作者具有多年的教学经验，十分清楚学生们在备考过程中面临的主要问题。本书的目的就在于帮助学生应对它们。书中前3章概括介绍雅思口语考试，及其对语法和各种词汇运用方面的要求。后3章提供话题和问题范例，以便进行灵活训练。第7章提供了模拟面试问答。

Chapter 1 Introduction

 1.1 General Introduction

 1.2 Introduction for Teachers

 1.3 Suggested 1-month, 2-month, and 3-month Study Plans

Chapter 2 The Speaking Test and Criteria

 2.1 The Format of the Speaking Test

2.1.1 Part One of the Speaking Test

2.1.2 Part Two of the Speaking Test

2.1.3 Part Three of the Speaking Test

 2.2 Interpreting the Band Scores

 2.3 The Assessment Criteria for the Speaking Module

2.3.1 Fluency and Coherence

2.3.2 Lexical Resource (Vocabulary)

2.3.3 Grammatical Range and Accuracy

2.3.4 Pronunciation

2.3.5 Test Preparation

2.3.6 Frequently Asked Questions

Chapter 3 Use of English

 3.1 Tenses

 3.2 Connectives (Linking Words)

3.2.1 Giving Examples

3.2.2 Summary

3.2.3 Preference

3.2.4 Alternatives

3.2.5 Time and Sequence

3.2.6 Addition (Giving Extra Information or Reasons)

3.2.7 Contrast

3.2.8 Similarities

3.2.9 Condition

3.2.10 Reason

3.2.11 Purpose

3.2.12 Consequence

3.2.13 Exceptions

3.2.14 Practice your linking words!

 3.3 Adverbs of Frequency and Degree

 3.4 Expressing Probability

 3.5 Use of Impersonal Pronouns in Place of Nouns

 3.6 Relative Clauses

 3.7 Expressing Opinions

 3.8 Adjectives—Antonyms and Synonyms

 3.9 Comparatives and Superlatives

 3.10 Idiomatic English

Chapter 4 Part One Topics

 Ages

 Agriculture

 Ambitions

 Animals

 Bicycles

 Birds

 Birthdays

 Books

 Clothes

 Collecting Things

 Computers

 Crime

 Cultural Events and Entertainment

 Daily Routines

 Dancing

 Drawing and Painting

 Education

 Email

 Family

 Festivals

 Films/Movies

 Flowers

 Food and Cooking

 Friends

 Games

 Gardens and Parks

 Going Abroad Long-term

 Going out in the Evenings

 Grandparents

 Happiness

 Healthy Eating

 Hobbies and Interests

 Holidays/Vacations

 Hotels

 Keeping Fit

 Languages

 Leisure Time

 Letters

 Meeting People

 Memories of the Past

 Music

 Names

 Newspapers

 Noise

 Numbers

 Outdoor Activities

 Photographs/Photography

 Places of Interest

 Possessions

 Public Transport

 Rain

 Reading

 Restaurants

 School (Primary and Secondary)

 Seasons

 Shopping

 Sports

 Telephones

 Television (TV)

 The Media

 The Sea

 Time and Times of Day

 Transport

 Travel

 Visitors

 Weather

 Weddings

 Weekends

 Where You Live Now

 Writing

 Your Country

 Your Home

 Your Hometown

 Your Studies

 Your Work

Chapter 5 Part Two Topics

 A Birthday

 A Book You Have Read

 A Book You Learned Something From

 A Book You Might Like to Write

 A Building, Structure or Monument

 A Ceremonial Event

 A Change in Your Life

 A Child

 A City

 A Classmate

 A Company

 A Controversial Issue

 A Cultural Event

 A Difficult Decision

 A Difficult Thing

 A Domesticated Animal

 A Family Event

 A Famous Person

 A Film

 A Film/TV Character

 A Form of Transport

 A Free Day

 A Friend

 A Game

 A Garden or Park

 A Gift

 A Gift You Gave

 A Good Personality

 A Happy Event from Childhood

 A Happy Memory

 A Happy Person

 A Hobby or an Interest

 A Holiday

 A Home

 A Hotel

 A Hotel You Have Stayed at or Seen

 A Job

 A Lake, River or Sea

 A Leader

 A Local Event

 A Long-distance Journey

 A Meal

 A Member of Your Family

 A Memorable Experience

 A Modem Building

 A Music Group, Musician or Singer

 A Neighbour

 A Newspaper or Magazine

 A Party

 A Person Who Has Influenced You

 A Person You Live with

 A Person You Would Like to Spend a Day With

 A Photograph

 A Piece of Family News

 A Piece of Music or a Song

 A Piece of News

 A Place in a City You Know Well

 A Place of Natural Beauty

 A Place You Have Visited

 A Place You Would Like to Visit

 A Positive Experience

 A Postcard or Letter

 A Problem

 A Project or Piece of Work You Did as Part of a Team

 A Public Event

 A Quiet Place

 A Radio Programme

 A Restaurant

 A Room

 A School

 A School Trip

 A Scientific Development

 A Shop

 A Short Course

 A Small Business

 A Sport

 A Sporting Event

 A Story from Childhood

 A Strange or Unusual Place

 A Subject

 A Successful Person

 A Teacher

 A Team, Club, Organization or Group

 A Three-day Holiday

 A Time When You Helped Someone

 A Time When You Were Busy

 A Toy

 A TV Programme

 A Vehicle

 A Visit You Made

 A Visit You Received

 A Website

 A Wedding

 A Well-known Product

 A Work of Art

 An Achievement

 An Adventurous Person

 An Advertisement

 An Ambition

 An Animal

 An Artistic Skill

 An Economic Activity

 An Economic Issue

 An Elderly Person

 An Electronic Item

 An Environmental Problem

 An Ethnic Minority

 An Historical Event

 An Important Stage of Your Life

 An Important Structure

 An Interesting Exhibition

 An Item of Clothing or Jewellery

 An Occassion on Which You Were Late

 An Old Place

 An Open-air Market

 An Outdoor Activity

 Bad Habits

 Communication

 Exercise

 First Day

 Learning English

 Making Yourself a Better Person

 Meeting a Person Speaking a Different Language

 Parents

 Public Transport

 Some Help

 Some Useful Advice

 Something about a Different Culture

 Something Dangerous

 Something Exciting

 Something Expensive

 Something Interesting You Hope to Do in the Future

 Something Old

 Something That Made You Laugh

 Something You Are Good at

 Something You Bought You Were Not Happy with

 Something You Do to Relax

 Something You Made Yourself

 Something You Own

 Sports Facilities

 The Education System

 The Role of Computers

 The Role of Money

 The Role of TV

 The Way You Work or Study

 The Weather

 Two People from the Same Family

 What You Did Last Weekend

 What You Would Do if You Received a Million Dollars

 Your Favourite Actor or Actress

 Your Favourite Time of Day

 Your Home

 Your Ideal Home

 Youth Culture

Chapter 6 Part Three Topics

 Ability

 Advertising

 Advice

 Ages (Stages of Life)

 Ariimals

 Art

 Books

 Buildings and Structures

 Business

 Celebrations

 Challenges

 Change

 Childhood and Memories

 Children and Childhood

 Cities and Countryside

 Clothes

 Communication

 Computers

 Crime

 Cross-cultural Communication

 Crowded Spaces

 Culture

 Decisions

 Education

 Elderly People

 Exercise

 Exhibitions

 Family

 Famous People

 Films/Movies

 Food

 Free Time and Work Time

 Friends

 Giving

 Going Abroad Long-term

 Groups/Co-operation

 Happiness

 Health

 Help

 History

 Hobbies and Interests

 Holidays and Tourism

 Homes

 Humour

 Languages

 Leadership

 Leisure Time

 Local Events

 Making Things

 Marriage

 Men and Women

 Money

 Music

 Neighbours

 Newspapers and Magazines

 Outdoor Activities

 Peace and Quiet

 People

 Personality

 Photographs

 Places of Interest

 Possessions

 Radio

 Reading

 Relaxation (and Stress)

 Science

 Shopping

 Skills

 Space (Personal and Public)

 Sport

 Success

 Technology

 Teenagers/Young People

 Television

 The Economy

 The Environment

 The Future

 The Internet

 The Media

 The Past

 Time

 Toys

 Transport

 Travel

 Visiting

 Water

 Work

 Writing

 The Things They Say!

 Things Candidates Often Do Wrong

Chapter 7 Sample Interviews

 Sample Interview No.1

 Sample Interview No.2

 Sample Interview No.3

 Sample Interview No.4

 Sample Interview No.5

附录1 Suggested IELTS Vocabulary (over 2100 words) 雅思基础词汇2100

附录2 Useful Websites 有用的网站