最近给同学们布置了两道
雅思口语
小题,收上来一堆答案做
公开课
的低分案例,(被抽到的同学,记得来公开课讨论区大喊“我上电视了!”)
分析了一下同学们出现的问题,在这里做一个简单整理,分享给大家。
两道题目很简单:
Q1: Did you like studying science subjects when you were younger?
Q2: Do you think studying science subjects is important?
一道事实,一道观点
先来说这道观点题
口语考试很忌讳答一些冠冕堂皇的X话。
很多同学把中文屁话翻译成英文,以为可以搪塞考官,怕是把考官当自己的高中老师了。
从小我们的中文教育会训练大家多讲宏观的东西,比如:
“科学是人类认识和改造世界的工具”
“科学囊括了万事万物的运行规律”
“科学是人类智慧的高度结晶”
“科学是人类文明进步的推动器”
这种假大空、形而上、以赞美歌颂为主要目的X话,我们很小就会说了,因为考试考的多,所以修辞修得亲妈都不认识了。
了解一下Native Speakers 受到过的教育和培训你就知道,为什么考试的时候考官会经常不动声色地流露出悲伤和绝望的气息?
因为他们只想听 具象 的内容、具体的描述、细节支撑、例子证实、对比分析 等等,不想听诗朗诵。
比如这样一位同学的答案:
Q: Do you think studying science subjects is important?
A: Yes, absolutely. I think science is really important because it's relevant to our daily life .
For the public,Science is included the nature、 the world also ourselves, even the universe.
So if we want to know the world well, we must study some basic Science.
Also Science is the key of develop human civilization.
纠错:
①此回答的第一处问题是把 science subjects 一步登天直接抽象到 science (even the universe)
②第二个问题,没有站得住脚的论证过程:原因1息息相关囊括万物+原因2人类文明推动器,没有例子证实息息相关,如果我不想know the world well我也可以不学科学对吧,做个无知的人也挺快乐的;人类文明进步只能证明科学的重要性不能证明“理化生还是要好好学的”,而且也没有例子。
整个答案说了等于没说!!
③其他错误:
Science is included ... 常见动词误用,include就是包括了,不需要被动
the key of develop 介词的宾语:名词(development)动名词(developing)
再来看,答案方向与上文相似,但有一定进步的:
比如下面这位同学:
Q: Do you think studying science subjects is important?
A: Yes,definitely. Because in my opinion,science plays a vital role even just in our daily life.
For instance,without basic knowledge of it we would never tell the weather for the next day, no mention of the appropriate clothes to wear.
so only when we study science,can we have the chance to keep the close tie with the world.
点评:
无论讲得怎么样,这个同学好歹是有意识去举例子的。
考官面前,举例子和不举例子的人,不在同一个赛道上。
不过U1S1,预测天气这事情,大家已经脱离了看云看草看燕子低飞的低级趣味了,天气预报挺好用的,可以换一个例子,比如生物学知识让我知道综合维生素都是智商税。
细节错误:
no mention of 是“未提及”,
not to mention to 才是“更不必说”
在简单的喜好型问题面前,大家也会暴露出没有细节的问题,比如下面这个同学
Q: Did you like studying science subjects when you were younger?
A: Yes,when I was in primary school, Science is one of my favourite subject.
这是比较极端的一种情况,接下来考生肯定会因为考官——连环追问why?why?why?而陷入被动的。 P1答题的长度是用时间来衡量的,一道P1平均20~25s。
与之相对的,就是有的同学知道该讲 事实型细节并且努力呈现 的:
Absolutely yes. I studied a lot of science subjects when I was in school, like observing the plant cellular structure which is so interesting.
It will open the new world for you through studying a variety of things about the nature you ever know before.
Anyway, Science is amazing!
点评:
U1S1 长度还是有点短,不过讲到植物细胞结构,已经是非常直接扣题的例子了。
很多同学会在这里吐槽, 雅思 口语不是不考专业知识么?
其实人家顺手举一个自己很熟的例子而已,你不会你别吵吵,你可以用别的:
studying the interesting changes happening inside a tube化学实验
observing cells of plants and animals under the microscope生物实验
verifying Galileo’s theory by repeating his famous experiment 物理实验。