雅思口语话题“经历类”应对方法

今天 小编为大家带来的是雅思名师吴梦迪老师： 话题“经历类”应对方法。

2021年季度出现的 新题中有相当大一部分属于“经历类”话题，比如“the time when others didn’t tell the whole truth”（别人对你隐瞒真相的一次经历），”an experience when you waited for someone”（一次等人的经历）。雅思考试对“经历类”话题的青睐并不难理解。相比”a historical place”（一处历史遗迹）这样的“地点类”话题和”a good law in your country”（你们国家的一部好的法律）这样的抽象“物品类”话题，“经历类”话题显得更“接地气”：考的是每个人都有可能经历过的事情。这样的话题对于雅思这样一个标准化语言考试来说可以更显其公平性。

虽然是经历过的事情，要讲好可不容易。考生遇到此类话题，通常要么讲个三四句话就不知道再怎么继续，要么东拉西扯让考官听着完全不知所云。想要在描述此类话题时做到 要求的”speak at length without loss of coherence”（有条理地讲述一长段内容），我们必须研究下话题卡上相关的四个问题。先来看两个话题：

1. 1.Describe an experience when you waited for someone.
   You should say:
   who you waited for
   when you waited for him or her
   where you waited for him or her
   And explain what you felt when you were waiting.
   
   2.Describe the time when others didn’t tell you the whole truth.
   You should say:
   when it happened
   who told you the lie
   what he/she said
   And explain how you found out the truth.

从我用黑体字标出的疑问词就可以看出，考官无非是想让我们时间、地点、人物等要素加进来，完整地描述一件事情。如果你不知道自己必须回答话题卡上的四个问题，你可能会给出这样的答案：Yesterday I waited for David. He is always late. I waited for him for half an hour. He was caught in a traffic jam…Then…Er…Hmm…（然后就没有然后了）你也可能知道自己得回答给出的四个问题，但是给出的答案却是这样的：The person I waited for was David. I waited for him several days ago. I waited for him in a restaurant and I was really disappointed when I was waiting for him… Hmm…（又没有然后了）。
事实上，你不仅得回答每一个问题，还得 详细地 回答每一个问题。怎么做？我们一个一个问题来看。
这个问题其实是要求考生描述一下与事件相关的人物。描述人物，无非外貌和性格。你等过的一个人可能是你的朋友，你们认识很久了。他很有趣、很聪明，但就是不守时。把上述内容转化成英文：The person I waited for was David, a friend of mine who I always turn to whenever I have trouble in life. He is a decent man with many creditable personal traits, like being humorous , sociable and intelligent , but constantly being late is not one of them. We’ve known each other for ten years, and not even once did he arrive early for our appointments.对你隐瞒真相的可能是一个商场售货员，把商品的优点吹的天花乱坠，却口不提它的缺陷。一个素昧平生的售货员，你不知道他性格如何，至少可以描述下外貌：I remember that he was a young man in his late 20s. He was tall and lean , just like a beanstalk . He was wearing a *art suit, and seemed to be quite professional . When he started talking, I assumed that he was *art and really knew a thing or two about laptops.
一件事情可能会发生在一个相对比较小的地方，比如这样一个餐馆：I waited for him in Coconut Paradise, a restaurant of note in this city serving Thai food . 请补充上它的地理位置： It is located on Changshu Road in Jing’an District, which is renowned for the long history and delicious cuisine restaurants lining the route.再顺便描述下它有何特色： This has long been my favorite restaurant in Shanghai because of the relaxing atmosphere , thoughtful waiters , as well as the authentic Thai flavor .
也可能在一个相对比较大的地方，比如下面这个小岛：The place I traveled to was Langkawi, an island of note in Malaysia.
It is located in western Malaysia, off the coast of Penang.
This has long been my favorite place to travel with my family because of the warm sunshine , hospitable local people and delicious tropical fruits .

When…?
事情可能发生在某一天，比如你的生日：It happened on my birthday. （你怎么庆祝你的生日？）I made reservation in my favorite restaurant beforehand and held a party there. （谁和你一起庆祝？）I invited ten of my clas*ates and two of our teachers to the party. 你甚至可以补充上你以前是怎么庆祝生日的：To tell the truth, I had never held a party for my birthday before. Usually I just bought a cake and shared it with my roommates.
但有些经历，比如旅游，可能发生在一段相对较长的时间时间，比如：The journey I want to talk about here happened last winter, November, to be exact. 此时不妨聊聊当时天气如何：The temperature here in Shanghai had dropped to below 10C by then, and the annoying haze had hovered over this city for several days. By contrast, the weather in Xiamen at that time was much better, mild temperature, always sunny, perfect for people seeking for relaxation.

What…?
回答这个问题时，很多考生不会纠结讲不出内容，而更多烦恼的是讲不清楚。为解决这个问题，考生首先得明白，这只是四个问题之一，只需要讲30秒左右（视语速快慢，通常三到五句话）。其次，尝试加入逻辑联系词。英文里的逻辑联系词有很多，回答”what”这个问题时，通常采用两种逻辑关系：列举或是时间顺承。

例一：(Describe the time when others didn’t tell you the whole truth.)
Q: What he/she told you?
A: He told me various advantages of the laptop. For example, it is equipped with a powerful CPU. Besides , he said that the graphic card is amazing, perfect for online games. He also mentioned back-lit keyboard, which would be appreciated when the laptop was used at night.

例二：(Describe an experience of receiving good service.)
Q: what service you received?
A: I once went to the restaurant on a rainy day. When I arrived, a waiter came to greet me, helping me to hang the umbrella on the wall and then wiped the rain drops off my boots with a piece of cloth. Then he showed me to the waiting area where I could enjoy some snacks and drinks. When I was finally seated by the table , another waiter came to me with a *all plastic bag to put my cell phone, and a piece of cloth to clean my eyeglasses.

以上给大家提供了 话题“经历类”应对方法 。如果把这些单一的问题看成一块块积木，我们对整个话题的描述就是由这些积木搭成的房子。平时多多思考，准备多样的“积木”，你会发现考试的时候应付此类话题其实只须做一个排列组合的游戏。

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