Passage 1
Mayor Gherkin was seated toward the rear of the building, wedged behind two tables that had been pushed together. On either side were two people Jeremy recognized as a member of the town council; one was an emaciated lawyer, the other a portly physician. At the corner of the table was Jed, who sat with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face.
看下這個emaciated , 在英文里是“ 瘦弱的, 憔悴的” 的意思. 為adj (形容詞). 大家知道在雅思口語中part 2 人物篇 people 里有如下話題:
Describe an old person.
Describe a good parent.
Describe a leader you admire.
在雅思口語中我們很多考生說一個people 的外貌,說瘦 ,往往用 “thin “. 這樣就違背了2016年口語官方評分標準 用high level的要求了. Thin 是5分的水平level. Emaciated 是7+的水平. 且看如下example:
My father who is in his late 50s has been working as an architect in my hometown, Harbin. In terms of his personality, I would say that he is an emaciated person with deep wrinkles on his face.
Passage 2
It was standing room only; People were crammed around tables with bingo cards spread out before them, frantically stamping the appropriate boxes as Gherkin spoke into the microphone. A cloud of cigarette smoke hung like fog, despite the whirring fans above. Most of the people were clad in overalls, plaid shirt, and NASCAR ball caps and it seemed to Jeremy that they’d pulled their outfits from the same bin at the local five-and-dime.
Five –and-dime 本身的意思是”一家五分一角”. 在這里有一個文化背景(culture background), F.W. 伍爾沃斯 (1852—1919), 做過雜貨店店員, 從一家五分一角(Five and Dime)零售商店白手起家, 開創(chuàng)了固定價格零售以及自助服務. 最終他成了billionaire. 而在現(xiàn)代英文里為” 廉價品商店;便宜商店”. 所以了在2016年9月份變題庫后,如果考到了如下part 2 地點 place 話題:
Describe a shop you like.
Describe a small company you want to own in the future.
Describe a place you love best ( your favorite place).
是不是可以說你想擁有的一個small company 就是一個shop啊. 且看如下example:
Well, the small company I’m gonna talk about is a Five-and-Dime Store, located in the heart of Beijing. It normally opens around the clock (24小時營業(yè)的).
Passage 3
When Doris released her, she looked from Lexie to Jeremy and back again. From the corner of his eye, Jeremy noticed the crowed doing the same thing, as if they were part of the reunion as well. Which, considering their proximity, they probably were.
“Well, I’ll be,” Doris pronounced. Born and bred in the South, she sounded as if she were pronouncing the letters L-I-B. “ I didn’t expect you home until a little later.”
Born and bred 在這里是”土生土長”的意思. 在歷年的雅思口語考試中, 我們part 1 都有一個基本上必問的 question .
Examiner : where are you from ? 大部分6分考生都Candidate :
Well, I’m local … 不拉不拉. 倘若用這么一個極其地道的born and bred, 你的詞匯分手一定是7+啦.
Candidate:
Actually, I was born and bred, BJ which is considered one of the multicultural cities around the world. The cuisine here is beyond words (好吃).
Passage 4
“ It looks like dem cubic zirconiums from the Home Shopping Network, “ a woman offered.
For the first time, Lexie and Doris seemed to realize they were the center of attention.
“Okay, okay…show’s over, folks,” Doris said. Let me talk to my granddaughter alone. We’ve got some catching up to do. Give us a little room.
當然了catch up 字表意思為追趕的意思, 另外還有” 敘舊”的意思. 在雅思口語part 2 事件event 里就有如下話題:
Describe an important conversation you had with sb.
Describe a time you communicated with a foreigner. 看例子:
We’ve seen each other for ages(很久了), so the moment we saw each other at the international airport, the first thing I did was to give a big hug to her, then we immediately headed for(奔向,駛向) the airport café to have a catch up(敘舊).
Passage 5
Rodney, a local deputy sheriff with a penchant for weightlifting, had pined for Lexie since they were kids and hadn’t been all that happy when Lexie and Jeremy became an item Had it not been for the fact that he started dating Rachel soon afterwards Jeremy was pretty sure Rodney would have preferred that Jeremy stay in New York City.
Penchant 是名詞,意為” 嗜好,傾向”的意思. 當我們表示 愛好的時候, 5分的中國雅思口語考生必用hobby 等之類boring的phrase. 在雅思口語中part2 人物篇 people :
Describe one of your best friends.
Describe a person you want to spend time with.
Describe a person who moved with you to live.
當然了我們都可以說你的朋友friend , 當談到一個人的hobby的時候, 不放用下這個7+vocabulary 啦.
且看如下例子examples:
Well, speaking of my friend Aaron, he’s been served as an IELTS teacher with a penchant for clubbing. Plus, he is madly in love with (瘋狂的愛上,迷戀)travelling , so I always call him “ holidaymaker愛度假的人”.
Passage 6
Jeremy cleared his throat. “ We haven’t ever discussed the wedding yet, but actually, we were thinking about something more low-key.”
“low-key? Nonsense. It’s not every day that one of our town’s most prominent citizens married a genuine celebrity, you know”.
“I’m a journalist, not a celebrity. I thought we’d been over this—“.
Low-key 為低調的意思,另外還有一個同義詞 low-profile. 人么, 難免會有謙遜的personality, 往往都是著名的人 , 當我們在雅思口語中說a famous person 的時候, 若是用 prominent 卓越的, 杰出的, 你的口語分手必與眾不同. 看下如下話題topics:
Describe a famous person ( celebrity )
Describe a singer or musician you like.
Describe a person you admire.
例如example:
Eg: Wang Bao qiang , ever since he became a household name (家喻戶曉的名字)in China, has been keeping a low-key lifestyle.(保持低調的生活方式) That’s why he enjoys a large following(某人有眾多粉絲) on Microblog.
以上就是雅思口語高分素材的使用,雅思口語的技巧還是要從多說多練開始,只要肯說出來,長期練習、背誦模仿。雅思口語考高分并不是那么大的困擾,希望同學們早日取得雅思口語高分.