王宪：雅思口语考试趋势分析

　　在2013年，雅思口语有三大趋势。首先，延续基本考点不变, unfamiliar topics将持续蔓延!其次，Part 2物品类话题中的新题在增加!同时带有未来和理想的题目将持续占据主导;最后，Part 3题目联系实际，影响意义重头戏!

　　雅思口语考试通常为11-14分钟，分为三个部分：个人信息问答、固定话题卡演讲、 深入话题探讨。2013年，雅思口语考试三大部分都发生了一些变化。从内容和形式上可以总结出三大趋势：

　　第一，延续基本考点不变, 同时1/3 unfamiliar topics将持续蔓延!所谓基本考点不变是指2012年考过的经典话题将延续到2013年。在part 1中，以下三类基本话题不变：

　　1. Major/school life, Apartment/house/room, Hometown/living city

　　2. Entertainment/relax/, Internet, Dance, Music, Photography, Sports

　　3. Healthy/keep fit, Public transport/cars, Museum, Weather/season, Writing/typing

　　今年一月份，有1/3的题目被改动或增加了。我们将这些新题目总结成以下三大规律。

　　一. 话题范围不变，但是考试主题更为细腻

　　Music - Instrument

　　Entertainment - Favorite time in a day/weekend

　　Clothes and Accessories - Bag

　　Public Transport - Cars

　　二. 更多part 2 part 3 话题被转移到了part 1话题中

　　Countryside/nature

　　Park/garden

　　Boat/Building

　　News/newspaper

　　三. 被强化的一些高频话题：

　　1.文化与艺术：Art/sculpture/painting

　　2.节日与庆典：Birthday/Festival/Gift

　　3.个人话题与社会问题：Name Implication/concentrate/Marriage/Car

　　Part1话题尽管杂，但考察的深度一般。提问方式多从某个事物，现象的意义，或是从解释原因出发。对此我们应该熟悉相关话题，多背诵上课讲过的万能词组句型等。另外， 平时多看一些谈话节目，或是多关注各种素材涉包括中国或外国的文化、食物、风光、音乐、电影等，为学生们未来在外国的生活做好相关的信息铺垫。

　　第二，Part 2物品类话题中的新题在增加!同时带有未来和理想的题目将持续占据主导; Part 2 分成四大类： People，Object ，Place，Event。在这四类中最显而易见的变化是：人物类话题里的动物介绍被替换成植物介绍了。这道新题目是：Describe an important plant in your country 。除此之外，我们还可以总结出以下规律：

　　1. 新题更加贴近生活，学习：

　　l An educational TV program you watch

　　l A language you would learn

　　l A useful website you like to visit

　　l An interesting speech/talk you heard

　　l An occasion when you were late

　　2. 高频老题微调：

　　l A casual activity you want to try along the beach

　　l Math lesson you attended at primary school

　　l An important message you received by phone,email or text

　　3.负面考题的增多：

　　Angry experience / unsatisfied shopping experience / bad weather / noisy place / wrong decision

　　最后，Part 3题目联系实际，影响意义重头戏!考官希望烤鸭们多用RED解题。所以烤鸭应该多结合有趣的本土文化回答问题。内容选材越有中国文化特色，考官越感兴趣，这样考生就越有机会得高分。此外回答part3问题时，烤鸭们一定要从多个视角出发思考问题，针对各类提问方式，可以总结出以下十种万能答题模板。

　　雅思十种万能答题模板：

　　1. Expressing a Preference

　　I prefer A to B because...

　　If I have a choice, I will... 2. Narrating

　　When I was a high school student, I went to Guizhou to visit some friends.

　　After I graduated from high school, I... 3. Comparing and Contrasting

　　A is much better / worse than B.

　　A is not nearly as good as B. 4. Suggesting

　　Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly

　　One possibility that I can think of is... 5. Expressing Opinions

　　It seems to me that...

　　This is only my opinion but...

　　I have come to the conclusion that... 6. Justifying Opinions

　　The reason I believe this is...

　　The most important evidence supporting my belief is... 7. Speculating

　　Im not sure what might happen, but one possibility is...

　　I suppose it / we might...

　　8. Analyzing

　　There are several points to consider, first of which is...

　　We can break this question down into several parts. First...

　　Lets look at this step by step. To begin with... 9. Summarizing

　　Altogether, there were...

　　In the end, they had to... 10. Conversation Repair

　　What I mean to say is...

　　What Im trying to say is...

　　Another way to put it is...