雅思⼝语肯定很多烤鸭都被问过⼀个问题:What’s your favorite film/book?对不对??
Film和book也真是雅思⼝语喜欢考的话题,相关的Part 1 问题⼀⼤堆,Part 2也不少,⽐如墨尔本⽆忧雅思⼝语机经库⾥收录的V51142001 A Book You Read Recently,V51142008 A Film You Dislike,etc. 还有很多看似⽆关的问题也可以扯到书籍和电影上来,例如问你的爱好,你闲暇时光喜欢做什么等等。
那么在说书籍和电影时有哪些可以⽤的词汇和表达呢?赶快跟⽆忧⼩雅哥结合实例来学习⼀下吧~Part 1-style questions
Examiner: Do you like to read books?
Candidate: Yes … I love reading … I like nothing more than to beengrossedin a good book … I regularly takeoutbooksfrom the library and usually readthemfrom cover to cover in no time … and I can’t go to sleep at night without some good bedtime reading …
be engrossed in 全神贯注的做某事take out a book from the library 这可不是偷书的意思啊,⽽是从图书馆借书的意思read sth. from cover to cover 从封⾯看到封底,也就是说看⼀本书从头看到尾的意思,是不是很形象呢?bedtime reading 睡前阅读Examiner: How often do you go to the cinema?
Candidate: Unfortunately we don’t have a cinema near us so we have to go into the nearest town to catch the latest movie … I usually avoid seeing popular box-office hits which I’m not always keen on seeing … I prefer low-budget films … sci-fi especially … and there’s a great cinema I go to that has frequent showings of films like these …catch the latest movie 看最新上映的电影box-office hit 票房⼤⽚,指票房爆棚的热门电影low-budget film 低成本电影sci-fi 科幻(science-fiction)Examiner: Do you prefer reading books or watching films?
Candidate: I’m not really a big reader … I find books quite heavy-going … so I much prefer to see a film … perhaps it’s the special effects or the soundtrack … I don’t know … I just prefer a film …a big reader 爱看书的⼈,看很多书的⼈heavy-going 缓慢的进程,艰难的过程special effects 特效soundtrack ⾳轨,背景⾳乐Part 2-style task
Describe a book you have read or a film you have seen. You should say:what this book or film waswhen you read or saw it
why you decided to see the film or read the bookand say if you enjoyed it and why.
Candidate: I like reading … especially English novels … it’s a great way to improve your vocabulary and there are so manyfantastic authors to choose from … one book that came highly recommended by my teacher was The Mayor of
Casterbridge … I was studying at a school in The UK at the time and she said it would give me a picture of what life was like
years ago in the area I was living … well I have to say I absolutely loved it … it was a real page-turner … it’s a historicalnovel and the setting was a fictional town called Casterbridge … but actually it was based on a town near where I wasstudying called Dorchester … it had such a great plot … to cut a long story short it tells the story of the downfall of a mancalled Henchard the central character who lives during a period of great social change around the time of the industrialrevolution … the reason I enjoyed it so much … apart from the great story … it gave me a picture of what life had been like inthe place I was studying at the time … I really couldn’t put it down … a fantastic story …to come highly recommended by 某⼈强烈推荐某事a real page-turner 让你停不下来翻页的书,形容书⾮常精彩吸引⼈,让你停不下来⼀直读historical novel 历史⼩说,演义the setting 设定,背景设定based on 以…为基础plot 情节tell the story of 讲述了…的故事the central character 主要⾓⾊,中⼼⾓⾊couldn’t put it down ⽆法把…放下,形容书籍或其他事物⾮常有吸引⼒,让⼈⽆法停⽌Part 3-style questions
Examiner: Is reading as pleasurable in digital format?
Candidate: Personally I prefer reading a paperback or hardback … especially if I’m reading a classic which I don’t thinkfeels right as an e-book … but I can see it can be good for others … my grandmother has an e-reader and she loves the wayyou can enlarge the text …paperback 简装书,平装本hardback 精装书,精装本,硬封⽪的书 a classic 经典作品e-book 电⼦书(electronic book)e-reader 电⼦阅读器,⽐如kindle啊智能⼿机啊什么的。Examiner: Do you think bookshops will survive the digital revolution?
Candidate: I think so … at least I hope so … I love flicking through books in a bookshop … online shopping is useful …finding out on Amazon if a book you want has got a good review … maybe getting one that is difficult to find … but I still lovethe experience of being in a bookshop …flicking through 浏览,快速翻阅review 书评,影评Examiner: Statistics show that visits to the cinema are up despite the availability of DVDs and online downloads. Why doyou think this might be?
Candidate: I think it’s the whole experience that the cinema offers … going out to see a film when it goes on generalrelease … and seeing it on the big screen is more exciting than watching the film at home on TV … especially if it’s anaction movie … and watching it with others makes it even more special …to see a film 如果是在电影院看电影,就⽤see做动词go on general release 公开发⾏,公开上映on the big screen ⼤荧幕上,电影荧幕上watch the film 如果是在电脑、电视上看电影,则⽤watch做动词,⽽不是see,这点⼤家需要额外注意!action movie 动作电影
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