雅思口語“人物描述”應答策略

雅思口語考試的第二部分中，考生被主要考察的是對于具體的事物、人物、事件等的具體描述能力。第二部分歷時3~4分鐘，其中包括考生開始描述前，可以有1分鐘的時間來準備有關的描述內(nèi)容，并使用考場提供的紙和筆，準備相關的筆記內(nèi)容。一般情況下，考生需要就考官所提供的卡片上的問題進行2~3分鐘的描述?？ㄆe例如下：

Describe a Family Member

Describe a family member that you are very close to.

Your should say:

Who this person is.

What this person is like.

How you are like and unlike this person.

And explain why you are close to this person.

在第二部分的描述中，對人物的描述是考試的主流話題之一。人物描述出現(xiàn)的概率相當高，幾乎在每個月的考試里面都能遇到。一般來講，人物描述的體現(xiàn)方式有以下幾種：

a famous person / a child / an old person / a favorite 點擊發(fā)音 teacher / a close family member / a close friend

在今年的雅思口語考試中，又出現(xiàn)了一些新的表現(xiàn)方式，如：an interesting person / a happiest person 等。不論怎么樣的表現(xiàn)形式，對于考生來說，只要掌握方法，都能逐一破解。有的考生可能會提出疑問，如果只是回答卡片上的幾個問題，似乎很難達到2分鐘的時間長度。那么，卡片上沒有沒到的方面，我可以進行描述嗎？回答是肯定的。但是前提是，這些雖然不是卡片問題的內(nèi)容，但也必須是和該卡片主體息息相關的信息。

對于該人物的描述，考生需要注意以下幾個方面：

1、對卡片上的問題進行回答。

以上卡片包含著4個問題，在筆記過程中應當以詞語為基礎來進行分解：

Who this person is. (人物，e.g. my mother)

What this person is like. (描述性詞語，e.g. looks, personality, hobbies)

How you are like and unlike this person. (比較和對比，similarities 點擊發(fā)音 – looks & hobbies; differences -- personality)

Why you are close to this person. (該家庭成員對自己的影響.)

2、對卡片上沒有提到信息進行描述。

在準備的1分鐘里面，考生可以將一些問題的答案關鍵詞的形式紀錄在紙張上，即以上括號里面的一些內(nèi)容，以起到提醒的作用。然后結合自己的情況進行相關的描述。

Sample Answer (with key words underlined):

The person I am very close to in my family is my mother. My mother is medium 點擊發(fā)音 height who always wears a friendly smile on her face. Blue is her favorite color as she thinks it symbols 點擊發(fā)音 peace and emotion. I think is has a lot to do with her personality. As a music teacher, she is always very patient and kind to her students. There are quite a few similarities between us. People all say that I look like my mother more than my father. We both like listening to the music and watching movies. On weekends, we often go shopping in the supermarkets or department stores. But we are also different in many ways. My mother is a good gardener. Our veranda 點擊發(fā)音 is lined with all her gardening masterpieces, such as chrysanthemum 點擊發(fā)音 and Chinese roses. I am not so patient in taking care of the plants. Besides, my mother can cook many delicious dishes, while I can’t at all. I have learned how to treat people and how to deal with problems on my own from her. She is the one I am close to as she really influences 點擊發(fā)音 me a lot.

有的考生在未結束描述前，可能被考官打斷（Sorry. I am gonna stop you there.）如果遇到這樣的情況，是因為考官需要掌握和掌控考試的節(jié)奏和時間，打斷并非是由于認為考生講得不好，所以考生不必緊張，只需要根據(jù)考官的指令繼續(xù)考試即可。

鑒于雅思口語考試的特殊性，很多考試的卡片問題是一般的考生在日常生活中很少接觸到的方面。所以對于備考雅思的考生，建議一定要在考前有針對性的進行充分準備，并適當聯(lián)系筆記的技巧，加之有規(guī)律的練習，才能在第二部分中有比較滿意的表現(xiàn)。

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