雅思口语话题之Weather

雅思口语话题之weather

雅思口语考察同学们的英语交流能力，同学们在备考阶段可以注意多积累素材，平时多模仿多练习，这样在考试中才不至于无话可说哦。

What’s the weather like in your country?

It’s quite changeable really … we have periods of time with clear blue skies then all of a sudden we’ll have torrential rain.

这是非常多变的。我们有一段时间有晴朗的蓝天，突然之间我们就会有暴雨了。

Which months have the best weather in your country?

Well … I suppose it’s a matter of personal taste really … I like it around the end of October and November … I’m not fond of the heatwaves we often get during the summer … it’s not freezing cold during these months and we still get lots of sunny spells.

嗯……我想这是个人品味的问题,真的…我喜欢它在10月底和11月…我不喜欢我们经常在夏天的热浪…这不是寒冷在这几个月里,我们仍然有很多阳光明媚的法术。

Does it bother you much when it rains?

It depends … if I get caught in the rain and I get drenched I don’t like it … but I’m a gardener so a drop of rain is good for my plants.

这要看情况。如果我被雨淋了，我就浑身湿透了，我不喜欢。但是我是一个园丁，所以一滴雨对我的植物有好处。

What's the weather in your country?

The weather in my country is pretty nice. We have a mild climate, so it's never boiling hot in the summer or freezing cold in the winter.

我们国家的天气很好。我们有温和的气候，所以夏天永远不会热，冬天也不会冷。

雅思口语喜爱的广告话题

Describe an advertisement that you saw or heard or liked

You should say:

Where you saw or heard it

What kind of advertisement it was

What the content of the advertisement was 【or, what product /service was advertised】

and explain how you felt about this advertisement/ why you liked it.

There are several types of advertisements that we see daily on TV, billboards, through the Internet, social networking sites, mobile applications, and mobile games. Many of them are very banal, full of marketing speech and kind of boring while others are average and their primary focus is to express the positive sides of a product to increase the sales. Finally, quite a few of them are creative, informative, humorous, fascinating and memorable.

I usually do not like to watch advertisement between a movie/ TV programme and large commercial breaks are quite annoying to me. I personally think that the best way of advertising is using billboards, which can lead you to remember the brand name forever without actually annoying you.

Well, the best advertisement I have ever seen that I still like for its uniqueness was on a highway in the United Arab Emirates and I really liked the idea of this advertisement. One day while passing the main road a big billboard caught my eyes. It was designed to look like the filtration zone of a cigarette which is commonly known as the cigarette butt. The large billboard was quite different in shape and it presented the message ‘Stop smoking even Marlboro’ quite visibly.

I stole a glance at the billboard and thought about the message it conveyed. I actually did not think much and forgot about it. After an hour I found myself in front of a beach with a packet of Marlboro cigarette in my pocket. While I was lighting a cigarette, I was wondering why I bought a packet of Marlboro? It is usually not my brand! To my surprise, I realised that the advertisement that I saw on the road had an immense effect on my psychology unconsciously. I was convinced that the billboard had forced me to buy that brand unconsciously. I think it was the first time I realised how advertisements can target people's unconscious mind. Technically speaking this is the moment I realised that the best way to influence people’s buying behaviour is to use their unconscious mind instead of trying to deliver marketing speeches. When I thought more to analyse the billboard advertising and its effect on me, I realised that the advertiser tried to use reverse advertising techniques by delivering the message that Marlboro is less dangerous and smokers who wish to quit smoking should try this. Possibly all smokers- from light smokers to heavy ones, wish a day without smoking though many of them do not try hard. Then the billboard advertisement was pretending as if they were broadcasting an important public safety message. Moreover, they used a fascinating design on the billboard that would actually grab anyone's attention. As you can see, they were quite successful as I still remember this advert very vividly and I like this advertisement due to the creative thinking of the maker.

雅思口语big company话题

1. What is the difference between big companies and small companies?

思路：

用一个总起句，总结一下大公司和小企业有很多的不同，然后注意使用连接词列出两个不同即可，也就是做一些对比。

误区：

不用列举太多的不同哦，只要2-3个即可。还有一点儿要注意的是，我们不要多太绝对的语言，比如‘all the big companies’或者‘every small company’这样的字眼;可以多使用vague language，比如‘perhaps’‘probably’‘most likely’‘possibly’等。

语料：

plenty of clear differences很多明显的区别

whereas in contrast然而反过来

while on the other hand而另一面

get promoted升职

get a promotion升职

Well obviously there are plenty of clear differences, but I guess one of the most obvious one is that there are a lot more employees in big businesses while on the other hand there might be only a few people in a really small place, like family business or stuff like that. Apart from that, another point I can think of is that you might be able to have more chances to get staff trainings to work on your professional skills in a bigger place whereas in contrast when you just start working in a small place, they might just expect you to skip the training part.

2. What are the good things about working for a big company?

思路：

可以用一总起两分开的思路，先用一句话去开头说一下给大公司上班有很多的好处，然后举2-3个例子就可以啦【大公司因为职位多可以有机会一直往上爬;此外呢，大公司还会相对来说保证员工的福利，比如保险insurance和旅游】。记得使用连接词哦。

误区：

‘good things’就是好的方面的意思，也可以用‘advantages’‘benefits’‘positive aspects’这样的词去替换。当我们回答的时候可以尽量绕开‘good things’这个原题的表达，用用转述。

语料：

positive aspects积极的方面

clear benefits明显的优点

plus point优势/优点

Well, I suppose that there are quite a few clear benefits, but I would probably say that the most obvious part is that people might have more chances of getting a promotion in a big business because there will be loads of positions so you can work your way up. As well as this, another good bit about working in a proper company is that you are more likely to be granted some benefit like health insurance, group travels or stuff like that.

3. Why do some companies prefer senior employees?

思路：

我们可以把题目理解为雇用年长的员工有什么优势。我们可以用一句总结开始去说一下有很多的好处，然后用连接词把两个列举的原因给串起来。比如老员工相对来说更有经验一些，公司不需要另外花钱把他们送到外面去培训;除此之外呢，老员工较年轻的员工来说会更倾向于稳定的工作，不会那么频繁的想换工作。

误区：

注意听清题目哦，题目问为什么有的公司会比较倾向年长的员工，而不是问公司更喜欢年长的员工还是年轻的。

语料：

remain at the same place停留在同一个地方

first thing you might have noticed你首先可能注意到的

slightly more stable有些更稳定

Well, I guess it’s mainly because there are loads of benefits when it comes to hiring senior employees. First thing you might have noticed is that older staff are always more experienced in a certain area. I mean they know what they are doing. Plus the HR department doesn’t have to spend too much time or money training them. What’s more, new graduates might tend to keep changing their jobs and that whereas older employees would want to remain at the same company and they are normally slightly more stable.

雅思口语technology话题

1. What can smartphones do these days?

思路：

智能手机在我们的生活中已经非常常见了，因此出现在雅思口语的话题当中也不足为奇，关于智能手机可以用来干些什么，其实我们只要稍微梳理一下我们平时使用手机的习惯和目的，就可以很好地将这个回答整合出来了。在今天提供的示范答案中，强烈建议同学们根据自己的情况进行增减和改善。

同时，很多同学应该记得在part 2当中有一个非常高频的话题叫做describe a smartphone app，要求我们描述一个智能手机上的应用。这个题目持续了很长时间，但是同学们在回答本part 3的问题的时候，千万注意不要跑偏，可以略微带一带“应用”的内容，但是不可以把整个重心变成说某一个app;同时，虽然智能手机有很多高大上的功能，但是如果我一时半会儿想不起来怎么组织语言，那么从最基本的功能入手，略微讲解一下发短信【send text messages】或者是打电话【make phone calls 】，都是可以的。

示范答案：

Well, smartphones are, after all, phones, so they can basically meet all the expectations we should have for ordinary mobile phones. That is to say, we can still use a smartphone to send text messages or make phone calls. However, smartphones are more than that. For example, we can use a wide range of smartphone applications, which have all kinds of functions, from offering discounts tohelping us keep fit. Besides, smartphones can always access internet, which means we can search literally for everything at anytime with smartphones. This sounded like science fiction in the past, but offers great convenience at present.

2. Since most people do their work on computers, why do they still need to go to the offices?

思路：这个题目是这样子的，它预设了一个场景，就是“大多数人都使用电脑工作了”，然后引出问题;如果这是一个其它考试当中的思辨类的写作题目，我个人会建议老老实实按照题设去写，但是对于我们雅思口语这样一个着重考察交流能力的项目，我们完全没有必要被题目所禁锢住。我们需要保证自己的答案有逻辑、有落脚点、细致明确即可。我们尝试着按照下面的思路步骤来：首先即使大部分人都使用电脑工作了，那么极有可能他们有很多其它工作是需要跟同事合作完成的、需要面对面的解决的;即使没有需要面对面解决的工作问题，办公室也提供了一个专门的工作场所，比在家里要专业、方便的多，并且对于部分人来说，家是一个放松的地方，并不合适拿来办公。最后，我们甚至可以破除题目本身的设置，摆出事实：就是确实已经有不少人能够做到远程办公，或者弹性工作时间了。这样一来，这个part 3的答案还是可以有不少内容说的。

示范答案：

Well, I have to say, although computers can help us work out most problems, there are still many things, which need to be discussed face-to-face, so offices provide an ideal place for colleagues to meet and consult with each other. Besides, for some people, homes are very cozy and private places, not suitable for working, so they would rather commute to offices than bring work home, even though digital technologies have made remote workingavailable. Having said those, a trend of working from home as well as working flexible hours has become increasingly more popular. I think this should be attributed to the use of computer technology.

3. Do you think people’s work in the future will be heavily affected by the technology?

思路：

这个题目大家可以和“交通，transport”这个话题下的一个问题对比来看一看，为什么呢，因为从回答的角度来说，答案都存在一定的迷惑性。交通话题下的那个题目叫做：你认为交通还可以有被改善的地方吗?这种题目我们如果回答no，显得非常绝对，难道未来真的就没有改善空间了吗?难道未来工作就不会被技术影响了吗?如果回答yes呢，一时半会儿又想不到有哪些内容可以来支撑自己的观点，因此陷入两难的境地。这里特别提醒一下大家复习一下过去的题目内容。

回到这个题目上面来，我们同样可以套用当时的一个想法，就是老老实实地交代：我认为现在这种影响已经很多了，我想不出来将来还会有怎么样的影响。注意这里的重心应该是：我想不出来有什么样的影响，而不是决绝地说成“不会有任何影响”;同样，回答yes的时候应该快速的组织语言内容，争取有逻辑地罗列答案信息。针对这个题目，我们可以将现有的技术带来的影响进行深化描述。另外，这个题目有一个比较细节的修饰词，就是heavily，极大地。这个也是我们可以发挥的一个点。

示范答案：

Well, since we are not unfamiliar with the great influences the technology has exerted on our current work, I guess most of us find it natural that technology should continue to affect our work in the future. However, it’s absurd that although we know that this would happen, we yet don’t know how. In conclusion, I think I can simply say that there will still be amazing changes on work due to the development of technology; but we can hardly sense the change until it solidly comes true.