描述一个你想见的人
唯一一张设定在未来的人物卡，这意味着要用条件句——而条件句正是7分语法所在。
话题卡
Describe a person you would like to meet.
You should say
- who this person is
- how you know about them
- what you would talk about
- and explain why you want to meet them
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。
- 是谁，为什么偏偏是他，而不是同一领域的其他人。
- 你是怎么知道他的——一本书、一个视频、他做的某样东西。
- 你真正想问什么，用问句说出来。这是回答中最令人难忘的部分。
- 你认为会发生什么，老实说，包括他可能会让你失望。
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。
if I ever got the chance
引出这张卡所期待的条件句
I'd love to pick their brain about
地道且紧扣话题
I imagine they'd be
表示推测，这正是考官在听的
in person
让“见面”与“关注”区别开来的对比
come across as
用于远距离形成的印象
live up to expectations
用于结尾处坦诚的保留意见
这张卡的陷阱
全程用一般现在时讲他是谁。
这张卡是假设性的。“I would ask…”“it would probably be…”——语法就是出这张卡的一半原因。
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。
If I could meet anyone I think I'd choose the writer James Baldwin, who died before I was born. I came to him late, in my twenties, and I remember being slightly annoyed that nobody had made me read him sooner. What I'd want isn't really an interview. I'd want to know what he made of the present, because so much of what he wrote about is still going on and he had a way of describing it that nobody has improved on. There's a particular quality in his essays where he refuses to let anybody off — including himself — and I'd be curious whether that was as exhausting to live as it looks on the page. I'd also want to ask him about leaving America for France, because he wrote about that ambivalently and I've never quite worked out where he landed on it. Realistically I suspect I'd be too intimidated to say much. I'd probably just listen, which might be the better outcome anyway.拿到这个分数的关键
- 条件句自然地贯穿始终——“if I could”“I'd want”“I suspect I'd be”——而这张卡在很大程度上就是考你能否一直保持这种语法。
- 它承认自己对这个人物并不完全了解，而不是故作专业，这听起来很真诚，也让回答有了质感。
- “Refuses to let anybody off — including himself”是真正的批判性观察。8分的回答有观点，而且观点背后有理由。
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：
- why people are curious about strangers' lives
- whether meeting someone can change your opinion of them
- how people form first impressions
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 a friend you have known for a long time.
“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。
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。
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。