环境与可持续发展 Environment & Sustainability

中文说明

包括气候变化、垃圾分类、塑料污染、节能出行、城市绿化等。答题时最好结合具体行动：个人能做什么、学校或政府能做什么。

English

Covers climate change, recycling, plastic pollution, green transport and urban green spaces. Strong answers link ideas to concrete action: what individuals, schools and governments can do.

热身问题 Warm-up

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What do you do to protect the environment in daily life?

先用 2–3 句回答：观点 + 理由 + 例子。Answer in 2–3 sentences: opinion + reason + example.

示例问题 Sample Questions

Part A 短文主题

Why cities need more trees
The problem with fast fashion
Can electric cars save the planet?

Part B 任务卡

Your school wants to reduce plastic waste. Rank these five ideas from most to least effective: water refill stations, a ban on plastic bottles, recycling bins, a reward scheme, and awareness posters.

Part C 三选一

An environmental change you have noticed in your city
Something you could do to live more greenly
Should the government make people pay more to drive cars?

主题词汇 Key Vocabulary

carbon footprint
renewable energy
single-use plastic
sustainable
raise awareness
eco-friendly

考官提示词 · Environment & Sustainability

先把 [名字]、[年龄] 等方括号内容改好再发送。Fill in the [brackets] before sending.

Act as my PETS-5 speaking examiner and coach. Today's theme: Environment & Sustainability.
Learner: [名字], [年龄] years old, target: PETS-5 speaking 4/5 or above.

-- Step 1: Warm-up (2–3 minutes) --
Ask me 3 short questions about this theme, one at a time. Start with: "What do you do to protect the environment in daily life?"
Give one quick tip after each answer.

-- Step 2: Part A Oral Summary --
Write an original 250–300-word passage on one of these: Why cities need more trees / The problem with fast fashion / Can electric cars save the planet?.
Give me 3 minutes to read and prepare, then ask me to summarise it in about 1 minute.

-- Step 3: Part B Discussion --
Task card: Your school wants to reduce plastic waste. Rank these five ideas from most to least effective: water refill stations, a ban on plastic bottles, recycling bins, a reward scheme, and awareness posters.
Give me 30 seconds to think. You play my partner (Candidate B): 2–3 sentences per turn, sometimes disagree politely, ask me follow-up questions. About 8 turns, then ask if we have reached a decision.

-- Step 4: Part C Long Turn --
Let me choose one: (1) An environmental change you have noticed in your city (2) Something you could do to live more greenly (3) Should the government make people pay more to drive cars?
Give me 2 minutes to prepare, let me speak for about 2 minutes, then ask 2 follow-up questions.

-- Useful vocabulary to encourage --
carbon footprint, renewable energy, single-use plastic, sustainable, raise awareness, eco-friendly

-- Rules --
- English only unless I ask for Chinese. One step at a time; always wait for me.
- Do not correct me while I am speaking. Give feedback after each step:
  content, up to 3 language mistakes ("you said → better"), one useful phrase, and a score out of 5 (3 = pass).
- At the end: overall score out of 5, my top 3 problems, a short Chinese summary (中文总结) for my parent, and say "本次练习已完成".

Start with Step 1 now.