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All these questions are looking for a trick.
所有这些问题都在寻找一个技巧。
You think that there's some secret to getting a higher IELTS score, and if you could just find someone to give you the secret, everything would be okay.
你觉得有一些小窍门可以拿到更高的雅思分数，如果真有这么一个人能告诉你技巧，那一切问题就都迎刃而解了。
Here's the secret: ready? The secret is… there's no secret. Seriously: the IELTS scoring systems are public.
我的秘诀是：准备好了吗？秘密就是……没有秘密。坦白说：雅思评分系统是公开的。
You can read them, and we recommend that you do! Take the reading exam.
你可以查阅，我们建议大家查阅一遍！参加阅读考试。
Many people ask how to improve their reading score.
许多人问如何提高他们的阅读成绩。
They want to know: what's the trick? What's the secret? Again, there's no secret.
他们想知道：诀窍是什么？有什么秘诀吗？再说一遍，没有秘诀。
To get a high score in the IELTS reading exam, you need to be good at reading.
要在雅思阅读考试中取得高分，你需要擅长阅读。
The listening exam is the same. These are skills that take months or years to develop.
听力考试也是一样。这些技能需要几个月或几年的时间来培养。
People ask: what are some linking words I should use in my essay?
人们问:在我的文章中我应该使用哪些连接词？
They think that using more linking words equals a higher score in the writing exam.
他们认为连词越多，在写作考试中得分越高。
Here's something which might surprise you: We've seen hundreds of IELTS writing tasks.
不妨告诉大家：我们已经见过数百个雅思写作任务了。
We have never seen a task which got a lower score because it didn't use enough linking words.
我们从没见过因为没使用足够的连词而得分较低的试卷。
We have seen many tasks which got a lower score because they overused linking words, or used them incorrectly.
倒是见过许多因过度使用或错误使用连词而得分较低的案例。
It's the same with vocabulary. We see students memorising sentences, idioms and academic vocabulary because they think that it will boost their score.
词汇同理。我们看到学生们死记硬背句子、习语和学术词汇，因为他们认为这样可以提高分数。
Again, if you do this, you're likely to hurt your score, because you'll misuse the vocabulary that you just memorised from a list.
同样，如果你的方法也是这样，很可能会降低你的分数，因为你会误用刚从列表中记住的词汇。
If you want to improve your IELTS writing score, it's not simple: you need to learn to write more effectively, and that requires a lot of time and work.
想提高雅思写作成绩，并不是易事：你需要学习更有效地写作，这需要大量的时间和努力。
You can't memorise some sentences or a template and expect to get a high score—it won't work.
不能只记住一些句子或模板就指望拿高分——这是行不通的。
Although, there is one case where there might be a kind of ‘trick' to improve your score fast.
不过，不排除存在一种“技巧”能够快速提高分数的情况。
In the speaking and writing exams, if you don't understand how the exam and the scoring system work, you might be making mistakes with how you approach the tasks.
在口语和写作考试中，如果不了解考试和评分系统的原理，你可能会在处理任务的方式上出错。
For example, if you don't write in clear paragraphs, that will have a big negative effect on your score.
例如，如果写的段落不清晰，那将对分数产生很大的负面影响。
Correcting that problem—which is very easy to do—can make a big difference.
纠正这个问题很容易，而且会带来很大的改变。
If you think that in the speaking exam, giving longer answers will always improve your score, then that can have a negative effect, because your answers also need to be relevant.
如果你认为在口语考试中，给出较长的答案会提高分数，那么这可能会产生负面影响，因为你的答案也需要紧扣重点。
Longer answers can easily lose focus and go off-topic.
长一点的答案很容易分散重点，偏离主题。
Again, correcting this can make a big difference quickly.
同样，纠正这个错误能够快速产生较大的影响。
However, this isn't really ‘improving' your score; you're just getting the score your English should get.
然而，这并不是真的“提高”分数；只是得到了应该得到的英语分数。
This brings us to our third mistake: How are IELTS scores decided, and what do they mean?
这就引出了我们的第三个错误：雅思成绩是如何决定的？它们意味着什么？
Do you know? As we said before, the IELTS scoring systems are publicly available.
你知道吗？如前所述，雅思评分系统是公开的。
You should read them! There are links for you below the video.
你应该读一读!视频下面有链接。
There are two mistakes which people make here. First, don't think of IELTS scores as numbers.
大家在这里会犯两个错误。首先，不要把雅思成绩当成数字。
Your IELTS score looks like a number, but it isn't really.
雅思成绩看似是个数字，但实际上不是。
It's a very detailed description of what you can or can't do in English.
它非常详细地用英语描述了你能做什么或不能做什么。
Why is this important? Many students think about IELTS scores like tests at school: “I got five.
为什么这一点很重要？许多学生看待雅思成绩如同学校里的考试一样:“我得了五分。
I need seven, so I just need two more… Maybe if I try again, I'll get a better score?"
我需要拿到7分，所以我只需要多考两分……也许如果再试一次，能拿到一个更好的分数？”
Two more… Two more what? The difference between band five and band seven is huge.
再多考两分？五分和七分之间的差别很大。
It's the difference between speaking basic English and speaking at a level that is enough to study for a Master's degree or work in a high-level job.
可以说是，只会讲基础英语和足以攻读硕士学位或从事高水平工作的区别。
IELTS scores aren't numbers.
雅思成绩不是数字。
