雅思口语描述一本你喜欢的书

雅思口语描述一本你喜欢的书

Describe an exciting book you have read.

参考文本

The Moon and Sixpence was just that kind of a book for me. I first read the book when I was studying in London, the hometown of the author. The book is just mind blowing. The book tells the story about an uncompromising and self-destructive man who forsakes wealth and comfort to pursue the life of a painter.

Every page of the book is so gripping and intriguing that once a person starts reading the book it is impossible to leave it and do something else. It is such a page-turner. It teaches a really good lesson on how focused he was on the moon rather than sixpence. Another good lesson it teaches is that no matter where you are or at what age, you can ace it if you believe in yourself.

话题关键词

1. mind-blowing adj. 让人印象极深的事物

2. gripping adj. 令人全神贯注的，扣人心弦的

3. grip v. 紧握

4. intriguing adj. 极具吸引人的

5. page-turner n. 引人入胜的书

雅思口语描述一本喜欢读的书

Describe a book you liked to read in your childhood.

You should say:

who wrote this book

what it is about

hen you read it

and explain why you liked it.

范文：

I wasn't much of a bookworm but I did occasionally read novels from time to time during my childhood. In fact, I'd like to talk about a book I read when I was 9 years old, written by Li Hong. Its English name translates as 'Hero'.

I would have been in primary school at the time, I guess around grade 4, but I can't remember exactly off the top of my head. Bear in mind that in those days I would rather go outside and play with my friends than read a book, but I remember this book in particular taking up a large portion of my time.

The book is actually the first in a series of 6 books that are set in a fantasy world of old magic, monsters and knights in shining armour. It is set on an epic scale across a vast, vibrant and immensely detailed world with each chapter dedicated to just one character's viewpoint. It's perfect for a young boy with a vivid imagination, looking for a bit of adventure.

In this way I think the book really stands out from the others I have read. The plot lines twist and turn with many surprises and cliff-hangers so I found it almost impossible to put down. The speed the story develops makes the book a real page-turner and even though it is nearly 1000 pages long I got through it in under a fortnight.

雅思口语描述一本振奋人心的书

Describe an exciting book you have read

这道题的关键词是exciting, 它在牛津词典中的解释是causing great excitement or interest因此童鞋们不要搞错了，很多人会以为单单是令人很兴奋的书。所以，只要是产生浓厚兴趣的都算做这个范畴的书。

You should say:

When you read it

What type/kind of book it i

What it is about

Why you read it/why it is exciting

一本我读过的让人振奋的书是《The Lonely Planet》，它是一本内容很丰富的世界畅销旅行指南。

An exciting book that I have read is the Lonely Planet, which is a very popular and informative traveling book in the world.

我第一次读到这本书还是在去年的时候，那个时候我从JD上购买了这本书。我打算用它来作为我去新西兰旅行的一个必不可少的向导。

The first time I read it was during the last Christmas. I saw an advertisement about this book series, and immediately bought it on JD Read, which is an online book selling platform. It was a must for me during that time because I wanted it to be my helpful tour guide when I was traveling around New Zealand.

这本书很有意思，因为它不仅仅有很多地图和介绍风土人情的图片，而且还有最新的酒店、餐饮、博物馆等咨询。

I thought this book was quite worthwhile reading, because there’s not only a lot of vivid pictures and maps which indicated some cultural aspects about New Zealand, but also provided up some up-to-date contact information of so many awesome hotels, cafeterias and museums, etc.

让我感觉很振奋的点在于，通过这本书我发现了一个很好但是人又少的度假村，在哪里我静静地享受了两个星期的美好时光。

What made me feel very excited about this book was that it enabled me to find a very wonderful and quiet resort that was not known to most travels in New Zealand. This resort had first class service, and provided us tasty breakfast without charge. This place also allowed me to make some Maori friends who taught me a lot useful Maori expressions. I spend my most memorable two weeks there during the whole last year.

雅思口语描述一读再读的书

Describe a book you recently read that you would like to read again.

You should say:

What the book is about

Why you read it

What you learned from this book

And explain why you would like to read it again.

范文

Ok, well after a bit of thought, I’ve decided that the book I’d like to talk about is one called Think Like DaVinci, as it's definitely a book I would like to read again at some point, for reasons I'll come on to shortly.

But firstly though, with regard to what the book’s about, well in a nutshell, it basically explains how all of us have the capability and potential to become a genius, like DaVinci. And it outlines a few various things thathe used to do, which we can also get into the habit of doing. So essentially, it puts forward some ideas on how we can all live to our full potential.

Anyway, as for what made me read it, well if my memory serves me correctly, I was browsing around in my local bookshop one day, and the book's cover kind of just caught my eye when I saw the name DaVinci written in big bold letters. So I read a few pages to see if it was any good, and ended up buying it.

I should also mention the fact that I'm quite a big fan of self-help books, because on the whole, I tend to learn quite a lot from them, and this book was definitely no exception. Just to give you an example, I would say I've learned to become much more observant after reading this book, such as generally paying more attention to everything around me. And in so doing, it’s made me appreciate things a lot more.

Of course, there were a number of other things I learned, but nothing else is coming to mind right now, and that's really kind of why I wanna read the book again, because I've forgotten a lot of it. So I kind of need torefresh my memory a little bit!

Notes:

Point - a particular moment in time

in a nutshell - 简单来说，basically 【in the fewest words possible】

outlines - 概述

essentially - 本质上

puts forward - 提出

cover - 封面

bold letters - 粗字体

self-help books - 自助、励志之类的书

refresh my memory - 唤起自己的记忆