

面对很多话题,同学们只能说出寥寥数语,而且绝大多数同学所说的内容基本雷同。如a famous animal in China,中国学生的标准答案就是panda,而且关于panda,同学们除了说出It has white body and black eyes或者It's cute之外,几乎没有区别于其他同学的内容。同学们感到无话可说。例如a wedding you have attended,很多同学称自己没有参加过任何婚礼,导致在考场上语塞。细细一看,同学们遇到这种情况还不在少数,这时宝贵的口语考试时间就成了你和考官大眼瞪小眼的煎熬时刻。那么如何化解这种问题呢?
同学们要明白一个事实,那就是:雅思口语中未必一定要说真话。因为通常,真话是我们根本就不了解这个话题,就算能说出来,恐怕和其他学生也差不多,是一个既无趣又单调的答案。这样一个答案,在雅思考试中肯定不能获得理想的分数。所以,只要答案是合情合理,前后不矛盾,我们就可以使用。
讲故事无疑是个在任何话题都万能的办法。它不仅能让你的自述变得很生动,而且你会不自觉地说满这两分钟。这也是口语考试很重要的一点:keep the flow of your speech。这里要指出的是,请考生们不要用那些听了都让人耳朵起茧的故事。
给例子的时候,要具体,切口要小,以小见大反而却能让考官感到你的真诚。下面我们来看个例子:Describe a place you like to visit.
很多考生看到地点类的话题,会不由自主地想到描述地理位置,这个地方的布局,装潢等等,但是描述完这些要素之后就无话可说了。这时,我们不妨谈谈你对这个地方的感受吧:
It reminds me of a bookstore in the downtown area. It’s not very big or fancy at all, but it has a wide range of books over diverse subjects such as literature, culture, history, psychology and above all, motivational books. It’s always very quiet even if there are many customers, so I feel so peaceful to be there and do some reading. One day, when I had a really big fight with my boyfriend, I went to that bookstore.
Suddenly, I spotted a book called A Stolen Life, which turned out to be such an inspiring book and my life-long friend. I spent the entire afternoon reading the book, and it made me realize that how lucky I was so lucky. I soon reconciled with my boyfriend. Wow… that’s unbelievable, right? I never thought a bookstore would have such a great impact on my life. It always lifts my spirits when I am down, enriches my knowledge when I feel empty, and teaches me to be humble when I feel good enough about myself.
考生们看到了,以上的一段自述几乎没有难词,但是这样的描述却是可以打动考官的。因为你用了自己的亲身经历,所以你的答案是与众不同的。这么多年来,雅思的口语考官也熟知一些口语教辅教材和模版在中国考生中的流行程度。
因此,考生若是只是生硬地套用模版,没有加入任何个人的内容,拿分可能会很低,因为考官听到的都是大同小异的cliché。笔者就有不少学生考了很多次都只有5-5.5的口语分数,但适当增加了个人故事之后,拿到6.5-7的分数。
Give an example
例子能让抽象的话题瞬间变得很具体。无论是雅思口语考官还是我们都是喜欢具体实在的内容,因为这样的内容好理解消化。我们来看下面这个话题:Describe a famous person in your country.
回答:
Well, I think there is no doubt that people of different age range know something about Wang Leehom. Well, for example, youngsters like him so much mostly because he is good-looking and always appears very positive;adults are crazy about him as he is highly-educated and has a strong sense of social responsibility; and for me personally, Wong Leehom has everything I like about a person: handsome, a good sense of humor, knowledgeable, fluent English, humble etc.
这里举了三种人喜欢王力宏的原因,非常具体。这种表达方式很好学,而且给听者一种很强的节奏感,内容上层层递进。
Compare and contrast.
有时拿到一个话题真的内容穷了怎么办? 这时我们要借助“外力”,也就是拿别的事物,人和话题做比较和对比。Compare 就是比较两种(以上)人或事物的相同点;contrast 就是不同点。
例如:Describe a country you like to visit.
I am so fascinated by Italy because of its excellence in nearly every field. Unlike certain nations such as Singapore that only excels at technology, Italy has everything you need: science, education, history, culture, fashion, medicine and so forth.
这样的对比能让你的内容更有说服力,因此紧紧抓住考官的注意力,从而提高考生口语第二部分的成绩。
雅思口语自述是比较重要的,而且这个环节很能看出一个考生口语很多方面的诸多能力。可是,考生请记住一点:雅思口语不仅仅是一个英语能力的测试,在很多程度上,你的交流沟通能力会影响考官对你的评分,毕竟你是和一个有血有肉的人在交流。
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