口语
建议一:素材积累是基础
尽管单靠背诵不能保证口试的成功,但是如果应对策略得当,也可以取得比较满意的分数。这就要求所有的考生在考试之前做好准备的前提下,做出灵活机敏的反应。雅思口语考试,注重的是考生的英语交际能力,目的是测试英语国家学习和生活能力及英语的交际能力。这必然与交际过程中所运用的策略和技巧密切相关。因此,语言能力并非绝对保障口语考试的成功。面试时要有个人的风格和特色,要处于放松状态。
建议二:切记背书变被动
雅思口语考试过程中必然会出现考生未能准备的问题,如果考生对有准备的问题和未能准备好问题的回答语言表达(包括语言风格和流利程度)反差较大,考官首先就会对有准备的回答产生怀疑,由此判定考生的水平不可靠,往往未等考生说完便打断话题,接着转换到另一个话题上去或者就考生回答的内容提更多的问题。被打断的次数越多,考试也就变得越被动。因此,考生在考试中对所背材料必须做技术处理,使整个面试过程保持整体一致性,从语言到表情动作,给考官一个自然而无斧凿之痕的印象(be natural)。
写作
建议一:避免重复
尽量避免重复使用同样的词汇。 例如下面这个例子:The farm my grandfather grew up on was large in size. 改为:The farm my grandfather grew up on was large.
有时一个词组可以用一个更简单的单词来替换
例如:My grandfather has said over and over again that he had to work on his parents' farm. 这里的over and over again就可以改为repeatedly,显得更为简洁。
建议二:避免空洞的单词和词组
一些空洞的单词或词组根本不能为句子带来任何相关的或重要的信息,完全可以被删掉。 例如:When all things are considered, young adults of today live more satisfying lives than those of their parents, in my opinion.这句话当中的“when all things are considered”和“in my opinion“都显得多余。
建议三:选择最恰当的语法结构
1. 一个句子的主语和谓语动词应该能够反映句子中的最重要的意思。
例如:The situation that resulted in my grandfather's not being able to study engineering was that his father needed help on the farm.可以改为:My grandfather couldn't study engineering because his father needed help on the farm.
2. 避免频繁使用“there be”结构。
3. 把从句改为短语或单词。
例如:Dairy cows were raised on the farm, which was located100 kilometers from the nearest university and was in an area that was remote.
改为:The dairy farm was located in a remote area, 100 kilometers to the nearest university.
4. 仅在需要强调宾语而不是主语的时候,才使用被动语态。
例如:In the fall, not only did the cows have to be milked, but also the hay was mowed and stacked by my grandfather's family.
本句不够简洁的原因是本句重心应该是“忙碌的家庭-my grandfather's family”,而使用了被动语态后,仿佛重心变成了cows和hay。应改为:In the fall, my grandfather's family not only milked the cow but also mowed and stacked the hay.
5. 用更为精确的一个动词来代替动词短语
例如:My grandfather didn't have time to stand around doing nothing with his school friends.
Stand around doing nothing其实可以用一个动词来表达,即loiter
6. 有时两句话的信息经过组合完全可以用一句话来简练地表达
例如:Profits from the farm were not large. Sometimes they were too small to meet the expenses of running a farm. They were not sufficient to pay for a university degree.
两句话的信息可以合并为下面这句更为简洁的句子:Profits from the farm were sometimes too small to meet operational expenses, let alone pay for a university degree.
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