在雅思口語考試中，考官受口試的模式和時間所限，不可能在口試中很有針對性地發(fā)問，其問題常常是很籠統(tǒng)、概括性很強的。因此，很多考生在回答問題時，喜歡說些空洞乏味的大話而沒有提供具體而生動的細節(jié)信息。殊不知，這些籠統(tǒng)和寬泛的回答很難得到高分。這時，考生應(yīng)采取的策略是“大事化小”，也就是考官的問題可以空洞，而考生的回答卻必須具體。在遵循“形而下”總原則的前提下，考生必須提供具體的細節(jié)，做到言之有物。

從“比較對比”這一角度出發(fā)，節(jié)選雅思口語考試真題為例，探索合理的應(yīng)對方法，以供考生參考。

Part 1典型案例：

【真題實例】:

Q: Are your weekday and weekend routines different?

【模擬考場】:

A1: Yes, they are … quite different…

A2: Yes, on weekdays I’m busy with writing office reports, arranging activities, but whenever weekends come I just forget everything about job and have a good time with my family. I believe this is a sensible way of life, and we ought to keep a balance between career and family.

【專家點評】

Answer 1是考生碰到不太有話說的問題時的回答。相對而言，之所以Answer 2要更具體，內(nèi)容會更豐富，就是本著“形而下”的原則，對“routine”在工作日和周末的安排進行了比較對照（工作日忙于工作，周末與家人共享天倫之樂），既展開了細節(jié)，又充分回答了問題。

【溫馨提醒】

千萬別忘了使用表示比較邏輯聯(lián)系語來突出異同。如果不是正常的五天工作制，那就應(yīng)該補充說明。

以下為典型的“比較對照”表達句型，可供考生參考：

The upside of … is that… , but on the downside, …

The good thing about … is that …

The bad thing about … is that …

While it may be nice to … I think it is also quite …

The difference between … is that … is more … while … is more…

While … is perhaps more …, … is more…

The main difference between the ways… and the way… is in the …

The biggest difference between … about … years ago and today is that …

There are some key differences between … and …

One big way that … differ from … is …

Yes, there are quite a few differences between … and … A good example is …

The difference between … and … is that … tend to be more … while …

There is more …? in … than in …

… in the past were more …,but now they are …

… is not as … as … but in many ways it is more… For one thing, you can …

There were fewer… years ago, compared to …