IELTS口语第三部分：工作与职业
充满关于随时间变化的问题，所以在这里时态控制与内容同样重要。
你能否讨论趋势。这个领域几乎每个问题都暗含一种转变——远程办公、工作稳定性、人们想从职业中得到什么——而用一般现在时回答趋势类问题，会把变化说成静止不变的状态。
你可能会被问到的问题
比第一部分回答更长——每题三十到四十五秒。考官可能会反驳你，这正是这个环节的设计。
- How has the world of work changed in recent years?
- Do people change jobs more often than they used to?
- Is job satisfaction more important than a high salary?
- Should employers be responsible for their staff's wellbeing?
- Will working from home continue to be common?
- Why are some important jobs poorly paid?
- Is it harder for young people to find work now?
- Do people retire too early or too late?
这里如何组织回答
- 说出趋势的方向，再说原因，再说结果。三句话，回答就完整了。
- 区分不同类型的工作。对办公室工作成立的，对体力劳动或护理工作往往不成立，注意到这一点就能得分。
- 在预测类问题上正确使用将来表达——用“is likely to”、“I'd expect”、“it may well”，而不是光秃秃的“will”。
- 在薪酬问题上给反方论点应有的分量。它是这组问题里最有意思的一个，值得认真回答。
这个话题需要的表达
第三部分评的是你能否在不夸大的情况下进行概括和推测。这些是在这个领域能起到这种作用的表达。
there's been a shift towards
陈述趋势最干净利落的方式
it's likely to
留有余地的预测，比“will definitely”好
by and large
用于宽泛的概括
that said
用于引出限定条件
increasingly
用一个词概括整个趋势
job security
以及“work-life balance”——这个主题离不开的两个名词
这个话题的陷阱
完全用现在时回答关于变化的问题。
“People change jobs often”和“people change jobs more often than they used to”回答的是不同的问题。现在完成时和比较级正是这些问题要考的。
其中两道题的8分回答
看的是技巧，不是观点——表明立场，按你真正相信的程度加以限定，给出支撑，并正视最有力的反对意见。你的观点完全可以和这些相反，得分照样一样。背诵的第三部分回答比第一部分更容易被识破，因为考官会就你刚说的话追问，而背好的稿子经不起追问。
Do you think people will change jobs more often in the future?
Almost certainly, though I'd distinguish between changing employer and changing career. Changing employer has already become normal — the idea of thirty years at one company sounds almost quaint now. Changing career entirely is a different matter, because it usually means a pay cut and most people can't absorb one. So I'd expect frequent moves within a field rather than genuine reinvention, unless retraining becomes much cheaper than it currently is.为什么有效把问题中混为一谈的两件事区分开，是第三部分里最有力的一招，也让预测变得具体而不空泛。
Is it better to work for a large company or a small one?
It depends what stage you're at, which I realise sounds evasive but I think is genuinely the answer. Early on, a large company teaches you what good process looks like — you see how things are supposed to be done. The trade-off is that you see a narrow slice of it. A small company gives you range much faster and no model of how to do any of it well. If I were advising someone I'd say large first, small second, though plenty of people do it the other way and turn out fine.为什么有效说明“it depends”的理由，而不是躲在它后面，再把分析转化为建议——正是这一点让平衡的回答不至于变成两边都不表态。
第三部分的其他话题
练习被反驳
Oliver会像真正的考官那样在第三部分反驳你——不是为了为难你，而是因为在轻微压力下坚持立场正是评分的内容。对着问题清单是练不出来的。第一次测试免费。
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