本周PTE口语【4月27日-5月4日】RA真题 & 流利度黄金原则

各位学霸们好，今天黄老师给大家分享下本周PTE口语Read Aloud考场真题满分断句解

语速与流利度

首先，语速太快并不是一件好事，因为这样会导致每个词的发音不清晰（长双元音模糊 / 多音节词吞音），并且语速越快越容易舌头打结。PTE的所有官方评分标准内都没有‘语速越快流利度分数越高’这一项表述，所以同学们在考试时找到自己习惯并且舒服的语速即可，千万不要盲目的追求快语速！

2. 不卡顿流利度分数也不一定会高，因为PTE的电脑会通过同学们的断句来判断考生是否理解了自己读的句子的意思。如果断句点错误，即便没有卡顿，也会大量的扣流利度分数，比如：

I need to go out to buy some food for my dinner tonight.

这句话如果同学们在some后面，my后面等位置断句，都会扣分。

但是如果在to和for后面断句，就不会扣分。

考试题目也是同理，只不过在PTE口语考试中我们碰到的句子要更难，而这就需要同学们熟练掌握语法断句原则，否则就容易出现随缘断句，也就是读到哪气不够了就在哪断。这样的方法是万万不行的，因为这些断句点往往是会扣分的断句点。

那么，带着这样的思路，同学们看看本周考到的RA真题如何断句吧！（答案来源于《雅培英语PTE满分答案-5月版》需要的同学请找黄老师免费领取哦）

RA真题断句思路

Modern Food Production

Globalization has affected what we eat / in ways we are only beginning to understand. / Modern food production / is no longer related to our biological needs / but is in direct conflict with them. The relationship between diet and our fertility, / our cancer, / heart disease and mental illness / is becoming clear. / Yet much of our food is nutritionally bankrupt.

Reinvent the World

Yet it is precisely in observing the intertwining / of success and failure / that Chasing the Flame makes its greatest mark. / With piercing insight and relentless logic, / it reveals the pitfalls of international politics / and details an intricate struggle between individual and institution. / It haunts us with the poignant truth / that even a great man can do only so much / to reinvent the world.

Examination Candidates

The department determines whether or not / the candidate has passed the examination. / In cases where / an appearance for the final public oral examination/ would constitute a substantial financial hardship for the candidate, / the director of graduate studies, / may recommend to the dean of the Graduate School for a virtual , / video-conferenced examination of the candidate.

Companies

Companies will want to be known / not just for the financial results they generate, / but equally for the imprint / they leave on society as a whole. / First, / ensuring that their products contribute positively. / Second, / operating in a way / that approaches a “net-neutral” impact / to the natural environment. / And third, / cherishing their people.

Constellation

A constellation is an area on the celestial /sɪˈles.ti.əl/ sphere / in which a group of stars forms an imaginary outline or pattern, / typically representing an animal, / mythological /ˌmɪθ.əlˈɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/ person or creature, / or an inanimate object. / The origins of the earliest constellations / likely go back to prehistory.

Global Financial Crisis

New research shows that / during the global financial crisis, / workers who stayed in jobs / did not reduce their working hours, / despite the claims that / cuts in hours have led to job losses. / A study found that / the life of people who stayed with the same employer / remained relatively unchanged.

Brain hemispheres

The brain is divided into its hemispheres /by a prominent groove /ɡruːv/. At the base of this / lies nerve fibers / which enable these two halves of the brain / to communicate with each other. / But the left hemisphere usually controls movement and sensation / in the right side of the body, / while the right hemisphere similarly controls the left side of the body.

Three Important Issues

The most important issue / is concerned with the problem of funding. / Social services receive different donations or grants / from the government. / However, / these sums are not sufficient for the solution of all problems. / The second most important issue consists of huge spending. / The money / social services achieve / is not enough for normal functioning./The third problem, / affecting human services, / is the lack of skilled and experienced employees.

Publication

For the first two or three years / after the Second World War,/ a new title would often sell out / within a few months of publication. / However, / unless public demand for the book / was unusually high, / they were rarely able to reprint it. / With paper stocks strictly rationed, / they could not afford to use up precious paper / or tie up their limited capital with a reprint.

Bergson’s theory

The starting point of Bergson’s theory / is the experience of time and motion. / Time is the reality we experience most directly, / but this doesn’t mean that / we can capture this experience mentally. / The past is gone / and the future is yet to come. / The only reality is the present, / which is real through our experience.

Atlantic coast

The Atlantic /ətˈlæn.tɪk/ coast of the peninsula /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə/ / can be thought of as the cold side, / and the sea on this coast tends to be clear and cold, / with a variety of seaweeds growing along the rocky shoreline. / On a hot day, / however, / this cold water can be very refreshing / and is said to be less hospitable /hɒsˈbɪt.ə.bəl/ to sharks, / which prefer warmer waters.

Thesis

A thesis is a claim that you can argue for or against. / It should be something that / you can present persuasively and clearly / in the scope of your paper, / so keep in mind the page count. / If possible, / your thesis should also be somewhat original.

Succulent /ˈsʌk.jə.lənt/ plants

Most succulent plants are found in regions / where there is little rainfall, /dry air, plenty of sunshine, ‍ /porous /ˈpɔː.rəs/ soils, /and high temperatures during part of the year. /These conditions have caused changes in plant structures, / which have resulted in greatly increased thickness of stems /stem/, leaves, / and sometimes roots, / enabling them to store moisture /ˈmɔɪs.tʃər/ from the infrequent rains.

Scientific evidence

The latest scientific evidence / on the nature and strength of the links between diet and chronic diseases / is examined and discussed in detail / in the following sections of this report. / This section gives an overall view of the current situation / and trends in chronic diseases / at the global level.

US automobiles

The United States is at present / the world’s market for motor cars and trucks. / An agent for the U.S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce / reports a prosperous condition of affairs prevailing in Japan, / which is buying more automobiles, / especially large cars, / than ever before.

Jacobson

It was found that / while many companies express interest / in Jacobson’s use case approach, / actual scenario usage often falls outside / what is described in textbooks and standard methodologies. / Users therefore face significant scenario management problems / not yet addressed adequately / in theory or practice, / and are demanding solutions to these problems.

Stamps

While far fewer people these days write letters / and therefore have less use for stamps, / there are still a few categories of stamps / which attract collectors. / Stamps in common use for an indefinite period – / until the price goes up / – are called “definitive” issues, / while a more collectible type of stamp is the “commemorative” issue, / honoring people, / events and anniversaries.

The Royal Institution

The Royal Institution is an organization / that has been around for 209 years. / Many of the people that have worked here / have been scientists themselves, / including Michael Faraday. / He made the discoveries / that may be generating a using electricity much easier, / making it possible for us all to switch on lights, / cook for dinner, / play games consoles much more.

Moon and Imbrium Basin

The asteroid that slammed into the moon / 3.8 billion years ago / creating the Imbrium Basin / may have had a diameter of at least 150 miles, / according to a new estimate. / The work helps explain puzzling geological features / on the moon’s near side / and has implications for understanding the evolution of the early solar system.

Microscopic Protozoa

We all know about bacteria, / viruses and microscopic protozoa. / We can watch the way / that these tiny agents move into our bodies / and damage our organs. / We have a growing understanding / of how our body mounts defensive strategies / that fight off these invaders, / and have built some clever chemical / that can help mount an assault on these bio-villains.

Carbon Dioxide Emission

When countries assess their annual carbon dioxide emissions, / they count up their cars and power stations, / but bush fires are not included – / presumably because they are deemed to be events / beyond human control. / In Australia, / Victoria alone sees several hundred thousand hectares / burn each year; / in both 2004 and more recently, / the figure has been over 1 million hectares.

Black Swans

Before the discovery of Australia, / people in the old world were convinced that / all swans were white, / an unassailable belief / as it seemed completely confirmed by empirical evidence. / The sighting of the first black swan / might have been an interesting surprise for a few ornithologists, / but that is not where the significance of the story lies.

本周PTE口语【4月27日-5月4日】RA真题 & 流利度黄金原则