(单词翻译:单击)
If the reader, if the grader of your essay can't read what you're writing, then you didn't write anything and you're losing points.
如果读者,如果给你们作文打分的考官看不清楚你们写了什么,那你们就相当于什么也没写,大把的分数就这样没有了。
If you have very bad handwriting, practice doing it nicely.
如果你们的书写很差的话,请好好练习写字。
This is actually the best that I can get.
实际上,这是我能写的最好的字了。
But when I was in high school, my teachers told me that I will be a doctor one day because I already know how to write prescriptions that nobody can read.
但是在我读高中的时候,我的老师们都说我以后会成为一个医生,因为我已经知道要怎么写出大家都看不懂的药方了。
So I had to change. If you have to change, practice and change.
所以,我必须做出改变。如果你们有需要改变的地方,就去练习,加以改变。
Okay, now, this is probably the most important one: know the test. Okay? What does that mean?
现在要讲的这一点可能是最重要的一点:弄懂这个考试。什么意思呢?
Instructions. Every section has instructions. Okay? Know these before test day. Okay?
考试说明。试卷每个部分都有答题说明,请在考试之前把这些弄懂。
Don't go to the test and read the instructions. Big, big waste of time.
不要等到开始考试了才阅读考试说明,这是非常非常浪费时间的。
You should have practiced... You should have taken practice tests so many times that you know every instruction for every section.
你们本该做过很多次模拟试题了,所以你们应该清楚各个部分的答题说明。
You take the time they give you to look at instructions, you're already looking ahead to what is coming, you are getting ready.
你们可以利用考试给出的阅读说明的时间,来提前阅读下面的内容,可以用这段时间做好准备。
Maybe you're closing your eyes, maybe you're stretching, you are not reading the instructions. Okay? That's one.
在这段时间里,你们可以闭上双眼,可以伸展身体,但是,不要阅读说明,好吗?这是一点。
Structure. Know the structure of the test, it doesn't change, we're going to look at that in a second, what the structure is, but make sure you know it.
接下来一点是结构。弄清楚试卷结构,它也不会变的,我们稍后会看看试卷的结构是怎样的,但是请确保你们弄懂了它。
There should be absolutely no surprises on test day.
考试当天绝对不会出现例外的情况的。
You should know everything about this test: what's coming, what you can expect. No surprises.
你们应该弄清楚这场考试所有的事情:接下来的内容是什么以及有什么要注意的。不会出现意外情况的。
Okay. You know what? We're going to leave it there, we're going to come back in a second.
这样吧,我们把这一点先放在这儿,稍后再来讲。
We're going to look at the structure, and what you have to do for each section to save yourself time and do better on this test.
我们来看看试卷结构,看看要节约考试时间和提高考试成绩的话,在试题每个部分都应该做些什么。