托福口语关于外国节日和习俗是我们不熟悉的地方。因此要格外注意。下面就和环球教育(原环球教育)的小编一起积累起来吧：

　　托福口语素材整理——主要传统节日： carnival狂欢节(狂欢节是一个大斋节前的节日，人们狂欢作乐并宴饮。狂欢节的日期根据复活节的日期推定，但必须是2月的星期 一);Christmas圣诞节(纪念耶稣基督诞生的节日， 12月25日);Easter Sunday (耶稣)复活节 (3月21日或其后月满之后的第一个星期天);Father’s Day父亲节(每年6月的第三个星期日);Mother’s Day 母亲节(在美国为五月的第二个星期日);Thanksgiving Day (基督教) 感恩节(11月的最后一个星期四);Valentine's Day情人节(2月14日);Lantern Festival元宵节;Mid-AutumnFestival中秋节;New Year's day元旦;Spring Festival春节;etc.

　　其它托福口语话题词汇：Christmas cake / card / present / pudding / stocking / tree， Christmas Eve / time，colored lights， compliments， customs， fireplace， gifts， goodwill， habits， ham， privacy， ribbons(缎带，丝带)， rose， Santa Claus， shocking， tradition， Turkey， wreaths(花环，花冠)，etc.

　　常用短语：appropriate dress， break (follow， keep up) a custom 破坏、(遵从，遵守)习俗;celebrate Christmas， cultural differences， culture shock， Eastern and Western societies， go“Dutch”， manners and customs风俗习惯; proper behavior， religious customs， social customs， theThanksgiving feast， etc.

　　常用句型：

　　1. Custom required our dressing for dinner. 礼俗要求我们参加宴会穿礼服。

　　2. It is an old custom that men tip their hats when greeting somebody.

　　3. It is the custom for the Chinese to take off their shoes when they get into a hall.

　　4. It is the custom to dye eggs at Easter.

　　5. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

　　6. So many countries， so many customs. 有多少国家，就有多少习俗;百里不同风。

　　7. Social custom vary greatly from country to country.a

　　Intelligibility是托福口语评分标准里面反复出现一个单词，译为清晰性;其实我们在评分标准里面还能看到对这个词的解释：easy to follow，回答者的逻辑一定要非常清晰并且不能出现任何造成别人理解困难的跳跃，站在rater(评分人员)的角度去考虑的话应该非常容易的就能跟上回答者的思路。当然在托福口语题目里面经常出details这个词。笔者就结合以上两个要求(清晰性和细节)对下面托福口语独立题目进行解析，并提供参考答案。

　　Should the government spend money on projects which can encourage its citizens to lead a healthier lifestyle?

　　I would say government should spend money on projects to help citizens to lead a healthier lifestyle, and I have the following reasons for support.(第一句话就亮出自己的观点,并给考官一个信号-下面是我的理由) Firstly, the government's supposed to take care of the health of its citizens. As a citizen, we pay a large sum of our income as tax to the government, tax money should be used to fund projects to improve people's health, like renovate local recreation center, hold free lecture for community members.(第一个理由，出现了一些细节如recreation center, lecture) secondly, spending money to help citizen live a healthier lifestyle actually saves money in the long run. Many health problems like heart attack, high blood pressure and obesity can be prevented by governmental projects. So, for these reasons and more, I agree with this statement. (第二个理由又出现了好多关于病症的细节如heart attack, high blood pressure and obesity)(共计123个单词)

　　8. The celebration of Christmas is a custom.

　　9. Turkey and ham are traditional dishes for Christmas.

　　10. When in Rome do as the Romans.