—— 纠正 20个常见雅思口语错误

Error-free in Speaking !

Jane Wu

Q1 Personal InformationHow are you?• How are you doing these days?•How’s it going?•What’s up?

• Cool! • Alright!• I’m doing fine, thanks. How about you?

Fine, thank you, and you?

Q2Part1: Talk about your study.

•My English is not very well. •So-so!= “ 一般般” How are you? So-so. How was the movie? So-so.

It is a bit iffy. Needs a little work. It could’ve been better.

Q3 计划出国继续学业I want to go abroad to learn more knowledge.

I want to gain knowledge. I want to learn some skills/ further my study.

Q4Part2 ： Describe a special family event and introduce the family members you invited. (IELTS 2011-11)

nuclear family --- there’s my parents and me,

and I also have a younger sibling: my brother.

--- I have five brothers and two sisters. cousins, nephew, niece

Q5

Part1: What do you plan to do after graduation? (IELTS 2011-8)

I teach. I am a teacher. I program. I am a programmer.I design costume. I am a costume

designer.I create comic books. I am a comic book creator. I cook. I am a cooker.

中英默契 Too many cooks spoil the broth.

I heard they broke up because he was seeing another girl, but my friend told me it was her fault.

  Yeah, he said, she said!

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!

He is an officer.He is an office worker. She works in an office.

My parent is a white-collar worker.

My parent works in an administrative position.

My parent has managerial duties.

Q6

Part2: Describe a person whom you would like to travel with?

natural hair colors: brown/black/grey/red/blonde

salt & pepper yellow

Better solutions:Fat— plump\a little overweightOld— middle-aged\a senior citizenUgly— not so attractive

Surrender himself to justice!Open to questions!

Q7Part2 ： Describe an experience in bad weather. The weather in your hometown. (IELTS 2011-11) Hot ! Cold!

There are four seasons in my hometown.

muggy humid chilly freezingIt’s changeable. It’s like four

seasons in one day.It’s extreme.

The weather in my hometown is really changeable. Sometimes it’s like four seasons in one day. You know, it ‘s kind of Murphy’s Law. If I take my umbrella it won’t rain, but if I forget to take my umbrella there will be a downpour.

Well, it’s a Catch-22 situation. The school gave me a conditional offer depending on getting my visa. But the visa office said they could only give me a visa if I got an unconditional offer.

Q8Part2: Describe a popular leisure center in your area. (IELTS 2011-8)

I have many pastimes= hobbiesI like to pass time by doing

something

In the past time, I was a student.

Q9 KTV?KTV: = ? Korean TV Karaoke (a Japanese word) “kara” means “ 空”

“ oke”=orchestraI want to sing at a karaoke bar.

Q10Part3: Do you think children should be educated how to cook?(IELTS 2011-9)student: cut the tomato. Put the oil in the pan. Put the egg in the pan with the tomato.

Q10Part3: Do you think children should be educated how to cook?(IELTS 2011-9) 1.Prepare rice and vegetable.2.Cut vegetable into equal strips

and cut each crab stick in half.

3 Place bamboo rolling mat on cutting board. Lay one sheet of nori shiny onto bamboo mat.

4 Place rice on the sheet and spread it out gently.

5 Place several crab strips.

Q11 Firstly- secondly-thirdly-- finally=last

6 Lift the front of bamboo mat closest to you. Roll by pressing bamboo mat firmly on the nori sheet.

7 Moisten sharp knife with cold water and cut the roll into 5 to 6 pieces.

8 Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Q12Part2：Describe one of your best friends.(IELTS 2011-9)

play with my friends chill out with my buddies. Kill time with… Hang out with my friends

Q13Part1: What do you usually do with computers ？（ IELTS 2011-11）

Play computer play computer games. Surf the world wide web.(www.) Close\open the computer Open an account. Open your mind. Close your mind=close-minded

turn on\turn off the computer/TV Switch on/off Turn off your brain and enjoy the movie!

PS: postscriptUr: CUL8R:LOL: QFT: quoted for truth= that’s

true, I agree.

Q14Part2：Describe a sport match. (IELTS 2011-11)

Sports are healthy, but people do them for their health.

I like to do sports for my health. I like to work out to keep fit. I like to hit the gym to stay in

shape.

It costs about one week. ----- it takes… my assignment is due on

Friday. I have to buy some time to finish it.

cost time=waste time. The delay cost me two days.

Q15Part1: How often do you watch TV? What kind of TV programs do you like most? (IELTS 2011-9) ? Soap opera ?“Desperate Housewives”: primetime TV

series “Friends” = sit-coms- situation

comedies They often feature “canned

laughter

Q16Part1: Do you think painting or drawing is very important to children? (IELTS 2011-8)paintingSketchingDoodlingdoing graffiti ----street artists

Q17Part3 ： Which is a better choice, living in city or in countryside? What are the advantages and disadvantages respectively? (IELTS 2011-11)

What are the advantages? ----There are many merits.Are there any disadvantages? ---well, there are a multitude

of drawbacks. In my hometown, it’s really

humid, you know, muggy.

Q18Part3 ： Introduce some traditional Chinese food？（ IELTS 2011-11 ）

Dumplings

The type of dumpling that is steamed in a cane basket is called “dim sum”

“steamed buns”

Mandarin Guangdong Dialect= Cantonese

we’re going to be late. Chop chop! chopsticks

tofu=bean curd stinky tofu \kung fu\ tai chi\ kung

pao chicken\ typhoon

Won tonsBarbeque: BBQ kebabPizza spaghetti

Panda eye you have bags under your eyes.

WC(water closet)---old no light, spiders and other insects crawling around

bathroom\ the toilet\ the men’s\the ladies’

Q19Part3: What do you learn from the international traveling? (IELTS 2011-7)The statue of liberty

（ freedom ） the opera house (theatre)Taj Mahal

Q20 GRAMMARQ: What would you do if I gave one million

dollars? A: Well, I will travel around the world.

First, I might go to England…

Chinese VS English Q: Are you Chinese? A:Yes. A:Yes. Q: You are Chinese, aren’t you? A:Yes.

A: Yes. Q: You aren’t Chinese, are you? A:No. A:

YES!

Skills in speaking test

self-correct My father is a doctor. She… oops,

I mean he…”How to say How can I put it? It’s on the tip of my tongue! It’s slipped my mind!

Figuratively:

He’s going to kill you If you don’t do the homework!

He runs like the wind! He drinks like a fish!

FIN!