英协视频：不要背诵答案 （Do not memorise answers ）

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,
波尔图是这个国家第二大城市，是一个非常迷人的城市，

but the district it heads, though largely industrialized, offers the visitor plenty to see.
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。

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