在托福口语独立部分，关于“学校类”话题比较常见，问题有：如果学校有一笔资金你认为是建体育馆、实验室还是实验楼呢?以下三种方式了解学校，哪个最好：参观校园、在操场玩一个周末、去教室听课;以下关于学校的三点你认为哪个最重要：名声、大小地点还是学费;再有比如比较一下你上过的两个学校的不同。请看以下真题：

If your school received a large amount of money, what do you wish it will be spent on? A gym, a laboratory or a scientific research facility?

Which of the following do you think is the best way to get to know a new school, joining a one-day campus tour, spending a weekend on a campus playing field or auditing the lectures?

While choosing a university, which of the following factors do you think is the most important besides academic reputation, its size, location or the cost of the tuition?

Talk about two schools which attended and their difference. Give specific examples and details in your reponse.

基于对以上考题的分析不难发现我们应该掌握学校各种设施的作用，好大学必要的特点等等相关话题的语料库。接下来笔者给大家带来关于以上问题的语料库：

学校的硬件设施 ：

gym :

活动类型：

哑铃do some dumbbell, 室内跑道 run on the indoor track, 在场地上打球 play some sport on the court, 水上运动do some aquatic activities, 邮箱运动如瑜伽、游泳、在跑步机上跑步aerobics like yoga, swimming, running on a treadmill

体育馆是个休闲娱乐的地方，是打发时间的首选;在这里可以做各种各样的运动(举以上的例子)。

A gym is the place where students can have fun and relax themselves, for many students it can be the first choices when it comes to how to spend their spare time. There are lots of fun activities you can do in the gym like, play some sports on the court, do some aerobics like yoga, swimming, and running on a treadmill，and stuff like that.

作用：保持体型Keep fit, 有趣 have fun,放松 relax，引导学生健康、活跃的生活方式 lead a healthy and active lifestyle

总之，很有必要建设一个体育馆。

In a nutshell, it is really important for a university to own a nice recreation center(gym 的同义词)，for it helps to promote a healthy, active lifestyle.

实验室laboratory ：

做实验conduct research, 把理论应用于实际apply theory in practice, 直观的理解概念understand concepts intuitively(直观的)，培养学生的创造力 develop students' creativity;

实验室是好学校的重要组成部分， 然后展开实验室的作用(即以上内容)。

Great labs are a big part of a good university, students can use the lab to apply theory into practice and conduct researches in their fields, moreover, by doing experiments students can understand the concepts better and develop their creativity.

一个学校的软实力 ：

名声reputation ：

学校的名声跟学生没有直接关系，我觉得没啥意义。

Reputation of a university has no direct impact on its students, and it is kind of meaningless.

教员faculty ：

跟audit class联系在一起;

听课是最好的了解一个学校的方式，因为教授的知识、教书技巧和方式代表着学校，而且上课中传递的价值观在很大程度上也是学校的价值观。

Auditing class is the best to know the university better, since faculty members are an indispensable part of the university. Their knowledge，teaching skills and even the way they teach the class represent the university. The values they uphold in the class are the ones that are cherished by the university.

地点location ：

就学校的地点可以参看之前的地点语料库：

比如大都市metropolis, 多文化的multicultural, 方便的convenient, 公共交通 public transportation, 商店shops, 酒吧和餐馆 bars and restaurant,充满活力 full of dynamics; 当然也可以跟social里面的broaden your horizon and enrich your experience结合在一起。

大学的大小size ：

“大”的好处 ：

多元化diverse student body, 俱乐部和社团lots of clubs and societies, 完备的设施well established facilities, 著名的教授lots of famous professors, 活动很多various activities;

个人而言, 我喜欢较大的大学，学生团体会比较多元, 国际学生很多，他们组织好多社会活动。

Personally, I would say I like to attend a big university. A big university tends to have a diverse student body, there might be lots of international students like me, and they organize all kinds of social activities.

还有较大的大学会有一流的设备如图书馆、体育馆和实验设施。

Also, a big university is likely to have very well established facilities like multi-functional libraries, recreation centers and research facilities. These are big parts of a colorful university life.