雅思口语考试答题技巧：“比较类”问题

“比较类”问题是口语第三部分中比较高频的考题，这类问题看似容易回答，但是学生的答案往往会忽略这类问题的核心结构，导致丢分。

首先我们来看一下这类问题的常见提问方式：

1. Do men and women like the same hobbies?

2. How are magazines different from newspapers?

3. Are schools nowadays the same as in the past?

4. Do shops change a lot in recent years?

相信同学们已经看出来了，12题是两个事物进行比较，34题是一个事物自身进行前后比较，但无论是两个事物还是一个事物，我们都可以用一套方法解决。

下面再来看一道例题以及一名中国考生的答案：

Q：Do men and women like the same hobbies?

No, I think men and women like different hobbies.

Men like playing computer games, or doing sports activities such as football and basketball. However, women like watching TV, shopping, going to a karaoke bar and chatting on line.

不难看出，这位考生的答案质量并不高，但是如果问同学们这个答案不好在哪里，相信大部分同学都会说出“答案短，单词一般，语法简单”等理由，但闫春伟老师分析到这名考生的答案的致命弱点是答案的结构。

同学如果仔细分析上面的答案，会发现男人的爱好有两个，而女人的爱好有四个，所以表面看上去这位考生进行了对比，但实际上他只是进行了罗列，而没有做到真正意义上的对比。那么到底应该怎么回答呢?同学们可以看一下闫春伟老师给出的答案样本：Well, certainly there are a few differences.

The first difference is the outdoor activities. I mean, men are fond of doing sports activities like football and basketball. In contrast, women prefer going shopping for clothes or shoes.

Another distinction is the TV programs they watch. For instance, men are quite into action movies. By comparison, women are more likely to watch soap operas.

这个答案样本和上面那位同学的答案相比，最大的优势就在于答案的结构，也就是说对比的层次很清晰，一目了然。这类问题的答题技巧其实并不难，用一句话概括就是“针对性对比”。也就是说我们要先说出不同点，即对比的“靶子”,然后再进行具体的比较。

我们再来看两道例题：

例1：.How are magazines different from newspapers?

杂志和报纸的不同点其实有很多，我们可以稍微列举一下：

内容：interesting VS boring

读者：young VS old

价格：expensive VS cheap

周期：weekly or monthly VS daily

同学们答题的时候不用把所有的不同点都说出来，挑选一两个典型的就好，闫春伟老师建议大家“哪个好说选哪个”。答案样本：

Well, of course several differences can be found

The biggest difference, I suppose, is the content. Usually, a magazine is quite entertaining because it includes colorful pictures or interesting stories. On the contrary, the information on a newspaper is a little boring.

In addition, the price is also different. Normally a copy of newspaper will cost you 1 or 2 yuan, but you need to spend 15 or 20 yuan on a magazine.

例2：Are schools nowadays the same as in the past?

现在的学校和以前的学校不同点同样有很多，例如：

大小：small VS large

设施：traditional VS modern

课程：a few VS many

师资：low VS high

我们同样还是“哪个好说选哪个”,比如：

Well, of course there are a few differences.

The most obvious difference should be the facilities. I mean, in the past, all we got were the blackboard and chalks. By contrast, today’s school will provide students with advanced teaching facilities like the multi-media and well-equipped labs.

Moreover, a further distinction is the courses. Decades ago, students only had to learn a few subjects and the content was easy, but nowadays students’pressure has been largely increased because they have to deal with 7 or 8 subjects at the same time.

"Class" the problem is spoken language in the third part is the high frequency of examination questions, seemingly easy to answer such questions, but students answers tend to ignore the core structure of this kind of problem, lead to lose points.

First of all, we look at the common questions of this kind of problem:

1. Do men and women like the same hobbies?

2. How are magazines marketers from newspapers?

3. All schools nowadays the same as in the past?

4. Do shops change a lot in recent years?

Believe that the students have already seen, 12 questions is compares two things, 34 topic is compared before and after a thing itself, but two things or a thing, we can use a set of methods to solve.

Again below to see a sample and a Chinese examinee answer:

Q: what Do men and women like the same hobbies?

No, I think men and women like company's hobbies.

Men like playing computer games, or doing sports activities to the as football. And also clear that "women like watching TV, shopping, going to a karaoke bar and chatting on line.

It's not hard to see, the examinee answers quality is not high, but if ask students where the answer is not good, believe that most students will say "simple" the word is short, generally, grammar and other reasons, the answer to the teacher's analysis to the test taker's Achilles heel is the structure of the answer.

Classmates if carefully analysis the answer to the above, will find the man's hobby, there are two, but a woman's hobby is four, so the surface looks the examinee has carried on the contrast, but in fact he just made a list, and do not in the true sense of contrast. So what should how to answer? Students can have a look at 闫春伟teacher answer samples:

Well, certainly there are what differences.

The first difference is The is suing activities. I mean, men are fond of sports activities like football and also. In contrast, women -- going shopping for thanks or shoes.

Another distinction is designed the TV they watch. For instance, men are quite into action movies. By comparison, "women are more likely to watch soap operas.

The answer above samples and compared the answer to the students, the biggest