雅思口语中国传统话题怎么回答

在茫茫题海中，对每个话题一一准备是不现实的。即使可以，也会浪费考生大量的时间和精力，最后没有一个话题是自己准备完整的。最关键的是，考试的时候，在紧张的状况下，面对金发碧眼的考官，常会出现大脑空白，把以前准备的内容全部忘光的情况。那么，怎样才能避免这种悲剧上演呢？只有把相关题目的思路融会贯通，也就是一个思路可供不同题目使用。就像我们小时候玩的多米诺骨牌一样，不同的话题即不同的骨牌，有机地把它们放到一起，排好，一旦我们有一个好的思路，攻克其中的一个话题，如同把一个骨牌推倒，随之系列话题，都会随即倒下。例如：A festival = A happy family event= An unforgettable event= A traditional event you attended= One favorite meal= A happy experience。

雅思口语考试中很少直接问到关于“传统”（tradition）的考题，但“传统”之所以作为考生公认的魔鬼话题，其原因就在于该话题具备了两大特性：隐蔽和深度。

首先，隐蔽是指涉及传统的考题往往用其它话题来隐藏自己，或者换句话说，很多其它话题中会隐含有传统的意味。举例来说，关于history、culture、arts，甚至关于wedding、handicraft、food的话题中，都有可能藏有“modern vs. traditional”的对立。随着全球化浪潮的风起云涌，许多传统文化、传统思想以及传统习俗都被抛诸脑后甚至烟消云散。现代的观念、价值以及伦理规范取而代之，形成了一次又一次的碰撞和对抗，孰是孰非，就要看你如何在“传统”话题上的把握了。

至于传统类话题的深度，可以说是不言而喻的——没有一定的词汇根底、没有驾驭复杂句型的能力、缺乏对社会现状的思考，这样的考生是很难把该话题说好的，不少人甚至都没有想到传统竟然可以作为一种有效的答题思路。

下面专家将针对考生备考需要，提供口试第一阶段的口语素材、真题实例及参考答案。

一、传统节日“串串烧”

【Question 1】:

Do you often celebrate festivals in your culture/country?

分析：考生需回答“是”或“不是”，然后给出一个简短的主要节日介绍，并介绍该节日的意义和庆祝日期。

Answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and then give a few brief details of the main festivals, including its meanings and dates.

扩展信息：人们怎么庆祝这些节日？
　　          
How do people celebrate them?
            
如果有特殊服装，那天需要穿些什么？
              
special clothes worn at this time ( if any )

注意：问题中所问的festivals是复数概念，所以不能只谈论某一个节日的典礼。

【回答】: Yes, we do. We have many special celebrations（庆祝）in our country throughout the year. The Spring Festival（春节）, the Mid-Autumn Festival（中秋节）, and the Dragon Boat Festival（端午节） are among the most important ones. But even with the same festival, there are some different celebrating activities involved in different parts of China.

【Question 2】:

What special things do people do during festivals?

注意：问题的关键是special，所以不能仅仅把人们常做的一些事情如“meet their friends”以及“talk with members of family”视为节日期间的特殊活动。

扩展信息：这些节日背后有什么意义？人们有什么样的感受？
　　          
What’s the meaning behind these special things and how do people feel about them?

【素材库】: special things people do during festivals and its meanings:

Spring Festival（春节）

-- 除夕夜盛宴

having a big meal on New Year's Eve

-- 放炮竹

setting off firecrackers
        
-- 穿上最好的服装

putting on one's best outfits

-- 堆雪人

making snowmen

-- 从长辈那里得到红包

receiving a red envelope with lucky money in it from elders

-- 做饺子和吃饺子

making and eating dumplings

-- 看春晚

watching the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV

Mid-Autumn Festival（中秋节）

-- 一边赏明亮的满月一边吃月饼

eating moon cakes and pears while appreciating the bright full moon

-- 围坐一圈，听“嫦娥奔月”的动人传奇

sitting around for the fascinating legend about ‘Change' Fly to the Moon

Dragon Boat Festival（端午节）

-- 纪念屈原（中国古代著名的学者）

showing respect to Qu Yuan, the famous Chinese ancient scholar

--赛龙舟（代表着合作与团结）

holding the Dragon Boats racing competition, demonstrating cooperation and teamwork

-- 做粽子，吃粽子

making and eating of a kind of dumpling called Zongzi

Double Ninth Festival（重阳节）

-- 尊敬和照顾老人

showing care and respect for the elderly

--聚在一起，登高，朗诵诗歌

getting together and climbing a high mountain and recite poems and articles

Pure Brightness Festival （清明节）（又叫做 Tomb Sweeping Festival）

--扫墓

Sweeping graves
        
-- 送鲜花

presenting/placing fresh flowers

-- 准备肉、蔬菜、米酒，经常是预备一份完整的饭，放在墓前

offering meats, vegetables, rice wine, and often arranging a complete dinner to place in front of the tombs

-- 烧纸钱和其他代表财富的物品给死者

offering paper money and other symbols of wealth to the dead

-- 鞠躬表达敬意

bowing to express their respect and their regards

雅思口语Part2话题：传统节日例子：

问答例句：

1. What public holidays do you have in your country?

We’ve got loads of them, for example, the one that’s just passed was the National Day holiday, and then we’ve got the Spring Festival of course - that’s probably the most important one - which is at the beginning of the year, sometime around, like, late January, beginning of February, that kind of time. And uh, what else do we have? Uh…oh yeah, the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and um… there are a few others as well but I can’t remember them all off-hand I’m afraid!

我们有很多这样的节日，比如刚刚过去的就是国庆节，然后我们当然会有春节，这可能是最重要的节日，在年初的某个时候，比如一月下旬，二月初。时间的种类。呃，我们还有什么? 是的，端午节，中秋节，还有其他一些节日，但是恐怕我不能马上记住它们!

2. Do people in your country celebrate Christmas?

Um…it’s kind of hard to generalize, but I would say, to an extent, yeah. I mean, by and large, it’s the younger generation that tend to celebrate Christmas, but they don’t celebrate it in the way Westerners would. You know, in the West, people go to church, open presents, um…whereas over here, it’s kind of like, just, “let’s get together for a party, go to KTV…” that sort of thing. So it is celebrated, but just in a slightly different way.At least that’s my understanding anyway!

有点难以概括，但我想说，在某种程度上，是的。我的意思是，总的来说，年轻一代倾向于庆祝圣诞节，但是他们不像西方人那样庆祝圣诞节。你知道，在西方，人们去教堂，打开礼物，嗯……而在这里，这就像是，“我们聚会开个派对，去KTV……”之类的事情。所以它是庆祝的，但只是稍微不同的方式。至少这是我的理解无论如何!

3. Do you like public holidays?

Yeah I do. You know, it gives me the opportunity to be together with my family for a bit, take some time off, so yeah, I always tend to look forward to them.

是的。你知道，这让我有机会和家人在一起，休息一段时间，所以我总是很期待他们。

4. Which public holidays do you like the most?

That’s a good question……. I guess I would have to say The Spring Festival, which I’m sure is most people’s favourite, the main reason being that it’s by far the most important festival in our culture. And so everything feels just a bit different during that time. You know, everyone seems happier, the streets are livelier, and it’s basically just like one long party which stretches on for a week or two. And, it’s also probably the only time of year you can eat and drink to your heart’s content without feeling guilty about it!

这是个好问题……我想我得说“春节”，我相信春节是大多数人最喜欢的节日，主要原因是它是我们文化中最重要的节日。所以在这段时间里，一切都有点不同。你知道，每个人看起来都更快乐，街道也更热闹，基本上就像一个延长一两个星期的派对。而且，这也可能是一年中唯一一个你可以尽情地吃和喝而不为此感到愧疚的时刻。

5. What do other people in your country usually do on public holidays?

I can’t speak for everyone, but I guess most people either stay at home or go travelling. And if you’ve ever stayed in China during a public holiday, you’ll have seen for yourself the hordes of people that flockto all the tourist spots, right across the country.

我不能为每个人说话，但我想大多数人要么呆在家里，要么去旅行。如果你曾经在中国度过公共假期，你会亲眼看到成群的人涌向全国各地的旅游景点。

6. What would you like to do during the next public holiday?

Umm…I haven’t really given it much thought actually! But seeing as I went travelling during the last one, I’ll probably just take it easy and spend the time chilling out at home. Something like that!

我真的没怎么考虑过!但是当我在最后一次旅行的时候，我可能会放松一下，在家里消磨时光。类似的事情!

7. Do you think public holidays are important?

Yeah, I think they really are, cos I mean, here in China, the public holidays are always on a certain festival, so it’s one way of helping maintain all the various customs and traditions we have. Just to give you an example, if you took away the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, it probably wouldn’t get the attention it deserved, and over time, people might simply stop bothering with all the customs that are associated with the festival, like dragon-boat racing. So yeah, I think it’s pretty important that we continue to have them.

是的，我想他们真的是，因为我的意思是，在中国，公共假期总是在某个节日，所以它是一种帮助保持我们各种风俗和传统的方式。举个例子，如果你把端午节假期拿走了，它可能不会受到应有的重视，随着时间的推移，人们可能会不再烦恼与端午节相关的所有习俗，比如赛龙舟。所以，我认为我们继续拥有它们是非常重要的。

8. Do you think there should be more public holidays in your country?

No, not really, if I’m gonna be honest with you. I mean, I think we have enough as it is. Almost every month there seems to be a public holiday of some sort, and you know, I think that’s more or less enough. There’s no need to go over the top with them , otherwise, ……. , I guess it would break up the momentum of our daily lives, if that makes sense!

不，不是真的，如果我对你诚实的话。我的意思是，我认为我们已经足够了。几乎每个月都会有某种公共假日，你知道，我认为这差不多。没有必要和他们一起过头，否则……我想这会打破我们日常生活的动力，如果这有道理的话!

例文：

Describe a traditional festival.

You should say:

what it is

when it is celebrated

how it is celebrated

and explain how you feel about this traditional festival.

We have many traditional festivals in China, the most famous one being Spring Fes-tival, or Chinese New Year. But I’d like to talk about a festival that occurs every year around September or early October, called Zhong Qiu Jie, or Mid-Autumn Day. It is perhaps lesser-known outside of China, but it is personally one of my favourite fes-tivals and one that I look forward to every year.

As the name suggests, Mid-Autumn Day should take place around the middle of au-tumn. The reason the date changes is because it should be the fifteenth day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, and this changes in the Western calen-dar depending on the year.

The reason it is one of my favourite festivals is because we eat moon cakes! As well as being delicious, moon cakes have a special meaning. They are round, which is a symbol of family and togetherness. They usually have a sweet filling, which represents a sweet and happy life. Moon cakes are generally only around at this time of year, so it’s important to make the most of them while you can.

　　As you can tell, I’m a big fan of Mid-Autumn Day. It makes me feel warm, thinking about my family, and a little nostalgic as I remember all the years I have eaten moon cakes. I think it’s very important to keep these traditional festivals going as they rein-force Chinese culture and remind us to think about our families at a time when more and more people may live a long way from home.

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