1 Day 1: Work or
study
11 Day 2: Free time
21 Day 3: Name
31 Day 4: Hometown
41 Day 5: Accommodation
51 Day 6: Sports
61 Day 7: Social circle
69 Day 8: Travelling
77 Day 9: Occasion
85 Day 10: Culture
95 Day 11: Language
103 Day 12: Gadgets
113 Day 13: Media
121 Day 14: Technology
129 Day 15: Education
137 Day 16: Environment
147 Day 17: Government
155 Day 18:You-know-but-do-not-know words
159 Day 19: Discourse Markers
163 Day 20: Showing your attitude
167 Day 21: Review
175附录:雅思口语真题题库
196索引
內容試閱:
Day 1 Work or study
Overture
Do you work or are you a student?
Do you like your major subject?
Do you prefer to study in the morning or in the
afternoon?
Essential 必背词汇
Verb 动词
learnBrEl??nl??rn 学习,认识到
义 v. to get knowledge or skill by studying, from experience,
from being taught, etc.
例 You can learn more if you go abroad. 如果你出国,就可以学到更多东西。
work
on=focus on 致力于, 专注于
义 phr v. to try hard to improve or achieve something
例 You need to workfocus on your pronunciation a bit more.你需要更加专注于你的发音。
furtherBrE?f???r;?f??r?r 促进, (进一步)提高
义 v. to help sth.; to develop or be successful
例 Im going abroad to further my study. 我要去国外进一步提高我的学业。
majorBrE ?me?d??r;
AmE ?me?d??r 主修
义 v. to study sth. as your main subject at a university or
college
例 Im a college student, majoring in English. 我是一名大学生,主修英语。
workBrE w??k; AmE w??rk as 以为工作
义 v. to have a job
例 Im working as an accountant at the present. 我现在是一名会计。
tendBrE tend; AmE tend to
倾向于
义 v. to be likely to do sth.
例 I tend to study in the morning coz my head is clear. 我往往在早晨学习因为早晨我的头脑清晰。
注 可以尝试将该词组在口语中与prefer to do 进行同义替换。
realiseBrE ?ri??la?z,
also ?r??la?z?ri??la?z 意识到
义 v. not used in the progressive tenses
例 After getting my first IELTS report, I realised that Im not a terrible English speaker. 拿到雅思成绩单后,我发现我的英语也没那么差。
注 与汉语不同,英语在语言组织上更习惯使用名词性结构。所以当表达我英语说得不太好的时候往往会说 Im not a good English speaker,而很少按照汉语的习惯使用动词,说I cant speak English well.
specialiseBrE?spe??la?z;?spe??la?z 擅长, 专攻
义v. to become an
expert in a particular area of work, study or business; to
spend more time on one area of work, etc. than on others
例My mother is a doctor, specialising in oncology.我妈妈是一名专攻肿瘤的医生。
standBrE stnd; AmE stnd 忍受
义 v. to dislike
例 I cant stand science, math in particular. 我特别不喜欢理科,尤其是数学。
注 当表达非常不喜欢某事某物时,用stand
更能体现说话者的主观态度(即不喜欢)。因此建议考生在表示dont like 时,可以尝试用cant stand进行替换。
Optional 自选词汇
finance
science
art
engineering
literature
n.金融
n.科学
n.艺术
n.工程学
n.文学
project
presentation
schedule
field
reputation
n.工程
n.报告
n.时间表
n.领域
n.名誉
interfere
enable
fulfill
offer
volunteer
v.干涉
v.使
v.实现
v.提供
v.自愿
random
extracurricular
competitive
tough
considerate
a.随机的
a.课外的
a.有竞争力的
a.艰难的
a.体贴的
Exercise A
用方框中所给单词(词组)的适当形式填空。
specialise, realise,
major, specialty, focus on, further, tend, subject, learn, work
Example:
You can learn
more if you go abroad.
1. You can ______
more if you go abroad.
2. Im a college student, ______ in English.
3. Im ______ as an accountant at the present.
4. You need to
______ ______ your pronunciation a bit more.
5. Im going abroad to ______ my study.
6. I ______ to
study in the morning coz my head is clear.
7. English is a
difficult ______ for me.
8. English is my
sisters ______.
9. After getting
my first IELTS report, I ______ that Im not a terrible English speaker.
10. My mother is a
doctor, ______ in oncology.
(答案见必背词汇例句)
Exercise B
按照英文释义写出以下单词的中文释义。
Example:
stand 忍受
v. to dislike
lecture
a. a talk that is given to a group of people to teach them
about sth. in a particular subject
overseas
a. connected with foreign countries, especially those
separated from your country by the sea or ocean
compulsory
a. that must be done because of a law or a rule
ideal
a. for something
optional
a. that you can choose to do or have if you want to
efficient
a. doing something well and thoroughly with no waste of
time, money or energy
fanatical
a. informal
promising
a. showing signs of being good or successful
decent
a. of a good enough standard or quality
(答案见必背词汇)
Exercise C
把下列表格补充完整。
finance
art
literature
n.
n.科学
n.
n.工程学
n.
presentation
field
n.工程
n.
n.时间表
n.
n.名誉
interfere
fulfill
volunteer
v.
v.使
v.
v.提供
v.
random
competitive
considerate
a.
a.课外的
a.
a.艰难的
a.
(答案见自选词汇)
Practise
Work or study 为Part 1 四大必考话题之一
Do
you work or are you a student?
你是学生还是已经工作了?
Im a college student, currently working on English. But
after my graduation, Ill further my study overseas to make my dream come true.
我是一名大学生,现在正在学习英语。但是我毕业之后,为了实现我的梦想,我会去国外深造。
Do
you like you major subject?
你喜欢你的专业吗?
Yes, I am fanatical about my subject. Even though we have
many compulsory courses and plenty of lectures and they are very challenging, I
believe I will have a promising future.
是的,我非常喜欢我所学的科目。虽然我有很多必修课和大课, 这些课程也很难, 但是我相信我的未来前途光明。
Do
you prefer to study in the morning or in the afternoon?
你喜欢在早晨学习还是在下午学习?
I tend to study in the morning because I can work
efficiently and I cant stand studying at night as Im always so sleepy.
我更倾向于在早晨学习,因为我的学习效率很高。我不能忍受在晚上学习,因为我总是很困。
Try
to do it on your own
Do you work or are you a student?
Do you like your major subject?
Do you prefer to study in the morning or in the
afternoon?