北美的大学教师里是什么样的场景呢?我们可以通过task4来大概的了解一下。本次前程百利小编要和大家分享的是托福口语task4的解题思路，希望这则资料可以帮助大家取得托福口语高分!
第四题包含了听说读三项内容，首先要在45s内阅读一篇75-100字左右的学术短文，内容会涉及某个学术名词以及该名词的定义解释。之后，听力部分会是一段课堂内容节选，教授会引用一个或两个具体的实例来解释说明阅读短文中的学术概念。最后，同学们需要将阅读和听力部分所记录的重点复述出来。
下面，让我们来熟悉一下这种题型，看如何在阅读短文时掌握大概内容，从上课内容中听出细节，最后将两者联系起来回答问题。
Reading Part:
Social interaction
People deal with each other every day. This interaction is at the heart of social life. The study of social interaction is concerned with the influence people have over one another’s behavior. People take each other into account in their daily behavior and in fact, the very presence of others can affect behavior. For example, one principle of social interaction, audience effects, suggests that individuals’ work is affected by their knowledge that they are visible to others, that the presence of others tends to alter the way people behave or perform an activity.
阅读大意：社会的相互作用。人们的行为会受到别人的影响。
Listening Part:
Now listen to part of a talk in a sociology class. The professor is discussing audience effects.
Professor
OK, so we said that the way we interact with others has an impact on our behavior. In fact, there’s some interesting research to suggest that in one type of interaction - when we’re being observed specifically, when we know we’re being watched as we perform some activity - we tend to increase the speed at which we perform that activity.
In one study, college students were asked to each put on a pair of shoes-shoes with laces they would have to tie. Now one group of students was told that they would be observed. The second group, however, didn’t know they were being observed. The students who were aware that they were being watched actually tied their shoes much faster than the students who thought they were alone. Other studies confirm the same is true even when we’re learning new activities.
Let’s say someone is learning a new task - for example, learning how to type. When they’re conscious of being observed, they’ll likely begin typing at a much faster rate than they would if they were alone. But, and this is interesting, the study also showed that certain common behavior- things people typically do, like...making mistakes when you’re learning something new that behavior pattern will also increase. So in other words, when we’re learning to type, and we know we’re being watched, we’ll type faster but we’ll also make more mistakes.
听力文章大意：
当我们知道我们的行为被别人注意的时候，我们会提高做这件事情的速度。
举了两个例子来证明自己的观点。一个两个班一起系鞋带，有一个班级被告知，他们系鞋带的时候有人看着，另一个班级没有被告知这件事。最后的结果是被告知自己的行为会被别人注意的班级系鞋带的速度比另一个班级快。另一个例子是打字。被注意的班级确实打字的速度比较快但是出的错误也更多。
解析:
1. Reading key.
(1.1) Term: Audience Effect.
(1.2) Definition: audience effects, suggests that individuals’ work is affected by their knowledge that they are visible to others.
2. Listening key.
(2.1) Example 1.
(2.1.1) Two groups of students were ask to tie their shoes.
(2.1.2) One group knew they were being watched.
(2.1.3) The other group didn’t.
(2.1.4) First group tie their shoes a lot faster than the second group.
(2.2) Example 2.
(2.2.1) The same thing happens when we are learning a new activity.
(2.2.2) When we know we are being watched when learning how to type.
(2.2.3) We would type faster with more mistakes.
词汇：
· Interaction：n. 相互作用;[数] 交互作用
· Concern：vt. 涉及，关系到;使担心
· Visible：adj. 明显的;看得见的;现有的;可得到的
· Perform: vt. 执行;完成;演奏
· 重要句型：
· The study of social interaction is concerned with the influence people have over one another’s behavior.文章的开头给social interaction下定义。
· when we know we’re being watched as we perform some activity - we tend to increase the speed at which we perform that activity.听力中的这一句话显示了听力文章的主旨。
when we know we’re being watched as we perform some activity - we tend to increase the speed at which we perform that activity.第一个例子
Let’s say someone is learning a new task - for example, learning how to type.第二个例子。
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