托福备考故事:抱着一战IBT成功的心态

来源:网络发布时间:2009-07-24
  在太傻潜水近半年,这是我第一次发帖,希望对非牛牛们准备IBT有帮助。准备IBT的这半年,不仅仅是学习上的劳累,更多的是心理上的压力。一开始我还想能2战,不用担心.可到2战的时候我就觉得自己没有后路了。为了逼自己,考试前我填了送分学校,不给自己留后路。我觉得大家最好抱着一战成功的心态,考IBT拖长了不好,不仅占用了我们学习专业课的时间,更对心理状态有很大影响。
  一战是2月28号,考完感觉就很不好,阅读和听力几乎都不懂。我从3月中旬准备到5月15号,中间除去清明、五一旅游和周末荒废的时间,我的二战准备时间大约是1个半月,每天坚持学习6个小时。
  Test Date Reading Listening Speaking Writing Total
  February 28, 2009 17 24 20 18 79
  May 16, 2009 26 26 23 27 102
  首先说三点:
  1.英语学习贵在坚持! 不管是背单词还是做题,要有连续性,托福考试付出和回报是成正比的,没有奇迹可言!只有做题做题才能提高水平!
  2.非牛牛们不要相信所谓的裸考就能考110这样的话!据我所知,这样的大牛非常少,即使有这样的情况,他们也是有很深厚的英语功底的。不要在意别人说这样的话,这样只会让自己更心慌。
  3.要有信心! 天天对自己说自己希望得到的分数,这招很管用!
  阅读:我一战用的资料是OG,红蓝DELTA,觉得这上面的阅读都偏简单,实际考试比这难好多。二战准备时我加大了阅读的难度,用的资料是黄金23篇,120阅读和巴郎。黄金23篇是精华,一定要认真做,这是我们宝贵的唯一真题来源。120对我有很大的帮助!做完120,我觉得我做阅读几乎都能看懂了。其实阅读这东西,做的多了,自然就会好。找一个本子,把做过每一篇阅读上面的单词题都抄上去,没事就翻翻。
  听力:我2次考试都觉得自己听懂了,但选不出来,ETS出题还是蛮有功力的。首先,我觉得加试算分,因为两次考试,我都觉得自己听力答得很差,但因为加试认真答了,结果还不错。其次,ETS给分是根据正态分布的,所以即使考试时你觉得前面答得不好也不要灰心,因为难的话大家都难嘛。好好继续答题才是王道!最后,答题的时候一定要控制时间,不要思考时间过长,要不后面的题来不及答。没听出来就用排除法,实在不行就蒙1.2个。不要等时间结束机器自动转换页面,一定要在还剩3.4秒的时候自己转换页面!有人说听力的惨案有的时候跟页面转换有关系,所以,我们还是谨慎点好,把任何可能出现的失误降到最低。
  资料:一战用的是OG,红蓝DELTA,我觉得红色的还不错,就是Lecture有点短。不过基础的不好的同学可以先把这两本资料练习熟了再听其他的。二战用了120的1和2系列、巴郎,一开始真觉得好难啊,34题能错13题。但听到后来就有感觉了,做到120(2)的时候我大约能做到34个错4-6个了。还有,做完了要总结,题目不在做的多,一定要弄清楚为什么错。
  口语:我觉得我口语一般,2次都是3个Fair,一般只要把点答到了,只要语法和时态什么的不错的太多,拿Fair不难。1,不要花太多时间练习口音,口语考察的是你说的内容,你只要能说的让别人听懂就欧啦~2,我问了我们外教,她说老外最反感我们She,He不分和时态错误。所以一定要把自己说的录下来,然后改进这些小错误。3,口语答得怎么样跟听力密不可分,笔记一定要尽量记,到时候直接照着念得就可以了。4,没答完不要急,把后面的听好。我二战时第四题就有一个大点没答,结果还是Fair。5,不要还剩4.5秒就没话说了,尽量说满时间!没话说就总结前面所说的。
  资料:一战就准备了黄金80题,4-6题都是裸考的。二战用了一个星期做新航道的口语真经,效果超级好!因为这个是真题!!!1-2题一定要自己写,不要用模板,要有自己的观点,最好新颖点。
  写作:这部分二战考的不错,因为我,还有我同学都用自身证明了独立写作“模板不要用太多!”我一战就是按模板写的,老是在句子上下功夫,写的长句子经常把自己都绕晕,第一次的独立写作是Fair,如果你的要求只是Fair,那用模板应该还行,字数再写到450以上,应该就不成问题了。但我想说的是,非牛牛们拿Good是完全有可能的!而且不是很难!我二战把重点放在了观点和思想上,除了开头和结尾是老套的模板,中间3段都是自己写的。二战时的字数大概是470.
  下面主要讲讲中间三段怎么写。
  1,一边倒,如果你赞成AB里面的A,那中间三段都写A的好。我知道想观点很难,所以平时要练习发散思维。我当时把2007年到2009年所有的独立写作题目都整理了。按Friend,Enviornment,Education等分类,然后概括出你的观点。特别注意的是,ETS考Education类的很多,所以要好好准备,而且这些类型都是相关的,Education写好了,其他的也就好写了。
  2,如果用不好难句子和难单词就不要用!我二战只用了1句倒装和一些定语从句,其他句型都很简单。简单的好处
  是,至少不会错!
  3,每段的开头用1.2句话总结出A的好处,不要绕很多背景。我觉得考官没有太多时间仔细看,所以一开始就写观点给人一目了然的感觉。
  4,每段的论点要不同,可以举例子,也可以顶针。比如第一段可以再说出观点后,说理,再说统计说明A怎么这么好。第二段,孔夫子说***正好和A的好处一致(我喜欢用孔夫子,因为外国人都比较崇拜他,而且他说过的话外国人也不知道),然后一步步的推理,从小推到大,最后直至A对整个人类社会的贡献。第三段,可以举例子,我觉得举自己的例子,生活中的例子都可以,只要符合逻辑,支持论点就可以了!
  综合写作:我第一次是LIMITED,因为三点都没听懂。这个一定要听清楚,一定要多记笔记,一定要用模板!!!只要三点写全了,就是Good.
  写作的资料:许轶满分作文,120写作。前者对我写作启发很大,里面有专家修改的范文,看了就知道应该怎么写规范的作文了。120写作是真题!所以一定要练!还有历年的作文题,分好类后写自己的观点。
  更新:贴一篇我二战之前写的作文,给我们外教改了下,应该没有什么小错误了,大家凑合着看看。注意标点符号后面要空格!
  Subject:a teacher who is serious and strict is more efficient than a teacher who uses humors and is easygoing?
  With the magnificent development of education rises an issue debating what kind of teacher students should choose. Some people will choose a strict teacher because disciplining badly behaved students will lead to more effective studying. In contrast, I prefer the view that an easygoing teacher will let students learn more efficiently.
  First of all, an easygoing teacher stimulates students’ interests in study.As a proverb says, "interest is the best teacher", only when students are truly interested can they have motivation and energy to learn knowledge. For instance, when it comes to a difficult subject, an easygoing and humorous teacher will use great amount of vivid examples and jokes to ease the atmosphere. What is more, students will gain better understanding though examples and jokes. Especially to primary school students, according to their age and mentality, the loose teaching method will increase students’ curiosity and creativity. Under these circumstances, students learn more effectively.
  Furthermore, students communicate better with easygoing teachers. Compared with strict teachers, students are eager to ask questions and are not afraid of making mistakes when facing easygoing teachers. Through my own experience, when I confront a difficult mathematic problem, I usually try my best to solve it. However, sometimes, though studying for a long time, I cannot figure out the right answer and I will ask my teachers for help. The easygoing teacher, rather than the strict teacher who may blame me for not studying hard, will answer my question patiently and encourage me to carry on. The relationship between an easygoing teacher and students is similar to that of friendship, under this harmonious atmosphere, students obtain confidence and learn more efficiently.
  In addition, students’ personalities will be influenced by easygoing teachers and eventually acquire outstanding characteristics such as humour, collaboration, and geniality. Easy going teachers will not only teach students knowledge, but also help students form excellent personalities. Gradually, students are effected by the teacher and some of which, potentially, become easygoing people. Being nice people contributes to active participation in group discussion in class. Statistics show that easygoing people are more likely to listen to other’s advice and express their opinions in an acceptable way. For this reason, easygoing students are welcomed in any study groups and they are the people that offer help the most.
  In a nutshell, easygoing teachers bring students tremendous benefits. Students gain interest in their study, are more confident and form brilliant personalities. These traits not only enable them study effectively, but also be successful in future.
  终于写完啦,希望对大家有帮助,祝愿大家都能考出满意的成绩!坚持+Good Luck!