备考雅思口语练英音有没有优势
练雅思口语想学英音?这些英音发音特点要了解,下面小编就和大家分享,来欣赏一下吧。
练雅思口语想学英音?这些英音发音特点要了解
一. 备考雅思口语练英音有没有优势
在进入英音练习的正题之前,我们先来讲一下雅思口语练习英音是否有优势。其实,从雅思口语的评分标准上来,雅思口语练美音和英音都是可以接受的,并没有规定大家必须练习英音。那么,英音练习如何才能发挥出优势?小站君认为,如果大家能将英音练得非常地道,一开口就让人感觉像是native speaker,这样才能发挥出优势。不过如能将美音练得很地道,也是同理。
二. 英音有哪些发音特点
其实英音也有很多不同的腔调,就像我们国内的方言一样,我们通常所说的英音是英国的标准语音,就相当于中文里的普通话。那么,标准的英音都有哪些发音特点呢?
1. 没有r音
这个可以说是人尽皆知的英音特点,也是很多人在听到英语判别英美音的一个依据。给大家举几个常见的例子。比如这几个单词“water”“letter”“better”,美式发音都会将后面的r音带上,但是英式发音中全部都是“ə”音。
2. 梅花音[æ]
这也是英音发音中不得不说的一个发音特点,这个音标在英音和美音中发音完全不同,美音发音更像汉语拼音里的“ai”,而英音发音则像是汉语拼音的“a”,比如,bad、mad、sad等等,这些单词的读音英美音差别比较明显。
3. 其他发音规则
除了上面两类常见的之外,还有一些其他不明显的特点,需要大家在平时练习中多体会,比如字母u在l、d、n、t以后会音调会发成/tju:/,另外,英式发音比较含蓄,嘴巴张开程度要小于美音等等。
三. 如何练习
接下来,我们来说说如何练好英式发音。雅思口语练习中,比较通用的方法就是模仿和跟读,其实练习英音也是如此,只是在练习之前大家要先学音标,然后再开始模仿练习。
1. 音标
英语中英式和美式发音不同,也都有各自的音标。小站君建议大家在练习英音之前先学习一下英式发音音标表,然后再见到英式音标的时候才知道如何正确发音。
2. 练习
学习了最为基本的音标以后,就可以进入模仿阶段了。在模仿发音阶段,小站君不建议大家用音频来练习,因为音频练习有一个很大缺陷——看不到口型。其实在发音练习中模仿发音口型也是非常重要的一步,建议大家看英剧或者一些名人演讲来模仿英式发音。另外,模仿发音的时候不要模仿多人口音,找某一个发音标准的人进行模仿即可。
雅思口语误区 提高口语的四大技巧
01 句子不要太长,语速不要过快
很多同学在口语考试中遇到自己准备过的话题,或者紧张的时候,就容易出现说话不断句,语速越来越快的问题,其实并不是语速快、句子长就能显示出你的英语口语很好。
相反,雅思口语考试是一个和考官交流的过程,交流最重要的就是能让考官很好地听懂、听明白你所要表达的意思。不要试图说太长的句子,以简单句为主,然后使用一些简单的连接词把这些简单句连起来。
为大家分享一些实用连词:
并列关系:
首先:Firstly, First of all, What I want to mention firstly is that…, To start with, To begin with, For one thing, My first point is that…
其次:Secondly, In the next place, Moreover, My second point (reason) is that….
第三:Thirdly, furthermore, Besides
最后:In the end, Finally, Lastly, In the end, My last point (reason) is that…, Last but not the least
因果关系:
最简单的就是so, because, 如果想避免重复,使自己的回答更加出彩,我们还可以使用这些:due to, because of, owing to, thanks to, as a result of, inconsequence of, on account of, in view of, hence, therefore, thus, accordingly和consequently.
让步和转折关系:
Although, though, regardless of, even if, even though, as long as, despite, however, in spite of, instead, nevertheless, on the contrary, otherwise, though, while, yet.
递进关系:
not only…but also, as well(as), at the same time, besides, furthermore, in addition(to), like wise, moreover, worse still.
对比关系:
On the other hand, while, whereas, in contrast, on the contrary.
我们一起来看一道例题: Do men and women like the same hobbies?5分考生可能会这样回答:
No, I think men and women like different hobbies.
Men like playing computer games, or doing sports activities such as football and basketball. Women like watching TV, shopping, going to a karaoke bar and chatting on line.
这样的回答最大的问题就是结构,表面上看上去是把男人和女人的爱好进行对比,但其实只是分别进行了罗列,没有什么逻辑性。我们可以尝试用上面总结的连接词重新组织出这样的答案:
Well, certainly there are a few differences.
The first difference is the outdoor activities. I mean, men are fond of doing sports activities like football and basketball. In contrast, women prefer going shopping for clothes and shoes.
Another distinction is the TV programs they watch. For instance, men are quite into action movies. By comparison, women are more likely to watch soap operas.
用了the first, another这样的并列关系词和in contrast, by comparison这样的对比关系词,整个答案的结构和逻辑性都清晰了很多,口语分数自然会提高。
02 替换常用表达
很多烤鸭在备考口语中可能会走入一个误区,认为口语一定要说高大上的词才能得高分。其实有些难词的语境并不适合,口语中重要的是用不同的方式表达你的意思。
比如:Well, certainly there are a few differences.
The first difference is the outdoor activities. I mean, men are fond of doing sports activities like football and basketball. In contrast, women prefer going shopping for clothes and shoes.
Another distinction is the TV programs they watch. For instance, men are quite into action movies. By comparison, women are more likely to watch soap operas.
我们还是来看这个修改过的高分答案,表达“喜欢、喜爱”这个意思,我们没有使用单调的like, love, 而是使用be fond of, prefer, be quite into这样相对高级但也很常用的表达, 表达可能性使用了be likely to…的结构,这样的替换结构可以让口语不那么千篇一律,体现出你对语言灵活的掌握!
所以建议大家多多积累一些常用的替换表达,让你的内容也变得更加丰富,在词汇多样性这个标准上也可以取得好成绩。
03 掌握一些实用结构
明明积累了很多口语素材,可是到表达的时候就词穷了,会说的句型就是那么几个,或者是考前背了一些高级的结构表达,考场上却因为句型不熟而导致卡壳。所以说还是要掌握一些简单实用的表达结构,才能更加有机会取得高分!这里和大家分享一些实用结构:
描述作用:
1.Sth. enable(s) sb. to do
E.g. The smartphone enables us to contact with our friends.
2. Sth. allow(s) sb. to do
E.g. The smartphone allows us to contact with our friends.
3. With the help of sth...we can...
E.g. With the help of smartphone, we can freely contact with our friends.
4. Sth. help(s) sb. (to) do
E.g. The smartphone helps us to contact with our friends whenever we want.
描述听:
1.I hear(常用过去时,表示听过)
E.g. I heard her voice.
2. I hear of /about (hear of/about 表听说)
E.g. We frequently hear about these types of reports.
3. Sound
E.g. This sounds impossible.
4. Sound like
E.g. However, I do not want to sound like a Hollywood actor accepting an award.
描述看:
1.Look
2. Look like (it looks like...形容轮廓或外观)
3. I noticed that....
E.g. I noticed that most academics were writing papers during the summer.
描述想法:
1. I think / believe / suppose....
2. Think of
E.g. What do you think of her?
描述感觉和性质:
1.It is + adj. + for sb to do sth
E.g. It is a great pleasure for me to attend this meeting.
2. It is + adj. + that + 句子
E.g. It is impossible that she brings a gift to you.
描述不满意:
1.I am not satisfied with...
2. I am dissatisfied with…
E.g. I am dissatisfied with the current solution.
3. I am unhappy with…
4. I don’t think it is a good idea to
E.g. I don’t think it is a good idea to say it is good or bad.
描述期待:
1.I can’t wait to do sth
E.g. I can’t wait to join the football team.
2. I am looking forward to doing sth
E.g. I am looking forward to joining the football team.
04 适当地运用地道的英语表达
除了口语表达和连接词,我们当然还需要掌握一些地道的英语表达和习惯,不仅能让我们的口语更自然贴近生活,而且还是口语考试中的加分项哦!比如:
▪ 为了使自己的内容不要听起来过于苍白,我们可以加一些例子使自己的内容听起来更加丰富,常见的举例方法有:like, such as, take...for example, in some cases, and stuff like that, and things like that, or something like that.
▪ 停顿的时候,用well, eh, um, 或者you know,占位。当你需要转移话题,或转换一个角度,或者遇上难题,需要一点思考时间又不想冷场的时候,试试这些表达“谈及、谈到、关于”的词组:speaking of, talking about, when it comes to, as far as s concerned, as regards, regarding.
▪ 用 flick/flicks 代替film/movie.
▪ 用“a smash hit”代替popular表达“某东西很火”,smash作动词用是打碎的意思,这个比较常考,但在口语中经常用到它形容词词义,表示极为成功的。
▪ the name of the game 问题的实质;最为重要的方面;事情的根本目标”。
最后,我们再来看一个高分答案:
Describe a useful website that you like to visit.
Ok, well the first website that came to mind when I saw this topic was Taobao, which is the Chinese equivalent of eBay.com. There's a huge range of stuff you can buy on this website. One of the best things about this website is that the prices are generally a lot cheaper than in the shops. I mainly go on it to buy things like clothes…
I know that shopping online can be quite risky, because the product often isn't as good as it looks on the website, but if you do enough research, such as read the customer reviews of the product you're thinking of buying, then I think you can avoid this kind of thing happening to you, because you’ll be able to get an idea of how reliable the supplier is.
在这个答案中,我们使用了well, stuff等地道又口语化的表达,同时也用到了很多连接词如one of, but, such as, because等,让整个回答听起来更有层次和逻辑性。A huge range of, get an idea of 等这些高分替换表达也是回答中的亮点!
雅思口语part2高分话题范文:童年玩具
Describe a toy that you received when you were a child
You should say:
What the toy was.
Who gave it to you
How you used this.
And explain how you felt when you got this toy
雅思口语part2高分话题范文参考:童年玩具(Describe a toy that you received when you were a child)
When I was a child, I received a Barbie doll as a gift from my father's friend. He bought the toy from the States.
I played with this Barbie doll almost every day. I begged my grandma to make clothes for her and dressed her like a princess or a super star. She was my favorite toy for a long time. I always put her besides my pillow.
I felt super happy when I received this Barbie doll. The doll had long hair, big eyes, and beautiful skirt. When I was a child, Barbie doll was very expensive and my parents couldn't afford to buy it, so Barbie doll had been a dream gift for me. To some extent, receiving the doll was a dream coming true. I saw it as a valuable gift and tried to keep it in a good shape. I also felt thankful for my father's friend who brought this happiness to me.