在平时的课堂练习中经常发现好多同学们的口语答案听起来支离破碎，究其原因，往往是因为对问题没有足够的想法而无话可讲；有的甚至为了追求词汇语法100%准确，而在回答过程中频繁重复，长时间停顿；要么就是思路天马行空，想到哪说到哪…总之完全失去了流利度和连贯性——这其实是一种本末倒置，得不偿失的做法，因为流利度与连贯性（fluency & coherence）是雅思口语最为重要的一项评分标准，也就是说考官最看重考生的一项能力就是——是否可以在回答各部分问题时，基本保持流畅并且逻辑清晰。在本文中老师将详细探讨一下如何巧妙利用剑桥听力中的原文，来提高我们口语的流利度与连贯性。
其实，在口语表达中体现出连贯性并不复杂，往往就是通过合理地使用连接成分（discourse markers），使得我们的答案听起来更加有逻辑性。但是因为中英文语言表达上的差异，很多烤鸭们在下意识地做“中翻英”时，就忽略了连接成分的使用，结果，虽然语法没有问题，但回答听起来就像是用生硬的中文拼凑起来的。那么，接下来我们就向地道的剑桥听力原文来取取经，看看如何表达才能更加连贯。
Part 1 中的连贯性：
【听力真题】
【7-1-1】
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Oh, good morning. Um, I’m flying to Toronto Airport next week, and I need to get to a town called um, Milton. Could you tell me how I can get there.
Milton, did you say? Let me see, I think that’s about 150 miles southwest of there. In fact it’s 147 miles to be exact, so it’ll take you at least –say, thee to four hours by road.
Right. Well, I don’t really want to drive myself, so I’d like more information about public transport.
Ok. In that case the quickest and most comfortable is a cab and of course
there are always plenty available. But it’ll cost you. You can also take a
Greyhound bus or there’s an Airport Shuttle Service to Milton. Oh, that doesn’t sound too bad, especially if it’ll take me to the hotel.
But you need to reserve a seat.
…..yes, just me, please.
Right. And you said your expected time of arrival was 11.30? so if I book your
Shuttle for after 12.00—let’s say, 12.30: that should give you plenty of time to, you know, collect your baggage, maybe grab a coffee？
Yeah, that sounds fine, as long as we land on time!
Yes, that’ll be fine, provided I can book the return trip once I’m there.
Anyway, the address is 24, Kithchener Street- that’s KITHENER Street…..
【相关点评】
以上是剑桥7 test 1 Section1的部分原文，其中频繁出现了大量常见的口语连接词以及连接短语，它们所表现的逻辑关系包括了并列，转折，总结，让步，假设，强调等等。虽然每个回答的内容都不长，可是逻辑关系却都很清晰。我们发现雅思听力section1当中，无论是场景还是词汇句型的使用，甚至包括大部分问题的回答长度都与雅思口语part1的内容和要求比较符合。所以大家在筹备口语part1部分时，听力section1就能起到很好的参考作用，尤其是其中的连接成分，可以立马提高我们口语的连贯性。
【利用指数】★★★★★
Part 2中的连贯性：
【听力真题】
【7-2-2】
Thank you calling the Tourist Line. There are many different ways of getting round the city and we’d like to suggest some you may not have thought of….
How about a city trip by boat? There are four main stopping points—from west to east:….
You can find the main booking office at stop A….
The first boat leaves at 8a.m. and the last one at 6.30p.m. There are also many attractions you can visit along the river. At stop A, if you have time, you can visit the fine 16th century palace here built for the king with its beautiful formal gardens….
Stop B why don’t you visit Tower Restaurant with its wide range of refreshments? This is a place where you can sit and enjoy the wonderful views over the old commercial and banking centre of the city.
Stop C is the area where, in the first century AD, invading soldiers crossed the river….
At furthest point of the trip, stop D, the most exciting place to visit is the new Entertainment Complex with seven- screen cinema, bowling alley and video games arcade.
Besides the boat tours, there are city buses. Two companies offer special services:….
【相关点评】
以上是剑桥7 test2 section 2 的部分原文，这个section的场景是关于旅游的，主要是对几个景点的讲解，除了一些常见的连接词之外，我们主要关注的是一些连接整个文章的短句。这些短句起到了引导作用，把通篇很清晰，很有逻辑地连接起来。雅思听力section2的场景和形式是“social monologue”（日常生活场景的独白），场景是以旅游为主的日常生活内容，而因为主要是独白的形式，少有问答，所以在表达中就会加入比较系统的连接成分，为了能够使听众较为轻松地跟上说话人的节奏。这一点与雅思口语part2是比较接近的，因为part2通俗地讲，就是在“讲故事”，因此在part2想要拿到比较理想的分数，就一定要在规定的时间，将卡片上的内容前后连贯地讲解清楚，以便使这个“故事”进展顺利，有始有终，也就是要有“整体性”，而不是支离破碎的一些片段。因此，恰当地使用连接成分就成为了必不可少的手段。这样的话，建议考生们不妨根据情况在口语part2中借鉴一下听力section2的一些实用的连接词或短句，把故事讲得更加连贯。
【利用指数】★★★
