口語缺乏“故事性”“畫面感”？換個角度破題 想不生動都難！

相信對于雅思口語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故事。

關(guān)鍵吧，還講得不夠生動，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)實中和外國友人social，等待你的很可能就是對方一句“interesting”。

所以今天，我們來以去年雅思口語9-12月保留題“Describe an occasion when you were not allowed to use your mobile phone”為例，來教同學(xué)們怎么才能講好一個故事!

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

所以關(guān)于這個話題，我們來從另外一個角度破題：

考試、上課、坐飛機(jī)不能用手機(jī)可以說是一種rule or policy，那么有沒有其它不能使用手機(jī)的場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景?

今天選的場景就是：a wedding

我們的開頭就先來回答 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條件是：你不能玩手機(jī)是因為爸媽不讓你玩手機(jī)，因為爸媽通常在這種社交活動中是特別注意禮節(jié)的。

所以在出席這些活動的時候，你爸媽就會耳提面命，讓你注意不要低頭玩手機(jī)，尤其是有長輩來問候、關(guān)懷你的時候。

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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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，甚至還會有不同的人來詢問你的近況，如果你是學(xué)生，你可能會被拿來和親戚家的小孩作比較。

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

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

也就是說，你的感受應(yīng)該是特別無聊，簡直是心力交瘁，恨不得當(dāng)場給自己施一個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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Energy-draining 消耗精力的

Compliment on 恭維

Put on a smile 面帶笑容

Desperately 迫切地

相信考官聽完也會真實感受到你當(dāng)時的心理，因為這是一個很有故事性和畫面感的回答，非常能讓人共情。

這么一個精彩的故事怎么可以只用在一個雅思口語的話題里呢?

這個場景同樣可以適用于以下幾個真題：

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