雅思口语Part 2&3范文：最近在看的书

　　Describe a book you have read recently.

　　You should say:

　　who recommended it

　　what book it was

　　what the book was about

　　and explain what you learned from it.

　　参考答案：

　　Let me tell you about a book I read recently. Its name is 1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline, which was written by a Chinese historian Ray Huang, first published in 1981. Though the book seems like a thesis, it's very engaging and provoking because in this book it examines how a number of seemingly insignificant events in 1587 might have caused the downfall of the Ming Dynasty.

　　让我告诉你最近我读的一本书，书名为《万历十五年》，这是由中国历史学家书写的，首次出版于1981。虽然这本书似乎是一篇论文，它是非常引人入胜的，因为在这本书中，它探讨了1587年可能导致了明代的衰落的一些看似微不足道的事件。

　　I bought the book in a bookshop in Nanjing when I was traveling there last month. The bookshop keeper told me that this book was always the best seller among the history category. And finally it turned out that it was really a page turner.

　　上个月我在一家南京的一家书店买了这本书。书店老板告诉我，这本书是史上最畅销的书。最后，结果发现我看得特别快。

　　The book was about in-depth analysis of the traditional Chinese court politics during the Ming Dynasty by introducing the Emperor Wanli and other six prominent officials from the Ming ruling class. In each chapter it centres in an informative way on one man and moves through how they interact with the court and especially the emperor. In the end, it comes to the conclusion that the Ming emperor was not the ultimate power, but the massive Chinese bureaucracy which manipulated the entire Chinese political process and led the country to decline.

　　这本书是关于中国传统宫廷政治的深入分析，主要人物是明朝的万历皇帝和明朝统治阶级的六个官员。在每一章中，它以一个人物为中心，通过他们描写与宫廷和特别是皇帝的互动。最后得出结论，拥有最高权力的不是明帝，而是操纵整个中国政治进程的庞大的官僚体制，导致了国家的衰败。

　　参考词汇

　　1.由XX写的：which was written by

　　2.首次出版在XX年：first published in

　　3.非常引人入胜和发人深省的：it's very engaging and provoking

　　4.不重要的事件：insignificant events

　　5.明朝：Ming Dynasty

　　6.上周在那里旅游的时候：when I was traveling there last month

　　7.畅销书：best seller

　　8.最终证明还是引人入胜的书: it turned out that it was really a page turner

　　9.深度分析：in-depth analysis

　　10.统治阶层：ruling class

　　11.在最后：in the end

　　12.结论是：it comes to the conclusion that

　　13.庞大的中国官僚体系：massive Chinese bureaucracy

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