来源:环球教育
小编:长安 121 作为一名雅思口语老师,每当讲到雅思口语(ielts speaking )的part2 人物篇的时候,总是能听到“Okay, I am gonna talk about blablabla.., he is famous , and he is very famous in China…。”呵呵,若是这样的讲,你只能得5分左右啦。第一,你给考官examiner的第一印象the first impression 是你的口语词汇太不行;第二,有点太boring了。Whatever,不管咋说,看下环球教育(原环球教育)林迁老师在国外做商务口译(business interpreter )的时候,老外是怎样讲的。
She is huge.
那好,老师点评下啊, 这个huge有“巨大的,庞大,极大的”意思,修饰人,表示此人很出名,名气很大。在历年的雅思口语考试中,几乎都是有:
describe a famous person
describe a singer or band in your country
describe an actor
describe a leader you admire
describe a good student
describe an old person …
这里就不一一列举,总而言之,描述人的时候,都可以说这个人在某方面很著名,是个大牌,所以你就可以说 :
Well, the famous person I am gonna talk about is __who is really huge … 。 老师可以告诉你的是,这个huge就生动多了,native 的多了。
这里不妨分享下一部英文电影《Sunset Boulevard》,中文翻译过来是《日落大道》。对白如下:
A: Gloria Swanson actually used to live here …
B: that's right , she was huge!!!
笔者在国外工作的时候,老外还会这么说出名、著名:
He is really well-known.
He is pretty known to all.
He is a typical household name.
He is a big name…
记住啊, see yaa …
这一个是不是太少了啊,那好,老师再教你们一个。在平常上雅思口语课的时候啊,很多徒弟讲事件describe an event的时候,不少咱们中国烤鸭讲“ hey , the bad weather is so unexpected ”。其实他想说的时候,“这真是太突然了”。 那老外有一句更经典地道的叫“out of nowhere”常在英语国家听到。笔者记得第一次听到是在澳洲笔者的boss Mr. Martin 说的。比如大家常被在part1 被问到一个题
Examiner:
Do you like watching ads on TV?
你就可以如是说:
Definitely not ! by that I mean, the annoying TV commercials are full of fraud , they sometimes come out of no where 。you see, I would be bugged a lot.
口语就是这样,it is Easy as ABC。
老师再给大家奉献一个极其地道的phrase,就是在雅思口语中经常说到“太忙了, 我很少去……”。据笔者目前所知大多数中国烤鸭们总是说“so busy”,那么老师在国外做口译的时候,发现呢,老外都是这样的讲:No time for oxygen。
忽然间想起那部经典美剧《Gossip girl》绯闻女孩的对话:
A: Eleanor put me in charge. And it is really a big deal. Honey, breathe.
B: No, no time for oxygen. I am late. Oh, and I forgot my homework.
记得就是这样的清楚,当年老师在英国约克出差business trip的时候,当地人还会如下的讲:
I am tied up .
My hands are full.
I am really in the middle of my stuff.
I am up to my neck on sth.
I am really busy as a bee
I am really busy as a beaver.
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