IELTS International says the test measures true-to-life ability to communicate in English for education, immigration, and employment. Institutions in Britain and Australia jointly developed it.

雅思国际称，雅思考试为留学，移民和雇员之需，衡量考生实际运用英语交流的能力。

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Hello! we can't speak English very well, could you lead us to immigration counter for foreigner?

你好！我们不会英语，请告诉我们持外国护照在哪里出关？

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So the city's education department is struggling to persuade the government that it still, 20 years after the main wave of immigration, needs extra money to pay for teaching children who speak little English.

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The good news for Mr Brown is that, although the English consciousness has been poked into life by devolution and immigration, finding an answer is not all that urgent.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot