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雅思口语考试:怎样准备雅思口语第二部分
说到雅思口语考试,我相信绝大多数考生的策略是会把大多数的备考时间花在了第二部分的准备上。主要原因有两个:1.出题篇,考生们没有思路。2. 时间长,无法连续流利表达。如果第二部分完全没有准备,在现场做答的状态,很可能是说的混乱不清,表达也不清晰。当然,针对这些大多数烤鸭们都有的问题,我们可以也需要从多个方面去应对和解决。今天,朗阁海外考试研究中心王爽为我们就探讨雅思口语考试第二部如何应对?
雅思口语考试:怎样准备雅思口语第二部分
雅思口语考试第二部分的实质就是要求学生去简单的叙述一个故事。但是如何把这个故事讲好,讲精彩了,确实是个难上加难的问题。十年的教学经验告诉我:几乎所有的中国学生更喜欢讲大话,空话,抽象的内容。 这其中的原因可能是我们整天接触的很多媒体,例如新闻联播,经常充斥着类似的抽象话语。所以,久而久之,我们也就习惯了。相比来说,在讲故事方面,很多学生就表达的非常的生涩。这里说的生涩,并不是语言,而是内容;内容听起来让人有一种很尴尬的感觉。甚至,还见过不少学生去查字典,企图用一些高大上的词语和表达来让自己的故事听起来非常的!其实很多故事要讲的好,并不单单是语言,内容语音语调也很重要。所以,我们不仅要从语言入手,更好从内容方面入手,这里就一是个要点: 细节决定成败!
大部分考生在准备雅思口语考试第二部分素材的时候都是编故事,这个老师也不例外。可能除了极个别的题目之外,建议学生都是编故事,或者在真实故事的基础上进行比较大幅度的改造,因为很多学生的经历有限,真的没有什么值得说的亲身经历跟考官分享。但是,问题就在于:就算很多考生编故事,也非常无趣,甚至说一听就是编的。为什么?因为你的故事里根本没有细节。
大家回想一下,当你撒谎的时候,目的非常单纯:就是要让对方相信你说的是真的。你会如何做呢?比如April Fool’s Day, 你要骗同学去老师办公室,你会怎么说?如果你直接说“老师找你”,同学肯定不信。有可能成功的方法就是填入很多的细节在你的谎言当中, 例如:“课间的时候,物理老师来找几个学生说昨天作业的事。他们都去了,你不在。老师说来不及的话,你先上课,中午一下课去找他,他说他下午不在”。
雅思口语考试第二部分也是同理。如果烤鸭们想要让自己的故事有趣,生动,不需要去绞尽脑汁想一些什么奇闻异事,或者翻字典查一些什么词汇,只需要填入足够多的细节,就好像真实经历一样。细节多到让整个故事的画面能够完整的呈现在自己的脑海里,然后考官才能真切的听这个故事。这时候,很多烤鸭又会问,我脑子里一片空白,想不出什么细节,怎么办?。没关系,告诉大家非常简单的一个方法:自我欺骗。在你讲故事的时候,脑子先浮现这样的一幅图片,想象自己此时此刻正在经历什么,看到了什么,又听到了什么,剩下的工作只需要将这些内容描述出来就可以了。下面,我们通过今年1-4月的口语话题,来给各位烤鸭们做个示范,展示一下到底应该如何讲故事。
Describe a special day that you went out but didn’t spend much money
You should say:
What day it was
Where you went
What you did
Who you were with
解读:这个题目是要求描述特殊的,但是并没有花什么钱。首先看到这个题目,大家脑子中就必须清晰的了解这个故事可不能扯什么开party过生日啊,去迪士尼啊,或者去哪里旅游啊等等,因为这些事情都得需要钱来解决。但同时又必须还是特殊的,所以这一定是非常有意义的,否则又没有任何意义,又没法花钱玩的爽,那这就不会特殊,更没有什么说的价值。这里对于这个话题,我们选择的素材就是年轻时候庆祝认识女朋友一周。为什么要年轻?因为那时候没什么收入,没钱。假如都工作了,庆祝周年纪念还不花钱的话,岂不是得被骂死?这个素材的选择还有一个理由就是意义。任何事物的尝试的次都是极有意义的。所以,这里选择的是跟前女友一周年纪念日。好了,这就是我们这个题目选材的框架。下一步是什么?圆。对,把这个故事给说圆了,说完整了。这时候,大家可以参考刚才的自我欺骗的方法想想看,如果我们想要听这样的一个故事,需要知道怎样的细节呢?
1. 怎么认识的?
2. 不花钱的话,周年纪念是怎么庆祝的?
3. 后来为什么分了?
当然,这只是个框架。在我们叙述故事的过程中,需要各种各样的细节来让这个故事变得完整。下面我们来看一下下面的sample answer.
Sample answer:
Well, the special day I am going to share with you is my first anniversary with my ex-girlfriend, when I was in the final year of my senior high school. Wow, now as I think about it, it was eight years ago. Time really does fly, doesn’t it? Anyway, we were living in the boarding school and everybody else was working their neck off, you know, to prepare for the college-entrance examination. The school teachers were worse than cops, keeping an eye on every student and literally banging on our heads the moment we slacked a bit. So my girlfriend and I didn’t really have chance to spend time together as a couple. But I was well aware of what would be waiting for me if I failed to celebrate the anniversary with her. So, on that very morning, we got up really early and snuck out of campus when the guards at the gate were changing duty. Yup, it’s precisely like what you see in movies, only better. Then, I took her to a large expanse of grassland, about twenty minutes’ walk from the campus. The place was ghostly quiet, one could hardly spot anyone else within a 2-mile radius. But that makes it a perfect place for couples on a date. As a student, because of the tight budget, I couldn’t take her to a fancy restaurant or Disneyland, where she always fancied. So to make it up to her, I decided to make this most memorable birthday for her by being the most romantic guy in the world. I took out all the love letters I previously wrote to her but kept neatly in an envelope and read it out loud to her in a way that sounded like a romantic poet.
Well, that lasted for a couple of hours, coz honestly, there is a whole pile of letters and she listened intently and never tried to interrupt me.
As night descended, we laid down on the grassland, cuddling her in my arms, staring at the starry night, talking a lot about our future together.
If you are wondering how we managed to sneak back to campus without being noticed, well, we didn’t. Of course the teachers found out and I was almost killed by my head teacher. But to be honest, at that moment, I felt it’s all worth it.
Don’t ask me why we broke up, let’s just say our destinies are not bound together. We will just leave it at that, shall we?
这就是这个题目的一个sample answer. 可能很多学生一看到这个故事感觉好长啊,说不完. 其实这里想要跟大家分享的这个故事并不需要说全部说完。这是我在编这个故事的时候,脑子里所浮现的画面,能让我觉得值得说的内容。我尽量用简单的语言去把这个故事完整的表述出来,但是每个学生看完这个故事的触点可能不同,那么大家完全可以把这个故事的内容当成一个原始素材,只要挑出你觉得好的,能够感人的,值得说的内容去组织起来就可以了。那么,这个故事里又有哪些细节呢?这里我们逐句进行分析。分析完了之后,考生们也就清楚到底哪些内容重要,哪些内容不重要了。
1. Well, the special day I am going to share with you is my first anniversary with my ex-girlfriend, when I was in the final year of my senior high school.
上来直接点题,介绍这的核心事件,跟谁,什么时间。这种基本信息给出来之后能让考官有一个清晰的概念和图片。因为如果考官一开始不明白要讲什么故事,后面会越听越糊涂
2. Wow, now as I think about it, it was eight years ago. Time really does fly, doesn’t it?
这是一个感慨。为什么要感慨呢?增加真实性。毕竟是讲与前女友/男友的故事,难道正常情况下不该感慨一下时间过得很快吗?
3. Anyway, we were living in the boarding school and everybody else was working their neck off, you know, to prepare for the college-entrance examination. The school teachers were worse than cops, keeping an eye on every student and literally banging on our heads the moment we slacked a bit. So my girlfriend and I didn’t really have chance to spend time together as a couple.
这里是做铺垫:通过描述平常不经常在一起,更能突显和反衬这个周年纪念日是多么的重要。当然,这里写的有点多,烤鸭们可以酌情精简。
4. But I was well aware of what would be waiting for me if I failed to celebrate the birthday with her.
这是添加点幽默元素,体现出来这个节不仅得过,而且得过隆重了。
5. So, on that very morning, we got up really early and snuck out of campus when the guards at the gate were changing duty. Yup, it’s precisely like what you see in movies, only better. Then, I took her to a large expanse of grassland, about twenty minutes’ walk from the campus. The place was ghostly quiet; one could hardly spot anyone else within a 2-mile radius. But that makes it a perfect place for couples on a date.
这里就是进入正题,描述这是怎么开始的。标黑部分都是细节描述,不仅增加故事的真实性,而且让考官脑子里能呈现出衣服比较清晰的图片,让考官身临其境一样,跟着故事的主线走。其中,Yup, it’s precisely like what you see in movies, only better.这句话联系电影,因为前面偷跑出来的情节有点假,那就不如直接说,比电影还好。
6. As a student, because of the tight budget, I couldn’t take her to a fancy restaurant or Disneyland, where she always fancied. So to make it up to her, I decided to make this most memorable birthday for her by being the most romantic guy in the world. I took out all the love letters I previously wrote to her but kept neatly in an envelope and read it out loud to her in a way that sounded like a romantic poet. Well, that lasted for a couple of hours, coz honestly, there is a whole pile of letters and she listened intently and never tried to interrupt me. As night descended, we laid down on the grassland, cuddling her in my arms, staring at the starry night, talking a lot about our future together.
这是比较关键的内容:先说钱的问题,因为这是题目要求的一部分,然后就是朗读情书。这部分细节建议考生好不要省略,因为这是关键的一部分。 其中Well, that lasted for a couple of hours, coz honestly, there is a whole pile of letters 这句话也是添加幽默成分,来形容自己情书写的真的很多。毕竟是anniversary, 需要一点爱的主题在故事中。
7. If you are wondering how we managed to sneak back to campus without being noticed, well, we didn’t. Of course the teachers found out and I was almost killed by my head teacher. But to be honest, at that moment, I felt it’s all worth it.
这是幽默与爱情结合的部分。如果考生语音语调把握不好,建议不说,要不然考官容易听不出来这种感情。
8. Don’t ask me why we broke up, let’s just say our destinies are not bound together. We will just leave it at that, shall we?
后结尾部分。毕竟是前女友,总归要有一个closure. 这里烤鸭们可以自己编后面发生了什么,因为什么原因分手的。但是如果没有更好理由的话,建议就这么说。后一句说完后,再好奇的考官,出于基本礼貌,也不会追问这个问题了。
这就是如何通过细节来展开一个故事,让故事有血有肉,非常生动。整篇范文里没有任何难词- 就算真的有,换成考生们认识的词,也不会对整个故事有任何影响。而且为重要的是,这真的是一个脱离雅思口语考试,脱离题目的一个即使用中文跟朋友分享也是比较值得一听,有所感慨的故事,不是吗?这就是后跟大家说的讲故事的标准。如果你的故事用中文说,都特别有意思,特别值得听,那么英文的实现,或者说针对雅思口语考试第二部分来说,只是一个简单的翻译工作罢了。
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