本季度的雅思口语题库中有一道题是:Describe a skill that took you a long time to learn。帅哥给大家写了一个范例答案,各位同学来学习一下逻辑和语言。加油!(文章来源:杨帅老师微博)
话题:Describe a skill that took you a long time to learn
you should say
what skill it was
when you learned it
why it took you so long to learn it
and explain how you felt about it
帅哥雅思口语满分答案:
I’m going to talk about singing which was absolutely no picnic for me and it took me a month of intensive training to sing a song well.
I learned singing four years ago, when I was in my first year of university. The whole process of learning lasted about a month. The reason why I wanted to learn to sing professionally was that I wanted to surprise my then girlfriend. Actually, we’re not together anymore coz we split up last year. Anyway, she was crazy about music, especially Eason’s songs. Oh, um, Eason is a renowned singer from Hong Kong. I figured if I could sing one of his songs at her birthday party, she would be very happy. So I just found a vocal coach to teach me.
It took me a long time to master the song I selected because ... um ... I was never a good singer. I’d always been tone-deaf since I was a kid and no matter what I sang, I would be out of tune. About a week after we started practicing, the coach almost gave up coz she thought I was unteachable. I persuaded her to keep teaching me.
How I felt about it ... well, the entire process of learning was pretty hard, but when I finally sang the song to my then girlfriend, she was indeed super happy and quite touched. It’s pretty sad that we had to go our separate ways due to our ... um ... according to her, “conflicting personalities” ...
高分语言点:
no picnic 困难的事
intensive training 强化训练
last v. 持续...
then 那时的
split up 分手
go our separate ways 分手
renowned 有名的、有名望的
vocal coach 声乐老师
master 熟练掌握...
tone-deaf 音痴的、唱歌跑调的
out of tune 走调
give up 放弃
persuade sb to do sth 说服某人...
touched 感动的
conflicting personalities 性格不合
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