托福110的挣扎

要是把写作当成写情书，说话当成说情话，你还会内心逃避吗？

Official 25 Q6  Weathering[Quarantine 5th day]

Part I. Overview

Listen to part of a lecture in a geology class.

Rocks near the earth's surface are directly exposed to elements in the environment

such as air and water, and also to conditions such as temperature change, as well as to living organisms.

And this exposure to the environment can actually cause even huge rocks to break into smaller pieces.

This process is called weathering.

Let's talk about a couple of ways weathering occurs.

Part II Weathering caused by Water

First of all, rocks are often exposed to water.

In cold, wet environments, rocks can break due to water freezing inside of them.

How does this happen?

Well, as I'm sure you know, when water freezes it expands and over time, this can lead to weathering.

Um...Imagine a rock...with a small opening or crack in it.

It rains and water gets into the crack and stays there.

Then at night, the temperature drops and the water inside the crack freezes.

This growing, expanding ice pushes outward on either side of the crack causing it to get slightly bigger.

When this happens again and again, the crack becomes larger and eventually pieces of the rock break off.

Part III Weathering caused by plant

Okay.[Pause] Weathering can also be caused by plants, by plant growth.

If a plant seed gets blown into the crack of a rock, it may take root, and its roots will grow down into the rock.

The plant's roots can cause the rock to break down, fracture. You may have seen this with large trees growing on top of a rock

a great example of this.

Usually there is enough dirt in the crack of a rock, or on top of a rock, to allow a tree to start growing there.

As the tree grows over the years, the tree's roots extend downward into the cracks and crevices of the rock in search of water and nutrients.

Over time, the roots get bigger and grow deeper, widening and enlarging the cracks, causing the rock to break apart.

 

现在状况是单次102，拼分111。

接下来的方向就是Speaking和Writing再次突破。

这次写作文有两点1. task1写的很翔实，但结构有问题，intro太多，第一个论证写太多2. 写的例子很详细，但时态有些没注意，且例子不能很好证明论点。 但最终收获了25分。

口语太急，紧张，试图提供很多的details 和information，却没能summarize这个论点和故事。

Mistakes pool

evidence--uncountable; comparison-compare

口语练习就靠这个帖子了：

怎么练好英语口语？ - 知乎好多方法论，能否提供些不错的资料，谢谢大家！https://www.zhihu.com/question/20097263作文说起来套路深，但应该是ETS机构和补习机构的套路都深吧：

1. 别强行替换所谓高级词汇了

在英语写作中替换单词是否真的高大上？ - 知乎

 2. 字数不是越多越好

3. 助理教授都冒出来讲了我自然是信的，但是帮助不大

托福写作怎么提高？ - 知乎

 4. 挺惨一站长，但他的平台看起来做的挺用心的，有满分范文；【读了一篇，真有范文那个范。】

TOEFL Writing Samples (all full score) - WritersForMe

托福写作字数写多少字比较合适呢？ - 知乎

5.  工科思维写作

 5. 我想请教一下托福独立写作怎样能写的快点，我写的很慢？ - 知乎