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Describe a boring place you have been to

請描述一個你去過的很無聊的地方

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Describe a boring place you have been to請描述一個你去過的很無聊的地方

You should say:

  • what place it is這是什麼地方
  • who you went there with你和誰一起去
  • what you did there你在那裡做了什麼

and explain why you think it is boring並說明你為什麼覺得它很無聊

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這張題卡的準備方式

這張題卡(cue card)考的是,你能不能誠實說出負面的看法,並用理由支持它,這正是「explain」那一行所要求的。考官要的不是抱怨,而是聽你把發生的事交代清楚、用描寫的語言讓這個地方變得真實,以及給出比「there was nothing to do」更深一層的理由。

最好的角度,是你為了別人而去的一個普通地方:購物中心、在辦公室的一次長時間等待,或學校旅行去的安靜小鎮。這樣的地方能給你真實的細節可以描述,例如光線、噪音、你待了多久、你怎麼打發時間,也能讓你有一個真實的理由說明為什麼它讓人覺得乏味。

準備的這1分鐘要花在理由上,而不是路線上。用幾個字記下地方、同行的人和你做的事,再想出一兩個能解釋無聊的想法,例如千篇一律,或除非購物否則無事可做。

讓回答更出色的詞彙

這些片語比一再重複的「boring」更精準地描述乏味的地方和乏味的下午。

單字或片語 意思 例句
soulless 沒有個性、沒有溫度 The corridors felt soulless, with the same grey doors everywhere.
mind-numbing 無聊到讓人停止思考 After an hour of walking around, it became mind-numbing.
to kill time 只是為了打發時間而做某件事 We killed time in the food court because we had nowhere else to go.
to drag on 持續的時間比應有的長很多 The afternoon dragged on until I was checking my watch every few minutes.
nothing to write home about 一點也不特別、不有趣 The view was nothing to write home about, just car parks and a motorway.
run-of-the-mill 完全普通 Every shop was run-of-the-mill, the same chains you see in any city.
to be bored stiff 無聊透頂 I was bored stiff by the end of the second hour.
lacking in character 缺少讓它與眾不同的東西 The whole area is lacking in character, so nobody remembers it.
to clock-watch 因為想離開而一直看時間 I started clock-watching long before we reached the exit.
a dead atmosphere 感覺什麼事都沒有在發生 There was a dead atmosphere, with almost no one talking or laughing.

1分鐘準備計畫

在1分鐘的準備時間裡,可以寫下:

  • what: out-of-town shopping mall near Izmir
  • who, when: cousin Selin, last winter, needed a coat
  • what we did: waited, walked from shop to shop, food court
  • why boring: same shops, no windows, nothing to do unless shopping

同一個回答的Band 6、7、8版本

以下3個範例回答講的是完全相同的故事,不同的只有英文本身。將游標移到標示的片語上或點一下,就能看到考官會注意的地方。請把它們當作各分數等級典型表現的示範,而不是要背的稿子。

Band 6

I would like to talk about a shopping mall outside Izmir, in Turkey, because it is the most boring place I have went動詞形式錯誤:應為「have been」 to. I go時態錯誤:應為「went」 there last winter with my cousin Selin, who wanted to buy a new coat. The mall is big and quite new, but it is far from the city centre, so we must take時態錯誤:應為「had to take」 two buses to arrive there. Inside, it was, er自然的停頓,填充詞不顯眼, the same as every other mall: the same shops, the same music and no windows at all. The music was loud, but nobody looked happy, and the people walked slowly and said nothing. Selin tried on a lot of coats and I just sit時態錯誤:應為「sat」 on a bench and looked at my phone. I told her I wanted to go home, but she said she needed to compare a few more shops, so I waited again. After that we ate a burger in the food court, and then we walked from one shop to another for almost three hours. I think the place is boring because there is nothing to do there except buy things基本說法,限制了Lexical Resource的分數, and when you do not want to buy anything, you just wait. Also, without windows, I could not know if it was day or night, and the afternoon felt very very long重複使用基本強調詞,限制了Lexical Resource的分數. You know當作停頓使用的填充詞, I prefer places with some life, like the old bazaar in the city centre, where have many small shops and people talking文法錯誤:應為「where there are many small shops」. In the end Selin was happy with her coat, but I was very tired.

Band 7

I’d like to talk about a shopping mall outside Izmir, in Turkey, because it’s honestly the most boring place I’ve ever been to. I went there last winter with my cousin Selin, who needed a new coat. The mall is large and quite new, but it’s far from the city centre, so we had to take two buses just to get there. Inside, it was exactly the same as every other mall自然的比較,清楚而精準: the same shops, the same music and no windows at all. The music was loud, yet nobody seemed to be enjoying it; people just wandered slowly from one window to the next. Selin tried on coat after coat while I sat on a bench scrolling through my phone. I told her I’d like to leave, but she wanted to compare a few more shops, so I waited again. Then we had a burger in the food court and walked from shop to shop for nearly three hours. What made it so dull, I think, is that there’s nothing to do there unless you’re prepared to buy something準確使用類似條件句的子句, and if you aren’t, you simply kill time慣用的詞語搭配. Without any windows, I couldn’t tell what time was it語序錯誤:應為「what time it was」, and the afternoon seemed to drag on. I much prefer places with some life, like the old bazaar in the city centre, where there are small shops, people bargaining and the smell of coffee. In the end, Selin was delighted with her coat, but I came home exhausted, and that’s really why I remember it清楚的連接用語,為回答收尾.

Band 8

I’d like to talk about a shopping mall on the edge of Izmir, in Turkey, which is quite possibly the dullest place I’ve ever been to. I went there last winter with my cousin Selin, who needed a new coat. The mall is large and fairly new, but it’s so far from the city centre that we had to take two buses just to get there. Inside, it was indistinguishable from any other mall精準、自然的說法: the same chain shops, the same music and not a single window. The music was loud, yet nobody seemed to be enjoying it; shoppers simply wandered from one display to the next. Selin tried on coat after coat while I sat on a bench scrolling through my phone. When I suggested leaving, she wanted to compare a few more shops, so I resigned myself to another hour, and after a burger in the food court we drifted from shop to shop for nearly three hours. What made it so tedious, I think, is that there is simply nothing to do there unless you intend to shop複雜子句搭配自然的條件, so anyone who has no wish to buy anything ends up killing time. With no windows, I lost all sense of whether it was morning or evening, and the afternoon seemed to stretch on indefinitely慣用而生動的說法. I much prefer somewhere with a bit of life, like the old bazaar in the city centre, with its small shops, its bargaining and the smell of coffee. Selin went home delighted with her coat, while I came home drained, and what stayed with me was how soulless話語標記,引出帶有反思的結尾論點 a place can feel when it has been designed for only one purpose.

讓分數不同的關鍵

  • Band 6的動詞錯誤(「I go there」、「we must take」、「I just sit」)在Band 7已經正確(「I went there」、「we had to take」、「I sat」),Band 8也維持乾淨。
  • Band 6用的是「buy things」和「very very long」;Band 7改用「kill time」;Band 8把這間購物中心形容為「indistinguishable from any other mall」,並說下午彷彿會「stretch on indefinitely」。
  • Band 6直接說出理由(「nothing to do there except buy things」);Band 7加上條件「unless you’re prepared to buy something」;Band 8則以一段反思收尾,談一個地方可以讓人覺得多麼「soulless」。

這張題卡的常見錯誤

  • 一再說「it was boring」,卻沒有說出缺少了什麼,例如多樣性、氣氛或可做的事。
  • 詳細描述前往那個地方的路程,留給「explain」那一行的時間太少。
  • 選了一個你只記得一半的地方,說到一半就沒有細節可講。
  • 對那個地方或同行的人講得很不客氣,而不是用平靜、個人的理由說明你的看法。

常接著出現的Part 3題目

在你說完1~2分鐘之後,考官通常會進入相關的Part 3討論。以下是這個主題常見的追問類型。

  1. Why do some places feel lively while others feel dull?為什麼有些地方感覺很熱鬧,有些地方卻很乏味?
  2. Do you think towns and cities should build more places for young people to spend their free time?你認為城鎮和城市應該多建一些讓年輕人度過空閒時間的地方嗎?
  3. Is being bored always a bad thing, or can it be useful?感到無聊一定是壞事嗎,還是也可能有用?
  4. How have large shopping centres changed the way people spend their weekends?大型購物中心如何改變了人們度過週末的方式?
  5. Do people get bored more easily today than they did in the past?現在的人比以前更容易感到無聊嗎?

常見問題

說一個地方很無聊有問題嗎?

沒有問題。題卡本來就要你這麼說,所以明確的負面看法是被預期的。考官聽的是理由:能準確說出缺少了什麼的考生,例如多樣性、氣氛或可做的事,聽起來比把「it was boring」重複五次的考生強得多。

如果我想不起自己覺得無聊的地方怎麼辦?

想一個你因為別人想去才去的地方,例如等候室、一次很長的家庭拜訪、一個安靜的小鎮,或一間大講堂。

可以描述別人很喜歡的地方嗎?

可以,而且能讓回答更豐富。你可以說這個地方很受歡迎,但不適合你,然後說明為什麼你自己的體驗不一樣。

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