溝通題在 Part 3 是科技類的高頻 cluster——考的是 "訊息怎麼改變人際關係？視訊會議能完全取代見面嗎？AI 翻譯會讓學語言過時嗎？"。陷阱：答得像在做產品評論（"LINE is convenient"）。Band 7 要分析媒介本身怎麼改變溝通的性質。
Part 3 溝通題的四個角度
| 角度 | 題目範例 | |------|----------| | 媒介 | How has texting changed the way people communicate? | | 工作 | Can video calls really replace face-to-face meetings? | | 語言 | Will AI translation make language learning unnecessary? | | 關係 | Are friendships weaker now that most communication is digital? |
5 題代表題 + Band 7+ 範例
Q1. How has texting changed the way people communicate?
I'd say the deepest change is that we've made conversation asynchronous. You can carry on a chat across a whole day in fragments, which is genuinely useful for busy lives. On the other hand, arguably it has eroded the skill of real-time talk — long pauses are uncomfortable in person but normal on text, so younger speakers sometimes struggle when there's no edit button. So it's a trade-off, not a pure gain.
Q2. Can video calls fully replace face-to-face meetings?
Generally speaking, no — though they handle more than people initially expected. For information-sharing and routine check-ins, video is genuinely fine and saves enormous amounts of travel. On the other hand, for trust-building, negotiation, or sensitive feedback, the bandwidth of being in the same room — body language, micro-expressions, side conversations — still matters. So I'd say complementary rather than replacement.
Q3. Will AI translation make learning a foreign language unnecessary?
Honestly, I doubt it. AI translation has improved remarkably for technical and tourist contexts, and that's a real gain. On the other hand, language learning was never just about the words; it's about understanding how a culture thinks, building friendships, accessing humour and nuance. Arguably, AI handles the surface and leaves the depth untouched. So fluency will become more of a luxury skill than a necessity, but it won't disappear.
Q4. Are friendships weaker now that most communication is digital?
It tends to depend on whether the digital contact replaces or supplements face-to-face time. Research broadly suggests that for friends who also meet in person, digital contact strengthens the bond — you're more aware of each other's daily lives. For long-distance or purely online friendships, the picture is mixed; they can be deep, but they tend to be more fragile. So I'd say "amplifier rather than substitute".
Q5. How might communication change in the next 10 to 20 years?
Hard to say with confidence, but I'd expect real-time AI translation in earpieces to become normal, video calls to feel more spatial through headsets, and a partial backlash towards in-person events as digital fatigue grows. The deeper question is whether the basic forms — voice, text, face — will be joined by something genuinely new, or just gradually upgraded. My guess is mostly the latter.
三層結構提醒
Claim — I'd say / Generally speaking / Honestly, I doubt it...
Reason — because / since / structurally / partly because...
Example — texting across a whole day / video for routine check-ins / AI tourist translation...重點：每題盡量出現 trade-off 句 —— "on the other hand / arguably / that said"。溝通題天然就是 trade-off 題。
主題詞彙（Band 7 級）
| 詞彙 | 中文 | 範例 chunk | |------|------|------------| | asynchronous | 非同步的 | asynchronous communication suits busy lives | | face-to-face | 面對面 | face-to-face meetings build trust | | body language | 肢體語言 | body language carries half the message | | video conferencing | 視訊會議 | video conferencing replaced many flights | | messaging app | 訊息軟體 | messaging apps dominate daily contact | | miscommunication | 誤解 | text invites miscommunication | | tone of voice | 語氣 | tone of voice gets lost online | | real-time | 即時的 | real-time conversation is harder | | machine translation | 機器翻譯 | machine translation is rapidly improving | | nuance | 細膩之處 | nuance is hard to translate | | digital fatigue | 數位疲勞 | digital fatigue after long meetings | | social cue | 社交線索 | social cues we read instinctively | | bandwidth | 頻寬（資訊量） | the bandwidth of in-person contact | | connectivity | 連線/連結性 | constant connectivity has costs |
台灣考生常見陷阱：產品評論式答題
"I use LINE every day. LINE is very convenient. I can send pictures." —— 這是 Part 1。Part 3 要的是 "訊息文化怎麼改變人際關係的性質"。
修正：把「我用某 app」換成「這類 app 怎麼改變溝通本身」：
Before: LINE is convenient. I use it every day.
After: Messaging apps have made conversation asynchronous in a way that wasn't possible before — a chat can stretch across a whole day in fragments. On the other hand, that convenience has arguably weakened our tolerance for real-time silence, which is partly why younger speakers find phone calls oddly stressful.