纵览过去两年的雅思口语考试动态和话题类型,熟悉雅思口语的烤鸭们一定会有这样的感受:雅思*似乎对我们有趣但朦胧的童年很感兴趣。
为了避免答非所问,或者因不按要求来说明而丢分,在具体分析和说明之前,我们还是首先要了解一下cue card要求的范围和内容。
Describe a toy you used to play with in your childhood.
You should say:
What it was
How often you played with it
What you did with it
And explain why you enjoyed playing with it.
也许是受到兴趣相投的父母以及学校教育的影响,烤鸭们当下的想法神奇般的如出一辙,没有新意,很难得到*的赏识。笔者丰富的实际教学经验告诉我,80%的烤鸭们想到的都是Teddy Bear或者Transformer. 这里要描述娃娃或者变形金刚,遥控车等并不是不可,但是要考虑到喜欢这种玩具的原因,显然这样的主题会让考生的思路非常窄,而且说出来的观点或者词汇都会很肤浅,简单。笔者一直都推崇一个理念:在口语表达时,新颖的观点/例子是我们获得雅思口语一个不可或缺的部分。我们要找有意义的,并且能够挖出深度含义的主题。在这里我给广大烤鸭们给的example是:
Toy Blocks / Building Bricks 积木
相信很多烤鸭们都是听说过这个玩具的,虽然有可能部分烤鸭在宝贝时并没有太多接触它,不过这个玩具对于雅思考试来说,是比较容易展开和引申的。不同于大部分的洋娃娃或者变形金刚,积木能够锻炼宝贝的眼睛和手的合作能力,也能够进步宝贝对于形状和颜色的认知能力,甚至还有助于进步宝贝的自我创新能力。接下来,就按照我本人的逻辑思维方式进行说明。
开场Highlight:
在第二部分的口语考试中,一个好的开场是我们流利性和条理性的重要决定要素。我们也是在开场部分来烘托渲染,吸引*的眼球和注意力的。那要如何烘托和渲染呢?其实很简单,我们大可以在一开始抒情一下,或者实话实说。对于很多我国的集万千宠爱于一身的独生子女来说,小的时候家里的玩具是相当多的。
To be honest, I have a pretty wonderful childhood when my small bedroom was crowded with kinds of toys, including teddy bears, dolls, music box and so on. Among them, the most meaningful and precious one should be toy blocks that have accompanied me for many years and are still preserved in my study until now.
展开/引申:
作为一个对我们来说很重要的玩具,我们一定是投注了很多时间在这个玩具上的。但是,这里也是很多烤鸭们存在问题的地方-无话可说。考虑到两分钟的时间要求,我们就应该要用故事或者事实来*了。但是我们是宝贝,还没有认知和理解这个玩具为什么重要或者好玩,所以我们可以以Actually, I can not remember when I got this amazing toy which comes with wooden pieces of various shapes and colors. And I was too young to know its exact importance to me. But in my memory, I used to rush back to my bedroom after school every day and start my adventure with the toy blocks alone开始。接下来就是重头戏了,积木的玩法也许大家也都有所了解,我们需要利用每一块积木的形状和颜色创作出一个图片或者物体。I acted like a little engineer. Grouping the bricks, organizing the different shapes, composing different parts into a whole like a box, a small house just made me indulge myself into the toy for a couple of hours. Even my mom was surprised and commented that only the toy blocks had the magic power to make me quiet.
结尾:
正如我之前所说的,在结尾的时候我们要挖出这个玩具给我们带来的深度含义。
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