IELTS speaking tip you won’t learn in school!

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   You won't learn this in school, especially if your teacher is from an older generation, because it's quite new grammar.

   你在学校里学不到这个，尤其是如果你的老师是老一辈的话，因为这是一种相当新的语法。

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   Really good tip for practicing your IELTS speaking is actually listening to very good speakers of English.

   练习雅思口语的一个非常好的技巧，其实是去听那些英语说得很好的人。

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   Just talk, but sometimes that's really, really boring.

   只管说，但有时候那样真的很无聊。

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   So, instead, use your favourite celebrity answer questions in interviews.

   所以，换个方式，用你最喜欢的名人回答采访问题的视频来练习。

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   They're doing the same thing that you're going to be doing in your IELTS speaking exam, and you'll get really interesting vocabulary from them.

   他们做的事情和你即将在雅思口语考试中做的事情是一样的，而且你能从他们那里学到非常有趣的词汇。

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