The biggest mistake students make with PTE templates / PTE 模板最常见的使用误区
Templates can be useful in PTE. They help you start faster, organise your answer and reduce pressure under time limits. PTE 当然可以用模板。模板能帮助你更快开始、组织答案，也能减轻限时压力。
The problem is not using a template. The problem is treating the template as the answer. 问题不是“用了模板”，而是把模板当成答案本身。
What a template should do 模板应该解决什么问题？
A good template gives structure, controls timing, reduces grammar risk and helps you connect ideas. 一个好的模板应该提供结构、控制时间、降低语法风险，并帮助你连接观点。
It should not let you ignore the question. If the same answer can be used for every task without changing the content, the template is probably too empty. 但模板不应该让你忽略题目。如果同一段话不改内容就能套到所有题上，它很可能太空了。
DI needs several simple frameworks DI 不适合一套万能句到底
Describe Image can include charts, maps, processes, tables and complex images. One long universal template often becomes unnatural or disconnected from the image. DI 可能出现图表、地图、流程、表格和复杂图片。一套很长的万能模板，常常会显得不自然，甚至和图片内容脱节。
Use a data-chart framework for topic, high or low points, comparison and trend. Use a process framework for starting point, steps, sequence and result. 数据图可以按主题、最高或最低点、对比、趋势来讲；流程图可以按起点、步骤、顺序和结果来讲。
The template should help you describe the image, not help you avoid looking at it. 模板应该帮助你描述图片，而不是帮助你逃避看图。
Essay templates cannot replace argument 作文模板不能代替论证
For Essay, a stronger approach is to fix paragraph function rather than memorise a full generic essay. 对 Essay 来说，更稳的方法是固定段落功能，而不是背一整篇万能作文。
TEEL can help: Topic sentence, Explanation, Evidence or Example, and Link. TEEL 很实用：观点句、解释、证据或例子、回扣题目。
This keeps the structure stable while still forcing the content to answer the question. 这样结构是稳定的，但内容仍然必须回应题目。
Speaking templates must fit your mouth 口语模板要适合你的嘴
A sentence that looks impressive on paper may be risky if you often mispronounce it or pause halfway through it. 纸面上看起来高级的句子，如果你经常读错或读到一半卡住，考试时就是风险。
Choose speaking templates that are short enough, easy enough to pronounce, and flexible enough to connect to real task content. 口语模板要够短、容易发音，并且能自然连接真实题目内容。
A quick template test 一个快速自查方法
Ask four questions: Does this template answer the task? Is my content connected to the material? Does it make me more fluent? Do I know what to change when the question changes? 问自己四个问题：这个模板有没有回答题目？内容是否和材料对应？它有没有让我更流利？题目变化时我知道要改哪里吗？
If the answer is no, you may be memorising a template rather than using one. 如果答案是否定的，你可能是在背模板，而不是在使用模板。
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