*If you can’t dazzle with brilliance, baffle with nonsense, i.e., don’t worry so much about content. 如果没有真知灼见，也可以用废话来对付，即不要过多考虑内容。

    *Buy time by stalling but you had better look like you are in control. 故意拖延，争取时间，但要显得胸有成竹。

    *Never think you are impressing an interview with your expertise. He’s probably heard your kind of answer before. 别指望你的专门知识会给考官留下深刻印象，他以前可能听到过同样的答案。

    *Your interviewer is pretty naïve for any explanation you give him, especially if it involves your own country. 对于你做的所有解释，尤其是涉及到你的国家时，考官的认识水平是相当幼稚的。

     *There’s no question you can’t answer by using your imagination. 充分发挥想象力，没有回答不了的问题。

     *There are such things as stupid questions and the interviewer may ask many of them. Think twice. 考官可能会询问一些看似很愚蠢的问题。不过要认真作答。

     *Give a stupid answer to a stupid question. Stupid answers and intelligent answers count the same in IELTS—the only thing that matters is how you say them. 蠢问题蠢答。愚蠢的回答和聪明的回答在雅思考试中同样有用—关键在于你如何表达。

    * The interviewer will never remember your answer nor will he or she care much about it. He or she only cares about your English. 考官从来都不会记住你的答案，他们对你的回答也不会在乎。他们只关心你的英语水平。