新東方網為大家準備的雅思口語Part3話題範文：Decision making。希望能給準備雅思口語的同學提供幫助~
1. What skills are necessary when making decisions?
關於decision-making的話題，以及關於skills的問題在part 3當中並不算少見，因此同學們還是需要多加注意，平時要多多積累語料。
這個題目在回答的過程當中，同學們容易陷進「skills」的陷阱當中去，很多同學對於skills這個單詞的理解非常的狹隘，認為只有「技術性」、「技能性」的才能叫做skills，其實，只要是和能力相關，只要是表示「能做什麼樣的事情」，都可以用skills這個詞來表達。比如雅思聽力當中就常常出現writing skills和study skills這種表達，這個時候我們就不一定非要僵硬地把這個詞組理解成「寫作/學習技能」，而是直接說「寫作/學習能力」更好一些。
更何況，在一個雅思口語part 3的答案中，流利的應對非常重要，相比較於花時間去糾結skills到底指的是什麼，更明智的做法顯然是聯繫decision-making的過程，描述這個當中需要的能力。
具體來說，做決定的時候，我們需要搜集信息，需要跟他人溝通討論，有時候甚至需要堅持自己的主張(assert my opinions)或者控制情緒，這些都可以作為答案內容。
Making decisions is a complex process, which might involve a great many skills. For starters, the ability of collecting facts and figures is essential, because the first step of making a decision is to get a whole understanding of the relevant information. Sometimes, we need to be computer-literate to look up information on the Internet. Secondly, we shall be able to do some data analysis so that we can make a wise decision. In addition, we need to keep calm inside, even when it is an urgent situation and we are asked to make prompt decisions, otherwise we might decide on something and regret it quite soon. Finally, a good decision-maker should be able to control his own mood and never get emotional, since we are not likely to make a good decision when we are thrilled, furious or anxious. So to sum up, there are plenty of necessary skills when making a decision. Sometimes we are not even aware of them.
2. How can people improve their decision-making skills?
這個題目的回答思路其實還是比較廣的，我們可以將此題和上一題聯繫起來(很多時候考官確實會把這樣的兩道題目連著問)，那麼此時我們就應該從上一題的答案出發，具體講解如何提高搜集信息的能力，如何提高分析數據的能力等等，這是一個思路;
另一方面，我們可以考慮從寬泛的地方入手，講一個「放之四海而皆準」的答案(比如今天的示範答案)，具體內容方面就是鍛鍊能力的通常途徑：練習。考生不必擔心這樣「放之四海而皆準」的答案內容會不會讓考官誤以為在背答案，因為這個內容對應該問題並不牽強，同時還很實際。我們只要注意回答的時候要自然一些就好了。
I think people can improve their decision-making skills the way they do to improve all other skills – by learning and practising. If someone feels that he is not good at making decisions, the first thing he might have to do is to observe – to find out how others will react when it comes to a similar circumstance. The second step is to compare and contrast. By doing this, people can have a clear understanding of the strong points and the weakness in their decision-making process, so that they could make a progress. The key point of improving the decision-making skills lies in practice. Just like everything, decision-making skills could get strengthened only when we put them into reality. Provided we keep training ourselves in this way, we can all become wise and responsible decision-makers.
3. Do parents in China allow their children to make important decisions about the future?
這種「中國/你們國家現狀」的問題其實是最好回答的，因為這樣的現狀一定是很複雜的，不能一概而論的。因此，考生完全可以根據自己的回答特徵和優勢有選擇性地給出答案。
比如這個題目，可以說yes，當然也可以說no，當然更可以說兩者兼而有之，具體怎麼操作，可以看考生擅長往哪個方面發揮。並且，建議考生根據這種「in your country / in China」如何如何的題目，準備好一個框架，可以是it depends on…，或者it varies…，接著說因為各地的情況、各個階層的情況都不一樣，最後再詳細講自己看到的、自己了解到的情況是怎樣的，這樣的答案層次感也比較好。
Well, it’s unlikely to simply say yes or no to this question, since things differ enormously in different families. Some parents allow their children to make almost every decision about the future, from what major to choose, to what kind of person to marry. These are so-called 「open-minded」 or 「enlightened」 parents. They are also the popular ones. Children all dream of having this kind of parents and those who do have, are often very proud, confident and independent. However, there are some other parents, who act in a totally opposite way. They feel that they could not trust their children to make any decision, let alone important ones. They are overprotective parents, and without knowing it, they might even ruin their children’s life in the name of 「love」. It’s actually very terrible. To me, one of the greatest jobs of a parent is to teach the children how to make decisions on their own, so that children can grow up as mature, responsible adults.
4. How do you think computers will change the way people make decisions?
其實這個問題放在這裡合適，放在跟電腦相關的part 3的問題當中也合適，考生可以考慮從「電腦」或者是「做決定」兩個方面來入手回答這個問題，電腦給人們帶來的所有的影響，都可以在做決定上面體現出來，比如，電腦可以大大加快人們的工作效率，電腦可以讓人們了解很多的信息，這些當然都會從某種程度上影響、改變人們做決定的方式，甚至做的決定本身;如果我們從另一個方面入手，做決定這個過程包含很多，比如搜集信息等步驟，這些步驟會如何受到電腦的影響?這些都是可以表達的內容。
Computer can change how people make decisions thoroughly, as they do in every other aspect of people’s life. For example, they may accelerate the decision-making process because with a computer, people can deal with information much faster. Also, people who are used to working on a computer might have changed fundamentally so that they could make totally different decisions from those made by previous generations, even when they are under similar circumstances. However, it’s not always a good thing to have a computer beside us when making decisions, for the information online is sometimes excessive and highly debatable. Computers, can mess up the decision-making process by offering too much unreliable, confusing information.
語言點解析：
complex： 複雜的
computer-literate：懂電腦的
keep calm：保持冷靜
prompt：及時的，迅速的
observe：觀察
compare and contrast：比較對比
key point：關鍵點
lie in：存在於
provided：如果，只要
open-minded：開明的
enlightened：有見識的，沒有偏見的
overprotective：過度保護的
in the name of：以某人/某事的名義
accelerate：加速
excessive：過度的
debatable：有爭議的
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（實習編輯：Lin）