TOEFL- IBT P 54

Interdisciplinary: 學科間的，跨學科的 Curriculum: 課程 ethical: 道德的；倫理的 faculty: （高等院校

的）系，院/ （高等院校中院系的）全體教師 perspective: （思考問題的）角度，觀點，想法 multi-
多個，許多 grad school: graduate school specialize in: 專門研究，專攻；專門從事
Model answer:
The College of Business Administration is starting a new interdisciplinary PhD program in Environmental
Business Policy which focuses mainly on helping students develop a more practical and multi-perspective
approach to various environmental issues. The man will be graduating from graduate school in several
months’ time. He holds the view that the MBA programs approach to understanding business is too narrow
as it is related to information in other fields. That is why he finds the PhD in Environmental Business Policy
program interesting. He feels that if he pursues this PhD degree, it could help him to focus on
understanding how business knowledge can be applied in different fields of knowledge, especially fields like
biology and political science. This program could help him to specialize in a combination of fields that he is
interested in. The man mentioned that he is already has an interest in the field of environmental ethics and
he is hoping to study in this program to gain practical knowledge of environmental issues.
P 426 IBT TOEFL 2015-2017
Prestigious: 有名望的 Diffusion: 擴散 Membrane: 薄膜 Inert: Inert substances do
not produce a chemical reaction when another substance is added.惰性的，不活潑的
Degradation: 降解 Congratulatory: 祝賀 Bummed: （俚語） 沮喪 Get over: 克服/忘懷
依依不舍[1] cannot bear to part with somebody [2] cannot bear to leave somebody [3] sad that
somebody is leaving conscientious: 認真的；盡心盡責的；一絲不苟的
Model answer: City University announced one of the student’s professors is the winner of this year’s Inert
Prize for Chemistry. She had been rewarded for her research into how liquids are diffused across
membranes at City University. The woman is happy for her professor and thinks she deserves the prize
because she is very dedicated to research on chemistry and she has always been a great mentor. On the
other hand, the woman is a bit sad about her winning the award because she might take off next year to
continue conducting research into protein degradation. This will mean that she won’t have the chance to
take the professor’s class before she finishes her studies. She feels sad that the professor will leave their
faculty in the future/She feels like she can’t bear to part with the professor because the professor has been
very conscientious in regards to teaching and helping the woman. Even so, she is still positive about her
getting the award because a recommendation from her, as a previous mentor who has won a prestigious
award, will seem to be worth a lot more now.
TOEFL IBT SPEAKING Communicating a solution
1. Describe the person/people’s problem
The man’s problem is that___. The man has a problem in that __. The problem the student faces is that
(he’s 过去式动词) The man just became aware that ____. The man is in trouble because ____ and ___.
The problem the man/woman has is that ____. Unfortunately, one students is (VERB+ing)__, so he/she s
having trouble (VERB+ing). The woman is disappointed to learn that ___. The man has (过去分词) and he
doesn’t know what to do. The problem the man’s faces is ____.
2. Describe the options that the person/people have to solve the problem.
A) Option B) Problem with taking that course of action.
 A- He is considering two options. He is thinking about two options. He is thinking about two courses of
action with his friend. He talks about two possible actions/solutions. His first thought is to ___.
While chatting with ____, he/she considers two possible solutions. Firstly, he could possibly _____. As an
alternative, he could possibly_____. The first solution is to ____. The first course of action is for him/her
to ___. The other possibility is for the man/woman to ___. The man has to figure out how to ___.
[The man comes up with two ways of (doing sth). The first is to ____. The second one is to ____. /The
other thing is that he/she can ____.] The man’s problem is that he has to make a choice between (two
universities/ A and B). The advisor mentions two possibilities/options to the woman. The advisor said
that the only other option to ____. The man recommends the woman (VERB) ____ as he’s ____.
B- The risk with that approach is that ____. The problem with that option is that ____. However, the
woman is not convinced that ____.
3. A) If you were the person, which course of action would you take? B) and why? (2 reasons)
A- Of the two solutions, I would ____. To solve the problem, I think the man should _____.
If I were the man/woman, I would explore the possibility of (doing sth). If I could persuade (the
university) to ____, I would _____. If I were in the man’s shoes, I would most probably _____.
My choice would be to ____. Personally, I would ____. If this were my decision, I would choose the
first/second option, that is, I would ____. This is a tough choice, but if it were mine to take, I’d ___.
Perhaps ___. I would resolve this situation by (VERB+ing). If this were my choice, I would continue to ___.
Personally, I would choose the latter option, (VERB+ing) ___. If it were me, I would ____.
B- The reason I wouldn’t try to _____ is that ___. The main reason I prefer this option is that I’d want to
____. Another reason I would rather ____ is that ____.
P 165 (103/P 299)
utility: 公用事業；（電、煤氣、鐵路等）公共設施 a pain. a pain in the arse. A pain in the neck. A
pain in the backside: someone or something that is very annoying 極其討厭的人（或事物）Commute
to and from __. Cut down on the price of __. (Doing sth) would be a pain in the arse/neck/backside.
Model answer: The man’s problem is that___/The man has a problem in that __was too caught up in his
work that he completely forgot to send in his dormitory application for the fall semester. As a result, he
missed the deadline for online applications and was put on the waiting list. This means that he might have
nowhere to live in September.
P 167 (105/P 299)
have something on one’s plate: to have something, usually a large amount of important work, to deal
with: She's got a lot on her plate - especially with two new projects starting this week. Playoff: （平局後
的）加時賽，延長賽，加賽 burn the midnight oil: To stay awake late at night to work or study
Model answer: The problem the woman has is that her history paper is due in two days from now.
However, she is scared she won’t finish it before the deadline because the basketball team she is on has to
travel out of state the next day for a competition and she’ll return that night.
P 168 (108/p 300)
Seminar:專題討論會；研討 demonstrate:表達；表露；表現；顯 Competency:技能；能力；本領
Model answer: The man just realized that he didn’t register for the online math test before the deadline
and he is required to take and pass the test if he wishes to enroll in the business economics seminar.