1.只说Sorry
谦虚是中国人的传统美德,影响并反映在每一个中国人身上。时至今日还有不少人在奉行着孔子在两千多年前的信条:知之为知之,不知为不知,是知也。这固然是一种优点,但在实际操作的时候还要讲求方法。
拿雅思口语考试来说,如果考生不认识或听不懂考题中的某个单词,他们完全有权利来问考官,而且不会被扣分。关键在于怎么问 假如你只是说一句Sorry或Sorry, I dont know,给考官的印象就是你缺乏最基本的社交能力,甚至是一种不礼貌、不友好的态度,此类考生一定会被潜规则掉。
相反,如果你说Sorry, what does this word mean?或Sorry, what does that mean?或Sorry, could you please explain this word to me?,那是完全可以被接受的问话方式。
因此,考生在碰到生词或听不懂某个单词的意思时,第一,切莫慌张;第二;一定要使用得体的语言来询问考官,千万不能只说一声Sorry!
2.generalized memorized
雅思口语考官最恨两样东西,一个是过于笼统抽象的回答,另一个是死记硬背的答案,坦白地说,一旦发现有这种倾向性,考官会立即纠正或警告考生,而如果考生继续一意孤行的话,就把他们直接打入地狱。
通常的做法是bring them back to a narrower topic或者interrupt their memorized answer and ask them a very different question,由此可见考官对整个考试的操作灵活度是相当大的,也同时对各位考生提出了一种警示:胆敢用事先背好的答案在资深考官面前耍大刀无异于在玩一场极其危险的游戏,而该游戏的最终失败者还是你自己!
在此给出专家的建议:背诵一些优秀的答案的确是有助益的,但需要注意两点,一是尽量把memorized answer内化,即变成你思想的一部分或你自己平时讲话的一部分;二是在背诵之后,至少要能用三种不同的方式来复述一遍。能做到这两条的考生就能把memorization变作一件有意义的事情!
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