Topic: Describe a book that was important to you REQUIREMENTS:Talk about a book you have read that was important to you for some reason. Explain why the book was important to you. Give specific detai

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Topic: Describe a book that was important to you REQUIREMENTS:Talk about a book you have read that was important to you for some reason. Explain why the book was important to you. Give specific details and examples to explain your answer. Caution: This is for spoken English not for writing , so please help me correct my oral mistakes or some improper words which usually do not be used in spoken english BTW: I can prepare for 15 seconds and then answer the question in 45 SECONDS. ------ Well, actually I'm a bookworm and I prefer reading the books about productivity, and self-development. Of all the books I've ever read, "Make friends with time" is the most important to me. Not only did it teach me how to control my daily life but also it helped me develop a logical thinking about different opinions and view. The most important thing I've learned from this book is that even time elipsed every minute and every second, we can still be the master of time by planning our daily life. I remember when I was at college, i often wasted all day but do nothing. After I borrowed this book from library, I just sticked to the plan in the book and it turned out to be very successful. So until today, I still find the book is very important to me.

Sep 20, 2011 2:08 AM

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Topic: Describe a book that was important to you

REQUIREMENTS:Talk about a book you have read that was important to you for some reason. Explain why the book was important to you. Give specific details and examples to explain your answer.

Caution: This is for spoken English not for writing , so please help me correct my oral mistakes or some improper words which usually do not be used in spoken english

BTW: I can prepare for 15 seconds and then answer the question in 45 SECONDS.
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Well, actually I'm a bookworm and I prefer reading the books about self-management and self-development. Of all the books I've ever read, "Make friends with time" is the most important to me. Not only did it teach me how to control my daily life but also it helped me develop logical thinking about different opinions and views. The most important thing I've learned from this book is that even time elapses every minute and every second, we can still be the masters of time by planning our daily lives. I remember when I was at college, I often wasted all day doing nothing. After borrowing this book from library, I have thought to stick to the plan in the book and it has turned out to be very successful. So even today, I still find the book is very important to me.

Very good command of English! Well done.

September 20, 2011

Good work, I guess you are getting ready for the TOEFL! Don't forget to say the author's name if you can recall it. Nothing here sounded inappropriate for this kind of speaking situation. As far as grammar: 1. "develop logical thinking" (no "a") 2. "even though time elapses..." 3. "wasted all day doing nothing" 4. "I stuck to the plan" 4. "So even today, I still find..." (until today sound like it isn't true today) Nice work!

September 20, 2011

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