1.如何避免死亡凝视

想象一下：考官问了你一个问题之后，你在脑子里回味了三秒钟也没反应出来该如何作答。

于是你默默地看向考官，发现考官也在深情凝视着你，接下来你就大脑一片空白了。这时的场景江湖人称，死亡凝视。

这是考场上最致命的错误—silent。一旦发生就会丢掉流利度的分数并且再也找不回来。

造成这样局面的原因是很多童鞋压根没听懂问题，也有童鞋是因为对观点毫无想法，这时候就请你用出考场自救的第一原则：及时求救。

使用这一技能的要诀就是足够快速，在考官话音刚落的那一刻你就需要迅速辨认自己是否能回答的出来这个问题，如果不能，赶紧求助。

下列这些基础口语考场求救金句请各位同学练到倒背如流，并且加以演技反复操练。

I’m sorry, can you explain your question please?

This’s beyond my knowledge, I can’t think about anything right now.

I seriously have no idea about this question, can you help me with it please?

他们的共同点就是：都有明确的求助指向。不要指望考官在考场上能揣测出来你的意思，一旦造成了任何的间隔，就是你流利度的分数会被减去。

来看考场实录

考官：What period of history would you say it’s important to people in your country?

考生：故作思考状，well actually I have to say this question is beyond my knowledge I can’t think about anything right now, can you help me with it please?

考官：改问题 Is there any time in history that brought great influence to Chinese? Or maybe made contributions?

2.有技术的拖延时间

真实的考试中你能每个问题都做到直接作答吗？大概率是不能的。毕竟考官很爱“挑战你的语言极限”。

特别在part3的部分很爱突然扔给你一个问题，就看你如何接话。这就引申出雅思口语考试对能力的第二个要求了：知道如何接话，而不是接什么话。Knowing how to say something is more important than what to say something.

先来看一个车祸现场

考官：Do you think history matters in a country’s development?

你内心OS：这个问题太大了从哪下口？历史肯定重要啊，从小到大都学历史，读史使人进步。

一旁等待的考官：Hello? Do you need my help?？

其实从内心的os能看出，这个考生对话题已经有一些思考了，但是没有用语言去陈述出来而是都放在心里给自己加戏。碰见这种情况时要使出考场自救第二原则，展示思考过程+展示论证过程。

思考过程的呈现可以有很多种形式，比如可以是个人经历的描述，可以是背景介绍，也可以是话题的某个关键词的扩展，只要是相关的细节都可以作为话题的引语。

来看修改过的场景：

考官：Do you think history matters in a country’s development?

考生：展示思考过程，This's quite a big question… I think it’s definitely important coz most students’ been studying history since primary school time. 拖延时间完毕接入正题。

虽然没有切入到具体的论证，但是已经展示出了对话题的思考，考官也会耐心等待你给出后续的答案。这时的大脑一定要飞速旋转，找到下一步需要论证的观点。大约2-3句的拖延时间之后就可以开始论证跟话题相关的内容了。

考生继续分析：One of the importances I can think about now is thatlearning hisotry can cultivate people’s cultral identity. Students learn about the Chinese history so that they can understand the culture better. Like they would know about the achievements their acestors have had, or the mistakes that’s been made in the past… through the process of learning it, those young people would feel pround of where they come from.

经过这样调整之后是不是答案顺滑多了呢？

3.逐条陈述观点

对于考场上有话可说的同学来讲，最令人可惜的是论证了很多内容但是考官却没有听明白你的意思。甚至更糟糕的是一直在同一组话题内反复提问。

一般出现这样状况的童鞋都卡在了5.5分。造成这样的原因是，说话层次不清楚。这时候就要使用口语中的扩展1+1原则了，也就是一个观点+一个解释。

不要给过多的观点，能把一个讲清楚再说下一个。来看例题

考官：Which way would you say is more effective in learning history, by reading books or watching videos?

混在一起让你听不懂答法（读出来，仔细感受）

I think both of them are effective. Like when you read books it’s indepth and academic, and if you watch TV it’s intesting. So some people like to watch TV and some of them like to read books. But if this person want some thing more reliable probably he would read books.

读的明白算我输。

真正的平行答法绝不是你想了什么就往外倒出来，而是找一个先分析，最后总结出你的观点。来看个正面案例。观点A及分析+观点B及分析+总结or 你的观点

I think reading books are more academic and authoritative, coz books are written by professionals so they’re more trustworthy, plus books can contain more information. 先对A观点做出分析

Compare to that, I think videos like movies or short documentaries are easier to watch, they have more entertainment elements like pictures or sounds. 对B观点做出分析

So I think it depends of the differnt needs of people. 总结出观点

这样回答的好处是你可以很轻松的把每个观点都分析出来，不用担心跑题。如果想要跟考官有进一步的扩展可以在结尾的时候给出新话题的延展。

比如你就可以说but for school children I wouldn’t think allowing them to use videos to study history is a good idea. 这时候考官就会非常感兴趣的继续提问你“why is that?”

除了平行结构，还有一种更有偏向性的结构也建议大家使用。毕竟口语比较写作而言是更需要有观点的，可以不用平衡。来感受一下

问: Which way would you say is more effective in learning history, by reading books or watching videos?

假如你只想到了看视频学历史的好处，你可以这么办：

I think watching videos have more fun! 给回应亮明态度

Like when people watch historical movies the sound and pictures are keeping the them entertained, so they wouldn't feel bored like reading a book. Also it’s a lot easier to understand a movie rather than a book. 直接举例子分析

So I suppose for people who wants to learn history, watching videos could be a better start. 别忘了总结观点

这样回答完之后，如果考官想听到“那为什么人们需要看书来学历史”他会继续提问。等于我们把这个问题拆成了两步去回答。这样是不会影响你的分数的，因为你给出的答案做到了有回应、有论证。