Describe a building or structure you find impressive

這張題卡的準備方式

這張題卡（cue card）主要是視覺描述的任務，所以描述形狀、規模和材質的詞彙，在這裡比在大多數其他題卡上更重要。考官想聽的是，你能不能精準地描述有形的事物，而不是只會說「it’s very big」或「it’s beautiful」。接著，「why impressive」這項要求你從單純的描述，進入有理由的個人回應。

最容易下手的角度，是選一座你親眼看過的建築，哪怕只是短暫看過也可以，因為親眼看過留下的視覺記憶，細節遠比只在照片上看過的畫面具體。選你自己城市或國家的建築完全可以，而且往往比選一座你只有模糊印象的海外地標更容易準確描述。

時間分配上，要在「what it looks like」花足夠的時間，因為大部分有用的描述詞彙都在這裡：形狀、高度、材質，以及它在一天中不同時間的樣子。之後再說出它留下深刻印象的具體理由，不論是規模、歷史，還是建造所需的技術。

讓回答更出色的詞彙

1分鐘準備計畫

在1分鐘的準備時間裡，可以寫下：

• What/where: name, city/country, rough age
• What it looks like: shape, materials, one striking detail
• Feeling it gives: scale, atmosphere
• Why impressive: specific reason — history, engineering, design

範例回答

以下是這張題卡完整回答的一種寫法，用來示範結構和程度，不是要你照背。

I’d like to talk about the Registan, a historic square with three large madrasahs in Samarkand, in Uzbekistan, which I visited a few years ago with my family. What immediately strikes you is the scale of it — the buildings tower over the open square in front of them, and the exterior is covered in this incredibly intricate blue and turquoise tilework that somehow still looks vivid despite being centuries old. Up close, the detail is honestly overwhelming; there are geometric patterns repeated across huge surfaces that must have taken enormous skill and time to complete, especially considering they were built without any of the modern tools or technology we’d use today. What makes it impressive to me isn’t only the visual side, though — it’s the fact that it’s withstood the test of time in a fairly harsh climate for hundreds of years and still looks, in most places, close to how it must have looked originally. I remember standing in the main square in the early evening, when the light hits the tilework at a certain angle, and it genuinely left a lasting impression on me, more than any modern building I’ve seen since. I think what impresses me most, if I’m honest, is imagining the level of planning and craftsmanship that went into something on that scale centuries before computer modelling or modern construction equipment existed — it’s hard not to feel a bit humbled standing in front of it.

這張題卡的常見錯誤

• 只用大小來描述建築（「it’s very big and tall」），沒有提到形狀、材質或設計的任何細節。
• 完全略過「where it is located」，直接進入籠統的描述。
• 給出的讚賞理由，和回答前面描述過的內容沒有關係。
• 只靠「amazing」和「beautiful」，而不用更具體的視覺詞彙。