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远航雅思中级口语第四期Lesson8 资料仅供参考 Lesson Eight Part One：How to Prepare 第一步：大家得知道这部分都考什么样的题目. 雅思口语题目一般在 3-4个月之内基本稳定，因此大家只需好好准备你参考前两个月考过的题目即可。 1.地方类卡片： Describe a city you have visited or lived in. Describe a library you have used. Describe an important historical site you have visited and liked. Describe a park or garden you have visited. Describe the sea or a place with a lot of water that you have been to Describe a place that is polluted. Describe a restaurant you like. Describe a shopping place you like. Describe a modern building that impressed you. Describe a school you studied in. Describe a house/flat that you like (not your own) Describe a place from which you can learn sth about the past. 2. 人物类卡片： Describe a family member you spend most time with. Describe someone you know who is good cooking. Describe someone you lived with. Describe an old person you admire. Describe a famous person you admire (not from your own country)。 Describe a famous artist you admire. Describe an intelligent person you know. Describe a person who won a competition. 3. 经历类卡片： Describe a trip that didn’t go as well as planned. Describe a time when you had to wait in a traffic jam. Describe a time when someone gave you important help. Describe an interesting lecture or speech you listened to. Describe an important conversation you had with someone. Describe a recent enjoyable visit you had. Describe a recent happy event. Describe one of your successful experiences. Describe a special meal you had. Describe a picnic or an outdoor meal you had. 4. 物体类卡片： Describe sth you would like to buy in the future. Describe a car or vehicle you would like to buy. Describe a book you have read and would like to read again. Describe your favorite book in your childhood. Describe a film you like. Describe something you made by yourself. Describe an antique or other old thing that your family has kept for a long time. Describe a special gift you have received/sent. Describe a song or a piece of music that you liked in your childhood. Describe a work of art you have seen that impressed you. 5. 工作类卡片： Describe a job that you think you would be good at. Describe your ideal job. 6. 童年类卡片： Describe a happy event in your childhood. Describe a toy you liked in your childhood. Describe a story about a famous person that you heard in your childhood. Describe an activity or game that you enjoyed doing in your childhood. 7. 媒体类卡片： Describe a magazine or newspaper you like to read. Describe a TV program you love to watch and talk about with your family and friend. Describe a TV program you have watched but didn’t like. Describe an interesting article from a magazine or newspaper. Describe a website you often use. Part Two: How to make full use of ‘ One minute’ 强烈建议大家利用好这一分钟的时间进行快速构思，并在稿纸上写上关键词，这一方面不是让考官觉得你事先未经准备，而是预防 “忘记”现象，也就是构思的时候想得好好的，说的时候忘记了，为什么会忘呢，因为你说的时候是要看着考官的，不免有些紧张，一紧张就什么也想不起来了。因此大家在平时练习的时候，也请按照这种方式进行，就是凭借关键词进行架构，同时按照卡片上的提示顺序一个一个往下描述即可，没有必要临时重新组织顺序。而且，这回给考官一种印象：你实在临场发挥，这也是考官所希望看到的。 Part Three：How to enhance the sequence of self-description 大家知道，在Part Two, 大家需要独自说2-3分钟，怎样才能让考官很容易就能知道你每一步都要想说什么呢？我个人的建议是大家借用一些结构性的句子：在开头，开门见山：I’d like to talk about… 回答第一个问题：To begin with, I’ll talk about … (where it is) 回答第二个问题：Then as to… (what it looks like) 回答第三个问题：Now let’s look at (what it sells) 回答最后一个问题：And finally I’d like to explain to you (why I like the place). 很多题目都能够用这些句子进行架构。当然，大家也不要太机械了，有的题目完全能够以你自己喜欢的方式进行架构，关键是要用的自然。 Part Three: Tips 第一：大家看到准备过的题目一定不要喜形于色。第二：思考的时候能够不看考官，但在描述的时候，一定要看着考官说。第三：注意时态。第四：描述人的时候，注意he/she. 第五：结束的时候，不要说，that’s all. 如果你是在没话说了，能够使用下面这句话： Well, I’m afraid that’s all I can think of to say now, thank you. Part Four: Examples(1) 1.Describe a shopping place you like. (such as a supermarket or shopping mall). You should say: where it is what it looks like how often you go there and explain why you like it so much. I’d like to talk about a shopping mall in my home city of Xi’an，which is in the downtown pedestrian zone, and it’s not far from where I live, just about ten minutes’ bus ride away, so it’s really convenient for me to go there. The mall is huge, you know, with 10 floors, and it looks really modern with shiny glass curtain walls. The inside is also amazing. It’s spotlessly clean and elegantly decorated. So it’s absolutely an enjoyment to be there. I go the mall quite a lot, about once or twice a month, sometimes alone, and sometimes with the company of my best friend. And most of the time, I go there to buy something, but some of the time, I just go window shopping there. As to why I love the place so much, the main reason is of course that the mall is a shopping paradise, offering an amazingly wide selection of goods. Most of them are reasonably priced, affordable to most people. The most important thing is you can always find something you really want to buy there, whether it’s a piece of clothing or electronic equipment. And everything there is name-brand stuff , so the quality is highly reliable. And another reason I love the place is because of its excellent shopping environment and outstanding service. It’s really pleasant to be there. Even just strolling around and admiring all the exquisite products is highly enjoyable. The only problem is that on the weekends and holidays its packed with shoppers; you know it’s the most popular shopping place in the city, so I usually avoid going there at those peak times. I prefer to go there in the late afternoon after school/work, like at 6 or 7 o’clock. And it closes at 10, so I still have enough time to do my shopping. Extra bonuses: shop assistant/sales girls 售货员（friendly, polite, patient, helpful, not snobbish) goods/products/merchandise 商品 20% discount/20% off 打八折 decorate (v) decoration (n) 装饰，装潢 lighting 灯光 spacious and light 宽敞明亮 background music 背景音乐 customers 顾客 shoppers 购物者 the cashier 收银员 the check out (超市的）收银台 coupon 优惠卷 invoice 发票 sales slip 购物小票 full refund 全额退款 lift/elevator 电梯 escalator 自动扶梯 the stairs 楼梯 classy/posh 高档的 luxury goods 奢侈品 perfume and cosmetics 香水和化妆品 sales 特价促销 giveaways 赠品 food court 美食街 boutiques 精品服装店 accessories 配饰 florist’s 花店 ice cream store 冰淇淋店 bakery 面包店 snack bar 小吃部 exquisite 精美的 gorgeous 特别漂亮的 stylish 时尚的 shopping cart 购物车 cinema 影院 beauty salon /hair salon 美容美发店 cosmetics/jewelry section 化妆品/首饰专柜 2. Describe a city or town you ever visited or lived in. You should say: Which city it is What is the main feature of the city What you like about it What you dislike about it. I’d like to talk about ChengDu, which is the capital of SiChuan province in southwestern China. I’ve been to the city for a couple of times on summer vacation or at spring festival to visit my uncle. He went to the city after graduation from university and has been living there since then.ChengDu is probably one of the best known metropolises in China, just like ShangHai and ShenZhen, but it’s got its own unique charm. Shanghai is a financial center, ShenZhen is a commercial and industrial center, but Chengdu is more known as a leisure and tourism capital. In China, when people talk about Chengdu, what first comes into mind is usually its gorgeous scenery, wonderful delicacies and beautiful girls. And also, the local lifestyle is envied by most people in China. The living cost in Chengdu is not very high and the pace of life is not so fast. It seems that people there don’t care so much about making money. For them, enjoying life is much more important. Maybe, that’s why they spend a lot of their time playing mahjong or enjoying delicacies. As to what I dislike about the city, well, um, it’s really difficult for me to think of anything to say, cos I really love the city. Maybe, the only thing about the city that needs improving is the roads. They’re not very well designed and a lot of them are quite old and need upgrading. Extra Bonus: metroplise 大都市 a cosmopolitan city 国际化大都市 commercial/industrial/financial/economic/educational/cultural/leisure center 商业工业金融经济教育文化休闲中心 a shopping paradise 购物天堂 shopping mall 购物中心 vibrant 充满活力的 exciting and colorful nightlife 丰富多彩的夜生活 a medium-sized city 中等城市 a famous historical and cultural center 历史文化名城 historical sites 历史古迹 see the sights 观光 museum 博物馆 art gallery 艺术馆 cathedral 大教堂 heavy traffic 车多 traffic congestion 堵车 pleasant climate 宜人的气候 boiling hot 特热 freezing cold 特冷 annual precipitation 年降水量 business and employment opportunities 创业和就业机会 living cost 生活成本 pace of life 生活节奏 skyscraper 摩天大楼 prosperous 繁荣的 a booming coastal city 一个快速发展的海滨城市 stressful 压力大 one of the most expensive cities in the world 世界上居住成本最高的城市之一 One of the most hospitable cities in the world 世界上最适合人居的城市之一

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