IELTS Speaking Part 2

Something You Do That Is Important for Keeping Fit and Healthy

最近一次出现于 2026年5–8月

题卡

Describe something you do that you think is important for keeping fit and healthy

You should say:

  • what you do
  • how often you do it
  • who you do it with
  • and explain why you think this activity is important for keeping fit and healthy

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 answer gives one plain, direct reason for staying motivated ('because I do not want to let her down by cancelling') and describes the routine in simple, concrete terms, a clear but modest structure typical of Band 6.5.回答给出一个简单直接的理由来说明为什么能保持动力（'因为我不想取消约定让她失望'），并用简单具体的词语描述这个习惯，结构清晰但比较朴素，是Band 6.5的典型特征。

The activity I do to stay fit is running along My Khe Beach, which is only about ten minutes from my apartment by motorbike.

I go running there almost every Saturday and Sunday morning, before it gets too hot. Sometimes if I have a busy week, I only manage one day, but I try not to skip it completely because I feel worse if I don't move at all.

I usually go with my friend Trang, who lives in the same building as me. We message each other the night before to agree on a time, and then we run along the sand together for about thirty minutes, followed by a short swim in the sea. We do not talk much while running because we are both trying to breathe, but we always chat afterwards over coffee near the beach.

I think this is important for keeping fit and healthy because it is simple, free, and easy to keep doing every week. Sitting at a computer all day for my design work is not good for my body, so running gives me some real movement and fresh air. It also helps me feel calmer before a new week starts. Doing it with Trang makes it much easier to stay motivated, because I do not want to let her down by cancelling.

查看中文翻译

我保持健康的方式是沿着美溪海滩跑步,那里离我家骑摩托车大概十分钟。

我几乎每个周六和周日早上都会去跑步,趁天还没太热。有时候一周比较忙,我只能跑一次,但我尽量不完全不跑,因为完全不运动的话我会觉得状态更差。

我通常和住在同一栋楼的朋友阿莊一起去。我们会在前一天晚上互相发消息约好时间,然后沿着沙滩一起跑大约三十分钟,之后再到海里游一小会儿泳。跑步的时候我们不怎么说话,因为都在努力喘气,但跑完以后会在海边喝咖啡聊聊天。

我认为这对保持健康很重要,因为它简单、免费,而且很容易每周坚持。我做设计工作整天坐在电脑前,对身体不太好,所以跑步能让我真正活动一下,呼吸新鲜空气。它也能让我在新的一周开始前感觉更平静。和阿莊一起跑步也让我更容易坚持下去,因为我不想因为自己取消而让她失望。

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为什么是这个分数

  • FC“I try not to skip it completely because I feel worse if I don't move at all” — The reason for keeping up the habit is delivered through a single, direct because-clause without any hedging or added interpretation, which is exactly the plain, clear development the 6.5 descriptor asks for -- "one clear reason... is enough." A Band 7.0 or 7.5 answer would likely dress this same idea up with a reflective aside or a more figurative phrase, but here the vocabulary stays entirely high-frequency ("skip," "feel worse," "move"). The honest admission that some weeks only one day is managed also keeps the answer natural rather than reaching for an impressively consistent routine that would sound rehearsed.坚持这个习惯的原因是通过一个直接、单一的because从句表达出来的,没有任何缓和语气或额外阐释,这正是Band 6.5描述所要求的那种平实、清晰的发展方式——"一个清晰的理由……就足够了"。Band 7.0或7.5的答案很可能会用一句反思性的插入语或更具比喻色彩的表达来修饰同一个想法,但这里的词汇始终保持在高频水平("skip,""feel worse,""move")。诚实地承认有些星期只能坚持一天,也让答案显得自然,而不是刻意营造一种听起来像是背出来的、令人印象深刻的规律性。
  • GRA“We do not talk much while running because we are both trying to breathe, but we always chat afterwards over coffee near the beach.” — The sentence chains a because-clause and a but-clause rather than a more varied structure, showing the mostly simple-to-basic-complex grammar typical of Band 6.5.这句话把一个because从句和一个but从句连在一起，而不是使用更多样的结构，体现出Band 6.5从简单句到基础复合句为主的语法特征。
  • LR“Doing it with Trang makes it much easier to stay motivated” — The vocabulary stays plain and high-frequency ('easier to stay motivated'), without a more precise or idiomatic alternative, characteristic of Band 6.5.词汇依旧朴素、常用（'更容易保持动力'），没有更精确或更地道的替代表达，这是Band 6.5的特点。
7.0 分

The answer develops its reasoning with a natural comparison ('catching up with friends who happen to be holding rackets') and explains why the habit has lasted, giving fuller, more connected development than the 6.5 answer while staying less polished than the layered imagery of the 7.5 version.回答用一个自然的比喻（'像是和朋友聚会，只是他们手里正好拿着球拍'）来展开论证，并解释这个习惯为何能坚持下来，展现出比Band 6.5答案更充分、更连贯的展开，但打磨程度不及Band 7.5版本那种层层递进的意象。

The thing I do to stay fit is play badminton twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, at the sports hall in my ward, which is only about five minutes from my flat — a fairly old concrete building with a cracked floor and a net that sags a bit in the middle.

I play from seven until half past eight, and I'm actually more disciplined about this than almost anything else in my life. Over three years, I've only missed about ten sessions, mostly for work trips.

I always play with the same group of four: my colleague Đức, who first got it started, and two neighbours — a retired teacher in his sixties who somehow beats all of us with an old wooden racket, and a younger woman from the bank nearby who joined after wandering in looking for a class. We play doubles and swap partners, keeping a running score on a whiteboard since 2023 that nobody would ever think of erasing. The retired teacher is still comfortably in the lead.

The reason I think it's important isn't only the exercise, although that part is real — ninety minutes involves more sprinting than most people manage in a week, and I sleep really well on those nights. The bigger reason is that it's the one activity in my week that's both physical and social at once. Swimming feels quite lonely, and the gym is mostly a room full of people ignoring each other, but with the same four people twice a week, it feels more like catching up with friends who happen to be holding rackets — probably the only kind of exercise I've ever managed to stick with. It also clears my head completely, since there's no room to think about work while you're watching a shuttlecock. My back feels better, and I've picked up the skill of losing well to a man twice my age with a wooden racket.

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我用来保持健康的方式是每周打两次羽毛球，周二和周四晚上，在我所在街道的体育馆，离我公寓只有大约五分钟路程——一栋相当老旧的水泥建筑，地板有裂缝，球网中间也有点松垮。

我打球的时间是从七点到八点半，说实话，我在这件事上比生活中几乎任何其他事情都更自律。三年下来，我只缺席过大约十次，大多是因为出差。

我一直和同样的四个人一起打：我的同事阿德（Đức），最初是他发起的这个活动，还有两位邻居——一位六十多岁的退休老师，不知怎么用一支老旧的木拍就能打赢我们所有人；还有一位在附近银行工作的年轻女士，她是有一次进来找班上课时偶然加入的。我们打双打，经常换搭档，从2023年起就在一块白板上不断记分，没人舍得把它擦掉。那位退休老师目前依然稳稳领先。

我认为这件事重要，不只是因为运动本身——虽然这部分也确实存在，九十分钟里的冲刺量比大多数人一整周加起来还多，那几个晚上我也睡得特别好。更重要的原因是，这是我一周里唯一一项既是体力活动又是社交活动的事情。游泳感觉挺孤独的，健身房也大多是一屋子互不理睬的人，但和同样这四个人每周打两次球，感觉更像是在和朋友聚会，只是他们手里正好拿着球拍——这大概是我唯一真正坚持下来的运动。它也能让我的思绪彻底放空，因为盯着羽毛球的时候根本没空想工作的事。我的背也感觉好多了，还练就了一项本领：优雅地输给一个拿着木拍、年纪比我大一倍的人。

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为什么是这个分数

  • LR“catching up with friends who happen to be holding rackets” — The description reframes the routine in a fresh, slightly playful way rather than plain vocabulary, matching the Band 7.0 target of a few more flexible word choices.这段描述用一种新颖、略带俏皮的方式重新表达了这个习惯，而不是用朴素的词汇，符合Band 7.0在词语选择上更灵活一些的目标。
  • FC“I'm actually more disciplined about this than almost anything else in my life.” — The spoken intensifier "actually" marks a slightly surprising personal admission, not just filler, signalling that the speaker is stepping outside straight narration to comment on their own character -- the kind of small aside the 7.0 descriptor asks for beyond a bare answer. A 6.5 response would likely just state the fact ("I play badminton twice a week") without this self-aware framing. The claim is also immediately backed up two sentences later with a concrete statistic ("only missed about ten sessions... in three years"), which keeps the aside from sounding like empty enthusiasm.这个口语化的强调词"actually"标志着一个略带意外意味的个人自白,而不只是填充词,表明说话者暂时跳出了直白的叙述,转而评论自己的性格——这正是7.0分描述语所要求的、超越单纯作答的那种小小旁白。6.5分的回答很可能只会陈述事实("I play badminton twice a week"),而不带这种自我觉察的框架。这一说法在两句之后立刻被一个具体的数据("only missed about ten sessions... in three years")所印证,这让这句旁白不至于显得只是空洞的热情。
  • GRA“It also clears my head completely, since there's no room to think about work while you're watching a shuttlecock.” — Two subordinate clauses are stacked onto one main clause here -- a since-clause giving the reason, and a while-clause nested inside that reason -- a mixed complex structure a Band 6.5 candidate would typically simplify into two separate because-sentences. The grammar stays accurate despite the added layer, matching the 7.0 target of a "comfortable mix of simple and complex sentences, generally accurate" rather than the wider range expected at 7.5. The content is also specific to badminton rather than a generic claim about exercise, tying the grammar to something the speaker could only have said about this particular activity.这里两个从属从句被叠加在一个主句上——一个since从句说明理由,而一个while从句又嵌套在这个理由内部——这种混合复杂结构,6.5分考生通常会简化成两句独立的because句子。尽管增加了这一层,语法依然准确,符合7.0分标准所要求的"简单句与复杂句自如混用、大体准确",而不是7.5分所期待的更宽广的范围。内容也具体到羽毛球这项运动,而不是关于运动的泛泛之谈,把语法与说话者只能就这项特定活动才能说出的话联系在了一起。
7.5 分

The closing line about learning 'to lose gracefully to a man with a wooden racket' turns a small physical detail into a wry, reflective punchline, a distinctly Band 7.5 move.结尾那句学会'优雅地输给一个拿木拍的男人'，把一个细小的具体细节转化成一句诙谐而富有反思意味的收尾金句，是极具Band 7.5特色的处理方式。

The thing I do is play badminton, two evenings a week, in the ward's sports hall about five minutes from my flat — a concrete building with a cracked floor, and a net that sags in the middle.

How often is Tuesday and Thursday, seven to half past eight, with a discipline I don't manage for anything else in my life. I've missed perhaps ten sessions in three years, mostly for work trips.

Who I do it with is a fixed group of four: Đức from the studio, who started it, and two neighbours from my building — a retired teacher in his sixties who plays with a wooden racket and beats all of us, and a young woman from the bank across the road who was recruited after she wandered in looking for a class. We play doubles, rotating partners, and we keep a running score on a whiteboard on the wall that has been going since 2023 and that none of us would dream of erasing. The retired teacher is a long way ahead.

Why I think it's important is only partly the exercise, though the exercise is real: ninety minutes of badminton is more sprinting than most people do in a week, and I sleep like a stone on those nights. The larger reason is that it's the one thing in my week that's both physical and social. Swimming is solitary; the gym is a room of people ignoring each other. Badminton with the same four people, twice a week, is exercise disguised as friendship, which is the only kind I've ever kept up. It also does something for my head. A day of screens leaves a kind of noise in me, and an hour of watching a shuttlecock clears it completely, because there's no room to think about anything else. My back is better, my mood is better, and I've learned a great deal about losing gracefully to a man with a wooden racket.

查看中文翻译

我做的这件事是打羽毛球,每周两个晚上,在离我公寓大约五分钟路程的坊级体育馆——一栋地板有裂缝的水泥建筑,球网中间还有点塌陷。

频率是周二和周四,晚上七点到八点半,这份自律是我生活中其他任何事情都做不到的。三年里我大概只缺席过十次,大多是因为出差。

和我一起打球的是固定的四人组:工作室的德,是他发起的这件事,还有我楼里的两位邻居——一位六十多岁的退休老师,用木拍子打球,把我们所有人都赢了,还有对面银行上班的一个年轻女生,是她某次闲逛找课程时被招募进来的。我们打双打,轮换搭档,还在墙上的白板上记着一个从2023年就开始、谁都不忍心擦掉的连续积分。那位退休老师遥遥领先。

我觉得这件事重要,只是一部分原因在于运动本身,不过这个运动量是实打实的:九十分钟的羽毛球比大多数人一周的冲刺跑加起来还多,那几个晚上我睡得像块石头一样沉。更大的原因是,这是我一周里唯一一件既是体力活动又是社交活动的事。游泳是孤独的;健身房里则是一屋子互不理睬的人。和同样这四个人打羽毛球,一周两次,是伪装成友谊的运动,而这是我唯一能坚持下来的那种。它对我的脑子也起了作用。盯着屏幕过完一天,会在我心里留下一种噪音似的东西,而看一个小时羽毛球能把它彻底清空,因为根本没有空间去想别的事。我的背更好了,心情更好了,而且我从一个用木拍子的男人身上,学到了不少如何优雅地认输。

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为什么是这个分数

  • FC“I've learned a great deal about losing gracefully to a man with a wooden racket.” — The answer ends on a self-deprecating, humorous reflection rather than a plain summary of the habit's benefits, which is the kind of evaluative closing move the 7.5 descriptor singles out as distinguishing a strong spoken answer from a merely accurate one. A Band 6.5 or 7.0 answer would more likely close with a straightforward final benefit ("it also helps me relax"). The specific, slightly absurd detail -- losing to a much older opponent with an old wooden racket -- also calls back to an image established earlier in the story, giving the ending narrative coherence rather than existing as a stray joke.这个回答以一段自嘲、幽默的反思收尾,而不是对这一习惯好处的平淡总结,这正是7.5分描述语特别点出的那种评价性收尾手法,用以区分一段强有力的口语回答与一段仅仅准确无误的回答。6.5或7.0分的答案更可能以一个直白的最终好处收尾("it also helps me relax")。那个具体、略显荒唐的细节——用一支旧木拍输给一位年长得多的对手——也呼应了故事前面建立起来的一个画面,让结尾具有叙事上的连贯性,而不是一句孤立的玩笑话。
  • LR“exercise disguised as friendship” — This metaphor inverts the expected framing -- instead of calling badminton "exercise that's also social," it presents the social bond as the true nature of the activity, with the exercise merely its cover, a precise, unexpected reframing rather than literal description. A Band 6.5 or 7.0 speaker would more likely state this straightforwardly ("it's good exercise and it's social too"). The phrase also directly follows a contrast with solitary swimming and an impersonal gym, so the metaphor does comparative argumentative work, explaining exactly why badminton succeeds where other exercise habits failed for the speaker.这个隐喻颠覆了常规的表达框架——它没有把羽毛球称为"exercise that's also social",而是把社交纽带呈现为这项活动真正的本质,运动本身反倒只是一层外衣,这是一次精准而出人意料的重新定位,而不是字面描述。6.5或7.0分的说话者更可能直白地表达这一点("it's good exercise and it's social too")。这句话也紧接在与独自游泳和缺乏人情味的健身房作对比之后,因此这个隐喻发挥了比较性的论证作用,准确解释了为什么羽毛球在其他运动习惯都对说话者不起作用的情况下,却能够成功。
  • GRA“an hour of watching a shuttlecock clears it completely, because there's no room to think about anything else” — A compact main clause is followed by an embedded because-clause that itself contains a negative existential structure ("there's no room to"), producing a varied but economical sentence rather than a longer, more explicit version a Band 6.5 or 7.0 speaker might produce ("I watch the shuttlecock for an hour and it clears my head because I can't think about anything else"). The image of watching "a shuttlecock" rather than saying "playing badminton" is also a deliberately narrow, sensory focus that explains the mental effect (total absorption) more precisely than the general activity name would.一个简洁的主句后面接了一个内嵌的because从句,而这个从句本身又包含一个否定存在句结构("there's no room to"),从而产生了一个既有变化又经济凝练的句子,而不是Band 6.5或7.0考生可能写出的更冗长、更直白的版本(例如:"I watch the shuttlecock for an hour and it clears my head because I can't think about anything else")。用"watching a shuttlecock"(看着羽毛球)而不是直接说"playing badminton"(打羽毛球),也是一种刻意聚焦于感官细节的狭窄视角,这比笼统地说出活动名称更精确地解释了这种全神贯注的心理效果。

各考试时段出题记录

  • Describe something you do that you think is important for keeping fit and healthy2026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. 1. Should young people do physical exercise at school?

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

    Short, direct sentences like "Yes, definitely" and plain connectors such as "Because of that" keep the argument clear but unelaborated.像 "Yes, definitely" 这样简短直接的句子,以及 "Because of that" 这类平淡的连接词,让论证清晰但缺乏展开。

    Yes, definitely. At my school in Hue, we only had one PE lesson a week, and we mostly just stood in rows. Because of that, I grew up with no sport I could really play. But the man I play badminton with now learned it at school when he was seven, and he still plays sixty years later. If schools give children daily exercise and let them try a sport they enjoy, it builds a habit for life. It also teaches children how to lose, which is an important lesson too.

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    是的,当然。我在顺化上学的时候,一周只有一节体育课,而且大部分时间我们只是站成一排排。正因为这样,我长大后没有真正会打的运动。但现在跟我打羽毛球的那位大叔,七岁时就在学校学会了,六十年后他还在打。如果学校能让孩子每天运动,并让他们尝试自己喜欢的运动,就能培养出一种终身的习惯。这也教会孩子如何面对输赢,这也是很重要的一课。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Yes, definitely.” — A flat, immediate answer that gets straight to the point. It works, but it lacks the reflective hedging of 7.0 ("Honestly, yes") or the evaluative punch of 7.5's opening dash construction.一个平实、直接的回答,直入主题。它管用,但缺少7.0那种反思性的让步语("Honestly, yes"),也没有7.5开场破折号结构那种评价性的力度。
    • LR“stood in rows” — Simple, concrete vocabulary that does the job without any flourish. Both higher bands reuse this exact image but wrap it in more complex sentence frames rather than upgrading the phrase itself.简单、具体的词汇,朴实地完成任务,没有任何修饰。两个高分段都重复用了这个意象,但把它包在更复杂的句式里,而不是升级这个短语本身。
    • GRA“If schools give children daily exercise and let them try a sport they enjoy, it builds a habit for life.” — A single correct conditional sentence with no subordination beyond "if" and "and". 7.0 and 7.5 both fold this idea into longer, multi-clause sentences instead of stating it as a standalone rule.一个正确的单句条件句,除了 "if" 和 "and" 之外没有更多的从属结构。7.0和7.5都把这个想法折进了更长、多分句的句子里,而不是把它作为一个独立的规则陈述出来。
    7.0 分

    Spoken hedges like "Honestly, yes" and "To be fair" frame the opinion as considered rather than automatic, and the "so" clause links cause to consequence in one breath.像 "Honestly, yes" 和 "To be fair" 这样的口语式让步语,把这个观点塑造成经过思考的看法,而不是脱口而出的反应;"so" 从句则在一口气之内把因果连接了起来。

    Honestly, yes, and I'd say most schools do far less than they should. My secondary school in Hue offered one PE lesson a week, and most of it was spent standing in rows rather than actually playing anything, so I reached adulthood without a sport I could call my own. To be fair, the retired teacher I now play badminton with learned it in a school yard at seven and has kept it up for sixty years, which shows what early exposure can do. Exercise at school builds both habit and skill while children are young, and it sharpens concentration afterwards too.

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    老实说,是的,我会说大多数学校做得远远不够。我在顺化上的中学一周只提供一节体育课,而且大部分时间都花在站成一排排,而不是真正玩什么运动,所以我长大成人时都没有一项能称得上自己的运动。说句公道话,现在跟我打羽毛球的那位退休老师,七岁时就在校园里学会了,而且坚持了六十年,这说明了早期接触能带来什么。学校里的运动能在孩子还小的时候同时培养习惯和技能,之后还能让他们的注意力更集中。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, yes, and I'd say” — A natural spoken hedge that signals the speaker is reflecting, not reciting. It sits between 6.5's bare "Yes, definitely" and 7.5's more literary, evaluative opening.一个自然的口语式让步语,暗示说话者是在反思,而不是背诵。它介于6.5那句直白的 "Yes, definitely" 和7.5那种更文学化、更有评价力度的开场之间。
    • LR“reached adulthood without a sport I could call my own” — A more natural collocation than 6.5's plain wording, giving the idea a personal edge, though it is still less vivid than 7.5's tighter semicolon-based phrasing of the same fact.一个比6.5平淡措辞更自然的搭配,给这个想法增添了个人色彩,不过仍不如7.5那种更紧凑的分号结构来表达同一事实那么生动。
    • GRA“one PE lesson a week, and most of it was spent standing in rows rather than actually playing anything, so I reached adulthood without a sport I could call my own” — One long sentence chaining a result clause ("so") onto a contrast ("rather than"), noticeably more complex than 6.5's short separate sentences, though less compact than 7.5's semicolon structure.一个把结果从句("so")和对比从句("rather than")串联在一起的长句,比6.5那种短小分开的句子明显更复杂,不过没有7.5的分号结构那么紧凑。
    7.5 分

    The dash-led opening ("rather more than the token weekly session") and the semicolon-joined contrast with the retired teacher give the answer an evaluative edge absent from the plainer bands.破折号引出的开场("rather more than the token weekly session")以及用分号把退休老师与说话者形成对比的写法,让这个答案带有其他分段所没有的评价力度。

    Yes — and rather more than the token weekly session most schools manage. My secondary school in Hue offered a single PE lesson a week, largely spent standing in rows, and I arrived at adulthood without a sport I could actually play; the retired teacher I now play badminton with, by contrast, picked up a racket in a school yard at seven and has kept at it for sixty years. Exercise at school plants the habit and the skill at the age when both come easiest, sharpens concentration in the lessons that follow, and reaches children whose own families never exercise at all. It also teaches losing gracefully, a subject too often skipped. Treating it as a break from education, rather than part of it, is where most systems, mine included, get it wrong.

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    是的——而且远不止大多数学校那种每周象征性的一节课。我在顺化上的中学只提供一节体育课,大部分时间都花在站成一排排,我长大成人时都没有一项真正能玩的运动;相比之下,我现在跟我打羽毛球的那位退休老师,七岁时就在校园里拿起了球拍,坚持了六十年。学校里的运动在习惯和技能最容易养成的年纪同时种下了这两者,提升了之后课堂上的专注力,也能触及那些自己家庭从不运动的孩子。它也教会孩子体面地接受失败,这是一门常常被忽略的功课。把它当作教育之外的休息,而不是教育的一部分,正是大多数体系,包括我自己的,做错的地方。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Yes — and rather more than the token weekly session most schools manage.” — A confident, idiomatic opening that immediately evaluates the norm rather than just answering it, going well beyond 6.5's bare statement and 7.0's hedge-softened version.一个自信、地道的开场,立刻对常态提出评价,而不只是回答问题,远远超越了6.5那句朴素的陈述和7.0经让步语软化后的版本。
    • LR“plants the habit and the skill at the age when both come easiest” — A precise, faintly idiomatic collocation ("plants the habit") that upgrades 6.5's plain "builds a habit for life" and 7.0's flatter "builds both habit and skill".一个精确、略带地道色彩的搭配("plants the habit"),把6.5那句朴素的 "builds a habit for life" 和7.0更平淡的 "builds both habit and skill" 都升级了。
    • GRA“I arrived at adulthood without a sport I could actually play; the retired teacher I now play badminton with, by contrast, picked up a racket in a school yard at seven” — A semicolon joins two contrasted clauses with an inserted "by contrast", giving flexible, compact grammar that is more sophisticated than 7.0's single "so"-clause construction.一个分号连接两个通过插入语 "by contrast" 形成对比的分句,语法灵活紧凑,比7.0单一的 "so" 从句结构更精致。

  2. 2. What practical measures will governments need to take to improve people's lifestyles in the future?

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

    The simple connector "So" introduces a plain list of measures, and each idea sits in its own short, clearly coordinated sentence.简单的连接词 "So" 引出了一份平淡的措施清单,每个想法都放在自己独立、清晰并列的短句里。

    Governments need to build places that make healthy living easy, not just tell people to do it. My badminton is possible because my area built a free sports hall near my home, but I can't walk much because people park motorbikes on the pavements. So governments should build cheap sports places in every area, safer pavements and cycle lanes, more parks, and daily sport in schools. They should also tax sugary drinks, limit food adverts aimed at children, and offer free health checks, plus limit long working hours, since nobody has time to exercise after a fourteen-hour day.

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    政府需要建设让健康生活变得容易的场所,而不是只是叫人们去做。我能打羽毛球,是因为我住的地区在我家附近建了一座免费的体育馆,但我没法多走路,因为人们把摩托车停在人行道上。所以政府应该在每个地区都建便宜的运动场所,修建更安全的人行道和自行车道,增加公园,并在学校设置每日体育课。他们还应该对含糖饮料征税,限制针对儿童的食品广告,提供免费体检,并限制过长的工作时间,因为没有人在工作十四个小时后还有时间锻炼。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“So governments should build cheap sports places in every area” — The linking word "So" shows basic but clear organisation, moving directly from problem to solution without the reflective framing seen in the higher bands.连接词 "So" 展示了基本但清晰的组织方式,直接从问题过渡到解决方案,没有高分段那种反思性的框架。
    • LR“cheap sports places” — Basic, everyday vocabulary that communicates the idea plainly, compared with 7.0's "cheap exercise spaces" and 7.5's more formal "affordable exercise spaces".基础、日常的词汇,朴实地传达了这个想法,对比7.0的 "cheap exercise spaces" 和7.5更正式的 "affordable exercise spaces"。
    • GRA“My badminton is possible because my area built a free sports hall near my home, but I can't walk much because people park motorbikes on the pavements.” — Two clauses joined by "but", each with its own "because" reason — correct and clear, but a simpler coordination pattern than the semicolon contrast used at 7.5.两个用 "but" 连接的分句,各自都带有 "because" 理由——正确、清晰,但比7.5用到的分号对比结构要简单。
    7.0 分

    Hedges like "Honestly" and "I'd say" frame the list of measures as personal judgement, and the closing "since" clause reflects on why one measure outranks the rest."Honestly" 和 "I'd say" 这类让步语把这份措施清单框定为个人判断,而结尾的 "since" 从句反思了为什么这一项措施可能比其他都重要。

    Honestly, the main thing is to build the environment people actually need, rather than just advertising the one they don't. My badminton only happens because the ward put up a free sports hall five minutes from my door, whereas walking is basically impossible since the pavements are permanently parked on. I'd say practical measures include cheap exercise spaces in every district, safe pavements and cycle lanes, and daily school sport, alongside taxes on sugary drinks and real limits on advertising to children. Health checks that reach people who never seek them matter too, and to be fair, working-hours rules might matter most of all, since a fourteen-hour day cancels out everything else.

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    老实说,最重要的事是建设人们真正需要的环境,而不是去宣传人们根本不需要的那种。我能打羽毛球,只是因为坊里在我家门口五分钟的地方建了一座免费的体育馆,而走路则几乎不可能,因为人行道永远被停满了车。我会说,实际的措施包括在每个区都建便宜的运动场所,建安全的人行道和自行车道,还有每日的学校体育课,再加上对含糖饮料征税,以及真正限制针对儿童的广告。健康检查也很重要,尤其是那些能触及从不主动寻求检查的人;说句公道话,工时规定或许才是最重要的一环,因为工作十四个小时会抵消其他所有措施。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, the main thing is to build the environment people actually need” — A natural spoken hedge opening that reads as reflective judgement, more considered than 6.5's flat listing and closer to conversational register than 7.5's punchier opening.一个自然的口语式让步语开场,读起来像是经过思考的判断,比6.5那种平铺直叙的清单更深思熟虑,语域也比7.5那种更有力的开场更贴近口语。
    • LR“cancels out everything else” — A more natural idiom than 6.5's plain reasoning about time, though less compact and vivid than 7.5's "quietly defeats every other measure".一个比6.5那句平淡的关于时间的推理更自然的习语,不过不如7.5的 "quietly defeats every other measure" 那样紧凑生动。
    • GRA“I'd say practical measures include cheap exercise spaces in every district, safe pavements and cycle lanes, and daily school sport, alongside taxes on sugary drinks and real limits on advertising to children.” — One long sentence with parallel listed items joined by "alongside", a more complex single-sentence structure than 6.5's separate short listing sentences.一个用 "alongside" 连接平行罗列项的长句,比6.5那种分开的短罗列句结构更复杂。
    7.5 分

    The semicolon-and-dash structure ("parked on — behaviour shifts...") turns the personal example straight into a general principle, an evaluative move the other bands don't make.分号加破折号的结构("parked on — behaviour shifts...")把个人例子直接转化成了一条通则,这是一种其他分段没有的评价性写法。

    Governments need to build the environment for the lifestyle they claim to want, and stop advertising the one that undermines it. My badminton exists only because the ward built a free sports hall five minutes from my door; my walking doesn't exist because the pavements are permanently parked on — behaviour shifts when the easy option shifts, not when people are lectured at. Concrete measures would include affordable exercise spaces in every district, safe pavements and cycle lanes, and daily school sport, paired with sugar taxes and tighter limits on advertising to children. Health checks should actively reach people who never go looking for them, and working-hours rules matter too, since a fourteen-hour day quietly defeats every other measure. Information campaigns can come last; most people already know what's healthy.

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    政府需要为自己宣称想要的那种生活方式建设环境,同时停止宣传那种正在破坏这种生活方式的东西。我能打羽毛球,只是因为坊里在我家门口五分钟的地方建了一座免费的体育馆;我不能走路,是因为人行道永远被占来停车——当轻松的选项改变了,行为才会改变,而不是靠人们被说教。具体的措施应该包括在每个区都建负担得起的运动场所,建安全的人行道和自行车道,以及每日的学校体育课,再配合糖税和更严格的儿童广告限制。健康检查应该主动去触及那些从不主动寻求检查的人,工时规定也很重要,因为工作十四个小时会悄悄地抵消其他所有措施。信息宣传运动可以放在最后;大多数人其实已经知道什么是健康的。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“behaviour shifts when the easy option shifts, not when people are lectured at” — An evaluative, idiomatic aside that reframes the whole answer around one principle, going well beyond 6.5's plain statement and 7.0's hedge-led version of the same point.一个评价性、地道的插入语,把整个答案重新围绕一个原则来组织,远远超越了6.5那句朴素的陈述和7.0经让步语引导的同一观点版本。
    • LR“quietly defeats every other measure” — Vivid, precise phrasing compared with 6.5's plain "nobody has time to exercise" and 7.0's more generic "cancels out everything else".生动、精确的措辞,对比6.5平淡的 "nobody has time to exercise" 和7.0更笼统的 "cancels out everything else"。
    • GRA“My badminton exists only because the ward built a free sports hall five minutes from my door; my walking doesn't exist because the pavements are permanently parked on” — A semicolon links two parallel, mirrored clauses, a compact and flexible structure more sophisticated than 7.0's single "whereas"-clause and 6.5's "but"-clause.一个分号连接两个平行、镜像的分句,这种紧凑灵活的结构比7.0单一的 "whereas" 从句和6.5的 "but" 从句都更精致。

  3. 3. How easy is it to do exercise where you live?

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

    The plain connector "but there are two problems" sets up a simple two-part structure that the answer then works through one clause at a time.平淡的连接词 "but there are two problems" 搭起了一个简单的两段式结构,答案接下来就一个分句一个分句地展开。

    It's quite easy here, but there are two problems. Da Nang has a free beach, sports halls in most areas, and lots of people who exercise early — at six a.m. the beach is full of older people doing group aerobics to music. The problems are the heat, which makes it hard to exercise outside between ten and four, and the pavements, because motorbikes are parked on them, so walking is difficult. I think the real barrier is not facilities but habit — you just need to get up early.

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    在这里做运动挺容易的,但有两个问题。岘港有免费的海滩,大多数地区都有体育馆,还有很多人一大早就运动——早上六点,海滩上就挤满了老年人跟着音乐做集体健身操。问题在于炎热,让人在上午十点到下午四点之间很难在户外运动;还有人行道,因为摩托车都停在上面,走路很困难。我觉得真正的障碍不是设施,而是习惯——你只需要早起。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“but there are two problems” — A simple, direct connector that frames the whole answer clearly, but without the concessive nuance of 7.0's "though there are two real catches" or 7.5's tighter "with two catches".一个简单、直接的连接词,把整个答案框定得很清楚,但没有7.0那句 "though there are two real catches" 那样的让步细腻感,也没有7.5更紧凑的 "with two catches"。
    • LR“hard to exercise outside” — Plain, functional vocabulary, compared with 7.0's "rules out anything outdoors" and 7.5's more vivid version of the same idea.平淡、功能性的词汇,对比7.0的 "rules out anything outdoors" 和7.5那个更生动的同一想法版本。
    • GRA“The problems are the heat, which makes it hard to exercise outside between ten and four, and the pavements, because motorbikes are parked on them, so walking is difficult.” — A long listing sentence built from simple clauses strung together with "which", "because" and "so" — accurate, but less tightly integrated than the parallel relative clauses used at 7.5.一个用 "which"、"because"、"so" 把简单分句串起来的长罗列句——准确,但不如7.5用到的平行关系从句那样紧密融合。
    7.0 分

    The hedge-and-concession opener "Honestly... though there are two real catches" and the closing "I'd say" frame the whole comparison as considered opinion rather than flat fact.开头那句让步加转折的组合 "Honestly... though there are two real catches",以及结尾的 "I'd say",都把整段比较框定成一种经过思考的观点,而不是平铺直叙的事实。

    Honestly, it's easier here than in most cities, though there are two real catches. Da Nang has a free beach along its whole length, sports halls in most wards, and a genuine dawn-exercise culture, so by six in the morning the beach is full of people my parents' age doing group aerobics to a speaker. To be fair, the heat rules out anything outdoors between ten and four for half the year, and the pavements are mostly used for parking motorbikes, which turns a simple walk into a small negotiation with traffic. Gyms are cheap and everywhere for anyone who prefers them. I'd say the habit matters more than the facilities do.

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    老实说,这里比大多数城市都容易一些,不过有两个真正的问题。岘港有一整条海岸线的免费海滩,大多数坊都有体育馆,还有一种真正的黎明运动文化,所以早上六点,海滩上就挤满了我父母那个年纪的人,跟着音响做集体健身操。说句公道话,炎热让户外活动在一年当中有半年的十点到四点之间根本无法进行,人行道则大多被摩托车占来停车,让简单的散步变成了和车流的一场小周旋。健身房也很便宜,而且到处都是,适合喜欢的人。我会说,习惯比设施更重要。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, it's easier here than in most cities, though there are two real catches.” — A hedge plus a concessive clause in the same sentence, signalling reflection rather than a flat statement, positioned between 6.5's plain framing and 7.5's punchier dash-based opening.一个让步语加让步从句放在同一个句子里,传达出反思而非平铺直叙的陈述,位置介于6.5那种朴素的框架和7.5那种更有力的破折号开场之间。
    • LR“turns a simple walk into a small negotiation with traffic” — A more natural collocation than 6.5's flat "walking is difficult", though softer and less image-driven than 7.5's "running negotiation with traffic".一个比6.5平淡的 "walking is difficult" 更自然的搭配,不过比7.5的 "running negotiation with traffic" 更柔和、画面感更弱。
    • GRA“Da Nang has a free beach along its whole length, sports halls in most wards, and a genuine dawn-exercise culture, so by six in the morning the beach is full of people my parents' age doing group aerobics to a speaker.” — One extended sentence ending in a result clause introduced by "so", a more complex structure than 6.5's short chained clauses, though less layered than 7.5's double relative-clause sentence.一个以 "so" 引出的结果从句结尾的延伸句,比6.5的短促串联句结构更复杂,但不如7.5那种双重关系从句的句子有层次。
    7.5 分

    The clipped opening "Easier than most places, with only two real catches" and the dash-set aside "so neither space nor company is ever really short" pack an evaluative summary into very few words.简洁的开场 "Easier than most places, with only two real catches",以及破折号插入的评价性小结 "so neither space nor company is ever really short",把评价性的总结浓缩进了极少的字数里。

    Easier than most places, with only two real catches. Da Nang offers a free beach along its whole length, public sports halls in most wards, and a genuine culture of dawn exercise — by six in the morning the beach and parks are crowded with people my parents' age doing group aerobics to a speaker, so neither space nor company is ever really short. The catches are the heat, which rules out anything outdoors between ten and four for half the year, and the pavements, which double as motorbike parking, so a simple walk turns into a running negotiation with traffic. Gyms, for what it's worth, are cheap and plentiful for those who like them. It's habit, more than facilities, that's the real barrier; the city offers exercise to anyone willing to rise early or go out late.

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    比大多数地方都容易,只有两个真正的问题。岘港有一整条海岸线的免费海滩,大多数坊都有公共体育馆,还有一种真正的黎明运动文化——早上六点,海滩和公园就已经挤满了我父母那个年纪的人,跟着音响做集体健身操,所以空间和陪伴都从来不缺。问题在于炎热,它让户外活动在一年当中有半年的十点到四点之间根本无法进行;还有人行道,它们兼职用来停摩托车,让一次简单的散步变成了和车流之间没完没了的周旋。而健身房呢,值得一提的是,便宜又到处都是,适合喜欢的人。真正的障碍是习惯,而不是设施;这座城市为任何愿意早起或晚出门的人提供了运动的机会。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“so neither space nor company is ever really short” — A compact, idiomatic evaluative aside inserted mid-description, a more economical move than 7.0's separate hedge sentences or 6.5's plain listing.一个紧凑、地道的评价性插入语,嵌在描写中间,比7.0各自独立的让步句或6.5平铺直叙的清单都更经济。
    • LR“turns into a running negotiation with traffic” — A vivid, idiomatic image that goes beyond 7.0's plainer "small negotiation" and 6.5's bare "walking is difficult".一个生动、地道的意象,超越了7.0更平淡的 "small negotiation" 和6.5直白的 "walking is difficult"。
    • GRA“The catches are the heat, which rules out anything outdoors between ten and four for half the year, and the pavements, which double as motorbike parking, so a simple walk turns into a running negotiation with traffic.” — One flexible sentence layering two parallel relative clauses ("which rules out...", "which double as...") into a final result clause, more sophisticated structuring than 7.0's single relative clause.一个灵活的句子,把两个平行的关系从句("which rules out..."、"which double as...")叠加进一个最终的结果从句里,结构比7.0单一的关系从句更精致。

  4. 4. Has technology had a negative effect on people's lifestyles?

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

    The repeated connector "But" carries most of the balance in the argument, and each idea gets its own short, plainly coordinated sentence.重复出现的连接词 "But" 承担了这个论证大部分的平衡任务,每个想法都放在自己独立、平铺直叙的短句里。

    On balance, yes, but it's not simple. A delivery app stopped me walking to the market, which used to be my main exercise without me even noticing. But the same phone has a group chat that helps four of us meet for badminton twice a week. Technology has taken movement out of daily life — work means sitting, shopping means tapping a screen, and entertainment means lying down. It also brings bad sleep and more time indoors. But it also gives us fitness apps and online classes. Overall, I think people move less and sit more now because of it.

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    总体来说,是的,但事情并不简单。一个外卖应用让我不再走路去市场,而那原本是我自己都没意识到的主要运动。但同一部手机上有一个群聊,帮我们四个人每周两次约好一起打羽毛球。技术把日常生活中的活动都抽走了——工作意味着坐着,购物意味着点屏幕,娱乐意味着躺着。它还带来了糟糕的睡眠和更多的室内时间。但它也给了我们健身应用和线上课程。总的来说,我认为正是因为技术,人们现在动得更少,坐得更多。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“But it also gives us fitness apps and online classes.” — A simple contrastive connector repeated through the answer keeps the balance basic but clear, without the single reflective hedge that 7.0 uses instead.一个简单的对比连接词在整段答案中反复出现,让这种平衡保持基本但清晰,没有用到7.0那种单一的反思性让步语。
    • LR“taken movement out of daily life” — Plain phrasing for the central idea, compared with 7.5's more vivid "stripped most of the movement out of ordinary life".对核心想法的平淡表述,对比7.5更生动的 "stripped most of the movement out of ordinary life"。
    • GRA“Technology has taken movement out of daily life — work means sitting, shopping means tapping a screen, and entertainment means lying down.” — A simple listing structure with the verb "means" repeated three times — correct and clear, but formulaic next to the parallel structure reused more fluidly at 7.5.一个把动词 "means" 重复用了三次的简单罗列结构——正确、清晰,但和7.5那里更流畅重复使用的平行结构相比,显得公式化。
    7.0 分

    The mid-sentence hedge "though honestly it cuts both ways" and the closing "To be fair" keep signalling that the balance being drawn is a personal judgement, not a flat fact.插在句子中间的让步语 "though honestly it cuts both ways",以及结尾的 "To be fair",都不断提醒读者:这里所做的权衡是个人判断,而不是平铺直叙的事实。

    On balance, yes, though honestly it cuts both ways. A delivery app quietly ended my daily walk to the market, which used to be the exercise I got without ever noticing it, while the same phone holds the group chat that keeps four of us showing up to badminton twice a week. I'd say technology has removed most of the movement from ordinary life — work is sitting, shopping is tapping, entertainment is lying down — and added constant reachability and worse sleep in its place. To be fair, it's also given people fitness tracking, online classes, and easier ways to organise the exercise they'd otherwise skip. The net effect, for most people, is still less movement.

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    总体来说,是的,不过老实说这是双刃剑。一个外卖应用悄悄地终结了我每天走路去市场的习惯,那原本是我不知不觉中获得的运动;而同一部手机里的群聊,却让我们四个人坚持每周两次去打羽毛球。我会说,技术已经把大部分的活动从日常生活中移走了——工作是坐着,购物是点屏幕,娱乐是躺着——同时带来了随时待命的状态和更差的睡眠。说句公道话,它也给了人们健身追踪、线上课程,以及更容易组织他们原本会放弃的运动的方式。对大多数人来说,净效果依然是动得更少。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“though honestly it cuts both ways” — A spoken hedge inserted mid-sentence that signals balanced reflection, more natural than 6.5's repeated flat "But" and less rhetorically loaded than 7.5's dash-punctuated concession.一个插在句子中间的口语式让步语,传达出均衡的反思,比6.5那种重复的平淡 "But" 更自然,但在修辞力度上不如7.5那种用破折号标出的让步句。
    • LR“added constant reachability and worse sleep in its place” — More natural phrasing than 6.5's plain "brings bad sleep", though less tightly layered than 7.5's version of the same list.比6.5那句平淡的 "brings bad sleep" 更自然的措辞,不过层次感不如7.5那份清单版本丰富。
    • GRA“A delivery app quietly ended my daily walk to the market, which used to be the exercise I got without ever noticing it, while the same phone holds the group chat that keeps four of us showing up to badminton twice a week.” — One long sentence built around a "while" contrast, more complex subordination than 6.5's two short separate "But" sentences.一个围绕 "while" 对比构建的长句,从属结构比6.5那两个分开的短促 "But" 句更复杂。
    7.5 分

    The dash-punctuated opener "yes — though it genuinely cuts both ways" and the closing image of unused tools in the same phone give the answer a rounded, evaluative shape.破折号引出的开场 "yes — though it genuinely cuts both ways",以及结尾那个关于同一部手机里未被使用的工具的意象,让这个答案有了一种完整、评价性的形状。

    On balance, yes — though it genuinely cuts both ways. A delivery app quietly ended my daily walk to the market, which was the most exercise I got without ever noticing it; the same phone, though, holds the group chat that keeps four of us showing up to badminton twice a week. Technology has stripped most of the movement out of ordinary life — work is sitting, shopping is tapping, entertainment is lying down — while adding constant reachability, worse sleep and far more time indoors. It has also handed people fitness tracking, online classes and easier ways to organise the exercise they'd otherwise skip. For most people the net effect is less movement and more sitting. The tools to reverse that sit in the very same phone, largely untouched.

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    总体来说,是的——尽管这确实是双刃剑。一个外卖应用悄悄地终结了我每天走路去市场的习惯,那原本是我不知不觉中获得的最主要的运动;不过,同一部手机上的群聊,还是让我们四个人坚持每周两次去打羽毛球。技术已经把大部分的活动从日常生活中抽走了——工作是坐着,购物是点屏幕,娱乐是躺着——同时带来了随时待命的状态、更差的睡眠,以及多得多的室内时间。它也把健身追踪、线上课程,以及更容易组织本会被放弃的运动的方式交到了人们手中。对大多数人来说,净效果是动得更少、坐得更多。而扭转这一切的工具,其实就藏在同一部手机里,只是大多没被用到。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“On balance, yes — though it genuinely cuts both ways.” — A dash-punctuated concession that reads as confident and considered from the first line, a sharper opening move than 7.0's softer "though honestly" and 6.5's plain "but it's not simple".一个破折号引出的让步句,从第一行就读起来自信而深思熟虑,比7.0那句更柔和的 "though honestly" 和6.5朴素的 "but it's not simple" 都更犀利。
    • LR“stripped most of the movement out of ordinary life” — A vivid, precise verb choice ("stripped") that upgrades 6.5's plain "taken movement out" and 7.0's identical phrasing of the same idea.一个生动、精确的动词选择("stripped"),把6.5平淡的 "taken movement out" 和7.0几乎相同的表述都升级了。
    • GRA“A delivery app quietly ended my daily walk to the market, which was the most exercise I got without ever noticing it; the same phone, though, holds the group chat that keeps four of us showing up to badminton twice a week.” — A semicolon-linked parallel contrast with an inserted "though", more flexible and compact than 7.0's single "while"-clause version of the same contrast.一个用分号连接、插入 "though" 的平行对比,比7.0单一的 "while" 从句结构更灵活、更紧凑。

  5. 5. Is there too much advertising of unhealthy food on television?

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

    The plain claim "This clearly affects children's health" states the point directly, without the inserted asides that carry the argument in the higher bands.平实的断言 "This clearly affects children's health" 直接陈述了观点,没有高分段那种承载论证的插入语。

    Yes, far too much, and it's aimed at exactly the wrong people. A sugary-drink advert plays during every break in football matches, right when young men are thirsty, and my nephew could sing a snack advert's song before he could count to ten. Television is full of adverts for fast food, sweets and drinks, but almost nothing for healthy food, because vegetables don't have advertising money. This clearly affects children's health, and some countries have already limited these adverts with good results. I don't think all food adverts should stop, but adverts aimed at children should be limited far more than they are now.

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    是的,太多了,而且瞄准的正是最不该瞄准的人。每次足球比赛中场休息都会播放含糖饮料的广告,恰好是年轻男性最口渴的时候,而我侄子会唱一支零食广告的歌,甚至比他数到十还早。电视上到处都是快餐、糖果和饮料的广告,但几乎没有关于健康食品的广告,因为蔬菜没有广告经费。这显然会影响儿童的健康,已经有一些国家限制了这类广告,并取得了不错的效果。我不认为所有食品广告都应该停止,但针对儿童的广告应该比现在限制得多得多。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“This clearly affects children's health” — A short, direct claim stated as plain fact, without the analytical framing 7.0 adds ("which tells you the targeting isn't accidental") or the sharper judgement at 7.5.一个简短、直接的断言,当作平实的事实陈述,没有7.0增添的分析性框架("which tells you the targeting isn't accidental"),也没有7.5更犀利的判断。
    • LR“advertising money” — Basic, everyday phrasing compared with 7.0 and 7.5's more precise "marketing budgets" for the same idea.基础、日常的措辞,对比7.0和7.5用到的更精确的 "marketing budgets"。
    • GRA“Television is full of adverts for fast food, sweets and drinks, but almost nothing for healthy food, because vegetables don't have advertising money.” — One sentence with "but" and "because", simple coordination and subordination that states the point clearly without the layered dash structure used at 7.5.一个用 "but" 和 "because" 构成的句子,简单的并列加从属结构,把观点表达得很清楚,没有用到7.5那种有层次的破折号结构。
    7.0 分

    The inserted hedge "I'd say" and the dash-linked conclusion "which tells you the targeting isn't accidental" turn the anecdote into a considered analysis rather than a flat report.插入的让步语 "I'd say" 和破折号引出的结论 "which tells you the targeting isn't accidental",把这个轶事变成了一段经过思考的分析,而不是平铺直叙的报告。

    Honestly, far too much, and it's aimed with real precision. A sugary-drink advert runs during every football half here, at exactly the moment a young male audience gets thirsty, and my nephew, I'd say, could sing a snack jingle before he could count to ten — which tells you the targeting isn't accidental. Television is now full of fast food, sweets and snacks, and almost empty of anything healthy, since vegetables simply don't have marketing budgets. The effect on children is well documented, and several countries have restricted this kind of advertising with visible results. I don't think all food advertising should disappear, but the scale of what's aimed at children could be stopped tomorrow, and mostly isn't.

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    老实说,太多了,而且瞄准得极其精准。这里,每次足球比赛的半场休息都会播放含糖饮料的广告,恰好是年轻男性观众开始口渴的那一刻,而我侄子,我敢说,能唱出一段零食广告曲,甚至比他数到十还早——这说明这种针对性绝非偶然。电视现在充满了快餐、糖果和零食,却几乎没有任何健康食品的影子,因为蔬菜根本没有营销预算。对儿童的影响已经有充分的记录,一些国家已经限制了这类广告,并取得了看得见的效果。我不认为所有食品广告都应该消失,但针对儿童的广告规模明天就能叫停,只是大多数时候都没有真的叫停。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, far too much” — A hedge opener that frames the strong opinion as personal judgement, softer in register than 7.5's unhedged opening but more reflective than 6.5's flat "Yes, far too much".一个让步语开场,把这个强烈的观点框定为个人判断,语域比7.5不加让步的开场更柔和,但比6.5那句平淡的 "Yes, far too much" 更反思。
    • LR“which tells you the targeting isn't accidental” — More analytical phrasing than 6.5's plain "aimed at exactly the wrong people", though less pointed than 7.5's sharper closing judgement on the same anecdote.比6.5平淡的 "aimed at exactly the wrong people" 更具分析性的措辞,不过没有7.5对同一轶事那种更犀利的收尾判断那么犀利。
    • GRA“A sugary-drink advert runs during every football half here, at exactly the moment a young male audience gets thirsty, and my nephew, I'd say, could sing a snack jingle before he could count to ten — which tells you the targeting isn't accidental.” — A long sentence with an inserted hedge clause and a dash-linked conclusion, more elaborate than 6.5's plainer parallel structure across separate sentences.一个带插入让步从句、并用破折号连接结论的长句,比6.5那种更平淡的、分散在多个句子里的平行结构更精致。
    7.5 分

    The dash-and-semicolon judgement "none of that is accidental; it's aimed straight at the audience least equipped to say no" turns the anecdote directly into an evaluative claim, sharper than the other bands' framing.破折号加分号的判断句 "none of that is accidental; it's aimed straight at the audience least equipped to say no",把这个轶事直接转化成了一句评价性的断言,比其他分段的处理都更犀利。

    Far too much, and it's targeted with real precision. Here, a sugary-drink commercial airs in every break of a football match, at precisely the moment a young male crowd starts feeling thirsty, and my nephew, astonishingly, could hum a snack-brand jingle before he'd learned to count past ten — none of that is accidental; it's aimed straight at the audience least equipped to say no. Television screens are crowded with fast food, sweets, fizzy drinks and crisps, and almost bare of anything wholesome, mostly because vegetables simply don't come with a marketing budget. Children's exposure to this kind of advertising is well studied, and a number of countries have already reined it in, with results you can actually measure. I wouldn't ban food advertising outright, but letting products that damage health be marketed to children on this scale, when governments could rein it in overnight, is a choice, not an accident.

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    太多了,而且瞄准得极其精准。在这里,一个含糖饮料广告会在每一场足球比赛的中场休息播出,恰好是年轻男性观众开始口渴的那一刻,而我侄子,令人惊讶的是,能哼出一段零食品牌广告曲,甚至比他学会数到十还早——这一切都不是偶然的;它精准地瞄向了那些最没有能力说不的观众。电视屏幕上挤满了快餐、糖果、汽水和薯片,却几乎见不到任何有营养的东西,主要是因为蔬菜根本不带营销预算。儿童接触这类广告的情况已经有充分的研究,不少国家已经加以约束,并取得了实实在在能衡量的效果。我不会主张彻底禁止食品广告,但让损害健康的产品以这种规模针对儿童进行营销,而政府本可以一夜之间就把它遏制住,这是一种选择,不是意外。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“none of that is accidental; it's aimed straight at the audience least equipped to say no” — A sharp, evaluative closing judgement built directly into the anecdote, more pointed than 7.0's softer "which tells you the targeting isn't accidental" and 6.5's plain statement of the same idea.一个直接嵌入轶事之中的犀利、评价性收尾判断,比7.0那句更柔和的 "which tells you the targeting isn't accidental" 和6.5对同一想法的平铺陈述都更犀利。
    • LR“Television screens are crowded with fast food, sweets, fizzy drinks and crisps, and almost bare of anything wholesome” — Vivid, precise word choice ("crowded", "bare", "wholesome") that upgrades 6.5's "full of" / "almost nothing" and 7.0's near-identical "full of" / "almost empty".生动、精确的用词选择("crowded"、"bare"、"wholesome"),把6.5的 "full of" / "almost nothing" 和7.0几乎相同的 "full of" / "almost empty" 都升级了。
    • GRA“Here, a sugary-drink commercial airs in every break of a football match, at precisely the moment a young male crowd starts feeling thirsty, and my nephew, astonishingly, could hum a snack-brand jingle before he'd learned to count past ten — none of that is accidental; it's aimed straight at the audience least equipped to say no.” — A dash-linked, semicolon-spliced final clause gives compact rhetorical punch, a more flexible structure than 7.0's inserted-hedge version of the same idea.一个用破折号连接、再用分号拼接的收尾分句,带来紧凑的修辞冲击力,比7.0那种插入让步语的版本更灵活。

  6. 6. Who should take responsibility for a society's level of fitness?

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

    The idea is broken into short, separate sentences ("The local ward built...", "The four of us actually go..."), rather than being chained together as in the higher bands.这个想法被拆成了短小、分开的句子("The local ward built..."、"The four of us actually go..."),而不是像高分段那样串联起来。

    Everyone, in their own way, and my badminton group shows this well. The local ward built the sports hall, which no single person could do. The four of us actually go, which no government can force. And Đức was the one who kept asking us to start, which is often the missing part. I think individuals are responsible for their own choices. Governments should make healthy choices easy and cheap. Employers should give people enough free time. Families and friends matter too, because it's hard to exercise alone for long.

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    每个人,都以自己的方式承担责任,我的羽毛球小队就很好地说明了这一点。坊里建了体育馆,这不是任何一个人能单独做到的事。我们四个人真的会去打球,这是任何政府都强迫不了的事。而德是那个一直催我们开始的人,这往往是最容易缺失的那部分。我觉得个人要对自己的选择负责。政府应该让健康的选择变得容易又便宜。雇主应该给人们足够的自由时间。家人和朋友也很重要,因为一个人长期独自运动是很难的。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“I think individuals are responsible for their own choices.” — A simple, plain opinion statement stated on its own, without the qualifying comment 7.0 adds ("treating adults as helpless doesn't really help anyone") or 7.5's sharper version of the same point.一个简单、独立陈述的观点,没有7.0新增的限定性评语("treating adults as helpless doesn't really help anyone"),也没有7.5对同一观点更犀利的版本。
    • LR“Employers should give people enough free time.” — Plain, general phrasing compared with 7.5's more specific "hours and conditions that leave room for an actual life".平淡、笼统的措辞,对比7.5更具体的 "hours and conditions that leave room for an actual life"。
    • GRA“The local ward built the sports hall, which no single person could do.” — A simple relative clause in a short, standalone sentence — correct but unadorned, unlike the semicolon-chained triple clause used at 7.0 and 7.5.一个放在简短独立句子里的简单关系从句——正确但没有修饰,不像7.0和7.5那里用分号串联起来的三重从句。
    7.0 分

    The hedges "Honestly" and "I'd say" frame the shared-responsibility argument as personal reflection, while the semicolon-chained triple clause packs the badminton example into one sentence.让步语 "Honestly" 和 "I'd say" 把这个共同责任的论证框定为个人反思,而分号串联的三重分句把羽毛球例子浓缩进了一句话里。

    Honestly, everyone, at their own scale, and my badminton group is a good example. The ward built the hall, which no individual could manage alone; the four of us actually turn up, which no government can force; and Đức nagged the rest of us into starting in the first place, which is the part that most often goes missing. I'd say individuals are responsible for their own choices, and treating adults as helpless doesn't really help anyone. Governments should make the healthy option possible and affordable — spaces, safe streets, school sport. Employers matter too, through hours and conditions that leave room for a life. And communities are where the habit actually starts, since almost nobody keeps exercising alone for long.

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    老实说,每个人,都以自己的规模承担责任,我的羽毛球小队就是一个很好的例子。坊里建了体育馆,这不是任何一个个人能单独办到的事;我们四个人真的会去打球,这是任何政府都强迫不了的事;而德一直在催促我们开始,这往往是最容易缺失的那部分。我会说个人要对自己的选择负责,把成年人当成无能为力的人,其实并没有真正帮到谁。政府应该让健康的选择变得可行又负担得起——空间、安全的街道、学校体育。雇主也很重要,通过工时和工作条件,给人留出生活的余地。而社区才是习惯真正开始的地方,因为几乎没有人能长期独自坚持运动。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, everyone, at their own scale” — A hedge marker showing spoken reflection right from the opening, more considered in tone than 6.5's flat "Everyone, in their own way" and less rhetorically pointed than 7.5's unhedged version.一个让步语标记从开场就展示出口语式的反思,语气比6.5那句平淡的 "Everyone, in their own way" 更深思熟虑,但不如7.5不加让步的版本那样有修辞力度。
    • LR“treating adults as helpless doesn't really help anyone” — A softer, more conversational phrasing than 7.5's sharper "faintly insulting", but more developed than 6.5, which omits this evaluative point entirely.一个比7.5那句更犀利的 "faintly insulting" 更柔和、更口语化的措辞,但比完全省略了这一评价点的6.5更展开。
    • GRA“The ward built the hall, which no individual could manage alone; the four of us actually turn up, which no government can force; and Đức nagged the rest of us into starting in the first place, which is the part that most often goes missing” — A semicolon-chained triple clause structure, more complex layering than 6.5's separate short sentences for the same three facts.一个用分号串联的三重分句结构,层次比6.5用分开短句陈述同样三个事实更复杂。
    7.5 分

    The punchy closing line "Pin it on just one of them, and the rest quietly get off the hook" gives the shared-responsibility argument a final evaluative twist the other bands lack.结尾那句有力的话 "Pin it on just one of them, and the rest quietly get off the hook",给共同责任这个论证增添了一个其他分段都没有的最终评价转折。

    Everyone, at their own scale, and my badminton group is the model. The ward put up the hall, something no single person ever could; the four of us are the ones who actually turn up, something no government can compel; and it was Đức who kept pushing us to begin in the first place — the piece most often missing from the whole equation. Individuals own their own choices, and treating grown adults as incapable is more than a little insulting. Governments carry the job of making the healthy option both possible and affordable — public spaces, safe streets, school sport, sound food policy. Employers are on the hook for hours and working conditions that actually leave room for a life outside them. And it's communities — family, friends, the neighbours next door — where the habit genuinely takes root, because almost no one keeps it up alone for very long. Pin it on just one of them, and the rest quietly get off the hook.

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    每个人,都以自己的规模承担责任,我的羽毛球小队就是最好的范例。坊里建起了体育馆,这是任何一个人都永远办不到的事;我们四个人是真正会出现去打球的人,这是任何政府都强迫不了的事;而正是德一直催促我们把这件事开始起来——这往往是整个环节里最容易缺失的那一环。个人拥有自己的选择,把成年人当成无能为力的人,说得客气一点,是有点侮辱人的。政府肩负着让健康的选择变得既可行又负担得起的责任——公共空间、安全的街道、学校体育、合理的食品政策。雇主则对工时和工作条件负有责任,这些条件应该真正给人留出工作以外的生活空间。而正是社区——家人、朋友、隔壁的邻居——才是习惯真正扎根的地方,因为几乎没有人能长期独自坚持下去。把责任只推给其中一方,其余各方就悄悄地脱身了。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Pin it on just one of them, and the rest quietly get off the hook.” — A punchy, idiomatic closing evaluation that lands the whole argument, sharper than 7.0's plainer closing sentence on the same idea.一个有力、地道的收尾评价,为整个论证画上句号,比7.0那句更平淡的同一想法收尾句更犀利。
    • LR“treating grown adults as incapable is more than a little insulting” — A pointed, understated evaluative phrase that upgrades 7.0's flatter "doesn't really help anyone", a point 6.5 skips entirely.一个犀利、含蓄的评价性短语,把7.0那句更平淡的 "doesn't really help anyone" 升级了,而6.5完全跳过了这一点。
    • GRA“The ward put up the hall, something no single person ever could; the four of us are the ones who actually turn up, something no government can compel; and it was Đức who kept pushing us to begin in the first place — the piece most often missing from the whole equation.” — A tight, elliptical semicolon-chain (each clause built on "something no...") ending in a dash-set summary noun phrase, more compact and flexible than 7.0's fuller "manage alone" phrasing of the same triple clause.一个紧凑、省略式的分号链(每个分句都建立在 "something no..." 之上),结尾用破折号加一个总结性名词短语,比7.0对同一三重分句更完整的 "manage alone" 版本更紧凑、更灵活。

  7. 7. What are the best ways of teaching children about keeping fit and healthy?

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

    The point about modelling behaviour is stated as a short, plain rule ("Children learn from what adults do, not what they say"), without the layered example sentence used at 7.0 and 7.5.关于示范行为这一点,被表述成了一条简短、平实的规则("Children learn from what adults do, not what they say"),没有7.0和7.5用到的那种带例子铺陈的句子。

    Let them see you doing it. My nephew has never had a fitness lesson, but he practises a badminton swing at home because he sees me leave with my racket every Tuesday. Children learn from what adults do, not what they say. Make exercise fun, not a duty — a child who loves a sport will keep doing it, but a child forced to run will stop as soon as they can. Cook with children so they understand food. Keep screens away from bedrooms and mealtimes. Schools should teach through doing things too, like sport and cooking, and avoid fear or shame, which just makes children anxious.

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    让孩子看到你在做这件事。我侄子从来没上过任何健身课,但他在家里练习羽毛球挥拍,因为他每周二都看到我拎着球拍出门。孩子学的是大人做了什么,而不是大人说了什么。让运动变得有趣,而不是一项义务——一个喜欢某项运动的孩子会一直坚持下去,而一个被迫跑步的孩子只要能停就会停。跟孩子一起做饭,这样他们才能理解食物。让屏幕远离卧室和用餐时间。学校也应该通过实际动手来教学,比如运动和烹饪,并避免用恐惧或羞辱,那只会让孩子变得焦虑。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Children learn from what adults do, not what they say.” — A short, plainly stated point that stands on its own, unlike the dash-linked generalising clause the higher bands attach directly to the nephew anecdote.一个独立陈述、简短明了的观点,不像高分段那样把一个破折号引出的概括性从句直接接到侄子的轶事后面。
    • LR“Make exercise fun, not a duty” — A simple everyday contrast, less economical than 7.5's near-identical but tighter "Make it play rather than duty".一个简单的日常对比,不如7.5几乎相同但更紧凑的 "Make it play rather than duty" 那样经济。
    • GRA“Make exercise fun, not a duty — a child who loves a sport will keep doing it, but a child forced to run will stop as soon as they can.” — Simple contrastive clauses joined by "but" — clear and correct, but a more basic pattern than the parallel "while"-clause used at 7.0 and 7.5.用 "but" 连接的简单对比分句——清晰正确,但比7.0和7.5用到的平行 "while" 从句结构更基础。
    7.0 分

    The hedges "Honestly" and "to be fair" bookend the answer, and the concession "yet" links the nephew anecdote directly to the generalisation about how children learn.首尾呼应的让步语 "Honestly" 和 "to be fair",以及让步词 "yet",把侄子的轶事直接连接到了孩子如何学习的这条概括上。

    Honestly, the best way is simply to be seen doing it. My nephew has never had an actual lesson on fitness, yet he practises a badminton swing in the living room purely because he's watched me leave with a racket every Tuesday — children pick up health from what adults around them do, and almost nothing from what they say. I'd say making it play rather than duty matters too: a child who genuinely loves a sport tends to keep it for life, while one made to run laps usually stops the moment they're allowed to. Cooking with them helps, so food becomes something understood rather than something that simply arrives. And to be fair, schools should teach the basics through doing, not lecturing.

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    老实说,最好的方法就是简单地让孩子看到你在做这件事。我侄子从来没有真正上过任何健身课,但他会在客厅里练习羽毛球挥拍,纯粹是因为他看到我每周二拎着球拍出门——孩子从周围大人的所作所为中学到健康,而从大人的所说几乎学不到什么。我会说,把运动变成玩乐而不是义务这点也很重要:一个真正喜欢某项运动的孩子往往会坚持一辈子,而一个被逼着跑圈的孩子往往一被允许就会停下来。跟孩子一起做饭有帮助,这样食物就会变成一种被理解的东西,而不是凭空出现的东西。而且说句公道话,学校也应该通过实际动手来教基础知识,而不是说教。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, the best way is simply to be seen doing it.” — A hedge opener that frames the advice as personal reflection, more natural in register than 6.5's flat imperative "Let them see you doing it", though less rhetorically compact than 7.5's unhedged version.一个让步语开场,把这条建议塑造成个人反思,语域比6.5那句平铺的祈使句 "Let them see you doing it" 更自然,但不如7.5不加让步的版本那样修辞紧凑。
    • LR“children pick up health from what adults around them do” — A more natural verb choice ("pick up") than 6.5's plain "learn from", though less compact than 7.5's "absorb health from".一个比6.5平淡的 "learn from" 更自然的动词选择("pick up"),不过没有7.5的 "absorb health from" 那样紧凑。
    • GRA“My nephew has never had an actual lesson on fitness, yet he practises a badminton swing in the living room purely because he's watched me leave with a racket every Tuesday — children pick up health from what adults around them do, and almost nothing from what they say.” — A long dash-linked sentence combining a concession ("yet") with a generalising clause, more complex than 6.5's shorter separate sentences for the same idea.一个用破折号连接、把让步词("yet")和概括性从句结合在一起的长句,比6.5那种更短、分开的句子更复杂。
    7.5 分

    The clipped opening imperative "Model it, and let them watch" and the closing aphorism "Enjoyment, in the end, is the only lesson that sticks" bracket the answer with evaluative punch the other bands lack.开头简洁的祈使句 "Model it, and let them watch",以及结尾的格言式收尾 "Enjoyment, in the end, is the only lesson that sticks",给整个答案框上了其他分段没有的评价性力度。

    Model it, and let them watch. My nephew has never had a lesson on fitness, and yet he now practises a badminton swing in the living room purely because he's watched me leave with a racket every Tuesday; children absorb health from what the adults around them do, and almost nothing from what they say. Make it play rather than duty — a child who loves a sport will keep it for life, while one made to run laps will drop it the day they're allowed to. Cook with them, so food becomes something understood, not something that simply arrives. Keep screens out of bedrooms and mealtimes. Teach the basics at school through doing — sport, gardening, cooking classes — and steer well clear of fear and shame, which breed anxious children rather than healthy ones. Enjoyment, in the end, is the only lesson that sticks.

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    做出榜样,让他们看着你做。我侄子从来没有真正上过任何健身课,可他现在会在客厅里练习羽毛球挥拍,纯粹是因为他看到我每周二拎着球拍出门;孩子从周围大人的所作所为中吸收健康,而从大人的所说几乎学不到什么。把运动变成玩乐而不是义务——一个喜欢某项运动的孩子会把它坚持一辈子,而一个被逼着跑圈的孩子一被允许就会放弃。跟孩子一起做饭,这样食物就会变成一种被理解的东西,而不是凭空出现的东西。让屏幕远离卧室和用餐时间。学校要通过实际动手来教基础知识——运动、园艺、烹饪课——并要坚决远离恐惧和羞辱,那只会培养出焦虑的孩子,而不是健康的孩子。说到底,乐趣才是唯一能真正留下来的一课。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Enjoyment, in the end, is the only lesson that sticks.” — A concise, evaluative closing aphorism, more polished than 7.0's more procedural ending about schools teaching through doing.一个简洁、评价性的收尾格言,比7.0那种更偏程序性、以学校教学收尾的版本更精致。
    • LR“children absorb health from what the adults around them do” — A precise, slightly idiomatic verb ("absorb") that upgrades 7.0's "pick up" and 6.5's plain "learn from" for the same idea.一个精确、略带地道色彩的动词("absorb"),把7.0的 "pick up" 和6.5平淡的 "learn from" 都升级了。
    • GRA“Teach the basics at school through doing — sport, gardening, cooking classes — and steer well clear of fear and shame, which breed anxious children rather than healthy ones.” — A dash-set appositive list embedded mid-sentence, plus a following relative clause, giving flexible compact grammar beyond 7.0 and 6.5's simpler listing sentences.一个嵌在句子中间、用破折号引出的同位语清单,后面再接一个关系从句,语法灵活紧凑,超越了7.0和6.5更简单的罗列句。

  8. 8. What are some good ways of giving adults information about health issues?

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

    The comparison with a poster is stated as a plain, separate sentence ("This works better than just putting up a poster") rather than folded into the anecdote itself.和海报的比较被表述成了一句平实、独立的句子("This works better than just putting up a poster"),而不是像高分段那样把比较直接折进轶事本身里。

    Take the information to places where adults already go, and make it personal to them. A nurse in our area put up a free blood-pressure table next to our sports hall for a month, and she found three people with problems they would never have gone to a clinic to check. This works better than just putting up a poster. Doctors and pharmacists are trusted, so they need time to explain things, and employers can offer checks too. Famous or respected people can also help spread the message. Short, clear messages on the apps people already use work better than leaflets, and your own numbers matter more than general statistics.

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    把信息带到成年人本来就会去的地方,并让它变得跟他们有个人关联。我们这一带有位护士,在体育馆旁边摆了一张免费的血压检测桌,一摆就是一个月,她发现了三个原本永远不会主动去诊所检查的人有问题。这比只贴一张海报要有效得多。医生和药剂师值得信任,所以应该给他们时间去解释,雇主也可以提供体检。名人或受尊敬的人也能帮忙传播这类信息。在人们已经在用的应用上发送简短、清晰的信息,比传单更有效,而关于你自己身体的数字,比一般的统计数字更能打动人。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“This works better than just putting up a poster.” — A simple comparative statement placed after the anecdote, plain and direct, unlike the higher bands' habit of folding the comparison straight into the same sentence as the story.一个放在轶事之后的简单比较陈述,平实直接,不像高分段那样习惯把比较直接折进和轶事同一个句子里。
    • LR“Famous or respected people can also help spread the message.” — Generic, plain wording compared with 7.5's specific "from the retired teacher next door to a popular singer" for the same idea.笼统、平淡的措辞,对比7.5更具体的 "from the retired teacher next door to a popular singer"。
    • GRA“A nurse in our area put up a free blood-pressure table next to our sports hall for a month, and she found three people with problems they would never have gone to a clinic to check.” — One sentence joined by "and" — correct but simply coordinated, unlike the dash-linked explanatory clause used at 7.0 and 7.5.一个用 "and" 连接的句子——正确,但只是简单并列,不像7.0和7.5用到的破折号引出的解释性分句。
    7.0 分

    The hedge "Honestly, the trick is" frames the advice as a personal insight, and the dash-linked clause turns the anecdote into an explicit explanation of why it works.让步语 "Honestly, the trick is" 把这条建议框定成了个人洞见,破折号引出的分句则把轶事变成了对为何有效的明确解释。

    Honestly, the trick is to take information to where adults already are, and make it personal rather than general. A ward nurse set up a free blood-pressure table beside our sports hall for a month, and caught three people with problems they'd probably never have gone to a clinic to find — which shows how much better it works when information meets people at the moment they're already thinking about their bodies. Doctors and pharmacists are still the most trusted voices on this, so it's worth giving them real time to explain. Employers can host checks, and trusted community figures, from a retired teacher to a popular singer, reach people who tend to ignore officials. To be fair, short messages on the platforms people actually use beat leaflets every time.

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    老实说,诀窍就是把信息带到成年人本来就在的地方,并让它变得个人化,而不是泛泛而谈。坊里的一位护士在我们体育馆旁边摆了一张免费的血压检测桌,一摆就是一个月,发现了三个原本大概永远不会去诊所检查的人有问题——这说明当信息在人们正想着自己身体的那个时刻遇上他们时,效果会好得多。医生和药剂师在这方面依然是最受信任的声音,所以值得给他们真正的时间去解释。雇主可以举办体检活动,而受信任的社区人物,从退休教师到当红歌手,能触及那些往往对官方说法充耳不闻的人。说句公道话,在人们真正使用的平台上发送简短的信息,永远比传单更有效。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, the trick is to take information to where adults already are” — A hedge signalling a considered personal take, more reflective in tone than 6.5's flat imperative and closer to conversational register than 7.5's unhedged version of the same idea.一个让步语,传达出经过思考的个人观点,语气比6.5那种平铺的祈使句更反思,语域也比7.5不加让步的版本更贴近口语。
    • LR“information meets people at the moment they're already thinking about their bodies” — More developed, natural phrasing than 6.5's flat comparison with a poster, though slightly less compact than 7.5's version of the same point.比6.5那句和海报作平淡比较更展开、更自然的措辞,不过比7.5同一观点的版本稍微不那么紧凑。
    • GRA“A ward nurse set up a free blood-pressure table beside our sports hall for a month, and caught three people with problems they'd probably never have gone to a clinic to find — which shows how much better it works when information meets people at the moment they're already thinking about their bodies.” — A long dash-linked sentence with an explanatory clause attached directly to the anecdote, more elaborate than 6.5's simpler coordination with "and".一个用破折号连接、直接附上解释性分句的长句,把它接在轶事后面,比6.5用 "and" 的简单并列更展开。
    7.5 分

    The dash-linked judgement "works far better than a poster ever could" turns the anecdote straight into a general claim, giving the answer a confidently evaluative close.破折号引出的判断句 "works far better than a poster ever could",把轶事直接转化成了一句通则,给答案带来了自信、评价性的收尾。

    Deliver it to where adults already gather, and make it personal. A ward nurse set up a free blood-pressure table beside our sports hall for a month, and caught three people with problems they'd never have gone to a clinic to find — information delivered at the point where people are already thinking about their bodies works far better than a poster ever could. Doctors and pharmacists remain the most trusted sources, so give them time to explain. Employers can host checks; trusted community figures, from the retired teacher next door to a popular singer, reach people who tune officials out entirely. Short, clear messages on the platforms people actually use beat leaflets hands down. Honesty about uncertainty builds trust, since adults can tell when they're being managed. A number about your own body outweighs any statistic about everyone else's.

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    把信息送到成年人本来就聚集的地方,并让它变得个人化。坊里的一位护士在我们体育馆旁边摆了一张免费的血压检测桌,一摆就是一个月,发现了三个原本永远不会去诊所检查的人有问题——在人们正在想着自己身体的那个时刻把信息送到位,效果远比一张海报要好得多。医生和药剂师依然是最受信任的信息来源,所以要给他们时间去解释。雇主可以举办体检活动;受信任的社区人物,从隔壁的退休教师到当红歌手,能触及那些完全不理会官方说法的人。在人们真正使用的平台上发送简短清晰的信息,效果远远甩开传单。坦诚地承认不确定性能建立信任,因为成年人能感觉到自己是不是被摆布了。关于你自己身体的一个数字,胜过任何关于所有人的统计数字。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“information delivered at the point where people are already thinking about their bodies works far better than a poster ever could” — A vivid, emphatic evaluative clause capping the anecdote directly, sharper than 7.0's more hedged "which shows how much better it works".一个生动、有力的评价性分句,直接为轶事收尾,比7.0那种更委婉的 "which shows how much better it works" 更犀利。
    • LR“beat leaflets hands down” — An idiomatic, punchy phrase that upgrades 7.0's flatter "beat leaflets every time" for the same comparison.一个地道、有力的短语,把7.0那句更平淡的 "beat leaflets every time" 升级了。
    • GRA“Employers can host checks; trusted community figures, from the retired teacher next door to a popular singer, reach people who tune officials out entirely.” — A semicolon join plus an embedded appositive list gives flexible, layered grammar beyond 7.0's simpler comma-separated version and 6.5's two short separate sentences.分号加嵌入的同位语清单,带来灵活有层次的语法,超越了7.0更简单的逗号分隔版本和6.5的两个分开的短句。

  9. 9. What are some popular ways for people in your country to keep fit?

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

    The closing summary ("early, outdoors, and done together") lists the same three qualities as the higher bands but keeps them as plain, separate adjectives rather than an idiomatic collocation.结尾的总结("early, outdoors, and done together")列出了和高分段一样的三个特质,但只是把它们平铺成分开的形容词,而不是一个地道的固定搭配。

    Go to any beach or park in Vietnam at six in the morning and you will see most of it. There is group aerobics to music, mostly done by older women; people jogging by the sea; people swimming, in my city; badminton on the sand; and tai chi under the trees for older people. Young people play football on empty land. Cycling has become popular in the last ten years, both for work and as a weekend hobby. Gyms are cheap and everywhere, and walking round lakes in the evening is popular too. What's special here is that exercise is early, outdoors, and done together, and it's usually free.

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    清晨六点去越南任何一个海滩或公园,你就会看到大部分这些活动。有跟着音乐做集体健身操的,大多是老年女性;有沿海跑步的人;有游泳的人,至少在我住的城市;沙滩上有人打羽毛球;树下有老年人打太极。年轻人则在空地上踢足球。骑自行车在过去十年变得流行起来,既用于通勤,也是周末的爱好。健身房便宜又到处都是,傍晚绕着湖散步也很受欢迎。这里特别的地方在于,运动是清晨进行的、在户外进行的,而且是一起做的,通常还是免费的。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“What's special here is that exercise is early, outdoors, and done together, and it's usually free.” — A clear, plain summarising sentence that wraps up the list, functional but without the dash-expanded elaboration the 7.5 version adds to the same closing idea.一个清晰、平实的总结句,给整份清单收尾,功能上没问题,但不如7.5那种为同一收尾想法加入破折号展开细节的版本。
    • LR“done together” — Plain phrasing for the communal aspect, compared with 7.5's more precise, compact "public and communal".关于共同参与这一点的平淡措辞,对比7.5更精确、更紧凑的 "public and communal"。
    • GRA“There is group aerobics to music, mostly done by older women; people jogging by the sea; people swimming, in my city; badminton on the sand; and tai chi under the trees for older people.” — A listed sentence using repeated noun-phrase structure — correct and clear, but a simpler parallel pattern than the same list dash-expanded at 7.5.一个用重复的名词短语结构写成的罗列句——正确清晰,但比7.5把同一清单用破折号展开的版本更简单。
    7.0 分

    The hedges "Honestly" and "to be fair" bookend the list, and the inserted "I'd say" mid-sentence breaks up the cycling claim as a personal judgement rather than a flat fact.让步语 "Honestly" 和 "to be fair" 首尾呼应地包裹住整份清单,而插入的 "I'd say" 则把骑自行车这个论断拆开,当成个人判断,而不是平铺直叙的事实。

    Honestly, head to any beach or park in Vietnam around six in the morning and you'll see the whole picture. Older women lead aerobics sessions to a loudspeaker, runners go by along the seafront, swimmers take to the water in my city, badminton gets played out on the sand, and the oldest generation works through tai chi under the trees. Football, meanwhile, takes over every spare patch of ground for the young. Cycling, I'd say, has grown fast over the last decade, both for commuting and as a weekend sport with fairly pricey gear. Gyms are cheap and easy to find in the cities, and evening walks around lakes and rivers are popular too. What's distinctive, to be fair, is that exercise here is early, public and communal, and mostly free.

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    老实说,清晨六点左右去越南任何一个海滩或公园,你就能看到全部的画面。老年女性带着大家伙对着扩音器做健身操,跑步的人沿着海岸线经过,游泳的人下水,至少在我住的城市是这样,沙滩上有人打羽毛球,而年纪最大的那一辈则在树下打太极。与此同时,足球占据了每一块空地,都是年轻人在踢。我会说,骑自行车在过去十年里发展得很快,既用于通勤,也是一种需要相当昂贵装备的周末运动。健身房在城里便宜又容易找到,傍晚绕着湖或河散步也很受欢迎。说句公道话,这里特别的地方在于,运动是清晨进行的、公开的、集体的,而且大多是免费的。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“Honestly, head to any beach or park in Vietnam around six in the morning and you'll see the whole picture.” — A hedge-opened invitation that frames the whole list as personal testimony, more reflective in tone than 6.5's plain instruction and closer to spoken register than 7.5's unhedged version.一个让步语开场的邀请句,把整份清单框定为个人见证,语气比6.5那种平实的指示更反思,语域也比7.5不加让步的版本更贴近口语。
    • LR“exercise here is early, public and communal, and mostly free” — Closer to 7.5's precise triad than 6.5's plainer "early, outdoors, and done together", though the delivery is slightly less polished than the dash-expanded 7.5 version.比6.5更平淡的 "early, outdoors, and done together" 更接近7.5那种精确的三项组合,不过表达上比7.5用破折号展开的版本稍微不够精致。
    • GRA“Cycling, I'd say, has grown fast over the last decade, both for commuting and as a weekend sport with fairly pricey gear.” — An inserted hedge ("I'd say") breaks up the main clause, a moderately complex structure distinct from 6.5's plain, unbroken listing sentences.一个插入让步语("I'd say")打断主句的结构,复杂度适中,和6.5那种平实、不间断的罗列句不同。
    7.5 分

    The dash-bracketed expansion in the final sentence ("— people move together, outdoors, ahead of the heat and the working day —") elaborates the closing triad in a way neither other band attempts.结尾那句用破折号括起来的展开部分("— people move together, outdoors, ahead of the heat and the working day —"),把结尾的三项组合展开得比另外两个分段都更充分。

    Head to any beach or park in Vietnam around six in the morning and the whole picture unfolds in front of you. Groups of women past fifty move through aerobics routines to a crackling loudspeaker; runners thread along the seafront; swimmers cut through the water in my city; badminton rallies play out across the sand; the oldest generation moves slowly through tai chi beneath the trees, while the young take over every spare patch of ground with football. Cycling has surged over the past decade, both as a way to commute and, increasingly, as a weekend pursuit with surprisingly pricey gear. Gyms, cheap and plentiful, dot every city district, and an evening walk around a lake or a river is just as common. What sets it apart is that exercise here happens early, in public, and almost always as a group activity — people move together, outdoors, ahead of the heat and the working day — and, better still, hardly any of it costs a thing.

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    清晨六点左右去越南任何一个海滩或公园,整幅画面就在你眼前展开。一群群五十多岁的女性跟着咔咔作响的扩音器做着健身操;跑步的人沿海岸线穿行;游泳的人在我住的城市划开水面;羽毛球对打在沙滩上进行;年纪最大的那一辈在树下缓缓打着太极,而年轻人则用足球占据了每一块空地。骑自行车在过去十年里迅猛发展,既是一种通勤方式,也越来越成为一种周末爱好,装备贵得让人意外。健身房便宜又遍布城市的每个区,傍晚绕着湖泊或河流散步也同样常见。这里与众不同的地方在于,运动在这里是清晨进行的、公开的,而且几乎总是一种集体活动——人们在户外、在炎热和上班日到来之前一起活动——而且,更妙的是,几乎全都不花钱。

    为什么是这个分数

    • FC“and, better still, hardly any of it costs a thing” — An evaluative closing flourish that ranks the final point, more polished than 7.0's flatter "and mostly free" tacked onto the same sentence.一个评价性的收尾点睛之笔,给最后一点排出了优先级,比7.0那种更平淡地缀加在同一句话结尾的 "and mostly free" 更精致。
    • LR“exercise here happens early, in public, and almost always as a group activity” — A precise triad, more compact and idiomatic than 6.5's plainer "early, outdoors, and done together".一个精确的三项组合,比6.5那句更平淡的 "early, outdoors, and done together" 更紧凑、更地道。
    • GRA“What sets it apart is that exercise here happens early, in public, and almost always as a group activity — people move together, outdoors, ahead of the heat and the working day — and, better still, hardly any of it costs a thing.” — A dash-bracketed expansion inserted mid-sentence before the final clause, a more flexible, layered structure than 7.0's simpler comma-listed closing sentence.一个嵌在句子中间、放在最后一个分句之前的破折号展开部分,比7.0那种更简单的逗号罗列收尾句结构更灵活、更有层次。

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"Something You Do That Is Important for Keeping Fit and Healthy"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。