那些年，你是这样讲英文，而现在……

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发布时间：2016-11-01 14:40:59

　　作为环球雅思一线的口语老师，每当讲到雅思口语(ielts speaking )的part2 人物篇的时候，总是能听到 “ Okay, I am gonna talk about blablabla.., he is famous , and he is very famous in China…。”若是这样讲，你只能得5分左右。你给考官examiner的第一印象the first impression 是你的口语词汇不行，有点太boring了。Whatever ,老外是这样讲。

　　She is huge .

　　这个huge 有“巨大的，庞大，极大的”意思，修饰人，表示此人很出名，名气很大。在历年的雅思口语考试中 , 几乎都是有

　　describe a famous person

　　describe a singer or band in your country

　　describe an actor

　　describe a leader you admire

　　describe a good student

　　describe an old person …

　　这里就不一一列举，总而言之，描述人在某方面很著名, 是个大牌，所以你就可以说 :

　　Well, the famous person I am gonna talk about is __who is really huge … 。这个huge就生动得多, native得多。

　　这里不妨分享下一部英文电影<< Sunset Boulevard >> ，中文翻译过来是《日落大道》。对白如下 :

　　A: Gloria Swanson actually used to live here …

　　B: that’s right , she was huge!!!不拉不拉，大抵如此的。

　　怎么样，下面老师告诉你下，我在国外工作的时候啊，老外还会这么说出名，著名：

　　He is really well-known.

　　He is pretty known to all.

　　He is a typical household name.

　　He is a big name…

　　在平常上雅思口语课的时候啊，很多徒弟讲事件describe an event的时候，不少中国烤鸭讲 “ hey，the bad weather is so unexpected .” 。其实他想说的时候, “ 这真是太突然了”。那老外有一句更经典地道的叫 “ out of no where “ 常在英语国家听到。比如大家常被在part1 被问到一个题

　　Examiner:

　　Do you like watching ads on TV?

　　你就可以如是说：

　　Definitely not ! by that I mean, the annoying TV commercials are full of fraud , they sometimes come out of no where 。you see, I would be bugged a lot.

　　这样，至少是天上人间，其实，口语就是这样，it is Easy as ABC.

　　事不过三，今天就给大家奉献三个极其地道的phrase，第三个就是在雅思口语中经常说到 “太忙了, 我很少去。。。”。大多数中国烤鸭们总是说 “ so busy “ . 而老外都是这样讲：No time for oxygen.

　　忽然间想起那部经典美剧（ Gossip girl 绯闻女孩）的对话啦

　　A: Eleanor put me in charge. And it is really a big deal. Honey, breathe.

　　B: No, no time for oxygen. I am late. Oh, and I forgot my homework.

　　当地人还会这样讲:

　　I am tied up .

　　My hands are full.

　　I am really in the middle of my stuff.

　　I am up to my neck on sth.

　　I am really busy as a bee

　　I am really busy as a beaver.