重要事件 雅思口语范文 如何描述事件类的雅思口语话题

“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，经常能听到握世身边的不少“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”（描雀皮扰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，考生必须顷旦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Now, the phone is still lying in the drawer next to my bed, although it is completely out of date, which keeps reminding me of a positive experience I had before.

我没有酒，但是你得有故事（雅思口语）

下面，我们通过今年1-4月的口语穗缺粗话题，来给各位烤鸭们做个示范，展示一下到底应该如何讲故事。

Describe a special day that you went out but didn’t spend much money
You should say:
What day it was
Where you went
What you did
Who you were with
解读：这个题目是要求描述特殊的一天，但是并没有花什么钱。首先看到这个题目，大家脑子中就必须清晰的了解这个故事可不能扯什么开party过生日啊，去迪士尼啊，或者去哪里旅游啊等等，因为这些事情都得需要钱来解决。但同时又必须还是特殊的一天，所以这一天一定是非常有意义的，否则又没有任何意义，又没法花钱玩的爽，那这一天就不会特殊，更没有什么说的价值。这里对于这个话题，我们选择的素材就是年轻时候庆祝认识女朋友一周。为什么要年轻？因为那时候没什么收入，没钱。假如都工作了，庆祝周年纪念还不花钱的话，岂不是得被骂死？这个素材的选择还有一个理由就是扮巧意义。任何事物的尝试的第一次都是极有意义的。所以，这里选择的是跟前女友一周年纪念日。好了，这就是我们这个题目选材的框架。下一步是什么？圆。对，把这个故事给说圆了，说完整了。这时候，大家可以参考刚才的自我欺骗的方法想想看，如果我们想要听这样的一个故事，需要知道怎样的细节呢？
1. 怎么认识的？
2. 不花钱的话，周年纪念是怎么庆祝的？
3. 后来为什么分了？猜镇
当然，这只是个框架。在我们叙述故事的过程中，需要各种各样的细节来让这个故事变得完整。下面我们来看一下下面的sample answer.
Sample answer:
Well, the special day I am going to share with you is my first anniversary with my ex-girlfriend, when I was in the final year of my senior high school. Wow, now as I think about it, it was eight years ago. Time really does fly, doesn’t it? Anyway, we were living in the boarding school and everybody else was working their neck off, you know, to prepare for the college-entrance examination. The school teachers were worse than cops, keeping an eye on every student and literally banging on our heads the moment we slacked a bit. So my girlfriend and I didn’t really have chance to spend time together as a couple. But I was well aware of what would be waiting for me if I failed to celebrate the anniversary with her. So, on that very morning, we got up really early and snuck out of campus when the guards at the gate were changing duty. Yup, it’s precisely like what you see in movies, only better. Then, I took her to a large expanse of grassland, about twenty minutes’ walk from the campus. The place was ghostly quiet, one could hardly spot anyone else within a 2-mile radius. But that makes it a perfect place for couples on a date. As a student, because of the tight budget, I couldn’t take her to a fancy restaurant or Disneyland, where she always fancied. So to make it up to her, I decided to make this most memorable birthday for her by being the most romantic guy in the world. I took out all the love letters I previously wrote to her but kept neatly in an envelope and read it out loud to her in a way that sounded like a romantic poet.
Well, that lasted for a couple of hours, coz honestly, there is a whole pile of letters and she listened intently and never tried to interrupt me.
As night descended, we laid down on the grassland, cuddling her in my arms, staring at the starry night, talking a lot about our future together.
If you are wondering how we managed to sneak back to campus without being noticed, well, we didn’t. Of course the teachers found out and I was almost killed by my head teacher. But to be honest, at that moment, I felt it’s all worth it.
Don’t ask me why we broke up, let’s just say our destinies are not bound together. We will just leave it at that, shall we?

这就是这个题目的一个sample answer. 可能很多学生一看到这个故事感觉好长啊，说不完. 其实这里想要跟大家分享的这个故事并不需要说全部说完。这是我在编这个故事的时候，脑子里所浮现的画面，能让我觉得值得说的内容。我尽量用简单的语言去把这个故事完整的表述出来，但是每个学生看完这个故事的触点可能不同，那么大家完全可以把这个故事的内容当成一个原始素材，只要挑出你觉得好的，能够感人的，值得说的内容去组织起来就可以了。那么，这个故事里又有哪些细节呢？这里我们逐句进行分析。分析完了之后，考生们也就清楚到底哪些内容重要，哪些内容不重要了。
1． Well, the special day I am going to share with you is my first anniversary with my ex-girlfriend, when I was in the final year of my senior high school.
上来直接点题，介绍这一天的核心事件，跟谁，什么时间。这种基本信息给出来之后能让考官有一个清晰的概念和图片。因为如果考官一开始不明白要讲什么故事，后面会越听越糊涂
2． Wow, now as I think about it, it was eight years ago. Time really does fly, doesn’t it?
这是一个感慨。为什么要感慨呢？增加真实性。毕竟是讲与前女友/男友的故事，难道正常情况下不该感慨一下时间过得很快吗？
3． Anyway, we were living in the boarding school and everybody else was working their neck off, you know, to prepare for the college-entrance examination. The school teachers were worse than cops, keeping an eye on every student and literally banging on our heads the moment we slacked a bit. So my girlfriend and I didn’t really have chance to spend time together as a couple.
这里是做铺垫：通过描述平常不经常在一起，更能突显和反衬这个周年纪念日是多么的重要。当然，这里写的有点多，烤鸭们可以酌情精简。
4． But I was well aware of what would be waiting for me if I failed to celebrate the birthday with her.
这是添加点幽默元素，体现出来这个节不仅得过，而且得过隆重了。
5． So, on that very morning, we got up really early and snuck out of campus when the guards at the gate were changing duty. Yup, it’s precisely like what you see in movies, only better. Then, I took her to a large expanse of grassland, about twenty minutes’ walk from the campus. The place was ghostly quiet； one could hardly spot anyone else within a 2-mile radius. But that makes it a perfect place for couples on a date.
这里就是进入正题，描述这一天是怎么开始的。标黑部分都是细节描述，不仅增加故事的真实性，而且让考官脑子里能呈现出衣服比较清晰的图片，让考官身临其境一样，跟着故事的主线走。其中，Yup, it’s precisely like what you see in movies, only better.这句话联系电影，因为前面偷跑出来的情节有点假，那就不如直接说，比电影还好。
6． As a student, because of the tight budget, I couldn’t take her to a fancy restaurant or Disneyland, where she always fancied. So to make it up to her, I decided to make this most memorable birthday for her by being the most romantic guy in the world. I took out all the love letters I previously wrote to her but kept neatly in an envelope and read it out loud to her in a way that sounded like a romantic poet. Well, that lasted for a couple of hours, coz honestly, there is a whole pile of letters and she listened intently and never tried to interrupt me. As night descended, we laid down on the grassland, cuddling her in my arms, staring at the starry night, talking a lot about our future together.
这是比较关键的内容：先说钱的问题，因为这是题目要求的一部分，然后就是朗读情书。这部分细节建议考生最好不要省略，因为这是最关键的一部分。 其中Well, that lasted for a couple of hours, coz honestly, there is a whole pile of letters 这句话也是添加幽默成分，来形容自己情书写的真的很多。毕竟是anniversary, 需要一点爱的主题在故事中。
7． If you are wondering how we managed to sneak back to campus without being noticed, well, we didn’t. Of course the teachers found out and I was almost killed by my head teacher. But to be honest, at that moment, I felt it’s all worth it.
这是幽默与爱情结合的部分。如果考生语音语调把握不好，建议不说，要不然考官容易听不出来这种感情。
8． Don’t ask me why we broke up, let’s just say our destinies are not bound together. We will just leave it at that, shall we?
最后结尾部分。毕竟是前女友，总归要有一个closure. 这里烤鸭们可以自己编后面发生了什么，因为什么原因分手的。但是如果没有更好理由的话，建议就这么说。最后一句说完后，再好奇的考官，出于基本礼貌，也不会追问这个问题了。

这就是如何通过细节来展开一个故事，让故事有血有肉，非常生动。整篇范文里没有任何难词- 就算真的有，换成考生们认识的词，也不会对整个故事有任何影响。而且最为重要的是，这真的是一个脱离雅思考试，脱离题目的一个即使用中文跟朋友分享也是比较值得一听，有所感慨的故事，不是吗？这就是最后跟大家说的讲故事的标准。如果你的故事用中文说，都特别有意思，特别值得听，那么英文的实现，或者说针对雅思口语第二部分来说，只是一个简单的翻译工作罢了。