从《剑桥雅思1》到《剑桥雅思7》,口语部分都不给标准答案,为什么?因为答案不仅仅是文字,还包括综合的沟通能力。想找示范吗?
呵呵,其实剑桥早就给了示范!
这是《剑桥雅思7》中第四套题的Section 1。这跟雅思口语考试Part1情况几乎一致。(彩色字为添加内容,删除线划去削减内容)
看,这样的回答:
*正面回答问题
*沟通顺畅,词汇句型准确
这就是Part1要的效果。
我们再以《剑桥雅思5》中第四套题的Section 4为例,看看还能怎样利用听力真题。
大家会看到,在上述演讲中,用了大量的动词短语,现在可以理解为什么《雅思王口语真题语料库(机考笔试综合版)》中会有那么多短语句型了吧。是因为这些句型在听力和口语中都很重要。
上述讲话能给大家带来很多启示。可以用于解决:
*口语地点介绍的结构、逻辑
*计算机用途介绍
*如何使用期刊文章、参考书目
此外还可以提取到的词组、句型如下:
☆ Computers are increasingly used as a research tool.
☆ Many students do most of their research on the Internet.
☆ The library computers are permanently online.
☆ You can readily save texts on your personal computer space to print off when you need.
☆ You might think that it is the fastest way to get information but the links can be slow.
☆ Most of you will need to refer to journal articles in your work and you’ll find you can also access these online and we encourage you to do so.
☆ Clearly some of you will find the printed version more accessible as it sits on the shelves but I’m afraid the intention is to phase these out eventually.
☆ You will still be able to print off a version of the text rather than photocopying the journal pages. Naturally we do still have the full range of classic reference books, additional to the CDROMs, for you to use and there are several copies of each one.
☆ This is because some of you may prefer to borrow a book rather than sit in the library.
看下面这个题目
Describe a library.
You should say:
what kind of library it is
where it locates
what the advantages are
And explain why you like it.
我们把《剑桥雅思5》第四套题的Section 4里面的第三段改写一下(彩色字部分为调整过的文字):
I’ll give you an outline of the library in our university. We have the computer room. It’s known that the computers are increasingly used as a research tool. Many students do most of their research on the Internet and the library computers are permanently online. Having found what we need, we can readily save texts on our personal computer space to print off when we need. We might think that it is the fastest way to get information but the links can be slow. Clearly we can find lots there but much of it is useless information as it is from highly debatable sources—so be critical. It’s also easy to find that the library has loaded several CDROMs onto the computers from specialist reference sources. It means the administrator can expand what they offer us at very little extra cost and saves them having to invest in more and more books. The CD-ROMs contain exactly the same information as the reference books as the two are updated together. Obviously this is a modern library, full of efficiency and consideration.
看到了吗?最后的总结也是从剑桥原文中学到的。
整段答案包括三个部分:
第一部分:总体介绍。
第二部分:分别回答卡片中的三个问题。其中第三个问题要从不同的角度去讲解。
第三部分:解释原因及总结。
这样的结构,在所有的演讲中都是适合的。
从上面的分析,不难理解,为什么Hallie强调“听说并进”了。所有的听力材料都是雅思口语最好的学习范本:题材、难度、结构、句型、语法等,都是大家必须掌握的。