跟读练习: 20 Vocabulary Upgrades That Instantly Improve Your IELTS Writing - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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I'm going to show you 20 simple vocabulary upgrades that you can use immediately in your IELTS essays.
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I'm going to show you 20 simple vocabulary upgrades that you can use immediately in your IELTS essays.
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And as my gift to you,
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I've included all of the words from this lesson in a PDF download you can get in this video.
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The first upgrade is to agree and disagree.
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Instead of only saying I agree or I disagree,
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you can make your writing sound more sophisticated by saying I completely or I partially agree or disagree.
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Let me show you.
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I agree that governments should invest more money in public transport.
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That's fine, but let's improve it.
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I completely agree that governments should invest more money in public transport
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or I partially agree that governments should invest more money in public transport.
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This simple upgrade makes your writing sound more sophisticated.
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The second upgrade is to alternate between for example and for instance.
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Many students use for example but they don't use for instance.
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Both for example and for instance are interchangeable and both are excellent in IELTS essays.
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You could write many people spend too much time on social media.
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For example, some individuals check their phone hundreds of times per day.
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Or many people spend too much time on social media.
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For instance, some individuals check their phones hundreds of times per day.
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In your IELTS essays, alternate between for example and for instance.
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Use for example once, then for instance the next time,
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and your writing will instantly feel more varied and sophisticated.
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The third upgrade is problem to issue.
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This is one of the easiest and most useful vocabulary upgrades in IELTS problem
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and solution essays because these words are extremely interchangeable.
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Instead of writing traffic congestion is a serious problem in large cities,
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you could write traffic congestion is a serious issue in large cities.
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Or instead of obesity is becoming a major problem among young people,
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you could write obesity is becoming a major issue among young people.
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Issue simply sounds more academic and formal,
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especially in problem and solution essays.
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Inside, we look at all of the different IELTS essay question types,
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and I'll show you structures,
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grammar, and vocabulary to help you get band seven plus in your IELTS writing.
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Many of the members of English Pro Tips have already gone on to score band 7,
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band 8 and even band 9 in their IELTS writing.
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If you are passionate about IELTS writing and it's important to you,
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Next let's look at good and beneficial.
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A lot of students use the word good repeatedly throughout their essays but beneficial sounds much more academic.
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For example, instead of saying exercise is good for mental health,
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you could say exercise is beneficial for mental health.
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Or instead of public parks are good for local communities,
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you could write public parks are beneficial for local communities.
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This is a very common and very safe IELTS vocabulary upgrade.
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Now let's look at bad and the upgrade harmful.
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One of the most common words students overuse in IELTS essays is the word bad.
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Now there's nothing technically wrong with this word but it does sound very simple.
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A much more natural and academic alternative is the word harmful.
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For example, instead of saying air pollution is bad for human health,
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you could say air pollution is harmful to human health.
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This immediately sounds more formal and more precise.
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Or excessive screen time can be harmful to children's development.
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Notice the grammar here.
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We usually say that something is harmful to something.
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For example harmful to the environment,
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harmful to children, harmful to people's mental health.
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The next upgrade is many people think, too many people believe.
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This is a small change but small upgrades repeated throughout an essay can make a big difference.
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For example instead of saying many people think that university education should be free,
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you could say many people believe that university education should be free.
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Very natural and very easy to implement.
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Now let's look at people who agree and people who disagree.
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Instead of using those long phrases,
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you can use the words advocates and critics.
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For example, instead of saying people who agree with this idea argue that technology improves communication,
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you could say advocates argue that technology improves communication.
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Or instead of people who disagree believe that social media damages relationships,
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you could say critics believe that social media damages relationships.
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This makes your writing sound much more concise and sophisticated.
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The next upgrade is a lot of to a large proportion of.
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This is especially useful when discussing groups of people or social trends.
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For example, instead of saying a lot of young people use social media every day,
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you could say a large proportion of young people use social media every day.
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Another example could be a large proportion of the population now works remotely.
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This sounds much more academic than simply saying a lot of.
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Now let's look at cause and result in.
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This is one of the best cause and effect upgrades in IELTS writing.
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For example, instead of saying long working hours can cause stress,
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you could say long working hours can result in stress.
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Or instead of poor diets can cause health problems,
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you could write poor diets can result in serious health problems.
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This instantly makes your writing sound more formal and more academic.
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Next, let's look at advantages and benefits.
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These are highly interchangeable in most IELTS essays.
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For example, instead of saying one advantage of studying abroad is cultural exposure,
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you could say one benefit of studying abroad is cultural exposure.
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Another example could be the main benefit of public transport is that it reduces traffic congestion.
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Very natural and very useful,
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especially for advantage, disadvantage essays.
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Now let's look at the word disadvantages and its partner drawbacks.
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This is another excellent IELTS vocabulary upgrade.
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For example, instead of saying one disadvantage of remote work is isolation,
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you could say one drawback of remote work is isolation or one drawback of online learning is the lack of face-to-face interaction.
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Drawback sounds more natural and academic in formal writing.
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Inside this course, you'll learn step-by-step how to answer any type of IELTS essay
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and grammar as well as showing you lots of band nine model answers that you can learn from.
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The next phrase is in my opinion and the upgrade, I would argue.
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I would argue sounds much stronger and more formal than in my opinion,
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which is good for IELTS essays.
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For example, instead of saying in my opinion,
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governments should invest more in public transport,
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you could say I would argue that governments should invest more in public transport.
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This is an excellent phrase for any type of opinion essay.
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Just don't overuse it.
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Once or twice per essay is enough.
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Now let's look at the word stop and the word prevent.
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In general, prevent means stopping something before it happens or before it becomes a bigger problem.
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This word is very common in academic and formal English,
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especially in discussions about crime,
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health, education and social issues.
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For example, instead of saying the government should stop crime,
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it sounds much more natural and precise to say the government should prevent crime.
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Another example could be schools should educate children in order to prevent bullying,
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or governments should introduce stricter laws to prevent environmental damage.
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Using prevent in these contexts makes your writing sound more formal,
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more precise, and academic.
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Next, we're going to change the word help to contribute to.
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Contribute to is extremely common in academic English because it sounds more formal and analytical.
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For example, instead of saying regular exercise helps people stay healthy,
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you could say regular exercise contributes to better physical health.
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Another example, poor diets contribute to obesity or social media use can contribute to anxiety among teenagers.
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Notice that contribute to is often used when discussing causes,
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effects and social issues which makes it especially useful in IELTS writing task 2 essays.
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Now let's discuss the words because and the phrase due to.
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This is one of the most important grammar-based vocabulary upgrades because these phrases use different structures.
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For example, you could write many people suffer from stress because they work long hours.
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However, with due to, the sentence structure changes.
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You would write many people suffer from stress due to long working hours
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or due to long working hours many people suffer from stress.
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Notice that because is followed by a full clause while due to is followed by a noun phrase.
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Understanding this difference is extremely important for IELTS grammatical range and accuracy.
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The next upgrade is the word big or large to significant.
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Significant is extremely common in academic English,
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especially when describing changes, trends or effects.
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For example, instead of saying there was a big increase in housing prices,
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you could write there was a significant increase in housing prices.
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Another example could be the government has made significant progress in reducing unemployment.
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This sounds much more natural and academic in IELTS writing.
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However, it is important to understand the context.
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Significant does not mean physically large,
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so you wouldn't normally say something like a significant house.
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So remember, significant is usually used to describe important or noticeable change rather than a difference in physical size.
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Now let's look at the words small and marginal.
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This is another context dependent upgrade because marginal does not simply mean physically small.
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Instead it usually describes something that is very slight,
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limited or not particularly significant.
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For example, instead of saying there was a small improvement in public health,
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you could write there was a marginal improvement in public health.
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Another example could be the policy only had a marginal effect on unemployment rates.
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This kind of vocabulary is very common in academic writing because it allows you to describe changes and effects more precisely.
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Next, let's look at the words money and funds.
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Now, funds is a more formal and academic alternative to money and it is especially useful in talking about government,
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healthcare, economic essays.
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For example, instead of saying the government should spend more money on education,
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you could write the government should allocate more funds to education.
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Another example could be additional funds should be invested in healthcare services.
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One really useful collocation here is allocate funds.
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This is extremely common in academic English and sounds much more natural than repeatedly saying spend money.
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Again, this is a great example of how small vocabulary upgrades can make your IELTS writing sound more sophisticated and professional.
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Finally, let's look at the word skills and some more precise alternatives like practical skills,
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soft skills, and hard skills.
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Now, these are not direct synonyms.
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Instead, Instead they are different categories of skills
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and using these more specific phrases can make your IELTS writing sound more precise and sophisticated.
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Practical skills are everyday useful abilities such as cooking,
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financial management or repairing things.
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Soft skills are personal and social abilities such as communication, teamwork, leadership.
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skills are technical abilities that can usually be taught and measured such as coding,
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engineering, or graphic design.
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So instead of writing schools should teach more skills,
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you could write schools should teach more practical skills such as financial management and cooking.
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Or instead of saying employees need good skills,
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you could say employees need soft skills such as communication
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and team You could also write many modern careers require hard skills related to technology and engineering.
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I want to mention that higher band vocabulary is not just about using more advanced word.
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It's also about using more accurate and specific language.
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So skills to soft skills.
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Before you finish, I want to give you one very important piece of advice.
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Remember in IELTS, the goal is not to use the most complicated vocabulary possible possible.
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The goal is to use vocabulary naturally, accurately, and flexibly.
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Best of luck with all of your studies and I'll see you in the next lesson.
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Bye then.
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- 完全同意（completely agree）
- 部分同意（partially agree）
- 例如（for example）
- 例如（for instance）
- 问题（issue）
- 有益的（beneficial）
- 有害的（harmful）
- 社会媒体（social media）
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