TOEFLスピーキング Question 2 練習問題と解答に使う表現集
マイチューター「TOEFL スピーキング Perfect Master Intermediate 」
カリキュラムのサンプル問題と解答を見た後で、会話における男性/女性
の意見とその理由を説明する表現を学びます。
TOEFLスピーキング Questions 2 は、大学や学生生活に関する方針に
ついての文章を読み、文章に関する学生（男女）2名の会話を
聞いたうえで、男女どちらかの意見と理由を述べる問題です。
▮ リーディング
Read a short passage about a campus situation.
University to Build New Stadium
The university is going to begin construction on a new multi million dollar stadium on July 1. Construction of the stadium should take approximately eleven months to complete. The school feels that the current facilities are inadequate and must be modernized immediately. Both athletes and students will profit from these updated facilities. In addition, since the school is now able to offer athletic scholarships, the new stadium should be able to help our sports teams attract more talented student-athletes. By improving our school’s athletic performances, we will be able to garner more nationwide attention.
▮ リスニング
Listen to a conversation about the same topic.
スクリプト
M: I’m so glad the school’s building a new stadium. It’s about time.
W: I couldn’t disagree more. We already have a stadium here at the university.
M: Yeah, but it’s too old and needs to be updated.
W: Not really. I go here at the time to use the facilities and I’ve never noticed anything wrong with it. It’s not the best stadium around, but it definitely serves the needs of the school.
M: But what about the football team? They could really use a new stadium. You know, so then we’d get a better team.
W: That’s not important to me at all. The stadium is going to cost millions of dollars. The school should be spending all of that money to construct a new science libulary.
M: A science libulary ?
W: Yes, exactly. Most good universities have specialized libulares, and we could really use one for all of the science departments. It would be much better than having the science majors go to the main libulary.They could really use their own specialized libulary.
M: I don’t know. That new stadium sounds really nice.
Question
The woman expresses her opinion of the new sports stadium. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.
Sample Response 解答例
The woman is strongly opposed to the university’s decision to construct a new, expensive sports stadium. First of all, she claims that the university’s current stadium is, fine. While she agrees that it isn’t the best stadium, she claims that she uses it all the time and it seems fine to her. Likewise, she declares that it serves the needs of the school and students using it. She also believes that, instead of spending millions of dollars on a new stadium, the school ought to take that money and build a science library with it. The woman says that good universities should have specialized libraries like that one would be. She also declares that the science majors should be studying in a specialized library instead of having to go to the main library to do their studying.
Useful Expressions
会話における男性/女性の意見とその理由を説明する表現を学びます。
1. Expressions that can be used in telling about the subject
問題文の「主題」について述べる表現
(1) The notice Is about…
(2) The notice describes…
(3) In the notice, the university…
(4) The subject of the announcement Is…
(5) The students talk about…
(6) The topic of the notice is…
(7) The announcement mentions…
(8) The notice covers…
(9) According to the announcement,…
(10) The matter the notice discusses is …
2. Expressions that can be used in giving the student’s opinion in the conversation
男女学生の会話で、方針に賛成または反対であること（意見）を述べる表現
(1) The male student opposes…
(2) The woman thinks…
(4) The man agrees that…
(5) The male student dislike…
(6) In the man’s mind, …
(7) The man’s pinion is that…
(8) The woman’s supports…
(9) The man fully supports…
(10) In the woman’s mind…
3. Expressions that can be used in explaining the reasons for holding an opinion
方針に賛成または反対であること（意見）の理由を述べる表現
(1) More than anything else, it is because..
(2) The man thinks that…
(3) The reason for this is..
(4) One reason she gives is that …
(5) The first reason is that…
(6) The woman says…
(7) The man claims that…
(8) The woman believes…
(9) The man expresses his opposition by saying…
(10) Another reason is…
4. Expressions that can be used in telling details
理由の詳細を述べる表現
(1) According to the woman, …
(2) One thing the student points out Is…
(3) First, the student argues…
(4) During the conversation, …
(5) To begin with, …
(6) First (Second) of all, …
(7) He claims that…
(8) Furthermore…
(9) The woman states that…
(10) The male student mention…
5. Expressions that can be used in making comparative remarks
比較して述べる表現
（１）The woman thinks…is superior to…
（２）The man wants to…as opposed to .…
（３）It is more important to…than to…
（４）The woman’s preference is…to…
（５）She believes … is better than …
（６） It is better to … than to …
（７）On the contrary…
（８） .. .Is more Important than…
（９）…is a better choice than…
（10）The school ought to…instead of…
