雅思口說part 3範文：比較題的答題結構與說法

Do you think people communicate differently now than in the past? 這是個公平的問題，也是個不可能的問題：你並沒有活在那個可供比較的過去。這篇雅思口說part 3範文要處理的，就是這種題目；多數考生只用一句話回答，然後停下來等，考官便繼續下一題。

比較題是 Part 3 最常見的題型，而且它問的不是歷史。它問的是：你能否在腦中同時掌握兩種狀態，並說出它們之間的差別。你有三種證據來源可用，而且沒有一種需要你親身經歷過去的時代。

比較題的評分重點

Part 3 為時四到五分鐘，正是詞彙廣度與文法廣度有空間展現的地方。比較題的回答若只會用 now it is better，這兩項都會拿低分。

評分描述看重的是論述是否有發展、措辭是否恰當，而不是歷史主張是否精確。考生若說 I can only go by what my parents describe，其實在做一件很成熟的事：點出自己知識的界線，然後照樣繼續說下去。

那句話也是一個幾乎在任何 Part 3 回答中都能重複使用的緩衝說法，所以它該放進你的準備裡，而不是臨場硬擠。

你可以使用的三種來源

親眼所見的改變。也就是你在自己一生中看著它轉變的事：你家如何預訂旅行、你的學校如何傳訊息、店家如何收款。

聽來的改變。年長親戚、老師或同事所描述的改變，並誠實標明這是轉述。

公開可見的改變。任何你能指出來、屬於公共知識的事：現在多數成年人都帶著手機、信件要花好幾天才到、現金使用已經下降。

I can only speak from what I've seen and what my parents describe, but the biggest change is that plans are made in a group chat now, where they used to be made by one person phoning round. 我不能說得比我親眼所見和我父母所描述的更多，但最大的改變是，現在計畫是在群組聊天裡形成的，而以前是由某一個人逐一打電話敲定的。

那個回答點出來源、提出一個主張，並給出一個具體差異。它只花十五秒，卻夠格放進 band 7 的回答裡。

四步回答法

第一步：用一個子句說出改變。

第二步：簡短說出來源。

第三步：說出代價或好處，只選一個。

第四步：說出例外，因為例外能證明你在思考，而不是在背誦。

The change is speed. I know that from my own family: my grandmother still writes letters and my cousins have never sent one. The cost is that we expect an answer immediately, so silence feels like bad news. The exception is anything formal, where a letter still carries weight. 改變的是速度。我從自己家裡就知道：我祖母還會寫信，而我表親從來沒寄過一封信。代價是我們期待立刻得到回覆，所以沉默感覺像壞消息。例外是任何正式的事務，信件在那裡仍然有分量。

四句話、四個步驟，大約三十秒。如果考官還想聽更多，他們會再問，而你還留著材料。

讓比較題答得誠實的說法

now, compared with twenty years ago it used to be that people of my parents' generation I wouldn't know from experience, but the difference I notice most is that has changed less than people think in practice, not much has changed the same thing happens, just faster

一段回答裡用上其中兩個就很多了。再多就會變成連接詞清單，而這不是評分描述會加分的事。

兩個示範比較

人們如何保持聯絡。The obvious change is the number of channels. My mother had one phone line for a whole street; I have four ways to reach the same person. What hasn't changed is the awkward part, which is deciding who to contact first, and I think that's why group chats feel stressful.

孩子如何玩耍。When my parents were children, play happened outside and was organised by whoever was oldest. Now it's often indoors and organised by an adult, or by a game. I'd say the freedom changed more than the technology, and the exception is sport, which still works the old way.

兩個回答都使用同樣的四個步驟，而且都沒有宣稱自己擁有並不具備的知識。

八個題目，各用一行規劃

Do people read more or less than before? Is it easier to make friends now? Has family life changed in your country? Do children today spend too much time indoors? Is travel different from how your parents travelled? Has the way people shop changed? Are people more polite now than in the past? Do young people work harder than their parents did?

針對每一題，寫下一行：改變、來源、代價、例外。這樣做十分鐘，能涵蓋的範圍比讀二十篇範文還廣。

常見問題

比較過去與現在需要事實嗎？

不需要，但你必須說出你的印象從何而來。From what my parents describe 和 from what I've seen in my own city 都已經足夠，而且比一個你只記得一半的統計數字更誠實。如果你真的引用數據，就明白說你並不確定那個數字，因為引用錯誤數字比不引用數字代價更高。

Part 3 比較題的回答要多長？

通常三到五句最恰當：改變、來源、代價，再加一個例外。Part 3 的回答若拉長到一分鐘，往往會開始重複，考官也會打斷，而這會讓你失去把一個想法講完的機會。如果你還有更多話想說，留到追問時再說，而不是全塞進第一個回答裡。