Describe a quiet place where you like to spend time

這張題卡的準備方式

這張題卡（cue card）要看你能不能同時描述氛圍和日常習慣：這個地方實際上是什麼樣子、你多久去一次，以及為什麼這樣的組合會帶來某種特定的感覺。「quiet」這個詞會引出感官和情緒方面的詞彙，只要在準備的那1分鐘先想好，就是跳脫基本形容詞的好機會。

最容易取材的真實角度，是你真的經常去的平凡地方：家裡的一個角落、附近公園裡的一張特定長椅、你用來讀書的圖書館，不必費心找風景最優美的地點。常去的真實地點，也比較容易誠實又具體地回答「how often」，讓整個回答有憑有據，而不是當場編出來的。

在「what you do there」上花適度的時間，因為這自然會帶出現在式的日常用語。接著用最後一項指示說明這份感覺本身：究竟是什麼讓這裡寧靜，是沒有噪音、景色，還是單純暫時遠離忙碌的日常。

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：

• Where: specific location, distance from home
• How often: rough frequency, when I usually go
• What I do there: 2 specific activities
• Why peaceful: specific sensory/emotional reason

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 describe a small reading room on the top floor of my local library, which is only about ten minutes from where I live. I go there fairly often, probably two or three times a week, usually in the late afternoon once most students have already left for the day. When I’m there, I mostly just read or work through university assignments, though sometimes I honestly don’t do anything particularly productive — I’ll just sit by the window and watch the street below, which sounds like a waste of time but genuinely helps me clear my head. What makes it peaceful, I think, is a combination of things: it’s fairly secluded compared to the rest of the building, since almost nobody goes up there, and there’s this tranquil quality to the light in the afternoon that I’ve never quite found anywhere else nearby. I also think part of it is just habit now — because I’ve been going for so long, my brain almost automatically shifts into a calmer state the moment I walk in, even before I’ve actually sat down. It’s become something of a retreat for me, especially during exam periods when everything else feels a bit chaotic; I can go there and lose track of time for an hour or two without checking my phone once, which almost never happens anywhere else in my daily routine. If I’m honest, it’s probably the one place where I feel completely undisturbed, and that alone is enough reason to keep going back.

這張題卡的常見錯誤

• 只從視覺描述這個地方，卻沒有說明它帶來的具體平靜感受。
• 選了一個太少去的地方，沒辦法有說服力地回答「how often」。
• 一再只用「peaceful」和「quiet」，沒有變換描述氛圍的詞彙。
• 忘了把「what you do there」和這個地方為什麼令人平靜連起來，讓這個要點和「explain」那一行互不相干。