第一部分 基礎段

Day 1 第一章 雅思口語考試介紹

第一節 考試的三個部分

雅思口語考試的整個過程分為三個部分，即三個階段。

Part 1：會面問話General Questions (Introduction and Interview)

1．考查內容

在第一部分的會面問話中，考官會通過提問的方式了解考生的一些情況，即考官會針對考生的個人情況提一些基本的問題，目前常見的話題包括姓名、工作、學習、家庭狀況、朋友、家鄉、氣候、交通、住房、飲食、衣著、旅游、習慣及日常生活愛好等。

2．問題數量

在這一部分，一般由考官從上述話題中選擇2～4個，問6～9個問題。

3．考試時長

這一部分的考試時長是4～5分鐘。每個問題的理想回答時長應該在40～50秒之間。

4．真題示例

在回答Part 1的問題時，考生要注意不要使用簡單的“是或不是”來回答考官的提問，要盡可能完整、詳細地向考官介紹相關信息，但是不要過于累贅和煩瑣，最好把回答控制在3～5句。

For example:

Examiner: Good morning, my name is John. Could you tell me your full name please?

Candidate: Li Jiabao.

Examiner: Where are your from?

Candidate: Beijing.

Examiner: Do you like your hometown?

Candidate: Yes. (No.)

在上面的例子中，雖然考生回答了考官的每一個問題，也沒有犯任何語法錯誤，但這種簡單的回答會給考官留下什么樣的印象呢？他肯定認為考生不善于表達，甚至是不具備用英語進行交流的能力。其實考生只要稍加補充，回答時多說一兩句話，考官對他的印象將大為改觀。這并不會比用一個詞的回答難很多。

For example:

Examiner: Good morning, my name is John. Could you tell me your full name please?

Candidate: Sure. My full name is Li Jiabao. Li is my family name. We Chinese peo-ple put it first. Jiabao means the treasure of my family.

Examiner: Where are your from?

Candidate: I'm from Beijing, which is a wonderful place and has a long history and brilliant culture. As the capital city of China, it is the nation's po-litical and economic centre and also a centre for international contacts.

Examiner: Do you like your hometown?

Candidate: Yes. I love my hometown because I am quite familiar with it. Just like an old friend, it has its own downside, but it is part of my life.

這樣的回答給考官的感覺就會大不一樣，而在語言上并沒有什么難度。當然，對這些問題的回答也沒有必要長篇大論，尤其不要串到別的話題上去，即考生應把握分寸，緊扣主題。

Part 2：卡片問話Cue Card (Topic Card Description)

1．考查內容

這部分的卡片常涉及人物、物品、地點、建筑、休閑娛樂及其他常見話題。考官首先要求考生抽取寫有題目和提示問題的卡片，卡片上的話題會列出幾個要點以供考生描述，同時卡片的最后都會有提示，即要求考生就卡片上話題的一個方面進行解釋，如解釋原因或感受等。

2．問題數量

在這一部分，考生只抽取1個話題卡片，上面有3～4個問題要求考生回答。

3．考試時長

在該階段，考生抽取卡片后有1分鐘的準備時間。準備時，考生可以在草稿紙上做簡單的提綱。1分鐘后，考官提示時間到，考生開始對所抽取的題目做陳述，時間為2分鐘，陳述的過程中考官不會打斷考生。

4．真題示例

本階段主要考查考生就某一既定話題進行陳述的能力。在陳述的過程中，考生需要思路連貫，語言恰當，并靈活地將個人的經歷、感想與卡片有機地結合起來進行完整的描述，從而給考官評分提供足夠的語言素材。

For example：

Examiner: Ok, I'm going to give you a topic and you can prepare for one minute.

Candidate can prepare the cue card for one minute and write down some information on the white paper, which is given by examiner.

For example：

You can write the follow information:

Candidate

If any student is asked“who is his or her idol? ”, I suppose a certain number of students go for their teachers. Talking about all of the teachers who have taught me before, the one who impressed me most was Mary, my swimming coach in my primary school.

It was for the first time that I took a swimming class in a swimming pool. When I put on my swimming suit, one classmate screamed at me suddenly:“Gosh, look,such two ugly scars on Lily's shoulder! ”Then all of my classmates stared at my scars. I was really scared by the way they looked at me. And I was screwed up there and had no idea what I should say. And here came Mary. She said nicely to all the kids:“Guys, these are not two ugly scars; they are the angel's wings, which mean Lily was an angel in the heaven before she came to this world! These are beautiful angel's wings! ”Then, all of my classmates came around and asked:“Lily, can I touch your wings? I am dying to touch angel's wings! ”And some of them even started checking each other to see whether they were lucky enough to be angels before. But the truth was that they were the scars caused by an accident when I was five years old!

It was Mary who saved me. She saved me in such a beautiful way! They seemed to be ugly scars, but they could become so beautiful because of some words my teacher said. And I think this is why I like and respect her so deeply.

Part 3：深入討論Abstract Questions (Two-Way Discussion)

1．考查內容

該部分由考官根據考生在第二階段抽取的題目進行提問，并與考生就第二階段所做的陳述進行深入討論。這一階段雖然在形式上與第一階段相似，但是問題較第一階段更為抽象。

2．問題數量

在該部分，考官一般會與考生討論5～9個問題。

3．考試時長

本階段的考試時長共4～5分鐘，每道題的理想回答時長應該在60～90秒之間。

4．真題示例

在該部分的討論中，由于問題比較抽象，考生的回答不宜過短，因為過短就不能有效地表達自己對問題的看法，就不能真正展開討論。同時要注意語言的組織要有條有理，精練準確。

For example：

Examiner: What are the differences between a good teacher and a bad one?

Candidate: The first difference should be their attitudes towards students. A good teacher treats students with care and understanding. He helps students to deal with their difficulties in learning. A bad one only lectures poorly and blames students for making mistakes, even mocking them. The second aspect, I guess, might be their feelings about teaching. A good teacher would gain much pleasure in teaching while a bad one always thinks teaching is exhausting and students are unbearable. The last one would definitely be their teaching methodology. A good teacher knows how to inspire students to tap their own potential while a bad one tends to cram students with knowledge.

總的來講，可以將雅思口語考試的第一階段歸納為考查日常對話能力（Conversational Skills），第二階段歸納為考查敘述能力（Story Telling Skills），第三階段歸納為考查話題討論能力（Discussion Skills）。通過上面的講解和例題，廣大考生應該對雅思口語考試有一個全面的了解，并且對各個階段的不同要求有一個整體的把握。