一个历史事件雅思口语话题

一个历史事件雅思口语话题

Describe an event in history in your country

You should say:

Where it happened

When it happened

How you know it

And how you feel about this event.

题目要求描述一项在你的国家发生的一个历史事件，并且要求从地点、时间、事件详情这几个角度分别阐述，而且要表明你对这个历史事件的感受。可以描述一些故事性比较强的事件，如昭君出塞、玄奘取经、秦始皇大建皇陵等等事件。

Well I guess everybody has heard about the story of Journey to the West. A monk named Xuanzang took three of his disciples to travel to the Western Regions to obtain Buddhist scriptures. They have suffered a lot on their way. Though the stories were made up, Xuanzang was a real figure in the history. He was a monk at Jingtu Temple in the early Tang Dynasty, which is about 1400 years from now. He felt that the Chinese translations of Buddhist scripture at that time were too poor, so he was determined to bring back the original Buddhist scriptures. He travelled a long distance to India. The journey took him a few years to complete. It was really a magnificent feat at that time. When Xuanzang finally arrived back in Chang’an, the emperor warmly welcomed him. The emperor provided money for his projects. A pagoda was built to store all the scriptures Xuanzang brought back from India. That pagoda is now the famous Big Wild Goose Pagoda located in Xi’an.

I think his story is quite inspiring. Also I feel I am so lucky to have been born in modern ages. Nowadays if I want to go to another country, I could take a plane. It only takes a day at most to go to any place in the world.

雅思口语Handwriting话题

Do you usually write by hand or write using a computer?

误区：

我们一听题就会发现这是一个选择疑问句，很多同学自然会想到我就说单方面，用手写多一点，因为我是学生;或者用电脑多一点，因为我需要用电脑工作。但是老师想在这里强调一下，这个问题不同于一般疑问句，回答是或者不是那么简单。这道题目既然给你了这两种备选项，其暗含的内容其实是想让考生能够都有所涉猎，但比重是可以自行调节的。当然，在语料准备不充分的前提下，保守起见我们只回答单方面也是没有太大问题的。

思路：

在刚刚拿到这个问题的同学们一定会这样想，谁会用电脑写东西比较多呢?应该都还是用笔写字吧。其实不然，很多工作的人事基本上都可以无纸化办公paperless office, 但是我们仍然把参考答案设定成为学生视角，这样无论是学生还是工作人士，都是有共同经历的，着手准备起来也比较好操作。

当你确定了要说用手写比较多以后，举出原因和相应的例子就显得尤为关键了。比如我们要做大量的作业a huge amount of homework; 其次，我们也可以简单聊聊你都用电脑干些什么，以此来证明：一，电脑用的少，但是也在用，充分回答题干中的问题;二、展现出你愿意去表达和表达英文的能力。

I constantly write by hand since I’m still a student right now. I spend most of my time in school so I need to do a huge amount of school work and homework on a daily basis using pens or pencils. Teachers also check our handwriting in case we just doodle on papers. Actually I’m still working on it because of my poor handwriting. However, from time to time, I feel exhausted to write by hand. So when all the work has been finished, I frequently drop my pen and turn on my laptop to chat online. In addition, I’m always trying to memorize more shortcuts. I think using a keyboard to type is easier and a lot more fun.

语料补充：

• nice/poor handwriting优美的/糟糕的书写; calligraphy书法; traditional Chinese culture中国传统文化; mother tongue母语; keyboard键盘; capital letters大写字母; shortcuts快捷键; backlit背光; PC personal computer个人电脑; flexible fingers灵活的手指; e-mails电子邮件; reports报告

• inherit继承; handwrite手写; take notes做笔记; sit/take tests/exams参加考试; send/receive发送/接收;type打字; write/type smoothly流利地写字/打字; doodle乱涂乱画接下来这个问题问的仍然是电脑和用手写字之间的关系。

Do you think computers might one day replace handwriting?

误区：

此问题并没有标准的答案，我们不必须从任何教科书或者老师那里得到任何一个标准答案，到底是会代替还是不会。因为问题开端就告诉大家，do you think，是你认为，而不是究竟将会如何。所以首先我们不用担心是否回答错问题。但是即便你的答案真的是错的，也不必太慌张，把你的注意力更多的放在展现语言能力上就好了。

雅思口语Family话题

1. Which relative did you most often see when you were a child?

思路：先直接回答是谁，然后简单介绍下她/他，比如她/他几岁呀什么的。然后可以扩展说一下你们以前都一起做什么。

误区：注意试试能不能把‘when I was a child’换掉，比如换成‘in my childhood’或者‘when I was a kid’，甚至可以直接说‘when I was 5 or 6’. 另外要注意的是过去时态的使用。

语料：

in my childhood在我同年时期

come round my house来我家拜访

stay over过夜

hang out一起玩

all the time一直

tea parties过家家/下午茶

scary story恐怖故事

范例：

Well, I guess it’s got to be my cousin Jia. In fact, she’s just one year older, so we used to hang out all the time. I remember she used to come round and stay over on most weekends. One of our favourite things was having loads of tea parties and exchanging scary stories with her at night. Those were the days. I really miss that.

2. Who do you think is the most important member in your family?

思路：先说一下好难选择哦，然后硬着头皮去选一个，说下原因就好啦。比如爸爸比较重要，因为爸爸赚钱。

误区：虽然很难选择，但是这只是考试，所以大家大可不必担心会伤害到哪一个家庭成员的感情。比较好答的就是直接说一个。给出理由就好。

语料：

bread winner摇钱树

run around到处奔波操劳

can’t go without… 没有谁不能活

范例：

Well, I don’t really know whom to choose, but perhaps I would say my dad is the one since he is the bread winner, you know, he’s always out there running around making money for us. In other words, I don’t think we can go without him.

3. Who do you like to go shopping with?

思路：可以分成两种情况。比如大部分时候喜欢自己一个人去逛街，慢慢逛，一件件去试衣服。不过有的时候，尤其是月底没钱的时候就会想要找妈妈一起去买菜了，可以蹭点。

误区：注意了不管喜欢跟谁逛街，都可以;但是要进行一定的扩展，比如具体去什么商店，或者买什么类型的东西。

语料：

skint = broke没钱了

tight with money扣【不舍得花钱，或不愿意借钱给别人】

try out试穿/试用

every single piece每一件单品

fitting room试衣间

run out of花光了

grocery shopping买菜

pay for everything全部买单

范例：

Well, it depends. I mean most of the time I would prefer to go to the clothing store myself. You know, I would be able to take my time trying out every single piece in the fitting room. But if it’s towards the end of the month, you know, when I’m running out of my spending money, I would always want to do at least my grocery shopping with my mom, just so she can pay for everything.

4. Who do you look like the most in your family?

思路：先开头卖个关子说下不知道或者没注意过。然后说听别人说像妈妈，就像一个模子印出来一样。不过能确定的是有爸爸的鼻子。

误区：即使长的不是很像，也可以说说听别人说的哪里像。别人说的可以算哦。

语料：

pay much attention to… 关注……

come out of the same model一个模子印出来的

one thing I know for sure

= one thing I’m sure of我至少确定的一点

hook nose鹰钩鼻

范例：

Well, I’ve never paid much attention to that to be honest, but every now and then people keep telling me that I look like my mom’s twin sister. Still, one thing I’m sure of is I’ve definitely got my dad’s hook nose.

雅思口语Mirror话题

1. Do you often look in the mirror?

思路：可以回答经常照镜子，比如臭美一下，或者检查有没有眼屎，不然就丑大了;当然喜欢化浓妆的人，可能得经常照镜子，尤其是大热天和暴雨天，眼线很容易花的。如果有同学说不怎么照镜子，也是可以嗒，比如只有要挤脸上痘痘时才会想到去找别人借一下镜子。

误区：即使平时不怎么照镜子，同学们也要试试进行一定的扩展，比如上一次照镜子或者无意中路过瞥了一眼是什么时候啦，都是可以的。

语料：

look into the mirror照镜子

every now and then偶尔/有时

check my make-up检查妆容

check my good looks查看美丽的外表

check how I look检查下美不美

hair style发型

with the help of… 在……的帮助下

get rid of… = remove… 去掉……

sleepies眼屎

stick around粘着

be addicted to… 沉迷于……

get smudged晕染了

embarrass oneself丢脸

范例一：

Well, sometimes! You know, I’m a lady and I’ve got to make sure I look good 24/7. Plus, every now and then I need to check if I’ve got any sleepies sticking around the corner of my eye.

范例二：

I guess so. You might not know this, but I’m quite addicted to heavy make-ups and that. So I kind of have to constantly check my face to see if I’ve got my eyeliners smudged. Otherwise I could potentially scare some people. Did that once actually. Was pouring that day, so my whole face was all gone.

范例三：

Not particularly. You know what, I don’t even own a mirror to be honest. But sometimes I do borrow other people’s mirror for a second just to check the spot on my face. Other than that, I don’t really spend much time looking in some mirrors.

2. Do you often buy mirrors?

思路：不怎么买镜子，我的大部分镜子都是免费的。要么是朋友给的，还有粉饼盒子，它们里面自带镜子的;或者是杂志里面送的赠品。

误区：有的同学会就用粉饼盒子当镜子，但是英文又不确定怎么讲，没关系的，稍微解释一下就行‘I just use my face powder box or container, you know they always come with a powder puff as well as a mirror’

语料：

free gift赠品

cosmetic products化妆品

blusher腮红

foundation powder粉饼

plastic wrapping塑料包装纸

范例：

Not at all. In fact, most of the mirrors I’ve got are free, I think. They are either from my friends or just came in some magazines, you know they always put some free gifts in the plastic wrapping.