Preparing for IELTS Test I'm a college student and I'm preparing for the IELTS examination. IELTS includes listening, speaking, reading and writing. The most difficult part for me is speaking(though o

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Preparing for IELTS Test I'm a college student and I'm preparing for the IELTS examination. IELTS includes listening, speaking, reading and writing. The most difficult part for me is speaking(though other three parts are not my strengths.....) because you don't have so much time to talk to a native English speaker. Besides, as a Chinese people, it has deeply taken root in your mind that the way you think or speak or talk has a strong Chinese style. I wonder how could I finally speak English as good as a native English speaker ? The other problem is that i always prefer to use some advanced vocabularies, although I have no idea whether foreigners use them. How to find a balance point between understandable and gorgeous ? And a tiny wish at last, can you please tell me the difference between "can " and "could" please ? I'm really confused about it at times. Thank you ! Wish to be your friend and have an audio communication with you!

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Preparing for IELTS Test

I'm a college student and I'm preparing for the IELTS examination. IELTS includes listening, speaking, reading and writing. The most difficult part for me is speaking (though other three parts are not my strengths.....) because you don't have as much time to talk to a native English speaker. Besides, as a Chinese person, it has deeply taken root in your mind that the way you think or speak or talk has a strong Chinese style. I wonder how could I finally speak English as good as a native English speaker?

The other problem is that I always prefer to use some advanced vocabularies, although I have no idea whether foreigners use them. How to find a balance point between understandable and gorgeous language?

And a tiny wish at last, can you please tell me the difference between "can " and "could" please ? I'm really confused about it at times. Thank you !

Wish to be your friend and have an audio communication with you!

Please note: gorgeous = beautiful. I have assumed your meaning here but it might not be what you meant.

Preparing for IELTS Test

I'm a college student, and I'm preparing for the IELTS examination. IELTS includes listening, speaking, reading and writing. The most difficult part for me is speaking (though the other three parts are not my strengths, either.....) because there isn't have so much time to talk to a native English speaker. Besides, as a Chinese person, it has deeply taken root in my mind that the ways that I think, speak, and talk have a strong Chinese influences. I wonder how I could finally speak English as well as a native English speaker.

The other problem is that I always prefer to use some advanced vocabulary, but I have no idea whether foreigners use the same words. How do I find a balance point between understandable and gorgeous ?

And one last tiny wish: can you please tell me the difference between "can " and "could" please ? I'm really confused about it, at times. Thank you !

I wish to be your friend and have an audio communication with you!

Hope this helps you out.

Oh, I mean that sometimes I'd like to use some advanced but rare words to decorate my sentences, but I don't know whether using these words makes my sentences more poetic or more funny. How can I avoid being self-defeating?

You have very good English skills! There are a few different ways can and could vary depending on how it is used. I have outlined two main differences below, I hope they help! 1) Could is the past tense of can. For example: "I could play the guitar when I was 14." "I can play the guitar." In the second sentence, it is present tense or happening now, in the first example it was in the past. 2) Something possible of happening in the future: "I can pass the exam" = more definite, positive language. "I could pass the exam" = less definite, often exchangeable for might. More examples and other uses can be found here: <http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/07/can-or-could/> Could you please clarify what you meant in the sentence below (because gorgeous means beautiful): "How to find a balance point between understandable and gorgeous ?"

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