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关于考官Nick

Nick在British Council 工作了10年，是前雅思高级考官，改过无数的雅思考卷，非常清楚考官判分要求。

他有超过二十年的教学经验，去过不同的亚洲国家教英文。他专门教授亚洲人的口语，特别清楚我们学英语的困难和弱点。他此前曾于全球著名的国际学校、顶级大学以及世界五百强的机构教授学生、CEO人数超过十万。他的很多雅思学生也在跟他学习了很短的时间内进步超过一分，有些更是拿了British Council的雅思奖学金出国。

关于the worldpath

The Worldpath 是香港政府重點支持的網上教學機構，由美國、英國、加拿大、澳洲的雅思前考官組成，在香港多間中學及大學舉辦雅思課程，學生成績優秀，曾經接受過香港多個媒體報導。推薦他們的學生除了有清華北大的，也有香港大學及香港中文大學，更有斯坦福大学、康奈尔大学和伯克利加大的。他們堅持只用接受過嚴格雅思改卷訓練的考官教口語跟寫作，因為他們很清楚考官喜歡怎樣的口語跟寫作，可以幫學生打做一個考官會給高分的exam，但是絕對不用模板。

Vocabulary is the fast-track to improving all your language skills! The more vocab you know, the more you can read, listen, speak and write.

The examiner will give you higher marks for using and understanding the more academic style of vocabulary. My experience with learning vocab in another language is this: don’t try to learn very long lists everyday, you will forget most of them. 6-8 words a day, but really learn how to use them in sentences is best. Imagine the improvement in your vocabulary and ability to speak English after doing this for a few months!

authority, noun
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
he has the authority to issue warrants
(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
the authorities have issued a curfew
an expert whose views are taken as definitive
he is an authority on corporate law
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
an administrative unit of government

available, adj
obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
kept a fire extinguisher available
not busy; not otherwise committed
he was not available for comment
convenient for use or disposal
the house is available after July 1

benefit, verb
derive a benefit from
be beneficial for
This will do you good

affect, noun
the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

appropriate, verb
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
take possession of by force, as after an invasion
the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants


accumulate, verb
get or gather together
collect or gather
Journals are accumulating in my office

ambiguous, adj
open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
having more than one possible meaning
ambiguous words
having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns
an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference

append, verb
add to the very end
He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language
fix to; attach
append a charm to the necklace
state or say further

mature, verb
develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
He matured fast
develop and work out fully in one's mind
I need to mature my thoughts
become due for repayment
These bonds mature in 2005
cause to ripen or develop fully
grow old or older

mature, adj
characteristic of maturity
mature for her age
fully considered and perfected
mature plans
having reached full natural growth or development
a mature cell
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination

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