記得有一年的雅思口語第一部分考到“鳥”為題目,考官問:"What are the most popular birds in China and what meanings do they have?"面對這個問題,多數(shù)烤鴨是否知道在中國流行的鳥究竟有哪些,事實上應(yīng)該連鳥的英文名字都叫不上來吧。
建議大家:遇到自己沒有準(zhǔn)備過并且不熟悉的題目,烤鴨可以坦然地告訴考官:“I don't really know much about birds.”或者干脆說:“I don't know.”態(tài)度一定要坦然,目光一定要堅定。但是記住,這永遠(yuǎn)不是問題回答的結(jié)束。
接下來一定要說“but”??墒莃ut之后又該說什么呢?胡侃瞎侃可以嗎?完全可以!!!最終的目的是把風(fēng)險要轉(zhuǎn)嫁出去。“but one of my friends is crazy about birds, and he used to tell me...”相信比你自己遲遲不給考官答案好得多,切忌在雅思口語考試中不懂裝懂!
秘籍二:昵稱效應(yīng)
給大家先舉一個小烤鴨的例子,他遇到物品的考題,要談一樣有用的設(shè)備,他略想一下說“well, I am going to talk about my little girlfriend then…”考官聽到這里剛要納悶懷疑該烤鴨是不是沒讀懂題目,然后聽到“…my iPad2, a very trendy stuff and also a very useful electronic device, which I would always take along with me wherever I go.”
如果今天你還不會用英文講故事,那么從現(xiàn)在開始就學(xué)吧。在第二部分就考過describe one important decision的主題卡片??绝喴卮疬@個決定是什么,在什么情況下做出這樣的決定,為什么做出這樣的決定,以及這個決定為什么重要。
考官一般都不喜歡烤鴨長篇大論談理論性的東西,而想從一個故事里獲取烤鴨想要表達(dá)的意思。例如考官問:“Why did you choose to study in the United States?”如果你說奉承的話,談美國的教學(xué)質(zhì)量比較好,那么就是在貶低自己國家的教學(xué)質(zhì)量,往往這類的烤鴨不會受到考官的歡迎。
地道的口音,流利的交流,快速反應(yīng)等等這些都是英語交流看家的硬本領(lǐng),還需要注意一些實用的停頓技巧,例如考官問:“Do you enjoy singing?”烤鴨不妨可以巧妙地以這樣的話開始回答:“Singing? Well, I'm not very keen on singing, but I do like listening to music.”Well,actually,you see,you know what等都是英語中最常用的停頓表達(dá)方法,停頓的表達(dá)方式在雅思口語考試中非常適用,會讓考官覺得你很自然,不是在背誦。
1. Talk to the examiner — you'll feel more involved in the conversation.
和考官交談——你更能融入到交談中去
2. Listen carefully to the questions you're asked so that your answers are relevant.
仔細(xì)聽被問到的問題這樣才能做出相應(yīng)的回答
3. Answer the questions you're asked with some details so that your answers are long enough.
用一些細(xì)節(jié)來回答問題這樣可以使得你的答案足夠長
4. Practise speaking for 2 minutes for the long turn in Part 2.
練習(xí)口語2分鐘來應(yīng)付第二部分的口語話題
5. Use the preparation time in Part 2 to think about what is written on the card.
利用第二部分的準(zhǔn)備時間來充分考慮話題
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導(dǎo)和提示來幫助你完成話題
7. Practise ways of delaying answers to give yourself time to think in Part 3.
在第三部分中,練習(xí)怎樣延遲回答來給自己思考的時間
8. Explain your opinions and give examples to support them.
解釋你的觀點并給予例子來支持
雅思口語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.