2014年12月6日雅思口语机经  

南京环球教育学校 --- 丁纯

Part  1  高频题解析  Bicycle

1.

Do  you ever ride a bicycle?

Of course. Like many other students, I used  to go to school by bike when I was studying in my high school. Whereas now, I  am studying and living in my university, I just simply walk.

2.

How old were you when you first learned to ride a  bicycle?

Let me think. Um…more than a decade ago, probably,  when I just attended my elementary school, my father taught me how to ride a  bike. So that was about 7 years old or so. I was excited cos riding a bike  was pretty cool in front of girls.

3.

Are bicycles popular in China?

Yes, they are. Although automobiles are  increasingly welcomed in China nowadays, bicycles are still really in, cos it’s  probably the most economical and practical way to get around.

4.

Would you say it’s difficult to learn to ride a  bicycle?

No, I wouldn’t. In spite of the  difficulties you’ll meet at the beginning, learning to ride a bicycle doesn’t  take your long time to get the hang of. Practice makes perfect. As long as  you know how to keep your balance on a bike, you’ll get it.

5.

What kinds of people ride bicycles?

Well, it’s pretty hard to generalize,  because I think all kinds of people ride bicycles, except for the very young  and very old. At least, I believe people have had such experience in the  past. When you walk on a street in China, I’m sure you’ll spot school  children riding their bikes. As to adults, I think you could also see them riding  their bikes to work.

6.

Would you say it’s safe to ride a bicycle in a city in  China?

No,  I wouldn’t. Compared with the bicycle lane in many foreign countries, you  know, which could provide safety to cyclists to some extent, it’s dangerous  to ride a bike in a city in China. There are many reasons contributing to it.  The main one is that many people don’t abide by the traffic rules, containing  both drivers and cyclists.

Part 2 高频题解析

Describe a high school (or secondary school) subject you did not (or do  not) like.

You should say:

   What  subject it was (or it is)

   How  the teacher taught (or teach) this subject

   How  difficult it was (or it is)

and explain why you didn’t  (or don’t) like studying this subject.

Well, for this topic, I’d  like to say that I hated mathematics when I was in my high school.

My math teacher was a  50-years-old man who used to wear a black frame glasses. He always had a  stern face when he stood in the front of the classroom. Honestly, I was  somewhat afraid of his eyes. He taught us both algebra and geometry. He  always simply introduced some principles and equations to us, and then used  simple examples to demonstrate how these rules can be applied. After that, he  used to ask students to do some upgraded questions in the front of the  classroom. It was the terrible time.

I didn’t like his math  class, cos it was hard and monotonous as well. First of all, the content of  math in high school was hard. In every class, the teacher taught us many new  principles and equations. Students didn’t have enough time to understand them  well, no mention to memorize them and to apply them to some new, complicated  questions. Secondly, the teaching methodology that our teacher used was  unscientific. I mean he just simply ploughed through textbook, telling us the  new concepts and equations, but he didn’t consider whether or not we could  grasp them quickly. He just used the cramming method. More importantly, he  always asked students to answer questions in the front of the classroom, and  he didn’t consider the situation that those who failed to answer the  questions would feel embarrassed or disgraceful, which might negatively  affected their self-esteem.

Part  3  高频题解析  Traffic

1.

Do  you prefer traveling by car or by bus?

Well, it depends. When I go shopping,  especially when I buy lots of stuff in a supermarket, I prefer driving a car  to there, cos it would be easier for me to carry such things back home. And  in raining days, driving a car is my first option, because we could hardly get  on a bus in the rush. On weekends, however, you know, it’s blooding hard to  find an available parking lot in CBD, thus I often choose bus rather than car.

2.

If you were in a traffic jam, would you prefer to be in a  car or a bus?

I would prefer being in a car than on a bus.  Cos it would be terrible that being on a jam-packed bus when I didn’t have a  seat during the traffic jam. I mean I would feel restless. However, if I were  in a car under that circumstance, I could simply sleep for killing time.

3.

How does having many cars in a city affect the environment?

Well, all the exhaust coming from cars can obviously  affect the air quality in a city. I once read a report on the internet that  car exhaust is one of the major contributing factors that worsen cities’ environment  in America. Apart from that, noise could be another problem, especially the  hooting, that negatively affects the environment. I believe almost everyone  has such bad experience that noise caused by a car in a city has disturbed  us. We can hear it everywhere in cities, probably more than any other noise.

4.

Why do so many people want to own their own car?

Basically, people don’t need to wait for  buses and taxis if they have their own cars, so it just makes getting around  a lot easier. Another reason might be that people just discriminately follow  the trend, hoping to own a car, which is especially the truth in China. Mainly  because people have a mind of rivalry. I mean many of them just simply don’t  want to be inferior to others in so called life quality, rather than  considering whether a car is really needed in their life and their financial  capacity.

5.

What are the causes of traffic jams?

Well I think there’s no doubt that the major  cause is the increase in the amount of cars on the road. You know, more and  more people can afford a car now, and the roads just can’t cope with the  increased volumes of traffic. So that’s definitely the main cause, but there  are a few others as well, such as bad weather, um… road works and also  traffic accidents, which can sometimes cause very long tailbacks. And in  China, many drivers don’t obey the traffic rules, which is another  contributing factor causing traffic jams.

6.

Do you think building more roads will solve the problem?

No, definitely not, and I think it’s been  proved around the world that building roads is just a short-term solution,  because before long, they start filling up with traffic. So it’s almost as if  they generate more traffic.