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In today's episode of Test Talk, you'll get 2 clear steps for how to beat writing task one on the IELTS exam.
在今天的《考试对话》节目中，你将学到两个清晰的步骤，了解如何在雅思考试中攻克写作任务一。
Hey Jessica, what's up?
嘿，杰西卡，怎么了？
How are you doing today? I am doing wonderfully.
你今天过得怎么样？我过得非常好。
How are you, Lindsay? I'm great and I want to ask you a question today. Oh, please do.
你好吗，林赛？我很好，今天我想问你一个问题。哦，请便。
So, I'm curious... Well, I'm gonna ask you a lot of questions today, but just this one question to start off here.
所以，我很好奇……嗯，我今天会问你很多问题，但这里先问这一个问题。
So I'm curious about the writing section of the ITLES test.
所以，我对雅思测试的写作部分感到好奇。
Yeah yeah, what's on that writing?
是的，是的，写作部分有什么？
What's on that section?
那个部分包括什么？
It's actually split up into 2 tasks.
它实际上被分成了2个任务。
Writing task one is shorter.
写作任务一比较短。
It has to be at least 150 words and it's usually about a graph or a table and sometimes a map.
它至少要有150个单词，通常是关于一个图表或表格，有时是一张地图。
Task 2 is longer, 250 words and it's like a 4 paragraph essay like an opinion essay for example.
任务2更长，250个单词，就像一篇4段式的文章，例如一篇观点文章。
So task 2 even though it's longer is actually easier because it's the student's own thoughts.
所以任务2虽然更长，但实际上更容易，因为它是学生自己表达自己的想法。
But task one just honestly baffles.
但是任务一确实令人困扰。
It just confuses most people.
这只会让大多数人感到困惑。
Oh so generally interpreting something like a map or a graph, something like that.
哦，所以一般来说，任务一解释像地图或图表之类的东西，诸如此类。
Yeah, even when I first started teaching Ielts and I had to take the exam myself to, you know, start my preparation to teach it and I didn't know how to answer task one.
是的，甚至当我刚开始教授雅思的时候，我自己也必须测试一次，你知道的，备课，我也不知道如何回答任务一。
It's not... You know, I studied languages, I didn't study anything related to...like charts and graphs and statistics, so yeah, it's tough.
这不是……你知道，我学的是语言，我没有学过任何与……比如图表、图形和统计相关的东西，所以，是的，这很难。
So how can people actually start to attempt to prepare for that？
那么人们到底应该如何准备任务一呢？
I mean, what would you actually do if you're trying to attack that part of the writing test?
我的意思是，如果你要尝试攻克写作测试的那个部分，你实际上会怎么做？
Yeah, so step by step, after teaching Ielts for goodness it's been about a decade now, I created a 3 step system to how to plan and prepare for your task one essay.
是的，所以一步一步来，在教了雅思之后，天哪，已经有十年了，我自创了一个三步法，来指导如何规划和准备你的任务一写作。
So I'll just give you an example.
那么我就给你举个例子。
The most common task.
最常见的任务。
One question I call change over time and it's usually a line graph and it shows you information that changes over time.
一个问题我称之为随时间变化，它通常是一个折线图，展示随时间变化的信息。
So, for example, like the increase in population of koala bears or whatever it might be, the topics are kind of random.
所以，例如，像考拉熊数量的增加或其他什么的，这些话题有点随机。
Yeah, so it's all about increasing and decreasing.
是的，所以这一切都是关于增加和减少。
So one really good way to prepare is to read the business section in the newspaper because that has all the vocabulary you would need like increase, decline, drop, skyrocket, stuff like that, but also how to plan for the essay.
所以，一个很好的准备方法是阅读报纸的商业版面，因为那里有你需要的所有词汇，比如增长、下降、下降、暴涨等等，还有如何规划文章。
It should be simple. You have to keep it, keep it simple and keep it clear.
这很简单，你必须保持文章，保持文章简单、清晰。
So the essay should only have 3 paragraphs.
所以一篇文章应该只有3个段落。
The first paragraph has to paraphrase the test question and then have an overall trend.
第一段需要解释题目问题，然后给出一个总体趋势。
The overall trend is very important and I can explain that later.
整体趋势非常重要，我可以稍后解释。
And then the 2 main paragraphs of the essay just divide all these numbers into 2 groups.
然后这篇文章的2个主要段落只是将所有这些数字分成2组。
So, for example, the biggest increases in paragraph 2 and the biggest decreases in paragraph 3, for example.
所以，例如，第2段中的最大增幅和第3段中的最大降幅。
So just keep it simple and make sure that you understand the graph before you start writing about it.
所以保持简单，确保在开始写之前你理解了图表。
Wow, this is so helpful.
哇，这太有帮助了。
I mean having a framework really changes everything, doesn't it, Jessica when you attempt to pass an exam?
我的意思是，当你想通过考试时，有一个模版真的会改变一切，不是吗，杰西卡？
Oh, of course I mean especially on test day.
哦，当然，我是说尤其是在考试当天。
You're so nervous and there's so many thoughts going through your head about if you've prepared enough, or what this is gonna do for your future.
你非常紧张，脑海中闪过许多想法，比如你是否准备充分，或者这对你的未来会有什么影响。
And it's yeah, it's really scary.
而且，是的，这真的很可怕。
So as long as you have this sort of fundamental framework in your head and you've practiced it as much as you can, that's all you can do like that's the best you can do.
所以只要你脑子里有这种基本模版，并且尽可能多地练习，那就可以了，这就是你能做的最好的了。
And hopefully, that'll stick in your head when you take the test.
并且希望，当你参加考试时，这会留在你的脑海中。
Yeah, because we know, for our listeners they're out there working on their English every day and we know that that panic sets in kind of often even just in conversational situations.
是的，因为我们知道，对于我们的听众来说，他们每天都在努力学习英语，我们也知道那种恐慌情绪经常会出现，甚至只是在对话的情况下。
Oh my gosh, actually not full on panic, and I can imagine ，we really want to empathize with our listeners here.
哦，我的天哪，实际上并不是完全的恐慌，我可以想象，我们真的很想在这里与我们的听众产生共鸣。
If it's a test situation, it's even worse.
如果这是一个测试，那就更糟糕了。
So we need to develop these frameworks and really have them cemented in our minds.
因此，我们需要设计这些模版，并真正将它们铭记在我们的脑中。
As you said, Jessica, to be able to go in and have the toolbox have the trick in the back pocket, so that when that anxiety comes up you have something to root you, right?
正如你所说，杰西卡，有工具，有窍门，这样当焦虑时，你就有了底气，对吧？
Yeah, exactly, and the framework has to be very simple.
是的，没错，而且这个模版必须非常简单。
I mean like I said, I've been teaching this for over a decade and the 3 step system that I've developed the way to plan and the way to write.
我的意思是，就像我说的，我已经教了十多年了，我研究的三步方法，即计划的方式和写作的方式。
It works for every question you will ever see in writing task one.
这适用于你在写作任务一中将会看到的每一个问题。
So, yeah, it's( how did you, yeah, go ahead Sorry).
所以，是的，就是这样（你是怎么，是的，继续说，抱歉）。
No, no, yeah, let me talking about ITLES, I just can't stop.
不，不，是的，让我谈雅思，我就说的停不下来。
Well, that's great.
嗯，那太好了。
I'm glad to hear it.
我很高兴听到你这样说。
You're in your zone of genius right now.
你现在正处于你的天才领域。
We had Laura Garnet on the show a few weeks ago to talk about the zone of genius and it feels good to be in your zone of genius, because you can kind of give a skill to the world and help them and it just feels so natural.
几周前，我们邀请了劳拉·加内特参加节目，谈论了天才领域。处于自己的天才领域感觉很好，因为你可以向世界展示一种技能并帮助他们，这感觉非常自然。
Yeah, something that you've worked hard to develop over a long period of time, so finding a use for that confidence I guess, it's really nice.
是的，这是你经过长时间努力才培养出来的东西，所以我想，找到一种利用这种自信的方法，真的很好。
Yeah, so cool.
是的，太酷了。
How did you, and how did you come to develop your system your framework?
你是如何，以及你是如何开始开发你的模版你的框架的？
How did you, I mean did the light bulb kind of go off and you said, we don't need to do it this way.
你是怎么想到的，我的意思是，你是不是突然灵光一闪，然后说，我们不需要这样做。
This is the way or how did you come to develop it?
这是你开发它的方式吗？
Yeah, good question.
是的，好问题。
It took time. It took just a lot of trial and error.
这需要时间，需要大量的反复试验。
It was I was developing curriculum and teaching at the same time, so it was sort of as I was teaching the students.
当时我在开发课程，同时也在教学，所以有点像是我在教学生。
I was also learning myself. So I developed a longer well, I guess I was thinking of advice for each type of question and then realizing that I could take the essential advice, the most important advice and it would work for every question.
我也在自学。所以我开发了一个更长的，嗯，我想我在为每种类型的问题想建议，然后意识到我可以采取基本的建议，最重要的建议，适用于每个问题。
So it was about making it clear to the students, but also making it clear to myself about the easiest way to teach it, I guess.
所以这是为了让学生们明白，同时我想也是为了让我自己明白的最简单的教学方法。
I like that, I like that.
我喜欢那样，我喜欢那样。
Okay, so systems work, guys, keep it in mind here.
好的，所以三步法是有效的，伙计们，记住这一点。
So just to kind of recap this framework.
那么，回顾一下这个模版。
So you said the idea is to go to the business section and I'm guessing you could even look at the section that focuses on economics right?
所以你说的想法是去商业板块，我猜你甚至可以看看专注于经济的板块，对吧？
Especially maybe go back to the crash of 2008 and look at the literature or the news from, you know.
特别是，也许可以回到2008年的经济危机，看看当时的文献或新闻，你知道的。
For sure, you will get all the vocabulary you need.
当然，你会看到你需要的所有词汇。
And then what was the second step, Jessica, one more time?
然后第二步是什么，杰西卡，再说一遍？
The second step was to approach the....
第二步是接近……
What was the second step?
第二步是什么？
The second step was to approach the essay by having a sound system of planning, so when you look at the graph you have to be able to organize it into 2 groups of numbers and those are the 2 main body paragraphs of your essay.
第二步是通过有一个合理的规划系统来处理这篇文章，所以当你看图表时，你必须能够将其组织成两组数字，而这些就是你文章的两个主要段落。
Perfect, perfect. And was there a final step or was that， was that， it was that the system right there?
完美，完美。还有最后一步吗，还是说就是这样？
Well, the the system for， for writing is a lot more， it not a lot more detailed, but it's a little bit more detailed than what we have time to talk about today, so I would have to show you an example and show you how to play.
嗯，这个写作系统还有很多细节，没有很多，要再详细一点，但是我们今天没有多少时间谈，所以我必须给你展示一个例子，并向你展示如何去做。
So,that's something that we'll address later, but in general those are the 2 important things to do.
所以，这是我们稍后要解决的问题，但总的来说，这是要做的两件重要的事情。
Awesome. Thank you so much for this today, Jessica.
太棒了。非常感谢你今天所做的一切，杰西卡。
This has been fantastic and don't worry guys. We're gonna come back to each of these points at some point here very soon.
这太棒了，大家别担心。我们很快就会讲到这里的每一个要点。
And we're gonna dig deeper into the ITLES exam.
我们将更深入地研究雅思考试。
Yeah, and I can't wait to hear what questions that you guys have as well.
是的，我迫不及待地想听听你们有什么问题。
So maybe we could do a whole episode of just your questions about writing task 1 or your questions about writing task 2.
那么也许我们可以做一整集，只回答你关于写作任务1的问题，或者只回答你关于写作任务2的问题。
So please let us know because I would love to talk about what you want to hear.
所以请告诉我们，因为我很想谈谈你们想听的内容。
Ooh, I like that idea, I like that idea.
哦，我喜欢这主意，我喜欢这个主意。
So guys keep your questions coming in and we're gonna let you know at the end of this episode how you can actually get an opportunity chance to talk with Jessica for 15 minutes for an evaluation with Jessica.
那么，大家继续提出你们的问题，在这一集结束时，我们会告诉你们怎样有机会与杰西卡进行15分钟的交流评估。
Come， talk to me.
来和我聊聊吧。
So, we'll find out about that in just a few seconds.
所以，我们会在短短几秒钟内了解到这一点。
Thanks so much, Jessica for hanging out today.
非常感谢，杰西卡，今天和我一起出场。
Thank you, Lindsey.
谢谢你，林赛。
Enjoy your evening!
祝你晚上过得愉快！
You too!
你也是！
