Hi, Chris!

嗨，克里斯！

Kevin, where are you from?

凱文，你從哪裡來？

I'm from Shanghai, China.

我來自中國上海。

Fantastic! And today we have a practice IELTS mock exam with Maddy. Kevin, are you nervous about your test?

太棒了今天我們請來了麥迪為大家進行雅思模擬考試。凱文，考試緊張嗎？

I'm speechless! Too nervous to speak!

我無言以對！緊張得說不出話來！

In today's video, Kevin is going to do a full test and I am going to give some feedback on how he can improve. So, if you want to learn how you can improve, keep watching!

在今天的視頻中，凱文將進行一次全面測試，我將就他如何改進提供一些反饋意見。所以，如果你想學習如何改進，請繼續觀看！

Do you think that the IELTS speaking test is difficult? Well, I agree with you!

您認為雅思口語考試很難？我同意您的看法！

The great news is that we've made some fantastic mock exam videos with a real practice exam, with real students and a real practice examiner. During these videos, I'm going to be looking at what the students do well, how they can improve and also how you guys can use some of their tips, techniques and ideas in your speaking test.

好消息是，我們已經制作了一些精彩的模擬考試視頻，其中包含真實的模擬考試、真實的學生和真實的考官。在這些視頻中，我將介紹學生們在哪些方面做得很好，他們可以如何改進，以及你們可以如何在口語考試中使用他們的一些提示、技巧和想法。

Hello IELTSdaily friends! It's Chris and we're back with Kevin. Now, my question for you guys, did you watch the last video of Kevin which you can see in the corner now? Because if you haven't done, I strongly recommend that you watch that video before you watch this video because you may see some improvement in Kevin's speech. We gave him some feedback, he took the feedback on board and hopefully he's improved. So, Kevin, he is from China and in our previous video, we talked about Kevin's difficulty with the sound he used to say um whiz. I wonder if he continues making that mistake in this video or whether he has fixed any of his other previous mistakes. Shall we begin watching? It's a full speaking test today. I hope you find it useful. If you do find it useful, please write something in the comments. Talk about what you liked and what you thought he did well. Let's go.

IELTSdaily 的朋友們，大家好！我是Chris，我們又和Kevin見面了。現在，我想問大家一個問題，你們看了角落裡凱文的上一個視頻了嗎？如果沒有，我強烈建議你們在看這個視頻之前先看那個視頻，因為你們可能會發現凱文的演講有了一些進步。我們給了他一些反饋意見，他採納了反饋意見，希望他有所改進。凱文來自中國，在上一段視頻中，我們談到了凱文在說 um whiz 時遇到的困難。我想知道他在這段視頻中是否繼續犯這個錯誤，或者他是否已經改正了之前的錯誤。我們開始看吧？今天是一個完整的口語測試。希望你們覺得有用。

Hello and welcome to this practice exam conducted by IELTSdaily. My name is Maddy and I'm your practice examiner. The questions in this test are designed to simulate the IELTS speaking test.

大家好，歡迎來到 IELTSdaily 舉辦的模擬考試。我叫 Maddy，是你們的模擬考官。本試題旨在模擬雅思口語考試。

Let's start. What's your first name, please? Honglin, but you can call me Kevin.

我們開始吧請問你叫什麼名字？洪林，但你可以叫我凱文

Thanks, Kevin. At the beginning of the IELTS test, you will be required to provide some ID, but as this is a practice test, we don't need to do that today. I want to begin by talking about you. Just before we continue, I want to talk a little bit about body language. Now, body language will not earn you any marks in the test, but it may allow you to feel a little bit more confident.

謝謝你，凱文。在雅思考試開始時，您需要提供一些身份證件，但由於這是一次模擬考試，我們今天不需要這樣做。我想先談談你自己。在我們繼續之前，我想先談談肢體語言。現在，肢體語言不會讓你在考試中獲得任何分數，但它可能會讓你感覺更自信一些。

So, body language, that's quite important. If you notice, Kevin, he's sitting upright. He's not slouching. He's not slouching. He's sitting quite confidently with his hands on the table.

所以肢體語言很重要如果你注意到了，凱文，他坐得很端正。He's not slouching.He's not slouching.He's sitting quite confidently with his hands on the table. 他坐得很自信，雙手放在桌上。

He's looking quite rested and he's looking the examiner in the eye. If you find it difficult to sit looking at somebody in the eye, just like I'm looking at you guys in the eye now, practice. Find a friend to sit with, ask them to ask you questions, sit across the table, try to replicate the test. What do you do in your free time?

他看起來休息得很好，而且正看著考官的眼睛。如果你覺得坐著看著別人的眼睛很困難，就像我現在看著你們的眼睛一樣，那就練習一下吧。找個朋友坐在一起，讓他們問你問題，坐在桌子對面，試著模仿考試。你在空閒時間都做些什麼？

I enjoy playing volleyball in my free time if I can find enough friends. We usually go to uni, rent a volleyball court and then play some volleyball. I do play a bit competitively, but usually I just prefer to play a friendly, non-competitive game with friends.

如果能找到足夠多的朋友，我喜歡在空閒時間打排球。我們通常會去大學租一個排球場，然後打排球。我也打一些競技比賽，但通常我更喜歡和朋友們打一場友好的、非競技性的比賽。

Did you hear that? So, Kevin again repeated the sound with rather than the sound with.

你聽到了嗎？於是，凱文再次重複了 "與 "這個音，而不是 "與 "這個音。

So, he is still repeating some of his old mistakes, but he did say the word uni. He plays volleyball in uni. You know that the word uni is the short form for university. So, this is great contraction, excellent natural language. If I'm alone, I do enjoy cooking, finding some recipes on YouTube or online and then make some delicious food.

所以，他還在重蹈覆轍，但他確實說了 uni 這個詞。他在大學裡打排球。你知道，uni 是大學的簡稱。所以，這是很好的縮略詞，也是很好的自然語言。如果我一個人，我很喜歡做飯，在YouTube或網上找一些食譜，然後做一些美味的食物。

And when is your free time?

你的空閒時間是什麼時候？

During the semester, during university times in the semester, I find times in between my study hours when I have done, finished my schoolwork or finished my assignments. Then I have my own free time to sort of take it easy and do whatever I enjoy so that I can give my brain a rest before diving into more university life stuff. Wow! Listen to that sentence again.

在學期中，在大學期間，我會在學習時間的間隙找時間做完功課或完成作業。然後，我就有了自己的空閒時間，可以放鬆一下，做一些自己喜歡的事情，讓大腦得到休息，然後再投入到更多的大學生活中去。哇哦再聽一遍這句話。

Give my brain a rest before diving into. This is an example of really high-level language.

讓我的大腦休息一下，然後再深入研究。這是一個真正高級語言的例子。

Give my brain a rest is a collocation before diving into something. Really, really wonderful, wonderful language. Well done, Kevin.

讓我的大腦休息一下 "是潛入某事之前的搭配。真的，真的很棒，很棒的語言。幹得好，凱文。

What do you not enjoy doing when you have free time?

空閒時，你不喜歡做什麼？

I guess I'm not too much of a party person. So, sometimes after a day of hard work and study, I prefer to spend some quiet time alone or at least just not amongst people drinking or talking very loudly. I prefer to spend some of my own quality times just making sure that my brain is well rested. Just stop there for a second and spend some of my quality times. Is it natural to say quality times as a plural?

我想我不太喜歡參加聚會。是以，有時經過一天的努力工作和學習後，我更喜歡一個人靜靜地待著，或者至少不喜歡和別人一起喝酒或大聲說話。我更喜歡用自己的時間來確保大腦得到充分休息。在這裡停一下，花點時間好好休息一下。把 quality times 說成複數是否很自然？

Time is usually uncountable. So, I would say that as a very minor mistake there.

時間通常是不可數的。是以，我認為這是一個很小的錯誤。

OK, let's move on to the topic of baking. Do you ever bake cakes?

好了，讓我們來談談烘焙。你烤過蛋糕嗎？

As much as I want to, I don't actually bake that much cake. I think I've always been saying this,

雖然我很想烤蛋糕，但實際上我烤的蛋糕並不多。我想我一直都是這麼說的、

I do enjoy cooking, but baking seems a bit too hard for me because it's strange. For most people, it's the easier part because all you have to do is follow the ingredients, measure everything precisely and voila, the cake will come out. But because when I cook,

我喜歡烹飪，但烘焙對我來說似乎有點太難了，因為它很奇怪。對大多數人來說，烘焙是比較簡單的，因為你只需要按照配料，精確地測量所有東西，然後蛋糕就出來了。但因為我做飯時

I do enjoy to go a bit spontaneous, put different ingredients in my own sort of favour.

我喜歡隨性一點，把不同的食材放在自己喜歡的地方。

So, when it comes to baking, I sort of go off rail and sometimes the cake comes out as a disaster.

是以，一說到烘焙，我就會走火入魔，有時做出來的蛋糕就是一場災難。

Which cakes are popular in your country?

貴國流行哪些蛋糕？

I don't think people have a consensus on the best flavour, but personally, I do enjoy cheesecake a lot, even though it can get a bit too sweet after too much of cheesecake. But every now and then, if it's my birthday or if it's a special occasion,

我不認為人們對最佳口味達成了共識，但就我個人而言，我確實非常喜歡芝士蛋糕，儘管芝士蛋糕吃多了會有點太甜。但偶爾，如果是我的生日或特殊場合、

I'd prefer to have a cheesecake that I can share with my friends.

我更喜歡能與朋友分享的芝士蛋糕。

After too much of cheesecake. The of in this phrase, after too much of cheesecake, the of is redundant, you don't need to say too much of, you would just say after too much cheesecake. I heard him say with again, I think he said birthday rather than birthday. So, this little sound is slipping in again. He's speaking really fluently, lots of great ideas, no hesitation, really. He's not looking for words. Great job.

After too much of cheesecake.在這個短語中，"吃了太多芝士蛋糕後 "中的 "的 "是多餘的，你不需要說 "吃了太多的"，你可以直接說 "吃了太多的芝士蛋糕後"。我又聽到他說 with，我想他說的是 birthday 而不是 birthday。所以，這個小聲音又溜進來了。他說得很流利，有很多好主意，沒有猶豫，真的。他沒有在找詞。幹得好

Do you like to eat cakes?

你喜歡吃蛋糕嗎？

As much as I want to, I know it's quite sweet and healthy, but yeah, I enjoy, I think everyone will agree that people enjoy a good old carbohydrate meal with a lot of sugar in it. It makes people happy, I guess. Now, I want to talk about the cinema. Do you ever visit the cinema?

雖然我很想吃，我知道這很甜，也很健康，但我喜歡，我想每個人都會同意，人們喜歡吃含糖量高的碳水化合物食物。我想，這能讓人開心。現在，我想談談電影院。你去過電影院嗎？

Quite often before lockdown. I do enjoy watching movies a lot. Maybe I've been going less and less to the cinema because of the development of things, online streaming, such as Netflix and everything is accessible at home. And sometimes I just don't see the need to go out and pay $15 for film tickets when I can just access it from my home on my tablet.

經常是在關禁閉之前。我很喜歡看電影。也許我已經越來越少去電影院了，因為隨著網絡流媒體的發展，比如 Netflix，一切都可以在家裡觀看。有時候，我覺得沒必要出去花 15 美元買電影票，因為我在家就能用平板電腦看電影。

Hmm. And what films do you like to watch in the cinema?

嗯。你喜歡在電影院看什麼電影？

The ones that have just come out, the ones that everyone is talking about. I used to enjoy a lot of superhero movies, but I think after years of tens of even hundreds of superhero movies, it has gotten a bit tedious and I prefer something else, like a good old film where everything is concealed until the end where the big revelation comes out and it surprises the audience. I think that's the success of filmmaking. I really love the way that Kevin expands on his answers. He has no problem speaking fluently. It's a really great feature.

那些剛剛上映的電影，那些人人都在談論的電影。我以前喜歡看很多超級英雄電影，但我覺得經過多年幾十部甚至上百部超級英雄電影的洗禮，我已經覺得有點乏味了，我更喜歡別的東西，比如一部好的老電影，一切都被掩蓋起來，直到最後大揭祕出現，讓觀眾大吃一驚。我認為這就是電影製作的成功之處。我非常喜歡凱文對他的回答進行擴展的方式。他說話流暢自如。這是一部非常棒的電影。

I know some of you will be really jealous of Kevin's speech here. It just comes with time.

我知道你們中的一些人會非常嫉妒凱文在這裡的演講。這只是時間問題。

Practice, practice, practice. Think of ideas. Try to just tell a story to the examiner.

練習、練習、練習。多想點子。試著給考官講一個故事。

Do you prefer films at home or at the cinema?

您更喜歡在家看電影還是去電影院？

If I go out with friends, then sure, I'd prefer to go to the cinema, have a share of popcorn, get some drinks, because that's the kind of big screen and a very good sound effect that you can't really get at home. But otherwise, if I'm just alone and I want to watch something by myself, then staying at home is my go-to choice.

如果我和朋友一起出去，那麼當然，我更願意去電影院，吃一份爆米花，喝一些飲料，因為那種大屏幕和非常好的音效是在家裡無法享受到的。但除此之外，如果我只是一個人，想自己看點東西，那麼待在家裡是我的首選。

I'm going to give you a topic and I'd like you to talk about it for one to two minutes.

我會給你們一個話題，希望你們就這個話題談一到兩分鐘。

Before you talk, you'll have one minute to think about what you're going to say.

在你發言之前，你有一分鐘的時間思考你要說的話。

You can make notes if you wish. Here is a paper and pencil for making notes.

如果你願意，可以做筆記。這裡有做筆記用的紙和筆。

And here is your topic. I would like you to describe a time when you were disturbed by noise.

這是你的題目。我想請你描述一下你被噪音干擾的經歷。

Your one minute starts now.

一分鐘現在開始。

All right, that's one minute.

好吧，就一分鐘

Remember, you have one to two minutes for this, so don't worry if I stop you.

記住，你有一到兩分鐘的時間，所以如果我阻止你，不要擔心。

I'll tell you when the time is up. Can you start speaking now, please?

時間到了我會告訴你的。請你現在開始發言好嗎？

Yep. The noise I was disturbed by was actually a few days ago on Christmas Day at 4am in St Hilda's, which is where I live at the moment. I think it happened because there was some false alarm in some building where it set the fire alarm off. So we all had to evacuate because of the noise was alerting us. It was in the middle of the night and the noise was very loud and it was telling us to evacuate. So we all did and we had to stand in the cold wind at 4am waiting for the firefighters to come and turn it off. I was at the moment very frustrated and a bit tired from all the Christmas Eve partying that I was doing the night before. But I felt like looking back to it, it's quite a unique experience that you wouldn't usually get.

是的。實際上，我被吵醒是在幾天前的聖誕節凌晨 4 點，當時我就住在聖希爾達（St Hilda's）。我想是因為某棟大樓裡的火警警報響了。是以，我們都不得不撤離，因為警報聲驚動了我們。當時是半夜，噪音非常大，它告訴我們要撤離。於是我們都撤離了，凌晨 4 點，我們不得不站在寒風中等待消防員前來關閉警報。此時此刻，我感到非常沮喪，前一晚的平安夜狂歡也讓我有些疲憊。但回想起來，我覺得這是很獨特的經歷，通常你不會有這樣的經歷。

So there might be a silver lining after all. We saw the fire engines came with decorations of

所以，畢竟還是有一線希望的。我們看到消防車上掛著以下裝飾品

Christmas things on it and it was quite interesting. And the firefighters were really nice and they weren't too angry about us making them have to come down there this early in the morning on Christmas Day. And they soon resolved the issue and everything went back to normal.

上面有聖誕節的東西，非常有趣。消防員們人都很好，對我們讓他們在聖誕節一大早就趕來也不生氣。他們很快就解決了問題，一切恢復正常。

And yeah, that was pretty much the end of the noise and we all sort of resolved it in a peaceful and calming way. Did it take you long to get back to sleep?

是的，吵鬧聲差不多就這樣結束了，我們都以一種平和、平靜的方式解決了問題。你花了很長時間才重新入睡嗎？

No, I was so tired that I basically went back to bed and fell asleep right immediately after.

不，我太累了，基本上回到床上就睡著了。

And I woke up in the morning thinking, oh, was that just a dream or was it actually the reality of what happened? Let's talk about part two. He expanded his answers, which is wonderful. He spoke for about a minute and 30. Now, some of you will say, well, he didn't speak for two minutes. Why did he not speak for two minutes? The question card says that you must speak for between one and two minutes. You may find that some examiners ask you to continue, but if you have really finished and you have nothing more to say, you are welcome to say,

早上醒來，我在想，哦，這只是一個夢，還是真實發生的事情？我們來談談第二部分。他擴展了他的答案，這很好。他講了大約 1 分 30 秒。現在，有些人會說，好吧，他沒有講兩分鐘。為什麼他沒有講兩分鐘呢？答題卡上說，你必須講 1 到 2 分鐘。你可能會發現有些考官要求你繼續講，但如果你真的講完了，沒有什麼要說的了，歡迎你繼續講、

I'm finished. Thank you. Okay. I did it in my test. The examiner wanted to make me speak more and I still scored a band nine. So if you are confident you finished, you don't want to speak any more on that topic. That's okay. But what else did Kevin talk about? I had some really good features here. And he used good language collocations, such as false alarm. If you have a look on the screen there, false alarm. To set it off. That's a good collocation. Looking back to it. I would say that he should say looking back on it. So that would be a little slip in the preposition there. There might be a silver lining after all. There might be a silver lining after all. Silver lining, excellent idiomatic language. When he was telling the story, he did say I have woke up in the morning. I have woke up in the morning. It should be

我說完了。謝謝好了，我考試的時候做到了考官想讓我多說幾句，我還是得了9分。所以如果你有信心講完了 就不要再講這個話題了沒關係。凱文還講了什麼？我這裡有一些非常好的特點。他使用了很好的語言搭配，比如虛驚一場。如果你看一下螢幕，虛驚一場。觸發警報這是個很好的搭配回頭看。我覺得他應該說回過頭來看。所以在介詞上有一點疏忽。畢竟可能會有一線希望。畢竟可能會有一線希望。一線希望，極好的成語。他在講這個故事的時候，確實說過 "我早上醒來"。我早上醒來。應該是

I woke up in the morning and not I have woke up in the morning. Overall, really, really, really nice.

我早上醒來時，已經不是早上了。總的來說，真的，真的，真的很不錯。

Why is noise pollution considered an issue for people?

為什麼噪音汙染會被認為是人類面臨的問題？

Personally, I think a lot of people, if they come back from a day of work and some tiring business, they want to go to bed, they want to have some quiet times. And if people next door were partying and doing things that might create noise, it might influence other people's daily routine and routine and their businesses. I think one of the main reasons it's getting more and more serious is because of the increase of population and which also means the density of city increases.

就我個人而言，我認為很多人在結束了一天的工作和一些勞累的事務之後，都會想要上床睡覺，想要享受一些安靜的時光。如果隔壁的人在開派對，做一些可能會製造噪音的事情，可能會影響其他人的日常作息和生意。我認為，問題越來越嚴重的一個主要原因是人口的增加，這也意味著城市密度的增加。

So people are living closer to each other. And we used to all be able to live in a house and the nearest neighbor would be a few meters away. And even if we make some noises, they wouldn't be able to hear us. But because especially in our country, for example, there's a huge population and people usually live in an apartment, which is very close, which is at very close proximity to each other. So I think if you make a noise, everyone can hear it and you're influencing other people. And that's why it's a major issue in a society because everyone is affected by it, more or less, and people might not enjoy it very much.

是以，人們住得更近了。以前我們住在一棟房子裡，最近的鄰居也就幾米遠。即使我們發出一些聲音，他們也聽不到。但在我們國家，人口眾多，人們通常住在公寓裡，彼此距離很近。所以我認為，如果你發出聲音，每個人都能聽到，你就會影響其他人。這就是為什麼這是一個社會的大問題，因為每個人或多或少都會受到它的影響，而且人們可能不太喜歡它。

This next thing that I want to speak about is something that I commonly speak about.

接下來我要講的是我常說的一件事。

So if you've seen many of my videos, you will notice that I talk about this topic a lot. And the phrase below is one of. And Kevin said, one of the main reason is. You should know that when you say one of, it must always be in the plural afterwards. One of the main reasons is. One of the windows is broken. One of the students came to see me. He also said the increase of population, the increase of population, and that should be the increase in population, increase in something.

是以，如果你看過我的許多視頻，就會發現我經常談論這個話題。下面這句話就是其中之一。凱文說，其中一個主要原因是。你應該知道，當你說 one of 的時候，後面一定是複數。其中一個主要原因是其中一扇窗戶壞了。一個學生來找我。他還說the increase of population, the increase of population, 應該是the increase in population, increase in something。

How can noise affect people negatively?

噪音會給人帶來哪些負面影響？

Like I said, if you really need some rest and all you hear is noises, it will be hard for you to go to sleep or get any rest. So it might mess up your daily, your sleep time and your rest time where you actually need the energy reserved for the work or for tomorrow, especially important occupations such as doctors or nurses where they have to wake up early. They have to look after patients and they need to bring their A game. If noises disrupt their daily life, it means they will get less rest. It means it will be harder for them to fulfill their duty during the day.

就像我說的，如果你真的需要休息，而你聽到的都是噪音，你將很難入睡或得到休息。是以，它可能會擾亂你的日常工作、睡眠時間和休息時間，而在這些時間裡，你實際上需要為工作或明天的工作保留能量，尤其是醫生或護士等重要職業，他們必須早起。他們必須照顧病人，需要全力以赴。如果噪音干擾了他們的日常生活，就意味著他們的休息時間會減少。這意味著他們將更難在白天履行職責。

And it's really a lose-lose for everyone since they're trying to save lives.

這對每個人來說都是兩敗俱傷，因為他們在努力挽救生命。

Wow, Kevin's language in this question was wonderful. I am really impressed by some of his language here. Let's have a look. He started with as I said or like I said. In fact, he said like I said and he's just referring back to something that he talked about previously.

哇，凱文在這個問題上的語言太棒了。他的一些語言給我留下了深刻的印象。讓我們來看看。他一開始說的是 as I said 或者 like I said。事實上，他說的是 "就像我說的那樣"，而他說的是他以前說過的一些話。

Like I said. Then he said it might mess up. It might mess up your sleep time.

就像我說的那樣。然後他說可能會搞砸可能會擾亂你的睡眠時間

This was a very minor mistake here. He probably should have said it might mess up your sleep pattern. Sleep pattern is probably a better collocation for those two words. So I have a good sleep pattern. I go to bed early and wake up at 7am. Good sleep pattern. Then he said people have to bring their A game. So people like doctors, they have to bring their A game because they have to treat patients. To bring their A game means they have to be the best every day.

這是一個很小的錯誤。他也許應該說，這可能會擾亂你的睡眠模式。睡眠模式可能是這兩個詞更好的搭配。我的睡眠模式很好。我早睡早起，早上 7 點起床。睡眠模式很好。然後他說，人們必須拿出自己的看家本領。所以，像醫生這樣的人，他們必須拿出看家本領，因為他們必須治療病人。他們必須每天都做到最好。

Great, great, great idiomatic language. Super impressed with this. And finally, he said it's a lose-lose. It's a lose-lose situation. So everybody is a loser. Lose-lose. You could also say win-win. It's a win-win situation or it's a lose-lose situation. If it's a lose-lose situation, everybody loses. If it's a win-win situation, it means that everybody benefits from it. Wonderful, wonderful language. Well done, Kevin. Are there any times when loud noises are good? Oh yeah, for sure. I mean, when I was talking about the fire alarm, sure, it was a false alarm. But if there were a real fire, then the alarm would be the saviour that woke us all up and told us to go outside so we didn't have to risk getting, I guess, buried alive in flame.

很棒，很棒，很棒的成語。這一點給我留下了深刻印象。最後，他說這是個雙輸的局面。這是一個雙輸的局面。所以每個人都是輸家雙輸你也可以說是雙贏。要麼雙贏，要麼雙輸。如果是雙輸，每個人都是輸家。如果是雙贏，就意味著每個人都從中受益。精彩，精彩的語言。幹得好，凱文有什麼時候大聲喧譁是好事嗎？當然有我是說，當我說到火警警報的時候，當然，那是虛驚一場。但如果真的著火了，警報聲就是救星 把我們都叫醒，讓我們到外面去 這樣我們就不用冒著被活埋的危險了，我猜

So, if it's an emergency alarm or a loud noise to prevent us from dangerous situations, I think that might be a very crucial noise for us to realise the situations we're in.

是以，如果是緊急警報或防止我們陷入危險境地的巨響，我認為這可能是一種非常關鍵的噪音，能讓我們意識到自己所處的境地。

Thank you very much. That is the end of your speaking test.

非常感謝。口語測試到此結束。

Oh, wow. What did you think of Kevin's speech today? I was thoroughly, thoroughly, impressed. In the last video, which you can see in the corner if you haven't already watched it,

哦，哇你覺得凱文今天的演講怎麼樣？ What did you think of Kevin's speech today?我完全、完全、印象深刻。在最後一段視頻裡，如果你還沒看過，可以在角落裡看到，

Kevin scored a band 8. Do you remember? Did you watch it? What do you think he scored in this video? Please feel free to leave your comments in the section below. I'm going to give you some of my feedback and this was a really tricky, really difficult one because he had so many good features but he was kind of let down just occasionally. And remember that IELTS examiners have a very high bar. They have really high expectations of you when you are speaking. So, what would I give?

凱文得了 8 分。你還記得嗎？你看過嗎？你認為他在這段視頻中得了多少分？請在下面留言。我將給你們一些我的反饋意見，這真的是一個非常棘手、非常困難的問題，因為他有這麼多好的特點，但他只是偶爾讓人失望了一下。請記住，雅思考官的要求非常高。他們對你的口語有很高的要求。那麼，我會怎麼說呢？

Well, fluency and coherence. I would give a band 9 and the reason for that is if we look at the band descriptors on the screen now, it says, speaks fluently with only rare repetition.

嗯，流利性和連貫性。我給的分數是 9 分，原因是如果我們看一下螢幕上的分數段描述，上面寫著 "說話流利，只有極少數的重複"。

Correct. Any hesitation is content related. Correct. Speaks coherently with fully appropriate cohesive features. Wonderful. Develops topics fully and appropriately. I would agree that he covers all of those points. Lexical resource. Here, you have to accept that he spoke with great language. So many good features and I think a really reasonable examiner would score him a 9 here. I'm going to score him a 9 here. He uses vocabulary with lots of flexibility. He uses variety of words. He uses idiomatic language naturally and accurately. So, he used words such your A game. Excellent, excellent language. There were occasional slips. Very, very, very occasional slips but I was super impressed with his language. So, two 9s at the moment which means that he could score a 9 or he could score an 8.5. Grammatical range and accuracy and pronunciation.

正確。任何猶豫都與內容有關。正確。說話連貫，具有完全恰當的連貫特徵。精彩。充分、恰當地展開話題。我同意他涵蓋了所有這些要點。詞彙資源。在這裡，你必須承認他的語言表達能力很強。有這麼多好的特點，我認為一個真正合理的考官會在這裡給他打 9 分。我也會給他打 9 分。他靈活運用詞彙。他使用了多種詞彙。他自然而準確地使用成語。所以，他用的詞就像你的A game。非常好，非常好的語言。偶爾也有失誤。非常非常非常偶然的失誤，但他的語言給我留下了深刻的印象。所以，目前有兩個 9 分，這意味著他可以得 9 分，也可以得

In both of these, I would say that he would score probably a band 8 in each. He's still struggling a little bit in the pronunciation with the first sound whiz and throughout and with grammatical range and accuracy, he slipped up a couple of times and if you look at a band 8 for grammar, band 8 for grammar, it says occasional inappropriacies or basic non-systematic errors.

在這兩項考試中，我認為他都能獲得 8 分。在發音和文法的範圍和準確性方面，他仍有幾次失誤，如果你看一下文法 8 級的分數，文法 8 級的分數是偶爾的不恰當或基本的非系統性錯誤。

So, mostly error-free sentences with only very occasional inappropriacies. Pronunciation, easy to understand, sustains flexible use of features with only occasional lapses. Please notice that only occasional lapses. Do you remember that he had this problem with the first sound? Overall, I'm going to score him 9, 9, 8, 8 which is an improvement on his last test where he scored 8. Today, he is scoring 8.5. Do you think you could do something similar?

是以，大部分句子沒有錯誤，只有極個別不恰當的地方。發音，通俗易懂，保持靈活使用的特點，只有偶爾的失誤。請注意，只是偶爾失誤。你還記得他在第一個音上有這個問題嗎？總的來說，我要給他打 9、9、8、8 分，這比他上次考試的 8 分有進步。你覺得你能做類似的事情嗎？

Were you impressed by his speech? Do you agree with my score or would you give him something higher or lower? Please leave your answers in the comments and come back for another video.