雅思口语考试的目的是为了让学生到国外能很好地学习和生活，因此它不仅是简单的对话，还需要考生能回答一些深层次的问题，有一定逻辑思考能力。中国学生在回答问题时，太爱寻求标准答案。比如在一次模考过程中，学生一进门，我一般都会问："How are you?" 而相当一部分学生只会回答："Fine, thank you, and you?" 多一句都不会说。整个上午下来，答案也基本都是 "Fine, thank you." 之类的答案。于是我刻意对后面的考生这样问道："It’s freezing outside, how are you?" 可得到的回答依然是 "Fine, thank you, and you?"
这样的回答并没有错误，我们的课本上就是这么写的。但是其实针对 "How are you?" 这样的问题，老外的回答可以是多种多样的。例如：
众所周知，雅思的口语考试分为三个部分，分别为Part1: Daily conversation, Part2: Individual long run 以及Part3: 2 way discussion. 我们在第一部分就要提供足够“雅思”的答案来给考官留下一个深刻的印象，因为极有可能两个问题之后考官凭经验已经在心中给你打了个分，接下来的问题都只是在证明这个分数而已。
Examiner: Do you think cell phones are important for modern people? (你认为手机对现代的人们重要么？)
Candidate: Speaking of my little girlfriend---Nokia N91, I will have to say: she’s like an angel. I had never seen anyone so beautiful before in my life. I was simply hooked on her the first time I saw her. I would always take her along with me wherever I go. My cell phone comes with a digital camera and has turned the vast world into a tiny little village. It's no exaggeration to say: mobile phones make the world go around!(说到我的女友：诺基亚N91。我必须说，她就像我的天使。在我生命中从没有遇到过任何人如此美丽，我第一次看到她就被她吸引住了。我走到哪都带着她，我的手机有摄像头，可以把偌大的世界变成很小的村庄。毫不夸张地说：手机让世界转动起来了。)
Examiner: How does the news influence people?(新闻如何影响人们？)
Candidate: News influences people by only reporting certain things and leaving out parts that could matter. One sided news or journalism isn’t news but propaganda in my opinion. It's like that good old saying: Some people would rather believe the lies of Satan than the truth of God。(新闻只是通过报道某一些事情或者报道部分事情来影响人们。在我看来：片面之词的新闻或报道不是新闻而是宣传或导向。就像那句谚语说的：人们宁愿相信撒旦的谎言，也不去相信上帝的真理。
Candidate: Not at all! I'm a little strange. They remind me of funerals. I like grass。(一点都不喜欢，我这个人有点怪。鲜花让我想起葬礼，我喜欢草！)
Music
Examiner: What type of music do you like? (你喜欢什么类型的音乐？)
Candidate: Well, I am not too fond of music. But sometimes I do like listening to religious music. It gives peace to my mind and joy to my soul。(我不是特别喜欢音乐。但有时候我喜欢听些宗教音乐，它让我感到安静祥和。)
Examiner: After you graduate, what effect do you think you will have on society? (毕业后，你认为你会对社会有何影响？)
Candidate: Well, it’s a tough question. Let me see. I think I can make an impact in our local community by helping those people around us when we can. May not go down in History, but we may gain a place in someone's heart. That’s all I can figure out now. (这是个难题，我想一下。我认为我可以在社区里帮助那些需要帮助的人，可能不会留垂青史，但至少在一些人心中占有了一定的位置。)
Examiner: If you had the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, what instrument would you learn?(如果你曾有机会学习一种乐器，你会学什么？)
Candidate: No, nothing! I am very unmusical! I cannot even sing in tune. Also, instrument’s always pretty expensive. If you are really into music, just whistling will do。(什么也不学，我没音乐细胞，甚至唱歌都跑调儿。而且乐器通常都很贵，如果你真喜欢音乐，吹口哨也一样。)
