記得有一年的雅思口語(yǔ)第一部分考到“鳥”為題目,考官問(wèn):"What are the most popular birds in China and what meanings do they have?"面對(duì)這個(gè)問(wèn)題,多數(shù)烤鴨是否知道在中國(guó)流行的鳥究竟有哪些,事實(shí)上應(yīng)該連鳥的英文名字都叫不上來(lái)吧。
建議大家:遇到自己沒(méi)有準(zhǔn)備過(guò)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(shuō):“I don't know.”態(tài)度一定要坦然,目光一定要堅(jiān)定。但是記住,這永遠(yuǎn)不是問(wèn)題回答的結(jié)束。
接下來(lái)一定要說(shuō)“but”。可是but之后又該說(shuō)什么呢?胡侃瞎侃可以嗎?完全可以!!!最終的目的是把風(fēng)險(xiǎn)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(yǔ)考試中不懂裝懂!
秘籍二:昵稱效應(yīng)
給大家先舉一個(gè)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(shuō)“well, I am going to talk about my little girlfriend then…”考官聽(tīng)到這里剛要納悶懷疑該烤鴨是不是沒(méi)讀懂題目,然后聽(tīng)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(huì)用英文講故事,那么從現(xiàn)在開(kāi)始就學(xué)吧。在第二部分就考過(guò)describe one important decision的主題卡片??绝喴卮疬@個(gè)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(gè)決定為什么重要。
考官一般都不喜歡烤鴨長(zhǎng)篇大論談理論性的東西,而想從一個(gè)故事里獲取烤鴨想要表達(dá)的意思。例如考官問(wèn):“Why did you choose to study in the United States?”如果你說(shuō)奉承的話,談美國(guó)的教學(xué)質(zhì)量比較好,那么就是在貶低自己國(guó)家的教學(xué)質(zhì)量,往往這類的烤鴨不會(huì)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(yǔ)交流看家的硬本領(lǐng),還需要注意一些實(shí)用的停頓技巧,例如考官問(wèn):“Do you enjoy singing?”烤鴨不妨可以巧妙地以這樣的話開(kāi)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(yǔ)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(yǔ)考試中非常適用,會(huì)讓考官覺(jué)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(tīng)被問(wèn)到的問(wèn)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(lái)回答問(wèn)題這樣可以使得你的答案足夠長(zhǎng)
4. Practise speaking for 2 minutes for the long turn in Part 2.
練習(xí)口語(yǔ)2分鐘來(lái)應(yīng)付第二部分的口語(yǔ)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(shí)間來(lái)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(lái)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(lái)給自己思考的時(shí)間
8. Explain your opinions and give examples to support them.
解釋你的觀點(diǎn)并給予例子來(lái)支持
雅思口語(yǔ)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.