某女生作诗曰:
一日黄昏漫步,见一男生装酷,呕吐,呕吐,低头只想撞树。

男生回诗曰:
一日自习深处,见一恐龙撞树,恐怖,恐怖,可怜那棵小树。

西卒是个醉,
月垂是个睡,
酒仙李太白,
怀抱酒坛在土坡睡,
不知他是醉,
不知他是睡;
月长是个胀,
月半是个胖,
太师秦夫人,
怀抱大肚在花园逛,
不知她是胀,
不知她是胖。

Saturday, May 30, 2009

IELTS Says....

IELTS: I'm so disappointed with you. I expected more from you than this!
Me: Har?! Did I do so badly?

IELTS: The Queen's English has no 'Har' in it.
Me: Ok, my bad.

IELTS: Do you see what you are doing? There's no such thing as 'my bad' in proper English too. That only exist in America's street language, which is totally improper. You should have said 'it's my mistake' instead.
Me: Ok, I'm sorry, it's my mistake.

IETLS: I know that you are more capable than this. I'm guessing your enthusiasm towards American movies has in someway affected your command in the lingua franca. You should try watching more of the British made films and also BBC news.
Me: You can't deny that the American movies are extremely interesting compared to the British made ones which I find to be rather boring actually. I'm sure that I will fall asleep listening to BBC news also.

IELTS: Generally, I would like to say that your input skills are rather commendable. Therefore, I'm awarding you the highest possible band for Listening. I wonder if anyone has ever told you that you are a very good listener?
Me: I'm not sure whether other perceives me as a good listener. But thank you for the band.

IELTS: For Reading, you did rather well too. But there were a few minor mistakes in your answers. Hence, half a band is deducted. Nonetheless, you are generally extremely good in extracting information correctly via listening and reading.
Me: Thank you. I should have been more careful in reading, I didn't allocate the time properly, hence I didn't have enough time for the last passage which I did in a hurry.

IELTS: As a whole, you are rather weak in your output skills as in speaking and writing.
Me: Hmmm.. I agree with you on that. I admit that I'm not very good in expressing myself. Can you kindly explain further?

IELTS: In terms of speaking, you can converse rather well in topics which you are familiar with. But in terms of impromptu speaking, you will normally get lost in your choice of words. Hence, sometimes you may vaguely express your views leaving others having some minor difficulty in understanding your points. You should try to speak out your mind freely using simple words to get your views across.
Me: I see. Thanks for the advice.

IELTS: In writing, you can handle simple argumentative topics easily without much problem. But your writing skills can only go as far as your limited vocabulary and choices of sentence structures. You should try out various types of sentence structures to make your essays more poetic and not monotonous. Basically, your writing skills is just above average.
Me: Thank you for the information.

IELTS: All things being said, I would like to award you the band which you wanted, which is a Band 8. I hope this examination will not be the end of your journey to perfect your language capabilities in English. I know you can do better and hope you can continue to work towards having a better command in this language. Congratulations! I wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
Me: Thank you very much.

Related links:
- My IELTS Results WITHHELD!!!

2 comments:

Lockon said...

恭喜兄台得了总分8分:)

Teddy said...

Lockon
谢谢你。。祝你好运。。