Question

如何收集雅思口语语料库

Answer 1

雅思口语语料库：就是把雅思口语考试的时候考过的题目、答案以及由该题目引申出来的话题整理在一起，形成一个语料库，那么在复习雅思口语考试的时候，可以直接利用雅思口语语料库去更加有针对性的复习，以达到每个考题都熟悉，不会发生看见考题的时候很陌生导致没有话讲、冷场的情况。
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Animal Rights: testing on animals, vegetarianism, zoos
Cities: urbanisation, problems of city life
Crime: police, punishments/prisons, rehabilitation, capital punishment
Education: studying abroad, technology in education, education in
developing countries, higher education, home-schooling, bad behaviour,
corporal punishment, single sex education, streaming (grouping children
according to ability)
Environment: global warming, impact of humans on the environment,
solutions to environment problems, waste/rubbish, litter, recycling,
nuclear power
Family: family size, working parents, negative effects on children, divorce, care for old people
Gender: gender and education, gender and work, women’s and men’s role in the family
Genetic Engineering: positives, negatives, genetically modified foods
Global Issues: problems in developing countries, how to help
developing countries, immigration, multi-cultural societies,
globalisation
Government and Society: what governments can do, public services, censorship, video cameras in public places
Guns and Weapons: gun ownership and possession, police and guns, nuclear weapons, armed forces
Health: diet, exercise, state health systems, private healthcare, alternative medicine, stress
Housing and Architecture: state housing, old buildings, modern/green buildings
International Language: English as an international language
Money: money and society, consumerism
Personal Development: happiness, success, nature or nurture
Sport and Leisure: professional/competitive sport, sport salaries, sport and politics
Tourism: positives, negative effects on environment, future of tourism
Traditions and Modern Life: losing traditional skills, traditional customs
Transport: traffic problems and solutions, public transport, road
safety Television, Internet and Mobile Phones: positives and negatives,
Internet compared to newspapers and books
Water: importance of clean water, water supply, water should be free, bottled water
Work: same job for life, self-employment, unemployment, work/life balance, technology and work, child labour
整理了雅思口语考试最常考的23个话题，并且每个话题后面都列出了相关内容，有助于备考的时候引发联想，增加可聊的话题

Answer 2

到目前为止， 剑桥雅思共有1-12册，按出版时间命名，一般简称为剑1，剑2....剑10，剑11，剑12。在备考雅思的过程中，最重要的一个环节就是做剑桥雅思的真题。真题可以充分模拟雅思考试的难度并让大家熟悉出题的思路，所以考雅思的同学几乎每个人都有几本真题。《剑12》https://www.douban.com/group/topic/105399508/是最接近现在雅思考试难度的真题集，刷题是一方面，但是大家也要打好英语的基础才能得高分。