TOEFL Speaking Task 3 Sample: Explain how the example used in the lecture illustrates the concept of economy of scale.
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题目概览
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Economy of Scale A company must pay certain costs to manufacture products. Some of these production costs are fixed - they remain the same regardless of the number of products the company produces. Thus, if a company manufactures more of a certain product, the cost of producing each individual item decreases, because fixed costs are spread out over more items. This effect is known as economy of scale. Economy of scale makes it advantageous for a company to manufacture products in large quantities or on a large scale. While the cost of materials needed to increase, production of an item increases, the company's fixed costs do not, and its profits rise as more products are sold.
题目
Explain how the example used in the lecture illustrates the concept of economy of scale.
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1.子项得分 Delivery: 3 Language Use: 3 Topic Development: 3
2.预估分数
23. 3.表达
总体来说，发言者的表达较为清晰，但在某些地方存在一些不必要的停顿。建议发言者在练习时注意保持语速的稳定性，尽量减少不必要的停顿。此外，注意提高发音的准确性，避免出现拼写错误。
4.话题发展 发言者对经济规模的概念进行了解释，并通过讲座中的杂志公司例子进行了阐述。然而，在组织结构和连接思路方面还有待加强。建议在回答问题时，先简要介绍阅读材料中的概念，然后再详细描述听力材料中的例子，并明确指出例子是如何说明经济规模概念的。这样可以使回答更加条理清晰，便于理解。
5.语言使用Original: This reading is talk about economy of scales means that company can manufacture large quantity of products in order to have more money with low cost. The reading discusses the concept of economies of scale, which means that a company can produce a large quantity of products to increase profits while keeping costs low.（这里将原句进行了改写，使其更符合英语表达习惯，同时修正了语法错误。）
Original: Well, in this lecture, Professor gave us examples to illustrate that. In the lecture, the professor provided an example to illustrate this concept.（简化了句子结构，使表达更加清晰。）
Original: The examples involves magazine industry, magazine company. The example involves a magazine company in the publishing industry.（调整了句子结构，使其更符合英语表达习惯。）
Original: Well, at first, there is not many readers for this magazine. Initially, there were not many readers for this magazine.（修正了时态错误。）
Original: So the company only have the few hundreds of magazines per month. As a result, the company only produced a few hundred magazines per month.（调整了句子结构，使其更符合英语表达习惯。）
Original: But at the same time, the company has to pay for the office and the workers like the writer or editors. However, the company still had to cover expenses such as office rent and salaries for writers and editors.（调整了句子结构，使其更符合英语表达习惯。）
Original: But for a while, more people are ordering this magazine. Eventually, more people started subscribing to the magazine.（修正了时态错误。）
Original: So they print several thousands of the magazines. Thus, they began printing several thousand copies of the magazine.（调整了句子结构，使其更符合英语表达习惯。）
Original: But at the same time, the money for the office or salary didn't change. However, the expenses for office rent and salaries remained unchanged.（调整了句子结构，使其更符合英语表达习惯。）
Original: So it turns out that they make more money for each magazine sold. As a result, they made more profit from each magazine sold.（调整了句子结构，使其更符合英语表达习惯。）
Original: So that's how to explain the economy of scales. This is how the example demonstrates the concept of economies of scale.（修正了名词复数形式，调整了句子结构。）
Revised Answer (140 words):
The reading discusses the concept of economies of scale, which means that a company can produce a large quantity of products to increase profits while keeping costs low. In the lecture, the professor provided an example to illustrate this concept. The example involves a magazine company in the publishing industry. Initially, there were not many readers for this magazine. As a result, the company only produced a few hundred magazines per month. However, the company still had to cover expenses such as office rent and salaries for writers and editors. Eventually, more people started subscribing to the magazine. Thus, they began printing several thousand copies of the magazine. However, the expenses for office rent and salaries remained unchanged. As a result, they made more profit from each magazine sold. This is how the example demonstrates the concept of economies of scale.
6.思维导图
Economies of Scale
├─ Concept
│ └─ Increase profits, keep costs low
└─ Example
├─ Magazine Company
│ ├─ Initial stage
│ │ └─ Few hundred magazines per month
│ ├─ Expenses
│ │ └─ Office rent, salaries
│ └─ Growth
│ └─ More subscribers, thousands of copies
└─ Result
└─ Higher profit per magazine, economies of scale demonstrated
7.关键词
| Word | Phonetic Symbols | Parts of Speech | English Definition | Simplified Chinese Translation | Sample Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economies of scale | /ɪˈkɒnəmiz əv skeɪl/ | Noun | The cost advantages that a business obtains due to expansion | 规模经济 | Economies of scale allow large companies to produce goods at a lower cost per unit. |
| Publishing | /ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/ | Noun | The business of producing books, magazines, and other written materials for sale | 出版业 | The publishing industry has been greatly impacted by the rise of digital media. |
| Subscription | /səbˈskrɪpʃən/ | Noun | An arrangement to receive something regularly by paying in advance | 订阅 | I decided to purchase a yearly subscription to my favorite magazine to save money. |
| Fixed costs | /fɪkst kɒsts/ | Noun | Business costs that are constant and do not change with the level of production | 固定成本 | Fixed costs, such as rent and salaries, must be covered regardless of the number of products a company produces. |
| Profit margin | /ˈprɒfɪt ˈmɑːrdʒɪn/ | Noun | The difference between the cost of producing a product and the price at which it is sold, expressed as a percentage | 利润率 | The company's profit margin increased as they achieved economies of scale by producing more magazines. |
