2. 我们不妨把雅思口语考试看成与一个新朋友的闲聊而不要看作考试。在竞争中决定成败的往往是人的心理状态而不是他/她的实际能力(不仅在语言考试中,而且在任何其他竞争如体育比赛中)。以前考生的经验表明你越是不把它看成考试,越是处于放松状态,最后成绩就越令人满意。大胆利用你的常识,想到什么尽管随意表达,特别是当你被问到一个一无所知的问题时。记住:考官感兴趣的不是你对某个话题了解多少,而是你能否有效地表达你的知识,或者无知。这是一种以交流技能而不是以知识为核心的考试。
3. 有时可以用一些表示犹豫的词语来避免可能出现的冷场。常用的有:er, erm, uh, and, yes, right, yeah, oh right等等。但是不能过度频繁地使用这些表示犹豫的词语,它们几乎没有什么实际含义,也只能为考生争取很短的犹豫时间。更好的选择是用一些被叫做“fluency fillers”的短语。试举例如下:
1)I mean, you know, you see, what I mean is that等用来进一步解释先前的说法。
例:We are wasting our time. I mean/You know/You see/What I mean is that we spend most our time not living in the moment. We are either regretting the past or worrying about the future.
2)By the way, talking of, speaking of用来引出一个与先前所说的话字面有联系的新话题。
例:A) My mother does most of the cooking at home. She cooks really delicious food. By the way, my favorite food is hot pot.
B) My favorite month of the year is September, with the blue sky, fresh air and many holidays. Speaking of holidays, Christmas is coming.
3)Anyway, anyhow表示可以回到先前提到的某件事。
例:Anyway, to answer your last question, I do love classical music.
4)As far as I know, as far as I can see, as far as I’m concerned表示说话者就个人而言或发表自己的看法。
例:A lot has been lost and, as far as I can see, little has been gained.
只要考生尽量放松自己,积极主动谈话,在有限的时间内最大程度的展示自己用英文交流的能力,雅思口语考试比我们想象的容易对付得多。