If you cannot understand what the interviewer speaks to you:
The correct word: pardon// Full question: I beg your pardon?// I’m sorry?// Excuse me?
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1. At the same time, you have to remain the eye contact with your interviewer.
2. When you are talking to your interviewer, don’t let him realize that you have prepared.
I’m sorry, I didin’t catch you/what you said.
I didn’t quite catch your question.
Would you please say that again?
No again or what!
3. Pay attention to key words.
Can you tell me sth about the tube in Beijing?
If you don’t understand this keyword or any other keyword in the question, what do you do?
What do you mean by “tube”? // Would you please rephrase that?
Don’t give up your answer if simply because you don’t understand a word in the question.
Educational background
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Are you a student or do you have a job?
Can you tell me sth about your educational background?
It’s a good idea to talk about your educational background in the order of time.
Some keywords and expressions about education Primary school or elementary school
Secondary or high school
Junior secondary school
Senior secondary school
College or university
Key school
Comprehensive university
Beijing university is a comprehensive university, with different departments, different academies institutions, research centers, and so on.
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Famous or well-known or presitigious
School with high reputation
School with nationwide reputation
School with worldwide reputation
You should’t repeat the same expression too often. The interviewer hopes to see a variety of different expressions in your answer. For example : Go to school Attend school Enter school Enroll in join the school I was accepted by … Become a student of……
I became an undergraduate student.
Postgraduate
Major
I majored in…. I am majoring in.
I explore the area of…
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I major in computer science and I explore the area of sofeware design.
………….sociology and I explore the area of family planning.
I choose a foundation course in the first year of my college life.
I completed my major.
I completed my degree within three years.
I graduated from a university.
Philosophy
Doctor’s degree
get a degree/obtain a degree/ achieve / receive a degree
be awarded a degree
the national college entrance examination
after studying in high school for six years. I took part in the national college entrance examination
, and passed it with an expectant score before I was accepted by the computer
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science department of Fudan University as an undergraduate student.
When you talk about your primary and seccondary education, don’t forget to use past tense.
four years later
after and before is followed by a point of time
after four years’ study
Where are you studying now?
What university are you studying in now?
What’s the name of the University?
Why did you choose to study accounting as your major?
Why did you choose to go to Sichuan University?
What made you interested in..?
How did you make up your mind or make your choice?
What do you like about…?
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What appealed to you about sth. as your field of study?
How do you like your major/your field of study?
I chose it as my major because it’s a very interesting subject.
I have always been interested in studying this subject.
It’s a promising field of study and I’m sure I will be able to find a good job after graduation.
A decent job a nice job a well-paid job a satisfactory job
It is not my own decision, my parents ask me to study that.
I chose medicine as my major, because both my parents are doctors. They asked me to study medicine, and follow their footstep.
The IELTS interviewer is not interested in truth. He is interested in your English.
I chose to study computer science as my major, ther will be a great demand for professionals in the future./ for computer engineer in the coming 50 years.
There will be a great demand for…
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For example : Why did you choose to study English language as your major?
What is sth you don’t like about it?
I don’t like study grammar. Grammar is very boring. I hate memorizing new words. I don’t like to memorize the details, the poems , the poetry, the names, the years. We have to study English literature.
When I was / at the age of / in 1992/ after graduation from/
1. occupation
what’ your job? Sorry, I don’t have a job yet, I am still a student.
What’s your occupation? I’m a student.
Please describe a typical working day.
Please describe a typical school day of yours.
Be ready to describe your typical working day in simple English. And it’s not a good idea to mention a lot of technical terms.
Can you tell me sth about your job?
Can you tell me sth about your major? About your school? About your
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university? Your family? Your hometown?
First of all, you have to tell him: I am a doctor/ an engineer/ a bank clerk/ a teacher/ an accountant.
I work for/ serve at a company. I am employed by a company.
I have been working for that company for…years.
Two years ago, I was appointed as…
I was promoted as the manager/ the director/ the chief engineer.
My major work is to help my boss answer telephone calls.
My major work is to keep a friendly relationship with all the clients of our company.
My major work is to design training programs and give staff members training courses.
My major work is to file the documents.
My major work is to promote the sales of the products.
I’m in charge of …
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I’m responsible for…
Who is responsible for this attack?
Who is responsible for the broken window?
My job involves several duties.
I report to…
Ask you some details
Ask you some details
How do you like your job?
Why did you choose to become an engineer?
How did you become interested in being a doctor?
Why did you decide to work as a teacher?
My job enables me to…
How to describe a specific operation of sth?
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We often see such a mental box on the street, on the top right hand corner, you see a screen here. On the bottom right hand, you see a slot. On the left side, you see a cable line connected with sth. On the surface of this box, you will see some number keys for you to press.
How do you make a long distance call on the IC card phone.
First, then, next ,after that, later, finally
First of all, pick up the telephone receiver. Then you insert the IC card into the slot, next you have to wait for the dialing tone while you read the displays on the screen which show you some messages to read. After that, you dial the number. First you have to dial the area code, and then the telephone number of your friend. When you get through and someone else pick up the receiver on the other end of the telephone line, it’s time for you to talk. Finally, when you finish your telephone conversation, don’t forget to hang up the receiver and withdraw your card.
3. Hobbies
what do you like to do in your spare time?
Do you have some hobbies?
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How do you spend your evening sometimes?
How do you enjoy yourself in the evening?
Guess: a game
1. First, you should tell the interviewer what kind of game is it.
2. Then, tell him how many people does it take to play this game.
It takes three people. 3. Then give your interviewer an idea what you need to play this game.
First, you need to have a board and twelve pieces of a certain color. And your opponent also need twelve pieces of a different color. 4. Step No. 4, your have to give your interviewer an idea of what your goal is. What the rules are in this game.
Your goal is to move your pieces into your opponent’s spaces. And you can move your pieces only one step at one time. But you can jump over your own pieces or your opponent’s pieces. 5. Finally, don’t forget to mention how to decide on the winner.
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The winner is the person who…\he team which The winner is the player who reaches eleven points first in the game. The winner is the player who wins two of the three games. Opponent
Serve the ball 发球
Goal 射门
The goal keeper 守门员I enjoy
I am interested in
I am fond of
I am keen on
I am crazy about
I love
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My favorite game is
Pastime 消遣
Have you ever had any good results?
I just love it for fun. I’m only an average person.
4. Local Culture and Local Customs
Your hometown’s location
Your hometown’s population
Your hometown’s main industry
Sth interesting or special about your hometown
Verbal prompt card
Hesitation devices or gap fillers
1) Your hometown’s name
The location of your hometown
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Northeast
Southeast
Southwest
Northwest
Top right hand corner
Top left hand corner
Bottom left hand corner
Bottom right hand corner
My hometown is located in
2) What is the population of your hometown?
There is a population of …
My hometown has a population of …
8 hundred thousand
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80 thousand
jobs of people in your hometown
what do they do?
What kind of jobs do they do?
What kind of people are living in your hometown?
They are very kind, helpful, hospitable, friendly.
Most people in my hometown work in factories or plants.
Besides, there are also some teachers, doctors, lawyers and bankers in my hometown. There are also some farmers who work in the fields.
The description of the landscape
What kind of landscapes surround your hometown?
Tourist attractions
There are many tourist attractions in my hometown.
Historical sites
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Terra cotta warriors 兵马俑
Natural scenery
Natural beauties
Landmark: the most outstanding building or famous place
or symbol of hometown
famous for Beijing is famous for its long history.
famous as Beijing is famous as the capital of China.
Shanghai is famous for its financial industry.
Shanghai is famous as a financial center of China.
Tibet is famous for its high altitude.
Tibet is famous as the roof of the world.
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will visit the castle on the top of the mountain. It has become the landmark of my hometown. The main industry of your hometown
Oil production and refining
Automobile manufactory
Tourism high technology or IT industry
Financial industry
Textile industry
Coal mining
Transportation or shipping industry
Fishing industry
Agriculture
My hometown is rich in …
Special or interesting about your hometown
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My hometown is famous for its delicious food.
My hometown is located by the sea. It is a famous tourist attraction/tourist resort. Many tourist come to visit my hometown, they enjoy their summer holidays in my hometown.
My hometown is located in the high mountains. It’s extremely difficult to reach my hometown.
My hometown is famous for its beautiful landscapes.
My hometown is a very important sea port.
My hometown is a very important military base.
Climate
Spring summer autumn winter
There are four seasons in my hometown. The climate is different from season to season.
The answers are also different from candidate to candidate.
The general location of your hometown
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My hometown is located in the north of China.
My hometown is located to the north of Yellow River.
My hometown is located to the south of Yangtse River.
Along the east coast In the north of In the south of Guangdong province is in the south of China.
Vietnam is to the south of China.
Heilongjiang province is in the north of China.
Russia is to the north of China.
My hometown is to the north of Yellow River.
How many seasons are there?
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Spring, summer, autumn, winter,
A. It’s getting warmer and warmer. Everything is waking up. The trees become green again. Grass comes out of the ground. Everything looks beautiful. Spring is the most pleasant season of the whole year in most places of China. Sandstorm Summer: hot and sultry
Autumn: cool
Winter is often cold.
The interviewer hopes to hear a variety of different expressions in your answers. Don’t repeat anyone.
Quite rather really fairly pretty extremely relatively comparatively
A little bit
Windy sunny cloudy rainy overcast stormy
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Snowy icy foggy
Spring is warm, but a little windy sometimes. In summer, it can be extremely hot and often rains. I like autumn the best. Autumn is my favourite season with the fresh air, blue sky, white clouds. Temperature
Centigrade----------a century-----------one centimeter---------percent
40c -40c
above sea level
below sea level
the temperature is high.
The price is high.
The temperature can be as high as 40c.
As low as
The temperature reaches 40c in summer.
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People’s favorite activities in different seasons
Some people like to go and fly kites in spring.
Summer is extremely hot and humid.
There is a lot of moisture in the air.
Most people like to go swimming in summer.
engage in outdoor activities
Winter is very cold and can be very icy.
Some people like to go skating.
food
a Chinese wedding
a traditional festival
food and dish
local food and special dish in your hometown
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flavour of the food
ingredients of the food
the way of cooking
How do you like it?
Can you tell me sth about food in your hometown?
rice noodles
give example
Give him a simple explanation of what this food is made of and how it tastes.
Flavor(风味)
Spicy food hot pot Mongolian hot pot
Sweet food sour food bitter food salty food
Light food greasy food healthy food vegetarian food fresh food
Ingredients
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Cucumber, lettuce, eggplant, tomato, potato, celery
Pork, beef, mutton, lamb, chicken, duck, fish, shrimp, crab
The ways of cooking
Preparation work
Wash sth
Cut sth
Mix sth with sth
Stir liquid
Fry toast boil steam bake stew scramble stir fry barbecue
Fried chicken boiled egg steamed rice stewed beef baked potato
How do you like it?
(1)Look (2)smell (3)taste
It tastes delicious. It tastes juicy
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It tastes wonderful. It smells sweet/good/fragrant. The fragrant hills.
The food looks inviting.（no charming or attractive）
You can not wait to have a taste/try/bite.(the food is ready)
Ask your interviewer a simple question after your description of the local food/
Have you ever tried any of the food before?
Have you ever been to my hometown before?
Make it a two way communication
A wedding
In stage 1, most interviewers will ask you simple questions to introduce this topic first.
Are you married?
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Have you ever attended other people’s wedding ceremony before?
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Common sense topic
What happens on a typical Chinese wedding ceremony?
Bride and groom
(talking around) watch
1. First step, you need to apologize
I need to express something.
2. In the second step, you state your problem.
I don’t know the English term for it.
I don’ t know how to put I into English.
3. In the third step, it’s your turn to talk around.
What I am trying to say is
What I mean is
新郎 The man who is getting married on the wedding ceremony.
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新娘 what I am trying to say is a woman who is getting married on the wedding ceremony.
伴郎 what I am trying to say is the man who stands side by side next to the man who is getting married
best man/ bridemaid
How to describe a traditional Chinese festival?
Now, the IELTS interview takes 3 stages.
In the new format, in the second part of interview, the candidates are supposed to keep talking for one to two minutes by themselves without stop.
The interviewer will ask you follow-up questions after you finish your talk.
There are three categories of verbal prompt card topics. 1. topics about people a friend a teacher a family member somebody you admire
2. objects
a gift a house or a building a restaurant, café, coffee
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shop, a cinema, a theatre
something you own which is important in your life.
My watch, my computer, my glasses, my mobile phone, my ring, bicycle, car
A handcraft
Something is exhibited in the exhibition hall
Something made of gold, silver, china, porcelain, glass
I used to make a bird cage with bamboo wires.
A letter or an email
3. events a news story
you have to keep an eye on the current situation in the world.
Air crash, what happened around in your own life.
What happened to the Chinese football team?
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What happened in the Middle East?
Conflict
Something sounds interesting: win the bid China entered WTO Terrorist attack
A wedding ceremony
A festival
Can you tell me what traditional Chinese Festivals do you know?
The Spring Festival the Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival(in memory of Quyuan)
A trip
A happy moment in your life
A sad moment
Embarrassing moment
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An exciting moment
An disappointing moment
Something unfair that happened to you
Other topics in Stage two
A wild animal
A panda: Pandas are often sent to a foreign country as friendship ambassador.
A tiger:
Elephant
Monkey
Crocodile
A kind of bird: peacock eagle a kind of fish dolphin
Domestic animal
A skill you hope to learn
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Driving a car three basic skill: speaking English operating a computer
Cooking photography fashion designing
Decorate a room repair a bicycle haircut
Typing skill take quick notes/short hand
I. First of all, you have to decide quickly what topic you are going to talk about.
a gift
a family member who is close to you
Don’t waste your time when you talk to your interviewer, prepare these topics, make up your mind what exactly you are going to talk about before the interview.
The next step is to write your notes.(abbreviations)
Brainstorm
1 I have got an egg in my hand, how many different ways I can use this egg in.
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2 A round circle
Communication Point of Brainstorming
Your Best Friend
You have to finish your talk within two minutes.
1. people
Appearance: height, body size, the person is of average height. Weight ,fat thin, stout, slim, heavy, strong, weak, as strong as a horse, as strong as a bull,
Facial feature: eyes (bright charming dreaming)
Eyelid(single double) nose (big, smile, straight, flat) mouth(wide, small) chin(point round square), cheeks(red skinny )
Describing a man
Mustache beard
Hair: long short straight curly wavy brown blond
Eyes: black brown blue green
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Handsome sharping
Describing a woman:
Beautiful pretty charming attractive
Good-looking
2． Object:
For example: describe a person: you can describe any different topics in a similar way.
(1) what is it? What is it like?
(2) How did you get it?
(3) What is it used for?
(4) Why do you think it important?
For example: my computer is important.
(1)Colour(black,pink),why Size(monitor),why
price(),brand(legend, ) the type of the computer(desktop, laptop), why the speed
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(2) from the shop, receive it as a gift, win it,
(3) play games, surf the Internet, save document, study English, listen to music, watch VCD
(4) without computer what will happen to me? Contact friends by making long distance calls.
My mobile phone is important
Colour, size, price, why(shape, design)
Where(in pocket, in bag, around neck,
Answer telephone call, send/receive short messages, play games, in emergency situation
3 event
(Wedding ceremony, Chinese Festival)
different, talk about the wedding ceremony in the order of time(pick up the bride, introduce, drink a glass of wine with their arm in arm, bow, short speech), banquet, dinner party , feast , big reception
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bride and groom: walk around and serving the guests
some young guests: play tricks on/make fun of the new couple
A Chinese Festival or Holiday
Imagine you have been asked to give a speech on a topic related to Chinese culture. You have to chosen a holiday or festival that Chinese people celebrate. Tell the interviewer:
Some background or history of the holiday or festival
How it is celebrated
What you eat
How you feel about the holiday or festival
Some background: the spring festival is the most important one for Chinese, just like Christmas in your country. This festival occurs in either January or February/on the first day of Chinese lunar calendar.(solar calendar). It is a festival for people to get together at home.
How it is celebrated: on the New Year’s Eve, prepare a big annual dinner, watching TV, play games, the New Year party on CCTV, the midnight is the climax of the celebration, (set off)the fireworks, firecracker, stay up over night, visit each
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other, wish each other Happy New Year.
What happens to children? They can always collect money from their parents and other older generations. We give children some money in red envelops in order to mark/symbolize they are growing up one year older.
What I eat: dumpling, in the shape of a kind of money in the history of China; fish, the pronunciation of Chinese word ‘fish’ seems to mean/the Chinese word ‘fish’ shares the same pronunciation with another Chinese word ‘surplus’.
课前总结：
Stage 3: the same topic that you have been talking about in Stage 2 of interview
Topics: Friendship (education)
Chinese football team
What does friendship mean to you?
What do you think is the difference between friendship and love?
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friendship in return. Friendship takes place between either the same genders/sexes or different genders/sexes. Love takes place between only a female and a male. Friendship can be shared, but love can not.
Teacher: --------Education
What do you think is the biggest problem in the Chinese Educational System?
There are too many/much… and not enough… The teachers always focus too much on the students’ scores. There are too many examinations the students have to take. Students from different places of China will be evaluated with different standards after taking the examination. The Chinese Government does not invest enough money in the educational System. Many of the teaching facilities in local schools are already out of date. Not well paid
The qualities of a good teacher
What kind of qualities do you think a good teacher should have?
Three types of questions:
1. What is the difference between A and B?
2. about a social issue.
3. What are the qualities of a good teacher|（parent, manager, superior,
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journalist）? What kind of qualities do you think a good teacher should have?
Additional information, supporting ideas, examples
If not
正反论
give an example
objects:
what is the most important thing in your life?
The questions have been designed before the interview.
Values:
What kind of possessions give people status in your country?现在时态
Power, wealth, money, private car, apartment, villa, clothes, jewelry, certificate, a good job
What do you think the corruptions in china?
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parents’ time?/was it the same in your parents’ time?过去时态
Can you give me some specific examples?
Watch, a colour TV, refrigerator, washing machine, sewing machine, radio; mobile phone
Do you think this will change in the future?将来时态
Private airplane/ helicopter
检查时态
News:
Talk about your feeling
Civilian target: 民用目标
Olympic
What kind of qualities do you think a good journalist should have?
Brave, honest, be good at writing, a sense of conscience
What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting news from the Internet,
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TV and newspaper?
What are some advantages of getting news from the Internet?
The latest news, at any time, cheap, it covers a wide range of news, choose news
Comment on the news, interactive sorts of news
What are some disadvantages of getting news from the Internet?
Expensive, reliable, technical requirement, it’s not so healthy
What are some advantages of getting news from the TV?
Cheap, vivid, multimedia, reliable
What are some disadvantages of getting news from the TV?
Time limit, slow
What are some advantages of getting news from the newspaper?
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A wild animal:
Environment:
Animal protection:
Do you think animals have animal right?
Yes, I think so.
I don’t think so.
It’s hard to say, it depends…
Music: what role does music play in people’s life?
Music helps people to relax.
It plays very important role in education.
Music helps the customers eat more.
It makes the patients calm down, recover quickly.
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Music helps the cows produce more milk…
Clothes:
What’s the difference between young people and old people in their way of dressing?
Style, Material, colour
How to deal with the difficulty and unexpected questions?
How can we make a big topic smaller?
Four steps:
1. try to say something meaningless to save your time.
You can comment on the question.
Well, it’s a big topic to talk about.
Well, it’s not an easy question to answer.
In fact/Actually/As a matter of fact/To be honest/Frankly speaking/to tell you the truth
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I have never thought about it before.
It’s getting more and more serious now.
2. But I think/guess,…
3. for example,…
4. Summarize your answer
So I think,…
课程总结
Level of English
两种情况
1． 近期就要参加考试（重点放在教材上以及总结的内容）
方法：record yourself
2. 长期打算， 以后考试，不要脱离英语环境。
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