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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。

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theworldpath.com 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。

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY NEEDED FOR IELTS  LIST 5

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!

constitute, verb
form or compose
This money is my only income
create and charge with a task or function
to compose or represent:
set up or lay the groundwork for

context, noun
discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
the historical context

contract, verb
enter into a contractual arrangement
engage by written agreement
squeeze or press together
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
He got AIDS
become smaller or draw together

assist, verb
give help or assistance; be of service
act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
work for or be a servant to

assist, noun
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
(sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play

bias, noun
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

bias, verb
influence in an unfair way
you are biasing my choice by telling me yours
cause to be biased

bias, adj
slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
a bias fold

chart, verb
make a chart of
chart the territory
plan in detail
Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein
represent by means of a graph

chart, noun
a visual display of information
a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
medium, noun
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
the surrounding environment
fish require an aqueous medium
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter

medium, adj
around the middle of a scale of evaluation
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside