Lie To me: 雅思考場撒謊權威指導手冊

I was chatting to a former IELTS examiner about things that stop students doing well on their speaking and writing tests and one thing he said was really interesting- ‘The speaking and writing tests are not lie detector tests.’

對于烤鴨的口語寫作低分表現(xiàn)，考官直言：雅思口語寫作考試，不是謊言檢測!

What he means is that many students think that you have to tell the absolute truth. You don’t.

言下之意，是考試當中你沒必要完全實話實說。

For example, a student in his class was asked to describe their favourite outfit during a practice exercise. The student said they couldn’t remember any details about their favourite outfit, so they stopped speaking after 10 seconds. When asked about this, the student explained that they really couldn’t remember anything, so there was nothing they could do. There was, lie!

You will never lose marks for being dishonest during the test, as long as your lies sound plausible and answer the question.

比如，在平時的練習中，當被問及你最喜歡的著裝時，會有人會說不記得任何關于最喜歡的著裝的細節(jié)，所以整個回答時間僅10s。而問及原因時，學生解釋，他們確實是想不起來，所以實在是無能為力。此言差矣!

你絕不會因為撒謊而失分，只要你的謊話說得通并且切題。

For example, the student above could have simply invented their favourite outfit and then added imaginary details. In this way they would have been telling a story that is false, but they would get a much higher score for their answer because it was fully developed.

例如，上述的烤鴨完全可以簡單的假想一套他們的最愛著裝，然后加點細節(jié)。如此，即是是講了一個虛假的故事，但是因為這是一個完整的答案，他們的得分會高得多。

Below are some other ways you can use lies to help you:

以下是一些有用的tips，教你在口語和寫作task2中l(wèi)ie。

Part 1 Speaking

Most of these questions will be about you, so you shouldn’t really have to lie. However, there might be some things that you can’t remember. When this happens you can simply elaborate with a few things that might not be true.

For example, you might be asked to tell the examiner about your house. If you can’t remember the names of the rooms or the different furniture, simply tell them about rooms/furniture that you can remember, even if they are not actually in your home.

p1大體而言是圍繞個人，所以一般不需要撒謊。但遇到一些你想不起來，說不出來的東西，Lie!

比如，要描述你的房子。要是你想不起各種家具的名稱，那么，你就揀那些能說的，即使他們并不存在。

Part 2 Speaking

People often run out of things to say in this part and it is much easier if you can make things up.

You might have to describe your favourite book or the last movie you watched. If you can’t remember some of the details, don’t panic, simply add in false details. Don’t worry, the examiner is never going to stop you and tell you that it is untrue. It is much better to lie and keep talking, than hesitate or pause because you have nothing to talk about.

For example, I asked a student to talk about the last movie they saw. I don’t know why, but they said they couldn’t remember the last movie. I told them to just tell me about any movie they could remember. ‘Isn’t that telling lies?’ said the student. It doesn’t matter, it is a speaking test, not an honesty test.

p2，烤鴨常常在這部分無話可說，所以學會編造尤為重要。比如在描繪你最喜歡的書或者最近看到電影時，有些細節(jié)想不起來或不會說，莫慌!編就行了。因為lie and keep talking比hesitate and be honest要好得多。考官根本不care!

所以像你最近看的一部電影，本質上跟你最喜歡看的一步電影，在答題時，沒有大的區(qū)別，一個素材都可以搞定。

Part 3 Speaking

This is probably the part that will help you the most because you will be asked questions that you might not know much about and the examiner also wants you to give fully developed, extended answers.

p3，可謂是最重要的用武之地了。因為你常常會碰上你不了解的問題。

If you know nothing about what the examiner is asking because you have no experience dealing with that topic, pretend you do. I was doing a speaking test today and I asked a student two questions:

Are police respected in your country?

Who is respected more, police or lawyers?

所以，如果遇上真是的毫不了解的話題，盡力地裝吧。比如我問過學生這樣的問題：

你的國家，警察受尊重么?

誰更受尊重，警察還是律師?

She had no idea how to answer these because she said she had never met a police officer or a lawyer in her entire life. Her answers were not so good because of this and her fluency really suffered. Instead she could have simply made up some stories or facts and told me what she thought. It would have been much better for her to speculate what people think of police and lawyers, than to stumble through her answers with mostly ‘ummms’ and ‘ahhhhs’.

Remember there is no right or wrong answer to these questions. The examiner is not testing your ability to give a ‘correct’ answer, they are testing your ability to communicate in English.

她的回答很糟，因為她說她一輩子還沒有跟警察和律師打過交道。其實，她只需要作出一個較為明確的選擇：yes or no, police or lawyer，然后講點故事作為印證即可。這種答案比ummms’ and ‘ahhhhs’答案好太多。

所以，請記?。嚎脊俨皇且稣\實測試，不是要你給出一個正確的答案，只是在測試你的語言而已。

Writing Task 2

Each of your main ideas in your essay should be supported by an example. This helps to fully develop your ideas and boosts your score. One of the complaints I hear from students is that they cannot think of examples. Again, make them up.

task2寫作，重要的一點是你的主要觀點最好有例證，可是想不到例證怎么辦?還是編。

You have to be more careful with these because they really must sound plausible. I was teaching a student this technique and in their next essay about banning smoking in public places they said ‘92% of British people died from passive smoking last year.’ This is a made up example, but it is totally unbelievable. You should only use made up examples that make sense and actually help support your main idea.

但是要當心，編例子編故事的核心在于，要可信。比如要大家寫一篇公共場所禁煙的文章，某個耿直的烤鴨編的例子‘92% of British people died from passive smoking last year.’顯然過于驚悚。所以，編的尺度要把握得好，符合常識!

Won’t the examiner check?

No. The examiners won’t be taking out their phones and checking all of your facts. They are testing your ability to communicate in English, not how truthful you sound.

考官不會核對你的內容是否屬實。

Should I lie as much as possible?

No. This is not what this guide is about. Telling the truth should always be your first option because it is much easier to talk about something that is real. However, if you are struggling to find an answer, don’t be afraid to make some details up

撒謊容易上癮，請適度。畢竟講真的比較自然而容易點。但永遠要有撒謊的準備，尤其是用在添油加醋豐富細節(jié)上。