最近,在我的博客上有考生留言问我关于雅思听力中的大小写问题,到底什么时候要大写,什么时候不用大写,会不会因为没有大写而扣分?其实,国内很多烤鸭都有同样的疑惑,为了求证,我这两天专门给雅思官方(ESOL)发邮件,希望得到他们关于这个问题的解释。以下是我发的邮件内容:
DearEsol,
IamanIELTSteacherinChina. HereIhaveaquestionregardingIELTSListening. ManystudentsareconfusedaboutthecapitalletterinListeningTest. Whenisitnecessarytocapitalizethefirstletter?
Whatisthesafestwaytodealwiththis "capitalletter" problem? Sayifweputtheanswerallinblockletters, isitacceptable? Willthestudentbepunishedsimplybecausehedoesnotcapitalizetheinitialletter?
IhavecheckedthePastSamplePaperslikeCambridgeIELTS 4,5 & 6 andIfoundsomeanswerswhichareincapitallettershardtoexplain. SopleasehelpclarifythisquestionandIbelieveitisaverycommonquestiontoChinesestudents.
Thanksandbestregards.
YouWenfeng
雅思官方很快作出了回复,以下是原文内容:
ThankyouforcontactingCambridgeESOL. Pleasefindbelowanupdatetoyourcall:
OriginalCallDescription:
IELTSListening - useofcapitalletters
Loggedon: 18/05/2009 at 16:20:19
Update:
DearYouWenfeng,
Thankyouforyourenquiry. InIELTSlisteningcandidatesareallowedtowritetheiranswersinupperorlowercase.
Ihopethatthisisofassistance.
KindRegards
ElizabethJones
ESOLHelpdesk
CambridgeESOLCustomerServices
所谓的 InIELTSlisteningcandidatesareallowedtowritetheiranswersinupperorlowercase意思就是说不会因为大小写而扣分。其实,可以看得出来,雅思官方改卷时还是很机动灵活的,不像一些老师所说的那么死板。当然,我建议烤鸭们该首字母大写的尽量还是应该大写,不过没必要因为大小写问题给自己太大的压力