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2003年的大作，还真是写得详细，我自己都佩服自己了……最早写在无忧雅思，现在G一下标题，能发现被转得满世界都是。本文略有删增。

另外1，那个作文现在看来还是比较naive的，也就是个大学僧考个7分的样子，要是现在写肯定又是新的水准了……

另外2，看自己的雅经还提到考试的时候的笑话。想起来真是可笑啊。还有那个坐在前面的扬州mm，现在想来肯定是对俺有那么点小意思~考试前回头那个频繁，一直找茬跟我聊天⊙﹏⊙b汗，最后一个女考官实在看不下去了，把她喝止了……汗！

总的来说，这个雅经适合懒人如我，1个月攻克雅思学术类。后来2006年我在Melbourne还考了一次，都没复习直接考的，感觉so简单。果然最后得分7.5分。

其实过去了以后半年打工生涯保证能让你的英语突飞猛进的。不多说了，发出来在自己blog留个档，有想看的朋友自己看吧。

（2003.9.20·南京·6.5）

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终于也轮到我来写雅经了，hoho。以前也零零散散写过一些，但是都比较零碎没有系统性，而且当时的心态也和今天大不相同了。

闲话少说，就说说复习的背景。我这次是二进宫了，02年11月在西安考过一次，铩羽而归——5.5，拿到成绩的那天漫天风雪刀割一般在我脸上和心里……这次因为是最后一次机会（已经预签了，不过的话就要过去读语言），所以比较看重。但是由于贪玩的劣根性，从7月到8月的一个月，基本上只是零敲牛皮糖，没有系统的复习。到了8月20号，一看只有一个月了，然后就紧张起来，拿出了本科时候期末考试前三天通宵拚刺刀的冲劲来了。

我的英语水平可以说一直是在吃老本。这也就是说，我的高中以前的基础都是很好的，但是自从上了大学开始就在混了，虽然四、六级都侥幸通过，但是事实上我四六级单词根本就是一个也没有背过。这也成了我考试的一个瓶颈。也就是说，我这次考试完全是在高中单词量的基础上考的……原来曾经信誓旦旦要把四六级单词全部搞定，不过后来时间紧张也就放弃了。如果真得扎扎实实搞一搞，相信7分以上是没有问题的……在此奉劝各位xdjm，单词是基础，不管怎么样，时间充裕的话一定要彻底过单词关，不用太多，只要四六级就好了。

又扯远了。言归正传。8月20号那天，我订了一份读书计划（虽然说后来并没有来得及完全贯彻执行。如果认真做完了，肯定7分以上）——

单词：1、《星火式四六级词汇巧记速记》，共564页，每日30页。推荐背单词的朋友们看这本书，总体上来说背起来比较轻松。哪怕不是背，翻一翻也是好的。全翻一遍也只要1星期就能搞定（每天50页的囫囵吞枣式记忆法，新东方的“秘诀”）。
2、六级《口袋书》，石油大学出版社，大概10cm×8cm，闲暇时候从口袋里拿出来背诵，共160页，每日10页
3、每日生字词，复习前一天的，5日一总结
4、《最新雅斯口语高分突破》，北京雅斯培训学校主编，世界知识出版社出版。编得倒也罢了，但是里面的几十页日用单词很不错，很多都是听力和口语常见字词。p90-p173，共84面

作文：1、Mark Morgan 《Writing Skills For The Ielts Test》。 我个人认为，把这本书吃透了，什么北语了新东方了，全都扔掉吧！而且，最主要的，以后你根本不用背作文了！连范文、例句什么的都可以扔掉！网上下载地址点这里。下载以后立刻打印下来仔仔细细的做！一定不要偷懒哦~

顺便简要说说大作文的结构（个人认为也是这次作文7分的主要原因）：

第一段开头不用陈述原题，因为这是不计分的；然后是很明确的表述自己的观点，尤其是agree or disagree的题目。要注意，从一开头你就应该明白，你在做什么——你是在做一篇学术类的argument，而不是essay！也就是说，你要驳斥对立的观点，然后才能基于一些论点和论据给出你自己的argument。新东方的那个the first point…the second point…the third point…模式，根本只是列出观点，而不是争辩！那个是g类的要求！大家千万千万记住要以吵架的姿态去写，就像高考写议论文！

这里还要说明一点，无论是剑桥亚斯书还是mark morgan的作文书，你都能发现头脑风暴法(brainstorm)都是立论的首要。所谓brainstorm，就是把所有与观点相关的东西全都列在纸上，无论是con还是pro。这样写起来就绝对不会层次不明了。而且，从分论点到分支论点到论据之间的逻辑关系及其明了。关于brainstorm，’how to prepare for ielts’, ‘101 hints for ielts’, ‘writing skills for the ielts test’ 等等都给了很好的阐述我就不多说了，请大家仔细按照那个做。我在随后会列出v64到v122所有作文的分类，请大家按照brainstorm，花费不多的一个小时好好storm一番。一定获益匪浅。另外，请大家一定要从social、economy、healty等几个方面来说，外国人最喜欢了。比如造体育馆是不是必须的这样的话题，若反对，就可以说1、economy上花费巨大不划算 2、social上贫困人口还需要救济，有限资金应该花在刀口上， bla bla~

第二段，驳斥对立观点。举个例子来说，反对烟草，第一段假设你已经说了，I disagree that smoking is a correct action to the social health and the economy.，这时候你就应该说It has been pointed out that the tobacco has as many toxic materials that can do great harm to smokers as other drugs. 然后来个论据（例证法）——For example, when tobacco burns, three main poisonous materials, nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar, are found in smoke. Indeed, when people smoke, they do breathe these pernicious gases into their lungs, stomach and bloods. 然后你再阐述Then the harmful materials begin to have bad influence on their bodies and, therefore, cause a lot of diseases such as cancer, high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis. 然后为了表示你中肯的态度，来个转折——Smokers may argue that filtered cigarettes do less harm to bodies. Nevertheless, the filter can improve nothing. 然后是结论——So, how dare some people say it is not as poisonous as other drugs and should not be banned as illegal goods?

关于第二段我希望广大考友要认真对待，因为第二段是表现你“吵架”本事的主要“身段”，能不能拿高分全在这里了个人认为！还有要注意联结词的运用。

第二段建议写到反面的第4-6行

第三段，可以阐述你的分论点2，3句话就可以；
第四段，分论点3，3句话就可以；
第五段，总结，3句话就可以。

练得多，得法的话，会刚好写到最后一行的样子。回家等高分八！

2、司马得的雅斯（托福也可以）填空作文法，翻翻就行了。一共三百页，每天15-20页。
3、新东方雅斯考试高分作文，共300页，每日20页，读范文。主要是看考官评语。
4、北语·写作，共180页，每日10页，主要看它的句式。
5、把无忧的v64-v122所有的作文题目归类，brainstorm提纲，然后最好全部写一遍（我只写了总共30篇，考试前一星期精写了5篇），每篇30分钟内完成450字为佳。自己去复印答题纸钉成一个本子练习。一定注意结构！（附录1都是我个人精写的几篇，就结构来说应有7分以上）
6、小作文推荐现在网上流行的《目前最全的作文流程图》。考前一天疯狂看了一遍，写了4篇的样子。受益匪浅。

听力：1、最重要的，是将历年真题中比较偏僻的、自己不熟悉的生词抄下来重点背诵！极其重要！
2、每晚新概念四2篇。很重要！对口语也很有帮助。我口语就考到了新概念里面一篇关于老年人和青年人对待生活（死亡）的态度。
3、北语听力60页（每日一套模拟题），打基础不错。第八套以后的显著偏难，而且题目有点偏。
4、新东方听力共10 test，每2日一套test。语速很快，但是题目容易。主要问题是单词。
5、剑桥全真题2本书共四套，每5日精作一套。《how to prepare for ielts》，岔开日期每5日精作一套。
6、如果离考试还远，强力推荐每日听bbc15分钟！网上地址www.listeningexpress.com

阅读：1、北语，general training（别以为我搞错了，呵呵，g类的做做玩玩还是可以的）
2、北语，a类100页，每日1个练习
3、新东方学术类阅读，200页，每日1 test
4、最重要的：看新东方阅读理解辅导，要买那本胡敏和加拿大paul white、英国nevin blumer联合出版的比较老版本的，里面一开头就是考官洋洋洒洒几十页tips and hints to help you raise your score。有的朋友也许觉得里面讲的和胡敏讲得差不多，但是我个人觉得那些说得比较纯正地道，不像胡敏这么花头十足，技巧多的让人眼花缭乱。记住——抓住基本的就好了！

口语：1、口语高分突破 90页
2、最重要的：16个topic，每日一个topic，先说后写，要求不用词典就能洋洋洒洒的说出来或者写出来（写的话对写作也有好处）。当然现在有新的topic出来了，大家记得看新的。事实上个人认为口语需要提前两个月多和partner联系，双方互相扮演考官和考生，有一个录音机就更形象了。还可以借助netmeeting的，我就是和一个1000km以外的mm这么练过一阵。最重要就是仿真。
3、新东方内部资料。能搞到最好，搞不到也没关系。我都没怎么看。
4、面试题目综合，也就是网上乱七八糟的雅经了。

Tips:

1、通过这次听力考试，我明白了雅经的听力部分错误百出。因为按照我考后和雅经的对照，竟然14个不同，5分都没有。幸好我这次吸取了上次考试的经验，考试前没有看任何的听力雅经以免淆乱视听。当然，如果离考试还远，那倒是可以仔仔细细的研究研究的。我的经验是，把听力雅经里面出现的生字词抄一遍好好背诵一下就好了。另外，记得以前有人写的《我的雅经》说，考前不看雅经，考后看雅经。我感觉也没这个必要分的那么清楚。事实上，考后倒是最没有必要看，就像我，自己吓自己。听力的有效来自于狂听，听什么都是可以的，哪怕你partner的chinglish。
2、请老师和上培训班用处都是有的，但是并不像你想象的这么重要。个人认为，如果是入门级别，不妨上上课；如果是菜鸟到老鸟级别，那就不必了，买我上面推荐的和51ielts雅斯版面其他一些大牛推荐的一些书，结合几个重要网站的资讯就可以了。
3、阅读不好的朋友可以：1)背单词 2)看书 3)掌握快速找词的能力。我这次虽然考得不好（相信是粗心的问题），但是速度是值得称道的。这里告诉大家一些小窍门（有些也是新东方等推荐的方法，其实他们也是从国外的资料上抄来的）：先看题目，再做题目；看到人的名字就用三角形标记，看到地名就用方框框起来，看到数词就用圆圈起来（要注意单词形式的数词，很容易漏过。9.20号就有两个填空是说到3b.c, 5a.d.，很多朋友无法定位到，我也找了半天才发现原文是three b.c.，five a.d.这样的，很狡猾），看到一些特殊的名词尤其是和题目密切相关的比如influenza、aspirin、morphine等等就用横线划起来，年代用双划线，特殊的形容词比如acid、germany等等用波浪线。这也是外国考官推荐的办法，当然，标记符号是我常用的了。自己酌情改换。
4、小作文我已经说过了，四个基本的graph形式还是要烂熟于心，结构强力推荐mark morgan的书！《insight into ielts》 的作文部分也是可以。
至于流程图，推荐我所说的《目前最全的作文流程图》，到处都有下的，里面包含《北语预备教程》、《环球内部教材》、《how to prepare for ielts》、《101 hints》、《202exercises》的全部流程材料，不可多得。主要三个部分——描写实物、描写地址、描写过程。其中个人觉得过程最难写，比如上次9.13考的那个bt的光合作用取水，要我写我肯定晕菜。大作文之前讲得很详细了，不赘述。
5、口语，一定要自信，要笑容可掬，亲切自然，不要板着个苦瓜脸就和死了爹娘似的，谁见了都难受。并且，记得要讲求礼貌。
6、考试时候没必要带手机。铅笔建议带5支削好的2b铅笔备用。其实我感觉，考点发的两支印有雅斯考试专用笔的铅笔比我带的都要好用，写着特别清晰自然，削得也是不粗不细比我削得好多了。不愧是外国货啊，呵呵（我不是说中国货不好，但是有时候外国货的确比较地道）。推荐写作文时候使用。
7、上厕所说go to toilet就好了，千万不要说pee-pee。切忌！也切记！除非你想像我一样故意把考官逗得笑成哮喘。
8、参考我写的《9.20南京烤鸭回忆及经验谈》（附录2）
9、一定记得把身份证好好的、稳妥地保管起来！我在临考前一天经历了一场不大不小的虚惊——找不到身份证了！天哪！后来过了半天才发现原来是掉在包的最底夹层了。枉费我哭逼逼的和南京考点还有上海领事馆的都打了电话……不过据我一惊一诧和考点联系的结果，其实丢了身份证也还是有办法的，最直接的就是先给考点打电话，然后她会让你直接给比如上海领事馆打电话说明情况，然后会特殊安排的。这里特别提一下南京东南大学考点的几位老师，不但非常好心、热心而且还很耐心，这样的老师真是很久没遇见了！末了一位老师知道是虚惊一场以后还笑呵呵的祝我取得好成绩，太感动了……这次总算没有辜负她的祝福！
10、因为现在取消考间休息，所以记得少喝水，不过可以偷偷带点润喉糖比较解渴管用，考试间隙也不要说话。在我前面的一个扬州妹妹就因为老是回过来和我说笑被警告了！

附录1、我的作文范文供参考
v106. Tobacco is a kind of drug. people have been free to use it. some people think that it should be illegal to use it comparing with other drugs. do you agree or disagree? What’s your opinion?

It has long been argued these days on whether tobacco drugs should be banned. Some people may argue that it’s their right to be smokers freely because the tobacco does less harmful to human being than other drugs. However, in my point of view, i disagree that smoking is a correct action to the social health and the economy.

It has been pointed out that the tobacco has as many toxic materials that can do great harm to smokers as other drugs. for example, when tobacco burns, three main poisonous materials, nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar, are found in smoke. Indeed, when people smoke, they do breathe these pernicious gases into their lungs, stomach and bloods. Then the harmful materials begin to have bad influence on their bodies and, therefore, cause a lot of diseases such as cancer, high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis. Smokers may argue that filtered cigarettes do less harm to bodies. Nevertheless, the filter can improve nothing. So, how dare some people say it is not as poisonous as other drugs and should not be banned as illegal goods?

Moreover, the tobacco smoke not only influences the smoker himself but also does harm to people around him. This is because the nocuous smoke diffuse in the air, pollute the environment and then make people (they may be babies, old men and pregnant women) sick, though they might feel strange on how non-smokers could catch a disease like the smokers. In fact, they are the victim or the sacrificial lambs for the smokers’ unprincipled ‘rights’.

Additionally, the economy may also be partially damaged because of the tobacco trade. Although it seems that the government could tax a lot from the tobacco industry, the harm that this industry brings to the whole economy is obvious. Despite of the welfare of the tobacco industry, the taxpayers and the government have to pay far more money on public health, especially on those cancer patients. Furthermore, other trades may also be harmed for lack of healthy workers. Hence, eventually the government would find out it is not wise to permit the tobacco industry developing freely.

All in all, the laws on banning the tobaccos should be brought into effect immediately. The tobaccos, as i have argued above, cannot be used freely because of their undisputed great damage to our social life. (390 words)

by:synyan--51ielts

v107. Some people believe that students who want to go to university after graduation from high school should have about one year’s time to get a job to obtain work experience or have a travel to enlarge their vision. Do you agree or disagree? What’s your opinion?

It has long been argued these days on whether students should go to work or have a travel to extend their vision when they just graduate from high school. Some people may consider that get a job is more useful than traveling. In my point of view, i would rather choose the latter.

The idea of travel has been accepted widely throughout the world that outdoor activity is a best way to widen one’s horizon and acquire a useful experience. That is not to say working is not essential. In fact, fundamental work experience of people is important, especially for those high school graduates. However, traveling is a much better way. Graduates, as we all know, have little time in traveling during their study time. They need a practice to carry out their book-learning. the travel, beyond all doubt, is a good way to enlarge their vision. As a result, students who are going to study biology may go to Africa to see wild animals. Obviously it can help them a lot in their future study in universities.

Moreover, the travel can encourage them to work hard. Indeed, a graduate who want to travel (especially a long way from home) has to earn a lot of money to afford his/her traveling fee. how can he/she get the money? As a result he/she would have to go working, either before or after the vocation, and would make money with his/her own hands. Some one may argue that some guys get money from their parents without working. In this case, however, I would point out that this part of students was only a very small amount amongst all.

Furthermore, it’s likely that students may get more chances to work for the communities of university because of their enlarged knowledge. Although prior work experience can bring the students a lot, it helps nothing to their future primary work. In fact, universities would want a wise economist, a keen-witted arguer and an erudite natural scientist, rather than an experienced gas station worker, a skilled washer or an excellent waiter. On the contrary, if students travel overseas they learn a lot about other cultures as well. It may influence them in their future college lives. although there is no nobleness and lowlihead amongst the jobs, we should consider which could bring a biggest profit to their university study and future career, the working or traveling?

All in all, go traveling is a good idea for those high school graduates than working. yet it’s a pity that nowadays so many people do not realize this. (433 words)

by:synyan--51ielts

v108. Some people said the government shouldn't put money on building theaters and sports stadiums; they should spend more money on medical care and education. Agree or disagree?

The past decade saw an increase in the number of theaters and sports stadiums in cities. Accompany with this phenomenon, many people claimed that government should spend more money on medical care and education instead. To be frank, I totally agree with the above assertion either from social or economic angle.

It is undeniable that the traditional art and sports spirit stand for a national civilization. Without theaters and stadiums, they are hard to preserved and hand down from generation to generation. Nevertheless, there are many things we can do despite of the construction on these luxury buildings. For instance, the medical care, the education and humanitarian rescue for poor. In fact, there are many poors in China, especially in Western China. CCTV, the China official media, just reported a village where 75% villagers could not afford a light. Their average income per year is only about 150 USD. Hence, watching on the tv, how we these ‘richer’ dare to spend a lot of money on theaters and sports stadiums that are not quite necessary in recent years?

In fact, the social medical care in China is not efficient, and the fund of education has also been short for a long period. Actually, the money on public health and education is far less than enough. As a consequence, the retired workers and unsatisfied farmers were always claiming on the rising fees of medical care, and many people would rather go buying medicines without doctor’s direction than going to large hospitals and looking for advise. That’s rather danger. And the education fund is scarce too. As CCTV reported, many teachers’ salaries cannot be provided in Hubei for months. This did not happen only in poor Western China but also in some rich provinces such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian. Additionally, a lot of children, especially girls, have no chances to enter a primary school according to the Chinese Education Bureau’s reporting. As a result, these can lead to a significant decline of public health and education level. If we do not notice the problems in a serious manner, there would be an acute shock in the society.

Furthermore, the economy would suffer from the short of funds on education and health. The logical is simple. If we do not fund more money in education and health, it is obvious that there would be a lot of low-level well-educated workers and unhealthy poor. Therefore, the economy would have no future sight. If this really happens, the government would have to pay far more money on public health and education. So, why don’t invest on them earlier?

All in all, it is necessary and valuable for government to pay more money on health and education rather than building theaters and sports stadiums. Yet it’s a pity that even till now so many people have not realized this. (479 words)

附录2、我的雅经

9.20南京烤鸭回忆及经验谈刚从南京回来，呵呵！趁现在还有点印象，把要说的都说了。

1、笔试地点是东南大学礼东楼1楼-3楼，考前在喷泉附近等就行了。三个很大的教室，每个可以容纳50个人！前一天踩点时候还吓了一跳，以为是放录音机，若有回声就死惨了……但是考试时候才发现是无线耳机。还算先进的。

2、口试地点就是在报名的地方。by:synyan—51ielts

3、南京因为是shanghai sub-test center,因此,好像考官都是些年轻的，尤其是以几个jjmm为主，可能也许对口语不利，尤其是其中某几位的口音实在是#￥·%……其中一个金发的狠sexy，因此忍不住多说了几句。实话说，有追的冲动……这里要提醒大家一句，说上厕所，就说i want to go to toilet就行了！别像我一样，被阿甘正传给害惨了（其实也是自己一知半解之故），说了个i want pee-pee,把金发妹妹给乐疯了，在考场大笑……:( 后来小心翼翼的问：“does the word pee-pee have special meaning?”她才说，“it refers to children”，估计就是“尿尿“的意思。晕。给打击坏了，上厕所竟然面对入口而不知，金发妹妹于是用中文大喊：“在……ze(这)……里……“ 再晕。又及，现在考试是从头考到尾的，考完口语的10分钟也没有了。

4、这次听力不难。只要集中注意力就能搞定。可惜，我因为第一个section 太简单，而麻痹大意……不说了。by:synyan--51ielts 阅读更容易，考完也都听大家喊容易。考官妹妹喊30min left的时候，我已经做第三篇了。

5、写作，task1写得有点%￥#￥……建议大家看看环球内部教材，关于task1的写作，有一篇地图和这次考试很类似。可惜我恰好这个类型没写……说实话，流程图三种类型，描述过程考了，描述地图也考了，就剩下描述物品没考，请大家密切关注吧。task2结构，先总起；再分论点一——给出不支持的可能理由1，再nevertheless抨击之，然后in fact段末句引出第三段；分论点二，然后给出一个可能的不支持理由2，然后however再给出反例；接着分论点三，给出支持理由；最后结论，注意段落之间适当用衔接词。但是，但是好像有语法错误……555，估计写作总分6分吧，不然这个结构7分肯定是有的。建议写作摒弃新东方模式（他的句式倒是不错），看Mark Morgan的《雅思考试写作技巧》（下载地址：这里）如果能够仔仔细细从头到尾搞完，不仅写作有醍醐灌顶的感觉，能发现大部分市面上的东西的结构都是bullshit，而且对阅读也有一定的提高。

6、口语有点磕巴，唉！主要是，一开始叫我的时候正好在厕所里（怎么尿这么多），让考官jj在门口等了一会儿。连声说sorry！总的来说讲的内容比较生动，有点引起考官jj共鸣的意思……不过不是很肯定。末了，考官说over，我夸张地说了一句：“over? it's so quick!”考官jj说，“it's good for you to think it's quick.”不知是祸是福？抑或根本自作多情……（经常用眼睛电她……^o^）。

Topic有：

stage 1，name?hometown?studing or working?what's your major?why you chose it?what's your future plan?------到这里，都是有逻辑承接关系的-------然后，我晕，居然真的考到shopping，我最讨厌的题目，考前还和一妹妹说笑来着……who do the main houseworking in your family?do you often go shopping?who do the main shopping in your home?what is the difference between woman and man in shopping?（我compare了）------到这里是shopping-------do you like photography?do you have a photograph on the wall?（我晕，on the wall?不会是说长城吧？反正我说的是在我家墙上……）what's that for?------到这里是photo。然后……-------what is the difference between the old man and younger on the attitude toward the life?（这个问题16个topic里面好像没有吧？幸好我机灵，引用了新概念里面的一段话，配合手舞足蹈，博得jj频频点头）what is the attitude of chinese toward elders?

stage 2，describe an old man you are familiar with. you should say:who he/she ishow you get to know him/herhow he/she have influence on you?(大意）16个topic里面，好像只有neighbour，没有old man……所以我现编了一段，还讲到了狗日的小日本的禽兽行径（这段是真人真事），声泪俱下，到后来说实在的自己眼眶都湿了……

stage 3然后就载进了old people topic窝了what is the difference between the younger and the old man in china?what is the main problem of china's old men?（此问题要说三点，建议说1、健康 2、心理 3、技能）what is the main problem of old man on their job?下来的一两个就记不得了，反正我说得还凑活，尤其是我说我妈也不会用电脑引起了共鸣……感觉应该是新题。大家保重吧！

7、忘了说了，考官们的汉语都贼溜，有几个让我甚至都以为是外籍华人。因此，最好别犯忌。另外，我写了很多口语topic的东西，比如advertisement啦season什么的，都没派上用处……还有真题作文15-17篇，结构都是蛮不错的。如果考到6 7 6 7，就会发上来，到时候大家也可以参考一下，毕竟是两个月的心血~:)