当前考试时段（2026年9–12月）的题卡。

IELTS Speaking Part 2

A Type of Food That You Like to Eat on Special Occasions

最近一次出现于 2026年9–12月当前在用

题卡

Describe a type of food that you like to eat on special occasions.

You should say:

what this food is
how this food is prepared
where and when you eat this food
and explain why you like to eat this type of food on special occasions.

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 preparation and setting are described in simple, sequential sentences without much elaboration, typical of a clear but modest Band 6.5 answer.制作过程和场景用简单、按顺序排列的句子描述,没有太多展开,是清晰但略显朴素的6.5分答案的典型特征。

The food I want to talk about is xôi gấc, a bright red sticky rice that we eat on special occasions like birthdays and weddings. In Vietnamese culture, red is a lucky colour, so this dish always makes the table look more festive.

It's made from glutinous rice mixed with the pulp of a red fruit called gấc, which gives it that strong red colour, plus a little sugar and some coconut milk. Everything is mixed together first and then steamed for about an hour, until it turns soft and slightly sticky. It's sometimes topped with sweet mung bean paste, or served next to a piece of boiled chicken.

We usually eat it in Hue, at my parents' house, whenever there's a birthday in the family or a wedding to celebrate. My mother often buys it from a lady near the market instead of making it herself, because it takes a long time to prepare properly, and she says the lady makes it better anyway. We usually eat it early in the morning, before the rest of the celebration starts.

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我想说的食物是xôi gấc（红木鳖果糯米饭），一种颜色鲜红的糯米饭，我们会在生日、婚礼这类特别的场合吃。在越南文化里，红色是吉利的颜色，所以这道菜总能让餐桌看起来更喜庆。

它是用糯米混合一种叫gấc（木鳖果）的红色果肉做成的，正是这种果肉让它呈现出那种鲜艳的红色，再加一点糖和椰浆。所有材料先混合在一起，然后蒸大概一个小时，直到米饭变软、带点黏性。有时候上面还会撒一层绿豆蓉，或者配一块白斩鸡一起吃。

我们通常在顺化，在爸妈家里吃，只要家里有人过生日，或者有婚礼要庆祝，就会吃这个。我妈妈经常直接向市场附近一位阿姨买，而不是自己做，因为做起来很费时间，而且她说那位阿姨做得更好吃。我们通常是在庆祝活动正式开始之前的清晨就吃它。

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LR“which gives it that strong red colour” — 'Strong red colour' uses two plain, high-frequency descriptive words rather than a more precise culinary term (vivid, vermillion, crimson) that might appear in a higher-band description of the same dish, and the relative clause structure ('which gives it...') is the most basic way to attach this detail to the preceding clause. The description stays functional — telling the listener exactly what colour and why — without any attempt at figurative language, consistent with the 6.5 target of clear, everyday vocabulary rather than the more vivid comparison a 7.0 answer might reach for.'Strong red colour'用了两个平实、高频的描述性词语，而不是一个更精确的烹饪术语（vivid、vermillion、crimson），后者可能出现在更高分段对同一道菜的描述中，而定语从句结构（"which gives it..."）是把这个细节附加到前一个分句上最基础的方式。这段描述保持功能性——准确告诉听者是什么颜色、为什么——没有尝试任何比喻性语言，符合 Band 6.5 对清晰、日常词汇的要求，而不是 Band 7.0 答案可能会去够的那种更生动的比喻。
GRA“Everything is mixed together first and then steamed for about an hour, until it turns soft and slightly sticky.” — The sentence uses the passive voice ('is mixed', 'steamed') correctly to describe a cooking process without naming an agent, sequenced with 'first... then... until', which is a basic but entirely accurate way to narrate a procedure. There's no subordination beyond the final 'until' clause, and no attempt at varying the sentence opening or combining this step with the next one, the way a 7.0 answer might via a participial phrase. It's functional, clear procedural language exactly matching the 6.5 grammar target.这句话正确地使用了被动语态（"is mixed"、"steamed"）来描述一个烹饪过程，而不点名执行者，并用"first... then... until"依次排列，这是一种基础但完全准确的叙述流程方式。除了最后的"until"从句之外没有其他从属结构，也没有像 Band 7.0 答案可能会做的那样，通过分词短语来变化句子开头或把这一步和下一步结合起来。这是一种功能性、清楚的流程性语言，精准符合 Band 6.5 的语法目标。
FC“We usually eat it early in the morning, before the rest of the celebration starts.” — The final sentence adds one more concrete fact — timing — rather than pulling back to a reflective close about why the dish matters to the speaker or family, which a 7.0 or 7.5 answer would more likely attempt in the closing position. It's accurate, relevant, and rounds off the description naturally, but it stays purely descriptive to the end rather than turning into an evaluative or personal statement. This matches the 6.5 descriptor's ceiling for Fluency & Coherence — direct, on-topic, but not reaching beyond description into interpretation.最后一句又添加了一个具体事实——时间——而不是退后一步，对这道菜对说话者或家人为什么重要做一个反思性的收尾，而这正是 Band 7.0 或 7.5 的答案更可能在结尾处尝试的做法。它准确、相关，也自然地为整段描述画上句号，但它一直保持纯粹的描述性，直到最后都没有转变成一句评价性或个人化的陈述。这符合 Band 6.5 评分描述对 Fluency & Coherence 的天花板——直接、切题，但没有超出描述、触及阐释的层面。

7.0 分

The answer develops the description with a full step-by-step process (kneading, wrapping, boiling, syrup) and closes on a specific reflective observation about the grandmother's uncharacteristic patience, giving more coherent development than the 6.5 answer's shorter, more listed description.答案通过一个完整的分步骤过程(揉面、包馅、煮沸、熬糖水)来展开描述,并以一段具体的反思性观察——外婆反常的耐心——收尾,比6.5分那种更短、更偏罗列式的描述展现出更连贯的发展。

The food I'd talk about is chè trôi nước, small balls of glutinous rice filled with sweet mung bean paste, served in a warm ginger syrup, which my family eats specifically on the third day of the third lunar month, a festival called Tết Hàn Thực.

How it's made starts with soaking glutinous rice flour and kneading it into a smooth dough, then wrapping small pieces of dough around a ball of mashed mung bean mixed with sugar, rolling everything into neat round shapes about the size of a golf ball. These get dropped into boiling water until they float to the top, which apparently means they're cooked, and then they're moved into a pot of ginger syrup that's been simmering separately, usually with a bit of grated coconut and sesame seeds sprinkled on top when serving.

Where and when I eat it is at my grandmother's house in Hue, always in the late morning of that particular festival day. My grandmother insists on making it from scratch every year rather than buying it, even though there's a shop two streets away that sells a version most people say is just as good. She says the shop version doesn't taste the same, though I honestly can't always tell the difference myself.

What I like about this dish is partly the taste — warm, sweet, slightly spicy from the ginger — but mostly the fact that the whole family gathers in the kitchen to help shape the balls together, which rarely happens for ordinary meals. My younger cousins always make theirs too big or oddly shaped, and my grandmother lets it go without complaint, which surprises me a little every year given how particular she normally is about cooking.

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我想说的这道菜是汤圆(chè trôi nước),用糯米粉做成的小圆球,里面包着甜绿豆沙馅,配着温热的姜汤一起吃,这是我家专门在农历三月初三——一个叫寒食节(Tết Hàn Thực)的节日——吃的食物。

做法是先把糯米粉泡水,揉成光滑的面团,然后取一小块面团包住一颗压碎并拌了糖的绿豆沙球,再把整个搓成大小和高尔夫球差不多的圆球。这些圆球被丢进滚水里煮,一直煮到浮上水面,据说这就表示熟了,然后再捞进另一锅正单独熬着的姜汤糖水里,上桌的时候通常还会撒点刨椰丝和芝麻在上面。

我吃这道菜的地点和时间,是在顺化(Hue)外婆家,而且总是在那个特定节日的临近中午的时候。我外婆每年都坚持从头自己做,而不去买现成的,尽管隔两条街就有一家店卖的版本,很多人都说味道也差不多好。她说外面买的味道就是不一样,不过说实话,我自己有时候也吃不太出来区别。

我喜欢这道菜,一部分是因为它的味道——温热、香甜,还带点姜的微辣——但更主要的是因为全家人会聚在厨房里一起动手搓这些小圆子,这种事在平常的饭菜里很少发生。我那些年纪小的表弟妹搓出来的汤圆总是不是太大就是形状怪怪的,而我外婆总是随他们去,一句抱怨都没有,这一点每年都让我有点意外,毕竟她平时做饭是出了名的讲究。

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LR“warm, sweet, slightly spicy from the ginger” — The three-item sensory list — 'warm, sweet, slightly spicy from the ginger' — moves beyond a single blanket adjective like 'delicious' by naming distinct qualities, and 'slightly spicy from the ginger' specifically attributes one sensation to its source. This level of descriptive precision, while still using everyday words, is the modestly flexible vocabulary Band 7.0 lexical resource targets, a step up from the more generic taste description a 6.5 answer would give.这个三项感官清单——'warm, sweet, slightly spicy from the ginger'——超越了 'delicious' 这样单一笼统的形容词,分别点出了不同的特质,而 'slightly spicy from the ginger' 更是把某种味觉具体归因于其来源。这种描述上的精确度,同时依然使用日常词汇,正是7.0分词汇资源所瞄准的适度灵活的词汇运用,比6.5分答案会给出的更笼统的味道描述更进一步。
GRA“These get dropped into boiling water until they float to the top, which apparently means they're cooked, and then they're moved into a pot of ginger syrup that's been simmering separately” — The process description chains a passive ('These get dropped'), a non-defining relative clause ('which apparently means they're cooked'), and a further relative clause with a present-perfect-passive verb ('that's been simmering separately') all within one sentence. Managing that many different structures accurately while describing a multi-step cooking process is exactly the comfortable complex-grammar range Band 7.0 is calibrated for, well beyond the short, separate sentences a 6.5 description of the same recipe would use.这段工艺描述在一个句子里串联了一个被动结构('These get dropped')、一个非限定性关系从句('which apparently means they're cooked'),以及另一个带有现在完成被动式动词的关系从句('that's been simmering separately')。在描述一个多步骤烹饪过程的同时准确驾驭这么多不同结构,正是7.0分所要达到的从容复杂语法范围,远超6.5分描述同一道菜谱时会使用的那种简短、独立的句子。
FC“which surprises me a little every year given how particular she normally is about cooking” — Rather than just describing the grandmother's usual behaviour, the speaker notes a specific exception to it — her normal strictness about cooking gives way to leniency here — and flags their own surprise at the contrast. Drawing attention to an inconsistency in someone else's character, instead of simply describing what they do, adds the kind of reflective coherence the Band 7.0 descriptor asks for beyond flat narration.说话者没有仅仅描述奶奶平常的行为,而是指出了其中一个具体的例外——她平时在做饭上的严格,在这里却让位于宽容——并点明了自己对这种反差感到的惊讶。留意他人性格中的不一致之处,而不只是描述他们做了什么,为回答增添了7.0分描述所要求的那种超越平淡叙述的反思性连贯。

7.5 分

The colon-introduced closing image ('a night alone by a fire with the whole street's pots steaming') and the wry aside about the fried version show sustained imagery and idiomatic closing control typical of Band 7.5.用冒号引出的结尾意象('独自一人在炉火旁,整条街家家户户的锅都在冒着热气')以及关于油炸版本的诙谐插叙,展现出7.5分典型的持续意象营造和地道的结尾语言掌控力。

The food I'd talk about is bánh tét, which is the cake we eat at Tết, the lunar New Year, and which I only ever eat at that time.

What it is: a thick cylinder, about the length of my forearm, of glutinous rice packed around a filling of mung bean and fatty pork, wrapped tightly in banana leaves and tied with strips of bamboo. Sliced, it shows a green edge, white rice, a ring of yellow bean and a centre of pork. It's dense, savoury, slightly sweet from the bean.

How it's prepared is the part I love, because it's a family event rather than a recipe. On the twenty-ninth of the last lunar month, my mother soaks the rice and beans all day. In the evening the family gathers in the yard in Hue and rolls the cakes — my mother does the filling, my father ties, and the rest of us are trusted only with washing leaves. Then the cakes go into an enormous pot over a wood fire in the yard and boil for ten hours, and someone has to stay up feeding the fire and topping up the water. That job used to be my grandmother's, then my father's, and now it's mine, and I've come to look forward to it: a night alone by a fire with the whole street's pots steaming.

Where and when we eat it is in Hue, in my parents' house, from the first morning of Tết, when the first cake is offered at the ancestral altar before anyone tastes it. We slice it with a string rather than a knife, so the rice doesn't stick. For three days it's on the table at every meal, with pickled onions; by the third day it's fried, which is the version everyone secretly prefers. I like it because it's the taste of being home, and because no one has ever managed to make it worth eating alone.

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我想谈的食物是bánh tét,也就是我们在Tết(农历新年)期间吃的年糕,而我也只在那个时候吃它。

它是什么:一根粗粗的圆柱体,大约有我前臂那么长,是用糯米包裹着绿豆和肥猪肉馅料做成的,外面用香蕉叶紧紧包裹,再用竹篾条绑好。切开后,能看到绿色的叶边、白色的糯米、一圈黄色的豆馅,以及中间的猪肉。它口感扎实,咸香,还带着豆馅的一丝甜味。

我最喜欢的是它的制作过程,因为这是一场家庭活动,而不只是一份食谱。在农历腊月二十九那天,母亲会把糯米和绿豆浸泡一整天。到了晚上,全家人在顺化的院子里聚在一起包粽子——母亲负责填馅,父亲负责绑绳,其余的人只被信任去洗粽叶。然后这些粽子被放进院子里柴火上一口巨大的锅里,要煮上整整十个小时,得有人守在旁边添柴、加水。这份差事以前是祖母的,后来是父亲的,现在轮到了我,而我也渐渐开始期待它:一个人在火堆旁度过一整夜,整条街上的锅都在冒着蒸汽。

我们在哪里、什么时候吃它:在顺化,在我父母家里,从Tết的第一个早晨开始,第一根粽子要先供在祖先牌位前,任何人都不能先尝。我们用细绳而不是刀来切,这样米才不会粘住。接下来的三天里,每餐桌上都会有它,配着腌洋葱;到第三天,它会被煎着吃,而这其实是大家私下里都更喜欢的吃法。我喜欢它,是因为那是家的味道,而且从来没有人能让一个人吃它这件事变得值得。

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LR“by the third day it's fried, which is the version everyone secretly prefers” — 'Everyone secretly prefers' turns a factual detail about the third day's fried leftovers into a shared, slightly conspiratorial observation about human nature — the idea that people quietly like the 'wrong' version of a traditional dish best. That wry social aside, built from ordinary words used with precise comic timing rather than any unusual vocabulary, is exactly the kind of evaluative, idiomatic-feeling touch the Band 7.5 descriptor rewards over a plainer statement like 'people also like it fried'.'Everyone secretly prefers' 把关于第三天炒制剩菜的事实性细节,转化成一个关于人性的共有的、略带密谋意味的观察——人们私下里其实更喜欢传统菜肴"错误"的那个版本。这种带着精准喜剧节奏、用普通词汇构建出的诙谐社会性旁白,而非任何不常见的词汇,正是Band 7.5描述中所看重的那种评价性、带有习语色彩的点缀,胜过更平淡的说法'people also like it fried'。
GRA“That job used to be my grandmother's, then my father's, and now it's mine, and I've come to look forward to it: a night alone by a fire with the whole street's pots steaming.” — The sentence lists three stages of inheritance ('used to be my grandmother's, then my father's, and now it's mine') before a colon introduces a final, image-based clause describing the scene itself. Using a colon to shift from narrative summary into a single vivid closing image, after already managing a three-part historical list within the same sentence, is the wide and controlled grammatical range the Band 7.5 descriptor is describing.这句话先列出了三个传承阶段('used to be my grandmother's, then my father's, and now it's mine'),然后用一个冒号引出最后一个从句,以一个鲜活的画面来描绘这个场景本身。在同一个句子里先驾驭了一个三段式的历史清单,再用冒号从叙事总结转向单一生动的收尾画面,正是Band 7.5描述所说的那种范围宽广、掌控良好的语法。
FC“I like it because it's the taste of being home, and because no one has ever managed to make it worth eating alone.” — The two reasons are built in parallel — 'because it's the taste of being home, and because no one has ever managed to make it worth eating alone' — with the second reason introducing a claim (that the dish needs company to be worthwhile) that goes beyond simple description into genuine evaluation of what the food actually means. This parallel, reasoned structure for a closing reflection is the coherence Band 7.5 is aiming for, distinct from the single flat reason a 7.0 closing would typically offer.两个理由被平行地构建起来——'because it's the taste of being home, and because no one has ever managed to make it worth eating alone'——第二个理由提出了一个论断(这道菜需要有人陪伴才值得吃),这已经超越了单纯的描述,进入了对这道食物真正意义的评价。这种平行、有理有据的结构用于一段结尾反思,正是Band 7.5所追求的连贯性,有别于Band 7.0结尾通常会给出的单一平淡理由。

各考试时段出题记录

Describe a type of food that you like to eat on special occasions.2026年9–12月
Describe a type of food that you like to eat on special occasions2026年5–8月

Part 3 追问

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. When do people eat special food in your country?
2026年9–12月
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6.5 分
The 6.5 answer lists occasions in short, separate sentences and leans on the plain connector 'Also' to move from point to point.6.5分的答案用简短、独立的句子列出各个场合,并依赖朴素的连接词'Also'从一个要点过渡到下一个要点。
In my country, people eat special food on many different days. At Tết, the New Year, we eat cakes and pickled vegetables for about a week. At the mid-autumn festival, we eat mooncakes. Families also cook a big meal for a giỗ, which is a death anniversary, when relatives come together to remember someone. There is special food for weddings and for a baby's first month too. Also, if a guest comes or something good happens, we often cook something special to celebrate.
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在我的国家,人们会在很多不同的日子里吃特别的食物。在春节"Tết"期间,我们会连续大约一周吃粽子和腌菜。在中秋节,我们吃月饼。家人还会为"giỗ"(忌日)准备一顿丰盛的饭菜,这一天亲戚们会聚在一起悼念某位逝者。婚礼和满月酒也都有各自的特色食物。另外,如果有客人来访或者发生了什么好事,我们也常常会做一些特别的菜来庆祝。
为什么是这个分数
FC“There is special food for weddings and for a baby's first month too.” — This flat 'There is X' sentence simply adds another item to the list with no elaboration. A 7.0 or 7.5 answer would fold this detail into a longer, more reflective sentence rather than stating it in isolation.这句平淡的'There is X'句式只是把另一个项目加进列表里,没有任何展开说明。7.0或7.5分的答案会把这个细节融入一个更长、更具反思性的句子里,而不是孤立地陈述它。
LR“special food” — This generic phrase is repeated across the answer with no variation. Higher bands reach for more varied wording, such as 'its own food attached to it' at 7.0 or the image 'a calendar of eating' at 7.5.这个笼统的短语在整篇答案中反复出现,没有任何变化。更高分段会选用更多样的措辞,比如7.0分中的'its own food attached to it',或者7.5分中的意象'a calendar of eating'。
GRA“Also, if a guest comes or something good happens, we often cook something special to celebrate.” — This is a basic conditional sentence joined by 'if' and 'or', the simplest way to add an extra case. A 7.5 answer expresses the same idea more economically, using a colon and a compressed list instead of a full conditional clause.这是一个用'if'和'or'连接的基础条件句,是添加额外情况最简单的方式。7.5分的答案用冒号和一个压缩的列举来表达同样的意思,而不是用完整的条件分句,更加经济。
7.0 分
The 7.0 answer softens its claim with the hedge 'Honestly' and adds a moment of reflection with 'so the year is basically organised around what's being cooked'.7.0分的答案用缓冲语'Honestly'来软化论断,并用'so the year is basically organised around what's being cooked'增添了一点反思的意味。
Honestly, in Vietnam it feels like almost every important date has its own food attached to it. Tết, our New Year, brings a whole week of cakes and pickles, and the mid-autumn festival brings mooncakes, so the year is basically organised around what's being cooked. I'd say the biggest meals, though, are for the giỗ, the death anniversary, when relatives gather to remember an ancestor and the cooking can take two full days. There's also food for weddings, for a baby's first month, and for religious days when people eat only vegetarian dishes. Basically, any reunion or success gets marked the same way.
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说实话,在越南,几乎每一个重要的日子都好像有专属于它的食物。春节"Tết"带来整整一周的粽子和腌菜,中秋节带来月饼,所以这一年基本上就是围绕着"在做什么菜"来安排的。不过我会说,最丰盛的一餐是为"giỗ"(忌日)准备的,那时亲戚们聚在一起悼念先人,做菜可能要花上整整两天。婚礼、满月酒,还有只吃素菜的宗教日子,也都有各自的食物。基本上,任何团聚或喜事,都是用同样的方式来庆祝的。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Honestly, in Vietnam it feels like almost every important date has its own food attached to it.” — The hedge 'Honestly' and the softened claim 'it feels like' make this opener sound more natural and conversational than the 6.5 answer's flat statement, though it is less stylistically bold than the 7.5 answer's confident metaphor.缓冲语'Honestly'和软化后的论断'it feels like'让这句开场白听起来比6.5分答案的平铺直叙更自然、更口语化,不过在文体上还是不如7.5分答案里那个自信的比喻大胆。
LR“the year is basically organised around what's being cooked” — This is a more natural, slightly reflective way of making the point than the 6.5 answer's plain 'many different days', though it is less vivid than the 7.5 answer's compact image 'a calendar of eating'.这是一种比6.5分答案中朴素的'many different days'更自然、略带反思意味的表达方式,不过还是不如7.5分答案中那个紧凑的意象'a calendar of eating'生动。
GRA“when relatives gather to remember an ancestor and the cooking can take two full days” — This embeds a temporal clause and a coordinated result inside one longer sentence, which is more complex than the 6.5 answer's short separate sentences, though less compressed than the 7.5 answer's dash-punctuated version of the same idea.这句话把一个时间状语从句和一个并列的结果分句嵌入到一个更长的句子里,比6.5分答案里那些简短独立的句子更复杂,不过还是不如7.5分答案里用破折号标示的版本那样凝练。
7.5 分
The 7.5 answer opens with the vivid metaphor 'a calendar of eating' and closes on the compact line 'get marked the same way: with food'.7.5分的答案以生动的比喻'a calendar of eating'开头,并以简洁的一句'get marked the same way: with food'收尾。
The Vietnamese calendar, to be honest, is really a calendar of eating. Tết opens with a week of cakes and pickles, the mid-autumn festival brings mooncakes, and certain full moons call for sticky rice and sweet soups set out on the family altar. The most elaborate meals, though, belong to the giỗ — the death anniversary — where relatives gather to remember an ancestor and the cooking stretches over two days. Weddings and a baby's first month each come with their own dishes, and religious occasions call for a day of vegetarian eating. Beyond the fixed dates, though, any reunion, guest or stroke of good luck tends to get marked the same way: with food.
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说实话,越南人的日历其实就是一份"吃"的日历。春节"Tết"以整整一周的粽子和腌菜拉开序幕,中秋节带来月饼,而某些满月的日子则需要摆上糯米饭和甜汤放在祖先牌位前。不过,最精心准备的一餐要属"giỗ"——忌日——那时亲戚们聚在一起悼念先人,做菜要花上整整两天。婚礼和满月酒各自都有自己专属的菜肴,而宗教节日则要求吃一整天的素食。而在这些固定日期之外,任何团聚、来客或者交上好运的时刻,往往都会用同一种方式来庆祝:用食物。
为什么是这个分数
FC“The Vietnamese calendar, to be honest, is really a calendar of eating.” — This opens with a confident metaphor framed by the evaluative aside 'to be honest', which is more polished than the 7.0 answer's hedge-led sentence and far more developed than the 6.5 answer's plain topic sentence.这句话以一个自信的比喻开头,并用评价性插入语'to be honest'加以修饰,比7.0分答案那种以缓冲语开头的句子更精致,也远比6.5分答案朴素的主题句更完整。
LR“calendar of eating” — This is an idiomatic, image-rich phrase that is more precise and slightly literary compared with the 7.0 answer's 'organised around what's being cooked' and the 6.5 answer's plain 'special food'.这是一个地道、富有画面感的短语,比7.0分答案中的'organised around what's being cooked'更精确,也比6.5分答案中朴素的'special food'更具文学色彩。
GRA“the giỗ — the death anniversary — where relatives gather to remember an ancestor and the cooking stretches over two days” — The dash-set appositive followed by a relative clause shows compact, flexible grammar that goes beyond the 7.0 answer's simpler coordination and well beyond the 6.5 answer's short separate clauses.用破折号标示的同位语后面跟着一个定语从句,展现出紧凑、灵活的语法,超越了7.0分答案中更简单的并列结构,也远远超越了6.5分答案中简短独立的分句。
2. What are the differences between food for special occasions and the food people eat every day?
2026年9–12月
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6.5 分
The 6.5 answer states its point plainly in 'The main differences are time and the number of people' before listing simple contrasts.6.5分的答案用'The main differences are time and the number of people'朴素地陈述了观点,然后列出简单的对比。
The main differences are time and the number of people. Making bánh tét takes a whole night, but my dinner on a normal day only takes about twenty minutes, usually just a bowl of noodles. Special food uses more meat, fat and sugar, and it is cooked in large amounts for many people. It also has meaning — the shape of the cake and the colours on the table are important at Tết. A normal meal is just for eating quickly, but occasion food is about memory too.
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最主要的差别在于时间和人数。做粽子要花上整整一晚,但我平时晚饭只要花大约二十分钟,通常就是一碗面。特别的食物会用更多肉、油脂和糖,而且是大量地做给很多人吃的。它还有一层意义——粽子的形状和餐桌上的颜色在春节期间都很重要。平时吃饭只是为了快点吃完,但过节的食物还承载着记忆。
为什么是这个分数
FC“The main differences are time and the number of people.” — This flat topic sentence states the answer directly with no hedge or reflection. The 7.0 answer softens the same claim with 'Honestly', and the 7.5 answer opens even more economically with a sentence fragment.这句平淡的主题句直接陈述答案,没有任何缓冲语或反思。7.0分答案用'Honestly'软化了同样的论断,而7.5分答案更是用一个句子片段更经济地开篇。
LR“Special food uses more meat, fat and sugar” — This is a plain, listy way of naming the contrast. The 7.5 answer turns the same idea into a rhythmic triad, 'more meat, more fat, more sugar', which reads as more deliberately crafted.这是一种朴素、列举式的方式来命名这种对比。7.5分答案把同样的想法变成了一个有节奏感的三连句'more meat, more fat, more sugar',读起来更像是刻意雕琢过的。
GRA“but occasion food is about memory too” — This short 'but' clause tacked onto the end of the sentence is the simplest way to add contrast. The 7.5 answer instead links two full clauses with a semicolon for a more balanced, compact structure.这个简短的'but'分句附加在句尾,是添加对比最简单的方式。而7.5分答案则用分号连接两个完整的分句,形成了更平衡、更紧凑的结构。
7.0 分
The 7.0 answer opens with 'Honestly, the biggest difference is time' and adds the natural aside 'half-standing in the kitchen' for a touch of reflection.7.0分的答案以'Honestly, the biggest difference is time'开头,并加入了自然的插入语'half-standing in the kitchen',增添了一点反思的意味。
Honestly, the biggest difference is time, and who's actually sitting at the table. Bánh tét takes a whole night to make, whereas my weekday dinner is usually just a bowl of noodles eaten in about twenty minutes, half-standing in the kitchen. Special food tends to be richer, with more meat, fat and sugar, and it's made in quantities that assume a crowd rather than one hungry person. It's symbolic too — the cake's shape and the colours on the table actually mean something, while a weekday soup just means dinner. I'd say everyday food is about speed, and occasion food is about memory.
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说实话,最大的差别在于时间,还有到底是谁坐在桌前。做粽子要花上整整一晚,而我平时晚饭通常就是一碗面,大约二十分钟吃完,还常常是半站在厨房里吃的。特别的食物往往更油腻,肉、油脂和糖都更多,而且做的分量是按一群人来算的,而不是一个饿肚子的人。它还有象征意义——粽子的形状和餐桌上的颜色确实有含义,而平日里的一碗汤就只是意味着晚饭而已。我想说,日常的食物是关于速度的,而节日的食物是关于记忆的。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Honestly, the biggest difference is time, and who's actually sitting at the table.” — The hedge 'Honestly' plus the spoken aside 'who's actually sitting at the table' makes this more conversational than the 6.5 answer's bare statement, though less compact than the 7.5 answer's fragment opening.缓冲语'Honestly'加上口语化的插入语'who's actually sitting at the table',让这句话比6.5分答案光秃秃的陈述更口语化,不过还是不如7.5分答案那种片段式开篇紧凑。
LR“half-standing in the kitchen” — This is a vivid, specific detail that is more precise than the 6.5 answer's plain description, though the 7.5 answer renders the same image even more visually as 'half-standing at the counter'.这是一个生动、具体的细节,比6.5分答案朴素的描述更精确,不过7.5分答案把同样的意象呈现得更具画面感,写成了'half-standing at the counter'。
GRA“quantities that assume a crowd rather than one hungry person” — The contrastive 'rather than' clause inside a noun phrase is more sophisticated than the 6.5 answer's short coordinated clauses, though still less economical than the 7.5 answer's dash-punctuated version.名词短语内嵌入的对比性'rather than'分句,比6.5分答案里简短的并列分句更老练,不过还是不如7.5分答案里用破折号标示的版本那样经济。
7.5 分
The 7.5 answer opens with the compressed fragment 'Time, mainly, and who's around the table' and closes on the semicolon-balanced observation that occasion food 'is the last place a lot of old recipes still survive'.7.5分的答案以压缩的片段'Time, mainly, and who's around the table'开头,并以分号平衡的观察'is the last place a lot of old recipes still survive'收尾,指出节日食物是老菜谱最后的容身之地。
Time, mainly, and who's around the table. Bánh tét takes a whole night to prepare, while my weekday dinner is over in twenty minutes flat, usually a bowl of noodles eaten half-standing at the counter. Special food is slower, richer — more meat, more fat, more sugar — and made in quantities that assume a crowd rather than one tired person. It's symbolic, too: the cake's shape, the colours laid out on the Tết table, the dishes that must appear at a death anniversary all carry meaning, whereas a weekday soup means nothing beyond dinner. Everyday food is really about nourishment and speed; occasion food is about memory and display, and, if I'm honest, it's the last place a lot of old recipes still survive.
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主要是时间,还有到底是谁围坐在桌前。做粽子要花上整整一晚,而我平时的晚饭二十分钟就吃完了,通常就是一碗面,还常常是半站在灶台边吃的。特别的食物做起来更费时、更油腻——更多肉、更多油脂、更多糖——而且做的分量是按一群人来算的,而不是一个疲惫的人。它也有象征意义:粽子的形状,春节餐桌上摆出的颜色,忌日一定要出现的那些菜肴,全都承载着含义,而平日里的一碗汤除了是晚饭之外什么都不意味着。日常食物其实是关于滋养和速度的;节日食物是关于记忆和展示的,而且说实话,它也是许多老菜谱最后得以存活下来的地方。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Time, mainly, and who's around the table.” — This deliberately fragmentary opening is stylistically bolder than the 6.5 answer's full-sentence topic statement and even slightly bolder than the 7.0 answer's hedge-led version.这个刻意用片段构成的开篇,在文体上比6.5分答案完整句式的主题陈述更大胆,甚至比7.0分答案那种以缓冲语开头的版本还要更大胆一些。
LR“more meat, more fat, more sugar” — This rhythmic triadic repetition reads as deliberately crafted, noticeably more polished than the 6.5 answer's flat list 'more meat, fat and sugar'.这种有节奏感的三重重复读起来像是刻意雕琢的,明显比6.5分答案里那个平淡的列举'more meat, fat and sugar'更精致。
GRA“Everyday food is really about nourishment and speed; occasion food is about memory and display” — The semicolon links two balanced independent clauses into one compact, parallel sentence, which is more flexible than the 7.0 answer's simple 'and'-linked version.分号把两个平衡的独立分句连接成一个紧凑、对称的句子,比7.0分答案中简单用'and'连接的版本更灵活。
3. Why is food such an important part of celebrations?
2026年9–12月
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6.5 分
The 6.5 answer gives a direct reason in 'Food is important because everyone can share it together' and closes with the plain statement 'Without food, a celebration is just a meeting.'6.5分的答案用'Food is important because everyone can share it together'给出一个直接的理由,并以朴素的陈述'Without food, a celebration is just a meeting.'收尾。
Food is important because everyone can share it together. In my culture, the first piece of bánh tét is put on the family altar before anyone eats, so even the ancestors are part of the meal. Cooking together is often the real celebration, and the food is just the reason to do it. Special dishes also show the day is important, because we only eat them at certain times. Food also shows we are generous to our guests. Without food, a celebration is just a meeting.
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食物之所以重要,是因为每个人都能一起分享它。在我的文化里,第一块粽子会先摆上家里的祖先牌位,大家才开始吃,所以连祖先也算是这顿饭的一部分。一起做饭往往才是真正的庆祝,而食物只是做这件事的一个借口。特别的菜肴也说明这一天很重要,因为我们只有在特定的时候才吃它们。食物还表明我们对客人的慷慨。没有食物,庆祝活动就只是一场普通的聚会而已。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Without food, a celebration is just a meeting.” — This short, plain closing statement gives a direct final point with no added comment. The 7.5 answer expresses the same idea with the evaluative aside 'honestly' tucked inside the sentence.这句简短朴素的结尾陈述直接给出了最后的观点,没有附加任何评论。7.5分答案用嵌在句子里的评价性插入语'honestly'表达了同样的意思。
LR“Food also shows we are generous to our guests.” — The vocabulary here is generic and literal. The 7.5 answer uses the more precise verb pairing 'It signals generosity, and in harder times it signalled survival'.这里的词汇笼统且直白。7.5分答案使用了更精确的动词搭配'It signals generosity, and in harder times it signalled survival'。
GRA“so even the ancestors are part of the meal” — This is a basic 'so' result clause. The 7.0 and 7.5 answers build a longer sentence around the same idea, listing family, ancestors and food together in one clause.这是一个基础的'so'结果分句。7.0和7.5分答案围绕同样的想法构建了一个更长的句子,把家人、祖先和食物放在同一个分句里列举出来。
7.0 分
The 7.0 answer softens its claim with 'Honestly, I think' and adds a reflective aside with 'to be fair, it's simply pleasure too.'7.0分的答案用'Honestly, I think'软化了论断,并加入了反思性的插入语'to be fair, it's simply pleasure too.'
Honestly, I think it's because food is the one thing everyone at a celebration can share at the same moment, including, in my culture, people who have already died. The first slice of bánh tét always goes to the ancestral altar before anyone eats, so for a moment the family, the ancestors and the food are all at the same table. For a lot of families, cooking together is basically the celebration, and the meal is just the excuse for it. Food also marks time, since certain dishes only appear on certain days, so the taste itself tells you it's Tết. And, to be fair, it's simply pleasure too.
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说实话,我认为这是因为食物是庆祝活动中唯一一样所有人都能在同一时刻分享的东西,包括在我的文化里,已经过世的人。第一块粽子在任何人动筷之前,总是先献给祖先牌位,所以在那一刻,家人、祖先和食物都聚在同一张桌子上。对很多家庭来说,一起做饭基本上就是庆祝本身,而这顿饭只是做这件事的借口。食物还标记着时间,因为有些菜肴只在特定的日子出现,所以光凭味道就能告诉你现在是春节了。而且说句公道话,它单纯也是一种享受。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Honestly, I think it's because food is the one thing everyone at a celebration can share at the same moment” — The hedge 'Honestly, I think' softens a fairly strong claim, making it more tentative than the 6.5 answer's flat 'Food is important because', though less confident than the 7.5 answer's unhedged opener.缓冲语'Honestly, I think'软化了一个相当强的论断,让它比6.5分答案里平铺直叙的'Food is important because'更显犹疑,不过还是不如7.5分答案那种没有缓冲语的开篇那么自信。
LR“the meal is just the excuse for it” — This slightly idiomatic phrase is more natural than the 6.5 answer's plain 'the food is just the reason to do it', though marginally less compact than the 7.5 answer's parallel phrasing.这个略带地道感的短语比6.5分答案朴素的'the food is just the reason to do it'更自然,不过还是比7.5分答案那种对称的表达略微不那么紧凑。
GRA“so for a moment the family, the ancestors and the food are all at the same table” — This sentence lists three items joined by 'and' inside one longer clause, which is more complex than the 6.5 answer's short clauses, though less tightly punctuated than the 7.5 answer's version.这句话在一个更长的分句里用'and'列举了三个项目,比6.5分答案里简短的分句更复杂,不过标点使用还是不如7.5分答案的版本那么紧凑。
7.5 分
The 7.5 answer opens with the sentence fragment 'Because it's the one thing everyone at a celebration can share at once' and closes on the wry aside 'is just a meeting.'7.5分的答案以句子片段'Because it's the one thing everyone at a celebration can share at once'开头,并以带调侃意味的插入语'is just a meeting.'收尾。
Because it's the one thing everyone at a celebration can share at once — including, in my culture, the dead. The first slice of bánh tét goes to the ancestral altar before anyone else eats, and in that moment the family, the ancestors and the food are all sitting at the same table. Cooking together is the celebration for a lot of families; the meal itself is really just the excuse. Food marks time too, since certain dishes appear only on certain days, so the taste alone says 'this is Tết'. It signals generosity, and in harder times it signalled survival — a good feast meant a good year. And, quite simply, it's pleasure. A celebration without food, honestly, is just a meeting.
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因为它是庆祝活动中唯一一样所有人都能同时分享的东西——包括在我的文化里,已经过世的人。第一块粽子会在其他人动筷之前先献给祖先牌位,那一刻,家人、祖先和食物都坐在同一张桌子前。对很多家庭来说,一起做饭就是庆祝本身;这顿饭本身其实只是个借口。食物也标记着时间,因为有些菜肴只在特定的日子出现,所以光凭味道就能说明"这是春节"。它标志着慷慨,而在艰难的年代,它标志着能否生存下来——丰盛的年夜饭就意味着来年会好。而且,说得简单点,它就是一种享受。说实话,没有食物的庆祝活动,只是一场普通的聚会而已。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Because it's the one thing everyone at a celebration can share at once — including, in my culture, the dead.” — Opening with a fragment that answers the question head-on, then adding a dash aside for emphasis, is a bolder, more stylistically controlled move than the 7.0 answer's hedged opener or the 6.5 answer's plain topic sentence.用一个直接回应问题的片段开篇,再加上一个破折号插入语来强调,这比7.0分答案那种带缓冲语的开篇,或者6.5分答案朴素的主题句,都更大胆、在文体上也更有掌控力。
LR“It signals generosity, and in harder times it signalled survival” — This precise, slightly literary word choice with a neat past/present echo is more sophisticated than the 6.5 answer's plain 'shows we are generous'.这个精确、略带文学色彩的用词选择,带着一种整齐的过去/现在呼应,比6.5分答案里朴素的'shows we are generous'更老练。
GRA“Cooking together is the celebration for a lot of families; the meal itself is really just the excuse.” — The semicolon joins two balanced independent clauses into one compact sentence, which is more flexible than the 7.0 answer's 'and'-linked version and well beyond the 6.5 answer's short simple sentences.分号把两个平衡的独立分句连接成一个紧凑的句子,比7.0分答案中用'and'连接的版本更灵活,也远远超出了6.5分答案里简短简单的句子。
4. How have people's cooking and eating habits changed in recent years?
2026年9–12月
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6.5 分
The 6.5 answer opens with the flat statement 'Cooking habits have changed a lot' and lists changes in short separate sentences.6.5分的答案以平铺直叙的陈述'Cooking habits have changed a lot'开头,并用简短独立的句子列出各项变化。
Cooking habits have changed a lot. When I was young, every house on my street boiled cakes on the night before Tết, but now only a few houses do this, and most people just buy the cakes from a shop. People cook less and eat out more than before. People also eat faster, and often alone while looking at a phone. But most families still want the cake at Tết, even if they buy it instead of making it.
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做饭的习惯变化很大。我小时候,我们那条街上家家户户都会在春节前夜煮粽子,但现在只有少数几户人家还这样做,大多数人都直接从店里买粽子。人们做饭做得少了,出去吃饭多了。人们吃饭也吃得更快了,而且常常是一个人一边看手机一边吃。但大多数家庭在春节还是想要粽子,即使是买来的而不是自己做的。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Cooking habits have changed a lot.” — This flat, generic topic sentence gives no image or detail. The 7.5 answer instead opens with the vivid narrative image 'The yard fires tell the story, honestly.'这句平淡、笼统的主题句没有给出任何画面或细节。7.5分答案则用生动的叙事意象'The yard fires tell the story, honestly.'开篇。
LR“People also eat faster, and often alone while looking at a phone.” — This is plain, literal vocabulary describing the habit. The 7.5 answer compresses the same idea more idiomatically as 'eat faster, often alone with a screen.'这是描述这种习惯时用的朴素、直白的词汇。7.5分答案把同样的想法更地道地压缩成了'eat faster, often alone with a screen.'
GRA“but now only a few houses do this, and most people just buy the cakes from a shop” — This uses simple coordination with 'but' and 'and' to contrast past and present. The 7.5 answer joins the same contrast with a semicolon inside one flowing sentence instead of two coordinated clauses.这里用简单的'but'和'and'并列结构来对比过去和现在。7.5分答案则用分号在一个流畅的句子里连接同样的对比,而不是用两个并列分句。
7.0 分
The 7.0 answer opens with the hedge 'Honestly' before the image 'the yard fires near my house tell the story pretty well.'7.0分的答案先用缓冲语'Honestly',再引出意象'the yard fires near my house tell the story pretty well.'
Honestly, the yard fires near my house tell the story pretty well. When I was small, every house on our street in Hue boiled its own cakes on the night before Tết, and the whole street smelled of smoke; now it's maybe three houses, and everyone else buys from a shop. People generally cook less, eat out more, and eat faster, often alone with a screen. Diets have shifted toward meat, sugar and processed food, which you can see in the local clinics now. What's held on, though, is the occasion food.
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说实话,我家附近院子里的炉火挺能说明问题的。我小时候,顺化我们那条街上家家户户都会煮自己的粽子,过年前夜整条街都弥漫着烟火味;现在大概只剩三户人家还这样做,其他人都从店里买。人们普遍做饭做得少了,出去吃饭多了,吃饭也吃得更快了,常常是一个人对着屏幕吃。饮食也逐渐转向了肉类、糖和加工食品,这一点现在在当地的诊所里都能看出来。不过,过节的食物这一点还是保留下来了。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Honestly, the yard fires near my house tell the story pretty well.” — The hedge 'Honestly' plus a narrative image is more vivid than the 6.5 answer's plain statement, though less tightly worded than the 7.5 answer's version of the same image.缓冲语'Honestly'加上叙事性的意象,比6.5分答案朴素的陈述更生动,不过用词还是不如7.5分答案里同一意象的版本那么紧凑。
LR“the whole street smelled of smoke” — This sensory, descriptive phrase is more evocative than the 6.5 answer's plain description, close to but slightly less compact than the 7.5 answer's 'the whole street smoked.'这个诉诸感官、描述性的短语比6.5分答案朴素的描述更有感染力,接近但略微不如7.5分答案的'the whole street smoked.'紧凑。
GRA“which you can see in the local clinics now” — This relative-style clause tacked onto the main sentence is moderately complex, though less economical than the 7.5 answer's tighter 'the results show up in waistlines and clinics.'这个附加在主句后面的类定语从句结构算是中等复杂,不过还是不如7.5分答案更紧凑的'the results show up in waistlines and clinics.'经济。
7.5 分
The 7.5 answer opens with the compact image 'The yard fires tell the story, honestly' and closes on the qualified 'even if someone else made it.'7.5分的答案以简洁的意象'The yard fires tell the story, honestly'开头,并以带限定意味的说法'even if someone else made it.'收尾。
The yard fires tell the story, honestly. When I was small, every house on our street in Hue boiled its own cakes on the twenty-ninth night, and the whole street smoked; now it's three houses, and the rest buy from a shop. People cook less, order in more, and eat faster, often alone with a screen. Diets have shifted toward meat, sugar and processed food, and the results show up in waistlines and clinics. At the same time, a smaller group cooks more carefully than ever, fussing over organic vegetables and origins. What's held on, mostly, is the occasion food — even the busiest families still want the cake at Tết.
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说实话,院子里的炉火最能说明问题。我小时候,顺化我们那条街上家家户户都会在腊月二十九的晚上煮自己的粽子,整条街都笼罩在烟雾里;现在只剩三户人家还这样做,其余的都从店里买。人们做饭做得少了,叫外卖多了,吃饭也吃得更快了,常常是一个人对着屏幕吃。饮食转向了肉类、糖和加工食品,而这个结果如今在人们的腰围和诊所里都能看出来。与此同时,有一小群人却比以往任何时候都更用心地做饭,操心有机蔬菜和食材的产地。不过,基本上保留下来的还是过节的食物——即使是最忙碌的家庭,过年也还是想要那块粽子。
为什么是这个分数
FC“The yard fires tell the story, honestly.” — Placing the hedge 'honestly' at the end for rhythm is more stylistically confident than the 7.0 answer's front-loaded hedge and far more vivid than the 6.5 answer's generic opener.把缓冲语'honestly'放在句尾来营造节奏感,在文体上比7.0分答案那种前置缓冲语更自信,也远比6.5分答案笼统的开篇更生动。
LR“fussing over organic vegetables and origins” — The verb choice 'fussing over' is more nuanced than a plain 'worrying about' and well beyond the 6.5 answer's basic vocabulary.动词选择'fussing over'比朴素的'worrying about'更有层次,也远远超出了6.5分答案的基础词汇。
GRA“every house on our street in Hue boiled its own cakes on the twenty-ninth night, and the whole street smoked; now it's three houses, and the rest buy from a shop” — Combining coordination and a semicolon to contrast past and present in one breath is considerably more flexible than the 7.0 answer's similar but slightly looser version and far beyond the 6.5 answer's short separate sentences.把并列结构和分号结合起来,一口气对比过去和现在,比7.0分答案那种类似但略显松散的版本灵活得多,也远远超出了6.5分答案里简短独立的句子。
5. Does cooking meals at home have more advantages than disadvantages?
2026年9–12月
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6.5 分
The 6.5 answer gives a direct opinion in 'Yes, I think cooking at home has more advantages' followed by a simple list of pros and cons.6.5分的答案用'Yes, I think cooking at home has more advantages'给出一个直接的观点,后面跟着一份简单的优缺点列表。
Yes, I think cooking at home has more advantages. It is cheaper than eating out, and you know exactly what is inside the food. It also keeps cooking skills alive and helps you show care for people. But there are also disadvantages. It takes time, and you need to shop and wash the dishes after. Restaurants can often cook better than most people at home. For a busy person living alone, eating out can be a good choice.
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是的,我认为在家做饭的好处更多。它比出去吃饭便宜,而且你能确切知道食物里放了什么。它还能让做饭的手艺不至于荒废,也能表达对人的关心。但也有缺点。做饭要花时间,还要买菜、饭后洗碗。餐厅做菜的水平往往比大多数在家做饭的人要好。对一个独居的忙碌的人来说,出去吃也是个不错的选择。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Yes, I think cooking at home has more advantages.” — This is a plain position statement with no personal hedge. The 7.5 answer softens the same claim with the self-deprecating aside 'though I'll admit I'm not a particularly good cook myself.'这是一句朴素的立场陈述,没有任何个人化的缓冲语。7.5分答案用自嘲式的插入语'though I'll admit I'm not a particularly good cook myself.'软化了同样的论断。
LR“It is cheaper than eating out” — This is a basic comparative statement. The 7.5 answer replaces it with the more specific 'costs me roughly half of what eating out would.'这是一个基础的比较句。7.5分答案用更具体的'costs me roughly half of what eating out would.'取代了它。
GRA“But there are also disadvantages.” — This short, isolated sentence signals contrast with no detail. The 7.5 answer instead uses a colon to lead into a full list of drawbacks within one sentence.这个简短、孤立的句子表示转折,却没有任何细节。7.5分答案则用冒号在一句话里引出一份完整的缺点列表。
7.0 分
The 7.0 answer hedges with 'I'd say it does, and I say that as someone who's not even a great cook' before reasoning through the time argument.7.0分的答案用'I'd say it does, and I say that as someone who's not even a great cook'来做缓冲,然后再论证"花时间"这个论点。
Yes, on balance, I'd say it does, and I say that as someone who's not even a great cook. Cooking at home costs roughly half of what eating out does, and you know exactly what's gone into the food, so even the usual time argument is weaker than people think, since that hour isn't necessarily wasted otherwise. It keeps basic skills alive, and it's one of the simplest ways to show you care. The disadvantages are real, though — the shopping, the washing up, and a decent street kitchen usually cooks better than most home cooks ever will.
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是的,总的来说,我认为在家做饭好处更多,而我说这话的时候,自己其实厨艺也不怎么样。在家做饭的花费大概只有出去吃的一半,而且你能确切知道食物里放了什么,所以就连那个常见的"花时间"的论点也没那么站得住脚,因为如果不做饭,那一个小时也未必就能用在别的地方。它能让基本的厨艺不至于荒废,也是表达关心最简单的方式之一。不过缺点也是实实在在的——买菜、饭后洗碗,而且一个像样的路边摊做出来的菜,往往比大多数在家做饭的人一辈子能做到的都要好。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Yes, on balance, I'd say it does, and I say that as someone who's not even a great cook.” — The hedge 'I'd say' plus a self-deprecating aside is more natural than the 6.5 answer's flat claim, though slightly less economical than the 7.5 answer's more compact version of the same idea.缓冲语'I'd say'加上自嘲式的插入语,比6.5分答案平铺直叙的论断更自然,不过还是比7.5分答案对同一想法更紧凑的版本略微不那么经济。
LR“the usual time argument is weaker than people think” — This moderately idiomatic evaluative phrase is more developed than the 6.5 answer's plain 'It takes time', though less specific than the 7.5 answer's 'the usual time complaint is weaker than it sounds.'这个中等地道、带评价意味的短语比6.5分答案朴素的'It takes time'更完整,不过还是不如7.5分答案的'the usual time complaint is weaker than it sounds.'具体。
GRA“so even the usual time argument is weaker than people think, since that hour isn't necessarily wasted otherwise” — This stacks two subordinate clauses joined by 'so' and 'since', which is more complex than the 6.5 answer's short separate sentences, though a little less compact than the 7.5 answer's single-clause version.这句话用'so'和'since'叠加了两个从句,比6.5分答案简短独立的句子更复杂,不过还是比7.5分答案单个分句的版本略微不那么紧凑。
7.5 分
The 7.5 answer opens with the concessive hedge 'though I'll admit I'm not a particularly good cook myself' and closes on the reflective note that a non-cooking household 'only notices once a real occasion comes along.'7.5分的答案以让步性的缓冲语'though I'll admit I'm not a particularly good cook myself'开头,并以反思性的收尾指出,一个不做饭的家庭"只有到了真正重要的场合才会察觉"。
Yes, on balance, though I'll admit I'm not a particularly good cook myself. Home cooking costs me roughly half of what eating out would, I know precisely what's gone into it, and the hour it takes is an hour I'd otherwise have spent scrolling anyway, so the usual time complaint is weaker than it sounds. It keeps basic skills alive, and it's one of the simplest ways to show you care. The drawbacks are genuine, though: the commute-heavy schedules that leave no room for it, the shopping, the washing-up afterwards, and the plain fact that a good street stall often out-cooks most home kitchens. For someone single and busy, eating out can be entirely sensible. But a household that never cooks tends to lose something it only notices once a real occasion comes along.
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是的,总的来说是这样,虽然我得承认自己厨艺其实也不怎么样。在家做饭大概只花我出去吃的一半的钱,我确切地知道里面放了什么,而且做饭花的那一个小时,如果不做饭,我大概也只是拿来刷手机而已,所以那个常见的"花时间"的抱怨没听起来那么站得住脚。它能让基本的厨艺不至于荒废,也是表达关心最简单的方式之一。不过缺点确实存在:通勤占满了日程根本挤不出时间,买菜,饭后洗碗,还有一个明摆着的事实——一个好的路边摊做的菜,往往比大多数家庭厨房做的还要好。对于一个单身又忙碌的人来说,出去吃完全是合理的选择。但一个从不做饭的家庭,往往会失去某些东西,而这种失去,只有到了真正重要的场合才会被察觉。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Yes, on balance, though I'll admit I'm not a particularly good cook myself.” — Weaving the concessive hedge 'though I'll admit' directly into the opening position statement is more compact and self-aware than the 7.0 answer's 'I'd say... and I say that as' construction, and far more nuanced than the 6.5 answer's bare claim.把让步性缓冲语'though I'll admit'直接编织进开篇的立场陈述里,比7.0分答案的'I'd say... and I say that as'结构更紧凑、也更有自省意味,也比6.5分答案光秃秃的论断更有层次。
LR“a good street stall often out-cooks most home kitchens” — The compact, slightly playful verb 'out-cooks' is noticeably more precise and vivid than the 6.5 answer's generic 'Restaurants can also cook better.'这个紧凑、略带俏皮感的动词'out-cooks'明显比6.5分答案笼统的'Restaurants can also cook better.'更精确、更生动。
GRA“The drawbacks are genuine, though: the commute-heavy schedules that leave no room for it, the shopping, the washing-up afterwards, and the plain fact that a good street stall often out-cooks most home kitchens.” — Building a single sentence around a colon that introduces a four-item list is far more flexible and economical than the 6.5 answer's separate short sentences and more compact than the 7.0 answer's similarly themed but shorter listing.围绕一个引出四项列举的冒号来构建一个完整的句子,比6.5分答案里分开的短句灵活、经济得多,也比7.0分答案那种主题相似但更简短的列举更紧凑。
6. Will family members eat meals together more often in the future?
2026年9–12月
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6.5 分
The 6.5 answer states its prediction directly in 'I think families will eat together less in the future, unless they decide to make it happen.'6.5分的答案在'I think families will eat together less in the future, unless they decide to make it happen.'中直接陈述了自己的预测。
I think families will eat together less in the future, unless they decide to make it happen. My sister's family only eats dinner together because she made it a rule for everyone. Without a rule like this, school, work and phones would keep people apart. Doctors and teachers now say family meals are important. But things like long work hours and food delivery apps make it harder. So only families who really choose to eat together will still do it.
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我认为未来家人一起吃饭的情况会越来越少,除非他们下决心去做到这一点。我姐姐一家能一起吃晚饭,是因为她给所有人定了这条规矩。要是没有这样的规矩,上学、上班和手机会让大家各自分开。现在连医生和老师都说家庭聚餐很重要。但长时间的工作和外卖软件这些东西,让这件事变得更难了。所以只有真正下决心一起吃饭的家庭,才会继续保持这个习惯。
为什么是这个分数
FC“I think families will eat together less in the future, unless they decide to make it happen.” — This states the position directly and simply upfront. The 7.5 answer contrasts with a terser, more crafted fragment opening, 'Less often as a default, more often as a deliberate choice.'这句话直接、简单地把立场摆在最前面。7.5分答案则形成对比,用更简练、更精心雕琢的片段式开篇'Less often as a default, more often as a deliberate choice.'
LR“Doctors and teachers now say family meals are important.” — This is plain, literal vocabulary. The 7.5 answer expresses the same point more naturally as 'doctors and teachers now saying the same thing openly.'这是朴素、直白的词汇。7.5分答案更自然地表达了同样的意思,写成'doctors and teachers now saying the same thing openly.'
GRA“Without a rule like this, school, work and phones would keep people apart.” — This is a simple conditional-style sentence. The 7.5 answer covers the same idea inside one longer sentence built with a semicolon and a dash.这是一个简单的条件句式。7.5分答案用分号和破折号把同样的想法放进一个更长的句子里表达出来。
7.0 分
The 7.0 answer hedges with 'Honestly, I'd say' and builds a longer conditional around 'without that rule, school, work and everyone's screens would pull the family to different corners.'7.0分的答案用'Honestly, I'd say'来做缓冲,并围绕'without that rule, school, work and everyone's screens would pull the family to different corners.'构建了一个更长的条件句。
Honestly, I'd say less often by default, but more often for families who actually decide to make it happen. My sister's household manages one shared weekday dinner, and only because she turned it into a rule — without that rule, school, work and everyone's screens would pull the family to different corners at different times. There's more awareness of the value now, with doctors and teachers saying it out loud. But the pressures against it — longer hours, delivery apps, individual screens — are probably stronger than they've ever been. I think the families who eat together will mostly be the ones who decided to.
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说实话,我认为默认情况下会越来越少,但对于那些真正下决心去实现的家庭来说,会更频繁。我姐姐家能保持一周里有一顿一起吃的晚饭,也只是因为她把这变成了一条规矩——要是没有这条规矩,上学、上班和每个人的屏幕,会把这个家庭在不同的时间拉向不同的角落。现在人们更意识到这件事的价值了,连医生和老师都公开这么说。但反对它的那些压力——更长的工作时间、外卖软件、各自的屏幕——恐怕比以往任何时候都更强。我认为那些还能一起吃饭的家庭,大多会是那些下定决心要这样做的家庭。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Honestly, I'd say less often by default, but more often for families who actually decide to make it happen.” — The hedge 'Honestly, I'd say' softens a fairly confident claim, making it more natural than the 6.5 answer's flat prediction, though less tightly balanced than the 7.5 answer's economical parallel opener.缓冲语'Honestly, I'd say'软化了一个相当自信的论断,比6.5分答案平铺直叙的预测更自然,不过还是不如7.5分答案那种经济的对称式开篇那样平衡。
LR“pull the family to different corners at different times” — This fairly vivid spatial metaphor is more developed than the 6.5 answer's plain 'keep people apart', close to but slightly less polished than the 7.5 answer's near-identical phrasing.这个相当生动的空间隐喻比6.5分答案朴素的'keep people apart'更完整,接近但略微不如7.5分答案那个近乎相同的表达那样精致。
GRA“without that rule, school, work and everyone's screens would pull the family to different corners at different times” — This longer conditional clause with a three-item list is more complex than the 6.5 answer's short sentence, though not as compressed as the 7.5 answer's dash-and-colon structure.这个带三项列举的更长条件从句,比6.5分答案的短句更复杂,不过还是不如7.5分答案破折号加冒号的结构那么凝练。
7.5 分
The 7.5 answer opens with the balanced fragment 'Less often as a default, more often as a deliberate choice' and closes on 'the ones who decided to.'7.5分的答案以对称的片段'Less often as a default, more often as a deliberate choice'开头,并以'the ones who decided to.'收尾。
Less often as a default, more often as a deliberate choice. My sister's household keeps exactly one shared weekday dinner, purely because she made it a rule; drop the rule, and school, work and everyone's screens would scatter the family to different corners at different hours — that, I think, is the pattern ahead: the family meal surviving wherever people actively choose it, and quietly disappearing wherever they don't. Awareness is certainly growing, with doctors and teachers now saying the same thing openly. But the forces working against it — longer hours, delivery apps, a screen for every person — are arguably stronger than they've ever been. Whichever families still eat together in years to come will be the ones who decided to.
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默认情况下会越来越少,而作为一种刻意的选择则会更多。我姐姐家一周里恰好保持着一顿一起吃的晚饭,纯粹是因为她把这变成了一条规矩;要是去掉这条规矩,上学、上班和每个人的屏幕,就会在不同的时间把这家人分散到不同的角落——我想,这就是未来的趋势:家庭聚餐会在人们主动选择它的地方存活下来,而在人们不选择它的地方悄悄消失。人们的意识确实在增强,连医生和老师现在都公开这么说。但反对它的那些力量——更长的工作时间、外卖软件、人手一块屏幕——恐怕比以往任何时候都更强大。未来几年里还能一起吃饭的家庭,都会是那些下定决心要这样做的家庭。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Less often as a default, more often as a deliberate choice.” — This balanced sentence fragment answers the question in one confident stroke, which is more stylistically ambitious than the 7.0 answer's hedge-led sentence and well beyond the 6.5 answer's plain full-sentence claim.这个对称的句子片段一笔就自信地回答了问题,在文体上比7.0分答案那种以缓冲语开头的句子更有野心,也远远超出了6.5分答案朴素的完整句式论断。
LR“the forces working against it” — This slightly abstract, precise collocation is more sophisticated than the 6.5 answer's basic phrasing and marginally more natural than the 7.0 answer's similar 'the pressures against it.'这个略带抽象、精确的搭配比6.5分答案基础的表达更老练,也比7.0分答案类似的'the pressures against it.'稍微更自然一点。
GRA“drop the rule, and school, work and everyone's screens would scatter the family to different corners at different hours — that, I think, is the pattern ahead” — This imperative-conditional opening feeding into a dash-marked reflective clause is the most structurally adventurous of the three versions, well beyond the 6.5 answer's short sentences and more compressed than the 7.0 answer's plainer conditional.这个祈使句式的条件开头,接上一个用破折号标示的反思性分句,是三个版本中结构上最大胆的,远远超出了6.5分答案的短句,也比7.0分答案那种更朴素的条件句更凝练。
7. Can food traditions be influenced by location and climate?
2026年9–12月
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6.5 分
The 6.5 answer gives a direct opinion in 'Yes, I think location and climate have a big effect on food traditions' followed by simple examples.6.5分的答案在'Yes, I think location and climate have a big effect on food traditions'中给出了直接的观点,后面跟着简单的例子。
Yes, I think location and climate have a big effect on food traditions. For example, our Tết cake is round like a cylinder in the south, but square in the north. People also make pickled onions because they needed a way to keep vegetables during the cold winter. In coastal areas, people eat more fish and seafood, but in the mountains, people eat more dried or smoked food, because it lasts longer. Nowadays, transport means we can eat any food anywhere, but the old traditions still show where they came from.
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是的,我认为地理位置和气候对饮食传统有很大的影响。比如说,我们的春节粽子在南方是圆柱形的,但在北方却是方形的。人们做腌葱头也是因为过去需要一种方法在寒冷的冬天保存蔬菜。在沿海地区,人们吃更多的鱼和海鲜,但在山区,人们吃更多的干货或烟熏食品,因为这些食物能保存更久。如今,交通运输让我们在任何地方都能吃到各种食物,但那些古老的传统仍然显示出它们的来源。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Yes, I think location and climate have a big effect on food traditions.” — This direct opening statement answers the question plainly. The 7.5 answer contrasts with the terser confirmation 'Almost entirely.' at the very start.这句直接的开篇陈述朴实地回答了问题。7.5分答案则形成对比,一开始就用更简练的肯定说法'Almost entirely.'
LR“in the mountains, people eat more dried or smoked food, because it lasts longer” — This is plain, explanatory vocabulary. The 7.5 answer compresses the same idea more efficiently as 'mountains on what can be dried and smoked.'这是朴素、说明性的词汇。7.5分答案更高效地把同样的想法压缩成了'mountains on what can be dried and smoked.'
GRA“For example, our Tết cake is round like a cylinder in the south, but square in the north.” — This is a simple sentence with a basic 'but' contrast. The 7.5 answer chains three such examples together in one semicolon-linked sentence instead of separate ones.这是一个带基础'but'转折的简单句。7.5分答案用分号把三个这样的例子串联成一个句子,而不是分开来写。
7.0 分
The 7.0 answer opens with the hedge 'Almost entirely, I'd say' and reflects with 'honestly, they still taste of the place they came from.'7.0分的答案以缓冲语'Almost entirely, I'd say'开头,并用'honestly, they still taste of the place they came from.'来做反思。
Almost entirely, I'd say. Our Tết cake, for instance, is a cylinder shape in central and southern Vietnam but a square in the north, and the pickled onions next to it were for preserving vegetables through a wet winter. Coastal regions tend to eat fish sauce and seafood, while mountain areas eat food that can be dried and smoked, and generally rice grows where there's water and wheat where there isn't. So climate basically decides what's fresh and when, and traditions get built around that timing. Modern transport has loosened that link a little, but the traditions were set long before, and they still taste of the place.
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我会说,几乎完全是这样。比如我们的春节粽子,在越南中部和南部是圆柱形的,但在北方却是方形的,而旁边配的腌葱头则是用来在潮湿的冬天保存蔬菜的。沿海地区的人往往吃鱼露和海鲜,而山区则吃能晒干或熏制的食物,总的来说,有水的地方种水稻,没水的地方种小麦。所以气候基本上决定了什么食材新鲜、什么时候新鲜,而传统就是围绕着这个时令建立起来的。现代交通运输已经稍稍松动了这种联系,但这些传统早在很久以前就已经定型了,而它们尝起来仍然带着那个地方的味道。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Almost entirely, I'd say.” — This short confident opener is softened only slightly by 'I'd say', which is more assured than the 6.5 answer's fuller hedge-free statement, but less stark than the 7.5 answer's unhedged 'Almost entirely.'这个简短自信的开篇只被'I'd say'略微软化了一点,比6.5分答案那种更完整、没有缓冲语的陈述更笃定,但还是不如7.5分答案没有缓冲语的'Almost entirely.'那样干脆。
LR“traditions get built around that timing” — This natural, idiomatic phrasing is more fluent than the 6.5 answer's plainer 'old food traditions were built around this', close to the 7.5 answer's near-identical wording.这个自然、地道的表达,比6.5分答案更朴素的'old food traditions were built around this'更流畅,接近7.5分答案近乎相同的措辞。
GRA“Coastal regions tend to eat fish sauce and seafood, while mountain areas eat food that can be dried and smoked, and generally rice grows where there's water and wheat where there isn't.” — This long sentence stacks three clauses with 'while' and 'and', which is more ambitious than the 6.5 answer's short separate sentences, though less economically compressed than the 7.5 answer's semicolon-based version.这个长句用'while'和'and'叠加了三个分句,比6.5分答案里简短独立的句子更有野心,不过还是不如7.5分答案以分号为基础的版本那么经济凝练。
7.5 分
The 7.5 answer opens with the terse 'Almost entirely' and closes with the emphatic 'they still taste, unmistakably, of the place.'7.5分的答案以简练的'Almost entirely'开头,并以强调性的'they still taste, unmistakably, of the place.'收尾。
Almost entirely. Our Tết cake is a cylinder in central and southern Vietnam and a square in the north; the pickled onions beside it exist because you needed to preserve vegetables through a wet winter; the fierce chilli in Hue cooking traces back to a royal kitchen in a damp city where heat was thought to be good for you — every dish, in other words, carries its own geography. Coastal regions live on fish sauce and seafood, mountains on what can be dried and smoked, and rice grows where the water is, wheat where it isn't. Modern transport has loosened the link, granted, but the traditions were fixed long before, and they still taste, unmistakably, of the place.
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几乎完全是这样。我们的春节粽子在越南中部和南部是圆柱形的,在北方却是方形的;旁边配的腌葱头之所以存在,是因为人们需要在潮湿的冬天保存蔬菜;顺化菜里那股浓烈的辣味,可以追溯到一个潮湿城市里的皇家厨房,那里的人认为辛辣的食物对身体有好处——换句话说,每一道菜都携带着自己的地理印记。沿海地区靠鱼露和海鲜为生,山区则靠能晒干和熏制的食物为生,而水稻长在有水的地方,小麦长在没水的地方。诚然,现代交通运输已经松动了这种联系,但这些传统早在很久以前就已经定型了,而它们尝起来仍然带着那个地方毫不含糊的味道。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Almost entirely.” — This two-word fragment answers the question outright before any elaboration, the boldest and most economical opening of the three, contrasting with the 7.0 answer's softened 'I'd say' and the 6.5 answer's full hedged sentence.这个只有两个单词的片段,在任何展开说明之前就直接回答了问题,是三个版本中最大胆、最经济的开篇,与7.0分答案那种软化的'I'd say'和6.5分答案完整的带缓冲语句式形成对比。
LR“every dish, in other words, carries its own geography” — This precise, almost literary summarising phrase is more vivid and abstract than the 6.5 answer's concrete-only examples and slightly more polished than the 7.0 answer's plainer summary sentence.这个精确、近乎文学性的总结短语,比6.5分答案里那种只有具体例子的写法更生动、更抽象,也比7.0分答案那种更朴素的总结句略微更精致一些。
GRA“Our Tết cake is a cylinder in central and southern Vietnam and a square in the north; the pickled onions beside it exist because you needed to preserve vegetables through a wet winter; the fierce chilli in Hue cooking traces back to a royal kitchen in a damp city where heat was thought to be good for you” — Three independent clauses chained by semicolons into one flowing sentence is the most structurally sophisticated of the three, well beyond the 6.5 answer's short sentences and the 7.0 answer's single 'while/and' sentence.三个独立分句用分号串联成一个流畅的句子,是三个版本中结构上最老练的,远远超出了6.5分答案的短句,也超出了7.0分答案单一的'while/and'句式。
8. To what extent can food traditions reveal anything about a culture?
2026年9–12月
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6.5 分
The 6.5 answer gives a cautious opinion in 'I think food traditions can show a lot about a culture, if you look carefully' and repeats the verb 'shows' throughout.6.5分的答案在'I think food traditions can show a lot about a culture, if you look carefully'中给出了谨慎的观点,并在全文中反复使用动词'shows'。
I think food traditions can show a lot about a culture, if you look carefully. For example, in Vietnam, the first piece of the Tết cake is given to the ancestors, which shows that family still includes people who have died. The cake is also made for a big crowd, which shows that hospitality is important. And on the night the cake is boiled, neighbours often help, which shows that community is close. So food can really tell you about a culture's values.
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我认为,只要仔细观察,饮食传统能反映出很多关于一个文化的东西。比如在越南,春节粽子的第一块要献给祖先,这说明"家人"这个概念仍然包括已经过世的人。粽子还是为一大群人准备的,这说明待客之道很重要。而在煮粽子的那个晚上,邻居们常常会来帮忙,这说明社区关系很紧密。所以食物真的能告诉你一个文化的价值观。
为什么是这个分数
FC“I think food traditions can show a lot about a culture, if you look carefully.” — This cautious, plainly worded opinion statement contrasts with the 7.5 answer's confident fragment 'A great deal, if you know how to read it.'这句谨慎、措辞朴素的观点陈述,与7.5分答案自信的片段'A great deal, if you know how to read it.'形成对比。
LR“which shows that community is close” — The verb 'shows' is repeated across the whole answer with no variation. The 7.5 answer varies its vocabulary with 'tells you' and 'hints at' instead.动词'shows'在整篇答案中反复出现,没有任何变化。7.5分答案则改用'tells you'和'hints at'来丰富词汇。
GRA“For example, in Vietnam, the first piece of the Tết cake is given to the ancestors, which shows that family still includes people who have died.” — This is one long sentence with a single 'which' clause. The 7.5 answer instead organises three parallel examples inside one sentence introduced by a colon.这是一个带单一'which'从句的长句。7.5分答案则用冒号引出一个句子,在里面组织了三个并列的例子。
7.0 分
The 7.0 answer opens with 'Quite a lot, honestly' and organises its examples around the colon in 'three small habits around it explain a good deal about Vietnamese family life.'7.0分的答案以'Quite a lot, honestly'开头,并围绕冒号组织了例子,写成'three small habits around it explain a good deal about Vietnamese family life.'
Quite a lot, honestly, if you know what you're looking at. Take the Tết cake — three small habits around it explain a good deal about Vietnamese family life: the first slice always goes to the ancestors, which tells you the dead are still considered family; the cake's made in quantities for a whole crowd, which tells you hospitality is basically a duty; and the boiling is often shared with neighbours, which tells you the community stays close. More generally, food shows what a culture values, and it can reveal what's been survived too, since preserved foods usually record a hard season.
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说实话,只要你知道该看什么,还挺多的。就拿春节粽子来说——围绕它的三个小习惯就能说明不少关于越南家庭生活的东西:第一块永远要先献给祖先,这说明逝者仍然被视为家人;粽子的分量是按一大群人做的,这说明待客之道基本上是一种义务;而煮粽子的活儿常常和邻居一起分担,这说明社区关系保持紧密。更广泛地说,食物展现了一个文化所珍视的东西,也能揭示这个文化熬过了什么,因为腌制、腌藏的食物通常记录着艰难的时节。
为什么是这个分数
FC“Quite a lot, honestly, if you know what you're looking at.” — This confident short opener places the hedge 'honestly' mid-sentence, which is more natural than the 6.5 answer's cautious full sentence, close in spirit to the 7.5 answer's version but less crafted.这个自信的简短开篇把缓冲语'honestly'放在句中,比6.5分答案那种谨慎的完整句更自然,精神上接近7.5分答案的版本,但打磨得还不够精致。
LR“the boiling is often shared with neighbours, which tells you the community stays close” — The verb 'tells you' replaces the repeated 'shows' of the 6.5 answer, offering more variation, though the 7.5 answer pushes further with the idiomatic 'anything but strangers.'动词'tells you'取代了6.5分答案中反复出现的'shows',提供了更多变化,不过7.5分答案用地道的'anything but strangers.'走得更远。
GRA“the cake's made in quantities for a whole crowd, which tells you hospitality is basically a duty; and the boiling is often shared with neighbours, which tells you the community stays close” — Two semicolon-linked clauses each carry their own embedded 'which' clause, which is more structurally ambitious than the 6.5 answer's single-clause sentences, though slightly less polished than the 7.5 answer's triple-clause version.两个用分号连接的分句各自嵌入了自己的'which'从句,在结构上比6.5分答案单分句的句子更有野心,不过还是比7.5分答案三分句的版本略微不那么精致。
7.5 分
The 7.5 answer opens with the confident fragment 'A great deal, if you know how to read it' and closes on the evaluative line 'its most honest record.'7.5分的答案以自信的片段'A great deal, if you know how to read it'开头,并以评价性的一句'its most honest record.'收尾。
A great deal, if you know how to read it. Take the Tết cake: three habits around it say more about Vietnamese family life than any lecture could. The first slice goes to the ancestral altar, which tells you the dead are still counted as family; the cake is made in quantities meant for a crowd, which tells you the household is large and hospitality something close to an obligation; and the night-long boiling is shared with the whole street, which tells you neighbours are anything but strangers. More broadly, food shows what a culture prizes — speed or patience, the individual plate or the shared pot — and what it has lived through, since preserved dishes usually record a hard season. A culture's kitchen, in the end, is its most honest record.
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只要你懂得怎么去解读,那就非常多了。就拿春节粽子来说:围绕它的三个习惯,比任何一堂课都更能说明越南家庭生活。第一块要先献给祖先牌位,这说明逝者仍然被算作家人;粽子的分量是按一大群人的需要来做的,这说明这个家庭人口众多,而且待客之道近乎一种义务;而那通宵达旦的煮粽子活动,是和整条街的人一起分担的,这说明邻居绝不是外人。更广泛地说,食物展现了一个文化所珍视的东西——是速度还是耐心,是各自一份还是共用一锅——也展现了这个文化经历过什么,因为腌制保存的菜肴通常记录着艰难的时节。说到底,一个文化的厨房,就是它最诚实的记录。
为什么是这个分数
FC“A great deal, if you know how to read it.” — This compact, confident fragment opening answers the question immediately, the most economical of the three, going beyond the 7.0 answer's 'Quite a lot, honestly' and far beyond the 6.5 answer's hedged full sentence.这个紧凑、自信的片段式开篇立刻回答了问题,是三者中最经济的,超越了7.0分答案的'Quite a lot, honestly',也远远超出了6.5分答案那种带缓冲语的完整句子。
LR“neighbours are anything but strangers” — This idiomatic negative construction used for understatement is more sophisticated than the 6.5 answer's flat 'community is close' and a step beyond the 7.0 answer's 'the community stays close.'这个用于轻描淡写的地道否定结构,比6.5分答案平淡的'community is close'更老练,也比7.0分答案的'the community stays close.'更进一步。
GRA“the cake is made in quantities meant for a crowd, which tells you the household is large and hospitality something close to an obligation; and the night-long boiling is shared with the whole street, which tells you neighbours are anything but strangers” — This long sentence chains two semicolon-linked clauses, each carrying its own embedded 'which' clause and an elliptical construction, making it the most grammatically dense and flexible of the three versions.这个长句用分号串联了两个分句,每个分句都各自嵌入了'which'从句和省略结构,使它成为三个版本中语法上最密集、最灵活的一个。
9. Will communities be able to maintain their food traditions in the future?
2026年9–12月
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6.5 分
The 6.5 answer gives a direct prediction in 'I think the dishes will probably survive, but the way people make them may not.'6.5分的答案在'I think the dishes will probably survive, but the way people make them may not.'中给出了直接的预测。
I think the dishes will probably survive, but the way people make them may not. People can still buy bánh tét at Tết, so the tradition looks alive. But the old way, when families cooked it together by the fire all night, is disappearing, because fewer families have time to do this now. Communities usually keep food traditions when they are still tasty and connected to festivals people still celebrate. But the slow, traditional way of cooking will probably continue to disappear, because people are too busy.
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我认为这些菜肴很可能会保留下来,但人们做这些菜的方式可能就不一定了。人们在春节仍然能买到粽子,所以这个传统看起来还活着。但那种一家人围着炉火通宵一起煮粽子的老方法正在消失,因为现在能腾出时间做这件事的家庭越来越少了。当食物传统仍然美味,并且和人们还在庆祝的节日联系在一起时,社区通常会把这种传统保留下来。但那种缓慢的、传统的做法很可能会继续消失,因为人们太忙了。
为什么是这个分数
FC“I think the dishes will probably survive, but the way people make them may not.” — This plain, hedge-light opening statement directly answers the question. The 7.5 answer contrasts with a terser, more balanced fragment, 'The dishes, probably; the practices around them, less certainly.'这句朴素、几乎没有缓冲语的开篇陈述直接回答了问题。7.5分答案形成对比,用了一个更简练、更平衡的片段'The dishes, probably; the practices around them, less certainly.'
LR“the old way, when families cooked it together by the fire all night, is disappearing” — This is plain descriptive vocabulary. The 7.5 answer expresses the same idea more evocatively as 'the night spent by the fire... survives in fewer households with every passing year.'这是朴素的描述性词汇。7.5分答案更有感染力地表达了同样的想法,写成'the night spent by the fire... survives in fewer households with every passing year.'
GRA“because fewer families have time to do this now” — This short 'because' clause is tacked onto the sentence. The 7.5 answer embeds the same idea inside a dash-marked clause within one longer sentence instead.这个简短的'because'分句附加在句子后面。7.5分答案则把同样的想法嵌入到一个更长句子里、用破折号标示的分句中。
7.0 分
The 7.0 answer opens with the balanced pairing 'The dishes, probably yes; the way they're made, I'm less sure about.'7.0分的答案以对称的搭配'The dishes, probably yes; the way they're made, I'm less sure about.'开头。
The dishes, probably yes; the way they're made, I'm less sure about. You can still buy bánh tét for Tết from a shop, so from the outside the tradition looks completely intact. But the part where families used to gather round the fire together all night — which is really where the knowledge and the family bonding happened — survives in fewer households every year. Generally, I think communities keep food traditions alive when they're convenient and still tied to festivals people genuinely celebrate. What's at risk is really the slow, labour-intensive part that hardly anyone has time for anymore.
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菜肴本身,大概会保留下来;但做菜的方式,我就没那么确定了。你现在仍然能在店里买到春节的粽子,所以从外表看,这个传统看起来完全完好无损。但那种一家人过去常常围着炉火通宵聚在一起的环节——真正的知识传承和家庭情感联结就是在那时发生的——正逐年在越来越少的家庭中留存下来。总的来说,我认为当食物传统既方便,又仍然和人们真心庆祝的节日联系在一起时,社区就会把它保留下来。真正处于危险中的,其实是那种缓慢、费工夫的环节,现在几乎没有人有时间去做了。
为什么是这个分数
FC“The dishes, probably yes; the way they're made, I'm less sure about.” — This early attempt at the same balanced two-part structure as the 7.5 answer, joined with a semicolon, is more compact than the 6.5 answer's full sentence, though the self-comment 'I'm less sure about' is slightly less polished than the 7.5 answer's 'less certainly.'这是对7.5分答案同样的平衡二段式结构的早期尝试,用分号连接,比6.5分答案的完整句子更紧凑,不过自我评述'I'm less sure about'还是比7.5分答案的'less certainly.'略微不那么精致。
LR“which is really where the knowledge and the family bonding happened” — This fairly natural relative clause is more developed than the 6.5 answer's plain description, though not as tightly phrased as the 7.5 answer's 'where the real knowledge and the family gathering actually happened.'这个相当自然的定语从句比6.5分答案朴素的描述更完整,不过还是不如7.5分答案的'where the real knowledge and the family gathering actually happened.'措辞那么紧凑。
GRA“But the part where families used to gather round the fire together all night — which is really where the knowledge and the family bonding happened — survives in fewer households every year.” — This single sentence with an embedded dash-marked relative clause is more complex than the 6.5 answer's short separate sentences, comparable to but slightly less economical than the 7.5 answer's version.这个嵌有破折号标示的定语从句的单句,比6.5分答案简短独立的句子更复杂,可以和7.5分答案的版本相提并论,但还是略微不那么经济。
7.5 分
The 7.5 answer opens with the tightly compressed 'The dishes, probably; the practices around them, less certainly' and closes on the reflective note 'which parts were ever really the point.'7.5分的答案以高度凝练的'The dishes, probably; the practices around them, less certainly'开头,并以反思性的收尾'which parts were ever really the point.'
The dishes, probably; the practices around them, less certainly. Shop-bought bánh tét keeps the cake on every Tết table, so the tradition looks intact from the outside, but the night spent by the fire — where the real knowledge and the family gathering actually happened — survives in fewer households with every passing year. Communities tend to hold onto food traditions when they're convenient, delicious and tied to occasions people still genuinely celebrate, and Vietnam's crowded festival calendar gives ours an unusually strong base to work from. What's genuinely at risk is the slow, hand-made layer that demands time nobody quite has anymore. My guess is the future keeps the flavours and loses some of the labour, with each family quietly deciding which parts were ever really the point.
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菜肴本身,大概会保留下来;但围绕它的那些做法,就没那么确定了。店里买来的粽子让每一张春节餐桌上都还摆着这道菜,所以从外表看,这个传统还完好无损,但那个围着炉火度过的夜晚——真正的知识传承和家庭聚会实际发生的地方——正逐年在越来越少的家庭中留存下来。当食物传统既方便、又美味,还和人们仍然真心庆祝的场合联系在一起时,社区往往会把它保留下来,而越南密集的节日日历给了我们这个传统一个异常坚实的基础。真正处于危险中的,是那种手工制作、缓慢费时的层面,那需要如今几乎没有人真正拥有的时间。我猜未来会保留住这些味道,而失去一部分的手工劳作,由每个家庭悄悄决定,哪些部分才是真正重要的意义所在。
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FC“The dishes, probably; the practices around them, less certainly.” — This tightly balanced, elliptical two-part opening, with the verbs omitted for economy, is the most compressed and confident of the three, refining the 7.0 answer's similar but slightly looser attempt and well beyond the 6.5 answer's plain full sentence.这个高度平衡、省略动词以求经济的二段式开篇,是三者中最凝练、最自信的,是对7.0分答案那个类似但略显松散的尝试的提炼,也远远超出了6.5分答案朴素的完整句子。
LR“with each family quietly deciding which parts were ever really the point” — This reflective, slightly abstract closing phrase is more evaluative and precise than the 6.5 answer's plain vocabulary and a notch beyond the 7.0 answer's more literal phrasing throughout.这个反思性、略带抽象的结尾短语比6.5分答案朴素的词汇更具评价性、更精确,也比7.0分答案通篇更直白的措辞更进一步。
GRA“Shop-bought bánh tét keeps the cake on every Tết table, so the tradition looks intact from the outside, but the night spent by the fire — where the real knowledge and the family gathering actually happened — survives in fewer households with every passing year.” — This one long sentence weaves two 'but' clauses around a dash-marked interruption, making it the most structurally dense and flexible of the three versions.这一个长句围绕一个用破折号标示的插入语编织了两个'but'分句,使它成为三个版本中结构上最密集、最灵活的一个。

常见问题

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这张题卡还在使用吗？: 是的——它是当前考试时段（2026年9–12月）的题卡。