“轻松”突破雅思口语8分

“轻松”突破雅思口语8分
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2004年6月19日走出北语雅思考场时，虽然听力出了三道新题，可是我还是觉得listening部分最有把握。

由于深谙辅导班上杜小鹏老师传授的方法，换了新题我也没觉得太难，所以我listening部分的题目完成的还是很不错的。

全部答完后，我自己觉得绝对是奔8分的感觉。

拿到成绩单后，不仅听力得了8分，口语也是个8分。

这个意外的结果让我自己都大跌眼镜。

我清楚地记得口语课上John老师都曾说过口语9分基本没有，而能考到8分的同学更是凤毛麟角了，可是我，大学毕业5年，平时极少的接触英语，利用2个月的业余时间参加北京雅思学校的雅思基础周末班来准备雅思，竟得到了口试考官的厚爱。

得知我的成绩后，有不少朋友好奇地问我，口语考高分有什么秘诀吗？
其实也没什么秘诀，能够有幸考好口试，我想主要是做到了下面的三个轻松，愿与大家一同交流。

1、准备过程的轻松
只有1个月时间来准备雅思，所以就要立足现状，尽量轻松，先不期望短时间内口语能突飞猛进。

准备离不开练习，好的练习方法能帮助你提升学习的乐趣。

我和大多数人一样，没有好的英语练习环境，所以，我选择一些轻松可行的方式来练习口语。

例如，要纠正发音和音调，我把自己的说话录音下来自己听，及时发现一些不自然的语言习惯。

另外，用磁带请口语好的朋友或老师来帮助你的口语，不会太影响别人的时间安排。

再如，为了适应英语对话环境，我就购买经典的原版电影DVD，既可学习英语，又有收藏价值，是个kill-two-birds-with-one-stone的好方法。

在观看时，建议尽量不用字幕，或者只用英语字幕观看，这样能帮助我们逐渐熟悉不同情境下的英语对话技巧。

要想提高英语说话的速度，还必须做到用英语思考，为加强我的反应和讨论速度，我采用上网英语聊天的方式。

国内的263英语角聊天室和国外的Yahoo Messenger都是不错的选择。

聊天时不要忘记自己练习英语的目的，可以把考试的一些口语考试的TOPIC拿到网上和网友进行讨论，这些方法都是我的口语老师JOHN告诉我的，绝对值得试验，效果挺不错的。

还有就是采用轻松有趣的方法来准备，往往有意想不到的收效。

心理学家试验发现，人们习惯于无意识地记住不重要的细节，却忘记原本想记住的东西。

例如：我的恩师丁雪明就曾经让我试试不一样的背诵单词的方法，就是让我在欣赏音乐的间隔之中去看一些英语单词，结果证明，这种方法下我掌握的单词量，要比单纯要求自己去枯燥地背单词的效果更好。

这个“有心载花花不开，无心插柳柳成荫”的真理，其实就是我想强烈推荐给广大学员的轻松备战雅思方法。

2、考试心情的轻松
轻松的心情是你获得好成绩的重要条件。

很多考友去见雅思考官，都是一种硬着头皮去应试的态度。

这样，他们在考场上难免表现紧张，影响发挥。

还有人总是担心考官会听不懂自己的发音，嘲笑自己的口语，或者猜想考官会对考生百般刁难。

其实，这些想法都是不必要的。

根据我的经历，雅思口语考官都很和蔼友善，他们善于与人交流，希望能和我多交谈，从而能准确判断其语言水平。

即便有个别单词发音不准或错误，考官也能依靠经验了解你的意思，因此我们没必要害怕担心考官听不懂自己的话(除非你的发音太差)。

正如JOHN在口语课上所说的，将参加口试看成参加Party，把考官当作你学习英语的好朋友，保持一份轻松的心情。

对了，我还想与大家分享一下如果口试中出错怎么办？我的建议是：Don’t cry on the spilt milk。

我们绝大多数都没有参加过专业的英语口语培训，因此，在口语考试时，出现个别理解错误，发音错误，用词错误或语法错误是难免的。

我在面试就有曾有个问题没有听清，请考官重复一遍后还没有听清。

最后考官跳过了这个问题，我也没在意。

现在看来，这个错误并没有对我的成绩造成很大的影响。

所以，我建议大家发生失误后，千万不要死纠不放，影响其后的答题心情和思路，小不忍则乱大谋。

3、回答话题的轻松
不少考友对自己缺乏信心，担心口试时无话可说，所以往往在考前背诵了辅导书上大量的问题答案，以为考官会偏爱“有准备的人”，而结果却是事与愿违。

我觉得这样做，其实是犯了大忌。

原因很简单，考官最不爱听那些老生常谈的答案。

考官肯定想从不同的考生那里得到不同的答案，这样才有兴趣和你交流下去。

还有，书籍上的参考对话都是精心编写的，不是非英语专业人士能够脱口而出的。

考官听到这样的答案会感到突兀，特别是当你对其它问题的回答风格迥异时。

这种情况下，考官将进一步确实你的口语水平，他们会就你的回答深入地问下去。

如果此时你无法按照背诵答案的思路和深度来回答问题，考官很可能会判定你是作弊。

因此，我觉得的理解，考官想听到的是考生用符合自己水平的英语来描述自己的故事或观点。

你要展现的是一个真实的你，要保证你的答案符合填写在报名表上的背景。

仔细的想想JOHN在课堂上讲得很对，使用Internet获取信息准备口语考试是有利有弊的，高中毕业生和工作多年的人给出的答案肯定不会一样。

所以回答时我想大家还是应该严格遵守JOHN老师的建议：不要说谎。

人在说谎后难免紧张，极容易出现前后所说内容不一致的话；而雅思的口试题目设计的基本上是一环套一环，出现上述前后冲突的情况会影响到你的答题思路，同时也会给考官留下负面印象。

所以，要想保持答题轻松，要按实际情况回答最好。

当话题都是自己可以随心所欲控制时，你就会感到很自在，自然就有很多话想和考官交流。

我觉得这次口语考试得益于考前参加的北京雅思学校雅思基础班，听、说、读、写的各科名师个个身怀绝技，二个月的时间内先补习了基础，后渐渐了解了雅思，最终掌握了复习的科学方法、应试时的独门技巧，当然也离不开我的不懈努力，才能换来这样优异的考试成绩，所以我建议大家根据自己的实际情况，还是要在考前选择一个专业的雅思培训课程，聆听一下名师的专业点拨，绝对有事半功倍的奇效!
上面就是我在雅思口试的准备和应试过程中的一点体会了，希望他们能够帮助你总结出适合自己的技巧，获得属于你的成功
我的经历—2个月内从5.5提高到6.5
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我在今年的11月15号参加了雅思考试。

这次我的成绩是：听力6.5，阅读7分，作文6分，口语6分，总成绩6.5分。

我在今年7月5号参加过一次雅思考试，那次我只有5.5分。

而考完以后本没有打算再考，因为我那时并不想出国，只是考了试试。

可是从9月，我确定我要出国读研。

所以从9月1号，我开始了努力学习英语的日子，在10月底的时候我还花了7天时间到上海玩了一趟。

所以，这让我体会到英语其实是个可以迅速提高的东西，并没有那么可怕，提高也无须那么漫长。

先说说大家都头疼的阅读。

第一，单词。

这是老话，不懂单词，文章不可能看懂，非常影响做题质量。

需要说明的是，不用花心思买专门的雅思单词书，一本好的6级辞典即可。

每天背1-2个字母。

争取60天内把这字典过2-3遍。

第二，语法。

虽然雅思考试并不强调语法，但是语法是基本构架，没有语法就没有完整的句子。

其实这点在作文中也尤其重要。

所以应该在第一个月内把语法好好过一遍，尤其是自己薄弱的地方。

第三，精读。

相信很多经验里都会提到这点。

以前我对这两个字很疑惑，不知怎么样才算是精读。

我买了《北语雅思黑眼睛阅读》（好象叫这个名字），每天限时做两到三篇，然后对答案。

当发现错误，不仅仅是找出错误的原因，还要把整篇文章的每个不明白的单词都查明白，真正弄懂每句话的意思和语法结构。

虽然初步看起来很耗时间，但一个星期下来，阅读水平会从根本上得到大幅提高。

而实际上这个工作是一直贯穿我的2个月的。

第四，以上三步做完之后，大约就到考前的大半个月了。

考前一定要开始做模拟套题。

即每天做一套阅读，一定要能在50分钟内完成。

我一般是在40分钟之内完成。

因为进了考场会有紧张因素影响速度。

呵呵~ 第五，信心。

信心始终是最重要的。

不是简单的相信能做到。

因为信心毕竟是来自实力的。

我说的信心是指相信只要肯努力，就能有成果。

第一次考的时候我的阅读是6分，而且时间差点没来及。

而这一次，我是7分，而且每篇文章我都很轻松的看完了。

所以summary我觉得很简单，因为我把文章的每个词都看了，自然就很容易定位，大概1-2分钟就能搞定一篇的summary。

至于阅读技巧，机井或是论坛上很多，我就不多废话了~呵呵
下面说一下作文
上一次我的作文只有5分，还是在考前机经预测到以及我自己写过一遍的情况下，实在很不好意思。

呵呵我也听了网上很多人的意见，买了吴建业的什么快速写作。

可是我要说的是，那本书真的没什么意思。

其实我们真的不需要很多花哨的句子来加长我们的文章。

真的不需要。

我很推荐那本《insight ielts》（剑桥雅思出的）。

很贵，我是从图书馆借的，霸占了2个月，嘿嘿~ 书后的答案里虽然只有两篇9分范文。

但是就这两篇，让我受益菲浅。

我们需要学习的是研究那些范文——它的写法是怎样，段落与段落间的连接是怎么样的，用词是怎样的，等等的。

当然，吴建业的那本书有一个最大的好处就是作文题目很全，而且有不少观点可以借鉴。

但话又说回来，雅思作文的题目都是社会上的hot topic，老外很注重新颖的观点和独到的见解，所以我认为可以常常看看外国网站和报纸什么的，让脑子里充实，而不是做应试机器。

需要指明的是，提高作文没有捷径可走。

只有多写。

我从9月中旬开始坚持每天写一篇。

开始我很盲目，以为找老外改改就是对的，人家是外国人嘛！可是我错了，那些外教并不是雅思考管，他们不了解雅思作文应该是怎样的。

他们甚至说我写的不够抒情，我晕死！
在参考了《101》那本书后，我明确了雅思写作的要点、方向和注意点。

我便找了我原来的英语老师帮我批改，主要让他帮我看看有没有语法错误和不地道的“中国式英语”。

30天后，我的作文由毫无章法变的很有章法。

这对我不能不说是一个很可喜的飞跃。

并且，在平时作文时，不要自己猜测什么类型的题目会考，什么类型的题目不会考，就自己挑选写什么或不写什么。

要做到拿到任何一类题目都能写。

所以就写吧！不要挑食！
最后提醒的是，平时练习的时候一定一定要限制时间！！！！不要用文曲星！！！不然是没有提高的！！！！上了考场可没有字典可差！！！要学会用另一种说法表达自己的意思！！！！！
第三要说的是口语。

网上有很多机经。

我承认这很有用。

但我还是得说它是two-edged sword。

因为它伤到了我。

我对口语很无奈，因为我找不到老外练习口语，不是因为我们学校没有外国人，而是我自己不好意思拉着
别人说外语。

：（所以我在考前的一月，每天晚上照着机经拉着我宿舍人在晚上8：30开始说口语一直说到11：00，我想她们一定被我搞的很抓狂了。

哈~~~~~
我的16个topic都准备的很充分，加上我自我感觉口语比较标准，因为我曾经参加过口语演讲比赛，还拿到了奖。

可是上了考场后，我一下子蒙了，因为我的topic竟然是个新题！我的头脑里都是曾经准备过的题，便不自觉地把准备过的往上套，结果就说偏了题，人家问的是normal day的事，我硬给说了个speci al day的事，走出来的时候我真想哭，我想这次竟然死在口语上，真是不甘心！还好，也许是我第三部分发挥的比较好，那个女考官最好还是给了我个6分，谢天谢地。

所以看看我的教训吧，别把赌注都压在机经上。

工夫在平时，多背些文章很受用。

接下来，是听力了。

我对这个基本上没什么发言权，呵呵，因为我的分数并不算高。

网上同样有很多听力机经，这次考试我没有去背机经，也没看过。

不知为什么这次我会这么有自信。

也许是因为做了几套简单的题给了我很大信心。

我想说的是，做雅思听力要给自己定任务，即part1和part2争取全对。

这样才有可能得6.5分向上。

我就先说这么多吧~~呵呵~~~~~~~
推荐的书嘛~~剑桥雅思出的一整套书，还有北语黑眼睛雅思阅读，very good。

不用特意买什么雅思单词书，真的不需要，6级词汇足够足够
千万不要乱砸钱。

祝所有雅思战友们成功！！！！
雅思真题常考6大作文题目观点素材库
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I. Are cars doing more harm than good?
Arguments
1. Cars are evils resulting from modernization, for they make people suffer rather than enjo y life.
2. Traffic accidents caused by cars not only bring death and injury, but also make people su ffer mentally and psychologically.
3. Every year car owners have to pay vast sums to the exchequer: road tax, purchase tax, oi
l tax, etc. This is a big drain on their resources.
4. Since China has such a large population, the popularisation of private cars will only bri ng about serious social problems.
5. Cars should be done away with. We should try to find a safer means of transport which wil l bring joy and comfort rather than injury and death.
6. The roads are so often jammed with cars that ambulances and fire engines find it difficul t to fulfil their duties.
7. People's hidden frustrations and disappointments are brought to the surface when they dri ve.
8. Road networks for cars have not only made cities uninhabitable, but also desecrated the c ountryside.
9. Cars often produce air pollution and fill the cities with unbearable noise.
10. Cars are the cause of traffic accidents. All over the world thousands upon thousands o
f people are killed or injured every year.
Counter-arguments
1. Motor cars are highly desirable for obvious reasons. We should recognize this and adapt o urselves.
2. Motor cars enable people to become more mobile. Without cars, the world would still consi st of isolated communities.
3. If there are more cars in China's rural areas, people can get to cities more easily. Th
e gap between town and country will become smaller.
4. Possessing a car gives one a much greater degree of mobility, enabling him to move aroun
d freely.
5. The owner of a car is not forced to rely on public transport and is, therefore, not compe lled to work locally.
6. Long distances can be covered rapidly and pleasantly.
7. Buses are often crowded and slow, especially during rush-hour. If there are more cars, pe ople can get around more easily.
8. With the popularisation of cars, the suburbs will become more developed, and the downtow n area will be less crowded.
9. Cars and motorists are not to blame for road accidents. Problems like too many road sign s, faulty traffic lights, sudden narrowing of a street and congested parking are the real ca use of traffic accidents.
10. There must be universal adoption of multi-storey and underground car parks so that car-p arks won’t become a problem.
II. Are pets good for mankind?
Arguments
1. Pets are of particular importance to children in this Plastic Age when most of us live i n large cities.
2. Watching the everyday activities of a pet helps a child to understand nature and cope wit
h problems.
3. Learning to care for a pet helps a child to grow up into a loving adult who feels respons ible towards those dependent on him.
4. The great virtue of pets is that they can keep us company.
5. A pet is kept as a companion that makes us feel happy. It's suggested, that pets should b
e sent to astronauts in a spacecraft to help reduce the loneliness o
f space flights.
6. Besides providing mere companionship, pets invite us to love and be loved.
7. Often a cat or a dog can comfort us at times when human words don't help.
8. Animals can communicate with each other in their particular way. They communicate with hu man beings, too, for they are quick to sense anger and sorrow.
9. People keep pets for emotional rather than economic reasons.
10. A pet dog brings its master (owner) a sense of confidence, for he can see in the dog tha t faithfulness does exist and he does have something to trust.
Counter-arguments
1. Keeping pets is just a waste of time and resources.
2. The growing number of pets has caused serious hygiene problems that cannot be solved.
3. The earth will no longer be a world of human beings and animals but a world of animals on ly if we don't take measures to stop the increase of pets.
4. Pet dogs and cats of both sexes should be sterilized because the animals themselves are i
n danger of becoming the first victims for the simple reason that their owners don't have en ough time for too many of them.
5. Pets are humanized by those who keep pets. Owing to their need for a home, for food and d rink, pets are tamed and idealized by their owners.
6. People nowadays are so crazy about pets that they even neglect caring for their own child ren.
7. A campaign should be launched against the overpopulation of pets.
8. As a matter of fact those who keep pets don't always treat their pets with kindness. The y sometimes abandon their pets when they go away on holiday and are unable to take the pet
s along with them.
9. It's really against nature to cage birds, chain dogs and keep cats within the house.
10. Pets are animals. They should be seen in their natural habitat rather than in the home
s of human beings.
III. Do Advertisements Play a Positive or Negative role in our Society?
Arguments
1. Advertisements provide the most direct comprehensive and detailed information. We get t
o know about household goods from advertisements.
2. Advertising itself is a business that has provided a great number of jobs.
3. With advertisements, people save a lot of time in shopping, looking for jobs, etc.
4. Daily life needs advertisements because the main function of advertising is to disseminat
e information on commodities, services, culture, employment, student enrolment and even marr iage.
5. A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a drab wall or a newspaper ful l of news of calamities.
6. Without advertisements, newspapers, commercial radios and television companies could no t survive.
7. You can find a job. rent an apartment, buy or sell a house, etc. by way of advertising.
8. Advertising is a process of artistic creation.
9. Advertising creates mass markets. Without advertisements, manufacturers may find it diffi cult to sell their products.
10. Advertising helps stabilize industry and employment, improves quality, and, by competiti on, helps keep prices within bounds.
Counter-arguments
1. Advertisements are imposed upon a captive audience: e.g. on television.
2. Advertisements on TV are a nuisance: they interrupt television programmes at a shocking f requency.
3. Consumers have to pay more for the goods owing to the advertising expenses: high prices a re maintained by such artificial means.
4. Advertisements are simply misleading and cheating. They are filled with flowery phrases a nd empty promises.
5. Fake advertising cheats consumers and, in some serious cases, threatens gullible people' s lives.
6. Advertisers are inconsiderate to the public. What they care about is making money.
7. Advertisements are not -based on the quality of the goods, but on the principle that if o
ne keeps talking about the same thing long enough, eventually people will pay attention to i t.
8. Advertisements are an insidious form of brainwashing, using the same techniques, like slo gans, catchphrases, etc.
9. Advertising is offensive: it appeals to baser instincts.
10. Advertising cheapens the quality of life: most ads are in poor taste.
IV. Does fashion contribute anything to society?
Arguments
1. A good appearance may help people make a better impression in social contacts.
2. When people are getting old, they should pay more attention to their appearance.
3. The way people are dressed helps them to preserve a sense of their own value and personal ity.
4. Fashion adds spice to life with its rich colour, variety, and beauty.
5. Men and women follow fashions in order to please each other and themselves.
6. The world will be a dull place to live in if people always wear clothes of the same styl
e and colour.
7. Mass production makes well-designed clothes cheap, available to everyone.
8. The fashion industry is an enormous one. It provides employment for people like textile w orkers, designers, shopkeepers, etc.
9. The fashion industry has helped industrial research in the sense that a lot of new materi als, like nylon, rayon, etc. have been made to meet the demand of the consumers.
10. Being well-dressed is of psychological importance because confidence in one's appearanc
e leads to confidence in one's success in life.
Counter-arguments
1. People sometimes look odd with the so-called fashionable hair styles, make-up, and dresse s.
2. Top designers in Paris and London are dictatorial, for they lay down the law and the whol
e world rushes to obey.
3. Fashion goes like this: one year, one thing; the next year, the reverse.
4. People are so vain that they are afraid of being seen in old-fashioned clothes.
5. People, especially the fashion-followers, are blackmailed by fashion-designers and stores.
6. Changing fashions is a deliberate creation of waste because one will have to discard a lo
t of new clothes in order to follow fashions.
7. Fashion designers are not interested in important things like warmth, comfort, and durabi lity of the clothes. They are only interested in outward appearance and profits.
8. The odder the clothes, the more expensive they are, and the more fashionable they becom
e. It's a great pity that people have lost their appreciation of real beauty.
9. In order to follow fashions, people have to put up with great discomfort, such as sufferi ng from cold in winter.
10. One's confidence does not grow from the way one is dressed, but from the inner qualitie
s one possesses.
V. Does parental permissiveness affect children's development?
Arguments
1. The excessive permissiveness of present-day parents is doing more harm than good to child ren and society as well.
2. Children should develop the habit of working and living independently and, meanwhile, pra ctise the virtue of being filial to their parents.
3. Children who have a surfeit of happiness in their child hood often emerge like stodgy pud dings and fail to make a success of life.
4. The fact that young people nowadays are self-centred, indifferent and inconsiderate 'of o thers is largely the outcome of parental permissiveness in their childhood.
5. Parental authority in a family helps a child to develop his character healthily.
6. Parents should exercise strict discipline over their children because, the more permissiv
e the parents are, the more rebellious against their parents the children will become.
7. Lavish care and excessive permissiveness will only give rise to hedonism among the younge r generation.
8. If one lets the child do whatever he wants to, he will ruin the child for life.
9. We have to admit the fact that we now have got a generation of spoilt, self-centred brat
s with no respect for their elders.
10. The spread of juvenile delinquency in our age is largely due to parental permissiveness. Counter-arguments
1. More care for children is not the same as permissiveness to them.
2. The truth is that parents nowadays do not take enough care of their children and often ne glect their development because the parents are only interested in their careers.
3. Parents are not at all permissive to their children. Violence often takes place in famili es in which children are abused.
4. Only a relaxed family atmosphere can help the physical and psychological growth of childr en.
5. To let children do what they like contributes to their independence and competence in the ir adult lives.
6. It is unfair to blame parents for the spread of juvenile delinquency. There are a lot o
f other causes involved.
7. Many cases show that children leave home and become members of street gangs just becaus
e they can not bear authoritarian control over them by their parents.
8. Strict discipline does not always work in terms of developing children's personal qualiti es. Too much pressure on children leads to rebellion and other extreme actions.
9. Parents are not justified in using violence to keep discipline and maintain their authori ty over the children.
10. Children are human beings, too. They need to be protected instead of being frequently sc olded or physically abused.
VI. Does television play a positive or negative role in the modern world?
Arguments
1. Television is now playing a very important part in our lives.
2. Television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively che ap one.
3. Television keeps one informed about current events, allows one to follow the latest devel opments in science and politics and offers an endless series of programmes which are both in
structive and entertaining.
4. A lot of television programmes introduce people to things they have never thought or hear
d of before.
5. Television has been good company to those who do not work, like housewives, lonely old pe ople, etc.
6. Television provides enormous possibilities for education, like school programmes via clos ed-circuit television.
7. Television provides special broadcasts for those in TV university, or open university. I t also offers specialised subjects like language teaching, sewing, cooking, painting, cosmet ics, etc.
8. Television does the job of education in the broadest sense. Instructive programmes achiev
e their goal through entertaining the viewers.
9. Compared with the radio, everything on television is more lifelike, vivid, and real.
10. Television may be a vital factor in holding a family together where there are, for examp le, economic problems and husband and wife seem at breaking point.。