雅思口语范文解析：一个应该被取消的科目

口语题目

Describe a subject that you think should be removed from school education programmes.
You should say：
what the subject is
why you think it is unnecessary for children to study it
and explain what you would replace it with.

范文解析

这道题目要求考生描述一个应该被取消的科目，具体的小问题包括：这个科目是什么；为什么你认为学生学这个不必要；可以用什么科目替换它。这几个问题，大家可以围绕后两点进行重点解释。

中文大纲

科目：美术
不需要学的理由： 绘画不是找工作必备技能；学生可以在家用业余时间做；教师没给专业指导，学不到实际美术技能
用什么科目替换：数学、科学或者语言

范文

I’m going to suggest that art could be taken out of the school curriculum. In my experience, art lessons at school tend to include drawing, painting, and the making of collages using paper, fabric and other household materials.

There are a few reasons why I think that school art lessons are unnecessary. Firstly, I don’t believe that drawing and painting are essential skills that children will need when they leave school. Children might find these activities enjoyable, but it’s unlikely that they will need them in the working world. Secondly, children can draw, paint and make collages in their own time at home; parents can encourage this, and they can even join in. Finally, remembering my own art lessons at school, I don’t think we learnt any real art skills. The teachers left us to draw or create things, but they didn’t provide much technical instruction.

Instead of art lessons, children could do more work on core subjects like maths, science or language. These subjects are more likely to help children in later life when they enter the job market, and I think both children and their teachers would benefit if more time were devoted to them.

重点表达

curriculum n. 课程
collage n. 拼贴画
fabric n. 面料
core a. 核心的
devote v. 致力于；奉献