Here's an interesting question that someone asked me on Facebook:
有人在臉書上問了我一個有趣的問題：

Can you add on your blog some typical phrases (band 9) that we can use in every essay?
你能在博客上介紹一些每篇作文都適用的9分短語嗎？

This seems to be the 'secret' that so many people are looking for. The problem is that these phrases do not exist. I'll try to explain why.
這像是許多人都在尋找的秘籍。但問題是這些短語并不存在。我會解釋原因。

To get a high score for vocabulary and task response, you need to use words and phrases that are specific to the particular question that you are given. For example, if the question is about the environment, you could write about 'greenhouse gases' or 'carbon dioxide emissions'. But these phrases cannot be used in every essay; they are only relevant to this one topic.
要想在詞匯和任務完成情況兩項拿到高分，你需要使用切合你的考題的單詞和短語。例如，如果問題是關于環(huán)境的，你可以寫greenhouse gas（溫室氣體）或carbon dioxide emissions（二氧化碳排放）。但是這些短語并非對每篇文章都適用，它們只適用某個特定話題。

The only phrases that can be used in every essay would be 'linking' phrases, and these do not contribute to your vocabulary or task response scores. They only help you to organise your ideas.
唯一一種每篇文章都能用到的短語是連接詞，但它們不會給你的詞匯和任務完成情況這兩項加分。它們只能幫你把思路表達的更有條理。

So, please stop looking for 'any essay' phrases. Tomorrow I'll explain what to do instead.
所以，別再找“萬能”詞組。明天我告訴大家用什么來代替它們。

Yesterday I explained why nobody can create a list of 'band 9 phrases for any essay'. So, is there any way to prepare band 7-9 vocabulary for the test?
昨天我解釋了為什么沒人能給出“雅思9分萬能詞組”列表。那么，有沒有辦法針對考試準備7-9分的詞匯呢？

The answer is yes, but I'm afraid you will need to make many lists, not just one! I advise my students to prepare ideas and opinions for as many common IELTS topics as possible. Click here to see the basic list that I use.
答案是可以。但你恐怕得做許多表格，而非單個列表。我建議我的學生為盡可能多的常見雅思話題準備思路和看法。點擊這里查看我常用到的話題列表。

My aim in the writing lessons on this blog (and in my ebook) is to help you to compile a list or build a repertoire of good 'topic vocabulary'. I could easily give you a list of linking phrases, but unfortunately that wouldn't really help you.
我博客里的寫作課和電子書的目的都是為了幫助你們建立一個列表或優(yōu)秀的話題詞匯庫。我可以簡單的給你們一個連接詞列表，但這并不能真正幫到你們。