31/07/2021，IELTS day

2021年7月31日，雅思考试日

• Early morning, drank water and went to the bathroom, make sure your body contains the least urine.
  清晨，喝点水，上厕所，确保你的身体含有最少的尿液。

• Taking food that was dry and has less moisture.
  吃干燥、水分少的食物。

• After a deep breath, I then talked to myself, "Now you are good to go."
  深呼吸，对自己说，“现在你准备好了。”

• Went through various checking procedures including ID card validation, body temperature scanning, cheating detection, etc.
  通过各种检查程序，包括身份证验证、体温扫描、作弊检测等。

• Long waiting alongside inevitable nerves.
  漫长的等待伴随着不可避免的紧张。

• Two and a half hours - Listening, Reading, and Writing
  两个半小时——听、读、写

  • Listening

    1. The most difficult part, which is often considered a nightmare for many candidates.
       最困难的部分，对许多候考生来说是一场噩梦。
    2. All you have to do is to follow the instructions from the broadcast and wait for the invigilator to distribute the login info.
       你所需要做的就是按照广播中的指示，等待监考人发布登录信息。
    3. Talk to yourself, "focus, and get things done, never ever get lost from the tracking of your questions".
       对你自己说，"集中你的精力，全力以赴，绝对不要丢失问答坐标"。

  • Reading

    1. The mock test was scored rather low, and it seemed the second most difficult part to accomplish(Xuan has taken the mock test only once -_-)
       模拟考试的分数很低，似乎是第二难完成的部分（宣只参加了一次模拟考试-_-）
    2. Follow the appropriate techniques while taking the questions in a tricky order
       在以巧妙的顺序回答问题的同时，遵循适当的技巧
       • Read the first paragraph and last paragraph, in order to acquire the main idea of the target essay
         阅读第一段和最后一段，以获得目标文章的大意
       • Read all the questions, sentence completions should be done before the rest of the questions.
         阅读所有的问题，句子填空应该早于其他问答之前完成。
       • Searching for relevant keywords of the questions within the essay
         搜索文章中问题的相关关键字
       • Pay close attention and read the text attentively, pick up the correct answer, if it question is too hard to predict, choose the educated one.
         密切关注并仔细阅读课文，选择正确答案，如果问题太难预测，则选择有根据的答案。
    3. Be the best version of yourself during the entire reading section.
       在整个阅读部分中，做最好的自己。

  • Writing
    Writing could be worrying too, especially when you don't have a clue about how to expand your idea.
    写作也可能令人担忧，尤其是当你不知道如何扩展你的想法时。

    • Insert your observations of the graph into the academic expression
      将您对图表的观察结果应用于学术表达中
    • Expressing your idea in writing task 2 in an academic style.
      以学术风格在写作任务2中表达你的想法。
    • Be the best version of yourself during the entire writing section.
      在整个写作部分中，做最好的自己。

• Last part - Speaking
  Rather relax for me, which I think is the most difficult part for many other candidates through my observations.
  对我来说，这是一个相当放松的部分，通过我的观察，我认为这对许多其他候选人来说是最困难的部分。

  Many candidates were trying to memorize the possible or potential questions, which was actually wasting of time. The examiner would only want to hear your own expression, rather than a rehearsal.

  许多考生试图记住可能的或潜在的问题，这实际上是在浪费时间。考官只想听到你自己的表达，而不是排练。