雅思考试“迷路”趣谈-长春新东方
2015-06-18 19:41
来源:雅思口语组 王宪
作者:雅思口语组 王宪
介绍:
迷路!?初见本文标题,大家也许会觉得匪夷所思。是要讲故事吗?不错,我们今天的确是要来聊聊这样一个话题。你也许没有相关经验,不知该说什么。又或许你有类似经历,但是不知道怎么把事情说的清晰明了。可是这就是作为“烤鸭”的你必须具备的能力,即:观察并挖掘身边发生或忽略的事,以新颖的方式呈现出来!What! Am I teasing you? 当然不是!就让我们一起见证奇迹吧。照例,先送上“聊天”提示卡片:
Describe an occasion you lost your way
You should say:
When you got lost
Where you lost your way
Why you lost your way
And explain how you find the way
我们先要搞清楚考官的出题意图:
l 考生你是不是可以清晰简洁地描绘这样的一次特殊经历。
l 考生能否把如何解决遭遇的方案解释出来。
根据以上两个目的,笔者为考生总结出两大注意事项:
l 剧情描绘要简洁,核心内容要突出。
l 个人感想需深刻,思想层次要鲜明。
各位“烤鸭们”大致可以分为两种类型:有过迷路经历的同学和没有任何经历的同学。不管你属于哪一种,整体而言,描绘该话题的逻辑应该是差不多,即:前期铺垫(+插曲) - 迷路过程(+插曲) - 解决方案(+插曲)- (总结经验)。其中的插曲部分尤为重要,尤其针对没有相关经历或是思路空白的学生们,我将在下面详细解释。
前期铺垫(野外迷路):
We hiked for hours which far exceeded the quick route in the park we were meant to take.
插曲部分(误入了滑雪圣地,因而在那儿痛快的玩了):
We ended up walking to this ski mountain by mistake and I enjoyed my first skiing experience there - on two shoes sliding down as I stood upright. Fell over after a few metres, I walked back down to a small pub, where I had a great half litre beer.
解决方案(浑然天成的过度,不会给人感觉是在杜撰解决方案):
With the help of the bartender, we followed his instructions and stumbled down our original trek through the wonderful thick snow back to the city.
以上这段摘自国外旅者的描绘,如果能适当增加一些事情发展的时间、地点、人物以及总结经验等内容,陈述两分钟是没多大问题的。
思路拓展:
下面这位陈述者描述了幼年时期曾意外被父母遗忘在大卖场,而得到好心司机帮助经历。笔者认为借此事件,称赞下陌生人的拔刀相助,也未尝不是拓展此话题的新颖思路。
前期铺垫(超市走散):
When I was a kid, about five or six years old, my parents left me behind at the mall, and completely forgot about me for almost two hours and drove home.
迷路过程(+插曲)
So there I am, a little kid, not sure about what to do next, for the first fifteen minutes I was distracted by a weird looking ice-cream cone, then I realized that my parents were gone, and I began crying. (可以想象对于一个小孩,第一自然反应就是大哭,这里的描绘非常合理)
解决方案1(失败的插曲而告终)
I then decided that I needed to go to a phone booth (cellphones uncommon back in the day) and so I set off in the search of a phone booth.
解决方案 2 (好心的司机出现,中间辅助了细节插曲的描绘)
l I found one cab driver who looked kind enough to not kidnap me, and I got in, and directed him home....
l I was so sad and tired and hungry at this point, I didn't even listen to what the cab driver was saying to me, then I heard a noise from inside my house....
如何想进一步拓展,还可以增加感激这位司机的对话等等,此处就不拓展了。如果儿童时期的迷路是一种彷徨无助,那成年人在熟悉的环境中迷路经历,似乎就有些许值得反思了。我的意思是说,你对周围的观察能力似乎有些差而不值得原谅。下面这位笔者精辟的总结,也许可以给这个话题带来焕然一新的理解。一起来欣赏下吧:
You know? Getting lost is a lot like learning humility. It is a good chance for us to know the humbleness of human being and offers a new stance to rethink our past and observe the world.
这位在纽约的留学生通过自己在每天必走的纽约地铁中迷路,而感到些许尴尬,从而总结出了自己对周边熟悉景象熟视无睹的精辟结论!至少我必须承认,自己和他也有同样的经历和认同,你呢?
l So these people are no strange to me in everyday life, but what makes them so different today? Because I was getting lost?
l I pondered as I came out of the subway and finally found the street number to show me the right direction.
小结:
用英语讲故事不容易,编故事更不容易。在规定时间内,想要编出与众不同,又符合情理的故事,你大概觉得mission impossible了。不过,事实上,这些都是可能的, 理由不过是练习以及我们!Let’s fight now !
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