口語(yǔ)缺乏“故事性”“畫面感”？換個(gè)角度破題 想不生動(dòng)都難！

相信對(duì)于雅思口語(yǔ)part2的事件類話題，很多同學(xué)都覺得莫名痛苦，經(jīng)常要絞盡腦汁想一個(gè)故事。

關(guān)鍵吧，還講得不夠生動(dòng)，也就是俗稱的沒有“畫面感”，只能干巴巴地尬講，這要是在現(xiàn)實(shí)中和外國(guó)友人social，等待你的很可能就是對(duì)方一句“interesting”。

所以今天，我們來(lái)以去年雅思口語(yǔ)9-12月保留題“Describe an occasion when you were not allowed to use your mobile phone”為例，來(lái)教同學(xué)們?cè)趺床拍苤v好一個(gè)故事!

首先，同學(xué)們看到這個(gè)題目“不能用手機(jī)的場(chǎng)合”想到的基本都是考試、上課、坐飛機(jī)的時(shí)候，內(nèi)容上就很難有新意。

所以關(guān)于這個(gè)話題，我們來(lái)從另外一個(gè)角度破題：

考試、上課、坐飛機(jī)不能用手機(jī)可以說(shuō)是一種rule or policy，那么有沒有其它不能使用手機(jī)的場(chǎng)合卻沒有明確的硬性規(guī)定呢?

也就是not an outspoken rule or policy but an unspoken social courtesy。

說(shuō)到這里，很多同學(xué)有沒有想起被爸爸媽媽帶去社交的宴席，然后被各位叔叔阿姨支配的場(chǎng)景?

今天選的場(chǎng)景就是：a wedding

我們的開頭就先來(lái)回答 when and where：

Well I remember quite a few occasions when phones are prohibited, such as during tests, classes or flights. But the one that’s particularly unbearable was the time I attended a wedding of a cousin several years ago. It was held in an upscale resort hotel. There were many guests in the party, mostly relatives and friends of my cousin’s family. So i only knew some of them.

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Word bank

Prohibit 禁止

Unbearable 不可忍受的

Upscale 高級(jí)的，高規(guī)模的

Resort hotel 度假酒店

開頭介紹完背景之后，就要解釋 why you were not allowed to use your mobile phone。

就像前面提到的，原因就是一種不言而喻的社交禮節(jié)unspoken social courtesy。那我們就要建立一個(gè)條件是：你不能玩手機(jī)是因?yàn)榘謰尣蛔屇阃媸謾C(jī)，因?yàn)榘謰屚ǔＴ谶@種社交活動(dòng)中是特別注意禮節(jié)的。

所以在出席這些活動(dòng)的時(shí)候，你爸媽就會(huì)耳提面命，讓你注意不要低頭玩手機(jī)，尤其是有長(zhǎng)輩來(lái)問候、關(guān)懷你的時(shí)候。

所以這一部分我們可以這么解釋：

As for the reason, normally in occasions like this in China, we are bound not to look at phones that frequently and are supposed to engage ourselves in social interacting as much as possible. Or, it would be considered impolite, and that would bring shame to our family. My parents would probably lose face because others in the party might think that they hadn’t taught me well. So, i guess that’s not really an outspoken rule or policy but an unspoken social courtesy.

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Word bank

Be bound to 受約束

Engage in 參與;應(yīng)酬

Lose face 丟臉

Outspoken 直白的

Unspoken 不言而喻的，心照不宣的

在解釋完這個(gè)情境下你不能玩手機(jī)的原因后，我們就要回答最 后一步：你的感受。

試想一下，當(dāng)宴席上的其他人都在寒暄聊天，甚至還會(huì)有不同的人來(lái)詢問你的近況，如果你是學(xué)生，你可能會(huì)被拿來(lái)和親戚家的小孩作比較。

如果你是社會(huì)打工人士，可能也逃不開對(duì)方的靈魂發(fā)問：找到工作了沒?工資多少?找到對(duì)象了沒?

更慘的是，你還不能擺臭臉或者假裝玩手機(jī)，不然你爸媽就會(huì)左右開弓，提醒我好好表現(xiàn)，恐怕這是連“社牛人士”都會(huì)社恐的場(chǎng)合吧。

也就是說(shuō)，你的感受應(yīng)該是特別無(wú)聊，簡(jiǎn)直是心力交瘁，恨不得當(dāng)場(chǎng)給自己施一個(gè)隱身咒外加閉耳塞聽，從頭到尾成假笑男孩or女孩，腳趾摳出一座魔仙堡。

總之，你從沒有這么迫切地需要你的手機(jī)過!

你的感受：

Actually, i felt it was super boring and energy-draining, you know, smiling and talking to a bunch of people whom i didn’t really have much to talk to. They were asking me about my study or complimenting on my appearance to sound polite or nice. And I had to force myself to put on a smile. I couldn’t pretend to reply to messages on the phone, because my parents would keep reminding me to behave. I found myself so awkward that I wished I could become invisible. Anyway, I’d never felt I needed my phone so desperately!

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Word bank

Energy-draining 消耗精力的

Compliment on 恭維

Put on a smile 面帶笑容

Desperately 迫切地

相信考官聽完也會(huì)真實(shí)感受到你當(dāng)時(shí)的心理，因?yàn)檫@是一個(gè)很有故事性和畫面感的回答，非常能讓人共情。

這么一個(gè)精彩的故事怎么可以只用在一個(gè)雅思口語(yǔ)的話題里呢?

這個(gè)場(chǎng)景同樣可以適用于以下幾個(gè)真題：

Describe a time you were friendly to someone you didn’t like

Describe a time when you waited for something special that would happen

Describe a time when you felt proud of a family member

Describe an occasion when many people were smiling