NO.1 A Good Law

Describe a (piece of) (good) law in your country.

You should say:

· what the law is

· how you first learned about this law

· who benefits from this law (or, who is affected by this law)

and explain why you think this is a good law

話題類別:Object

難點(diǎn)解析:眾多考生公認(rèn)的難題。平時(shí)即使比較關(guān)注法律,但真的要具體去談,即使用中文有條有理地說(shuō)出來(lái)也會(huì)有難度。相對(duì)Part 3可能由此展開(kāi)的法律的重要性、公平性、適用性等較概括的討論,Part 2的具體化讓考生們尤為頭疼。

備考策略:首先可以避免談到那些廣而深的法律如刑法,因?yàn)檫@樣的法律既不容易說(shuō)清楚,也不容易說(shuō)具體。其次,一些全世界都較為普遍的法律法規(guī)如交通法可供考生選擇,因?yàn)樗鼈兿鄬?duì)比較融入自己的生活,也就比較好發(fā)揮。當(dāng)然,選擇比較有中國(guó)特色的法律來(lái)展開(kāi)就更好,比如計(jì)劃生育政策”one-child policy”,在中國(guó)人口眾多的基本國(guó)情下,它所帶來(lái)的好處以及受益人也會(huì)相對(duì)好描述,考官也可以從中獲取一些新的信息。

NO.2 A Historic Site

Describe an interesting historic site (in your country) that you visited.

You should say:

· where it was

· what you saw at this site (or, what it looked like)

· what role it played in history

and explain what interested you about that place

話題類別:Place

難點(diǎn)解析:對(duì)于歷史建筑的描述,在強(qiáng)調(diào)它的歷史作用時(shí)多少會(huì)涉及到歷史作用時(shí)多少會(huì)涉及到歷史知識(shí)以及一些專有名詞的表達(dá)。而不管是選擇中國(guó)的還是國(guó)外的歷史建筑,鑒于平日里談?wù)摰脴O少,考試前沒(méi)有足夠的準(zhǔn)備就很難開(kāi)口。

備考策略:考前可以結(jié)合其它描述地點(diǎn)或建筑的話題一起準(zhǔn)備:Describe a museum/an old building/your favorite building/an important traditional building等,例如北京故宮里的建筑,即是古老而傳統(tǒng)的建筑,又是很重要的博物館,也可以是自己最喜歡的建筑。甚至還可以把它放到Describe the best tourist attraction in China,或者可以描述里面的an interesting exhibition,所以只要提前做好充足的功課,遇到其它問(wèn)題也都可以迎刃而解。

NO.3 A Success

Describe a particular success you would like to achieve (in the near future).

You should say:

· what it is

· how difficult you think it will be

· what you should do to prepare for this

and explain why you want to succeed in doing this

話題類別:Object

難點(diǎn)解析:看似抽象的題目,其實(shí)問(wèn)題是非常具體的。考生往往容易從抽象的地方入手,譬如先談自己對(duì)成功的定義和理解,導(dǎo)致在有限的時(shí)間內(nèi)卻不能將自己短期的目標(biāo)闡述得詳細(xì)和具體。

備考策略:人們?cè)鯓佣x成功其實(shí)通常都是在Part 3里對(duì)于該話題的延續(xù)性討論,在Part 2里一定要根據(jù)題目所給的線索開(kāi)門見(jiàn)山地提出自己的成功目標(biāo),譬如想要獲得學(xué)校的某個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng),或者想要完成工作中的某個(gè)項(xiàng)目,然后描述目標(biāo)的困難性何在,如何去準(zhǔn)備,以及實(shí)現(xiàn)這個(gè)成功后的意義等。這樣話題的描述才會(huì)有完整性可言。

NO.4 A Place Not Polluted

Describe a place which is not polluted.

You should say:

· where this place is

· what it looks like

· what kind of place is not polluted

and explain what you think about pollution

話題類別:Place

難點(diǎn)解析:如今,在我們工作和生活的環(huán)境當(dāng)中,要描述一個(gè)被污染的地方容易,但要描述一個(gè)沒(méi)有被污染的地方就比較難了。眾所周知,現(xiàn)在的環(huán)境污染問(wèn)題之嚴(yán)重,乃至于大家都已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了,平日里很難接觸亦或是有機(jī)會(huì)去到更像是世外桃源般的沒(méi)有被污染過(guò)的地方。

備考策略:從題目的細(xì)節(jié)可以看出,這樣的地方也并不是一定要自己親自去過(guò)才能描述的,雜志上,電視節(jié)目上曾經(jīng)介紹過(guò)像原始氏族部落聚居的周邊地區(qū)或無(wú)人居住的自然區(qū)域都可以描述??忌€可以探討這些地方?jīng)]有被污染到的原因,如何保護(hù)它們繼續(xù)不受污染等相對(duì)寬泛些的方面。

NO.5 A Stage of Your Life

Describe an important stage of your life/an enjoyable stage of your life.

You should say:

· how old you were

· where you were living at the time

· what you were doing during this stage

and explain why you think this was an important/enjoyable stage of your life

話題類別:Event

難點(diǎn)解析:談人生的某個(gè)階段其實(shí)是相對(duì)籠統(tǒng)的話題,但考官需要的卻是具體的回答,能夠分享不同考生的不同人生。但若考生只是千篇一律地描述說(shuō)自己的童年時(shí)光是快樂(lè)的,無(wú)憂無(wú)慮的,因此非常重要,而沒(méi)有精彩的故事跟考官分享,那就沒(méi)有達(dá)到要求。

備考策略:以前也曾考過(guò)諸如某段時(shí)光的話題,而且相對(duì)來(lái)說(shuō)還比較具體,如:Describe the most enjoyable moment in your childhood/Describe a busy time in your life等等,里面考生基本都會(huì)談到某件或某些具體的事,而這些其實(shí)都可以作為人生某個(gè)階段的影射,描述完某些具體時(shí)刻發(fā)生的具體事情,再來(lái)總結(jié)在人生的童年階段是無(wú)憂無(wú)慮的快樂(lè),因此對(duì)以后開(kāi)朗樂(lè)觀性格的形成產(chǎn)生重要影響,又或是在剛畢業(yè)時(shí)是充實(shí)的忙碌,因此為事業(yè)的發(fā)展打下良好的基礎(chǔ)等就更有說(shuō)服力了。