Watch movies to improve your IELTS Listening skills

　　Do you want to improve your performance in IELTS Listening? One mistake many candidates make is to continually do practice tests and nothing else. This often results in no improvement in performance.

　　你想提升你的雅思听力吗? 很多考生都容易陷入一个误区：只做听力训练而不顾其它。这样经常会导致听力技能没有任何提升。

　　The key to improving your listening skills is to maximize your exposure to English language. This means listening to as many different sources as possible. In particular focus on sources that provide a range of different accents. You can do this in many different ways –

　　提升听力技巧的关键就是尽其所能的去多接触英语，也就是在闲暇时间尽可能多多听听不同的英语学习资源。不仅如此，还需要多多注意不同的口音，在这里，我向大家推荐下几种方式：

　　• listen to the radio, try things like BBC World Service, or Voice of America

　　多听听英国广播公司国际频道以及美国之声。

　　• watch videos online – sites like TED are excellent places to learn from, the content is on all types of subjects, just choose whatever subject you are interested in

　　多看网上的视频，TED网站是以个很好的学习资源，其视频包含了各个主题，你可以选择你有兴趣的视频观看。

　　• listen to music – again choose songs you like the sound of, get the lyrics from the internet and then listen along reading the words

　　听音乐，同样的选择你喜欢的音乐，从网上下载歌词并跟读歌词。

　　Another method is watching English language movies. You can turn on subtitles in movies if you lack confidence but, whenever possible, try not to rely on this. Just focus on watching, listening, and enjoying the story!

　　看英文电影也是一种不错的选择。如果你不自信，你可以参考字幕。但切记不要过分依赖字幕，集中注意力看，听，享受电影故事给你带来的乐趣。

　　I once met some students in a small town in China. They communicated with me quite confidently, listening to what I said very effectively and, I was amazed, they had fantastic American accents. I asked them where they had gone to learn English. They said they had never done classes – they simply watched lots of American movies and copied what they heard!

　　我曾经在中国的小镇遇到这么一群孩子，他们能很自信的与我交流，并且十分认真的听我的表述。我很惊讶地发现这群孩子居然都有美国口音，于是我好奇地问他们是在哪里学的英文，他们的回答让我大吃一惊。他们从未参加过任何的英语培训，学习英语的方式仅仅是通过看美国电影并模范其口音。

　　If they can do this, improving their listening and speaking by themselves, anyone can do this. It can work!

　　如果他们可以用同样的方法提升他们听说能力的话，那所有的人都可以。这种方法是可行的!

　　This is not a magic solution. No matter what you hear from others, there are no magic solutions when it comes to IELTS preparation. You will not change your performance overnight.

　　但这不是一个短期就能见到显著成效的方法，雅思备考从来就没有能短期有成效的方法。你不可能晚上就显著提升你的英文。

　　But with time, patience and persistence, you will see improvement in your ability.

　　但只要你长时间的坚持训练，效果显而易见。