托福口语task4主要是模拟的在北美大学中上课的场景。这道题目是综合口语的第二道题，要求大家在45秒内阅读一篇学术短文，然后听力部分是一届课堂内容的节选。最后大家需要将阅读和听力文章的重点复数出来。在上一篇文章中我们已经掌握了学术类题目的词汇，本次就和前程百利小编一起来看一下这样的题目该怎样解题吧，希望这则托福口语技巧可以帮助大家取得好成绩!
Task4一般会涉及到学术类型的话题，在阅读文章的时候需要考生着重注意学术名词和关于这个名词的解释，之后再听力部分需要大家着重记录教授列举的具体的例子。
Reading Part:
Nonverbal Languages
①Nonverbal language refers to human emotional expressions without involving verbal statements. Facial expressions and body moments are the two mostly attributed types of nonverbal languages. ②It is generally believed that nonverbal languages function as the enhancement of emotional expressions when they consist with verbal languages.
③Under the circumstances that nonverbal languages and verbal languages contradict in the contents they express, nonverbal languages are more likely to release people’s true emotions.
Listening Part:
Now listen to part of a lecture on this topic in a psychology course.
Professor (male) Last month, my favorite uncle paid me a surprise visit. I hadn’t seen him in many years. The doorbell rang, I opened the door and there was uncle Pete. Now, I am sure when I saw him I said something like,④ “Uncle Pete, what a surprise! How nice to see you.” Anyway, my wife was standing next to me, and according to her, I wasn’t really aware of this, my eyes got really wide and I broke into a huge big smile, she said I was really jumping up and down like a little boy. Well, anyway, later that evening uncle Pete told me how very good he felt when he saw how happy I was to see him.
⑤But compared that with this: my daughter, she’s six, we were building a bird house together last week, and I was showing her how to use a hammer and a nail. And, of course, stupid me, I wasn’t being very careful ⑥when I smashed my thumb with the hammer. Boy, it hurt! I almost felt like screaming, but I didn’t want to upset my daughter, so I said, “Don’t worry, honey. It’s nothing.” Meanwhile, I was shaking my hand as if that would stop my thumb from hurting and my face was contorted in pain.
⑦My voice was trembling, too. So, even though I told my daughter I was OK, I am sure she didn't believe me, because she kept asking me if I was OK.
Question:
Explain how the examples from the professor’s lecture illustrate the relationship between verbal and nonverbal communication.
范文
In the lecture, the professor talks about the relationship between verbal and nonverbal communication(对应①). The first example is that his uncle Pete gave him a surprise visit. His eyes got wide, he broke into a huge big smile, and he was jumping up and down like a little boy. His expression enhanced how happy he was to see Uncle Pete. (对应④)The second example is he hurt his thumb when teaching his daughter how to work with a hammer. Even though he kept saying he’s fine, he was shaking his hand and his face was twisted in pain. Those expressions told his daughter the truth: he was really in a lot of pain.(对应⑥⑦)
二.重要句子：
1.①中把Nonverbal Languages和verbal statement进行了对比，说明这篇文章的主题都会围绕着两者的关系进行。可见，阅读文章的开头是十分重要的，开头句往往说明了自己要论述的主题。在阅读文章中关于主题的句子是需要我们着重去记笔记的地方。
2.②中用it is believed that开头，it做形式主语，说明了两者之间的关系，当两者相符的时候，可以增强和放大自己的情感。
3 ③表明两者如果不符合，非口头语言将更加可信。在这里需要提醒大家注意，阅读文章中将这两者的关系进行了分类，意味着听力文章中也可能会出现例子来证明这两个观点。
2.④具体的对于两者的关系举例，文中的一些描述比如“Uncle Pete, what a surprise! How nice to see you.”，my eyes got really wide，broke into a huge big smile，jumping up and down，这些语言词汇和身体动作都是表达的是欢迎uncle的，所以强化这种情感，让uncle感觉到十分的亲切。文中具体举例子的环节需要我们特别注意这些例子。
3. ⑤中but表示转折，文章将论述另一个例子了。在听力文章中如果出现了转折连词，也是需要大家注意的地方。
4.⑥⑦尽管砸伤了手指，虽然尽力的安慰女儿，用语言表达自己没有事情，但是女儿从自己的，进一步印证了当两者有冲突的时候，Nonverbal Languages更可信。
三.下面我们再来看一下解题的结构
解析:
Reading key.
(1.1) Main idea: relationship between verbal and nonverbal communication.
(1.1.1) Agree with one another: enhance and support each other.
(1.1.2) Conflict with one another: nonverbal is more accurate.
2. Listening key.
(2.1) Example 1:
(2.1.1) Uncle visits.
(2.1.2) Verbal: so happy to see you!
(2.1.3) Nonverbal: jumping up and down, huge big smile, eyes got really wide.
Nonverbal signals enhance verbal message.
(2.2) Example 2:
(2.2.1) Teaches daughter how to use a hummer and nail.
(2.2.2) Verbal: it’s fine, it’s alright.
(2.2.3) Nonverbal: shakes hand, face full of pain.
(2.2.4) Nonverbal signals are telling the truth.
四.模板总结
In the lecture, the professor talks about….
The first example is that…
The second example is…
在task4的阅读和听力中给的例子往往是相互对应的，我们在读懂阅读文章的基础上，听听力应该是降低了回答问题的难度的。以上就是前程百利小编要和大家分享的托福口语task4的分析过程，希望对大家有所帮助。如果想了解更多考试资讯，下载更多备考资料，欢迎登陆前程百利论坛，最后预祝每一位考生都能考出好成绩。
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