记得有一年的雅思口语第一部分考到“鸟”为题目,考官问:"What are the most popular birds in China and what meanings do they have?"面对这个问题,多数烤鸭是否知道在中国流行的鸟究竟有哪些,事实上应该连鸟的英文名字都叫不上来吧。
建议大家:遇到自己没有准备过并且不熟悉的题目,烤鸭可以坦然地告诉考官:“I don't really know much about birds.”或者干脆说:“I don't know.”态度一定要坦然,目光一定要坚定。但是记住,这永远不是问题回答的结束。
接下来一定要说“but”。可是but之后又该说什么呢?胡侃瞎侃可以吗?完全可以!!!最终的目的是把风险要转嫁出去。“but one of my friends is crazy about birds, and he used to tell me...”相信比你自己迟迟不给考官答案好得多,切忌在雅思口语考试中不懂装懂!
秘籍二:昵称效应
给大家先举一个小烤鸭的例子,他遇到物品的考题,要谈一样有用的设备,他略想一下说“well, I am going to talk about my little girlfriend then…”考官听到这里刚要纳闷怀疑该烤鸭是不是没读懂题目,然后听到“…my iPad2, a very trendy stuff and also a very useful electronic device, which I would always take along with me wherever I go.”
如果今天你还不会用英文讲故事,那么从现在开始就学吧。在第二部分就考过describe one important decision的主题卡片。烤鸭要回答这个决定是什么,在什么情况下做出这样的决定,为什么做出这样的决定,以及这个决定为什么重要。
考官一般都不喜欢烤鸭长篇大论谈理论性的东西,而想从一个故事里获取烤鸭想要表达的意思。例如考官问:“Why did you choose to study in the United States?”如果你说奉承的话,谈美国的教学质量比较好,那么就是在贬低自己国家的教学质量,往往这类的烤鸭不会受到考官的欢迎。
地道的口音,流利的交流,快速反应等等这些都是英语交流看家的硬本领,还需要注意一些实用的停顿技巧,例如考官问:“Do you enjoy singing?”烤鸭不妨可以巧妙地以这样的话开始回答:“Singing? Well, I'm not very keen on singing, but I do like listening to music.”Well,actually,you see,you know what等都是英语中最常用的停顿表达方法,停顿的表达方式在雅思口语考试中非常适用,会让考官觉得你很自然,不是在背诵。
1. Talk to the examiner — you'll feel more involved in the conversation.
和考官交谈——你更能融入到交谈中去
2. Listen carefully to the questions you're asked so that your answers are relevant.
仔细听被问到的问题这样才能做出相应的回答
3. Answer the questions you're asked with some details so that your answers are long enough.
用一些细节来回答问题这样可以使得你的答案足够长
4. Practise speaking for 2 minutes for the long turn in Part 2.
练习口语2分钟来应付第二部分的口语话题
5. Use the preparation time in Part 2 to think about what is written on the card.
利用第二部分的准备时间来充分考虑话题
6. Use the instructions and prompts on the card in Part 2 to help you to organize your long turn.
利用第二部分卡片上的指导和提示来帮助你完成话题
7. Practise ways of delaying answers to give yourself time to think in Part 3.
在第三部分中,练习怎样延迟回答来给自己思考的时间
8. Explain your opinions and give examples to support them.
解释你的观点并给予例子来支持
雅思口语NOT TO DO
1. Don't learn answers by heart.
不要背答案
2. Don't give very short answers except when the examiner interrupts you at the end of the 2 minutes in Part 2. At this point the examiner needs to move on to Part 3 of the test and only expects a short answer to his/her questions.