雅思口語8分感想:過程與經(jīng)驗(yàn)(上)
發(fā)布者:廣州曼哈頓國(guó)際英語
3年前考過G類雅思,口語部分6分;這次考A類,口語部分8分。
1月21日早上9時(shí)許,出了地鐵直奔IFC,穿過商場(chǎng)經(jīng)巨長(zhǎng)手扶電梯再違反規(guī)則穿越馬路直沖british council。到了等候室(509室),里面有兩個(gè)工作人員,大概30多人在等,幾乎坐滿。我坐下啃面包,然后上廁所?;貋頃r(shí)已經(jīng)叫了N遍我的名字,按指示放下隨身物品前往考場(chǎng)。
有N間房,總算找到了我的房間。考官是一穿菱形圖案背心的中年棕發(fā)白人。吸取了無數(shù)次面試教訓(xùn),我先發(fā)制人微笑問好自報(bào)英文名(Good morning! My name's xxx, nice to meet you!),假裝沒有自閉癥。
考官回應(yīng)(當(dāng)然他不會(huì)自報(bào)山門)。然后要我說全名,看ID,說在香港干嘛,為什么要考雅思。(My name is xxx xxx xxx, xxx is my english name. and my id, here you go (雙手奉上身份證?。? currently i'm studying law at xxx university. since i'm going to apply for xxx, i need to take ielts as the proof of language proficiency)。又問我為什么要在香港讀法律。(actually my current program is my third law degree. previously i obtained my bachelor of law in beijing and then my master degree from Cambridge <-考官肅然起敬。since i want to practice in common law jurisdiction, i then came to hong kong to read for this degree and since i was also qualified in china, hong kong would be a market in need of people like me) 自覺很羅嗦,沒有再往下說了。
接著問我課余都做什么。好像是他自己提了shopping這個(gè)題目要我說。(that's my favorite topic!)但實(shí)際上我忽然完全想不到相關(guān)詞匯,就說我喜歡window-shopping。本來我的回答很糟,只有一句話,但考官忽然低頭竊笑,說了句"me too"。頓時(shí)兩人心有戚戚。大家為自己干癟的錢包against香港這個(gè)購(gòu)物天堂的背景默哀了3秒,考官?zèng)Q定略過這一令人郁悶的發(fā)話題。(真幸運(yùn)!)
于是開始進(jìn)入漫長(zhǎng)的關(guān)于vehicle的問題。忘了是在中間還是在一開始給了我卡片,上面有三個(gè)關(guān)于車的問題,問我會(huì)駕駛那種車,會(huì)買哪種車等等。受到window shopping的啟發(fā),我決定做bold點(diǎn)的嘗試,不要一本正經(jīng)的答問題。所以說since i'm from china, i'm good at biking" 這句效果奇好,考官又低頭竊笑。"i also obtained my driver's license two years ago. but i don't drive in hong kong since public transportation here is convenient enough" 等等。 然后問想買啥車,我說"jeep",因?yàn)閟table,durable,經(jīng)撞,夠安全(至此考官目瞪口呆,可能覺得我是個(gè)危險(xiǎn)駕駛者。有見及此,我補(bǔ)充說因?yàn)槔习值谝徊块_的車是jeep,所以jeep有我的童年回憶等等。考官于是很理解的樣子。)
然后問我覺得名車是否身份象征??紤]到說window shopping時(shí)考官的反應(yīng),考官估計(jì)也是升斗市民,于是我繼續(xù)走平民路線,說雖然很多celebrities喜歡開名車貴車跑車(benz porche etc)但是車子性能最重要,安全最重要,brand不是最重要。而且香港這么小沒車也很方便等等。然后又問到修路的問題,我用了cosmopolitan和remote areas,說traffic jam不能靠多修路解決,要多在偏遠(yuǎn)山區(qū)修路,錢用在刀刃上等等。此處我一度不確定摩擦阻力是否用friction,超級(jí)友善的考官幫我確認(rèn)了friction是正確的用語。自覺用到的比較像樣的詞匯還有l(wèi)uxury, allocation of government fundings等,記不太真了。還問我會(huì)去哪里買車,我不知道說車行這個(gè)詞(car dealer),說的是go to the place where there are cars for sale, and ask the sales person for advice。其實(shí)沒多久就結(jié)束了,考官問我要回問題卡,然后我就跟他道別(thanks for your time, it was nice taling to you, have a good day!)考官說take care"。然后將桌面東東復(fù)原,出門時(shí)微笑揮手,把門帶上。
比對(duì)兩次口試,其實(shí)我的詞匯量并沒有改變,但由于一直在上課,課程用英文教授,老師也多是外國(guó)人,所以沒有丟生,和外國(guó)人交流也更輕松,不會(huì)緊張。此外,這次的考官也超nice,所以我說話也放得開,只要不緊張,流利些,也可以拿到8分。