也需要花费大量的时间与精力,总的来说实在是得不偿失。因此,学习如何利用“急智”并在短时间内组织出相对而言比较充实的口语内容,是每位雅思考生在经过练习之后应该事先的目标。
首先,学生在雅思口语考试中不必要使用自己无法驾驭的复杂句和从句。事实上,欧美人士在平时交流中也不经常使用复杂的句子结构,因此考生们只需要表达清楚自己的意思即可,而不要因为害怕自己的表达能力不够完美而不敢开口说话。对于part 1而言,一般来说每个问题说个3、4句话即可,并不要求学生一下子展示出很强的扩展能力,这部分主要留到第3部分再表现和出彩。我们举一个近期经常考到的话题来做part 3的扩展:A book you read when you were a child。与这个话题相关的part 3扩展问题可以有很多,比如What are the ways should parents use to make them like reading What books do Chinese kid read What are the differences between traditional reading and online reading What are the advantages and disadvantages of reading and watching TV 等等。事实上,这些问题也许看起来有些无从下手,但考官对考生的考察并不是针对考生所表达的内容,而是他们应用英语来表达自己意思的能力与方式。
举例而言,关于“What are the ways should parents use to make them like reading ”这个问题:当考官向学生提出这个问题之后,可能一下子想不起来很多想说的东西,例如只想起来一点,“①The parents could use interesting materials, such as fairy tales or short stories with beautiful illustration pictures, to inspire their children to start reading.”在构思和表达这个句子的期间,考生可以尽量快速地在脑子内构思其他的几点,比如说“②Parents could read interesting stories to their children, which could gradually encourage the kids to adopt the habits of reading .”一旦想到第二点之后,不要着急开始阐述,这时候最好先尽量充实第一点的内容,打造出整体叙述内容和表达既准确又充实的印象,同时又为自己营造出宝贵的时间,从而进一步构思下一步的表达。在阐述第1点的时候,可以讲一些“看似”无关,但实际上又可以充实语言内容并进行详细解释的话语。例如在第①点中,可以解释采用带插图的书籍的益处:“Considering the focus periods for little kids are usually quite short, beautiful pictures could be a good way to attractive their attention and help them to understand the storyline. This kind of books could effectively inspire them to cultivate their own interest in reading. Actually, I myself started reading through this kind of method, which I'd like to say, worked out pretty well.”通过这样的论述,既可以通过展开和解释来扩展一个思路点,又可以为论述的下一点赢得时间。至于第②点的内容,同学们可以自己进行练习,自己主动地训练扩展表达能力。
口语的“急智”与扩展能力都不是一夕一朝能够练成的。希望广大考生们勤加练习,最终取得令自己满意的成绩!