关于备考的心态的，关于备考时的网络工具的，还有关于小作文写作的具体方法的。满满的诚意，选自前雅思考官simon的博客近一周的内容，相信广大烤鸭们是能从中有所收获的。
1.关于雅思考试的一种心态的：永不言弃！
IELTS Advice: don't give up!
It's always nice to hear from people who have struggled with IELTS but have been successful in the end. Here's part of a positive message from my Facebook page. I'm sharing it today because the key advice is: don't give up!
"After multiple attempts of taking the exam, I was able to get my needed scores on my 4th try. What's astonishing is I got 7 in writing, my weakest part, after the remarking. I know thousands of people are struggling to get their desired scores but all I can say is 'Do not give up'. There was a time in my life where I said to myself that IELTS is just a business, dreadful and unjust. However, I continued to believe in myself."
(Veyga, Philippines)
Although I hear from lots of people who are frustrated by the IELTS test, I hear from many others who have passed. Keep working and you'll be one of them!
大意：一位菲律宾的烤鸭四战拿到了满意的雅思分数，并且他最薄弱的写作拿到了7分。他曾经质疑雅思考试是一桩可怕而不公的买卖（just a business, dreadful and unjust）但最终他相信自己而获得了成功。
2.关于雅思备考的网络工具：有用的在线词典
IELTS Advice: useful online dictionary
A colleague of mine (thanks Phil) just sent me a link to an online dictionary called Your Dictionary. The best feature of this dictionary is that it shows you lots of example sentences that include the word you searched for.
Try searching for a word, and then click on the 'sentences' option:
I tried this with the word "otherwise" (someone asked me about the different uses of this word a few days ago). I found the 'sentences' option much more useful than just reading the definitions.
大意：Your dictionary是一款很有特点的在线词典，它对于烤鸭最大的帮助是，它有sentence搜索功能，比如有人对otherwise的用法很疑惑，那么，相比较干巴巴的解释，丰富的例句能更好的告诉你如何使用这个在雅思大作文中非常实用，考官很偏爱的一个单词。
3.关于雅思小作文的一个常见错误：错误的描述方式
IELTS Advice: typical mistake in writing task 1
In case you didn't see my lesson on Thursday, or the answer I gave in the comments below it, here's one of the most typical mistakes that I see people making in their writing task 1 answers:
They write things like "Canada decreased" or "the USA was the highest".
These phrases don't make sense. Canada, the country, didn't decrease! You must remember to describe the topic properly. For example:
- Unemployment in Canada decreased.
- The USA had the highest rate of unemployment.
Remember: saying that a country increases or decreases sounds very strange!
大意：像"Canada decreased" 或者 "the USA was the highest"的很随意的表达，犯了明显的搭配不当的错误。加拿大不会减少，美国不是最高的。而正常的描述是： Unemployment in Canada decreased；The USA had the highest rate of unemployment。这就是小站为大家带来的simon的一周内容精选，希望对烤鸭们有所帮助，之后，我们会持续来带更多雅思考官simon的最新内容。