Notes About Some Part 1 Questions

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Part 1 topic = Your Work

• Do you think there should be a minimum and a maximum working age for people? *

This question is in the test, most probabl in Part ! but it is possibl in Part1

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Part 1 topic = Your Work

• ill you !hange your "ob?

The e#act $or%ing of this question is not kno$n. &t coul% be these $or%s or it coul% be, ' Are you going tochange your job? ', ' Do you want to change your job? ', ' Would you like to change your job? ', ' Are youthinking of changing your job? ', or ' Are you planning to change your job? ' ote that these %ifferentquestions %o not all ha e e#actl the same meaning +lso note that ou shoul% ans$er using the same or asimilar erb an% the same or similar erb tense.

or those of ou $ho are $orking an% are %oing the &- T/ test because ou hope to migrate to another countr ,ob iousl ou are thinking of changing our 0ob (= changing the place $here ou $ork). This %oes not al$a smean that ou are planning to change the type of work you do , ho$e er.

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Part 1 topic = Your /tu%ies

• (Possible question) hat year are you in at s!hool#uni$ersity? *

&f ou kno$ (%efinitel ) that our e#aminer is from the ./. or 2ana%a, it is suitable to sa , '&3m a freshman','&3m a sophomore', '&3m a 0unior' or '&3m a senior'. 4o$e er, if our e#aminer is not from orth +merica (or if

ou are not sure $here the e#aminer is from) ou should not use these terms because the are +merican-nglish only " most e#aminers from 5ritain an% +ustralia an% other non" orth +merican countries are notfamiliar $ith these terms (+bout 678 of e#aminers are non" orth +mericans, mostl from 5ritain an%+ustralia.) 9emember, it3s a communication test .

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or non" orth +merican e#aminers, ou shoul% sa , '&3m a first" ear stu%ent', '&3m a secon%" ear stu%ent', '&3ma thir%" ear stu%ent', '&3m a fourth" ear stu%ent' or '&3m a final" ear stu%ent'. You can also sa '&3m in (m ) first

ear' etc.

Jefinitel do not use the $or% ' grade ' for high school or especiall for uni ersit " this is mostl use% for primar school stu%ents. The ans$er, '&3m a senior gra%e ! stu%ent' is not !omprehensible to nati$e nglishspeakers That shoul% be, '&3m a thir% ear stu%ent in senior high school' or, '&3m a thir% ear senior highschool stu%ent'.

&n some circumstances, for e#ample, if ou are a high school stu%ent in 5ritain or +ustralia or stu% ing in a5ritish or +ustralian high school o erseas, ou can use the $or% 'form' instea% of ' ear'. When using that$or%, $e sa , '&3m in /i#th form' or '&3m a si#th form stu%ent' etc. This usage treats 0unior high school an%senior high school as one combine%, 'high school'.

&t is acceptable to sa , '&3m a final" ear high school stu%ent' or '&3m a thir% ear senior high school stu%ent' or'&3m in (m ) thir% ear at senior high school'. 5ut %on3t 0ust sa , 'senior school' " ou shoul% sa 'senior highschool'.

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Part 1 Topic = /tu%ies ote ;

• What 'stu% tools' %o ou use in our stu%iesE• Jo ou think these tools are reall usefulE

Your ans$er coul% inclu%e electronic %e ices, such as laptop computers (= notebook computers), aP2 computer at home or at the uni ersit , printers, flash storage %e ices, tape recor%ers, i%eorecor%ers, calculators, electronic %ictionaries etc. The internet coul% also be calle% 'a tool'.

or those engineering an% science stu%ents $ho use certain special equipment, for e#ample, inlaboratories, this question gi es ou an opportunit of sho$ing our ocabular .

on"electronic tools coul% be use% as e#amples for our ans$er. or e#ample, pens an% pencils are$riting tools

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&n the questions belo$, it is unclear $hich $or% is use%, 3neighbourhoo%3, 3surroun%ings3 or 3en ironment3.Possible more than one of these $or%s is use%. The $or%, 3neighbourhoo%3 usuall inclu%es a %escription of

buil%ings, lan%scape an% people. 5ut the $or%, 3surroun%ings3 usuall %oesn3t inclu%e a %escription of people.

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Part 1 topic = Your 4ome ote 1

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• +s there anything ,hanging- on the walls of your home ,or your room-?

This is a 3YesD o3 questions, so ou shoul% first sa , 'Yes, there is' before ou gi e more %etails.

+lternati el , the question might be, ' Do you have anything on the walls of your home? ' &f it is those $or%s, begin our ans$er to this YesD o question $ith the %irect ans$er, 'Yes, & %o'.

The question probabl %oes not inclu%e the $or%s, 'the insi%e $alls' or 'the $alls of our rooms' but that is themeaning.

The question might be, 'the $alls of our room'.

Aost people in 2hina ha e er little on the $alls because the %on3t $ant to %amage the $alls. 5ut if ou 0ustgi e a simple ans$er like that ou3ll be losing the opportunit to sho$ a lot of ocabular . Tell lies an% sho$ alot of ocabular if ou $ant to score points Which %o ou prefer, to be honest an% get fe$er points in the testor to tell lies an% get a goo% score in the testE

/ome useful ke $or%s are: a painting, a poster, a piece of (or, a work of) calligraphy (make sure ou pronounce it correctl K another pronunciation of calligraph is here ), (a frame%) photo (graph), a map, acalendar, a mirror, a light ( a lamp), a clock, an air!conditioner, a shelf, a "hinese knot (be clear on the

pronunciation I clearl e#plain this, $ith bo% language for the $or%, 3knot3 an% e#plaining that it3s a $ork ofart), a certificate (%egree, a$ar% etc.), ...

&f ou sa a painting, %escribe it, sho$ing a lot of ocabular .

The $or%, 3picture3 is not $rong but it has a meaning that is rather general because it can mean photograph or painting or %ra$ing etc.

&f ou $ant to sa a picture of a pop star, sports star or mo ie star, sa one of those, not 0ust the one $or%,'star'. &f ou 0ust sa , 'star' it means a star in the sk at night time

&f ou sa a photograph, %on3t sa , 'A photograph' $hen ou mean, 'a photograph of me'. The $or%s, 'm photograph' 0ust mean 'a photograph that & o$n'. A collection of photographs (= m photographs) inclu%essome photos of m pet %og $hen & $as a ki%. These are 'photographs of m %og', not 'm %og3s photographs'.A %og ne er o$ne% an photographs

&t is true that -nglish has the i%iomatic e#pression, 'take m photograph' = 'take a photograph of me'./imilarl , 'take m girlfrien%3s photo' = 'take a photo of m girlfrien%'. suall $e use that e#pression for one

person. &t is possible to correctl sa , 'take m parents3 photo' but it soun%s a little strange to most -nglishspeakers. &t3s better to sa , 'take a photo of m parents'.

/o, %on3t sa , 'A photo is on the $all' or, 'There3s m parents3 photograph on the $all'. &nstea%, sa , 'There3sa photo of me on the $all' or, 'There3s a photo of m parents on the $all.' +n% gi e a %etail or t$o. ore#ample, 'There3s a photo on the $all of m parents on their $e%%ing %a .' >r, 'There3s a photo sho$ing mean% m former classmates on our last %a of classes.'

This ans$er shoul% be one of the longer ans$ers ou gi e in Part 1, ma be ;7 secon%s. (The average Part 1ans$er shoul% be about ;G secon%s.) Li e %etails b inclu%ing the use of the $or%, '$hich' an% sho$ our

ocabular . Tr to briefl talk about ; or ! %ifferent things on our $alls.

Jon3t talk about mosquitoes ( 7 ) or flies ( 89 ) on our $alls. ( ust 0oking.)

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Part 1 topic = Your 4ometo$n. ote 1

• ould you say your hometown is a good pla!e for ,families with- !hildren to li$e?

Possibl the $or%s, 3 oung people3 are use% instea% of 3chil%ren3. 3Young people3 are about 17 to !G ears ol%.

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Part 1 topic = Your 4ometo$n. ote ;

• hat.s the oldest thing in your hometown?

/ome e#amples: a roa%, a buil%ing, a bri%ge, a temple, another kin% of structure, a statue, a piece of art$ork etc.

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Part 1 topic = Your 4ometo$n. ote !

a) hat do you like best about your hometown? , hy?-

/ hat.s the best thing about your hometown?

/ hat would you say is the best thing about your hometown?

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b) hat do you like best in your hometown? , hy?- *

>r,

c) hat part of your hometown do you like best?

>r,

%) hat.s the best part of your hometown?

&t is not clear e#actl $hich question is use%. Aa be more than one of them is use%. Whate er ou ans$er, 0ustchoose one fact, thing or place to talk about.

or a), it3s best to talk about a fact or a situation . or e#ample, 'The thing & like best is the fact that it3s near theocean because ....' >r, '& most like the fact that it3s near the ocean. & like that because ....'.

>r, 'What & like best are the mo%ern shopping malls because all of these malls ha e clothes boutiques an% & 0ustlo e to look at interesting clothes, (pause) although some of them are far too e#pensi e for me to bu .'

&t coul% be an ans$er about the people but to sa the people in our hometo$n are 'kin%' or 'frien%l ' is not aer strong ans$er because most 2hinese people, from 4arbin to LuangMhou, are more or less the same.

4o$e er, if our hometo$n is 0ust a er small to$n or a illage, that ans$er $oul% be suitable.

You coul% also talk about a thing (or things) or a place (or places) to ans$er question a). or that kin% ofans$er, sa , ' ... the fact that it has man beautiful parks' or 'the fact that there3s a beautiful ri er runningthrough the centre of to$n'.



or b), it3s best to talk about a thing . or e#ample, 'Possibl m fa ourite thing in the cit is the ancient cit$all because &3m er intereste% in histor an% the $all constantl remin%s me that ?ian has a long histor .'(+ctuall , the $or%ing for b seems strange to me N & think a, c an% % are much more likel questions.)

or c), the best ans$er is to talk about a section of our hometo$n, such as: the downtown area , the citycenter , the outskirts of the city , the area around my university, the northern part, etc. You nee% to e#press

our personal reasons $h ou like that part of our hometo$n best.

or %), the question is not reall asking for $hat ou like best but rather, is asking ou to sa $hich part of our hometo$n ou consi%er to be the best qualit place. Ouite often in -nglish, 'the best part of to$n' means the

part of to$n $here the richest people li e. That part of to$n has 'the best qualit houses', 'the best qualitfacilities', an% probabl the best location (for e#ample, on a hill or near the beach). This question might be $hata ne$comer to our hometo$n $oul% ask, $hen looking for a place to li e (assuming this ne$comer hasenough mone to li e in the 3best part of to$n3). &n other $or%s, the question is not reall asking $hat ou

personall feel is the best part of to$n to li e in, but instea% is asking what most people consider to be the best part of town to live in .

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Part 1 topic = Your 4ometo$n. ote F

• ould you say your hometown is suitable for tourists? , hy?# hy not?-

This question can be interprete% in t$o %ifferent $a s.

irstl , ou coul% consi%er the question to be asking ou to talk about the untapped tourist potential that ourhometo$n might ha e. &n other $or%s, the question is asking if ou think our hometo$n is suitable fortourists when, in fact, very few tourists come to your hometown now (ma be because of un%e elope%infrastructure such as poor transportation or a lack of goo% hotels). You coul% sa es if ou think ourhometo$n has something unique such as a connection to the histor of 2hina. >r ou coul% sa es if ou think there is some especiall beautiful natural feature in or near our hometo$n such as a beautiful $aterfall an% acr stal"clear lake or a large, beautiful irgin forest on the si%e of a mountain.

/econ%l , it3s also possible to ans$er b sa ing that our consi%er our hometo$n $oul% be a suitable tourist%estination if someone $as planning to go some$here as a tourist $hen, in fact, tourists %o alrea% come. 4ere,

our meaning is that our hometo$n is suitable to be included in an itinerary (a plan of places to go to) fortourists. The $or% 3suitable3 also inclu%es such factors as suitable accommo%ation for tourists an% con enienttransportation for tourists

4o$e er, it3s not a strong ans$er to 0ust name t$o or three places that are current tourist attractions because 0ust gi ing the names of a fe$ places %oes not require er strong -nglish. (+n one can memoriMe afe$ names.) or e#ample, if ou come from 5ei0ing an% ou sa 5ei0ing has The orbi%%en 2it , The /ummerPalace an% the Lreat Wall, ou $ill not reall impress the e#aminer. &t is much better , after ou name these

places, to gi e the e#aminer a summariMe% %escription or e#planation of $hat the The orbi%%en 2it or The/ummer Palace is. ( se connecting $or%s such as, '$hich', '$here' etc.)

(5 the $a , The Lreat Wall is not in 5ei0ing cit . &f 5ei0ing is our hometo$n, the Lreat Wall is not 3in ourhometo$n3 unless ou li e near 5a%aling or some similar place.)

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Part 1 topic = 9ea%ing



The meaning of .read. here is :; 0 not <;

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Part 1 topic = Weeken%s ote 1

• re weekends important to you?

Wh EDWh notE &nclu%e $hat ou usuall %o on $eeken%s.

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Part 1 topic = Weeken%s ote ;

• 3ow does the a$erage person in 4hina spend his or her weekend?

= What %o the %oE

&t is not 3$rong3 to sa that some people like to 3tra el to %ifferent places in 2hina3 but that ans$er is unsuitable.

+fter all, the $eeken% is 0ust t$o %a s, /atur%a I /un%a . /ome people like to tra el a$a from $here theli e, to a nearb place, but not reall 3tra el aroun% 2hina3. + short trip like that can be calle% a 3%a trip3,meaning ou 0ust go some$here for the %a an% come back home to sleep. (>f course, man people sta a$afrom home all $eeken%.)

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Part 1 topic = Weeken%s ote !

• Do you think it is reasonable that employees be paid at a higher rate for workingo$ertime?

&n (most countries in) the West, a FG"hour $ork$eek, consisting of fi e 6"hour $ork %a s is consi%ere% to bethe stan%ar%. &f an emplo ee is aske% to $ork more than 6 hours in one %a , the e#tra time is calle% 'o ertime'.> ertime is usuall pai% to the emplo ee at a higher rate than normal $orking hours. or e#ample, manemplo ers (must, b la$) pa emplo ees 17G8 of the normal pa for o ertime hours $orke%, an% in somecases, such as $orking on 2hristmas Ja , it is ;GG8 or more. The reason for pa ing o ertime at a higher thannormal rate is to compensate the emplo ees for the loss of aluable time that coul% ha e been spent $ith thefamil an%, to some e#tent, to penaliMe the emplo er for asking emplo ees to sacrifice their famil (or personal)time.

-mplo ees $ho ha e (senior) managerial positions usuall %o not claim or recei e o ertime N the recei e a

flat salar per ear, $hich, of course, is consi%erabl higher than that of lo$er"le el emplo ees.

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Part 1 topic = amil , ote 1

• ho are the people in your family?

We can sa , '4e3s a famil member' an%, '4e3s a member of the famil '. 5ut $e %on3t usuall sa , 'A familhas four members' or 'There are four members in m famil .' &nstea%, $e sa , 'There are four people in mfamil '.



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Part 1 topic = amil , ote ;

• hat does your family do together?

/ome -nglish speakers treat the $or%, 3famil 3 as plural. -.g., 3What %o our famil %o togetherE3

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Part 1 topic = amil , ote !

• hat is the biggest influen!e in your life?

Your 0obE Your girlfrien%E Your famil E Your frien%sE Wh is it (or, are the ) so importantE

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Part 1 topic = Telephones

• Do 4hinese people prefer to use !ellphones or the older5style phones?

WhichE Wh E Luess if ou %on3t kno$ $h .

/ome -nglish speakers also use the $or%, 3mobile phone3 rather than 3cellphone3.

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Part 1 topic = Jail 9outine

• hat are you usually doing at this time?

3This time3 = the time of the /peaking test.

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Part 1, Topic = Weather, ote 1

• Do you think the weather !an affe!t people.s moods?

/a ho$ N guess ho$.4o$ %o ou feel %uring a light sno$fall an% imme%iatel after, $hen the sno$ is still freshE Aost people areuplifte% I refreshe% b such a beautiful sight (That is, if ou li e in a place that %oesn3t get a lot of sno$.)

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Part 1, Topic = Weather, ote ;

• 3ow does bad weather affe!t your life?



Pa attention to the e#act $or%s of this question. &f the questions is, '... affect our life' then it means more than 0ust affecting our moo%. or e#ample, ou coul% sa that hea rain %amages our shoes because it is %ifficultto keep our shoes %r .

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Part 1 topic = Weather, ote !

• ,+f doing the test far from your hometown- 4ompare the weather in your hometownand the weather here

34ere3 = at the place $here ou are %oing the &- T/ test.

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Part 1 topic = rien%s, ote 1

• 3a$e you met any interesting people re!ently?

4ere, 3meet3 = meet for the first time.

This means meeting new people N people ou %i%n3t kno$ before.

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Part 1 topic = rien%s, ote ;

• 3ow long do you think it takes to get to know a person?

= to reall kno$ a personK to un%erstan% a person

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Part 1 topic = rien%s, ote !

• Do you like fa!e5to5fa!e !on$ersations with people?

>r %o prefer using the phone or emailE

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Part 1 topic = rien%s, ote F

• Do you think it.s possible to be!ome real friends with the people you meet on theinternet0 for example0 on !hat sites or personal introdu!tion sites? *

This question has not et been reporte% for Part 1 but it is sometimes use% in Part !. &t might be use% in Part 1.

4int: &f, after ou first meet them on the internet, ou then meet them in person, then of course it is as possibleas meeting an one ne$ face"to"face.



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Part 1 topic = Parks an% Public Lar%ens

• hat do you think are the fun!tions of parks and publi! gardens?

= What are parks an% public gar%ens use% forE

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Part 1 topic = 2lothes, ote 1

• Do people around you also wear the same type of !lothes?

= the same t pe as ou $earE

3People aroun% ou3 means our $orkmates, classmates, neighbours, frien%s etc.

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Part 1 topic = 2lothes, ote ;

• +n 4hina0 are students allowed to wear different !lothes to other students?

>r %o stu%ents all $ear a uniformE

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Part 1 topic = 2lothes, ote !

• Do you think people spend too mu!h time !hoosing their !lothes?

>r, too much time bu ing clothesE

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Part 1 topic = eisure Time I 9ela#ing 1

• hen you relax0 what do you like to do?

>r: What %o ou like to %o to rela#E (Wh E)

/ee also important notes here .

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Part 1 topic = eisure Time I 9ela#ing ;

• Do you think holidays are important?

Weeken%s are not consi%ere% to be 3holi%a s3 but rather, 3time off $ork3.

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This question might be: Do you think leisure time is important?

>f course, this question is reall asking ou, 'What is the importance of holi%a s (or, leisure time)E'

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Part 1 topic = Aeals, ote 1

3Aeal3 has se eral slightl %ifferent meanings.

a. + meal is an e ent, => (5reakfast, lunch, %inner or supper are the three meals of the %a for most people.)

b. + meal is a %ish ( ?@ ) i.e., the specific foo% eaten.

c. + meal can also mean, 3a relati el large amount of foo% that is eaten, enough to satisf our appetite.3

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Part 1 topic = Aeals, ote ;• +s there any spe!ial food that you parti!ularly like?

This question probabl comes un%er the 3Aeals3 topic.

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Part 1 topic = Photograph , ote 1

• Do you like photography?

= Jo ou like taking photographsE

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Part 1 topic = Photograph , ote ;

• Do you prefer to take pi!tures of people or of s!enery? *

&f people, sa $ho. &f scener , sa $hat kin% of scener .

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Part 1 topic = Photograph , ote !

• ho do you take photos of?

= Who %o ou photographE

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Part 1 topic = Photograph , ote F

• hy don.t some people like ha$ing their photo taken?

= Wh %o some people not like ha ing their photo takenE

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Part 1 topic = +rt (>r, The +rts), ote 1

+ broa% %efinition of the $or%, 3art3 or an 3art form3 means 3a creati e skill3 or the pro%uct of this creati e skill.This inclu%es such acti ities as %ra$ing I painting, $riting poetr an% the 3performing arts3 such as makingmusic, %ance, acting etc. &n 2hinese, this is AB .

&n a more narro$ sense, 3art3 means %ra$ing, painting, sculpture, (photograph ) an% similar isual art forms.This group is sometimes calle% 3the fine arts3. &n 2hinese, this is CB . or the questions in the test , an t peof art is probabl suitable.

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Part 1 topic = +rt (>r, The +rts), ote ;

• Do you like $isiting ,or0 do you often $isit- museums and art galleries? , hy?# hynot?-

+merican -nglish for 3art galler 3 is 3art museum3.

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Part 1 topic = +rt (>r, The +rts), ote !

• Did you e$er do any artwork when you were a !hild?

4an%icrafts can be inclu%e% as a form of 3art$ork3. &n 2hina, there are man kin%s of tra%itional han%icraftssuch as making an% painting a kite, making I painting a mask for a 5ei0ing opera performance, paper cutting,embroi%er , making 2hinese knots ... 2alligraph can be inclu%e% in this

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Part 1 topic = e$spapers

• Do you most often read about lo!al news or international news? , hy?-

The $or%ing might be, ' Do you prefer to read lo!al news or international news?6

The $or%, 'local' usuall means DE . That is, it refers to our local communit , to$n, cit or pro ince. 5ut$hen it is use% in contrast to 'international' it is possible to interpret the meaning as, '%omestic' or 'national'.+lternati el , ou coul% continue to interpret the meaning as DE .

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Part 1 Topic = ames ote 1

• Does your name ha$e any spe!ial meaning?

(Jon3t $orr about the $or% 'special' (or 'particular') in this question. &t 0ust means, 'Joes ourname, or an part of our name, ha e a meaningE' or e#ample, F means 'king' an% G means thefruit, plum.)

&f ou get this question, tr to be clear an% metho%ical in the $a ou gi e our ans$er.or e#ample, 'Yes, it %oes. A surname, ??? means YYY an% m gi en names, an% WWW mean +++

an% 555. A parents ga e me that name because ....'

The points to note here are:

1. 2learl sa $hich part of our name means $hat.

;. You can sa 'famil name' instea% of 'surname' but most -nglish speakers sa 'surname' an% sho$ingthat ou kno$ this $or% $ill impress the e#aminer more.

!. Aost 2hinese people ha e a t$o"$or% gi en name, that is, t$o %ifferent 2hinese characters $ith ameaning for each character an% ou shoul% e#plain the meaning of each character or the meaning of thet$o $or%s in combination.

or e#ample, if our full name is, sa , ' iu ianfeng' then ou can treat ' ianfeng' as our gi enname (singular) or ou can sa that ' ian' an% ' eng' are our gi en names (plural). &t %oesn3tmatter too much $hich of these t$o choices ou make.

F. Jefinitel %o not use the e#pressions, 'first name' an% 'secon% name'. These e#pressions appl toWestern names, not 2hinese names. &f ou use these e#pressions, ou $ill seriousl confuse thee#aminer because our surname is the first $or% in our full name, $hich is the opposite to the case$ith Westerners3 names.

7. Li e a%%itional information, especiall information about $h our parents ga e ou our gi en name.

- er one can an% shoul% %o this, e en if ou %on3t kno$ the e#act, literal meaning of the name or if the nameno longer has a kno$n meaning. 5 %oing this, ou are sa ing $hat the name personally means to your

parents = the significance or value of the name to our parents. or e#ample, ma be our parents ga e ou thesame name as some famous person or hero in 2hinese histor because our parents respect that person so muchan% the $ante% ou to ha e the same qualities that person ha%. >r ma be our parents name% ou aftersomeone $ho sa e% our father3s life an%, b gi ing ou that name, our parents $ante% to sho$ their gratitu%ean% respect for that person.

<. &f our surname no longer has an (kno$n) meaning an% is simpl a name, 0ust sa that to the e#aminer.You still shoul% be able to gi e e#tra information about our surname, e en if ou %on3t kno$ themeaning of it. or e#ample, if our surname is H , 0ust e#plain that it $as the name of an ancientemperor.

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Topic = 5irth%a s ote 1



What did you do on your last birthday?

• The ke point here is to sho$ ou can use past tense erbs. Jon3t forget to sho$ some ocabular an% togi e a fe$ %etails so that the ans$er is not too short. 9emember, our average Part 1 ans$er shoul% beabout ;G secon%s long.

• &t is possible the question is, ' #ow did you celebrate your last birthday? ' but & %on3t think that is thequestion because not e er bo% celebrates e er one of their birth%a s.

• &f ou celebrate% our birth%a $ith frien%s an%Dor famil , 0ust %escribe $hat ou %i%, for e#ample, ou$ent to a restaurant for a special meal.

• The fact is that man people $ho are li ing a$a from their famil an% their former frien%s%on3t %o an thing special on their birth%a N it3s 0ust another %a . /o, ou can 0ust sa that

ou $ent to $ork or classes as usual an% %i%n3t %o an thing out of the or%inar to celebrateour birth%a . +n% gi e a short e#planation $h ou %i%n3t celebrate our birth%a .

• /ome people announce to their frien%s, '4e &t3s m birth%a on ri%a an% &3m ha ing a part at ??? restaurant (or at m home) to celebrate an% ou3re in ite% to come.' 5ut &

think most people %on3t %o that an%, instea%, the $ait for famil members or frien%s toorganiMe a celebration (e.g., a part ). This is a $a for frien%s or famil members to sho$their affection for ou. 5ut, as & mentione% abo e, ou might be li ing a$a from ourfamil , an% our ne$ frien%s might not kno$ $hen our birth%a is.

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Topic = Lifts or, flo$ers

hat sorts of things do people in 4hina usually gi$e as gifts?

The word0 ' send '

We usuall sa , 'gi e a gift'. &n -nglish, if ou sa , 'sen% a gift' it means to 'mail a gift', 'post a gift' or, 'asksomeone else to take an% gi e our gift to another person'. The same is true for 'gi ing flo$ers to someone'.

The $or%, 'sen%' means 'to cause something or someone to go some$here' but the person $ho sen%s does not go $ith that thing or person. or e#ample, $hen ou sen% a letter to our frien% in another cit , ou %on3t go$ith the letter >r, if Aum sen%s her %aughter to the shop (= asks or tells her %aughter to go to the shop) to

bu some egetables, Aum sta s at home $hile the %aughter goes to the shop.

/imilarl , if our cousin from another cit isits ou an% ou are planning to go $ith our cousin tothe airport to sa goo%b e $hen our cousin is lea ing, $e %on3t sa , '&3ll sen% ou to the airport'.That is $rong because ou plan to go with our cousin to the airport. &nstea%, ou shoul% sa ,'&3ll take ou to the airport' (= '&3ll see ou off at the airport' or, '&3ll accompan ou to theairport'.) When ou 'take' something or someone some$here, ou go with that thing or person.

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Topic = leisure 1



The +merican (an% 2ana%ian) $a of pronouncing 3leisure3 is quite %ifferent to the 5ritish (an%+ustralian etc.) $a .

isten:

The 7ritish pronun!iation of .leisure.

The meri!an pronun!iation of .leisure.

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Topic = names 1

3ow are babies gi$en their names in 4hina?

&f possible, tr to gi e some information about $here the names come from. or e#ample, from tra%itional2hinese stories, from Tang poetr , from some special book of names, .....

(&n the West, man people gi e their chil%ren the names of the bab 3s gran%parents or uncles or aunts etc.)

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Topic = oo% 1

• hat sort,s- of food do you ,espe!ially- like? , hy?- • hat.s your fa$ourite food?

&t is not an intelligent ans$er to sa , '& like 2hinese foo%.'

Aost people ha e se eral %ifferent foo%s that the like to eat. 5ut most people cannot quickl sa$hich one foo% is their 3fa ourite3. /o, if the question asks for our 'fa ourite' foo%, 0ust quickl choose one "%on3t sit there for a long time tr ing to select $hich foo% ou like the most out of all the foo%s ou like.

You coul% e en ans$er b sa ing something like, ' Well, there are several foods that $ like to eat and it%s hardto say which one is my %favourite food% &&& but $ especially like to eat mangos when they%re in season ! the

yellow ones, not so much the red ones& $ guess the main reason $ like them is that $ have a %sweet tooth% but $can%t really e'plain why $ like mangos more than other sweet fruits& $ just think they taste like heaven ! theyare the fruit of the gods

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/ports I -#ercise Topic ote 1

• +n the future0 what sports would you like to play ,or0 take part in8 or do-?

or most people, ou shoul% talk about a sport that ou %on3t ( regularl or habituall ) pla no$ but $oul% liketo pla in the future. /ince the meaning is a sport that ou %on3t regularly or habitually pla (or %o) no$, it issuitable to talk about a sport that you have e'perienced or even a sport that you used to do but don%t often donow& or e#ample, it is possible for ou to sa that ou use% to occasionall pla ping"pong $hen ou $ere aki% (but ou %on3t %o it no$) an% ou $oul% like to pla it more regularl in the future because ou think it3s agoo% form of e#ercise.

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&t is also possible to talk about a sport that ou pla no$ an% $oul% also like to pla in the future. &n this case,sa something like, '&3% like to continue playing basketball in the future'. 5ut & think it3s best to not use thiskin% of ans$er.

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• re there any sports fa!ilities near where you li$e? (for the public to use)

/ee 9o!abulary :ists 2 .

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Topic = /tu% ing alone or $ith others

• Do you prefer studying independently , / studying alone- or with others ,or0 in agroup-? , hy?-

•

Probabl the $or%, 'in%epen%entl ' is not use% but that is the meaning of the question.• This question is being use% both in Part 1 an% in Part ! for topic B 1<;.• The $or%, ' study ' has t$o usages: a) to atten% a school or uni ersit . or e#ample, '4e stu%ies at

9enmin ni ersit ' an%, b) to sit at a %esk $ith te#tbooks an% notebooks an% %o home$ork or tr tolearn $hat ou $ere gi en in class b the teacher or prepare for e#ams etc.

• The question is almost certainl referring to meaning b. 4o$e er, %epen%ing on the e#act $or%ing, itcoul% refer to either meaning a or b.

• or meaning b, most people, most of the time, stu% alone at home. 4o$e er, man stu%ents, especiallstu%ents li ing in a stu%ent %ormitor , often stu% $ith their frien%s or a frien%. &f ou go to uni ersitlibraries o erseas, ou3ll sometimes see small groups of frien%s all sitting at one big table stu% ingtogether. >f course, the actual learning process is highl personal N most of these people are rea%ing or

$riting alone most of the time. 5ut stu% ing $ith others has the a% antage that ou can %iscuss things$ith each other, ask each other for help an%, $hen it comes time to take a break, ou can chat $ithsomeone.

• or meaning a, the question means, 'Jo ou prefer learning things b ourself or %o ou prefer thesituation of atten%ing classes $ith others.'

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Note about 6parties6

&n -nglish, $e %o not sa 'take part in a part ' or 'participate in a part '. &nstea%, $e 0ust sa , 'go to a part '

or, less frequentl an% more formall , 'atten% a part '.

The $or%, 'part ' can also be use% as a erb, such as, '4e likes to part '.

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ote ; about Parties

or almost all of ou rea%ing this, & strongl suggest not using the term ' part animal' in the test,such as '&3m a real part animal' or, '&3m not a part animal'. /tu%ents that & see in mock tests areusing it $ithout a real un%erstan%ing of the meaning an% usage of that term, an% the are using it

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$ith the $rong $or% stress. +t sounds mu!h too rehearsed . /peak naturall . Jon3t tr to 'impress'the e#aminer $ith that colloquial e#pression.

>n this $ebsite, & ha e it ne#t to the picture of t$o %ogs as a 0oke

5ut, 0ust for our information, belo$ is m e#planation of the term, 'part animal'. There are t$o$a s to interpret the term, 'part animal'.

+ ' party animal ' is a slang (or informal) e#pression for someone $ho especially lo es going to parties an% $ho probabl goes to parties often . or these people, parties are a big part of their li es.4ere, the meaning of the $or%s, 'part animal' is the same as, 'a part person' or, 'an e#tro erte%

person $hose personalit is especiall suite% to parties' and a person for $hom parties are a big part of their life. &nstea% of sa ing, '&3m not a part animal', & think it $oul% be much better to 0ustsa , '&3m not much of a part person'. Wh is it better not to use the slang or informal term, 'partanimal' in that sentenceE The reason is that this term refers to someone $ho especially likes (an%often goes to) parties but there is no nee% to refer to the e#treme case $hen ou are sa ing that ou%o or %o not like parties. /a ing '&3m not (much of) a part person' soun%s ok because it3s simplstating a fact, $ithout referring to the e#treme case. +s $ell as that, sa ing that ou are or are not a

'part animal' also can, an% often %oes remin% the listener of the secon% meaning that is e#plaine% belo$.

The secon%, more e#pan%e% interpretation of 'part animal' inclu%es the i%ea of 'acting like ananimal' at parties, especiall $hen $e are talking about oung men. That is, beha ing in a $il%,uninhibite% $a , usuall as a result of %rinking a lot of alcohol. The phenomenon of 'partanimals' $ith this meaning is not common among the kin% of people $ho sit for the &- T/ test in2hina. &n 2hina, ma be ou coul% %escribe a fe$ of those people $ho very often go to pubs an%nightclubs an% other people such as some of the more $il% full"time rock musicians as 'partanimals'. &f ou sa , '&3m a real part animal', ou are referring to this meaning. 5ut it is unusual

for someone to %escribe himself or herself as a 'real part animal'K usuall $e sa that to refer toothers, such as, '4e3s a real part animal'.

&t shoul% be spoken $ith the stronger stress on the $or%, 'part ': party animal .

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Note on the usage of the word0 6play6

nlike 2hinese (an% some other languages), a%ult -nglish speakers %o not (usuall ) sa , ' et3s go out an% pla 'or similar usages of the $or%, 'pla ' $hen the are referring to themsel es. 5ut the might sa that if the aretalking to a chil% N an a%ult can 'pla $ith' a chil%, for e#ample, pla ing games $ith the chil% or simpl %oingthe kin%s of things that ki%s like to %o, such as pla ing $ith their to s. &n -nglish, 'pla ing' is $hat chil%ren(un%er the age of 1!) %o. &f ou $alk past a primar school $hen the ki%s are outsi%e %uring their recess time orlunchtime, ou3ll hear them shouting an% screaming an% see them running aroun%. We sa , 'The ki%s are pla ingoutsi%e.' >f course, not e er thing a chil% %oes is 'pla ' N chil%ren also %o things such as 3$atching T@3,3rea%ing a book3, 3practicing the piano3, 3%oing home$ork3 etc. 5ut if ou take a ounger ki%, sa F to < ears ofage an% let him or her %o $hate er he or she $ants to %o, especiall if the ha e to s a ailable, then $hat the%o is 'pla '. Pla often in ol es the use of the imagination, for e#ample, preten%ing to be someone in a role.Lames an% other acti ities that ki%s %o are calle%, in general, 'pla ing'.

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/ometimes $e can sa an a%ult or teenager is '0ust pla ing' or, '4e3s 0ust pla ing aroun%'. This usage meansthat he or she is not serious, for e#ample, is 0oking or preten%ing or ma be %oing something that is a $aste oftime. +mericans also sa , 'fool aroun%' for this meaning. /o $e see that, in general, the $or% 'pla 'means '%o something that is not serious'.

&n -nglish $e also ha e a fe$ e#pressions such as 'all $ork an% no pla ' that are referring to a%ults. 4o$e er,the $a a $or% is use% in an e#pression is not al$a s a goo% gui%e on ho$ to use the $or% more generall .

You might occasionall hear a%ult -nglish"speakers sa something like, ' et3s go out tonight an% pla ' but it israre an% those people $ho sa it ha e been affecte% b or are cop ing the language of non"-nglish speakers.

/o, $hat %o a%ult -nglish speakers sa $hen the mean, ' IJKL 'E /trangel , -nglish is not er efficient forthis i%ea an% %oes not ha e a single $or% that is equi alent to 'pla ' $hen referring to the beha iour of a%ultsor teenagers. We use a ariet of %ifferent e#pressions, some of them slang, such as 'ha e fun', 'hang out'(slang), 'take it eas ' or the more serious"soun%ing, 'ha e a goo% time' an% 'en0o oursel es'. We can alsosimpl sa , 'rela#', meaning %o something that is recreational, not $ork. /ometimes people sa , 'recreate' butit is not in common usage. We also sa , 'go out' $hen $e mean to go out for recreational purposes but 'go out'can also simpl mean, 'lea e the house' such as $hen going out to bu some groceries. or e#ample: 'What %o

ou usuall %o on /atur%a nightE' N '& usuall go out $ith m frien%s.'

&n -nglish, $hen speaking of a%ult beha iour, $e usuall speak more specificall about $hat $e %o N 'seesome frien%s', 'go $in%o$"shopping', 'take a $alk on the beach', 'listen to some music', '$atch a J@J','chat', 'shoot some basketball', 'pla snooker', 'ha e a %rink', 'go to a %isco', 'see a film', 'pla chess','pla a computer game', 'pla m guitar' etc. otice $e %o use the $or% 'pla ' but it is follo$e% b the nameof a game or a musical instrument.

Pla groun%s

/imilarl , $e onl refer to the area outsi%e a school classroom as a 'pla groun%' $hen $e are talking about akin%ergarten or primar school, that is, for ki%s un%er the age of about 1!. 4o$e er, some people use it $hentalking about a high school, base% on the habit of talking about a primar school an% sa ing that %oes not soun%too incorrect. >n the other han%, it certainl %oes soun% incorrect to refer to the recreational or rest area outsi%ea uni ersit classroom as a 'pla groun%'. /uch an area outsi%e a uni ersit classroom buil%ing shoul% be calle%,'the rest area', 'the gar%en', 'the la$n', 'the court ar%' or something similar to those.

/ome people refer to a school or uni ersit sports fiel% as a 'pla groun%' but that is $rong N it shoul% be calle%a 'sports fiel%', a 'pla ing fiel%' or, more specificall , 'a football fiel%' etc. (& personall belie e it is incorrectto sa , 'a football pitch' because 'pitch' means to 'thro$' an% this term is reall onl suitable for a 'cricket

pitch'.)

We can see public pla groun%s, $hich are recreational facilities for chil%ren, in to$ns an% cities. These usuallha e pla equipment such as s$ings, sli%es ('slipper %ips'), see"sa$s, '0ungle g ms' (for climbing), carousels(= 'merr "go"roun%s') an% other imaginati e pla equipment for chil%ren. People o er the age of about 1!generall %o not use this equipment. (/ee ' Pla groun%s' in the ocabular section of this $ebsite.)

&n 2hina $e often see places that look similar to pla groun%s but the ha e e#ercise equipment for a%ults.These places are 'e#ercise areas'.

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4o$ has the internet change% our lifeE

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1. irst, notice that the question (as it is $ritten here) is present perfect tense ( M0NOP ). Therefore, the best ans$er shoul% use the same tense. or e#ample, ' +t has (= &t3s)introdu!ed me to a lot of newideas ' is much better than, '&t intro%uce% me to a lot of ne$ i%eas.' The secon% sentence is past tensean% the past tense shoul% onl be use% $hen the listener or rea%er has a more e#act i%ea of when thansimpl , 'before no$' or, 'up to no$'. The present perfect tense is use% to talk about, 'before no$' or'up to no$', $ithout a more e#act time being mentione%.

;. Aan people in 2hina $ill sa , '&t3s broa%ene% m horiMon'. This is quite a goo% i%iomatic e#pression but it has become a little o eruse% in 2hina. & suggest changing it to, '&t3s e#pan%e% m horiMon'.2ertainl , if ou %o use either of those e#pressions, ou shoul% imme%iatel follo$ that $ith, ' ore#ample, ...'. ust to sa , '&t3s broa%ene% m horiMon' as our complete ans$er $ill put that ans$er intothe categor of 5an% 7.G or 7.7 onl .

!. When using an e#pression such as, '&t3s e#pan%e% m horiMon', nati e -nglish speakers often usethe $or%, 'reall ' to emphasiMe that something is quite large in e#tent, not 0ust a little bit. /o, for thise#ample, ou coul% sa , ' +t.s really broadened my hori;on <or example '. This is a much morenatural $a to speak an% it makes the e#pression seem a lot less like a clichQ ( QRST ). &n fact, &suggest ou tr to use the $or%, 'reall ' this $a more than once in the /peaking test, but no more than! times.

F. Jo ou reall kno$ $hat our 'horiMon' isE &n this e#pression, it means how wide your view of theworld is . Your 3 ie$ of the $orl%3 means our a$areness of $hat e#ists in the $orl%, our a$areness ofthe realities of the $orl% (or of life) or the %epth of un%erstan%ing ou ha e about the $orl%, especiallabout societ .

7. >ther $a s to ans$er coul% inclu%e such sentences as: '&t3s allo$e% me to access a lot of information'K'&t3s enable% me to communicate $ith more people than & $oul% ha e communicate% $ith if & ha%n3tuse% the internet'K etc.

<. Jon3t sa , '&t has ma%e m life more con enient.' an% especiall %on3t sa , '&t has ma%e me morecon enient'. &f ou $ant to talk about con enience, sa something like, '&t3s brought a lot ofcon enience to m life.' /ee here on the $or% 'con enient'.

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Wor%s connecte% $ith 3tra el3/ome $or%s in -nglish can be use% as either a noun or a erb. 5ut other $or%s cannot be use% this $a . &t isalso important to kno$ the %ifferences in meaning, an% therefore %ifferences in usage, bet$een similar $or%s.

et3s look at fi e %ifferent $or%sK journey Kvoyage Ktravel Ktrip K an%tour (There are also se eral other $or%sconnecte% $ith this i%ea.)

ote: 5ritish spelling has %ouble 3l3 for the $or%s, 'tra elling', 'tra elle% etc. but +merican usage has onl one3l3.

Wor% Aeaning se% as a ounE se% as a@erbE

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0ourne

UV

a) the %istance tra elle%

b) the e#perience of tra ellingthis %istance

c) the time of tra elling this%istance

suall (but not al$a s) use%$hen referringto long %istances or a longtime spent tra eling. ore#ample, ' Travelers along theSilk Road often endured a long and dangerous journey. '

Yes. suall use% as a noun. +lthough it is possible to use'0ourne ' as a

erb, it is notoften use% this$a because,$hen use% as a

erb, the $or%is emphasiMingthe great lengthan% %ifficult of the 0ourne . ore#ample, ' They

journeyedacross Australia

from south tonorth. '

When talkingabout a long tripor 0ourne but$ithoutemphasiMing thelength or%ifficult , it ismoreappropriate 0ustto use the $or%,'tra elle%'.

' go on a

' Have a is possiboften useuse it, it3use it $ita%0ectias, "We hinterestin

journey."sort of secommon

' ake a jis possibnot commuse% so suggestit because#aminerthink it isincorrect

Wor% Aeaning se% as a ounE se% as a

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o age

WV , WX

+ ' o age' is a long 0ourne ,especiall b sea.

Yes. suall use% as a noun. o.

There is an ol%"fashione% an%formal usage of' o age' as a

erb but oushoul% notuse it.(5esi%es,' o age%' an%' o aging' arehar% to sa )

"go on a

"em!ark voyage"

"undertavoyage"

"set out ovoyage"

"make avoyage" common


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tra el

UY , UV , Z[ , \

a) The basic meaning is 'togo' or 'to mo e'. &t is similarto, 'go on a 0ourne ', 'go on a

o age', 'go on a trip' or 'goon a tour' but there is nospecial emphasis on the lengthof the 0ourne " the usage isrelate% to the i%ea of3mo ement3. or e#ample, ' traveled across the city to sit

for the #$TS test. '

b) &n this mo%ern age, 'totra el' usuall means to use a

ehicle such as a bic cle, car, bus, train, plane or ship.4o$e er, it is possible to use,'tra el' to mean, '$alk' $henthe %istance or time is notshort. or e#ample, " traveled %walked& from my home to myoffice in '( minutes" or, "Thismorning) traveled %*walked& all around the oldcentre of +eijing."

c) /ometimes, but not al$a s,the erb 'to tra el' means, ' totravel for recreational

purposes" = "to tour" = "to go sightseeing" = Y] .

&n the Part 1 topic,'Tra elling', the emphasisseems to be on this usage oftra eling for recreation. 5ut

people such as tra elingsalesmen also tra el for $ork,an% some stu%ents tra el

bet$een their hometo$n an%their uni ersit ($hich might

be hun%re%s of kilometersapart) at acation time, an% soon.

o.

or e#ample, in -nglish $e%o notsa , " have !een on manytravels around ,hina" or, "

plan to go on a travel to Ti!et."

&n -nglish $e can use the erbal"noun, "travelling" ( "traveling" )to mean the acti it . ore#ample, " like travelling verymuch." + erbal"noun is a t peof noun.

We also see the follo$ing usagesin -nglish: ' the cost oftravel" an%"Travel !roadens themind" . You shoul% think of theseusages of the$or% "travel" as shortenedforms of the $erbal5noun ,'tra elling'. or e#ample: "thecost of travel" ="the cost oftravelling" an%"Travel !roadensthe mind" ="Travelling !roadensthe mind"

We also see this in -nglish: " -ve seen some interesting thingson my travels." (' ^_

tra els') This is a speciale#pression onl an% it%oesnot mean ou can sa , "have gone on many travels."

R'in m tra els' = 'on mtra elsS

Yes. This is theusual usage.


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trip

UV , `a

+ trip is similar in meaningto "a journey" ,"avoyage" or "a tour" but,unlike "journey" an%"voyage" ,a "trip" is

Yes. The usual usage is as anoun.

o.

There is ane#pression in-nglish that

"go on a

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usuall not very long, in either%istance or time. or e#ample,$hen meeting someone at theairport $ho has 0ust ma%e a !"hour plane flight, ou mightask: '4o$ $as our tripE'

>r, "While the advertisementswere on T ) made a /uicktrip to the kitchen to prepare a

snack."

You can also sa somethinglike this: " n my last holidays)

took a trip to Australia." 4ere, ou aree#pressing the feeling that thee#perience felt /uite

short because the t$o $eeksou spent in +ustralia $ere not

enough to see an% %o all thatou $ante% to see an% %o.

+ustralia is a long $a from2hina but ou can still use the$or% 'trip' to e#press the i%eathat it did not seem to be a erlong 0ourne .

treats 'trip' as aerb: "day0

tripping" . Thismeans to go ona trip (or trips)that onl last for one %a . 9elate%to this, $e cansa ,"He-s a day0tripper" . 5ut

besi%es thise#ample, 'trip'is not use% as a

erb.

There is also a(slang) erb, "totrip" thatmeans, "to haveahallucinogenicdruge1perience" . /o& suggest ou%o not sa to thee#aminer, "like totrip" or, " liketripping" .&nstea%, sa ,"liketravelling" or, " like to go ontrips" .

There is also a%ifferent erb,' to trip" thatmeans "to

stum!le and%almost&

fall" (bc )

"take a tr

These t$usuall urefer totrfor please#ample

going onThailandmonth. ' t$o e#precan also to refer t

business

("going"to go" )

"make a

This is uonl use

ou incluinformat$here ogoing to $ent. ore#amplea trip to toffice." a short 0not a holas for thee#ample


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tour

UY , de

a) +s a erb, 'to tour' meansto 'to tra el to (to isit)%ifferent parts of a place that isne$ to the tra eler in or%er to

Yes Yes "to tour %2 noun"

"to make



see interesting things' suchas, " toured the 3or!idden,ity in +eijing".

b) + similar meaning to abo eis to isit the %ifferent parts ofa place in or%er to inspect or toha e a goo% look in or%er togain kno$le%ge. ore#ample, "The new managertoured the factory" . &n thise#ample, the manager is not a'tourist' because he toure% thefactor as part of his 0ob.

c) The $or% 'tour' is equalluse% as a noun. The e#amplesabo e can be change% to: "took a tour of the 3or!idden,ity in +eijing" an%,"The newmanager had a tour of the

factory" .

2 noun"

"to have 2 noun"

The e#pr' to take tour" anon a touralso haa%%e% of, "to joorgani4edthat is sharound a

place !y guide".use% thican a%%noun' in gi e morinformatis not neca%% thi

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otes on the topic of 3 ruit an% @egetables3• -ither the $or% ' fruit%s&', the $or%, ' vegeta!les ' or the $or%s ' fruits%s& and vegeta!les ' are use%. The

plural, 'fruits' is use% $hen ou $ant to emphasiMe the i%ea of 3 a variety of different kinds of fruit- . ormall , $e 0ust sa , ' like to eat fruit ' not, ' like to eat fruits '. 5ut in the follo$ing sentence, either'fruit' or 'fruits' is suitable: ' think it-s important to include fruit and vegeta!les in one-s %your& diet ' =' think it-s important to include %a variety of& fruits and vegeta!les in one-s %your& diet '.

• +lso, the $or% ' fresh ' might be inclu%e%, as in ' fresh fruit ' an% ' fresh vegeta!les '. 4ere, ' fresh ' mostlmeans ' not preserved) canned or dried '. &t also inclu%es the i%ea of ' recently picked from a garden %on a

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Did you like to eat fruit and vegetables when you were a child?

The e#aminer $ants ou to sho$ some ocabular here (as $ell as sho$ ou can use the pasttense). /a $hat ou like%, $hat ou especiall (reall ) like% ( our fa ourite fruits an% egetables),$hat ou %i%n3t like er much an% an fruit or egetable that ou especiall %islike%. +%% a fe$e#tra comments, such as ho$ ou especiall like% a certain egetable $hen it $as cooke% a certain$a , or comment about an egetable that ou preferre% to eat ra$.



- en if our tastes an% preferences in fruit an% egetables are no$ still the same as $hen ou $erea chil%, still use the past tense to %escribe our tastes an% preferences $hen ou $ere a chil%.

&t3s especiall goo% to mention an changes in these tastes an% preferences bet$een $hen ou $erea chil% an% no$ or to mention that our tastes an% preferences are still the same. /ho$ contrastingstress $hen ou mention these things at t$o %ifferent times.

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'Aaking frien%s'

• 'Aaking frien%s' $ith someone means 'forming a frien%ship $ith someone' or 'starting afrien%ship $ith someone'. -#amples: ' made many friends at university" K ' made friendswith her" K ' t-s hard to make new friends" .

• 4o$e er, $e %on3t normall sa , ' We made friends with each other '. &nstea%, $e sa , ' We!ecame friends .'

• We also %o not sa , ' made a new girlfriend ' or ' made a new !oyfriend '. &nstea%, $e sa ,

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The Pronunciation of the Wor%, 'a% ertisement'

There are t$o quite %ifferent pronunciations of the $or%, 'a% ertisement', the +merican an% the 5ritish pronunciation. (+ctuall both pronunciations are use% in the ./. but the 3+merican3 pronunciation is morecommon.) &t seems that most stu%ents in 2hina are using the +merican pronunciation an% that3s ok for the/peaking test because 5ritish an% +ustralian e#aminers (an% others $ho use 5ritish -nglish) $ill un%erstan%

ou an% the $ill not consi%er it to be 3$rong3. &n fact, some people from these countries use the +merican

pronunciation themsel es. +nother reason not to $orr too much about this is the fact that, for most of ou, the+merican pronunciation seems to be much easier for ou to sa than the 5ritish pronunciation.

/o $h am & $riting this noteE The reason is, ou nee% to recogniMe the 5ritish pronunciation $hen ou hear itfrom an e#aminer or in the istening test. 5elo$ are the t$o arieties, 5ritish an% +merican.

+merican: ' a% ertisement' T$o more recor%ings are sho$n on this page .

5ritish: ' a% ertisement' (Point our cursor to the pink $or% to hear it again.)

The erb, to a% ertise, is the same in both 5ritish an% +merican -nglish. The stress is on the first s llable.


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The Pronunciation of the Wor%, 'leisure'

ust as $ith the $or% 'a% ertisement' (see abo e), the 5ritish an% the +merican pronunciations are quite%ifferent. (+s $ith the $or%, 'a% ertisement', the 5ritish pronunciation is also use% in the ./. but the'+merican pronunciation' is more common.) Aost can%i%ates in 2hina use the 5ritish pronunciation. Those of

ou $ho use the +merican pronunciation shoul% be careful because a non" orth +merican e#aminer might nothear ou clearl at first if ou use the +merican pronunciation in the /peaking test.

&t is important to recogniMe the +merican pronunciation because there are some +mericans an% 2ana%ians$orking as &- T/ /peaking test e#aminers. 5elo$ are the t$o pronunciations.

5ritish: ' leisure '

+merican: ' leisure '

&f ou ha e trouble sa ing the $or%, 'leisure', 0ust sa , 'free" time acti ities' or' spare time acti ities'. >f the three $or%s, the most strongl stresse% $or% shoul% be, 'time'.

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The %ifferences in meaning bet$een, ' a lesson ', ' a class ', ' a course ' an% ' a subject '.

The use of the $or%s, 'class', 'course' an% 'sub0ect' can be confusing because the are often use%inter"changeabl . >ne reason for this is that +merican an% 5ritish usages are sometimes %ifferent,

but +merican usage is becoming more common in 5ritain an% +ustralia, resulting in mi#e% usage.

:esson

'+ lesson' is one perio% of time that ou spen% in the classroom (or laborator ), for e#ample, a FG"minute perio% on Aon%a morning. suall , each lesson is focuse% on one main i%ea, concept ortopic.

4lass

The $or%, 'class' can be use% $ith three %ifferent meanings (in connection $ith school oruni ersit ).

1) 'We ha% an interesting class this morning' = 'We ha% an interesting lesson this morning'.

;) The $or%, 'class' can also be use% to mean a certain group of stu%ents, for e#ample, '&3min class 7+.'

!) +n% finall , it can be use% to mean 'sub0ect' or, in the uni ersit setting, 'unit'. or e#ample,'&3m taking si# classes this semester: maths, ph sics, chemistr , histor , -nglish an% 2hinese.' ='&3m taking si# sub0ects this semester: maths, ph sics, chemistr , histor , -nglish an% 2hinese.'

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The $or%, 'course' can ha e two meanings ($hen talking about school or uni ersit ).

1) + 'course' is similar to 'a sub0ect' but the $or%, 'course' is more often use% to refer touni ersit stu%ies rather than high school stu%ies, although it is also possible to use it $henreferring to high school. &n high school, $e usuall sa , '&3m taking si# su!jects (or classes) thissemester: maths, ph sics, chemistr , histor , -nglish an% 2hinese.' &n uni ersit , $e usuall useeither the $or%, 'course', 'class' or 'unit' to refer to the %ifferent units that ou are enrolle% in.The $or%, 'sub0ect' is also possible to use $hen referring to the units ou are enrolle% in at

uni ersit but it3s not so commonl use% in the uni ersit situation because uni ersit stu%ents,especiall in their final one or t$o ears of stu% , usuall take se eral units that are closelconnecte% to one central sub0ect. (/ee 'sub0ect', belo$.)

;) The $or%, ' course' is also use% to mean, 'a %egree course' as in, '&3m %oing a 2omputer/cience course' = '&3m stu% ing for a %egree in 2omputer /cience'.

/ince the $or%, 'course' can be use% in t$o %ifferent $a s, most uni ersities no$a%a s use the$or%, 'unit' or some other similar $or% $hen referring to the %ifferent classes ou enroll in eachsemester.

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The $or%, ' sub0ect' has two possible meanings or usages.

1) &n (usuall ) high school, it refers to the %ifferent topics, (classes or units) that ou are stu% ingsuch as, '&3m taking si# sub0ects (or classes) this semester: maths, ph sics, chemistr , histor ,-nglish an% 2hinese.'

;) The secon% meaning is more general. &t is similar to the $or%, 'topic' as in, 'What $as

the sub0ect of our con ersationE' &n Part 1, $hen the e#aminer asks, 'What sub0ect are oustu% ingE' it is referring to $hat general topic, (or 'ma0or' in +merican -nglish) ou are stu% ingat uni ersit . suall , it3s suitable 0ust to repl b sa ing the name of our %egree course as in,'A sub0ect is 2omputer /cience.'

When the e#aminer is talking to a high school stu%ent or recent high school gra%uate, he or sheasks, 'What sub0ect s are ou stu% ingE' (or, 'What sub0ect s %i% ou stu% E')

+ 'sub0ect' is quite %istinct or clearl %ifferent from another sub0ect (e en if %ifferent sub0ects arerelate% or connecte% to each other). &n high school, each 'sub0ect' is quite %istinct from the othersK

'maths', 'ph sics', 'chemistr ' an% 'histor ' are quite %ifferent. 5ut in the final one or t$o earsof uni ersit , stu%ents usuall take se eral units that co er %ifferent areas or aspects of the samesub0ect, their ma0or. or this reason, the $or% 'sub0ect' is less often use% $hen referring to the%ifferent units that stu%ents are enrolle% in at uni ersit .

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#ow do students in your course learn this subject?



The e#act $or%s to this question are not clear. Probabl the question means: 'What teachingmetho%s are use%E' Probabl the meaning of the question also inclu%es the personal stu% metho%sthat stu%ents use.

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#ow do you think your home could be improved?

*r+ $s there anything about your room (or, your home) you would like to improve?

Pa attention to the e#act erb form that the e#aminer uses an% ans$er using the same erb form or using other $or%s that are suitable for that erb form. The language for our ans$er to the first ofthese t$o questions shoul% be similar to the language use% for the language function of suggesting .(/ee anguage unctions, Page ; ) You coul% also use the language of suggesting for the secon%question.

The i%ea of 'impro ement' or 'impro e' is similar to the i%ea of 'change' an% our ans$er caninclu%e i%eas or suggestions that are h pothetical ( fg ) or impossible. That is $h the erb

'coul%' is use% instea% of the erb 'can'. or e#ample, ou coul% ans$er b sa ing, ' Well, thekitchen could be bigger because, as it is now, it%s so small that only one person can comfortablydo things there& What $ mean is, if there are two people in there, then we get in each other%s way&

ou know, $%d really like to help my mother with the kitchen work such as preparing meals andwashing the dishes, but unfortunately, $ can%t do that in such a small kitchen& -o $ think a bigger kitchen would be a definite improvement to our house& '

>b iousl , ou can3t make the kitchen bigger. The meaning here is that a better, oran improved house for ou $oul% ha e a bigger kitchen.

+nother e#ample: ' Well, the walls in my room are coloured pink and $ don%t really like thatcolour so $ think it would be an improvement if they were painted green or blue, which are bothcolours that $ like& '

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(.ossible /uestion) What sorts of things do you most often read?

What ou most frequentl rea% an% $hat ou like to rea% are t$o %ifferent questions

/tu%ents ob iousl rea% a lot materials relate% to their stu%ies, such as te#tbooks. &f ou are$orking, ou can use $or%s such as 'compan reports', 'tra%e 0ournals' or 'technical 0ournals' etc.

>f course, man people also %o a lot of rea%ing on the internet.

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What%s the most difficult part of your job?

&f ou get this question, %on3t sa , ' 0he difficult part is &&&' You must inclu%e the $or% ' most ' $henou sa this. &f ou sa , ' 0he difficult part is &&&' ou $ill imme%iatel gi e the impression to the

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e#aminer that ou are 5an% 7.G (or 7.7 or F.7), not 5an% <.G or abo e. >f course, choose onl onething $hen ou sa something is the 3most %ifficult3 (or the 3most interesting3), although it3s ok tomention that other things are %ifficult (or interesting), too. +n% tr to communicate why ou feel itis the most %ifficult (or most interesting) as part of our ans$er. Jon3t $ait for the e#aminer to ask,'Wh %o ou sa that is the most %ifficultE'

/imilar questions in Part 1 are:

What sorts of letters (or emails) do you think are the most difficult to write?

(.ossible /uestion for high school students or graduates) What%s the most difficult subject that you are studying (or studied)?

(1or university students or graduates) What%s (or what was) the most difficult part of yourcourse (or, your studies)?

1or you, what%s the most interesting part (or subject or class) of your course?

(1or high school) What%s the most interesting of your subjects at school?

What%s the most interesting thing about this place?

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Notes on the usage of the word0 6internet6

&n -nglish $e usuall put the $or% 'the' before the $or%, 'internet'. /o, it is incorrect to sa , '& think internet isa goo% thing.' That shoul% be, '& think the internet is a goo% thing.'

5ut $hen 'internet' is use% $ith an a%0ecti al meaning, or in compoun% nouns, such as 'internet usage','internet sales', or 'internet sites' $e %on3t al$a s nee% to put 'the' before it. With this usage of the $or%,'internet', ou onl put 'the' before 'internet' $hen ou are talking about something specific, such as, 'theinternet site (that) & mentione% before'.

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$s there anything you don%t like about your hometown?

To sa ' o', the complete sentence is: ' 2o, there%s nothing $ dislike about my hometown '.

+ short sentence to begin our ans$er coul% be, ' 2o, there isn%t ' or ' 2o, there%s not '.

/a ing ' 2ot really ' $oul% also be suitable as the beginning of our ans$er for this question.

>f course, all of those e#amples abo e are too short for a complete ans$er, since our a erage Part 1 ans$ershoul% be about ;G secon%s in length.

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6Neighbour6 and 6Neighbourhood6



Aake sure ou sa the right $or%.

+ 'neighbour' is a person, h# .

+ 'neighbourhoo%' is a place, hiEj , h1 .

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Does "hina have schools for learning to drive? *

>n anuar ;!, ;G1G, someone reporte% the got this question. &t is the first time that this questionhas been reporte%. This can%i%ate might ha e misun%erstoo% the question because it seems that thequestion has usuall been, ' Do (high) schools in "hina have driving classes? '

>b iousl , the ans$er to one question is 'Yes' an% the ans$er to the other question is ' o'. istencarefull to the e#act $or%s of the question

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anguages

" The $or%, 'stu%ie%' (or 'stu% ') might be use% in the questions or the $or%, 'learne%' (or 'learn')might be use%.

" The %ifference in meaning bet$een 'stu% a language' an% 'learn a language' is that $hensomeone 'has learne% a language', the ha e more or less learne% it full enough to be able to useit in practical applications (i.e., communication). This is an e#ample of $here 'learn' is mostluse% $hen talking about skills (i.e., ho$ to %o something) but 'stu% ' is mostl use% $hen talkingabout theoretical kno$le%ge. or e#ample, someone $ho has 'stu%ie%' -nglish in school for onlone ear is far from ha ing 'learne% (ho$ to use) -nglish'. This person has onl 'learne% (ho$ touse) some -nglish' but ou cannot sa he or she has (full ) 'learne% -nglish'.

" To repeat the i%ea of 'learn skill' an% 'stu% theoretical kno$le%ge': The %ifference bet$een'learning a language' an% 'stu% ing a language' is that stu% ing is an aca%emic acti it , in ol ing

books (an% recor%ings of the language). >n the other han%, a person can 'learn a language',especiall 'learn to speak a language', 0ust b chatting $ith people $ho speak that language. &nother $or%s, someone can 'learn a language' $ithout e er opening a book. or this person, it$oul% be unsuitable to sa he or she 'stu%ie%' the language.

" You can sa that -nglish is the foreign language ou ha e stu%ie% (or learne%) but ou can alsochoose another language, such as /panish.

" The first question probabl has the $or%s, 'foreign languages' but it might be, ' other languages besi%es our nati e language'. &f this secon% $or%ing is use%, it $oul% be suitable to talk aboutanother language from 2hina, such as 2antonese klRmn +fter all, 2hina has !GG languages butthese are not 'foreign' languages.

" +s $ell as asking ou questions about any foreign language (not 0ust -nglish), it is possible thatthe e#aminers are asking some of the questions specifically about 3nglish , e en $hen can%i%ates



sa the ha e stu%ie% another language such as /panish or rench. /o, be prepare% to ans$er thesequestions for the language of -nglish, as $ell as for an other language ou ha e stu%ie%.

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Would you say it%s a difficult language to learn?

Aa be this question is referring to -nglish or ma be it is referring to another language that ou

sai% ou ha e learne%. This is not clear.************************************************************************

#ow did you learn 3nglish?

&t is possible that ou $ill be aske% questions about -nglish, especiall this question, e en if oufirst sai% that ou ha e learne% another language, such as rench or apanese.

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Training at ork

- en though & ha e man questions liste% un%er the $ork training sub"topic, & think there are probabl 0ust t$o main questions un%er this topic.

(4o$e er, it is possible that the sub"topic of U$ork trainingV e#ists in t$o %ifferent sets of Part 1questions for the topic UYour WorkV an%, the questions $oul% then be some$hat %ifferent in eachset.)

The t$o main questions are these:

1. +sking about past training.

• Ji% ou ha e to %o an kin% of training in or%er to perform our current $orkE 4

• (/imilar to abo e) 4a e ou recei e% an training at $orkE 2

• (/imilar to abo e) What kin% of training is necessar for ou to %o our 0obEN (/ee note )

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+sking about habitual or regular training (i.e., using the present tense)

• Jo ou ha e to %o an training for our $orkE

;. +sking about uture Training

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• Woul% ou like to recei e more training in the futureE (This question is possiblaske% if ou sa 'Yes' to the pre ious question.)

• Woul% ou like to recei e some training (in the future)E (This question is possiblaske% if ou sa ' o' to the pre ious question.)

• Jo ou think ou $ill (nee% to) recei e an training in the futureE 4

• What kin%s of future training %o ou think ou $ill nee% in the futureE

&n umber 1, & liste% t$o %ifferent possibilities N past or present training. Wh %i%n t & sa that & think there arethree main questions, past training, present training an% future trainingE The reason is that U$ork trainingV is

0ust a sub"topic of the main topic, UYour WorkV. The main topic $oul% ha e onl fi e or si# questions in totalan% it is unlikel that three of these $oul% be about training. 5ut t$o of them being about training is possible

+ suspe!t that the present tense uestion does not exist (but & might be $rong). People ha ereporte% this as their question but these people possibl %on3t kno$ the %ifference bet$een presenttense an% past tense questions. +lternati el , it is a fact that the translation soft$are & use totranslate from 2hinese to -nglish is $eak at %ifferentiating bet$een the past an% the present tense./o, e en though & suspect that this question %oes not e#ist, & am lea ing the present tense questionon the $ebsite in case it %oes e#ist.

hat is @trainingA?

5asicall , UtrainingV is learning (or being taught) how to %o something. +lthough ou might learnsome theor in our training, (in or%er to help ou better un%erstan% $h ou are being traine% this$a ), the main i%ea of UtrainingV is to learn ho$ to %o something practical (in this case, our$ork). UTrainingV is not the same as purel aca%emic, theoretical stu% .

U4o$ to %o our 0obV inclu%es not 0ust specific $ork skills but also simpl the methods of %oingsomething at $ork, $here Umetho%sV %o not necessaril in ol e special skills. or e#ample,%ifferent companies an% $orkplaces might ha e slightl %ifferent metho%s for %oing the samething.

UTrainingV can also inclu%e Uho$ to thinkV or $hat attitu%es to ha e. or e#ample, ou might $orkfor a compan that has a philosoph that, U>ur main 0ob is to ser e the customer, not 0ust to takethe customer s mone V. Your compan $ill then train ou to think an% act $ith this attitu%e. +similar e#ample is training in $ork safet . This is not training in a $ork skill but rather, training inho$ to think an% $hat habits of safet ou shoul% a%opt.

et s look at some e#amples of training.

Past Training

This question is about $hen ou learne% some of the practical skills, $ork metho%s or $a s ofthinking for our present 0ob. &t is referring to the time either before ou e en got our current 0ob

0ob or the first fe$ %a s at $ork after ou got our 0ob.



The thir% question in this group, @What kind of training is necessary for you to do your job? A, reallmeans, @What kind of training is necessary for people before they do the job you are doing? A/o, although itis not a past tense question, it is referring to t$o %ifferent times, one that comes before another. This is ageneral question, $hich shoul% be ans$ere% in the present tense. or e#ample, U 4efore you can dothe work of a marketing assistant, you need to know the basics of retailing, as well as the basics ofadvertising& V +lternati el , ou coul% sa it this $a , U 4efore you can do the work of a marketingassistant, you need to have learned the basics of retailing, as well as the basics of advertising& V

-#amples of training before %oing our 0ob:

a) &t is suitable to talk about our uni ersit , college (or high school) e%ucation but only if ouclearl emphasiMe the practical, $ork"relate% skills that ou learne%.

b) /ome people pa for an% atten% special training courses that $ill help them get a particular 0ob.

c) /ome people learn a fe$ practical skills from their parents, in the cases $here the parentsare %oing the same 0ob or ha e their o$n compan .

%) @irtuall e er one recei es some form of training $hen the first start a 0ob. This might be 0ust ;G minutes of instruction telling ou $hat to %o at our %esk (i.e., training in the $orkmetho%s) or it might be a series of classes an% meetings that took a $hole %a or more.

@PresentA Training

Ouestions in the present tense are referring to ongoing training or to regular training sessions thatou might recei e e er fe$ months in or%er to up%ate our $ork skills, or to up%ate ou on the

compan s latest business strategies or $ork metho%s. This i%ea of Uup%atingV is important

no$a%a s because both technolog an% the economic situation in the $orl% are changing all thetime. This is especiall true in 2hina.

a) Aan $orking people ha e to atten% training U$orkshopsV at $ork e er fe$ months inor%er to be up%ate% on the skills an% $ork metho%s that $ere mentione% for Upast trainingV,abo e.

b) /ome people are sent b their companies to special seminars an% conferences $here peopleup%ate their practical, $ork"relate% kno$le%ge.

c) /ome people oluntaril atten% e#tra training classes outsi%e $ork hours in or%er to become better equippe% $ith $ork skills.

%) Aost oung people $ho are $orking in engineering or some other fiel% that is quitecomple#, such as banking an% in estment, are learning ne$, practical things at $ork all thetime. This is Uongoing trainingV. or e#ample, ou might be an assistant engineer on some

pro0ect. You %o the 0ob tasks that ou are e#pecte% to %o but, at the same time, as an assistantengineer to the chief engineer, ou are learning ne$, practical things almost e er %a b$atching an% helping the chief engineer.

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This is a continuation of the i%eas e#presse% abo e. or questions about the future, ou shoul% talk personall about ho$ ou think our career $ill change in the future, such as ho$ ou e#pect to bein a position of more responsibilit or lea%ership than ou are in no$.

You shoul% also think about the question of changes in technolog an% socio"economic changes inthe future. +lmost all $ork in the future $ill be affecte% to some e#tent b changes in technolog

but some $ork, such as 2omputer -ngineering, are in a constant state of change an% $ill continueto be like this in the future. &n this kin% of $ork, ongoing training or frequent up%ating of our

practical kno$le%ge is no$, an% $ill be in the future, a ma0or part of our $ork acti ities.

There is also the question of ha ing a complete change of career in the future. 4opefull , this $illnot inclu%e ou because if ou talk about changing our career then that means the $ork ou are%oing no$ is more or less a $aste of time. 5ut it is a fact that, along $ith ma0or changes intechnolog an% $ith certain socio"economic changes in the future, some t pes of $ork $ill becomemore or less re%un%ant. &n this situation, complete re"training for a ne$ career $ill be necessar .

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The meaning and usage of the word0 ' noise '

The %ifferences in usage bet$een the $or%s, 'noise' an% 'soun%' is a rather comple# topic.

The $or% 'noise' basicall means the same as the $or%, 'soun%', especiall $hen spoken inthe plural form, 'noises'. or e#ample, ou can sa , ' $ can hear some noises in the apartmentabove me&' That 0ust means, ' $ can hear some sounds in the apartment above me& ' &t might be 0ustsomeone $alking or someone cooking %inner. &t %oesn3t mean that ou fin% these soun%s to beunpleasant.

3owe$er , there are some %ifferences in usage bet$een these t$o $or%s $hen the singular forms,'noise' an% 'soun%' are use%. The $or%, 'noise', $hen use% in the singular form, is usuallreferring to an unpleasant soun% but the $or%, 'soun%', $hen spoken in the singular is neutral N itcan be either pleasant or unpleasant.

or e#ample, $hen $e talk about something pleasant that $e can hear, $e (usuall ) sa somethingsuch as, ' a pleasant sound ' or ' a beautiful sound ' N $e %on3t (usuall ) sa , ' a pleasant noise ' or' a beautiful noise '.

5ut $hen $e talk about something unpleasant that $e can hear, $e can use either the $or%,

'noise' or the $or%, 'soun%'. or e#ample, ' 0hat%s a horrible sound ' = ' 0hat%s a horrible noise 'or, ' $ don%t like that noise ' = ' $ don%t like that sound '.

+nother %ifference bet$een the t$o $or%s is that the $or% 'noise' often refers to anunpleasant mi#ture of %ifferent soun%s or an unpleasantl lou% soun%, or both of these together. or e#ample, ' the noise of the city traffic ', (se eral %ifferent soun%s mi#e% together). &n contrast, the$or% 'soun%' usuall refers to a single soun%, such as ' the sound of a dog barking ', ' the sound of children playing happily ' or, ' $ dislike the sound of a man and a woman arguing when they area couple such as boyfriend and girlfriend or husband and wife '.



The a%0ecti e, 'nois ' refers to either lou% noise or man lou% noises mi#e% together. &t most oftenis use% to %escribe something ou %on3t like but it %oesn3t al$a s mean something that ou %islike,for e#ample: ' $ like noisy parties where everyone%s talking and laughing and there%s music

playing in the background .'

or the question, ' $s there any sound you dislike? ' (or, ' Are there any sounds that you dislike? '),some can%i%ates ans$er, ' $ dislike noise '. That.s not a good answer because it more or less 0ustmeans, ' $ dislike any sound that is unpleasant .' = ' $ dislike any sound that $ dislike .' BB &t can

e en mean, ' $ dislike sound .' BB The question is asking ou for a specific soun% that ou %islike.or e#ample, ' $ dislike (hearing) the sound of loud car horns at night!time when people are

rela'ing or sleeping .' >r, ' $ dislike the scratching sound of chalk on a blackboard .' (- er bo% 3sfa ourite %islike% soun%.)

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Do you collect anything (as a hobby)?

or this question, & ha e notice% se eral stu%ents in mock tests gi e an ans$er such as, ' es, $ used

to collect stamps when $ was a kid ' or, ' es, $ collected stamps when $ was a kid& ' These ans$ersare $rong The question is a present tense question, $hich means, 'Jo ou collect an thing now E'What these stu%ents shoul% ha e sai% is, ' 2o, $ don%t collect anything right now but $ used tocollect stamps when $ was a kid& '

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What are some e'amples of things that some people collect (as a hobby)?

Jon3t begin our ans$er $ith the $or%s, '&n m opinion, ...' That3s an incorrect usage of the $or%,

'opinion'. &nstea%, ou coul% begin $ith $or%s such as, '+s far as & kno$, ...' or, '+s far as &3ma$are, ...'. >r, '&3m not reall sure $hat people collect but & %o kno$ that some people collect ....an% .....'

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a- $f you had a lot of money , what would you like to collect?

b- (/imilar to abo e " probabl this is the question being use%) $f you had a lot of money,what would you collect? (Jon3t use, '$ill'.)

&f the question ou get is b), it is not the best ans$er to sa , '&3% like to collect XXX'. What ou' would like to collect ' an% $hat ou ' would collect ' are not al$a s the same thing. The first, $hat

ou '$oul% like to collect', is referring to a %esireK the secon%, $hat ou '$oul% collect' is ah pothetical ( fg ) form of '$ill collect'K it3s a h pothetical pre%iction.

or e#ample, '&3%like to collect intage cars because & lo e cars. 5ut in fact & $oul%n3t %o that because & $oul% nee% to ha e a big buil%ing to house m collection. /o, as a secon% choice, if & ha%a lot of mone , &3% probabl collect ancient 2hinese art.'

&f the $or%ing of the question is b), 0ust sa $hat ou $oul% %o, not $hat ou $oul% like to %o.



'Woul%', for this usage = fg '$ill'. 'Will' is onl use% $hen talking about the real future.

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&n our ans$er to the question, #ow do you feel when you are late? , %on3t use the past tense$hen ou are speaking in generalK use the present tense ( oM0p ).

The past tense is onl use% $hen the listener (or rea%er) kno$s $hat time in the past ou are

referring to. This time can also be a rather general, not er specific time in the past such as, 'Aanears ago', '>ne %a ' or, '>nce'.

Jon3t sa , 'When & was late, ....'. &nstea%, sa , 'When $%m late, ....'

The same is true for these questions:

Do you feel that time moves slowly, or fast?

When do you feel time moves fast?

or e#ample, %on3t sa , 'Time seems to mo e fast $hen & was preparing for e#ams or $hen&was on acation'. That shoul% be: 'Time seems to mo e fast $hen $%m preparing for e#ams or$hen $%m on acation'.

Tr to inclu%e an e#planation why time seems to mo e fast or slo$l .

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Do your family support your choice of subject?

• 5ritish -nglish often or usuall treats the $or% 'famil ' as plural , an% as a result, the$or%ing in the test is probabl , ' Do our famil ..E' 4o$e er, +mericans an% man other

people treat the $or% 'famil ' as singular an% ask, 'Joes our famil support our choice of sub0ectE' The most sensible thing to %o is to ans$er the question the same $a it is aske%.

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What school (or university) do you go to?

The e#act $or%ing of this question is not clear but a question $ith this meaning certainl e#ists.The $or%ing might be, 'What school (or uni ersit ) %o ou atten%E', 'What school (oruni ersit )are ou atten%ingE', 'What school (or uni ersit ) %o ou stu% atE' or, What school (oruni ersit ) are ou stu% ing atE' otice that either the present tense or the present continuous tenseare possible. Whate er erb tense is being use%, it is referring to no$.

>ne form of this question that causes errors for some people is this: 'What school (oruni ersit ) are ou going toE' This is the same meaning as, 'What school (or uni ersit ) %o ou gotoE' but some people erroneousl think it is referring to our future plans. + question that is asking



about the future $oul% be: 'What school (or uni ersit ) are ou going to go toE' (To repeat, this isnot the question in Part 1 at the moment. /o, %o not talk about our future plans )

+nother reason $h some people make a mistake here is that some can%i%ates sa '&3m a stu%ent'$hen, in fact, the ha e alrea% finishe% high school but ha e not et starte% uni ersit stu%ies. /o,$hen the e#aminer asks, 'What school are ou going toE' or, 'What school %o ou go toE', thecan%i%ate thinks it must be referring to the future.

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Core +nformation on the grammati!al stru!ture0 6going to $erb6

The structure, 'going to erb' is similar to, 'planning to erb' but it is more certain than simplha ing a plan N it also inclu%es a pre%iction, $ith a high %egree of certaint , of the future. ore#ample, '&3m going to $atch T@ tonight'. &t is suitable to make a pre%iction $ith a high %egree ofcertaint about the near future such as tonight or tomorro$. 5ut it is not possible to make a

pre%iction $ith such certaint about se eral ears in the future. Therefore, to sa , '&3m going to getm 5achelor3s %egree in -nglan%' is not a suitable thing to sa if ou are still in 2hina an% simpl

planning to %o this. + more suitable thing to sa is, '&3m planning to get m 5achelor3s %egree in-nglan%', '& plan to get m 5achelor3s %egree in -nglan%' or, '& inten% to get m 5achelor3s %egreein -nglan%.'

When the erb in the structure, 'going to erb' is 'go', $e %on3t nee% to sa it. ore#ample: Ouestion: 'What are ou going to %o this afternoonE', +ns$er: '&3m going to go to thesupermarket' = '&3m going to the supermarket'.

&f the question is, 'What uni ersit are ou going to go to (= are ou planning to go to)E' it is much better (= much clearer communication) to inclu%e the secon% 'go'. or e#ample, a suitable ans$er

$oul% be, '&3m going to go to the +ustralian ational ni ersit in 2anberra, +ustralia.' Thereason $h ou shoul% inclu%e the secon% 'go' is that the ans$er, '&3m going to the +ustralian ational ni ersit in 2anberra, +ustralia.' also has the possible meaning of, '&3m alrea%atten%ing the +ustralian ational ni ersit in 2anberra, +ustralia at the moment'.

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Would you say it%s a good place to grow up?

(= Would you say it%s a good place to grow up in? )

This is not the same question as, ' Would you say your hometown is a good place to live5 '. 5ut, ofcourse, man attributes that make a place goo% to li e in also make a place goo% to gro$ up in. ore#ample, a clean en ironment is goo% for gro$ing bo%ies.

This question is similar to a Part ! question in that it is asking for our e aluation of ourhometo$n as a place to gro$ up for chil%ren an% teenagers in general, not you . /o %on3t focus ourans$er on ho$ goo% or ba% our hometo$n $as for you , although it is possible to use our o$ne#perience as an e#ample.





is important to your parents but ou personall %on3t feel it3s as important as the %o. +n e#ampleof that might be stu% ing management so that ou can take o er managing our father3s compan$hen he retires, although ou personall are more intereste% in art or music. >r computer games. K)

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• $s your hometown famous for anything?• Do you know much about the history of your hometown?

• Did you learn (or, have you learned) much about the history of your hometown in school?

These three questions, (an% se eral other questions) are 3YesD o3 questions. When someone asks ou a 3YesD o3

question, the best $a to ans$er is to first sa 'Yes', 'Yes, it is', ' o', ' o, & %on3t', ' ot reall ', ' ot at all'

etc. an% then gi e e#tra information. &n other $or%s, first ans$er the 3YesD o3 question %irectl .

et3s look at an e#ample of a poor ans$er.

-#aminer: $s your hometown famous for anything?

2an%i%ate: $t%s famous for &&&

4ere, the can%i%ate is %irectl ans$ering a %ifferent question N 'What is our hometo$n famousforE' 5ut that $as not the question that the e#aminer aske%. >f course, if ou sa , 'Yes' then thee#aminer $ants to hear ou sa $hat it is famous for, but sa that after first %irectl ans$ering the3YesD o3 question.

4ere3s ho$ that question shoul% be ans$ere%.

-#aminer: $s your hometown famous for anything?

2an%i%ate: es, it%s famous for &&&>r: 2an%i%ate: es, it is& $t%s famous for &&&

&f ou sa , 2o , the logical thing is to sa $h not. or e#ample, 2ot, it%s not very famous because it%s just a

small city&

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/ome people are confuse% about $hat 'famous' means. &t means that man or e en most people all o er our

countr (or e en in the $orl%) ha e hear% of our hometo$n an%, $hen the hear the name of that place, it

remin%s them of something. or e#ample, in 2hina, e er bo% kno$s that ?ian is famous for its histor ,

especiall for being the capital of ancient 2hina in se eral % nasties. &t is possible to sa that our hometo$n in

not famous in the $hole of 2hina (or $hate er countr ou are from) but it is famous for something in our

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/ome people mistakenl sa something like this, (for a hometo$n that is a small to$n or a illage), '&t3s famous

for its tea'. ust because our small to$n or illage speciali6es in gro$ing tea %oes not mean that it is 'famous'

( = '$ell kno$n') for that throughout 2hina

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or the histor question, e en if our hometo$n $as first establishe% onl 7G or <G ears ago, it still has a

histor of 7G or <G ears

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#ave you ever been to a live concert?

Lo here to listen to the pronunciation an% rea% the meaning of 'li e concert'. &t is meaning umber ;, $hichmeans ou $ere actuall at the concert $hile it took place. otice that the pronunciation is similar to ' ali$e ',not the erb, ' li$e '. R& ha e change% the '>ptions' section at the AcAillan Jictionar $ebsite to gi e the+merican pronunciation of 'li e' (a%0ecti e) because the 5ritish pronunciation of this is, strangel , not

a ailable. &t is basicall the same pronunciation in both 5ritish an% +merican -nglish.S

+lmost e er one has been to a li e concert at school

+ctuall , the $or%ing of that question is a bit stupi% because if ou go to a concert, it is of course, li e. + moreaccurate ersion of the question is, '4a e ou e er listene% to a concert, li eE' (i.e., not a recor%e% ersion ofthe concert on T@ or the internet or on a 2J.)

Watching an% listening to a ban% performing li e in a pub, coffee shop a similar place is not the same as$atching an% listening to the same ban% at a concert. + 'concert' usuall has a much bigger au%ience than theau%ience in a pub or coffee shop an%, at a concert, people %o nothing else besi%es sit there quietl , listening. &n a

pub, coffee shop or some small 3club3, people usuall %rink, eat, %ance an% e en talk as $ell as listen to the performance.

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Do you usually (or, always) wear clothes in your favourite colour?

&t is not clear $hich $or% is use%, 3usuall 3 or 3al$a s3. Aake sure ou kno$ the %ifference in meaning bet$eenthese t$o $or%s

' 7sually ' means, 'most of the time' ( qr ps ) (or, about <G8 to CG8 of the time).

' Always ' means, 'e er time' ( t , u v ) (or, about CC8 or 1GG8 of the time). When talking about thefuture, 'al$a s' means about the same as 'fore er' ( w` ), such as, '& $ill al$a s lo e ou.' = '& $ill lo e oufore er'.

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a) Do you think people like doing housework by themselves?

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b) Do you think people like doing housework themselves?

(+ctuall , & %on3t think either of these questions is reall in the testK it $as 0ust reporte% this $a b one person.)

These t$o questions ha e %ifferent meanings.

To %o something 'b ourself' (Ouestion a) means to %o it alone. Aa be some people prefer to %o things $ithothers an% feel a little lonel or bore% $hen the %o things b themsel es.

&n Ouestion b), to %o something ' ourself' means you %o it, not someone else %oes it for ou. -#cept for ti% ingup personal possessions, most people $oul% prefer a mai% to %o such house$ork as cleaning the floors an%$ashing clothes, if the coul% affor% a mai%. Ouestion b coul% be re$or%e% as, 'Jo ou think people like%oing their o$n house$orkE'

&f this question reall e#ists in the test, most likel it is ersion b.

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Do you think nowadays boys and girls can play the same sport?

>ne person has reporte% this $or%ing. The t$o ke $or%s here are 'no$a%a s' an% 'can'. '2an' means, 'it is possible' or, 'it is allo$e%'.

&f this is the $or%ing of the question (an% it is not certain that it is), it is asking ou to comment about 'gen%erequalit ' in sport or, 'the breaking %o$n of gen%er barriers in sport'. &t is referring to the fact that no$a%a s,for e#ample, there is organiMe% international $omen3s competition in soccer. This %i% not e#ist about 7G earsago. R& think there might be, in some places, e en some organiMe% competition in $omen3s rugb , $hich is amuch more aggressi e an% ph sical form of football than soccer.S +nother e#ample N a fe$ %eca%es ago there$as no female marathon e ent at the >l mpic Lames but this e ent e#ists no$. 5asicall , it seems that there arealmost no barriers no$a%a s to female sport. & notice% recentl on T@ that there are female professional bo#ersin 2hina.

&f the question specificall uses the $or%s, 'bo s an% girls' an% not, 'men an% $omen' then not all of thee#amples abo e appl to children . or e#ample, there is no chil%ren3s marathon competition, an $here (as faras & kno$). 5ut & think girls3 soccer is quite common no$, as is girl3s fiel% hocke an% basketball. (Jon3t forget,a 'girl' is a female chil%, un%er the age of 1!. +n% a 'bo ' is a male chil% un%er the age of 1!. 5ut the $or%s'bo s' an% 'girls' are also sometimes loosel use% for ol%er bo s an% girls, up to the age of about 16 or ;G.+fter that age, $e refer to them as 'men' an% '$omen'.)

/o es, males an% females can usuall pla the same sport, but the %o not compete against each other an% thereare no mi#e% gen%er sports teams such as soccer teams. 5ut $e %o ha e 'mi#e% %oubles' tennis, ping pong an%

ba%minton competitions in $hich a man an% a $oman team up an% compete against another man an% $oman.

&f ou come from a conser ati e countr , such as most &slamic countries, the sports that girls pla might bequite restricte%. ust gi e information to the e#aminer about the situation in our countr , $hate er the situationis.

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$s there anything about science that you dislike?



This question might be, '&s there an thing about stu% ing science that ou %islikeE'

The possible ans$ers coul% be quite %ifferent, %epen%ing on $hether the $or%, 'stu% ing' is use% or not. ore#ample, ou might %islike the fact that science has pro%uce% the nuclear bomb, $hich coul% $ipe out humanlife on earth. - en if the $or% 'stu% ing' is not use%, it is still suitable to repl $hat ou %on3t like aboutstu% ing science at school.

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Do you like painting? (Why 5 Why not?)

• 4ere, 'painting' is the erbal noun, the acti it of painting. The question is the same as, 'Jo ou like to paintE' ( = paint pictures, not paint the $alls in our home or some other thing.)

• The $or%, 'painting' can also be a noun, meaning a picture that $as painte% b someone. suall in-nglish $e use the plural form of a noun $hen speaking in general. or e#ample, 'Jo ou like to go toart galleries an% look at paintingsE' There are occasions $hen the singular form of noun is use% $henspeaking in general but a singular noun almost al$a s is prece%e% b one of these small $or%s: a, an,one, the, this, that, m , our, its, his, her, our, theirZ. or e#ample, '& like to ha e a cup of coffee firstthing in the morning'.

• &f the question is, 'Jo ou like paintingE' then it is reall asking about our feelings, not about ho$often ou %o it. or e#ample, & like painting because it3s rela#ing an% gi es me a sense of achie ement.5ut it3s been man ears since & painte% a picture & think it $oul% be suitable to inclu%e in our ans$erho$ often (or ho$ rarel ) ou paint a picture, e en if ou sa ou like this acti it . +n% sa $h ou%on3t %o it er often e en though ou like it.

#ow about now? Do you still paint pictures?

&t3s possible that the first question is the past tense question, 'Ji% ou e er paint pictures $hen ou $ere achil%', follo$e% b a question asking if the situation is the same no$. This might also be true forthe2ollecting topic, the ilms topic an% the 5ooks I 9ea%ing topic.

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• ($n a class,) who do you think is more important, the students or the teacher?• (-imilar to above) ($n your class,) who do you think is more important, the students or the

teacher?

&n 2hinese, it3s normal to ans$er, ' xyz ' but in -nglish to sa , 'The 3re both important' is a poor ans$er.

- er bo% kno$s the 3re both important but the question is asking, 'Which has the greaterimportanceE' &f oumean to sa that both are e/ually important ($hich is $hat xyz implies), then ou nee% to use the $or%'equall ' or some similar $or%s such as 'the same amount of importance'.

+ similar question is this: R +fter & ask ou these t$o questions: Jo ou like to eat noo%lesE ( es) an% %o oulike to eat rice ( es) S .... ' Which do you prefer to eat, rice or noodles? ' &n 2hinese, ou might sa ' x|} '$hich reall means '& like them both equall ' but if ou simpl translate ' x|} ' as, '& like them both' thenit is a poor ans$er because & alrea% kno$ that ou like them both You nee% to use the $or%, 'equall ' if ourmeaning is that ou %o not like one more than the other.

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What%s your favourite public holiday?

+ 3public holi%a 3 is a %a or more than one %a in $hich most people %on3t go to $ork an% most school stu%ents%on3t go to school. This holi%a is celebrating or commemorating something. We use 'celebrate' to refer tohapp celebrations but the $or%, 'commemorate' is use% for more solemn occasions, such as commemoratingthe Wenchuan earthquake e er ear or the an0ing Aassacre of 1C!H.

&n 2hina, man $orking people ha e their onl 'holi%a s' ( acation from $ork) %uring the /pring esti al. &nother $or%s, the /pring esti al is both a public holiday an% a acation time. &n most Western countries, thesame situation e#ists %uring the one $eek 2hristmas public holi%a . 5ut in the West, most $orking peoplechoose to take their annual acations (their annual holi%a s) at another time, $hen e er bo% else is $orking./o, in the West, $orking people ha e a break at 2hristmas and a break %uring their annual holi%a s.

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$ndoors 5 *utdoors

The $or%s, 'in%oors' an% 'out%oors' are places. The letter 's' is at the en% of these $or%s, probabl because people can use more than one %oor to enter their home.

5ut in the e#pressions, 'in%oor acti ities' an% 'out%oor acti ities', there is no 's' at the en% of the first $or%.4ere, 'in%oor' an% 'out%oor' are use% as a%0ecti es, follo$ing b a noun, $hich in this case is 'acti ities'.

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$n what ways do animals help agriculture in your country? 8

>r,

$n what ways are animals used in agriculture in your country?

This is an unclear question. Possibl it is referring to $ork animals .

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Do people in your country like to raise animals?

The real $or%s use% are more likel to be, Do people in your country like to keep animals?

The $or%s 'raise animals' or 'raise an animal' are not usuall use% $hen talking about a single petat home such as the famil pet %og, although it is possible an% is not completel 3$rong3 to sa that.Aost -nglish speakers 0ust use $or%s such as, 'ha e a pet', 'keep a %og' etc. but some peoplemight sa '&3m raising a %og' $hen the %og is still gro$ing. &f the e#aminer uses 'raise' $ith the$or% 'animal', the emphasis is more on bree%ing se eral of these animals, an% not as pets. ore#ample, someone coul% raise (se eral of) an e#pensi e bree% of %og in or%er to sell them for a

profitK or bree% (raise) a certain t pe of bir% as a hobb or for saleK or raise chickens in or%er toha e a source of eggs. >f course, some farmers raise cattle or sheep etc. for meat or $ool or other

pro%ucts.

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When $e sa , 'raise a chil%', the i%ea is to bring up that chil%, to gui%e the chil% an% take care ofhim or her %uring the gro$ing"up ears. 5ut $hen $e ha e a pet %og from the time the %og $as alittle pupp , $e usuall keep that %og until it %ies. /o, $e %o more than simpl 'raise' it %uring itsgro$ing ears.

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What%s your favourite wild animal (from your country)?/ome people ha e reporte% that the question inclu%es, 'in our countr ' $hile others 0ust sa thequestion is, 'What3s our fa ourite $il% animalE' To be safe, & suggest ou plan on talking about ananimal in our countr .

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Where do young people in your country meet other people?

&f these are the $or%s of the question, then it %oesn3t necessaril mean the same as, 'Where %ooung people make frien%sE', although the t$o often go together. To 'meet other people' 0ust

means to ha e some form of interaction $ith other people. ogicall , a person might make frien%s$here the meet people the most but this might not al$a s be true. or e#ample, a cashier in a bussupermarket might meet hun%re%s of people e er %a but she might onl make frien%s $ith theother cashiers at $ork.

& think the real question is most likel to be, ' Where do young people meet the people whobecome their friends? '

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Do you have any plans to travel by air in the future? ($f yes+ Where will you be going?)

& think this is most likel to be the form of a question about future air tra el. &f ou sa es, inclu%e in ourans$er $here ou plan to (or, hope to) goE

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(Possibl ) What kinds of museums are most popular in your country?

&f this is one of the questions, pa attention to $hether the e#aminer uses the $or%, 'popular' or the$or%, 'common'. These t$o $or%s %o not mean the same thing.

'common' = there are man of themD there is a lot of it

'popular' = man people like it



&n 2hina, (!G ears ago), bic cles $ere both common an% popular. 4o$e er, air pollution is alsocommon but it3s not popular.

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What do you usually do on weekends?

The same questions might be e#presse% in an of the follo$ing $a s:What %o ou usuall %o on the $eeken%E

What %o ou usuall %o at the $eeken%E

What %o ou usuall %o %uring the $eeken%E

4o$e er, since $e usuall use a plural noun $hen $e are speaking in general, ' on weekends ' isthe most likel $or%ing.

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What are you going to do ne't weekend?

The $or%s, 'going to' means that this question is asking ou to gi e a pre%iction about $hat ou$ill be %oing ne#t $eeken%, an% this pre%iction is possible because ou ha e a plan or intention to%o something specific. &f ou ha e no plans at all for ne#t $eeken% then it3s not suitable to begin bsa ing, '&3m going to ...' &nstea%, ou shoul% first sa that ou ha e no plans et but,

'&might go shopping $ith m frien%', or '&3ll possibl Dprobabl go shopping $ith m frien%'. >fcourse, ou shoul% inclu%e more than one acti it because people %o more than one thing on$eeken%s. +n% ou coul% inclu%e why ou might %o those things.

4o$e er, it is still possible to use 'going to' if ou ha e no plans. That is, it is possible to make a pre%iction base% on $hat ou usuall %o. &n this case, ou still shoul% begin b e#plaining that ouha e no plans et, follo$e% b $or%s such as, '&3m probably going to 0ust sta at home an% surf theinternet an% things like that. or e#ample, & might ...'. &n this case, ou shoul% use 'probabl ', not

0ust 'going to' $ithout an a% erb of probabilit ($hich is $hat 'probabl ' is.)

&f ou %o ha e a plan, ou can use '&3m going to ...' but ou can also use, '& plan to ...', '& inten%to ...', or '& hope to ...' (in the case $here ou are not sure ou $ill be able to %o it). ( Don%t sa , '&$ish to ...'.)

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Jo ou inten% to continue this kin% of $ork for the rest of our lifeE

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The question might be, 'Jo ou inten% to continue %oing this 0ob for the rest of our lifeE'

'This 0ob' usuall means, 'this $ork $ith the same emplo er or compan '. 5ut 'this 0ob' also canmean 'this task' = 'this $ork'. Therefore, it $oul% be possible to sa that ou %o inten% to continue%oing the same 0ob (the same taskDthe same $ork) but $ith a %ifferent emplo er. That means,changing our job but not changing the work you do , or not changing the kind of work ou %o. ustr to communicate our meaning clearl b e#plaining things.

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Do you think it%s important to study something that you like?

& think the similar question in Part 1 of an"+pr, ;G11 is, ' Do you think it%s important to studysomething that you%re interested in? ' The t$o are slightl %ifferent in meaning.

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What computer skill(s) would you like to learn?

This question might be: ' $s there anything about computers you would you like to learn? ' &f it isthis, it is much broa%er than asking about skills. You coul% ans$er that ou $oul% simpl like tolearn more about ho$ computers $ork. That is not a skill.

&f the question is about skills, of course ou shoul% talk about a skill that ou ha e not et learne%This coul% inclu%e ho$ to use certain soft$are, such as ho$ to use i%eo e%iting soft$are, or ho$to use 3Photoshop3 etc.

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What sort of weather do you like the most?

Wor%s to %escribe $eather are usuall a%0ecti es: warm, cool, cold, free6ing cold, hot, sunny,cloudy, wet rainy, snowy , humid, dry, windy, blustery, stormy &&&

'Wet' means it rains a lot. 'Jr ' means it3s not er humi%.

Ouite often t$o of these a%0ecti es are use% together to %escribe $eather, such as 'hot an% humi%','col% an% %r ', 'col% an% $et' ...

' ine $eather' means it3s not raining an% the sun is shining brightl , although there might be some$hite (not gre ) clou%s in the sk . 5ut this coul% be use% to %escribe a both a col% %a or a hot %aso it is probabl not a goo% enough %escription on its o$n to %escribe a t pe of $eather N it is usualto inclu%e a t pe of temperature $hen %escribing a t pe of $eather. The $or%, 'mil%' can be use%to %escribe a temperature that is neither er col% nor er hot.



-#ample sentences:

'& like $arm, sunn $eather that3s not too humi%.'

'& like $eather that3s quite %r , $ith mil% or e en cool temperatures an% a clear, blue sk .'

'& like it $hen it3s quite %r , $ith mil% or e en cool temperatures an% a clear, blue sk .'

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a) Would you say it%s a good place to grow up?

b) (.ossibly the /uestion above is this) $s it a good place for young people to live?

• &t is possible that both questions are in use for Part 1 bet$een /eptember an% Jecember,;G11.

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or the 'gro$' up question, talk about $hether the things that people nee% an% $ant $henthe are gro$ing up are a ailable in our hometo$n. That is, talk about people from bab hoo% to about the age of 16.

• or the ' oung people' question, talk about $hether the things that people nee% an% $ant $hen the are ' oung people' are a ailable in our hometo$n.. Thatis, talk about people from about 1! to about ;7 or e en !G. /ince the term, ' oung people'has no strict %efinition, it is also possible to inclu%e chil%ren but the most common meaningof ' oung people' is teenagers an% oung a%ults.

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Do you think it%s good to have compulsory swimming lessons for children?

>nl one person has reporte% this question. 4e or she $rote this: Do you think it%s goodto force a child to learn to swim? The question $or%ing might be, Do you think it%s goodto compel a child to learn to swim?

'2ompulsor ' an% 'compel' 0ust mean that there is no choiceK it3s something ou ha e to %o.

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5ut the $or% 'force' is much stronger. When ou force someone to %o something, ou compelthem to %o it $hen the strongl %on3t $ant to %o it an% tr to a oi% %oing it, such as $hen the aresa ing, ' o o & %on3t $ant to learn to s$im '

& %oubt that the $or%, 'force' is use% in this question. '2ompel' simpl means ' ou ha e to %o it',$hether ou $ant to %o it or not. Aa be ou are happ to %o it, ma be ou are not too happ about%oing it but it3s not a strong feeling of unhappiness, or ma be ou ha e no particular feelings aboutit at all.

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What do you think happiness means?

What does happiness mean to you?

&f ou get the first of those questions, ou shoul% ans$er in a general $a an% gi e some e#trainformation, such as e#amples. &n other $or%s, e#plain $hat 'happiness' is for people in general.

&f ou get the secon% question, the use of 'for ou' is asking ou to %escribe $hat specificall brings happiness to ou. &t3s similar to, 'What makes ou happ E' &n this case, ou %on3t reall nee%to %efine 'happiness' as ou nee% to %o for the first question. or e#ample (for a marrie% person):'4appiness for me is spen%ing time $ith m $ife an% %aughter. ( e#tra information)'

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What do you think are the advantages of home cooking?

>ne person has reporte% that he got a question similar to that. >f course, 'home cooking' means'cooking our o$n meals at home'. &t3s still calle% 'home cooking' or a 'home"cooke% meal' if

ou eat at our frien%3s home an% he or she cooke% the meal there.

- en if the question asks ou to gi e the a% antages, ou can still sa something about the%isa% antages, after ou ha e first sai% something that %irectl ans$ers the question (i.e., after ouha e first sai% something about the a% antages.)

The question might be $or%e% %ifferentl , such as, ' Do you prefer home!cooked food or the food from ( or, in) restaurants? '

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alking

• There are t$o usages of the $or%, '$alking':

a) $alking in e er %a life such as $alking from the bus"stop to our home, an%



b) $alking as an acti it that ou choose to %o for e#ercise, for pleasure, to get some fresh air,to $alk the %og, etc.

Aost questions here seem to allo$ for either interpretation.

There is also 'hiking', $hich is $alking for quite a long %istance in a natural en ironment for ane#ten%e% time (for e#ample, bet$een one hour an% se eral %a s).

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&f the first question is, ' Do you like walking? ', that $oul% allo$ for both interpretations. &nother $or%s, our ans$er coul% be about a) or b) or a mi#ture of both. 5ut if the e#aminerasks, ' Do you like going for a walk? ' or, ' Do you like going for walks? ', then thatspecificall an% onl means interpretation b). & think the more likel $or%ing is simpl , ' Do

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Why did you choose to study those subjects?

( or high school stu%ents)

&t is possible the e#aminer $ill ask ou $h ou chose to stu% those su!jects . &t is also possiblethat the e#aminer $ill choose one of our sub0ects, such as chemistr , an% ask ou, ' hy did you!hoose to study !hemistry? '

/imilarl , for the ne#t question, ' What%s the most interesting part of your course? ', the e#aminermight change the question for high school stu%ents to, 'What3s the most interesting of oursub0ectsE'

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Do you like your school5university?

&t is not er suitable to sa that ou %on3t like our school er much because ou ha e too mane#ams or too much home$ork. This question is asking about your school but ou kno$ that all theother high schools in 2hina ha e similar amounts of home$ork an% e#ams (The e#ception is someof those international schools or pri ate schools that follo$ a foreign teaching program but the arein the minorit .) Tr to gi e an ans$er about our particular school, not schools in general.

&f the question $as, 'Jo ou like schoolE' or, 'Jo ou like being a high school stu%entE', thentalking about the number of e#ams I the amount of home$ork $oul% be suitable.

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a) What are the good points about your job?

b) (-imilar to above) What benefits do you get from working (or, from your job)?



Aost probabl the question is similar in meaning to a). 5ut, if the e#aminer uses the $or%, 'benefits', there is a broa%er possible interpretation of this question, an interpretation that still inclu%es the general meaning of a) butalso inclu%es a more specific meaning. /ee here for the usage of the $or%, 'benefits' $hen talking about a 0ob($ith a particular emplo er).

&t3s not certain that the e#aminers are using the $or%, 'benefits'. The person $ho reporte% this question simpl$rote, ' ~•€ ‚ƒ„ ', meaning 'What %oes $ork bring (or gi e) to ouE' The e#aminer might ha e use%the $or%, '$orking'.

&f the question $or%ing is specificall about ' our 0ob', meaning our 0ob $ith the particular emplo er ou$ork for, then it $oul% be suitable to inclu%e the 'benefits' such as a free car an% free lunches at $ork, e en$hen the e#aminer %oes not use the $or%, 'benefits' in the question. 5ut if the question $or%ing 0ust has the$or%s ' our $ork' or e en more generall , '$orking', then inclu%ing in our ans$er the benefits ouremplo er pro i%es is not er suitable.

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test . &fseveral people speak the same sentences in the test, the e#aminers $ill e entuall kno$ thatthese sentences are not our original $or%s. 0his will seriously damage your score /omee#aminers might e en rea% this $ebsite. -#aminers %on3t like ans$ers that can%i%ates learn, $or%for $or%, from a book, a $ebsite or from the blackboar% in a class because such ans$ers are notreal, natural communication. The best i%ea is to adapt the i%eas belo$ (if ou $ant to) b making

our o$n sentences an% speaking naturall in the test. 2ompletel memoriMe% ans$ers are usuallnot spoken in a er natural $a b can%i%ates. Try to a$oid letting the examinerknow that you ha$e read this websiteBB

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$n the future, what sort of home (flat, house etc&) would you like to live in?

• ati e -nglish speakers sometimes use the $or%, 'place' to mean, 'flat' or 'house' or'home'. or e#ample, '&3m going to ha e a part at m place on /atur%a '. 5ut & %oubt thatthis question inclu%es this $or%. &n other $or%s, & %oubt that the question is $or%e% as, ' $nthe future, what sort of place (flat, house etc&) would you like to live in? 5ut it is possible.

• Jon3t make the mistake of confusing the $or% 'home' $ith the $or%, 'famil ' " 'home' is a

place, 'famil ' are people. '4ome' is a rather general $or% that means, '$here someone

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li es'. &t %oesn3t al$a s mean a structure such as a house or a flat. or e#ample, $hentalking about a (homeless) man $ho has no 0ob an% no mone " '4e ma%e his home un%erthe bri%ge', meaning he has a sleeping place (such as a simple mattress) an% perhaps afireplace un%er the bri%ge an% he keeps his simple possessions there, such as his bag, acooking pot an% a fe$ plates.

• Aost people $ill talk about some kin% of house or flat $hen the ans$er this question butthere are se eral other possible alternati es, as sho$n on this page, http:DDielts"

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Do you like your job?

Do you like your subject?

&f ou get an question about liking something, ou shoul% tr to sa something aboutour feelings . ( or e#ample, see +%0ecti es of eeling although ou %on3t al$a s nee% to use ana%0ecti e of feeling to talk about liking something.)

5elo$ is an e#ample of an unsuitable ans$er, unsuitable because it e#presses rational (= logical)thinking rather than feelings:

O: ' Do you like your subject? ' +: ' es $ do because it will lead to a good job after $ graduate .'

That ans$er %oesn3t reall sa s an thing about liking the sub0ect. 5ut it coul% be a%apte% to make it

closer to a suitable ans$er. or e#ample, ' es $ do because it will lead to a good job after $ graduate, and $ like having a feeling of confidence about my future .' 5ut that is still not realltalking about liking the sub0ect. &nstea%, it is simpl talking about liking $hat ou are %oing no$,$ith a ie$ to liking something that $ill result from this in the future. &t3s a bit like sa ing, ' $ likenot eating for a whole day because $ like the idea of losing weight .' & %oubt that an one realllikes being hungr for a $hole %a

+ better ans$er, one that $oul% be suitable is, ' 2ot particularly because it%s /uite a difficultsubject but it will lead to a good job after $ graduate, and $ do like having a feeling of confidenceabout my future .'

&t is not al$a s eas to talk about $h ou like something N after all, ou are not a ps chologist5ut ou can attempt to e#press our feelings. >r ou can talk about some aspects of our sub0ect or

our 0ob that ou like. or either our sub0ect or our 0ob, probabl the most suitable aspect tomention is that ou fin% something interesting about it. +fter all, $hen something interests us, $e%on3t %islike it. '&nteresting' refers to using the brain, or thinking (not feeling) an% this is ersuitable $hen talking about being a stu%ent. or a 0ob, $hich in ol es more than simpl stu% ingan% learning, ou coul% also sa ou like it because ou like some aspect of our 0ob, such assol ing problems, meeting ne$ people, helping people, tra eling, or because ou like animals (if

ou $ork $ith animals) etc. That $oul% be goo% enough for a Part 1 ans$er. 5ut it $oul% be e en

better to tr to e#press $h ou like this aspect. or e#ample: ' $ get a lot of satisfaction

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from solving problems 9 ' $ like meeting new people because $ think people are interesting andsometimes $ make new friends that way 'K ' $ like helping people because it makes me feel that $am doing something worthwhile 'K ' $ like traveling because then $ get to see interesting new

places, things and people 'K an%, ' $ like animals because $ think it%s interesting how they are like people in some ways '.

&t3s also a goo% i%ea to sa , '*n the other hand, ...' an% then a%% one or t$o things that ou %on3t particularl like. /ho$ing kno$le%ge of the e#pression, ' *n the other hand, ...' $ill earn ou

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4limate and eather

+lthough climate is usuall %efine% as '$eather on a long"term scale', & think the main aspects that people refer to $hen the talk about climate are temperature an%humidity . -#pressions that arecommonl use% to %escribe climate are: 'a mil% climate', 'a $arm, $et (or humi%) climate', 'a hot,$et (or humi%) climate', 'a col%, %r climate', 'a col%, rain climate'. Those same e#pressions can

also be use% to %escribe $eather.

>n the other han%, $e commonl use the follo$ing a%0ecti es to %escribe $eather but not to%escribe climate: 'sunn ', '$in% ', 'o ercast', 'fine' ...

>f course, the climate of a place changes in the %ifferent seasons. When %escribing the seasons,e#pressions such as 'mil% $inters', 'mil% summers', 'hot, humi% summers', 'col%, %r $inters'etc. are suitable.

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Eelati$es

Aake sure ou kno$, an% use in our ans$ers, some suitable ocabular for this topic. The mainrelati es that people ha e are: un!les , aunts , !ousins , nie!es , nephews an%grandparents . You canalso a%%brother5in5law , sister5in5law , mother5in5law an%father5in5law to that list.

( ote that grandparent , grandmother , grandfather etc. are all pronounce% $ith 'gran%' spokenstronger than the secon% part of the $or%. The same is true for the in5laws , in5laws -, sho$n abo e.)

The follo$ing are not calle% 'relati es' in -nglish. &nstea%, the are calle%, 'members of ourfamil ': mother, father, brother, sister, son, %aughter, husban% an% $ife.

' amil ' in -nglish usuall refers to the 'nuclear famil ' of mother, father an% chil%ren. - enthough gran%parents sometimes li e $ith one of their sons or %aughters an% their (nuclear) familan% seem to be part of the nuclear famil , most -nglish"speakers $oul% still refer to gran%parentsas, 'relati es'. The 'e#ten%e% famil ' consists of the nuclear famil an% the relati es.

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Who are some of your relatives that you know?

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• This topic is about arious games that are usuall pla e% in%oors but $hich can be pla e% out%oors ingoo% $eather. + goo% e#ample of that is chess. You can also pla a computer game on our laptopcomputer or some other %e ice $hile sitting in the park.

• The game of snooker (an% similar games) is one e#ample of a game that is also calle% a 'sport' that &think $oul% be acceptable to talk about for this topic.

• There might be a game that %oes not ha e an -nglish name (such as $eiqi an% ma0iang) or a game thatou %on3t kno$ the -nglish name for. &n both of these cases, ou should tr to gi e the e#aminer a er

short e#planation of the game.

Jon3t forget, this is a test of communication abilit , not 0ust a test of language. To simpl sa '$eiqi' or'mah0iang' is not goo% communication, although some -nglish speakers %o kno$ $hat 'mah0iang' means

because man ol% la%ies like to pla mah0iang $ith their frien%s. &f ou %on3t kno$ the -nglish name of a game but successfull communicate $hat it is, ou $ill get points for that, specificall ocabular points This iscalle% 'paraphrasing' an% it is 0u%ge% un%er the @ocabular sub"score.

• /ee 3 E for some ocabular an% internet links to $ebsites on the topic of 'games', especiall in%oor games.

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Do you like plastic flowers?

&f this question %oes e#ist, it3s more likel to be something like this: ' Do you think plastic flowersare just as good as real flowers? ' 4int " Which ones smell betterE

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coloure% pencils

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What school5university do you go to?

This question might be $or%e% as, 'What schoolDuni ersit %o ou atten%E'

5oth of those questions mean, 'What schoolDuni ersit %o ou go to now E' This is not asking aboutour future plans.

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What are your responsibilities at work?

This is $hat someone reporte% as their question. 5ut it3s possible that the question is simpl , ' What do you do in your job E' or, ' What do you do at work E'

'What ou %o' an% '$hat our responsibilities are' are not al$a s e#actl the same thing.'9esponsibilities' refers to '%ut ' or, $hat ou must %o or have to do or should %o. Aanagers an%group lea%ers ha e more responsibilit than emplo ees $ho are lo$er on the la%%er. 5ut, of course,e en the lo$est person in the hierarch at $ork has a 0ob to %o, $hich more or less %oes mean, 'a

0ob the ha e to %o'. &f the $or%, 'responsibilities' is use% in the question, the best $a to ans$erthe question is to inclu%e such $or%s as, ' $ have to ..', $ must ...' etc. or e#ample, ' $ have toclean the toilets and keep the floors in the whole office clean .'

>n the other han%, if the $or%ing is simpl , ' What do you do? ' then it3s more normal to sasomething like, ' $ write computer code most of the time but sometimes $ have to test new softwarethat $ and other people have written& ' &t $oul% not seem er suitable to stress that ou ' have to '%o it in this case, although it $oul% not be $rong to sa that.

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Food for 4hildren

• Woul% ou sa it was a goo% place for chil%ren to li eE• (/imilar to abo e but a little %ifferent) Woul% ou sa it was a goo% place to gro$ upE

&t is possible that the erb here is present tense, i.e., ' Would you say it is a good place for childrento live? ' The $or%, 'chil%ren' refers to people from about the age of F to 1;. &f the question usesthe $or%s, 'gro$ up', then the meaning is from birth to the the late teens, up to the age of ;G.

>afe

• (.ossibly) Was it a safe place to live?

• Do you think it%s ( it is, now) a safe place to bring up children?



'/afet ' can inclu%e 'safe for our health', i.e., the $or%s, 'a safe place' can inclu%e the meaningof, 'a health place'.

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What do you plan to do after you finish your studies?

• &t is not clear $hat $or%s are use% for this question. &f the question uses the $or%s as sho$n

abo e, there are t$o possible $a s to interpret the meaning of the question: a) 'What %o ou plan to %o after ou ha e finishe% all of our stu%ies, inclu%ing an stu%ies o erseas that ou$ill %o in the future such as a Aaster3s JegreeE' or, b) 'What %o ou plan to %o after ouha e finishe% the stu%ies ou are %oing no$ (i.e., the stu%ies that $e ha e been talking aboutin the pre ious questions)E' The best thing to %o $oul% be to ask the e#aminer if heDshemeans a or b. This is, after all, a test of our communication skills (not simpl a languagetest) an% seeking clarification of a question is one of the ma0or communication skills.

• >n the other han%, if the $or%ing of the question is something like this: 'What %o ou planto %o after ou gra%uateE' (from the uni ersit course ou are stu% ing no$) or 'What %o

ou plan to %o after ou ha e finishe% high schoolE' then the question means b), as sho$n

abo e. &n this case, ou shoul% not ask if the e#aminer is referring to our future stu%ies.• You shoul% a oi% using the erbs '$ill' or 'going to' in our ans$er to this question. This is

because '$ill' an% 'going to' are use% to predict the future but this question is asking aboutour plans, not asking ou to make a pre%iction. se erbs such as, '& plan to ...', '& inten% to

...' an% '& hope to ...'. + oi% '& $ish to ...' because that is unsuitabl formal. (&t is true that ahigh"le el -nglish speaker, such as 5an% 6.G an% abo e coul% inclu%e '$ill' an% 'going to'in an ans$er here, in a%%ition to using the erbs 'plan to', 'inten% to' an% 'hope to' but &suggest most can%i%ates shoul% a oi% using '$ill' an% 'going to' $hen ans$ering thisquestion.)

• >e$eral people are now ,after Iuly 2J- reporting the uestion0 6 What work do you planto do after you have finished your studies? 6 or 6 What are your future career plans? 6 so itlooks like meaning a-0 abo$e0 is most probably the real meaning of the uestion here

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ould or ill

• &f ouhad chil%ren, $hat to s would ou gi e themE• (/imilar to abo e) &f ou had to choose a to for a chil%, $hat to would ou gi e themE

These t$o questions are h pothetical ( fg ), referring to a situation that %oes not e#ist no$ (=M0‡ˆP ). &f ou get one of those questions, ou shoul% use '$oul%' (or a ariation of '$oul%'such as 'probabl $oul%' or 'possibl $oul%'), not '$ill'.

>n the other han%, it is possible that this question is aske% using the follo$ing $or%s, '&fou have chil%ren in the future, $hat to s will ou gi e themE' This question is asking ou to make

a pre%iction about the real, (possible) future. You shoul% ans$er this question using '$ill' (or'might', 'ma ', 'possibl $ill'= '$ill possibl ', or 'probabl $ill'= 'probabl $ill'), not'$oul%'.

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63olidays6 Topi! (Aa "+ug ;G1;)

Do you prefer to spend your holidays at home or to travel?

The question abo e might be simpl , ' Do you like to travel when you have a holiday? '

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(&f ou sometimes tra el) Do you usually go to the same places that you have been to before?

The question abo e might be simpl , ' Do you go to the same place every year? '

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What would you like to do in your ne't holiday?

The question abo e might be something like, ' $f you had a holiday and wanted to choose a traveldestination, where would you choose to go? '

The follo$ing t$o questions $ere reporte% to go $ith the question abo e:

Would you prefer to go to just one place or several places?

Who would you choose to go with?

Jon3t use '$ill' to ans$er these questionsK use '$oul%'.

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What do you like to photograph?

4ere, 'photograph' is a erb.

The e#act $or%ing of the question is not kno$n. &t might be e#presse% as, ' What do you like totake photos of? ' or, ' What kinds of things do you like to photograph? '

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Did your friends also grow up in the same place as you?

&f the question uses $or%ing such as that, it means the people who are your friends now .

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Do young people in your country like traditional dancing?

• Tra%itions, $hich are usuall hun%re%s of ears ol% or more, are part of the culture of%ifferent groups of people. This question is asking about your culture, not the tra%itional%ances of other cultures.



• 'Tra%itional %ancing' %oes not simpl mean the same as 'ol%"fashione% %ancing'. &n the caseof ou 4an 2hinese, it seems that ou ha e lost most or all of our tra%itional %ances. Youshoul% e#plain this to the e#aminer, possibl e#plaining ho$ this happene%. 4o$e er, it is

possible for ou to e#pan% or a%apt our ans$er b a%%ing information about ol%er st les of%ancing, not the more mo%ern st les of %ancing that oung people might %o in a %isco. 5ut

ou nee% to clearl communicate that ou kno$ the %ifference bet$een these ol%er st les of%ancing an% tra%itional %ancing from our culture. or e#ample, %ances such as the $altMan% the tango are quite ol% but the are not from our culture if ou are not from Lerman(the $altM) or atin +merica (the tango).

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The Ceaning of the ord0 6 ntertainment6

• '-ntertainment' is an acti it that amuses or captures the interest of people. -ntertainment isfor fun, for en0o mentK it is not serious. There is no aim or e#pectation that someone $illlearn an thing from entertainment, although, of course, ou can learn something froman thing or e er thing.

• -ntertainment is a t pe of leisure acti it or free time acti it but not all leisure or free"timeacti ities are suitable to be calle%, 'entertainment'.

• There are t$o main groups of entertainment acti ities, passi e entertainmentan% acti e entertainment.

• The most common e#ample of passi e entertainment is $atching or listening to a performance. 4ere are some e#amples:

$atching films

$atching T@ or listening to the ra%io $hen the programs are not 3serious3 programs such as the

e$s, %ocumentar programs or other programs that are meant to teach ou something or makeou think seriousl . OuiM sho$s or similar game sho$s on T@ are for entertainment, not reall for

the ie$er to increase their kno$le%ge. /imilar contents on the internet are also classifie% as'entertainment'.

$atchingDlistening to a performance such as a pla , a concert, a ban% pla ing music, a singer onstage, $atchingDlistening to a come%ian performing, $atching a basketball or football game orsome other sports competition, a magic performance, a %ance performance, an acrobatics

performance etc.

listening to recor%e% music

listening to someone tell a stor

• 3+cti e3 forms of entertainment are acti ities people %o to amuse themsel es. Pla ing gamesis prominent among this group. 4ere are some e#amples:

pla ing games such as computer games or pla ing games $ith other people 0ust for fun such ascar% games or e en chess

pla ing part games or similar games $ith other people



engaging in fun (= not serious) competitions $ith others

sol ing puMMles such as 0ig"sa$ puMMles, $or% puMMles or number puMMles

e#periencing 3fun acti ities3 such as ri%ing a roller"coaster at an amusement park

telling or sharing 0okes an% stories etc. an% engaging in $itt , amusing con ersation$ith others

engaging in non"serious chat on the internet (= chatting on the internet) or 0ust chatting $ith othersin real life $hen the contents of this chatting are not serious or not inten%e% for learning somethinguseful or something aca%emic or intellectual. /erious 3%iscussion3 is not 3entertainment3.

going to a karaoke bar (or [T@) $ith our frien%s an% singing songs there is a form ofentertainment because it is an acti it in $hich ou $atch the performance of others " ou entertaineach other. &t is also entertainment simpl because it3s a 3fun3 acti it , not a serious acti it , e en if

ou are serious about singing the best ou can.

rea%ing non"serious literature such as comics, 0oke books, amusing short stories or 3lo e stories3.- en rea%ing magaMines or articles on the internet about the personal li es of celebrities orentertainers such as pop singers, actors or sports stars is more a form of entertainment than a formof serious rea%ing from $hich ou learn something useful. suall , rea%ing no els is an e#ample of engaging in an acti it for entertainment " it3s similar to listening to someone telling a stor (seeabo e). This is especiall true if ou %on3t learn much from the no el that is useful such as ne$$or%s or ne$ facts about histor .

• We %on3t usuall sa pla ing sports such as basketball or football are forms of3entertainment3, e en $hen ou pla these games 0ust for fun, not serious competition, but it

might be possible to e#plain that pla ing basketball $ith our frien%s at lunchtime is ane#ample of entertaining oursel es, especiall if ou ha e a lot of fun %oing it an% laugh an% 0oke at times.

4o$e er, although $e sa 'a game of basketball', it3s best to think of basketball an% football etc.as sports, not 3games3. 4o$e er, & $oul% sa that a fe$ acti ities that are often classifie% as both 3asport3 an% 3a game3 coul% be calle% 3entertainment3, such as pla ing snooker or %arts.

• 4obbies such as collecting something or creating art through music or painting etc. are notcalle% forms of 3entertainment3, especiall $hen ou are learning to %o these acti ities. 5ut a

person $ho can pla the piano, for e#ample, an% $ho lo es pla ing some of the music he orshe kno$s, is entertaining him or herself, similar to performing for oneself.• /imple leisure"time or rela#ing acti ities such as going fishing, s$imming at the beach,

$alking in the park or going shopping are not usuall calle% forms of 3entertainment3 but areclassifie% un%er some other acti it group.

• Jrinking in a pub or a bar $ith our frien%s is, itself, not a form of 3entertainment3 but oumight engage in some entertaining acti ities at the pub such as pla ing pool (similar tosnooker), pla ing 3table soccer3 or %arts, pla ing %rinking games or engaging in $ittcon ersation. 2ertainl , listening to a ban% or a singer performing at the pub is a form ofentertainment. /o, in this $a , man pubs or bars can be classifie% as both a place for

%rinking alcohol an% a place for entertainment. + %isco, $here ou 0ust %rink alcohol an%



%ance to the music is less suitable as an e#ample of a place of 3entertainment3 although it is possible to call a %isco 'a place of entertainment'. (The music in %iscos is too lou% for people to %o much chatting, there are usuall no games to pla there such as %arts or poolan% %ancing is not consi%ere% to be a form of entertainment. 5ut since most people go to%iscos 0ust for fun, the coul% be calle% 3entertainment places3.)

• /ee also the Wikipe%ia article on entertainment: http:DDen.$ikipe%ia.orgD$ikiD-ntertainment• ' un' = ‰K K 'funn ' = ‰Š , ‹Š

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Topi! / Cuseums

Do you think the government should build more museums?

&n a%%ition to ans$ering the question as it is aske%, this question is also an in itation for ou tointro%uce the i%ea of privately owned or privately built museums, if ou $ant.

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What museum (or, what kind of museum) would you like to visit in the future?

&f the $or%ing is '$hat museum' then it is best to talk about a real, e#isting museum.

&f the $or%ing is '$hat kin% of museum' or '$hat sort of museum', it might be possible for ou totalk about the kin% of museum that %oesn3t e#ist no$ but that ou imagine $oul% be a goo% i%ea for the future. This is speaking hypotheti!ally .

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Topi! / Keeping 3ealthy

5eing 'fit' an% being 'health ' are er close in meaning but are not e#actl the same. ' it' ismore concerne% $ith ha ing a strong bo% $hile 'health ' simpl means 'free of illness or %iseaseKin goo% con%ition'. /o, e#ercise promotes the 'fitness' part of being health , as $ell as helping the

bo% sta free of %isease, $hile eating goo% foo% promotes the 'health bo% ' aspect more. &t3s noter suitable to sa that eating health foo% helps keep ou 'fit', although it is not an enormous

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Topi! / 4limate 4hange

Do you think the weather has changed much in recent years?

& think it3s %ifficult for e en ol% people to ans$er this question. >l% farmers $oul% be better able toans$er this question than ol% cit people, but & think e en man ol% farmers $oul% not be sureabout the ans$er to this question. -l%erl people ha e seen man more ears of life than oung

people $ho are about ;G ears ol%, so an ans$er to this question is e en more %ifficult for oung people to correctl judge . 2limate changes take place on time scales that are much longer than a

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fe$ %eca%es +n% there is al$a s some ariation in $eather an% climate from ear to ear" nothing in nature stays stati! .

& personall remember that there $as more sno$ in 5ei0ing in the earl ;GGG ears than there $asin the ears ;G1G to ;G1!. 5ut nearb parts of northern 2hina seeme% to al$a s ha e robust sno$falls (not 0ust in the mountains) so & suspect other factors are at pla here, such as urban pollution,the urban heat"islan% effect, an% humi%it changes because, after all, sno$fall is not 0ust connecte%$ith temperature, it3s also connecte% $ith humi%it . 2limate is the result of many e#tremel

comple# an% not $ell"un%erstoo% natural processes. urthermore, it has been sho$n that there is both 'local climate' an% 'regional climate'. &t3s not as simple as $e ha e been le% to belie e. otonl that, m life e#perience of sno$ $inters is rather limite%, especiall in the one place,5ei0ing. & ha en3t li e% continuousl in one place all m life, to sa the least. +ll this complicatesm abilit to make an accurate, ob0ecti e 0u%gment on the question of recent $eather changes in5ei0ing.

or topics such as this, ou nee% to think about such $or%sas objectivity , subjectivity , illusions an% perceived reality . You also nee% to consi%er ho$ much

our '0u%gment' or 'opinion' on this question is influenced b $hat the me%ia an% school tells

ou. 4o$ can the a erage person make an accurate 0u%gment on this question unless the anal Me,an% un%erstan%honest 0 a!!urate an%unbiased empirical %ata, i.e., %ata from real"lifemeasurements. nfortunatel , the a erage person is neither capable of, nor er intereste% inanal Ming comple# scientific %ata. 5ut se eral scientists an% aca%emics have anal Me% the %ata an%spoken out, cr ing ' rau% '.

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Topi! / Diffi!ult ork

• (/imilar to abo e) Jo ou think our $ork is er %eman%ingE (Wh EDWh notE) N

• (/imilar to abo e) Woul% ou sa it3s a %ifficult 0ob to %oE N

The $or%s '%ifficult' an% '%eman%ing' ha e some$hat %ifferent meanings, although the are closein meaning.

'> erloa%e%' an% '%eman%ing' are more or less the same in meaning.

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Jo ou think stu% ing histor on the internet is goo%E

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