Please describe an event that resulted in a positive change in your lifeYou should say:
When it happened
Where it happened
What the change was
And explain how you benefited from this change
误区:
首先拿到题目之后我们应该迅速定位一个describe,三个say和一个explain,划出关键词positive change in YOUR life, when, where, what, how YOU benefited。
雅思考试中,划出下划线永远是要潜意识里就要这样去做的,哪怕在口语考试中,没有条件划出下划线,我们也要有意识的关注这些词,并及时把关键信息迅速地写在题板上。
在这里,尤其要注意是你的生活里发生的事情,如果拿某些新闻事件就不是那么贴合或者直接;还有就是你需要阐释出你是如何从中获益的,这就更说明要关注其实你在整个答案中,起到了很大程度上的作用,事情应该围绕自己来展开,叙述自己的一个好的经历,和解释你从中获得了哪些。
思路:
很多同学拿到题目没有太多的思路,这是因为我们不太擅长平日在生活中积累一些“夸耀”、“炫耀”自己的例子,用的总是别人的,古人的例子。所以当说自己的优点,自己质的改变的时候,往往不是特别好开口。其实这只是同学们没有意识到你其实是有物料可以表达的。人生每一个大大小小的阶段都是你成长的过程。
那我们来看看有哪些常见的素材可以为我们所用。比如:
记录自己的花销keep the accounts,得知不当家不知柴米贵,从此不再浪费;
每天运动或者定期运动exercise regularly,让你养成了良好的作息习惯,身体健康;
练字practise calligraphy,改变自己的心态,增长自己的自信、增加自己的展示机会;
早起rise with the lark,可以让你充分利用一天的时间,生活品质的提高,等等。
在表达上,我们除了要关注每一个点,不要漏说;其次,仍然要关注一下基本时态,是一般过去式。我们很多的考生说着说着就从过去变到现在,会犯一些不必要的硬伤,请同学们一定要注意,撑过两分钟!
下面我们用一个通过练字,产生改变的参考答案~
我们的一分钟笔记可以记录如下:
primary school, grade 2
at my own home
calligraphy: poor to excellent handwriting
prizes and praises; my first job (handwriting is just like your personality)
Back to my primary school, grade 2, I was good at every subject I learnt at that time. Actually, the courses then were elementary so we’ve got quite a few classmates who could get high marks in the exams as I did. However, every time my head teacher announced the results, my name has never been especially mentioned to commend just because of the poor handwriting on my paper.
With time went by, I got annoyed by my handwriting then I determined to learn calligraphy in my own home since my father was quite good at it. Therefore, I practiced really hard and used more than 10 copybooks for calligraphy. Under the help of my father, I improved so fast that I even, to some extent, got addicted to writing for more than 3 hours at a time. It turned out to be quite worthy because I was much more confident of my handwriting and felt proud of it.
As a result, I fully used it to get advantages from. Honestly, I got a lot like winning prizes in school and being admired by classmates. Naturally, my teachers and other parents praised me a lot, which made me happy. I know they are a little bit superficial but I just enjoy it until the day I benefited from my handwriting to get my first job. Perhaps it was the influence of the first impression, but I did get the chance to participate in a very important module in the company just because the interviewer thought I might have a very good character and capability to do things. You know in China we get an old saying: “Your handwriting is just like your personality.” It simply means someone’s writing style resembles his innate qualities. I think I really should thank my father and my hard work then.
语料补充:
幼儿园kindergarten;
学前班pre-school;
小学elementary/primary school;
初中junior high school;
高中senior high school;
年级grade;
大学 college/university(university一般指综合性的大学,比如哈佛,北大这些包罗万象的大学;college一般指学院,专门性很强的大学,也可以是university下的一个学院)
大一freshman,
大二sophomore,
大三junior,
大四senior
easy容易的,它的同义词替换:elementary初级的,小学的;basic基本的
get addicted to doing something 沉溺于做某事(注意to是介词,不是不定式)
superficial adj. 肤浅的,表面的
resemble v. 像…; 类似于,近义词correspond,相符合,相一致
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