you. We're going to look at the IELTS test.

你。我們'要看雅思考試。

Now, before I begin, I have to tell you that I will be speaking a little bit faster than

現在，在我開始之前，我必須告訴你，我的語速會比你說的快一點。

usual because this is for IELTS test-takers. You need to get used to faster speed English,

平時，因為這是針對雅思考生的。你需要適應速度更快的英語。

more natural speed English. But for everybody else, keep watching. It's still a good practice,

更自然的速度英語。不過對於其他人來說，繼續觀察。這'還是一個很好的練習。

still lots of vocabulary to learn, lots of things to learn.

還有很多詞彙要學，很多東西要學。

So, more specifically, we're going to be looking at IELTS time management. Now, many people

所以，更具體地說，我們'要研究雅思時間管理。現在，很多人

tell me... I've had many students come and tell me the biggest problem they had taking

告訴我...我有很多學生來告訴我，他們服用的最大的問題。

the IELTS test was that they ran out of time. They didn't know how to manage their time,

雅思考試是他們跑出來的時間。他們不知道如何管理自己的時間。

and that's why they lost a lot of points. Okay? So, today, I'm going to help you fix

這就是為什麼他們失去了很多分數。好嗎？ 所以，今天，我將幫助你解決這個問題。所以，今天，我將幫助你解決。

that a little bit. There's lots to talk about. Let's get started.

那一點點。有很多事情要談。讓我們開始吧 Let's get started.

Two things we have to worry about: mind and body. Okay? First, let's talk about the body.

我們要擔心兩件事：心靈和身體。好嗎？首先，讓我們談談身體。

One of the biggest mistakes people make when they go to take the test on test day is they're

人們在考試當天去參加考試時，犯的最大錯誤之一就是他們'。

exhausted. They're just not mentally ready to take the test. It's a long test, it's a

疲憊不堪。他們'只是還沒有做好參加考試的心理準備。這是一個漫長的測試，這是一個。

difficult test, and it's a test in English; not your native tongue. Obviously, right?

困難的測試，而且它'是一個測試在英語; 不是你的母語。很明顯，對嗎？

So, what do you do? Very, very important. The night before... The night before the test,

那麼，你要做什麼？非常，非常重要。考試前一晚...考試的前一天晚上。

don't study. If you don't know it then, you won't know it the next day. So, the night

不要'學習。如果你當時不知道，第二天就不會知道。所以，晚上

before the test, go to sleep early, get a full eight hours of solid sleep, wake up early,

考前，早睡，睡足八小時的踏實覺，早起。

do whatever you need to do in the morning, go to the test center relaxed. Okay? Very,

做你早上要做的事，放鬆地去考場。好嗎？很好

very important. You need as much brain power as you can get on test day.

非常重要。你需要儘可能多的腦力，你可以在考試當天得到。

Speaking of waking up in the morning on test day, make sure that you eat properly. Don't

說到考試當天早上起床，一定要好好吃飯。不要'不要

go to the test hungry. Your stomach does a lot of your thinking for you when you're not

餓著肚子去考試。當你不餓的時候，你的胃為你做了很多思考。

prepared. If you're hungry, you're thinking about your stomach; not about the English.

準備好了。如果你'餓了，你'考慮的是你的胃；而不是英國人。

Okay? Eat. Eat properly. Carbohydrates, proteins. Avoid coffee and sugar. But if you have to

好嗎？吃吧適當地吃。碳水化合物，蛋白質。避免咖啡和糖。但如果你必須要吃

have a coffee in the morning to wake up, like I do, have it at least an hour, an hour and

有一個咖啡在早上醒來，像我一樣，有它至少一個小時，一個小時，並。

a half, two hours before the test. Don't go into the test room with a cup of a coffee

半，考試前兩個小時。不要帶著一杯咖啡進入考場。

in your hand. Well, you can't anyway, but don't go into the test center with a cup of

在你的手。好吧，你不能'反正，但不要'進入測試中心，用一個杯子的。

coffee in your hand. Get it all out of the way early. Okay. So this is still body.

手中的咖啡。早點把這一切都解決了。好吧，所以這還是身體。

During the test, when you have a few extra seconds, maybe between sections, between questions,

在考試過程中，當你有幾秒鐘的額外時間，也許在章節之間，問題之間。

in the listening section, etcetera, close your eyes. Breathe. Just calm yourself down,

在聽力部分，等等，閉上眼睛。深呼吸。讓自己冷靜下來。

relax. Remember, at the end of the day, if you didn't do well on the test today, you

放鬆。記住，在一天結束的時候，如果你今天沒考好，你就

take it again next week or the week after that. You can do it again. Relax. Close your

下週或後周再來一次。你可以再做一次。放鬆。閉上你的...

eyes. If they're burning, close them, relax. Get a little bit of energy back, move on.

眼睛，如果它們在燃燒，閉上眼睛，放鬆。如果他們'燃燒，關閉它們，放鬆。找回一點能量，繼續前進。

Same idea, if you have a chance, stretch. Don't be afraid to waste-if you want to call

同樣的想法，如果你有機會，就伸展一下。不要怕浪費--如果你想叫。

it that-take a minute of your time to stretch. Arms up, do whatever you have to do. Don't

花一分鐘的時間來舒展一下。手臂抬起來，做任何你必須做的事情。抬起手臂，做任何你必須做的事情。

get up and walk around. I don't think they'll be very happy about that, but as much as you

起身走動。我不'認為他們'會很高興，但你儘可能多的

can, stretch. Legs, arms, neck, whatever you need to do. A strong, healthy body helps you

可以，伸展。腿部、手臂、脖子，無論你需要做什麼。一個強壯、健康的身體能幫助你

do better on a test. It actually helps you save time, believe it or not. Okay, this is

做更好的測試。其實它能幫你節省時間，信不信由你。好吧，這是

one thing.

有一件事：

Most importantly, your mind. We need to train your mind. It's not all about English. Okay?

最重要的是，你的頭腦。我們需要訓練你的頭腦。這不是所有的英語。好嗎？

The IELTS test, the TOEFL test, etcetera, these are called standardized tests. It means

雅思考試、托福考試等等，這些都叫標準化考試。它的意思是

they're always going to be the same structure. They're always going to be about the same

他們'總是會是相同的結構。他們總是會是相同的結構。

time, the same set up, the same types of questions. Okay? Know them.

時間，同樣的設置，同樣類型的問題。好嗎？知道他們。

So, how we... Do we train your body? Practice. I cannot stress this enough. Practice, practice,

那麼，我們如何...我們要訓練你的身體嗎？練習。我不能強調這一點就夠了。練習，練習。

practice every single day. What do you practice? Excuse me. Practice your listening and speaking

每天都在練習。你練習什麼？對不起，請問你是怎麼練的？練習你的聽力和口語

as much as you can. The easiest thing to practice is your listening. Okay? TV, music videos,

儘可能的多。最容易練習的是你的聽力。好嗎？電視，音樂視頻。

YouTube, internet. Like, English is everywhere. Very, very easy to practice your listening. Okay?

YouTube，互聯網。喜歡，英語是無處不在。非常，非常容易練習你的聽力。好嗎？

Practice your vocabulary. Learn vocabulary. Learn vocabulary. Learn vocabulary. You need

練習詞彙。學習詞彙。學習詞彙。學習詞彙。你需要

a lot of words for this test.

這次考試的字數很多。

Practice your skills. Note taking skills, paraphrasing skills, just writing skills.

練習你的技能。記筆記的技巧，轉述的技巧，只是寫作的技巧。

Notice I wrote this here, "write legibly". If the reader, if the grader of your essay

注意，我這裡寫的是，"書寫清晰"。如果讀者，如果你的文章的評卷人

can't read what you're writing, then you didn't write anything and you're losing points. If

不能'看不懂你在寫什麼，那你就什麼也沒寫，你就會丟分。如果

you have very bad handwriting, practice doing it nicely. This is actually the best that

你的字跡很差，就好好練習一下吧。這其實是最好的

I can get. But when I was in high school, my teachers told me that I will be a doctor

我可以得到。但是我上高中的時候，我的老師告訴我，我將會是一個醫生。

one day because I already know how to write prescriptions that nobody can read. So I had

有一天，因為我已經知道如何寫出沒人能看懂的處方。所以我有

to change. If you have to change, practice and change.

來改變。如果你必須要改變，就去實踐和改變。

Okay, now, this is probably the most important one: know the test. Okay? What does that mean?

好了，現在，這可能是最重要的一個：瞭解測試。知道嗎？那是什麼意思？

Instructions. Every section has instructions. Okay? Know these before test day. Okay? Don't

說明。每個部分都有說明。好嗎？知道這些在考試前一天。好嗎？不要...

go to the test and read the instructions. Big, big waste of time. You should have practiced...

去測試，看說明書。大，大浪費時間。你應該練習...

You should have taken practice tests so many times that you know every instruction for

你應該做了那麼多次的模擬測試，以至於你知道每一個指令的。

every section. You take the time they give you to look at instructions, you're already

每一節。你花時間他們給你看說明書，你已經'。

looking ahead to what is coming. You are getting ready. Maybe you're closing your eyes, maybe

展望未來的事情。你正在做好準備。也許你正在閉上你的眼睛，也許

you're stretching. You are not reading the instructions. Okay? That's one.

你正在拉伸。你沒有看說明書好嗎？這是一個。

Structure. Know the structure of the test. It doesn't change. We're going to look at

結構。知道測試的結構。它不'變化。我們要看的是

that in a second, what the structure is, but make sure you know it. There should be absolutely

這在第二，結構是什麼，但要確保你知道它。應該有絕對

no surprises on test day. You should know everything about this test; what's coming,

在測試日沒有驚喜。你應該知道這個測試的一切；什麼'的到來。

what you can expect. No surprises.

你能期待什麼。沒有驚喜。

Okay. You know what? We're going to leave it there. We're going to come back in a second.

好吧，你知道嗎？我們要把它留在那裡。我們馬上就回來。

We're going to look at the structure, and what you have to do for each section to save

我們'要看看結構，以及你必須為每個部分做什麼來保存。

yourself time and do better on this test.

自己的時間，在這次測試中做得更好。

Okay, let's start with the listening section. The listening section has 40 questions, about

好了，我們先說說聽力部分。聽力部分有40道題，關於

30 minutes for the entire section. Okay? Again, always going to be the same. Always 40 questions,

30分鐘，整個章節。好嗎？同樣，總是會是相同的。總是40個問題。

always 30 minutes. You got four sections in the listening section. Your first section

總是30分鐘。你有四個部分在聽的部分。你的第一部分

has two speakers. Your second section has one speaker. Your third section, two speakers.

有兩個揚聲器。第二區有一個揚聲器第三區有兩個揚聲器

Your last section, one speaker. Okay?

你的最後一節，一位發言者。好嗎？

The last section is the most difficult because it's a lecture. It's usually one person speaking

最後一節是最難的，因為它'是一個講座。它通常是一個人講

the whole time, you're going, answering the questions, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks,

整個過程中，你'去，回答問題，選擇題，填空題。

etcetera. But just understand it's always going to be like this, so you're always...

等等等等。但只要明白它'總是會這樣，所以你'總是。

Know exactly what's coming, how to listen. How you listen to two speakers is different

清楚地知道來的是什麼，怎麼聽。兩個喇叭怎麼聽都不一樣

from how you listen to one speaker. Two speakers, you have to be aware of the shift, when you're

從你如何聽一個揚聲器。兩個揚聲器，你必須意識到這種轉變，當你'。

switching from one speaker to another. Man and woman speaking, easy. Two men, two women

從一個揚聲器切換到另一個揚聲器。男人和女人說話，容易。兩個男人，兩個女人

speaking, not as easy; you have to listen for the cues.

說話，沒有那麼容易，你要聽提示。

Now, another thing you have to keep very much in mind, they're going to give you... Each

現在，另一件事你必須保持非常多的記住，他們'要給你... ...每個

section they give you a little bit of time to look ahead before the recording begins.

部分，他們給你一點時間，在錄音開始之前，提前看一下。

Okay? Look ahead. Take this time, use it wisely. Now, what are you looking for? Are you going

好嗎？往前看趁著這段時間，好好利用它。現在，你在找什麼？你要...

to read everything? Are you going to try to read everything before the recording starts?

閱讀一切？你要在錄音開始前試著讀完所有內容嗎？

Of course not. You don't have time to read everything. I think the first section, they

當然不是。你沒有時間去閱讀所有的東西。我認為第一節，他們

give you about a minute to look ahead at the first part. Don't try to read everything.

給你一分鐘左右的時間，提前看第一部分。不要試圖閱讀所有的東西。

Read around the blanks. You have blanks to fill in, for example, this is one question

圍繞著空白處閱讀。你有空白要填，比如，這是一道題。

type is the blanks. Read what's around. Look for the words that you're listening to to

型是空白。讀出身邊的東西'。尋找你所聽的文字'的內容。

give you a hint or a cue that the answer is coming. Again, that's why vocabulary is very

給你一個暗示或提示，答案即將到來。同樣，這也是為什麼詞彙是很

important, and learning and practicing your skills. Paraphrasing skills also very important.

重要，學習和練習自己的技能。轉述技巧也非常重要。

Multiple choice questions, like for example, section four, there's often multiple choice.

多選題，比如說第四節，經常會有多選。

If you see multiple choice questions and you have time to look ahead, don't try to read

如果看到選擇題，你有時間往前看，就不要嘗試閱讀'。

every question and answer. Go to every question, identify the main question word. What? Who?

每道題，每道答案。到每道題，找出主問詞。是什麼？是誰？

When? Where? Etcetera. All these words, find out exactly what you are listening for. Are

什麼時候？在哪裡？等等等等。所有這些話，都要找出你到底在聽什麼。是

you listening for a time? Are you listening for a person, a place, a thing, an idea, an

你在聽一個時間嗎？你是否在聽一個人，一個地方，一件事，一個想法，一個

action? Etcetera.

行動？等等。

Also, listen for numbers, names, milestones. For example, if you're listening for numbers,

另外，聽數字、名字、里程碑。例如，如果你'聽的是數字。

then you know where they are. For example, if you have a table, you see all these numbers,

那麼你就知道它們在哪裡。例如，如果你有一個表格，你會看到所有這些數字。

you're listening for the missing numbers. Dates, time, etcetera, these are all numbers.

你'在聽缺失的數字。日期、時間等等，這些都是數字。

Names, names of places, names of companies, names of people, etcetera.

姓名、地名、公司名、人名等等。

Milestones. Okay? Milestones tell you you're getting to this point. So you need to be ready

里程碑好嗎？ -里程碑告訴你，你已經到了這個地步。里程碑告訴你，你'正在得到這個點。所以你要做好準備

for this word. Here was a question, here's a question, look at the milestone. This tells

對於這個詞。這裡有一個問題，這裡有一個問題'，看看里程碑。這告訴

you that you've past this one, you need to be getting ready for this one. This is very,

你，你'已經過去了這一個，你需要準備好這一個。這是很。

very important in terms of time management. Why? Because if you are aware that this is

在時間管理方面非常重要。為什麼這麼說呢？因為如果你意識到這是

a milestone, that this is where you need to listen to between these two questions, if

一個里程碑，這是你需要聽這兩個問題之間，如果。

you get to this milestone but you didn't get the previous question's answer, you missed

你到了這個里程碑，但你沒有得到前一個問題的答案，你錯過了。

it. Don't worry about it. Don't try to listen to it, because you won't, it's gone. Get ready

它。Don'don't worry about it.不要試圖去聽它，因為你不會，它已經走了。準備好

for the next question. If you're trying to figure out what this was, you're going to

為下一個問題。如果你想弄清楚這是什麼，你就會。

miss the next one too. So be very careful about these milestones. They are your markers,

也會錯過下一個。所以對於這些里程碑要非常小心。它們是你的標誌。

they are your guides along the recording. Okay?

他們是你的指南 沿著記錄。好嗎？

There are a few other things, let's see what they are. You're going to have like a table,

還有一些其他的東西，讓我們'看看它們是什麼。你'要有像一個表。

or a graph, or a diagram, something visual that you have to label, for example, or you

或圖形，或圖表，一些可視化的東西，你必須標出，例如，或你。

have to fill in the blanks, for example. Always look at the headings. Always look what is

必須填空，例如。總是看標題。總是看什麼是

here, always look what is here. Always look what is here, always look what is here. Okay?

在這裡，總是看這裡的東西。總是看什麼是在這裡， 總是看什麼是在這裡。好嗎？

Again, this is with the time they give you to look ahead, this is where you're looking.

同樣，這是用他們給你的時間來展望未來，這是你'的地方。

And if you have extra time, look at the words around the blanks, look at all the little

如果你有多餘的時間，看看空白處的字，看看所有的小。

clues. But make sure you know what the headings are so you can match things up.

線索。但要確保你知道標題是什麼，這樣你就可以把東西匹配起來。

If they give you a diagram, the thing that... That extra time that you're given, what you're

如果他們給你一張圖，那... ...額外的時間，你'給你，你'是什麼。

looking for is the starting point. This is where you're going to start. This is the first

尋找的是起點。這是你'要開始的地方。這是第一個

blank you have to fill, this is where the recording is going to begin. Now, if you have

你必須填寫的空白，這是錄音開始的地方。現在，如果你有

let's say a few... You have like these. This is the first one. This is question 14, let's

讓我們說幾...你有這樣的。這是第一個問題。這是問題14，讓'的

say. This is question 15, this is 16, 17. Make sure you know the direction. This way,

說："這是問題15，這是16，17。這是第15題，這是16、17題。確保你知道方向。這邊走。

you're always listening: what is this? This is next. This is next. What is this? This

你'總是在聽：這是什麼？這是下一個。這是下一個。這是什麼？這是...

is next. What is this? This is next. What is this? This is next. Etcetera. Always know

是下一個。這是什麼？這是下一個。這是什麼？這是下一個。等等。總是知道

where the recording is going.

錄音的地方。

Now, very, very important... Okay? Let's say you... You come to an end of a section. Oh,

現在，非常，非常重要的...好嗎？比如說你... Let's say you...你到了一個章節的結尾。哦 Oh,

let's say you have fill-in-the-blanks.

讓我們'說你有填空題。

This is one of the sections, let's say. This is your last question, let's say question

這是其中一節，我們'說吧。這是你的最後一個問題，讓我們'說問題。

13 of the section. Let's say you've heard the answer, you've written down the answer.

13的部分。比方說，你'聽到了答案，你'寫下了答案。

Are you going to listen to this? No. Why? You don't need to know what's being said here.

你要聽這個嗎？不，為什麼？你不需要知道這裡說的是什麼。

Well, once you have this answer, you have two options. One, close your eyes, relax.

好吧，一旦你有了這個答案，你有兩個選擇。一、閉上眼睛，放鬆。

Get your energy back. Get ready for the next section. Better choice: take this extra time

讓你的能量恢復。為下一節做好準備。更好的選擇：利用這段額外的時間

that they're speaking here to look ahead at the next section. So instead of having one

他們在這裡說話是為了展望下一節。是以，而不是有一個

minute to look ahead, you have a minute and a half, a minute and 45 seconds. That gives

一分鐘後，你有一分半鐘，一分四十五秒。這樣一來

you more time to prepare for the next section. Okay? Remember: this is all about time management,

你有更多的時間來準備下一節。好嗎？記住：這就是時間管理。

and about keeping yourself calm, and fresh, and ready to go.

和關於保持自己的冷靜，和新鮮，並準備去。

Now, another thing, if you're looking for this answer and suddenly you realize that

現在，另一件事，如果你'正在尋找這個答案，突然你意識到，如果你在尋找這個答案。

you heard something here and this answer you didn't get, it's gone. Let it go. Move on.

你在這裡聽到的東西和這個答案你沒有得到，它'的消失。讓它去。繼續前進。

Don't try to answer this question from the recording because you can't. If you missed

不要試圖從錄音中回答這個問題，因為你不能'。如果你錯過了

it, you can try to guess or just let it go, move on, get ready for the next one. Okay?

它，你可以嘗試猜測 或者只是讓它去，繼續前進， 準備下一個。好嗎？

Very, very important to do this.

非常，非常重要的是要做到這一點。

Now, and I can't stress this last point enough, spelling counts on the IELTS. A lot of students,

現在，我不能再強調最後一點，拼寫在雅思考試中很重要。很多學生。

they try to... They worry about the spelling here. They're trying to write the word perfectly.

他們試圖...他們擔心這裡的拼寫。他們試圖把這個詞寫得很完美。

Remember, at the end of the section, they're going to give you time to write the answers

記住，在本節的最後，他們會給你時間寫答案的

on the answer sheet. That is when you should worry about spelling. Here, just get the answer

在答題紙上。這時候你就應該擔心拼寫的問題了。在這裡，只要得到答案

down. If anything, use your note taking skills to write it quick and short, but enough that

寫下來。如果有的話，請運用你的筆記技巧，寫得又快又短，但要足夠

you understand it, and worry about writing it perfectly later on the answer sheet.

你明白了，再擔心以後在答題紙上寫不出來。

Use abbreviations, shorten the words. Use your little codes, "B4", for example. You

使用縮寫，縮短單詞。例如，使用你的小代碼，"B4"。你

don't need to write the full word. You need to write enough that you understand what the

不要'不需要寫完整的字。你需要寫出足夠多的內容，讓你理解什麼是

answer is, worry about spelling later. Don't worry about it here, because as you're thinking

答案是，以後擔心拼寫的問題。不要在這裡擔心，因為你'想的是

about this, you're missing the next question. Okay? So it's all about keeping up with the

關於這一點，你錯過了下一個問題。好嗎？所以，它是所有關於跟上的。

recording and staying ahead of the recording. Okay, that's it for the listening section.

錄音，並保持在錄音之前。好了，聽力部分就到這裡了。

Let's look at the reading section.

讓我們'看看閱讀部分。

Okay, so now let's look at the reading section, which again, same structure every time, get

好了，現在讓我們看看閱讀部分，這又是一樣的結構，每次都得到

to know it. You have 40 questions, you have 60 minutes. Basically the breakdown is 13

要知道它。你有40個問題，你有60分鐘。基本上是13道題

questions, 13 questions, 14 questions, or any combination thereof. Could be 13, 14,

問題，13個問題，14個問題，或者它們的任意組合。可能是13個，14個。

13. Doesn't matter. But more or less, that's the way it is. Now, most people think that

13.無所謂了。但或多或少，就是這樣的'。現在，大多數人認為

you should do 20 minutes for each reading section. Don't do that.

你應該為每個閱讀部分做20分鐘。不要'不要這樣做。

Break it down like this: first reading, 15 minutes; second reading, 20 minutes; third

這樣分：第一次閱讀，15分鐘；第二次閱讀，20分鐘；第三次。

reading, 25 minutes. Now you're asking me: why? Okay. Two reasons. One, and the most

閱讀，25分鐘。現在你'問我：為什麼？好吧，有兩個原因。兩個原因。一，也是最

obvious one, reading number two is harder than reading number one, so you need more

顯而易見的，讀二號比讀一號難，所以你需要更多的

time. Reading number three is harder than reading number two. The readings get harder

時間。三號讀物比二號讀物難。讀數越來越難