雅思口语考试中关于advice的问题

　　雅思口语考试中关于advice的问题，一般只出现在part 2和part 3的环节中，卡片题的内容通常是“describe some good/useful advice you received”，而随后的part 3中，考官会从各个方面就advice设置问题进行提问，内容主要涉及young people，professionals等，问题较为抽象并且深入，在考试中难免给考生们带来压力。在本文中，将主要就part3当中常出现的典型问题进行探讨，并给出一些实用建议以供考生们参考。

　　一. Advice常见问题之young people

　　关于young people 的问题是此类话题中使用最为频繁的，涉及的方面也比较丰富，通常包括以下几个方面：

　　1． 意愿

　　★ 真题重现：Are young people more inclined to accept advice from their friends or from their parents?

　　★ 题目解析：

　　☆ 思路：选择型的问题，回答时在思路方面考生可以选择其中一个方面进行展开，也可从多个角度进行探讨。

　　☆ 词汇：关于“friends”和“parents”特点的词汇，如understanding，experienced…

　　☆ 句型： 意愿： 偏好：

　　1) X is willing to … 1) X prefers…to…

　　2) X would …if X should… 2) X would prefer to…

　　3) X is reluctant to… 3) X would rather… than…

　　4) X is inclined to…

　　5) X is unwilling to…

　　★ 回答演示：

　　Well，most of the young people would prefer to ask their friends for some advice，I guess，especially when they have problems about school or personal relationship，you know ，it’s easier to communicate with someone their own age，but when they need help about something like future career，they would rather turn to their parents for help，because parents are usually more experienced about that …

　　2. 比较

　　★ 真题重现：What do you think is the main difference between older people and young people when someone gives them advice?

　　★ 题目解析：

　　☆ 思路：典型的对比异同（Comparing similarities and differences）型的问题，回答时以语法为基础，要有明显的进行对比的框架来支撑答案，同时要有充足的细节来支持观点。

　　☆ 词汇：(young people)open minded，curious…(old people)careful, conservative…

　　☆ 句型：

　　1) X is (a lot, a great deal of, slightly, a bit…) bigger than Y.

　　2) X is quite (totally, completely) different from Y.

　　3) X and Y are different in every way.

　　4) One of the differences between X and Y is that…

　　5) In comparison to B, A is quite big …

　　★ 回答演示：

　　Well，I have to say that they are different in many ways. But the main one is that young people are more likely to accept advice that are different and exciting, you know，young people are usually curious and adventurous, they would like to try new things. In comparison to the young，most of the older people are conservative and careful ，so usually they would take the more practical advice，I think.

　　3. 方式

　　★ 真题重现：What do you think are the good ways for older people to give advice to young people?

　　★ 题目解析：

　　☆ 思路：types方法种类型问题，在回答时可先总体概括，然后突出最有特点的一项展开回答，并给出细节信息。

　　☆ 词汇：effective, teaching lessons, set a example,understanding…

　　☆ 句型：

　　It is obvious that there are plenty of ways…

　　But I believe the most effective way would be to…

　　Like for instance, if …

　　★ 回答演示：

　　It is obvious that there’re plenty of ways to give advice to young people and it varies from people to people, like talking, writing and things like that. But I believe the most effective way would be to actually show them how to do something, you know, like setting a good example, instead of only teaching lessons. Like for instance, if parents would like their children to study more, they should do it themselves instead of watching TV while the children are studying. Besides, trying to understand the young people before giving them advice is also a good way.

　　4. 具体建议

　　★ 真题重现：If you were to give one piece of advice to young people, what would it be?

　　★ 题目解析：

　　☆ 思路：建议型问题，给出正面回答后，适当补充细节信息。（需要注意的是：需要在答案中加入虚拟语气的表达，这是得分的一个关键点。同时，考生要了解suggestion与advice的一些不同：suggestion为可数名词，通常泛指一种想法，如：I suggest we eat out tonight ; advice为不可数名词，通常指‘the best thing to do’，意思更为深入和抽象，如：I advice you not to waste too much of your time on playing PC games. ）

　　☆ 句型：

　　1) I‘d .... (suggest, recommend, say, tell him/her/them) ....

　　2) Maybe/perhaps/possibly ... + could / should ...

　　3) It might/may help if ....+ past tense form of verb

　　4) It would probably + (be a good idea, be useful, help) if + past tense form of verb

　　5) I .... (suggest, recommend, say) ....

　　★ 回答演示：

　　Well，possibly I would advise them not be afraid to make mistakes and never give up their dreams. You know，when people are young，they have plenty of time, so if they made mistakes they would have chances to correct them.

　　二. Advice常见问题之professionals

　　1. 种类

　　★ 真题重现：In your community, what various kinds of people give advice and what kinds of advice do they give?

　　★ 题目分析：

　　☆ 思路：types方法种类型问题，在回答时可先总体概括，然后突出最有特点的一项或两项展开回答，并给出细节信息。

　　☆ 词汇：“in your community”= “in your neighbourhood”, “around you”, “in your hometown” or “among the people you know”；consultants ,doctors, psychologists, religious leaders, lawyers, accountants…

　　☆ 句型：

　　1) It is obvious that there’re plenty of…

　　2) But I believe the most …would be…

　　3) Like for instance, if …

　　★ 回答演示：

　　Well, among the people I know, there are various kinds of people who give advice, such as, doctors, psychologists, travel agents and so on. But I suppose the most well- known professional consultants would be doctors and tutors. You know people today really care about their health condition and their children’s studies.

　　2. 未来

　　★ 真题回顾：In the future, what kind of advice do you think people will be giving each other?

　　★ 题目分析：

　　☆ 思路：speculating about future预测未来型问题+ types方法种类型问题，思路同以上问题, 注意使用预测未来的句型。

　　☆ 词汇：the internet，science and technology，globalization，global warming…

　　☆ 句型：

　　1) I imagine / suppose / guess ...

　　2) There’ll probably / possibly be ...

　　3) We might see/have…

　　★ 回答演示：

　　Well，I think the advice people give each other in the future would change a lot , compared to now. Like for instance, people will probably be advicing each other buy more things and study more on computers because of the development of Internet. As well as that，people might be advised to learn more than one foreign language , because, you know, we are facing the globalization and people will be interacting with foreigners a lot more.

　　综上所述，在应对advice问题时，考生需要综合思路，词汇以及句型等方面的信息，才能做到fluency，coherence，vocabulary，grammar等评分要求，拿到比较满意的成绩。