Question

如何描述事件类的雅思口语话题

Answer 1

“烤鸭”们在不知不觉中又迎来了雅思口语新题集中注入的1月。在关注新题的同时，回顾过往一年中所出现的高频难题，是另外一门必修课。在雅思口语的课堂里，笔者一贯强调和建议一点，“烤鸭”们必须学会融会贯通，事半功倍地去准备和整理雅思口语话题的素材；顾名思义地来讲，总结和归纳话题与话题之间的共通点，使用一个素材来灵活套用两个或者三个甚至更多的话题。

最近，经常能听到身边的不少“烤鸭”们抱怨不知如何描述事件类的雅思口语话题，例如：

Describe a positive experience you had before
You should say:
What it was
When it happened
Where it occurred
And explain why you like it

细心的“烤鸭”不难发现，此题作为 “事件类” 话题，在以往的众多老话题中都能找到它的影子。比如，去年第二部分的高频话题 “describe something that you did with a group of people”（描述你和一些人一起做的一件事）和 “describe a project or homework you did”（描述你做的一个项目或作业），都完全可以作为描述这所谓的“积极的经历”的雅思口语选材。

首先，考生必须直截了当回答考官这次积极的经历是什么：
One of the most positive experiences that I have ever had in my life was that I was rewarded with a Nokia 0323 cell phone by my father, since I had done well in the high school entrance exam years ago.
其次，当考生阐述这次经历所发生的时间与地点时，应当围绕这次特别经历的本身作适当的展开，把事件的前因后果描述清晰，让考官明白它的“积极”究竟体现在哪：
Clearly, I remember that before the exam came, I had been working extremely hard on it days and nights for at least 3 months, as I was eager to enter my favorite high school in Shanghai. What is sure is that during that period of time, I was making every effort to realizing my very first dream. I stayed up late until 2 o’clock in the early morning on a daily basis.
Eventually, when the results came out, I was so excited that I was admitted to my dream high school in the upcoming semester.
最后，聪明的“烤鸭”要学会如何点出自己喜欢这次特别经历的原因：
Even my whole family and friends were over the moon for me. More excitingly, my dad bought me a cell phone, Nokia 0323, the next day as an award. He told me that he was so proud of me and I deserved it. It was the first time that I received a present from my dad.
Now, the phone is still lying in the drawer next to my bed, although it is completely out of date, which keeps reminding me of a positive experience I had before.