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  本人是3月31号的考生，在杭州参加考试，虽然刚考完的时候觉得死定了，但分数下来后是六点五，听力和阅读分别是6。5，其他两项是六。

   记得我是在考试前一个月准备考试的，希望我的那段痛苦回忆能给大家带来一些参考。前一个月，每天必须保持做3篇以上的阅读，这个是一定要坚持的，最好是做剑桥的题，另外推荐两本题集。1，雅思模拟考场：MARK MORGAN着，2，雅思考试技巧及模拟试题（学术类）：英国贝尔语言学校着。因为这两套书具有较强的针对性，出题的质量非常高，对只有一个月时间的考生提高自己的听力和阅读部分非常有效果。这两本书的难度普遍要高于雅思真题，烤鸭们在给自己模拟测试时，如果剑桥的题听力能基本对28个以上，阅读对26个以上，外加这两套书听力对27个左右，阅读对26个左右，那么可以保证在正式雅思考试时，如果不出意外，你的听力和阅读将是6。5的成绩。

有一点很关键，也是我受益比较大的，就是每做完一篇阅读和听力，就必须把文章中的生词掌握，这个后续工作是一定要做的，雅思考试的词基本也就是那么一些。建议在考雅的前一个月不要去听VOA这类的节目，因为语速太慢，真正考试时烤鸭们会适应不了，这类节目仅限于有足够时间准备考试的烤鸭。在一个月的时间里，烤鸭们就不用想着去提高口语能力了，因为时间来不及，你能做的就是找一个固定的好朋友（比你英语程度好些的，最好也是烤鸭）每天坚持练3个左右的TOPIC，一定要背熟，做到在真正考试的时候，考官判断不出你是事先准备过的。每天坚持写一两篇小作文和大作文，让英语程度比你好的人改一下，让他给你提提意见，这点很重要。

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John：The simple answer is that you should speak using your natural speed.  Speaking too quickly might make it more difficult for the interviewer to understand you, while intentionally slowing down your speed of speech might cause you to think too much and make more mistakes.

One thing to pay attention to, however, is that some students speed up their speech when they get nervous.  Try to avoid this by finding ways to relax in the interview.

Let me know anything is unclear.

网友torsion：向大家推荐一个练口语听力的好东东，美国情景喜剧《Friends》非常好！！
 
John: Friends is great, even if you've seen it five or six times! 

You can find it at most stores in Beijing that sell DVDs.  I'm not sure how readily available it is outside of Beijing.  In Chinese it's called either 老友记 or 六人行.

For those of you who don't know, Friends is an American sitcom (sitcom = "situation comedy"). 

网友snow_du：Just so so

John：Actually, you're not the only one who thinks so. As with any pop culture phenomenon, Friends has its detractors.  Here's an article that calls it "The most overrated comedy ever": http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/12/apontv.friends.ap/

My opinion--and I've watched a lot of sitcoms--is that Friends is a great show.  It may be overrated, it may not be the best show ever, but it certainly is entertaining.

If you search around online (try http://www.google.com/), you can find a lot more people who criticize the show.  If you're a fan, you might want to read some of these criticisms and see what you think.

John：First of all, I think "torsion" has a good point: the real value in watching a show like Friends is in finding an enjoyable way to study English.

As far as how to use it, there are several ways.  First of all, just watching it is a great way to improve your listening.  Try it with the subtitles off!  Another very effective way to improve your English using a television program is to imitate after the speakers.  You can either just imitate as you watch, doing your best to keep up, or use your remote control to pause the show and imitate sentence by sentence.  This is also most effective if done with the subtitles OFF.

New Concept is also a quality set of materials.  Attempting to memorize it by heart is an admirable goal, but realize that simply memorizing things is not the best way to become a good speaker of a language.  You also need to focus on improving your pronunciation through imitation. Perhaps you could memorize some of the passages and use the other passages as imitation materials (listen to the tapes!).

I hope these answers have been helpful!  Let me know if anything is unclear.

网友emily801024：This is your student of New Oriental School. In your class, you asked us “How to say……” isn't a good sentence. However, sometimes I heard some native speakers use this sentence (“How to say……”). Would you please tell me why? Is the sentence wrong or right? Can we use it?

Another question is about my grammar. When I ’m writing、reading, there aren’t many grammatical mistakes (also have some), but when I’m speaking to somebody, I always make lots of mistakes. What should I do?

John：Emily,"How to..." cannot come at the beginning of a question.  So, for instance, "How to say 'table' in Chinese?", is an incorrect way of asking a question.  You may, however, say something like, "Could you tell me how to do this?"  I imagine that you've heard native speakers using sentences like that.

As far as how you can improve your spoken grammar, there is of course no easy answer.   It's good that you notice your mistakes, but try not to worry about making mistakes while you're talking to others.  After you've finished a conversation, if you remember some mistakes that you made, take some time on your own to repeat the sentences in the correct manner.  Then, the next time you have a conversation, you won't make the same mistakes again.

Another great way to improve your spoken grammar is to spend time each day imitating after a tape.

I hope I've answered your questions!  Let me know if anything is unclear.