2014年雅思口语考试备考指南
雅思口语复习方法
中国考生在备考雅思考试时存在一个普遍问题：习惯花时间做听力和阅读真题，却很难坚持张嘴练习口语，最终由于缺乏练习无法拿到理想的口语分数。有些考生抱怨说，没有语言环境和练习伙伴，所以没有动力练口语。其实这不应成为借口。很多口语好的人都没出过国，也没有很多外国朋友，而是靠自己坚持练习，问题的关键在于练习方法。
如何复述网上资料
雅思口语分为三个部分，第一和第三部分要求考生回答考官的问题，第二部分要求考生针对话题卡内容进行1~2分钟即兴陈述。不管是对哪个部分、哪个话题进行练习，考生如果不知道从何说起，都可以先上网查阅与题目主题相关的资料，找到合适的语料，之后再进行复述练习。首先，考生可登录Yahoo Answers、Quora、China Daily、Time、Wikipedia等网站搜索所需资料，也可以用谷歌直接搜索主题词。对于在谷歌检索到的结果，考生最好选择出自英语国家网站或中国正规英语网站的文章，避免用不地道的英语资料。之后，考生可将资料复制下来，并把文中的关键词和地道表达一一划出，然后进行归纳总结。此时的关键词可能比较凌乱，考生可以稍微将其整理一下，使之变成一个有逻辑的提纲。如果有必要，考生也可以在提纲中加入自己的想法，比如填上几个关键词，以帮助自己复述用。最后，考生对照提纲，用自己的话把资料复述一遍。下面笔者用具体实例来详细说明。
雅思口语第二部分有一个让很多考生不知从何说起的话题——衣服。关于这个话题，历年曾考过介绍a piece of clothing、a traditional Chinese dress、a piece of clothing you wear on a special occasion等。针对这样的考题，考生首先需要准备一段关于传统服饰的素材，比如代表中国女性特色的旗袍就可以用在以上关于衣服的所有话题中。考生可以在谷歌上直接搜索qipao，可以找到下面这个网站链接：http://www.chinavista.com/experience/qipao /qipao.html。该网站上关于旗袍的介绍如下。
The cheongsam is a female dress with distinctive Chinese features and enjoys a growing popularity in the international world of high fashion.
The name “cheongsam,” meaning simply “long dress,” entered the English vocabulary from the dialect of China’s Guangdong Province (Cantonese). In other parts of the country including Beijing, however, it is known as “qipao”, which has a history behind it.
When the early Manchu rulers came to China proper, they organized certain people, mainly Manchus, into “banners” (qi) and called them “banner people” (qiren), which then became loosely the name of all Manchus. The Manchu women wore normally a one-piece dress which, likewise, came to be called “qipao” or “banner dress.” Although the 1911 Revolution toppled the rule of the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty, the female dress survived the political change and, with later improvements, has become the traditional dress for Chinese women.
Easy to slip on and comfortable to wear, the cheongsam fits well the female Chinese figure. Its neck is high, closed, and its sleeves may be either short, medium or full length, depending on season and taste. The dress is buttoned on the right side, with a loose chest, a fitting waist, and slits up from the sides, all of which combine to set off the beauty of the female shape.
Another beauty of the cheongsam is that, made of different materials and to varying lengths, they can be worn either on casual or formal occasions. In either case, it creates an impression of simple and quiet charm, elegance and neatness. No wonder it is so much liked by women not only of China but of foreign countries as well.
这篇文章对旗袍的介绍清晰简练，我们很容易就能划出其中能用于考题的内容(如下划线所示)，例如fitting waist (收腰)、sets off the beauty of the female shape (显身材)、sleeves (袖子)等。但考生如果不查资料的话，光靠自己想是无法表达得如此地道和准确的。不过，网络上的这段介绍毕竟是书面语，文章长度和结构都不是基于雅思口语考题的，所以考生需要根据雅思口语考试的要求对这篇文章稍作整理。具体整理步骤如下。
第一步：还原考题
Describe an item of clothing.
You should say:
what the item is
what it looks like
on what occasions people wear it
and explain why it is so important.
第二步，整理提纲
1. 是什么
① Qipao, traditional female dress with distinctive Chinese features
② Cheongsam, Cantonese, long dress
③ Qing dynasty, Manchu rulers
2. 外观如何
① fits well the female Chinese figure
② fitting waist, sets off the beauty of the female shape
③ different materials
3. 什么场合穿
① casual or formal occasion
② celebrations and weddings
4. 为何受欢迎
simple and quiet charm, elegance and neatness
雅思口语只需要1~2分钟的陈述，因此不需要太长的提纲，考生只要选出自己觉得最方便记忆的几个点就行，比如像旗袍的历史发展和细节特征考生就不必过多赘述。在整理过程中，考生也可以加入一些自己的想法，比如人们现在主要在庆典和婚礼(celebrations and weddings)的时候穿旗袍。下面就是对照整理的提纲组织的口语表达。