描述一个你认识很久的朋友
“how you met”这一要点是这个故事的引擎——大多数人一带而过,然后就没话可说了。
话题卡
Describe a friend you have known for a long time.
You should say
- who they are
- how you met
- what you usually do together
- and explain why the friendship has lasted
准备1分钟 · 最多说2分钟
如何说满两分钟
是四个节拍,不是四个答案。卡片上的提示只是脚手架——一段自然流过这些提示的讲述,比四个互不相连的回答得分更高。
- 好好讲你们是怎么认识的,包括场景。光这一部分就可以讲三十秒。
- 你们当时有什么共同点,现在又有什么共同点——其中的对比才是有意思的地方。
- 你们总会一起做的一件事,把它描述成一种习惯,而不是一次事件。
- 为什么这段友谊能维持下来,而那个时期的许多友谊都没有。
这张卡适合用的词汇
词汇丰富度占你分数的四分之一,而7分的标准明确允许偶尔用错词——一味求稳、只用简单词汇,正是很多人卡在6分的原因。
hit it off
用于初次见面就一拍即合
go way back
形容长久友谊的地道习语
drift apart
适合用作对比——没有发生在你们俩身上的事
pick up where we left off
用于经得起长时间不联系的友谊
have my back
口语化但分寸得当,用于形容忠诚
we've grown in different directions
一句坦诚的补充,增加可信度
这张卡的陷阱
罗列他的优点:善良、有趣、大方、忠诚。
形容词清单是第二部分得分最低的句子类型。把每个形容词都换成一个两秒钟的例子。
一个8分回答,以及它为什么有效
读它是为了看清其中的技巧,而不是背下这些话。考官每个工作日都会听到背诵的答案,这会体现在你的流利度分数上——背诵者的停顿方式和真正在思考的人完全不同。下面的细节都是虚构的,你的回答应该讲你自己的故事。
My oldest friend is Priya, who I met on the first day of secondary school when we were both eleven, so that's coming up on twenty years now. We were put next to each other alphabetically, which is a fairly thin basis for a friendship, but it stuck. What's kept it going, I think, is that we've never been in competition. We went in completely different directions — she studied medicine and I went into software — so there's never been a moment where one of us was measuring themselves against the other. I've watched that ruin friendships between people who were closer than us to begin with. We don't actually speak that often now. She's in Bangalore, I'm here, and there are stretches of two or three months where we don't talk at all. But it doesn't seem to matter. The last time I saw her we picked up mid-argument about something from years ago, which is probably the truest test of it. I'd trust her with more or less anything.拿到这个分数的关键
- “A fairly thin basis for a friendship, but it stuck”——冷幽默式的轻描淡写是真正流利的标志,几乎不可能靠背诵保留下来。
- 它在整个回答中展开一个论点,而不是罗列品质:友谊为什么能长久、证据,以及最后的一次考验。
- 自如地表达时间的流逝——“coming up on twenty years”“stretches of two or three months”——自然带出了考官想听到的多样时态。
第三部分接下来会问什么
第三部分和你的长篇独白有松散的联系,但问题会变得抽象——问的是一般人,而不是你自己。这张卡之后通常会谈到:
- how friendships change as people get older
- whether online friendships are as real as offline ones
- the difference between friends and family
其他“人物”话题卡
Describe a person who has had an important influence on your life.
这是第二部分最常见的话题卡,也是最常被考生用一串形容词而不是一个故事来回答的一张。
Describe an older person you admire.
这张卡奖励具体的人生细节——一个人所经历的年代是现成的素材,而大多数考生都白白放过了。
Describe a person who helped you with something.
这是一张披着人物卡外衣的叙事卡——分数在情境里,不在描述里。
Describe a famous person from your country.
这是少数几张可以提前准备真实内容、又不会听起来像背诵的话题卡之一。
Describe someone you know who is very good at their job.
这张卡直接给了你一整个词汇领域——工作、技能、标准——前提是你选的人,其工作是你真的能描述出来的。
Describe a teacher who influenced you.
和“对你影响很大的人”那张卡是近亲,但课堂场景让你免费获得具体的画面。
把这张卡说出来
Oliver会给你读一张卡,等你准备满一分钟,然后整整两分钟一句话也不说——这正是你一个人没法练的部分。之后的报告会分别给流利度、词汇、语法和发音打分。第一次测试免费。
本指南依据公开发布的IELTS口语评分标准,用我们自己的话写成。官方原文请参阅 British Council的评分标准。MockLive AI是独立的练习工具,与IELTS、British Council、IDP及Cambridge University Press & Assessment均无关联。