当口语考试进入到第三个部分，很多考生并没有胜利在望的感觉，反而会更加战战兢兢。因为大家都知道，第三部分的回答状态将会直接影响到整个口语考试的打分。有的考生一二部分很不错，但是到Part 3就开始语塞，支支吾吾不知所云，几乎没有逻辑。这些回答状态就把前面留给考官的好印象抹去了一大部分。为什么会有这些问题？应该如何有效的备考第三部分？事实上，我们首先要了解考官的问题类型。本文中，朗阁海外考试研究中心的老师将会给大家进行偏好类话题的解析。
虽然是第三部分的常见话题，考生在对此类话题作答时依然会进入很多误区，从而在流利度和观点表述上失分。本文将以三个偏好类话题为例，对这一类话题中的回答误区和建议回答方式进行解析。
问题如下：
1. Which do you think is better, advice from family members or advice from friends?
2. Do people like reading books in the native language or a foreign language?
3. Do you prefer to live in the city or countryside?
解析：这类问题中，考官旨在询问考生的偏好以及其原因解释。值得注意的是，很多考生会从中立角度出发作答。事实上，中立的观点并没有帮助大家减轻负担，而恰恰相反，回答问题的时候我们需要更全面的思考。
如问题一Which do you think is better, advice from family members or advice from friends? 家庭成员和朋友中，谁的建议会更好？很多考生会回答：It depends. 当继续作答的时候，考生基本会以这样的逻辑进行详述：家庭成员的建议在什么情景下好，朋友的建议在什么情景中好，也就是sometimes… sometimes… 这样的句型结构。这样的double thinking并不是不好，只是不建议大家使用，因为非常的耗时耗脑，并且容易导致诡辩观点。有一位考生对于问题是这样作答的：It depends. When my family member’s advice is better, I would like to follow their suggestion. Sometimes, advice from my friends is better. I will prefer theirs. 显然，这样的回答让人摸不着头脑，因为没有具体的情景，观点显得非常奇怪。试想考生知道要说，可没有具体的情景可说，那就可能会说得非常的断断续续，导致流利度上的失分。或是考生准备说，但是要在短时间内想出具体的情景还是非常困难的。
如何在短时间内进行完整而有效的作答呢？朗阁海外考试研究中心的老师建议大家使用一面倒进行回答，即指出偏好，回答问题。
Q: Which do you think is better, advice from family members or advice from friends?
A: I think that advice from family members is better than that from friends. It is mainly due to the fact that when we desperate to get advice from others, we usually are involved in some big events like choosing a major or selecting future career. As family members, especially parents, have more experience in such aspects, they can aid us to have more comprehensive consideration and to do better choice.
对于这样的问法，我们以一面倒这样的方式进行作答时，比较容易把握说话的逻辑和方向，节省思考时间，并且进行多样化句型的作答。
同样，第二个问题Do people like reading books in the native language or a foreign language?中，有考生会以另一种中立方式：some people… some people… 这样的形式进行回答。Some people like reading books in native languages because those books are easy to be understood. Some people prefer to read books in a foreign language. They regard it as a way of learning a second language. 这样的回答是不推荐的。英语更喜欢使用者运用多样的语言表达相似的内容，而不是中式排比。使用some people… some people… 缺乏了语言的多样性，使整个答案听上去很死板。还是建议大家使用一边倒的形式，增强句型多样性。
Q: Do people like reading books in the native language or a foreign language?
A: I suppose that most of people like reading books in the native language. When people reading books, they will ether consider for academic use or for relaxation. For the academic use, they are supposed to learn something new as soon as possible while for entertainment, they tend to enjoy the picture and easily understand the words besides it. The native language makes the books easy to be read and that is why the majority of people like reading books in their mother tongue.
这样的回答，我们就很好的避免了句型的重复使用，增加了多样性的句型和词汇，这也就是对比类话题为什么建议大家从一面出发进行表达的原因。
对于问题三Do you prefer to live in the city or countryside?这样的偏好类问题，相信很多考生都不会再想着两个地方都喜欢住这样的回答了。可以直接回答问题，你是更偏爱住在什么地方。
Q: Do you prefer to live in the city or countryside?
A: I prefer to live in the city. The most important reason is that it is very convenient as it has easy access to the public transport. Also, the downtown area is full of all kinds of shopping malls and other places for entertainment. Life can be more colorful if I choose to live in the city. So that is why I would like to live in the city.
通过对以上三个话题的解析，希望大家能够了解到什么是偏好类话题，如何进行基本的作答，怎样避免进入答题误区，如何用一面倒的形式进行多样句型表达。备考第三部分，需要大家对话题类型和回答方式进行全面的了解。希望考生们在了解了偏好类话题的基础上，能够更好地准备雅思口语第三部分。
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