Do not memorise answers不要背诵答案
IELTS interview skills
雅思面试技巧
Do not memorise answers
不要背诵答案
Memorising a text is not a good way to prepare.
在考试准备过程中，背诵答案是不可取的。
Examiner: Would you like to tell me about your hometown?
考官： 你能谈一谈你的家乡吗？
Candidate: Yes! Woo! Thanks Internet.
考生：好的！感谢因特网！
Porto, the country’s second largest city, is in itself full of interest,but the district it heads, though largely industrialized, offers the visitor plenty to see.
波尔图是这个国家第二大城市，是一个非常迷人的城市，它的街区工业化程度很高，不过依然有许多值得游览的地方。
Along the coast, holiday resorts like the cosmopolitan beach of Espinho...
在海边，有度假胜地，比如著名的埃斯平霍海滩……
Splendid seafood or traditional fishing towns...
美味的海产品或是古老的渔村……
Quaint charm of Amarante, with 17th century mansions...
有阿马兰特的古雅魅力，17世纪的建筑……
Famous for a kind of sweet egg pastries called “Bellies of Angels”.
还有一种知名小吃，有“天使之腹”美称的甜味蛋饼。
Examiner: Thank you. What is the most interesting building in your hometown?
考官：谢谢。在你的家乡，最有趣的建筑是什么？
Candidate: The church. The old church.
考生：教堂。一座古老的教堂。
It’s big and some kings have been there and are there engraves…
教堂很大，有些国王还去过那。教堂里刻着。。。
A memorised answer will sound unnatural and won’t impress the examiner.
背诵的答案听起来很不自然，无法给考官留下好印象。