口语缺乏“故事性”“画面感”？换个角度破题 想不生动都难！

相信对于雅思口语part2的事件类话题，很多同学都觉得莫名痛苦，经常要绞尽脑汁想一个故事。

关键吧，还讲得不够生动，也就是俗称的没有“画面感”，只能干巴巴地尬讲，这要是在现实中和外国友人social，等待你的很可能就是对方一句“interesting”。

所以今天，我们来以去年雅思口语9-12月保留题“Describe an occasion when you were not allowed to use your mobile phone”为例，来教同学们怎么才能讲好一个故事!

首先，同学们看到这个题目“不能用手机的场合”想到的基本都是考试、上课、坐飞机的时候，内容上就很难有新意。

所以关于这个话题，我们来从另外一个角度破题：

考试、上课、坐飞机不能用手机可以说是一种rule or policy，那么有没有其它不能使用手机的场合却没有明确的硬性规定呢?

也就是not an outspoken rule or policy but an unspoken social courtesy。

说到这里，很多同学有没有想起被爸爸妈妈带去社交的宴席，然后被各位叔叔阿姨支配的场景?

今天选的场景就是：a wedding

我们的开头就先来回答 when and where：

Well I remember quite a few occasions when phones are prohibited, such as during tests, classes or flights. But the one that’s particularly unbearable was the time I attended a wedding of a cousin several years ago. It was held in an upscale resort hotel. There were many guests in the party, mostly relatives and friends of my cousin’s family. So i only knew some of them.

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Word bank

Prohibit 禁止

Unbearable 不可忍受的

Upscale 高级的，高规模的

Resort hotel 度假酒店

开头介绍完背景之后，就要解释 why you were not allowed to use your mobile phone。

就像前面提到的，原因就是一种不言而喻的社交礼节unspoken social courtesy。那我们就要建立一个条件是：你不能玩手机是因为爸妈不让你玩手机，因为爸妈通常在这种社交活动中是特别注意礼节的。

所以在出席这些活动的时候，你爸妈就会耳提面命，让你注意不要低头玩手机，尤其是有长辈来问候、关怀你的时候。

所以这一部分我们可以这么解释：

As for the reason, normally in occasions like this in China, we are bound not to look at phones that frequently and are supposed to engage ourselves in social interacting as much as possible. Or, it would be considered impolite, and that would bring shame to our family. My parents would probably lose face because others in the party might think that they hadn’t taught me well. So, i guess that’s not really an outspoken rule or policy but an unspoken social courtesy.

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Word bank

Be bound to 受约束

Engage in 参与;应酬

Lose face 丢脸

Outspoken 直白的

Unspoken 不言而喻的，心照不宣的

在解释完这个情境下你不能玩手机的原因后，我们就要回答最 后一步：你的感受。

试想一下，当宴席上的其他人都在寒暄聊天，甚至还会有不同的人来询问你的近况，如果你是学生，你可能会被拿来和亲戚家的小孩作比较。

如果你是社会打工人士，可能也逃不开对方的灵魂发问：找到工作了没?工资多少?找到对象了没?

更惨的是，你还不能摆臭脸或者假装玩手机，不然你爸妈就会左右开弓，提醒我好好表现，恐怕这是连“社牛人士”都会社恐的场合吧。

也就是说，你的感受应该是特别无聊，简直是心力交瘁，恨不得当场给自己施一个隐身咒外加闭耳塞听，从头到尾成假笑男孩or女孩，脚趾抠出一座魔仙堡。

总之，你从没有这么迫切地需要你的手机过!

你的感受：

Actually, i felt it was super boring and energy-draining, you know, smiling and talking to a bunch of people whom i didn’t really have much to talk to. They were asking me about my study or complimenting on my appearance to sound polite or nice. And I had to force myself to put on a smile. I couldn’t pretend to reply to messages on the phone, because my parents would keep reminding me to behave. I found myself so awkward that I wished I could become invisible. Anyway, I’d never felt I needed my phone so desperately!

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Word bank

Energy-draining 消耗精力的

Compliment on 恭维

Put on a smile 面带笑容

Desperately 迫切地

相信考官听完也会真实感受到你当时的心理，因为这是一个很有故事性和画面感的回答，非常能让人共情。

这么一个精彩的故事怎么可以只用在一个雅思口语的话题里呢?

这个场景同样可以适用于以下几个真题：

Describe a time you were friendly to someone you didn’t like

Describe a time when you waited for something special that would happen

Describe a time when you felt proud of a family member

Describe an occasion when many people were smiling

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