2021年5月雅思口语新题part2&3:你想要提高的天赋范文

2021年5月雅思口语新题part2&3：你想要提高的天赋范文

Describe a natural talent you want to improve.

You should say:

What it is

When you discovered it

How you want to improve it

And explain how you feel about it

Well, I think I have a natural talent for art, mainly drawing and painting. I've always been very keen on creative arts, and I've been encouraged by my parents from a young age to enjoy drawing and painting. When I first discovered I was good at art was when I was in nursery school, we did a lot of drawing there with coloured pens and pencils. Since then I think I developed a natural sense of perspective and I started to get really into drawing in a more passionate way. It developed into a real hobby, I'd say, and I started to carry a sketch pad around with me as a teenager, I took some extra art classes on the weekend at a local French school, and became really interested in reading and watching documentaries about painters. I joined a sort of painting club at university run by a teacher who was an oil painter. It's quite hard to paint with oil paints and they're messy and take a long time to dry, and also there are some really complicated and skilled techniques about how to use them. So… if I had the time to improve a talent that I think I already have, I would take a long and intense course in oil painting… That's exactly what I would do. I love oil painting, but I can't seem to be able to do it well, at all. In fact, when I paint with oils, it looks highly unprofessional. I think in life when you have a talent, you need to practice it, but then branch out and take your talent to the next level, which means three things: you've got to have a strong sense of motivation, a sense of discipline, and be good at managing your time. I absolutely love art, so I would love to be able to take my hobby and passion to the next level.

解析：

本题是本季度的新题，但和之前考过的Describe a skill that you think you can teach others有异曲同工之处，都是天赋技能类的抽象话题。值得注意的是需要考生区分natural talent和skill的区别，在本题中突出体现先天具备的"天赋"，以及如何提升这项"天赋"使其发展成"兴趣、才艺、技能"的方式。素材中讲的是对于绘画艺术的天赋，当然大家可以根据自身情况迁移到运动、音乐甚至社交沟通等其他方面。具体描述过程中需要关注题卡细节提示的时态变化（发现天赋是过去发生的事，而继续发展训练这项技能是对未来的计划）；同时，素材中表达行为喜好时多次用到同义替换，避免了语言上的重复；通过具象化的活动步骤拓展了培养兴趣、训练技能的方式，充实地展开了描述，大家也可以参考使用。

重点表达：

Be keen on… = get into… (in a passionate way) 热衷于……

Develop a natural sense of perspective 开始了解；有意识

Carry… around 随身携带

Take extra… classes 额外补……课

Read and watch documentaries about… 看关于……的纪录片

Join…club 参加……社团

Take a long and intense course in… 长线集中学习……课程

complicated and skilled techniques 复杂的技巧

branch out (a talent) = take (a talent/hobby/ passion) to the next level 发展