华尔街英语雅思课程笔记。

大作文

议论文,40min,250words(少字低分)

高分Tips
  1. 词汇和语法多样化(最多重复两次)
  2. 注意审题(别漏了反面论证、自己的观点)
  3. 注意用formal language。(名词化、被动、从句。)
  4. 论点后面增加支持句子,比如例子、论述。
  5. 多用逻辑连接词。重要!

连接词汇总

推荐方法
  1. 大框架:一段开头介绍,中间2-3段论证正反方面,最后一段总结观点。
  2. 用2min写一个提纲。头脑风暴,更具题目的倾向性分配正反两方面。(平衡局:1正/1反,正面局:2正/1反)
  3. 第一段书写指导:过去的背景(in the past)、现在的情况(these days)、别人意见、自己观点。
  4. 中间三段布局:正面局(两个优点各一段、一个缺点一段)平衡局(正面论述一段、反面论述一段)
  5. 中间段书写指导:一句定义观点,一句解释观点,一句例子,一句写写可能导致的后果重要性
  6. 最后总结段书写指导:就是把前面几段的main idea换种方式重复下…
PEE法

point-> explanation -> example

其他

星期和月份必须大写

口语

口语测试总计20min。

  1. 5个小问题,随便聊聊。
  2. 2min单独叙述,有1min纸笔准备。
  3. 3个深入问题,主要测试口语论证能力。
评价维度
  1. Quantity - 说得越多越好,超时考官会打断你
  2. Grammar - 小的语法错误别介意,尝试用复杂结构
  3. Vocabulary - 多用副词,视觉化描述,故事化(used to…)
  4. Organisation - 逻辑结构(basically、both、firstly)
高分Tips
  1. 想的时候‘er….’是正常的,native speaker也会这样,但是想要以后就要一次说完一整句
  2. 注意考虑回答的「完整性」,正反都要论述。
推荐替代「I beg your pardon」?

Would you mind repeating the question for me please?

说不下去了咋办?
  1. 转移话题,link to the area you good at
  2. 吹牛,被发现也没事
  3. 说你的父母朋友这种熟悉的人

小作文

描述图、表、流程图。20min,150words。

推荐方法

一段介绍(3句),两段主体(各4句),一段结论(3句)

  1. 介绍段。1句背景介绍,换种方式描述下图表(paraphrasing题目)。2个主要趋势,各一句, 趋势要描述出来。(次段忌题详细数据)
  2. 主体段。分别讲第一段提到的两个大趋势的细节。(描述细节:最值、比较、增长最快…)
  3. 总结。把上面两段换种说法复述一遍。
高分Tips
  1. make a plan。计划下写哪俩趋势,用哪些数据支撑。
  2. 多花点时间看懂图表。意思理解偏差直接低分。
  3. write facts, no opinions!
  4. 不要直接写数字(figure),加工一下。
    • 19%==just under a fifth
    • 20%==one in five
    • 25%==a quarter
    • 51%==approximately half
Paraphrasing建议
  • graph = line graph / bar chart
  • diagram = figure
  • shows = illustrates / compares
  • proportion = percentage
  • from 1999 to 2009 = between 1999 to 2009 / over a period of 10 years
  • how to produce = the process of producing
  • in three countries = in the UK, France and Spain
重要表达

下降==decrease, drop, go down, fall, plummet, plunge
上升==grow, rise, go up, roar, surge
波动==fluctuate
稳定==remain stable
达到最高点==peak at
达到最低点==bottom out
主要变化==major change

副词汇总==slightly, sharply, steadily, considerably, gradually, significantly, relatively, dramatically
关于XX==with regards to xx
相对于XX==compared to XX
相当于==amount to
由于==stem from

增长3倍==3 times bigger==increased by 300%==tripled in size

范例句子

第一句描述图表

  • The two charts illustrate how much time male and female Australians spend on activities around the house.
  • This bar chart illustrate the percentage of people who spend time on different mobile phone activities each week in 2001 compared to 2013.
  • The line graph illustrate the amount of three lands of spreads(margarine, low fat and reduced spreads and butter) which were consumed over 26 years from 1981 to 2007. Units are measured in grams.

第二句大趋势

  • The data suggests that Australian men and women prefer to do different tasks around the home, with women spending more time on most household activities than men.
  • Overall, the consumption of margarine and butter decreased over period given while for low fat and reduced spreads, it rose.

中间细节描述

  • At the start of the period, butter was the most popular spread, which was replaced by margarine from 1991 to 2001, and following that low fat and reduced spreads became the most widely used spread in the final years.
  • With regards to the amount of butter used, it began at around 140 grams and then peaked at 160 grams in 1986 before falling dramatically to about 50 grams in the last year.
  • Likewise, approximately 90 grams of margarine was eaten in the first year after which the figure fluctuated slightly and dropped to a low of 40 grams in 2007.
  • In 2001, approximately 35% of people spent time on social networking compared to 50% in 2013.

阅读

60min,3篇文章,40道题。/是非题、选择题、填空总结题、连线题

Tips
  1. 读题要仔细!限定词
  2. 题量大,时间控制非常重要
推荐方法
  1. skimming(快速浏览一下文章,重点读首尾段、每段首尾。同时注意标注路标,如:日期、人名地名、事件等,方面scaning)
  2. 看下文章是否有「时间顺序」(chronological)
  3. scanning(通过读题,快速定位答案的位置)
  4. 只有少量的位置仔细读。

听力

  1. 注意重音词,通常是出题点。
  2. 注意语调。
    「个人认为均无实际作用」