Point number two: get used to British English.
第二点:要习惯英式英语。
A large part of the IELTS, you will be listening... For... For... Sorry, for the listening, you will be listening to British accents.
在雅思考试的听力部分中,有很多时候你们都将会听到英国口音。
Sometimes you might hear Australian accents or Canadian, you might hear a range, but a lot of the accents will be British.
偶尔你们也许还会听到澳大利亚或者加拿大口音,也许会听到很多不同的口音,但大部分都会是英式英语。
So it's very important to get used to listening to British accents.
所以习惯听英式口音非常重要。
And also, listen to other accents like Canadian, Australian; that's a good idea too.
另外,听一听像加拿大和澳大利亚之类的其他口音也不错。
Where can you find British accents to listen to? I recommend the BBC.
你们在哪里能找到英式英语用来训练听力?我推荐BBC。
They have a lot of great videos there and most of it's with British accents, so it's a very good idea so you can practice listening.
BBC上有很多很棒的视频,而且大部分都是英式英语,所以对你们来说会是很好的练习听力的材料。
The more you practice listening with British accents, the easier it will be to understand British speakers.
你们练习听英式英语的次数越多,要听懂英国讲话人阅读的内容就越容易。
Especially if you're used to American English, this is a very good thing to do.
尤其是对那些习惯了美国口音的人来说,这是很有效果的。
Related to this point: British vocab. You should learn British vocabulary.
下一点跟这一点也有关系,那就是:英式英语词汇。你们应该学习一些英式英语中使用的词汇。
For example: in American English and Canadian English, we say: "truck".
比如说,在美式英语和加拿大英语中,我们说“卡车”时用的是"truck"。
In British English, we say: "lorry".
但是英式英语中用的却是"lorry"。
So it's good to know some of these British expressions, some British words.
所以了解一些这样的英式表达,一些英式英语单词,还是不错的。
One idea where you can practice these is if you check out our website: www.engvid.com,
你们可以练习这些的一个办法就是,你们可以去engvid
we have a new teacher who is British and who will be talking about British English, so check out her... her videos.
网站上找到我们一个新来的老师,她是英国人,讲课的内容也是关于英式英语的,所以你们可以去看看她的视频。
It will also be good to help you with practicing listening to British accents.
这也能帮助你们练习听英式口音。
Number four: spelling counts. Okay? Very important.
第四点:拼写也是要算分的,知道吗?这一点很重要。
The listening part of the IELTS is not just listening; you're actually using other skills like writing and reading.
雅思考试的听力部分考察的不仅是听力,实际上你们在这个部分还会用到像读写这样的其他技能。
Now, with writing, when you write down your answers, you sometimes have to spell something out, so you have to be very, very careful with spelling. Okay?
说到写,当你们写下答案的时候,有时候必须把单词拼写出来,所以你们在拼写单词的时候一定要非常非常仔细。
This is something you should really study and practice before you take the listening part of the IELTS.
这是在做雅思考试听力部分之前,你们应该好好学习并练习的内容。
Practice your spelling. Learn spelling rules.
练习你们的拼写,学一些拼写规则。
We have a lot of different videos on how to spell on engVid, so I would come and check those ones out.
我们在engvid网站上有很多关于如何拼写单词的不同视频,我希望你们能去看看。