IELTS Speaking Part 2 · 事件與經歷

Describe a time you helped someone

請描述一次你幫助別人的經歷

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Describe a time you helped someone請描述一次你幫助別人的經歷

You should say:

  • who you helped你幫助了誰
  • what the situation was當時是什麼情況
  • what you did to help你做了什麼來幫忙

and explain how you felt about helping this person並說明幫助這個人時你有什麼感受

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這張題卡的準備方式

考官用這張題卡(cue card)檢驗你能不能用過去式講一個順序清楚的短故事:出現了一個問題,你注意到了,你採取行動,結果有了改變。內容本身不如兩件事重要:順序是否容易跟上,以及動詞時態是否從頭到尾都維持在過去式。

最容易的切入點是小而具體的事,而不是罕見的英雄事蹟。幫同學在考試前複習、幫年長的鄰居提雜貨,或幫朋友搬家,都有具體的細節可以描述;硬要編造戲劇性的內容,說出來往往含糊而沒有說服力,因為你是在猜測,而不是在回憶。

開頭先交代場景,也就是誰需要幫助、為什麼;中段具體說明你一步一步做了什麼;結尾說明你的感受。這最後的反思正是「and explain」那一行要的,也常常是你最自然的語言出現的地方。

讓回答更出色的詞彙

這些片語比單單用「help」這個動詞,更精準地描述幫助別人的情況。

單字或片語 意思 例句
lend a hand 幫忙完成某項工作 I offered to lend a hand with the packing.
be in a tough spot 處於困難或有壓力的處境 She was in a tough spot, juggling exams and a part-time job.
step in 在需要時介入幫忙 I stepped in when I saw she was struggling with the boxes.
make a real difference 產生明顯的正面影響 It probably wasn’t much, but it made a real difference to him.
go out of your way 付出超乎預期的額外努力 He went out of his way to explain it a second time patiently.
a weight off someone’s shoulders 從壓力或擔憂中解脫 Just having someone to talk to was a weight off her shoulders.
pull together 像團隊一樣合作解決問題 We pulled together and finished the move before it got dark.
return the favour 在別人幫過你之後回頭幫他 She said she’d return the favour whenever I needed it.
feel a sense of satisfaction 為做了有意義的事而感到滿意 I felt a real sense of satisfaction afterwards.
get through (a difficult time) 設法度過或應付艱難的事 It helped her get through a genuinely difficult week.

1分鐘準備計畫

在1分鐘的準備時間裡,可以寫下:

  • who: neighbour, elderly, lives alone
  • situation: broke wrist, couldn’t carry shopping or clean
  • what I did: shopping twice a week, few weeks, small chores
  • how I felt: satisfaction, closer to her, small effort mattered a lot

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 want to talk about my elderly neighbour, Mrs. Aliyeva, who live主詞動詞不一致:應為「lives」 alone a few doors from my family. About two years ago, she break時態錯誤:應為「broke」 her wrist after a fall and suddenly she cannot do basic things like carrying shopping bags or even opening jars, which was obviously a tough spot for someone who lives alone. My mother notice時態錯誤:應為「noticed」 she was struggling one afternoon and asked me if I could step in and help until her wrist got better. So for around six weeks, I did her grocery shopping two times a week and helped with small chores around the house, like hanging washing and moving anything heavy. It was not really a big effort for me, but I remember she tell me時態錯誤:應為「she told me」 it was a very big weight基本詞彙,限制了Lexical Resource的分數 off her shoulders, because she has family abroad and she doesn’t want to keep asking distant relatives for help with something so, er自然的停頓,填充詞不顯眼, ordinary. Honestly, I felt a real sense of satisfaction from this, not because it is difficult, but because I could see it really matters to her every day life. It also make us時態錯誤:應為「made」 closer as neighbours; we still talk regularly now, a long time after her wrist healed. It teach me時態錯誤:應為「taught」 that helping someone doesn’t need to be dramatic to make a real difference.

Band 7

I’d like to talk about an elderly neighbour of mine, Mrs. Aliyeva, who lives alone a few doors down自然、精準的說法 from my family. About two years ago, she broke her wrist after a fall and suddenly couldn’t manage basic things like carrying shopping bags or even opening jars, which was obviously a tough spot for someone living by herself自然使用非限定關係子句. My mother noticed she was struggling one afternoon and asked if I could step in and help out until her wrist healed properly. So, for around six weeks, I did her grocery shopping twice a week and helped with small chores around the house, like hanging washing and moving anything heavy. It really wasn’t a huge amount of effort on my part, but I remember her telling me it was a genuine weight off her shoulders道地自然的詞語搭配, since she has family abroad and didn’t want to keep asking distant relative漏掉複數:應為「relatives」 for help with something so ordinary. Honestly, I felt a real sense of satisfaction from it自然的話語標記,引出反思 — not because it was difficult, but because I could see it actually mattered對比結構平衡得當 to her day-to-day life. It also brought us closer as neighbours; we still chat regularly now, long after her wrist healed.

Band 8

I’d like to talk about an elderly neighbour of mine, Mrs. Aliyeva, who lives alone just a few doors down from my family. About two years ago, she broke her wrist in a fall and suddenly found herself unable to manage basic things自然的複雜動詞結構 like carrying shopping bags or even opening jars — a genuinely tough spot for someone living on her own精準又道地的說法. My mother noticed she was struggling one afternoon and asked whether I could step in until her wrist healed properly. So, for roughly six weeks, I did her grocery shopping twice a week and helped with small chores around the house, from hanging out washing to moving anything heavy. It really wasn’t much effort on my part, but she told me it took a genuine weight off her shoulders, since her family live abroad and she was reluctant to keep asking distant relatives用字精準 for help with something so mundane. Honestly, what I felt was a real sense of satisfaction前置結構自然地加強語氣 — not because the task itself was demanding, but because I could see it genuinely mattered對比結構平衡得當 to her day-to-day life. It also brought us closer as neighbours; we still chat regularly now, long after her wrist healed, and if anything, it taught me that helping someone needn’t be dramatic道地的結尾用語 to make a real difference.

讓分數不同的關鍵

  • Band 6的時態與主詞動詞一致錯誤(「she break her wrist」、「My mother notice」、「It also make us」)在Band 7中都已改正,Band 8也沒有再出現。
  • Band 6說「a very big weight off her shoulders」;Band 7把這個慣用語用得乾淨俐落(「a genuine weight off her shoulders」);Band 8進一步精簡同一個慣用語(「took a genuine weight off her shoulders」)。
  • Band 6的想法之間幾乎沒有連接用語;Band 7加上了「not because… but because」的對比;Band 8用更精練的措辭延伸同一個對比:「not because the task itself was demanding, but because I could see it genuinely mattered」。

這張題卡的常見錯誤

  • 在故事中途來回切換過去式和現在式,而不是讓整段敘述一致維持在過去式。
  • 選的例子太模糊,沒有真正的情況、問題或具體的行動可以描述。
  • 只談情況,卻忘了描述你實際做了什麼來幫忙。
  • 跳過最後的「how you felt」那一項,那通常是最自然、最有反思的語言出現的地方。

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. Should schools teach children to help others as part of the curriculum?學校應該把幫助他人納入課程,教導孩子嗎?
  2. Do people help strangers as often as they used to?人們幫助陌生人的頻率還跟以前一樣高嗎?
  3. Is it better to help someone directly or to support a charity that helps many people?直接幫助一個人,和支持能幫助許多人的慈善機構,哪一種比較好?
  4. Do you think helping others benefits the helper as well as the person being helped?你覺得幫助他人對幫助者和被幫助的人都有益處嗎?

常見問題

幫忙一定要是很大、很戲劇性的行動嗎?

不用。日常的小忙,例如幫鄰居搬家具,或是向同學解釋一個困難的概念,和戲劇性的救援一樣適合,而且通常更容易用真實的細節來描述。

我可以談在工作上幫助別人嗎?

可以,工作上的例子沒問題,只要你清楚描述當時的情況、你做了什麼,以及這讓你有什麼感受,而不是只列出你的工作職責。

如果我不記得事情發生的確切細節怎麼辦?

對真實的回憶來說,這完全正常。給一個大概的時間範圍,例如「a couple of years ago」或「when I was in my final year of school」,並把細節放在當時的情況和你的行動上。

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