Describe a time when you are asked to do something you don’t want to do.
拿到這個問題的時候,我們首先想到的是:被動地要做的事,不情愿的事情。那么我們選擇這樣一個思路:室友讓我陪她一起聽音樂會。15秒的準備時間,除去想到思路的時間外,大約剩余8秒鐘,我們可以寫出的文字是:
What
When
Where
Who
Story
共5個單詞。這5個單詞就足以提示我們組織自己的答案了。比如說下面的sample:
What: The time I want to describe is that my roommate asked me to go to the concert with her. I am not interested in music at all, especially music of cello.
When: It was a Saturday evening. I had planned to write my essay at that time.
Where: My roommate came back to our dorm in an excitement.
Who: She had got two tickets from her cousin.
Story: I surrendered after her persuading and we went together. To my surprise, the music gave me power and cheered me up. I’ve never touched cello before, but it was a good experience.
在這個例子中,我們可以看到,大家在15秒鐘里雖然無法完整地準備好答案的具體內(nèi)容,但是有這幾個提示詞按順序排列出現(xiàn),我們還是能夠把答案的要素準備出來的,而不會出現(xiàn)沒有思路或將一個要素進行擴展后偏題嚴重的現(xiàn)象。大家要對這五個要素的排列順序和單詞本身進行熟記和使用,這樣可以按照提示詞創(chuàng)造一個“無中生有”的答案。在這個答案框架中,Story的部分需要作出說明的是:我們要求同學們將事件的具體經(jīng)過用3-4句話進行概括,其中可以根據(jù)題目的要求出現(xiàn)轉折、遞進等故事發(fā)展情節(jié),類似中文的小學生日記內(nèi)容。由于時間的限制,要求大家在創(chuàng)造Story部分時,不要展開太多,以免影響自己答案的完整性。注意,保持答案的完整也是得到好分數(shù)的關鍵所在。