1.雅思口语之人物类话题的答题思路
人物topic大致分为这么几种:
A friend: a happy person, one you want to travel/study/work with, one youadmire……
A celebrity: sport/movie/music star, a famous person you admire, asuccessful person, a character from a TV program or a movie.
A family member: one who influenced you most, one you like best, a happyperson, an old person.
Else: child, teacher, neighbor
先从一个例子入手,来说一说人物这一类topic的特点和重要性。
题目:Describe a celebrity you admire.
Example by Edward:
Explain: who is this celebrity? What has he/she done to become popular? Whydo you like him/her?
When this topic is regarded/As the topic is mentioned(一般我都会用这两句开头,当然你也可以自己想一个开头方式), I would say a celebrity whom I admire most is theformer Chinese gymnast who is named Li Ning (有时候好的回答方式就是重复对方的问题) . Before Istart, I do want to remind you that he is the man who lighted up the primarytorch in Beijing Olympic Game 2008.
Li Ning is no doubt one of the greatest athletes in China owing to hisgreat contribution to gymnastics. As a gymnast, Li Ning demonstrated exceptionaltalents and perseverance/fortitude (天赋与坚毅品质)that his contemporaries didn’tpossess(替换have可以展现你的词汇量). In Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games, he won 4 goldmedals, which was the best performance in that game. The next year, he wonanother two in World Gymnastic games. Prior to Beijing Olympics, he still held arecord of 14 champion titles in gymnastics. In his days, he barely can find acompetitor. So this good-looking young man has often been called the prince ofgymnastics.
Having retired from his beloved game (这句话完全等于after he retired from hisbeloved game), Li Ning still continued his passion in the field of sports byestablishing a sport wear company which was named after him. The company soonbecame an unprecedented success. Presently, the brand Li Ning has become a maincompetitor that Nike and Addidas can not ignore in the global market.
Another reason I admire him is that Li Ning is not just a normalbusinessman who only cares about money, but also a man responsible for thefuture of the whole nation . He often donatesmoney to communities and the national educational program called hope plan. Soeverything he does can be used as positive demonstration for the youth.
Therefore……
这个答案回答完,第二部分8分应该是不成问题了。这个topic要说完可能需要3分钟,所以在考场上必然会被考官打断,因为这部分给定时间在1-2分钟。但是并不用担心,因为考官会告诉你:don’tworry if I stop you.
人物topic是所有topic中基本的一项。它是应该要优先考虑的一项,所以应该充分准备(一个人经验,要准备5个不同类型的人物)。原因很简单。很多topic都会和它相关联。当你试着把其他topic和人物联系起来时,准备口语的topic就变得轻松了许多。
2.雅思口语三大失分点
First thing first do
首先让我们明确一件事,雅思考试的目的是为了让学生到国外后能很好的学习和生活。所以题目的范围不仅包括了我们的衣食住行,而且需要学生能回答一些深层次的问题,并且有一定的逻辑思考能力和创新能力。
失分点一:I rap
有些考生说话语速过快,完全没有轻重缓急,甚至已经听不出来正常的呼吸喘气,只能被考官理解成是“灵异现象”。按照口语评分标准,考生应该得到的分数为5分。
补救措施:
事实上,正常的停顿是必要的。流利和快速并非一个概念。在不影响到语言清晰的前提下,语速快些当然可以。但如果为追求流利而牺牲了语言的清晰和思考的时间,这就得不偿失了。况且,正常而流畅的交谈,本身就应该在句子和句子间作适当的停顿,以便对话双方可以特别强调某些内容。所以,建议考生应将“把每个音发准、发正确”放在第一位,保持语速和音调的均匀顺畅非常重要,语速忽快忽慢,声调忽高忽低都显得突兀、夸张和不自然。其次,如果语速过快,考生反而没有给自己留下时间去思考下句话该说什么。除非考生已经能够达到纯英语思维,否则一定会一直卡,每句话之间都会打“格楞”。所以对考生而言,将自己想说的话缓缓道来,同时留给自己一定的思考时间,才是上策。
失分点二:I robot
部分考生在回答问题时,往往秉持着一个固定的思维模式—寻找标准答案,此类答案很多时候没有逻辑性,考生不知道怎样表扬或批评一个事物,不懂得怎样发表自己的观点,并去论证它。没有个性,没有自己独立思想的学生是得不了高分的。有的学生面对口语考试中的这些深层次的问题,别说是用英语,就是用中文也说不明白,平时想都没想过,也没功夫想。
补救措施:
多看,看读,多思考,有一定的积累。这不光是为了考试,今后到国外大学去读书,被要求论证一个事情,这种功课是很多的。
失分点三:I guess
很多考生在考试的时候会对某个或某几个问题不甚了解,又或是题目中的某个词或词组不是很明白,在听不懂题目的时候,绝大多数同学采取的策略是:一猜二蒙。
当你猜测或蒙的时候,你在以下方面严重丢分:
(1) 对考题的理解能力
(2) 表述自己观点的能力(因为你的回答和考官想问的大相径庭,考官自然难以听懂)
3.雅思口语的高分词
1.在只能做表语的形容词前不能用very,而要使用其他的词。
例如:
(1)It's well worth trying。(不能说very worth)这很值得一试。
(2)I'm wide awake。(不能说very awake)我是完全清醒的。
(3)She's fast asleep。(不能说very asleep)她在酣睡。
We are much beholden to you for your help。(不能说verybeholden)我们非常感激你给我们的帮助。
(4)He felt quite sure of the appointment。他感到很有把握获得这个职位。
(5)I'm much afraid of snakes。我非常害怕蛇。(口语上也使用very)
类似这样不能和very连用的形容词还有:afloat,alight,alive,alone,alike等。它们可以和much或verymuch连用。例如:
(1)The two brothers are very much alike。这两兄弟非常相像。
(2)He is very much alive。他非常活跃。
2.在过去分词用作谓语动词时不可和very连用,要用much,very much或quite等说明程度。
例如:
(1)The financial situation seems to be much/very much improved。(不能说veryimproved)财政状况似乎有很大好转。
(2)Britain's trade position has been much/very much weakened byinflation。通货膨胀很大程度上削弱了英国的贸易地位。
(3)Ted was most surprised when he heard the news。特德听到这个消息很吃惊。
当过去分词指的是一种状态或性质时,可和very连用。例如:
(1)a very frightened animal一只极度受惊的动物
(2)a very complicated problem一个很复杂的问题
当过去分词用作谓语动词,但表示一个人对某事的反应时,可与very连用。例如:
(1)We were all very shocked by the news about Tony。
(2)I am very pleased to hear it。听到这话我很高兴。
有些人在这种情况下宁愿用much不用very,但在现代英语非正式文体中常用very。
3.现在分词一般不能和very连用,要用much,quite或其他词。
例如:
The theory sounds quite convincing。这意见听起来很有说服力。又如:不能说veryscreaming(尖声喊叫的),children必须使用像这样的词continually or loudly screamingchildren;singing birds也不可说成very singing birds等等。very只可能和已转用为形容词的现在分词连用,例如:veryinteresting(很有趣),very exciting(非常令人兴奋)等。
顺便说一下,在有的副词前不用very要用well,quite表示“很,非常,完全”之意。例如:
(1)His name is well up in the list。他的名字排在名单的前面。
(2)He was treated quite fairly。他受到很公平的对待。
动词也不和very连用,要用其他副词,如much/very much和 quite等修饰。例如:
(1)I should much like to come。我很想来。
(2)They closely resemble each other in appearance。他们的外貌很相似。
(3)By doing so you will greatly oblige us。您这样做将使我们非常感激。
(4)He is well grounded in the English language。他的英语有很好的基础。