some mistakes that we make in spoken English

1. —— 纠正20个常见雅思口语错误

2. Q1 Personal Information
How are you?
• How are you doing these days?
•How‟s it going?
•What‟s up?
• Cool!
• Alright!
Fine, thank you, and you?
• I‟m doing fine, thanks. How about you?

3. Q2
Part1: Talk about your study.
•My English is not very well.
•So-so!= “一般般”
How are you? So-so.
How was the movie? So-so.
It is a bit iffy.
Needs a little work.
It could’ve been better.

4. Q3 计划出国继续学业
I want to go abroad to learn more
knowledge.
I want to gain knowledge.
I want to learn some skills/
further my study.

5. Q4
Part2：Describe a special family event and
introduce the family members you invited.
(IELTS 2011-11)
 nuclear family
 --- there‟s my parents and me, and I
also have a younger sibling: my
brother.
 --- I have five brothers and two
sisters. cousins, nephew, niece

6. Q5
Part1: What do you plan to do after
graduation? (IELTS 2011-
8)
I teach. I am a teacher.
I program. I am a programmer.
I design costume. I am a costume
designer.
I create comic books. I am a
comic book creator.
I cook. I am a cooker.

7. 中英默契
 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
 I heard they broke up because he
was seeing another girl, but my friend
told me it was her fault.
 Yeah, he said, she said!
 What doesn‟t kill you makes you
stronger!

8.  He is an officer.
 He is an office worker.
She works in an office.
 My parent is a white-collar worker.
 My parent works in an administrative
position.
 My parent has managerial duties.

9. Q6
Part2: Describe a person whom
you would like to travel with?
natural hair colors:
brown/black/grey/red/blonde

10. salt & pepper yellow

11. Better solutions:
 Fat—
plumpa little overweight
 Old—
middle-ageda senior citizen
 Ugly—
not so attractive
 Surrender himself to justice!
 Open to questions!

12. Part2：Describe an experience in bad
weather. The weather in your
hometown.
(IELTS 2011-
11) Hot ! Cold!
There are four seasons in my
hometown.
 muggy humid
chilly freezing
 It‟s changeable. It‟s like four seasons
in one day.
 It‟s extreme.

13.  The weather in my hometown is
really changeable. Sometimes it‟s
like four seasons in one day. You
know, it „s kind of Murphy’s Law.
If I take my umbrella it won‟t rain,
but if I forget to take my umbrella
there will be a downpour.

14.  Well, it‟s a Catch-22 situation.
The school gave me a conditional
offer depending on getting my visa.
But the visa office said they could only
give me a visa if I got an unconditional
offer.

15. Q8
Part2: Describe a popular leisure
center in your area. (IELTS 2011-
8)
 I have many pastimes= hobbies
I like to pass time by doing something
 In the past time, I was a student.

16. Q9 KTV?
 KTV: = ? Korean TV
 Karaoke (a Japanese word)
“kara” means “空”
“oke”=orchestra
 I want to sing at a karaoke bar.

17. Part3: Do you think children should
be educated how to cook?(IELTS
2011-9)
student: cut the tomato. Put
the oil in the pan. Put the egg
in the pan with the tomato.

18. Q10
Part3: Do you think children should
be educated how to cook?(IELTS
2011-9)
1.Prepare rice and vegetable.
2.Cut vegetable into equal strips and
cut each crab stick in half.

19. 3 Place bamboo rolling mat on cutting
board. Lay one sheet of nori shiny
onto bamboo mat.
4 Place rice on the sheet and spread it
out gently.
5 Place several crab strips.

20. Q11
Firstly- secondly-thirdly--
finally=last
6 Lift the front of bamboo mat closest to
you. Roll by pressing bamboo mat
firmly on the nori sheet.
7 Moisten sharp knife with cold water
and cut the roll into 5 to 6 pieces.
8 Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

21. Q12
Part2：Describe one of your
best friends.(IELTS 2011-9)
 play with my friends
 chill out with my buddies.
 Kill time with…
 Hang out with my friends

22. Q13
Part1: What do you usually do
with computers？（IELTS 2011-
11）
 Play computer
 play computer games.
 Surf the world wide web.(www.)
 Closeopen the computer
Open an account. Open your mind.
Close your mind=close-minded
 turn onturn off the computer/TV
Switch on/off
 Turn off your brain and enjoy the movie!

23.  PS: postscript
 Ur:
 CUL8R:
 LOL:
 QFT: quoted for truth= that‟s true, I
agree.

24. Q14
Part2：Describe a sport match.
(IELTS 2011-
11)
 Sports are healthy, but people do
them for their health.
 I like to do sports for my health.
 I like to work out to keep fit.
 I like to hit the gym to stay in shape.

25.  It costs about one week.
----- it takes…
 my assignment is due on Friday.
I have to buy some time to
finish it.
 cost time=waste time.
The delay cost me two days.

26. Q15
Part1: How often do you watch TV?
What kind of TV programs do you
like most?
(IELTS 2011-9)
? Soap opera ?
 “Desperate Housewives”:
primetime TV
series
 “Friends” = sit-coms- situation
comedies
 They often feature “canned laughter

27. Q16
Part1: Do you think painting or
drawing is very important to children?
(IELTS 2011-
 painting
8)
 Sketching
 Doodling
 doing graffiti ----street artists

28. Q17
Part3：Which is a better choice, living in
city or in countryside? What are the
advantages and disadvantages
respectively? (IELTS
2011-11)
 What are the advantages?
----There are many merits.
 Are there any disadvantages?
---well, there are a multitude of
drawbacks.
 In my hometown, it‟s really humid,
you know, muggy.

29. Q18
Part3：Introduce some
traditional Chinese food？
（IELTS 2011-11）
 Dumplings
 The type of dumpling that is steamed in
a cane basket is called “dim sum”
 “steamed buns”
 Mandarin Guangdong Dialect=
Cantonese
 we‟re going to be late. Chop chop!
chopsticks

30.  tofu=bean curd
 stinky tofu kung fu tai chi kung pao
chicken typhoon
 Won tons
 Barbeque: BBQ kebab
 Pizza spaghetti

31.  Panda eye
you have bags under your eyes.
 WC(water closet)---old no light,
spiders and other insects crawling
around
 bathroom the toilet the men‟sthe
ladies‟

32. Q19
Part3: What do you learn from the
international traveling? (IELTS
2011-7)
 The statue of liberty （freedom）
 the opera house (theatre)
 Taj Mahal

33. Q20 GRAMMAR
 Q: What would you do if I gave one million
dollars?
 A: Well, I will travel around the world. First, I
might go to England…
 Chinese VS English
 Q: Are you Chinese? A:Yes. A:Yes.
 Q: You are Chinese, aren‟t you? A:Yes. A:
Yes.
 Q: You aren‟t Chinese, are you? A:No. A:
YES!

34. Skills in speaking test
 self-correct
My father is a doctor. She… oops, I
mean he…”
 How to say
How can I put it?
It‟s on the tip of my tongue!
It‟s slipped my mind!

35. Figuratively:
He‟s going to kill you If you don‟t do
the homework!
 He runs like the wind!
 He drinks like a fish!

36. FIN!