描述一则你读到或听到的有趣新闻
选一个你真正理解的。一个你只看了一半的新闻，会让你在九十秒时就无话可说。
话题卡
Describe an interesting piece of news you read or heard about.
You should say
- what the news was
- where you came across it
- who you discussed it with
- and explain why it interested you
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。
- 新闻讲的是什么，两句话。
- 你在哪里看到的，是什么让你停下来关注它。
- 让它有意思的那个具体细节。
- 你和谁讨论过，这个新闻之后又有了什么进展。
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。
it made the headlines
用于大篇幅报道
it caught my eye
用于吸引你的地方
break
如“the story broke last week”——精确的新闻动词
coverage
用于报道本身，区别于事件本身
a mixed reaction
用于公众意见分化
it's still unfolding
用于持续发展的新闻
这张卡的陷阱
选一个你有强烈感受的政治新闻，然后思路乱了。
选一个你能冷静、完整地解释清楚的。当你在争论而不是描述时，流利度崩溃得最快。
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。
The piece of news I'd talk about is a local story rather than an international one — the closure of the swimming pool in the town where I grew up, which was announced about eight months ago. It isn't important by any objective measure. No one outside the town would report it. But it was the only pool for about fifteen miles, it's where essentially everyone I knew learned to swim, and the council closed it because the roof needed replacing and the money wasn't there. I heard about it from my mother on the phone. What struck me was my own reaction, which was disproportionate — I hadn't been in that building for fifteen years and I was genuinely upset. I think what you're actually mourning in those situations isn't the building. It's the confirmation that the place you're from is continuing to change without you, which is obvious and somehow still lands badly. There's a campaign to reopen it. I've donated and I'm not optimistic.拿到这个分数的关键
- 选择本地小新闻而不是显而易见的全球新闻，是一个有辨识度的决定，产生了个人色彩浓得多的回答。
- “Continuing to change without you”点出了某种具体且略让人不安的东西，这是回答中最有力的部分。
- “I've donated and I'm not optimistic”平淡而诚实地收尾，避免了虚假的昂扬。
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 people get their news today
- whether news reporting is objective
- the spread of false information online
其他“媒体与文化”话题卡
Describe a film you enjoyed watching.
与书那张卡的要求相同——情节概述是陷阱，你的反应才是答案。
Describe a song or piece of music you like.
音乐很难描述，而这正是机会——大多数考生放弃了，转而去谈歌手。
Describe a website you use often.
选一个有明确用途的。“Google”和“YouTube”是让你最没话可说的答案。
Describe a television programme you like.
剧集比电影给你更多素材——形式、时长、它随时间如何变化。
Describe a podcast or radio programme you listen to.
一张音频卡，这意味着什么时候听比其他任何媒体话题都更重要——收听是在做其他事情时进行的。
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。