Free time / Hobbies 是 Part 1 最「誰都能答」的題組——所以也是最容易平庸的題組。考官一天聽 30 個人回答 "Do you have any hobbies?"，其中 25 個人會說 "I like to watch movies and listen to music." Band 5.5。
你要做的不是背一個特別的嗜好（"I collect 18th-century Persian carpets" 反而顯得虛假），而是把普通嗜好講得有血有肉。
10 題高頻問題
| # | 題目 | |---|------| | 1 | What do you do in your free time? | | 2 | Do you prefer indoor or outdoor activities? | | 3 | How often do you spend time on your hobby? | | 4 | Do you spend free time alone or with friends? | | 5 | Has your hobby changed over the years? | | 6 | Did you have more free time as a child? | | 7 | What do you do to relax? | | 8 | Is it important to have hobbies? | | 9 | Do people in Taiwan have enough free time? | | 10 | Would you like to try a new hobby? |
B1 vs Band 7 答案對照
題目："What do you do in your free time?"
B1 (Band 5.5): In my free time I like to watch movies and play basketball with my friends. I also listen to music.
這個回答有三個問題：zero specificity, zero emotion, zero time markers。就算發音完美也只 Band 6.0。
Band 7+: Honestly, it's become a bit of a ritual — I've been taking up running again for about six months now, so most evenings I'll head out for a 5K along the riverside bike path. It's my way of unwinding after staring at a screen all day. Weekends are different — I'll usually meet a couple of friends at a bouldering gym we got into last winter. Climbing is basically a puzzle for your body, which I didn't expect to love but absolutely do.
升級點：
- taking up running — 片語（take up = 開始從事）
- for about six months now — 具體時間
- most evenings — 頻率
- 5K along the riverside bike path — 具體地點 + 距離
- unwinding after staring at a screen all day — 情緒 + 對比
- bouldering gym we got into last winter — 第二項嗜好 + 開始時間
- basically a puzzle for your body — 原創比喻（Band 7+ 加分）
題目："Has your hobby changed over the years?"
B1 (Band 5.5): Yes, when I was a child I played with toys. Now I like video games and reading.
Band 7+: Definitely — it's shifted quite a bit. As a kid I was basically obsessed with Lego, and I'd spend whole weekends rebuilding sets into spaceships I'd invented. In my teens that got swapped out for video games, which I still play casually. But in the last couple of years I've been getting into hiking, which my 10-year-old self would have found unbearably boring. I guess we grow into slower hobbies as we get older.
升級點：三個人生階段 + 反思句收尾（we grow into slower hobbies...）= Band 7+ 的 maturity 信號。
6 個必備片語（掌握度 = Band 7 Lexical 指標）
| 片語 | 中文 | 使用範例 | |------|------|---------| | pastime | 消遣（比 hobby 更書面） | Chess is my favourite pastime. | | unwind | 放鬆（動詞，比 relax 高級） | I go for a walk to unwind. | | relieve stress | 紓壓 | Yoga really helps me relieve stress. | | get into the habit of | 養成...的習慣 | I've got into the habit of journalling. | | take up (a hobby) | 開始從事 | I took up pottery last year. | | a passion for | 對...的熱情 | I've always had a passion for photography. |
整合範例（把 6 個片語塞進一段自然答案——不要真的這樣講，只是示範）：
I've had a passion for cycling since my teens. It started as something I took up just to relieve stress during exam season, but over time I got into the habit of riding every weekend. These days it's my main pastime — there's really nothing that helps me unwind quite like a long ride on a quiet road.
指標句：分「類型」答題
很多 Part 1 Hobbies 題會問 "indoor or outdoor?"、"alone or with friends?"。不要只選一邊——兩邊都答一點才自然。
"Indoor or outdoor — honestly it depends on the season and my mood. In summer I'll take any excuse to be outdoors, because that's when hiking and bouldering are at their best. But in rainy season, I'm quite happy to spend a whole Saturday indoors with a book and a bad Netflix series in the background."
這個 "it depends on..." 句型在 Part 1 / Part 3 都能用，屬於 Band 7 的起手式。
常見 rookie mistakes
- "I play the basketball" — 球類運動前不加 the。play basketball, play football。
- "I very like it" — 台式直譯。要講 I really like it 或 I'm really into it。
- "In my free time I usually relax myself" — 英文沒有 relax myself 這個 reflexive 用法。直接 I relax 或 I unwind。
- "I'm interested in basketball very much" — 語序不自然。自然版：I'm really into basketball.
本題組 25 秒公式
Layer 1 短答：一個主要嗜好 + 開始時間（用 take up）
Layer 2 頻率／情境：多久做一次 + 在哪做
Layer 3 感受句：為什麼這個嗜好對你重要（情緒、功能）