General description of IELTS speaking part3

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【Part 3题型】   
Part 3的话题往往是和part 2一脉相承的。区别在于，part2是询问你的个人经历，而part 3,则是people or life in general~~或者说society in general，是关于社会现象或社会情况的~     


当然，你也可以在讨论时，加上你自己的个人经验或感受~~ 但是，你必须先回答这个“总体情况”：the question about people in general.


比如，Part 2的问题是：
Describe a piece of good news that you received by phone.
You should say：
–  what the news was
–  where you were when youreceived this news [Or: What you were doing when you received this news]
–  who gave you this news
–  and explain why you felt thiswas good news.


那么进入part 3之后，考官可能就会就以下问题和你讨论：


Telephones
–  Do you think telephones areimportant for communication?
– 【高频】Do people in China usetelephones (including cell-phones) very much? (Give examples of the uses of telephones)
–  Does everyone in China use atelephone?
–  Which do people in China usemore, cells phone or fixed line phones (= landline phones)?
–【高频】Which do you think is better,cell phones or fixed line phones? (Why?)
–  How important do you thinkmobile phones are in modern society?
–【高频】What changes has theintroduction of cell phones brought to people's lives (or, to society)?
–  Why do you think so many peopleuse their cell phone in a public place, where other people can hear whatthey're saying?
–  Do you think people like listening to other people's cell-phone conversations in public places?
–【高频】Some people don't liketelephones (both cell-phones and fixed line phones). Can you suggest some reasonswhy they feel that way?


或者：Communication Methods/Tools
–  Do you think communication isimportant in a relationship?
–【高频】Do you think people todaycommunicate with others more than before?–  How have communication methodsin China changed in the past 20 or 30 years?
– What about family members; doyou think they communicate more with each other than before, or less thanbefore?–  What effects have modern communicationtools had on society?
–【高频】Compare the benefits andshortcomings of using different communication methods (or, tools) such as face-to-facecommunication, letters, emails and phones.
–  How do text messages (on a cellphone) compare to phone calls on a cell phone? Which do you think is the bettermeans of communication?
–【高频】Compare (the advantages &disadvantages of using) emails as opposed to cell-phones (= mobile phones) as ameans of communication.
–【高频】Compare (the advantages &disadvantages of using) emails as opposed to (hand-written) letters as a meansof communication.
–  Do you think the skill ofhandwriting might one day (more or less) disappear?
–  Do you think there are timeswhen a handwritten letter is preferable to an email?
– How do you think people will becommunicating with each other in the future (e.g., 30 years from now)?






  【考官想要听到什么？】
Vocabulary and Grammar in Part 3        
在这个部分，考官期待你所用的词汇，应该比part 1和part 2中所使用的词汇稍微正式一些！（大家可以参见Connie关于part 1和part 2的介绍帖，这两个部分更像是一些家常聊天问答，everyday things in your life!所以，我们应该选用一些亲民口语化一些的词汇和句型）。OK，那什么样的句型和词汇适用于Part 3~~ Connie会另外开贴介绍~


Coherence in Part 3     
“Showing coherence skills in Part 3 isespecially important” 这是在中国的一位雅思考官的原话！大家知道第三部分所探讨的话题都是比较复杂而且抽象的话题，在进行长段的讨论中，请大家务必要注意话语之间的逻辑关系~the logic of the interconnection between several ideas!






简单来说，语言应该具备如下的结构：
【Statement A + logical connection toStatement B + logical connection to Statement C +…】         


常用的这些逻辑关系词，比如: “therefore,…”, “So,…”, “As a result,…”, “On the other hand,…”, “AlthoughtX,…Y”(亲！不要把although和but 连用，初中英语老师会桑心滴~~) "In contrast to that, ..."; In other words,..."; "As well as that, ..."; "For example, ...";"As I mentioned before, ..."; etc.         


举个栗子，如果题目问的是what sorts of music do young people prefer to listen to? 你可能会说，现在的年轻人大多都爱听什么摇滚啊，流行乐。这个时候你还想继续话题，你可以说说你自己呢~你想说你和别的小年轻不一样，你是爱听古典音乐的小文艺！         


回答的结构大致应该是“I guess most young people enjoy listening to pop or Rock, but personally, I prefer classical music.”         


在这个回答中，but personally, 就是一个转折的逻辑关系词！如果没有这个结构，statement A 和 statement B 就会显得不够连贯流畅，比较唐突。