IELTS Speaking Part 2 · 人物

Describe a person who helped you solve a problem

請描述一位幫助你解決問題的人

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Describe a person who helped you solve a problem請描述一位幫助你解決問題的人

You should say:

  • what the problem was問題是什麼
  • when and where you faced it你是在什麼時候、什麼地方遇到這個問題的
  • how this person helped you solve it這個人如何幫你解決問題

and explain how you felt about the experience並說明你對這次經歷有什麼感受

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這張題卡的準備方式

這張題卡(cue card)要你講一個形狀清楚的小故事:出現了問題,你自己無法解決,有人出手幫忙,情況因此改變。考官會聽你有沒有用過去式清楚交代先後順序、有沒有用到描述困難與如釋重負的詞彙,以及能不能說出自己的感受,而不是把「happy」或「stressed」重複五次。

最容易下手的角度,是一個背後有真實人物的普通問題:學業上的失誤、一份填不出來的表格、一次維修。比起你得自己編造的戲劇性問題,一個你記得很清楚的小問題更好,因為日期、房間和對方說的話這類小細節,會讓回答聽起來很自然。

問題和場景要簡短,然後把大部分時間用在這個人做了什麼,以及最後的「explain」那一行。

讓回答更出色的詞彙

這些片語比「difficult」或「happy」更精準地描述困難、幫助和如釋重負的感受。

單字或片語 意思 例句
to be at a loss 不知道該怎麼辦 I was completely at a loss, because nothing I tried worked.
to get to the bottom of something 找出問題的真正原因 He was determined to get to the bottom of it.
a fresh pair of eyes 沒有先入為主、重新看待問題的人 Sometimes you just need a fresh pair of eyes.
to go through something line by line 依序仔細檢查每個部分 We went through the whole list line by line.
to figure something out 經過思考而理解或解決某件事 After an hour, we finally figured out what had gone wrong.
to talk someone through something 耐心地說明每個步驟 She talked me through the process from the beginning.
to sort something out 處理並解決問題 I was glad that somebody could sort it out so quickly.
to lend a hand 幫某人做一件事 He offered to lend a hand without being asked.
a weight off my mind 擔憂結束後如釋重負的感覺 Hearing that it was fixed was a weight off my mind.
to be in a bind 處境困難、選擇很少 I was in a bind because the deadline was the next day.

1分鐘準備計畫

在1分鐘的準備時間裡,可以寫下:

  • problem: shop stock list, numbers did not match
  • when, where: last November, family shop, Ulaanbaatar
  • who, how: Ganzorig, accountant, checked line by line, found double entries
  • feeling: stressed, then relieved, grateful, more confident

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 my cousin’s husband, Ganzorig, who help時態錯誤:應為「helped」 me with a problem in my family’s shop last November. The shop is in Ulaanbaatar and it sells things for school, and I work there on Saturdays. My aunt owns it, and that year she was giving me more responsibility, so I wanted to do the job well. At that time I looked after the stock list on the computer, but the numbers on the screen was主詞動詞不一致:應為「were」 not the same as the things on the shelves, and I did not know why. I was very stressed基本強調詞和形容詞,限制了Lexical Resource的分數 because my aunt wanted the report on Monday. I, er自然的停頓,填充詞不顯眼, tried to find the mistake for two evenings, but I could not. Then Ganzorig, who is an accountant, come時態錯誤:應為「came」 to the shop on Sunday when it was closed. He sat next to me and checked the list line by line. After one hour he find時態錯誤:應為「found」 that two deliveries were written two times, so the total was too big. He also showed me an easy way to check the list every week, you know當作停頓使用的填充詞, so I will not have the same problem again. I felt very happy基本形容詞,限制了Lexical Resource的分數 and a little shy because the mistake was so simple. It was make me詞形錯誤:應為「It made me」 feel more confident about my work, and I am really thankful to him. Now I check the list every Saturday before I go home, and my aunt says the report is always correct.

Band 7

I’d like to talk about my cousin’s husband, Ganzorig, who helped me with a problem in my family’s shop last November. The shop is in Ulaanbaatar and sells school supplies, and I work there on Saturdays. My aunt owns it, and that year she’d started trusting me with more responsibility, so I wanted to do the job properly. At that time I was looking after the stock list on the computer, but the numbers on the screen didn’t match what was actually on the shelves準確使用過去式的比較子句, and I couldn’t work out why. I was under a lot of pressure自然的詞語搭配,取代基本形容詞 because my aunt wanted the report on Monday. I’d spent two evenings searching for the mistake and I was getting nowhere, to be honest自然的話語標記,表達挫折感. Then Ganzorig, who’s an accountant, came to the shop on Sunday, when it was closed. He sat down beside me and went through the list line by line, and within an hour he’d found that two deliveries had been entered twice, which made the total far too high. He also showed me a simple way to check the list every week, so it wouldn’t happen again. Afterwards I felt enormously relieved精準的副詞和形容詞, and a little embarrassed because the mistake was so much simple強調詞錯誤:應為「so simple」. It gave me a lot more confidence描述長久影響的自然說法 in my work, and I’m genuinely grateful to him. These days I check the list before I leave every Saturday, and my aunt hasn’t found a single error since.

Band 8

I’d like to talk about my cousin’s husband, Ganzorig, who rescued me from a problem in my family’s shop last November. The shop, in Ulaanbaatar, sells school supplies, and I work there on Saturdays. My aunt owns it, and she had only recently started entrusting me with more responsibility, so I was determined to get it right. At the time I was responsible for the stock list on the computer, but the figures on the screen simply refused to match what was on the shelves自然生動的說法,過去式使用準確, and I couldn’t work out why. I was under real pressure精準的詞語搭配, since my aunt expected the report on Monday, and after two evenings of searching I was at a complete loss表示毫無頭緒的慣用語. Then Ganzorig, an accountant, came to the shop on Sunday, when it was closed. He sat beside me, went through the list line by line, and within an hour had spotted that two deliveries had been entered twice, which inflated the total準確使用過去完成式與關係子句. He also talked me through a simple weekly check精準的片語表達 so that it wouldn’t happen again. I felt enormously relieved, and slightly embarrassed that the cause was so simple, but what stayed with me more than anything自然的話語標記,引出反思 was how patiently he explained it, without making me feel foolish. It was a weight off my mind, and it has made me far readier to ask for help early instead of struggling alone. These days I check the list before locking up every Saturday, and the weekly routine he suggested has not failed me once.

讓分數不同的關鍵

  • Band 6的時態錯誤(「who help me」、「Ganzorig, who is an accountant, come」)在Band 7已經改成正確的過去式(「who helped me」、「came」),Band 8也維持乾淨。
  • Band 6用的是「very stressed」和「very happy」;Band 7改用「under a lot of pressure」和「enormously relieved」;Band 8再加上「at a complete loss」和「a weight off my mind」。
  • Band 6停在「I am really thankful to him」;Band 8則以一段反思收尾,說明這份幫助如何改變了說話者:「far readier to ask for help early instead of struggling alone」。

這張題卡的常見錯誤

  • 把大部分時間花在背景上,對這個人做了什麼卻只用一句話帶過。
  • 回答了3個要點之後,就忘了最後一行「how you felt about the experience」。
  • 重述這個人出現或找到答案的那一刻時,改用了現在式。
  • 選了一個一下子就解決的問題,讓你對那份幫助無話可說。

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 people find it hard to ask for help when they have a problem?為什麼有些人遇到問題時很難開口求助?
  2. Is it better to try to solve a problem alone first, or to ask someone straight away?遇到問題時,先自己試著解決比較好,還是馬上請別人幫忙比較好?
  3. Which kinds of problems are best left to experts rather than friends or family?哪些問題最好交給專家處理,而不是找朋友或家人?
  4. How has the internet changed the way people look for solutions to everyday problems?網路如何改變了人們尋找日常問題解決辦法的方式?
  5. Should schools spend more time teaching children how to solve problems on their own?學校應該多花一些時間,教孩子如何自己解決問題嗎?

常見問題

問題一定要很嚴重嗎?

不用。像文件中的錯誤或看不懂的表格這類小而實際的問題,往往比戲劇性的問題更適合拿來回答,因為你可以把每個步驟交代清楚。

幫助我的人可以是陌生人嗎?

可以。店員、鄰居或偶然遇到的人都可以,只要你說明他們具體做了什麼,並把重點放在那份幫助上。

如果問題大部分是我自己解決的怎麼辦?

換一個情境,或誠實說明對方做了哪一部分。考官想聽的是清楚的先後順序和真實的人物,不是令人印象深刻的故事。

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