很多同学在私下与朋友聊天时侃侃而谈，然而一上考场回答问题，就立刻心慌气短胃痉挛，大脑一片空白，一张嘴就词穷，好不容易憋出一两句话，还要被追问一句"Why?" 自我感觉非常可怜弱小又无助。
所以今天我们就来聊一聊如何增加口语表达的细节，解决传说中“开局几个字，剩下全靠（考官）猜”的问题！
官方解释Fluency and coherence
官方在对Fluency and coherence的解释里，给出了这样一条提分建议：Build on your point of view by adding a few details.
（雅思官方关于Fluency and coherence的建议）
并给出了一个范例：
Q: What do you do?
A: I'm a teacher.
A: I have been a high school mathematics teacher in New York for over 5 years.
相比个回答，第二个回答明显给出了更多的细节：high school, mathematics, New York, 5 years。这些细节让整个回答更丰富、详尽，同时也更能展现出考生的口语能力（"is willing to speak at length"是 "Fluency and coherence" 6分 对应的要求之一）。
那么如何增加细节呢？
增加细节的方法之一是：往具体了说。
例1：How did you spend your last Saturday?
大部分人给的答案都类似这样的：Well, I just stayed at home and did some housework.
但是"stay at home"是个很笼统、概括的说法，宅在家里也会做很多具体的事，赖个床（get up late)、做个饭（make breakfast/brunch）、洗个衣服（do the laundry）、追个剧（binge watch ...）、跟朋友聊会儿天（exchange some chitchat about ...）、无聊刷个微博朋友圈（mindlessly scroll on social media）······都属于stay at home。
有人同样不咋出门，她是这样回忆自己的一天的：
举一反三，我们可以具体说说自己是怎么度过某一天的：
Well, as a late sleeper, I got up at around 10 o'clock and made brunch for myself. Then I did the laundry while bing-watching a popular reality show. In the afternoon, I exchanged some chitchat about the show with my friend. And in the evening, I killed some time by mindlessly scrolling on social media. In truth, I spent the day as I spent every other Saturday.
例2：Are you a tidy person?
大部分人给的答案都类似这样的：No, I'm not this kind of person, because sometimes I mess up my room.
"mess up my room"同样是个比较笼统、概括的说法，衣服不收拾、鞋子东一只西一只、书桌很乱、东西随手放······都会让房间看起来比较杂乱，你是哪一种呢？
不爱收拾房间的大有人在，对此，洁癖党表示有话要说：
关于房间是否整洁，两人在互相吐槽中提到的具体细节有：餐盘（a tray of flatware）放沙发上、咖啡桌上乱得像线下闲鱼交易现场（like a tiny garage sale)、给所有东西分类（sort ... by ...）/整理（organize vt.）/贴标签（label vt.），需要重新整理（straighten up vi.）、分门别类给衣服排序（organize vt.）
记住这些具体的例子，就可以自信地来聊聊自己是否是个爱整洁的人了：
No, I'm not this kind of person, and most of the time my room is a little messy. I'm so used to putting clothes on the couch when I'm home, and it rarely occurs to me that I should sort or organize things in my bedroom. I just dislike straightening up.
最后，总结一下方法，那就是尽量避免过于笼统的表述，凡事说具体些，细节自然就有了，就达到"is willing to peak at length"这一要求了。
