雅思口語(yǔ)：描述一個(gè)建筑
建筑物的話題一直是雅思口語(yǔ)話題的熱門考題，有時(shí)考察的是歷史建筑，有時(shí)考察的是現(xiàn)代建筑物，這個(gè)話題可以涵蓋古今建筑，下面是雅思口語(yǔ)描述一個(gè)建筑的方法，跟小編一起來(lái)了解下吧。
雅思口語(yǔ)描述一個(gè)建筑
Describe an unusual building you’ve visited
You should say:
where it is
what it is used for
what it looks like
and explain why you think it is unusual
相關(guān)考題：
Describe a modern building
Describe a historic building
話題解析：
1.在回答這個(gè)問(wèn)題的時(shí)候，為了能詳細(xì)且準(zhǔn)確地介紹該建筑物，最好能提前準(zhǔn)備一些與建筑物相關(guān)的一些詞語(yǔ)，比如說(shuō)“外部”、“內(nèi)部”、“柱子”、“面”等等，因此，我們可以登陸我們感興趣的建筑物的英文介紹頁(yè)面，最好是官方的網(wǎng)站，把里面的一些介紹性的，可取的說(shuō)法借用過(guò)來(lái)，這個(gè)也是我們所講的考試前要做準(zhǔn)備
2.題目的核心詞是“unusual”一字，所以我們?cè)陂_(kāi)頭以及結(jié)尾的時(shí)候最好要突出該建筑物比較獨(dú)特的地方，才能扣題
3.在解釋“為何我覺(jué)得此建筑物很獨(dú)特”的時(shí)候，要注意關(guān)于原因的表達(dá)，因果關(guān)系要合乎邏輯，比如在接下來(lái)要說(shuō)到的范文當(dāng)中，小蠻腰造型奇特，且又是當(dāng)?shù)氐乇砼c娛樂(lè)場(chǎng)所，用以交代選擇說(shuō)小蠻腰的原因
4.此話題將以廣州的地標(biāo)建筑廣州塔作為范例，廣州塔有一個(gè)外號(hào)叫“小蠻腰”，之所以叫這個(gè)名字是因?yàn)槠洫?dú)特的造型，同時(shí)它也是廣州人休閑娛樂(lè)的好去處，元旦、農(nóng)歷新年、圣誕節(jié)也會(huì)有很多燈光秀活動(dòng)，話題可延續(xù)性較強(qiáng)
話題詞匯參考：
1.電視塔：TV tower
2.小蠻腰：slender waist
3.觀光：sightseeing
4.地點(diǎn)：venue
5.摩天輪：ferris wheel
6.(小蠻腰的)橢圓形的面：ellipse
7.外部：exterior
8.內(nèi)部：interior
9.多功能的：multi-functional
參考范文：
Here I would like to talk about the Canton Tower in Guangzhou, which is oneof the local landmarks and famous for its unique design and architecture. I’vebeen there for several times and I will recommend it to every visitor to thiscity.
The Canton Tower is actually an astronomical and sightseeing tower designedby Dutch architects, located on Haixinsha Island, which was originally the venuefor the 2010 Asian Games. It made its name and be known of the whole Asiabecause of its unusual and special structure shown in the opening and closingceremony of the Asian Games on TV. Locals give it a nickname as “the slenderwaist” because of its twisted structure. Its exterior form is generated by twoellipses, one at foundation level and the other one at top. These two ellipsesare rotated relative to another, and the tightening caused by the rotationbetween the two ellipses forms a "waist"; so I think that’s the reason why ithas such a vivid local name.
I’ve visited the interior of the tower, which is pretty amazing as well.Inside, it is subdivided into different zones with various functions, includingTV and radio transmission facilities, you know, as it is supposed to be, andobservatory decks for you to admire the view of the whole city, the revolvingrestaurant, which I heard is pretty classy but I failed to try last time,horizontal ferris wheel, recommended as the best venue for proposal in the city,exhibition spaces, shops, and 4D cinemas etc.
So you can say, it is amulti-functional place for our local people. And the most important thing is,you could enjoy wonderful landscape there! Therefore, I really think thisunusual architecture is a good way for you to hang out with friends andappreciate the great beauty of the city.
雅思口語(yǔ)如何描述建筑話題
涉及建筑的雅思口語(yǔ)話題如要求考生描述a modern/historical building, a concert hall, a garden, an interesting architecture等。而遇到這些話題后，考生們往往只能根據(jù)題目作出簡(jiǎn)單的回答，之后便無(wú)話可說(shuō)。
這一方面是因?yàn)樵S多考生與建筑相關(guān)的知識(shí)和詞匯積累非常有限，沒(méi)有可以表達(dá)的內(nèi)容;更重要的一方面則是許多學(xué)生受到表達(dá)能力的限制，無(wú)法迅速的進(jìn)行paraphrasing，因此回答起來(lái)張口結(jié)舌，極大地影響了個(gè)人的考試表現(xiàn)。
雅思口語(yǔ)話題中與建筑相關(guān)的話題較為固定，從08年至今出現(xiàn)過(guò)的建筑相關(guān)話題大致如下：
1. Describe a hotel
2. Describe your favourite shop
3. Describe your ideal house
4. Describe an old building
5. Describe a traditional/modern building
6. Describe a museum
7. Describe an art gallery
8. Describe a concert hall
9. Describe a library
10. Describe a park/garden
11. Describe a restaurant/cafe
雖然建筑話題相對(duì)固定，但許多相同話題的下屬問(wèn)題卻可能有所不同。例如建筑話題中常見(jiàn)的library話題，就出現(xiàn)過(guò)不同的下屬問(wèn)題。一種是常見(jiàn)問(wèn)題，如圖書(shū)館所在地點(diǎn)、喜歡的原因等，另一種則相對(duì)少見(jiàn)，要求考生描述圖書(shū)館的結(jié)構(gòu)，及每一層有些什么東西，并且這種類型的問(wèn)題有增長(zhǎng)趨勢(shì)。因此，在下文中將分兩類來(lái)探討建筑類話題：描述感覺(jué)類和描述結(jié)構(gòu)類，并分別加以說(shuō)明。
一、建筑話題之描述感覺(jué)類
建筑話題中的所有話題都有描述感覺(jué)類的下屬問(wèn)題，且往往要求考生描述如下方面：建筑所在地點(diǎn)(where)，參觀此建筑的時(shí)間(when)/多久去一次(how long)，參與的人(who)以及為什么喜歡/不喜歡這個(gè)建筑(why)。
這種類型的下屬問(wèn)題對(duì)大多數(shù)考生來(lái)說(shuō)都比較簡(jiǎn)單，只需把重點(diǎn)放在喜歡或者不喜歡的原因即可，因而尋找相關(guān)思路對(duì)學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō)較為簡(jiǎn)單明確，學(xué)生很容易找到相關(guān)思路并且做出清晰流暢的回答。
二、建筑話題之描述結(jié)構(gòu)類
建筑話題中的描述結(jié)構(gòu)類話題一般來(lái)說(shuō)較為復(fù)雜。它不像描述感覺(jué)類話題那樣，抓住重點(diǎn)即可說(shuō)清楚，它的關(guān)鍵在于體現(xiàn)考生描述順序的清楚程度(有點(diǎn)類似于寫(xiě)作中的示意圖)。因此在備考時(shí)，考生可根據(jù)建筑結(jié)構(gòu)的不同，將此類話題分為兩類進(jìn)行準(zhǔn)備——即多層結(jié)構(gòu)和單層平面結(jié)構(gòu)。
1. 多層結(jié)構(gòu)
這種類型的話題一般與library, art gallery, concert hall, museum等相關(guān)。
學(xué)生在描述時(shí)，首先需關(guān)注表示先后順序的關(guān)聯(lián)詞的使用。
其次要注意句型的多樣化，最好不要in the first floor, ... . In the second floor, ... . 這樣流水賬式的一路說(shuō)下去。在備考時(shí)可以多準(zhǔn)備些相關(guān)句型，如：If you go up to the ___ floor, you'll see ...到時(shí)套用即可。
2. 單層平面結(jié)構(gòu)
這種類型的話題一般與park, garden等話題相關(guān)。在準(zhǔn)備此類題型時(shí)，考生同樣需注意表示先后順序的關(guān)聯(lián)詞的使用。這種題很類似聽(tīng)力中的地圖題，因此準(zhǔn)備時(shí)可借鑒聽(tīng)力地圖題的描述方法。
此外，考生要特別注意描述時(shí)的starting point，并根據(jù)出發(fā)點(diǎn)確定描述的方向;同時(shí)句型的多樣化依然是準(zhǔn)備的重點(diǎn)。
在描述過(guò)程中，考生最好能突出這個(gè)平面結(jié)構(gòu)中的某個(gè)重點(diǎn)并加以詳細(xì)描述，這樣不但可以突出重點(diǎn)，還可規(guī)避考生描述并不熟悉的問(wèn)題。
雅思口語(yǔ)描述你喜歡的建筑
Describe a building you like
You should say:
Where it is
What it is used for
What it looks like
And explain why you like or dislike it
參考范文：
When I was on vacation last summer I saw a lot of interesting places, but one that sticks in my mind is a tower, well actually some people called it a fort – it was constructed a long time ago, in the 17 century. It was used to guard the shore against invasions from enemies and for that reason it had a semicircular gun platform, or an artillery battery, which was able to defend against attacks from the sea.
The design of the building is quite simple; it’s a four-walled structure with a pentagonal turret (or tower) at each corner. The entrance to the tower is via a drawbridge – just like you see in old castles, and there is a moat all around the structure, although now it’s a ditch without any water.
It’s been used for various purposes over the centuries, obviously for defense, also as a prison, and more recently it housed a restaurant as well as a pizzeria although when I visited it the building was closed and apparently now it isn’t actually used for anything – it’s just a historical site – but we were lucky enough to see a special event there – a historical re-enactment of one of the important events that happened during an invasion – this was part of a celebration of the building’s 400th year.
The interesting thing is – it’s not a famous building like the Eiffel Tower or the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, it wasn’t built by a well-known architect or anyone famous, but it’s size and appearance in contrast to the area around it – and its commanding view of the sea are quite impressive, not to mention the fact that it’s more than 400 hundred years old and it’s still standing there – very imposing. When we were standing inside we could almost ‘feel’ the history in its walls and you could easily imagine how things were at the time it was built – it has such a presence. That’s why I think it’s an interesting building – because of how it made me feel.
雅思口語(yǔ)建筑話題回答技巧
建筑類考題的難點(diǎn)在于對(duì)該領(lǐng)域話題的不熟悉，在備考時(shí)并未花太多經(jīng)歷注意關(guān)注此類話題，導(dǎo)致實(shí)則考生在建筑類領(lǐng)域的詞匯及素材積累是比較有限的。當(dāng)許多考生拿到話題卡片的時(shí)候，往往只能就話題的提示問(wèn)題一一涉及，然后就支支吾吾不知所云了，這對(duì)于雅思口語(yǔ)在話題延展上的發(fā)揮是相當(dāng)不利的。
根據(jù)每次輪換題的規(guī)律，每次換題將會(huì)出現(xiàn)一部分全新的考題，一部分翻新過(guò)的老題，還有一部分延考的老題。而關(guān)于建筑類考題，是口語(yǔ)Part2地點(diǎn)類話題中必不可缺的一部分，每次都以不同的面貌展現(xiàn)在考生們的面前。且看08年至今，建筑類考題的關(guān)鍵字出現(xiàn)過(guò)的形式為：hotel,favorite shop,ideal house,old building,traditional building/modern building,museum,artgallery,concerthall,library,restaurant/café,historical building, unusual building。通過(guò)這些關(guān)鍵字，我們不難歸納出一個(gè)規(guī)律，考生如果在備考過(guò)程中準(zhǔn)備好一個(gè)歷史性的建筑，以及一個(gè)現(xiàn)代的建筑的素材，則這些話題大多是大同小異的。接下來(lái)，我將為考生們分析一下建筑類話題的描述順序。
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