托福考试独立口语素材：集体运动

 　　Some people prefer to do team sports, other prefer to do individual sports. Which do you prefer?

　　短语补充

　　团队的一份子、强烈的归属感：

　　be part of a team, a strong sense of belonging互相加油鼓励：

　　Give each other inspirations¹, motivation, encouragements在乎比自己更“大”的事情： care something bigger than yourself,获得成功、成就感： achieve success, a sense of achievement,承担责任 accept responsibility;

　　认识到团队合作的重要性： realize the importance of cooperation为共同的目标奋斗：struggle for a common goal;跟队友交流互动：

　　interact² with teammate=exchange ideas with team members, connect more with themPersonally, I would like to play group sports, like basketball, football, and even baseball. Cuz there are actually lots of benefits, to begin with, one can socialize with their peers³ and make new friends. I can learn the importance of cooperation and responsibility when playing team sports, my teammates and I can give each other motivation and encouragement, we struggle together for a common goal. It really feels awesome⁴.

 

1 inspirations   

n.灵感( inspiration的名词复数 )；鼓舞人心的人[事物]；启发灵感的人（或事物）；突然想出的好主意

参考例句：

• Understanding God's big picture can turn irritations into inspirations. 明了神的蓝图，将使你的烦躁转为灵感。 来自互联网
• He had little respect for the inspirations of other artists. 他不太尊敬其他画家的创意。 来自互联网

2 interact   

vi.相互作用，相互影响，互通信息

参考例句：

• All things are interrelated and interact on each other.一切事物互相联系并相互作用。
• The policeman advised the criminal to interact with the police.警察劝罪犯与警方合作。

3 peers   

n.同等的人，贵族vi.凝视，窥视vt.与…同等，封为贵族v.凝视( peer的第三人称单数 )；盯着看；同等；比得上

参考例句：

• She enjoys the respect of her peers. 她受到同侪的尊敬。
• She peers into my eyes. 她盯着我的眼睛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.