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On today's All Ears English podcast IELTS edition, learn how to attack writing Task 2.
在今天的All Ears English雅思版播客中, 我们将学习如何攻克写作任务2。
Lindsey, how are you today? Good, Jessica, how are you? I am fantastic.
林赛，你今天怎么样？很好，杰西卡，你呢？我非常好。
We're gonna talk about something today that I actually really like talking about. Really? Oh man, that's good. You like talking about writing?
我们今天要谈论一些我实际上非常喜欢谈论的事情。真的吗？哦，伙计，那太好了。你喜欢谈论写作吗？
I know, I know, not many people can say that, but I've always loved writing.
我知道，我知道，没有多少人能这么说，但我一直都喜欢写作。
I just went home, actually to visit my mom and she pulled down 4 boxes of journals that she had saved from when I was in high school. Wow, that's so cool, you're a writer at heart.
我刚回家，其实是去看望我妈妈，她拿出了4箱日记，是我高中时她保存下来的。哇，太酷了，你真是个有写作天赋的人。
Yeah, I've always done that, so yeah, I'm glad I get paid to do it now.
是的，我一直在做这件事，所以，是的，我很高兴现在做这件事能得到报酬。
That's like the luckiest job that you think for me. Fantastic. I mean that's success.
这就像是你为我设想的最幸运的工作。太棒了。我是说，这很成功。
If you've reached a point where you can get paid to do what you love, hey, I mean what else do we need in life? Right? That's the goal. that is everyone's goal.
如果说你已经达到了一个境界，就是你做你喜欢的事情，同时还能得到报酬，那，我是说，人生夫复何求啊，对吧？这就是目标啊。这是每个人的目标。
So yeah, so today we're gonna talk about writing on the IELTS, but more focused on task 2 on those opinion questions.
那么，是的，今天我们要谈论的是雅思写作，但更多的是关注任务2中的那些观点问题。
So a few episodes back we talked a little bit about writing on task1 right? couple weeks ago.
所以，之前有一集，我们稍微谈了一下在任务1，对吧？几周前。
So task one is a totally different animal than task 2.
那么，任务1与任务2完全不同。
Okay, yeah, task one is all about the numbers about graphs and increase and decrease tables and pie charts and stuff, and it's difficult at first, but like we said in the previous podcast, if you know how to plan and how to approach it, it can actually be quite easy.
好的，是的，任务一是关于数字、图表、增减表和饼图之类的，一开始会很难，但就像我们在上一期播客中说的，如果你知道如何计划和如何处理，实际上会很容易。
Because none of the ideas are yours. You don't have to come up with anything.
因为这些想法都不是你的。你不必想出任何东西。
You only describe what you see, but task 2 all of the ideas come from your brain. Right?
你只描述你所看到的，但是任务2所有的想法都来自你的大脑。对吗？
You're a little bit a little bit of pressure, right?
你有一点点，一点点的压力，对吧？
A little anxiety as we've just talked about it in a previous episode. Exactly exactly.
有一点焦虑，正如我们在之前的一集中谈到的那样。 确实确实。
So, this similar advice for task 2 though if you approach it with a plan, you know if you have enough practice and you approach it with a plan and you're organized, then that'll take away the anxiety, but it'll also help you keep focused.
所以，对于任务2来说，这是类似的建议，如果你有一个计划来处理它，你知道如果你做了足够的练习，并且你有一个计划来处理它，并且你的文章是有组织的，那么这将消除焦虑，但焦虑也将帮助你保持专注。
So the first tip today is to make sure to practice brainstorming.
所以今天的第一个提示是练习头脑风暴。
Brainstorming is something that not a lot of people do in their country and school, I know, like in America, we we start brainstorming in elementary school.
头脑风暴是在很多人的国家和学校中都不会去做，我知道，就像在美国，我们在小学就开始进行头脑风暴了。
I remember doing word maps and idea trees and stuff yeah, from like a very early age.
我记得我从很小的时候就开始做单词地图和思维导图之类的东西，是的。
But from teaching in Taiwan and Cambodia and some other countries, some of my students who are in university had never brainstormed before. It was never.
但在台湾、柬埔寨和其他一些国家任教时，我的一些大学学生以前从未进行过头脑风暴。从来没有。
interesting. It's interesting, okay, so this is a whole new thing for them.
这很有趣，好吧，所以这对他们来说这是一件全新的事情。
They're just jumping into this test and it's just not a natural skill that's been built up yet.
他们只是跳入了这个测试，而这并不是一种已经建立起来的自然技能。
Yeah, but it is a necessary skill if you want to come up with enough ideas to fill an essay and stay on topic in an organized way.
是的，但如果你想要想出足够多的点子来填充一篇文章，并且有条不紊地紧扣主题，这是一项必要的技能。
I can tell when I read a student's essay if they didn't do any planning because it just wanders from topic to topic, you know they don't stay focused.
我可以分辨出学生的文章是否经过规划，因为如果没有规划，文章就会从一个主题跳到另一个主题，你知道的，他们无法保持专注。
And on the Ielts test, If you don't stay focused on the topic, you're gonna lose points.
在雅思考试中，如果你不专注于主题，你会失分的。
You're gonna lose points in task response and you're also going to lose points in vocabulary because you're not talking about what you should be.
你会在任务回应方面失分，也会在词汇方面失分，因为你没有谈论你应该谈论的内容。
So the way to stay focused on one topic is to have a quality brainstorming session I would guess that you choose a good rich topic, is that right? Exactly, exactly.
所以保持专注于一个主题的方法是进行一次高质量的头脑风暴会议。我猜你会选择一个好的、丰富的主题，对吗？ 完全正确，完全正确。
And any writing tutor or teacher or help that you can get from a native speaker who has studied writing in school, they can help you do this in a matter of weeks.
而任何写作辅导教师或老师，或者在学校学习过写作的母语人士，他们都能在几周内帮你做到这一点。
It's not a difficult skill, but it is something that you have to practice,just coming up with these ideas.
这不是一项困难的技能，但你必须练习，才能想出这些点子。
I think the biggest tip that I give students as far as brainstorming is there are no bad ideas.
我认为，就头脑风暴而言，我给学生的最大建议是，没有坏主意。
You know, you just need to put down on the paper everything you think about regarding this topic, because sometimes the ideas you think of last that you're just reaching for are gonna be the more interesting ideas.
你知道，你只需要把你对这个话题的所有想法都写在纸上，因为有时你最后想到的、你刚刚想到的想法会是更有趣的想法。
Okay, so you're saying to devote some of our practice time to actually brainstorming, just going through the task of brainstorming itself, right?
好的，所以你是说要把我们的一些练习时间用于实际的头脑风暴，只是完成头脑风暴本身的任务，对吗？
Exactly, yeah, so if the question asks you about, you know why is living in the city better than living in the countryside.
确实，是的，所以如果问题问你，你知道为什么住在城市比住在农村更好。
Then just sit down and write city on 1/2 of the paper countryside on the other half of the paper,positives, negatives and just write down everything you can think of good bad things about both sides.
然后坐下来，在纸的一半上写下城市，在另一半上写下乡村，积极的，消极的，然后写下你能想到的关于这两个方面的所有好的和坏的事情。
And then you can go back and you could pick out the best ideas and those are the ones you use in your essay.
然后你可以回去，你可以挑选出最好的想法，这些就是你在论文中使用的想法。
And when our listeners are doing that when they're doing the pros and cons lists or just the brainstorming list, do you recommend setting a time limit?
当我们的听众在做这些事情时，当他们在做利弊清单或只是头脑风暴清单时，你建议设定一个时间限制吗？
I mean, I suppose it is test practice, so it's a good idea to set a time limit.
我的意思是，我想这是测试练习，所以设定一个时间限制是个好主意。
So yeah, totally, while you're learning the skill and you're getting used to brainstorming, give yourself as much time as you can, you know, don't stress yourself out anymore.
所以，是的，完全正确，当你在学习技能并且习惯头脑风暴时，给自己尽可能多的时间，你知道的，不要再给自己压力了。
Learning something new is difficult and brainstorming, although it may be easy for you and me because we grew up doing it. This is the first time. it's weird. It's a weird thing to do.
学习新事物是困难的，头脑风暴也是如此，尽管这对你我来说可能很容易，因为我们是在这样的环境中长大的。这是第一次。这很奇怪。这是一件奇怪的事情。
Yeah, so at the beginning no time limit for sure, but what you want to aim for on the test you're gonna want to brainstorm and plan for 5 minutes. Mm okay, got it, got it.
是的，所以一开始肯定没有时间限制，但是对于你要参加的考试，你需要花5分钟进行头脑风暴和计划。嗯，好的，明白了，明白了。
Yeah, yeah, and then after you come up with your ideas and you're able to choose enough to fill an essay, then you need to understand an organized way of putting them together.
是的，是的，然后在你想出你的想法并且你能够选择足够的内容来填满一篇文章之后，你需要理解一种将它们组合在一起的有组织的方式。
So, ielts and TOEFL, they give a lot of points for organization. Being very clear in your essay.
所以，雅思和托福，它们在组织方面给了很多分数。在你的文章中要非常清晰。
So, learn a 4 paragraph essay format and just stick to it,use this same format for any question you get.
所以，学习一种4段式的文章格式并坚持使用它，对于你得到的任何问题都使用相同的格式。
Yeah, you can do it for an argument essay, an opinion essay, problem solution essay that can all be done in 4 sturdy paragraphs.
是的，你可以用它来写议论文、观点文、问题解决文，这些都可以用4个坚固的段落来完成。
Okay, but this is right. Just like the brainstorming,I mean, this is something that's natural, somewhat natural for us, at least here in the US, but it might not be natural across cultures. Right, Jessica? Yeah yeah, for sure.
好吧，对。就像头脑风暴一样，我是说，这对我们来说是很自然的事情，至少在美国是这样，但在不同的文化中可能就不是这样了。对吧，杰西卡？是的，当然。
