第二部分话题卡活动与习惯

描述一个你最近开始的爱好

“Recently”是关键词——这意味着你可以谈作为新手的体验,这比谈专业水平更有意思。

话题卡

Describe a hobby you have taken up recently.

You should say

  • what it is
  • how you got into it
  • how much time you spend on it
  • and explain what you get out of it

准备1分钟 · 最多说2分钟

如何说满两分钟

是四个节拍,不是四个答案。卡片上的提示只是脚手架——一段自然流过这些提示的讲述,比四个互不相连的回答得分更高。

  1. 它是什么,开始了多久——给出真实的时间范围。
  2. 是什么促使你开始:无聊、朋友、一个视频、生活状况的变化。
  3. 作为新手是什么感觉,包括你做得不好的部分。
  4. 你觉得它能不能坚持下去,要进步还需要什么。

这张卡适合用的词汇

词汇丰富度占你分数的四分之一,而7分的标准明确允许偶尔用错词——一味求稳、只用简单词汇,正是很多人卡在6分的原因。

take up

话题卡本身用的那个动词——从一开始就用对

a complete beginner

诚实地说明你的水平

get hooked

用于很快就沉迷其中

have a go at

口语,表示尝试某件事

a bit of a learning curve

带保留地表达难度

stick at it

用于坚持——“whether I'll stick at it, I don't know”

这张卡的陷阱

选一个你已经玩了十年的爱好,因为它更好讲。

话题卡写的是“recently”,一个长期爱好回答的是另一张卡。新手的细节就是具体的细节——用上它们。

一个8分回答,以及它为什么有效

读它是为了看清其中的技巧,而不是背下这些话。考官每个工作日都会听到背诵的答案,这会体现在你的流利度分数上——背诵者的停顿方式和真正在思考的人完全不同。下面的细节都是虚构的,你的回答应该讲你自己的故事。

The hobby I took up most recently is bread-making, which I started about a year and a half ago and have become slightly insufferable about. I began because a bakery near me closed and the replacement was poor, which is a very mundane origin. The first six months were mostly failures — bread that was dense, bread that didn't rise, one loaf that came out of the oven roughly the density of a brick and which I kept for a while as a warning. What I hadn't anticipated is how much of it is waiting. You do about twenty minutes of actual work spread over eight hours, and the rest is leaving it alone, which I found genuinely difficult because my instinct is to intervene. I think that's why it's been good for me. It's a hobby that punishes fiddling. I now make bread twice a week without thinking about it, and I've stopped photographing it, which my friends tell me is the real milestone.

拿到这个分数的关键

  • 那个硬得像砖头、被留着当作警示的面包,是一个具体又好笑的细节,让整个叙述显得真实。
  • “A hobby that punishes fiddling”简洁地说出了说话者从中得到了什么。
  • “I've stopped photographing it, which my friends tell me is the real milestone”是有自知之明的幽默,也是有力的收尾。

第三部分接下来会问什么

第三部分和你的长篇独白有松散的联系,但问题会变得抽象——问的是一般人,而不是你自己。这张卡之后通常会谈到:

  • why hobbies matter to people's wellbeing
  • whether people have less free time than before
  • how hobbies change over a lifetime

如何应对第三部分讨论

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本指南依据公开发布的IELTS口语评分标准,用我们自己的话写成。官方原文请参阅 British Council的评分标准。MockLive AI是独立的练习工具,与IELTS、British Council、IDP及Cambridge University Press & Assessment均无关联。