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1. 2016雅思写作考什么题目？如何利用google 分析真题

2. 雅思写作无思路，无逻辑，无套路，解决方案？

3. 雅思复习很绝望怎么办？

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（真题为EXCEL版，点击"筛选"，即可分类汇总）

用以上方法，筛选出Old/young people 的题目

同类题目，划出核心词

问自己“哪一个题目“核心词”的论证，可以支持多个题目的“核心词”？

这样的论证叫做“子话题”

STEP 3GOOGLE "子话题" 9分段落

Google文章好处：最地道表达，简洁，精准，避免抄袭

如何Google?

1将"子话题"转变成以 How, Why, What 开头的问题，比如：

How young people can become good leaders

Why young people can be good leaders

What qualities should young leaders have

Google结果

2挑选文章标题：直接回答"子话题"问题

下面两个标题

"18 Tips To Be a more Successful Young Leader" vs "Young people can be leaders, if given the chance"

很明显，第一个比第二个更加直接

3筛选出"雅思Style"文章

文章超过3个段落

每个段落超过4行

文章可以直接回答 "子话题"

首选来源： business insider, lifehacker, huffingtonpost, the guardian, forbes

不符合要求的文章，一定要果断放弃！

9分段落节选

标题："18 Tips To Be a More Successful Young Leader"

段落："Be ambitious and do not be afraid to take risks."

If you happen to fail, you will recognize your strengths and limitations and be better to adapt in the future. Only by knowing your limit can you fully maximize your potential. Of course, the scope of your limit will lessen over time through experience.

如果我们把这个段落改写成： 年轻人的优势就是ambitous, 段落的很多词组，都可以用来讨论年轻人适合做leader

STEP 4"子话题" 段落，提取abc词组

有了段落以后，我们还需要继续提炼，做到最小inpute

什么是abc词组？

a. 3个以上按照时间顺序排列的动词＋名词词组

b.帮助大家论证为什么”论点“成立 (Why and How)

c. 词组按照动作发生的先后顺序排列， a发生，然后b发生，然后c发生

例子：

为什么 "Young people" can be good leaders

a: 年轻人比老年人更大胆，不受固有观点的束缚

b: 更容易做出突破性的决策

c: 更有可能为组织带来巨大的进步/改革

英文词组：

a: youngsters have more audacity (比braveness 更准确） and seldom stick to stereotypical views

b: make break through decisions

c: more likely to make revolutionary progress

如何提取abc?

找到动词＋名词词组，

按照动作发生的时间顺序，排列

例子：下面段落，黑体字部分为词组

"Be ambitious and do not be afraid to take risks."

If you happen to fail, you will recognize your strengths and limitations and be better to adapt in the future.Only by knowing your limit can you fully maximize your potential. Of course, the scope of your limit will lessen over time through experience.

词组排序：

a: young people are ambitious and are not afraid to take risks

b: their failures help them recognise their strengths and limitations

c: maximise their potentials ( 后面可以加一句，this is very important for being a good leader)

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下载40组abc词组＋收看词组精讲

在面对陌生的话题时，比如“犯罪”

你是否有这种感觉“ 都TM什么鬼东西？不会解释 ！”

“思路混乱” 往往是没有“逻辑”

大家需要abc词组来解决这个问题

abc词组由3个以上词组组成，

词组按照动作发生的顺序排列。

比如，Elearning 的好处，大家可以用以下词组：

a: online learning

b: eliminate the time spent on traveling to schools

c: help students better juggle studies and other parts of life

a先发生（在线学习)

b再发生（节省时间）

c再发生（更好平衡生活）

abc词组的关键有两点

比如在我们表达“ 接触外国文化” 的时候

使用“ Having the exposure of foreign cultures”

同时 “ exposure” 这个词，还可以用在“暴力画面”

If children are constantly exposed to violent images,

they will imitate them in daily lives.

如果上面Elearning的好处，大家跳过b 直接写c：Online learning helps students bla bla ..

考官很有可能会认为你的观点解释不清晰，在连贯度上面丢分

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下载40组abc词组＋收看词组精讲

abc词组,完整课程包括200组词组

论证“recipe”是将abc词组链接起来的高分结构。

由于所有的abc都是按照时间顺序发生，因此，大家只需要将recipe 固定，每次替换不同的abc即可。

这样，写作就会变成 “选词填空“

例如使用recipe:

Since a, if b,then c 的结构

(原因句＋条件句)

套用上边abc词组，

Since online learning can eliminate students time spent on traveling to

schools,if they study via the internet, they can better juggle studies and other parts of life.

如果换成Elearning 的坏处：

a: online learning

b: lack face-to-face interaction and emotional cues

c: prevent students from understanding the content effectively

我们还是可以使用上面的词组：

Since online learning lacks face-to-face interaction and emotional cues,if

students study online, this may

prevent them from understanding the content effectively.

课程共有5组recipes, 包括“强调”

“比较”“虚拟”等高分结构。

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I will do it tomorrow ! ”拖延症“是大部分考生经常遇到的问题。

拖延症真的是因为没有动力吗？

那么为什么我们看过Ted Talk之后，

都热血沸腾，但是还是不能行动呢？

我曾经和斯坦福大学教授，

BJ-Fogg学习如何用“Tiny习惯” 。

改变拖延症等行为

我了解到，我们之所以不“行动”

不是因为“动力”而是因为

“行动” 不够“ 简单化”

所以拖延症的终极解决方法是“行为简单化”

解决方法1:

打印学习资料，随身携带，零碎时间复习。简单化，复习行为

解决方法2:

很多同学会经常忘记带学习资料，而且即使记得带，也会忘记复习.

所以，我的课程提供了手机app

学员可以边走，边收听词组

这个行为是建立在已经有的“刷微信”习惯基础上

刷微信，就成了“听词组”的trigger

每次想“刷微信”就会听一下词组.

很容易养成"复习词组"的习惯。

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缺乏“危机感”，是拖延的原因

如果雅思考试一年只可以考一次

大家肯定都可以通过

为了解决这个问题，课程加入了

500道在线测试题目

学员达到80%的正确率，才可以进入下一节课的学习

测试题目根据“艾宾浩斯记忆曲线”设计，科学备考

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课程形式：

在线录像课程

任何时间，任何地点，都可以上课

国内的同学也可以收看课程！

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My painful IELTS story and how did I get through it

The pain

4 years ago, I lost my parent’s 50,000RMB. I borrowed their money to give to a teacher who promised me to help me get scholarships from the US..

I quit my job for a year, prepared for GRE test, 12-14 hours/day study

However, I got nothing but 7 admission letters.

I was cheated by the teacher.

I had never spent any of my parents $ after 18. Losing their money made me feel extremely guilty.

My mum used the most heartbreaking sentences you could imagine to guilt me

“ How can you be that stupid ? ”

“ Why you did not listen to me at the beginning”

the bomber

“ I regret to give birth to you”

“ I regret to give birth to you”

Being my only family, her words made my heart bleeding. My dad abandoned me, my mum disliked me, no one loved me.

I thought I was a person who did not deserve people’s love.

Everyday,

I cried day and night, dictating myself “ I lost my parents’ money,I was useless, I shouldn't have done that .. ”

I would walk on the street, fantasising everyone was an evil, trying to kill me.

I told myself “ I screwed up everything, my mum doesnt love me. I’d better die”

After a daily fighting with my mum, I poured boiling water on my laps

One day, I stood on the balcony, 14th floor, imaging myself falling down on the ground, bang !!!!

My first reaction, it would hurt.

Second thought, I have soo many things that I LOVE but haven't done. That was the first awakening moment.

The second "aha moment" came from my stepfather. He told me I needed to be grateful for what I have and do things I LOVE. “ Your life is already the top 5% in the world, do you know that how many people who are disabled, suffer from poverty, hunger, and war? Why do you want to give up your life?do the thing that you LOVE”

So, I decided to fight for things I LOVE. applying for only one major Master of Teaching, only one university, Melbourne uni, in the city I LOVE. The requirement was band 7 in each module of IELTS. With only 6 in my writing, that was a ridiculous decision.

The fighting with the pain

The process of preparing for IELTS was torturing.

I had to fight with my depression and my mum’s complaints:

“ Stop fighting. You need to give up !”

“You will never achieve IELTS band 7. Do you think your score can increase from 6 to 7 in 2 months ? bla bla ..”

“ Applying for only one university in Australia but giving up 7 universities in the US. No one can be as stupid as you”

After my 3rd times writing 6, she said“ You need to give up NOW ! You always overestimate your ability !See how did you screw up your US application? You will end up having no thing, no job, no university, no friends”

Am I afard of not being able to pass ? Yes! I am a human being.

But I insanely LOVE Melbourne. Nothing can stop me.

The fighting started

I did following activities.

• Pretended I had given up but secretly studying the test to calm my mum

• Got up at 6 am, went to bed at 10 pm, turned off the light, making my mum believe I was asleep but kept studying in the dark.

• Accepted the disappointment of seeing a band 6 every Friday.

• Lived with the fear of screwing up the test again as I did with my US application.

The end

Life proved this Proverb: Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.-Lance Armstrong

16 days after my 3rd attempt, I gave myself the last chance. Either getting a 7 or not coming to Australia at all. Fight for flight !

The miracle happened.

My writing reached 7 in only 16 days. I still remembered F* vividly when I saw my score on the computer screen.

I cried.. they are joyful tears. The joy but not release, the emotion that is deeper than happiness,peaceful than excitement, profound than rewarded.Actually, every time I wrote to this point, I had tears in my eyes, smile on my face.

I think these tears are what have been supporting me doing this online course. I want to see these joyful tears on your faces, wanted to help you stop the pain.

How did I make the 16 days miracle ?

LOVE IELTS and believe

“Pain is Temporary”

Why LOVE this F* test ?

This is not a cliche, lip service but something that I learnt from my experience of fighting with depression, hopelessness,the distrust from my families and friends.

Without the LOVE for Melbourne, I wouldn't have the faith to give up 7 admission letters in the US;

wouldn't have the persistence to keep seeking for strategies after failing the test 3 times; wouldn't have the audacity/ braveness to continue to stay jobless.

If you hate something, you feel miserable instead of excited; feel sth is draining you rather than lifting you up. How can you pass the test in this way?

But I am experiencing these shit feeling !

How to LOVE IELTS?

Ask yourself these questions

“ What like long skills I will gain from this test”

“ How this skill will make my life better?”

F* all the PR stuff. It cannot motive you.Not one is excited about the paper but the life after it.

Do you want to stop being silent while your local friends are chatting ?

stop worrying about grammar mistakes in your essays or emails ?

After passing IELTS, What university will you study, job will you have, city will you live in ?

This is what IELTS gave to me.

The 16 days from 6 to 7 experience gave me the courage to face other “ impossibilities” in my life.

I had the courage to F* off 9-5 jobs. starting the first online IELTS course in Chinese market ; to be the first Chinese teacher to do an English version course; to test all tools that might or might not help my students.

So, treat IELTS test is an opportunity to cultivate your “ resilience” “ perseverance” “ patience”. Not everyone has the special event to strengthen those qualities.

If you think the test is “ for” me not “ to” me,for making me a better person, you will feel more relaxed, less stressed and your productivity will increase.

What if I still cannot LOVE this test ?

Repeat this: Pain is temporary

Whenever you want to give up, tell yourself “ Pain is temporary”

Use this new thought to replace your current “ I suck at IELTS”.

Human beings like running similar mental loop in our minds so we have to use new ones to replace old ones.

Believe that no matter how many times you have failed

next time, you will pass it !!

next time, you will pass it !!

I have a student who failed 8 times but passed it after 4 weeks in my course

I have a student who achieved 8 in 4 weeks.

I have a student who already wanted to give up applying for her dream university. But last month, she achieved 7.5.

The successful stories go on and on ..

This “pain is temporary thought” also helped me in the most miserable period of creating this course.

I had lived the life with only 70$ in my bank;slept 7 days in the library to revise the course; spent a month on creating the online quizzes with zero programming knowledge myself,spent a month on optimising the mobile app only to save my students time.

But I believed pain is temporary

I believed sincerely sharing values , seeking for better solutions will stop your pain.

Last month, we reached 80% passing rate. 10 students took the course, 8 passed. I was the only one who knew the tears and struggles in achieving this.

But when you told me the mobile app has saved you tons of time,

when you told me you liked the online quizzes,

when you read your band 7+

All the pain became " fruit" to me :)

You are the " Why" of my life.

Do you know what would happen after you help others ?

It makes them smile.

So do you want to make your friends smile ? Share this post?

Lynn

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to help

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