描述一位对你有影响的老师
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。
话题卡
Describe a teacher who influenced you.
You should say
- who they were
- what they taught you
- what they were like as a person
- and explain what effect they had on 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。
- 哪门课、哪个年级，以及在他之前你对这门课的看法。
- 他的方法——他的教法和其他所有人有什么不同。具体说出是什么技巧。
- 一堂你至今仍记得的课或一次对话，把它还原成一个场景。
- 你从那间教室里带走的、与这门课本身无关的东西。
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。
bring a subject to life
形容富有启发性的教学的自然搭配
strict but fair
常见而准确的描述
get the best out of
用于提升了你表现的老师
spark an interest in
用于某门学科真正变成“你的”的那一刻
hold the class's attention
具体的课堂技能
it stuck with me
用于持久的影响，比“I never forgot it”更好
这张卡的陷阱
换着说法把“a very good teacher”说了三遍。
描述他的方法。某个星期二早上，他做了什么别的老师没做的事？这一句话抵得上整张卡。
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 teacher I'd choose is Mr Raghavan, who taught me physics for two years when I was about sixteen. He had a reputation for being difficult and I'd been dreading his class. What made him unusual was that he refused to give answers. You'd ask him something and he'd ask you three questions back, and the third one was always the one that made you feel stupid for asking in the first place. It was infuriating at the time. Half the class hated him. The influence, though, has outlasted anything I actually learned about physics, most of which I've forgotten. What stayed is the habit of not accepting the first explanation — of asking what would have to be true for this to be right. I use that constantly at work and I can trace it directly to a man who wouldn't tell me why a ball rolls down a slope. I'd like to say I thanked him, but I was sixteen, so I almost certainly didn't.拿到这个分数的关键
- “I'd like to say I thanked him, but I was sixteen”是有自知之明的幽默，而恰到好处的幽默在较低分段很难装出来。
- 它区分了“教了什么”和“学到了什么”，这是对“how they influenced you”真正经过思考的回答，而不是换个说法重复题目。
- 间接引语和假设句——“he'd ask you three questions back”“what would have to be true”——引入了复杂结构，却毫不吃力。
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：
- the qualities that make a good teacher
- whether technology could replace teachers
- how schooling differs between generations
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。