01时间思维 Time Thinking
如果把时间拉长,可以讨论整个宇宙。
——波波老师
在雅思口语考试中,当我们面对雅思口语考官的问题时,我们的思维很容易局限在此时此刻。比如,很多考生都遇到这样一个问题:“你喜欢看天空吗?”大多数考生的思维会停留在此时此刻是否喜欢看天空,这样的思维是没有问题的。但是,如果我们能够使用“时间思维”,就可以更具体、更有效地回答这个问题。比如,可以说自己曾经是否喜欢看天空,现在是否会抬头看天空,未来是否会去北欧某个国家看极光。这样的思维能够让我们在“speak at length (speak longer answers with specific information)”这个雅思口语考试的评分标准方面做得更好。
雅思口语考试 Part 1 问题
Do you like to look at the sky?
[观点]Yes, I have a genuine liking for looking at the sky.[过去]Well, when I was a young child I lived in Inner Mongolia where I could see countless stars in the sky at night. All the wonderful things in the sky really caught my fancy at the moment.[现在]Right now, I am living in Beijing. Although I haven’t got many chances to see blue skies during the day or amazing stars during the night, I still prefer to take a quick look at the sky from time to time because it allows me to slow down my life.[未来]And in the future, I long to go on a journey to Finland and look at the Northern Lights, which will definitely be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me.