How to prepare for IELTS?

如何准备雅思考试？

If you need to study in an English-speaking country or work in one, you may be asked to prove your level of English with an IELTS Exam. IELTS is the International English Language Testing System. Here are some steps to succeed.

如果你将在一个英语国家学习或工作，你可能要参加雅思去展现你的英语能力。新来的烤鸭们，以下是备考的小步骤哦！MARK！

STEP

1.Start with the official IELTS website. There you will find a lot of information about the test, e.g. the test format, how many sections it has, etc.

阅览雅思官网。你将找到许多关于雅思考试的基本信息，如：雅思答题纸，雅思考试内容等。

2.Consult your nearest British Consul, as they will provide you many helpful materials for taking the test, or you may like to practice classes for the test.

咨询身边的雅思考官。考官们将会提供许多有用的备考素材或者可以选择报班。

3.Choose an achievable goal. To obtain a satisfactory IELTS Band Score, it is necessary to be realistic. Your skill and dedication must match your overall goal for English proficiency. It is important to know what an IELTS score in any of the Sub-tests means before you set yourself a goal.

建立目标。知道学校或者工作以及移民所需的各项分数要求哦！

4.Buy the recent books about IELTS such as "EXAMINATION PAPERS CAMBRIDGE IELTS" so that you can practice by yourself. You can discuss about a point with the people( who are on the same boat) from all over the world as well. It's fun and effective.

买关于雅思的考试书，如：剑桥雅思真题集，然后进行练习。并且你可以和各国备考雅思的考生进行交流，有趣并且成效显著哦！

5.Practice, practice, practice. Set aside the most hours you can spare each day to practise English for all four Subtests. Do not concentrate only on your weakest areas. Be regular in your practice, and give yourself a rest between tasks. Take at least one day out of your week to rest and forget the test completely.The secret of success is to work towards your goal slowly, steadily and regularly. It is best not to leave any long intervals between your practice and your test.

熟能生巧。抽出时间准备雅思，不能只专注训练弱项。练习时完全按照考试的模式哦！每周可以休息一天，放松一下啦。雅思的成功秘诀就是慢慢地，稳定地接近目标。考试和训练之间相隔的时间不能太长。

6.Try to find out your weak points and start working on them (e.g.if you are not so strong in the writing section then you should start with this and eventually you will like it), or if you have difficulties in the speaking section then start to talk and think in English, as there is no better way to learn speaking. If you think in English you will be able to express yourself more naturally.

找到你的弱项，逐步攻破。如果写作不好，就多练。如果口语不好，就试着用英语的思维想并且大声说出来。

7.Start reading newspapers, journals and articles and you should be well informed about the current issues used for the speaking and writing topics.You can discuss those issues with your friends in English as that'll help you to prepare better for both sections-3.

开始读些报纸，期刊和文章吧，了解实事。这些对于写作和口语很有帮助。并且，你可以和你的小伙伴展开讨论哦，对于p3特别有用哈！

8.Listen to the BBC and CNN, or watch British movies, shows and music. Spend 30 minutes on listening to the BBC news every day if you are not a native speaker.

对于听力，可以平常听听BBC和CNN，或者看些英剧，听些英文歌。每天花上30分钟听听BBC新闻，也是不错滴！

9.Develop a memory for English. In the Reading Test, it pays to remember as much as you can of what you have just read, but at least the words can be read again. However, in the Listening Test you cannot go back, and the tape is only played once. If the answer comes before the keyword/phrase, your memory of what you have just heard is even more important. Nevertheless, the answer usually follows the keywords/phrases that you hear, and is close in time to the main keyword/phrase you are listening for.

锻炼你的英语记忆能力。无论听力亦或者阅读，对于记忆能力要求还是挺高的。记得划上关键词，这将对答题很有帮助哦！

10.Increase your personal speed. In the IELTS, time is your enemy. Candidates who have taken the test and did not perform as well as they had hoped often complain that they were unable to give all the answers in the Listening Test because the tape was too fast, and that they ran out of time in the Reading Test.To begin with, do not worry if you do not finish the tests. Remember, the test is designed to measure candidates over a range of scores from 0 to 9 (0 indicates the test was not attempted). Candidates whose English is near perfect can expect to score 9, but even native English-speaking people would be unlikely to complete every Listening Test answer perfectly or finish the Reading Test a long time before the examination ends.

•The Listening, Reading, and Writing Tests are usually given in that order, and are usually held on a single morning. The combined length of those three tests is 2 hours and 30 minutes. (The Speaking Test is conducted at an appointed time in the afternoon.) Only one short break is given between the Reading and Writing Tests, so you need to be at your best for a long period of time, which is why you must sleep and eat well before the test. The hints and guidelines in this article should help you achieve your "maximum speed". The more effort you put in, the faster your personal speed will be on the day.

加快做题速度。雅思考试中，时间就是你的敌人。许多考生会因为听力的播放速度或语句难度，亦或者因为阅读的时间把控而一脸懵逼。只有英语十分完美的人才可以拿到九分，甚至对于本土人，都不一定可以在听力或阅读拿到满分。听力，阅读，写作耗时两个半小时。阅写之间的休息时间十分短，所以你必须保持最佳的状态参加考试。考试前，确保睡眠和饮食是棒棒哒！之前提到的小技巧可以帮助到你的各项，达到最大的答题速度吧。投入的努力越多，你的速度成效越大。

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