topics that have been seen recently so let's have a look: Something Interesting Your Friend

最近看到的話題，讓我們'看看。"你朋友的趣事

has Done, A Decision You Made with Someone's Help, A Family Business that You Know so in

在別人的幫助下做出的決定，一個你知道的家族企業，在你的幫助下做出的決定。

each of these examples, I'm going to give you a sample answer I'm going to explain the

每一個例子，我都會給你一個樣本答案，我會解釋一下

strategy I was using and then hopefully you can use the same one, same strategies in your

策略我在用，然後希望你能用同樣的一個，同樣的策略在你的

IELTS exam let's jump straight into it so I did prepare these earlier, just a few bullet

雅思考試讓我們'直接跳進去，所以我之前確實準備了這些，只是幾顆子彈而已

points as though we were in the exam this is just to help you have an idea about what

點，就像我們在考試中一樣這只是為了幫助你對什麼有一個概念

you'll be including and also so you can follow along also I recommend you turn on the transcript

你'會包括，也讓你可以跟著一起也 我建議你打開記錄本

or the captions and this way you'd be able to understand even better so that's -- let's

你會明白的，這樣你就能更好的理解，所以...

go I would like to describe something interesting my friend has done her name is Melanie and

我想描述一些有趣的事情 我的朋友做了她的名字叫梅蘭妮和

she's an air hostess she started at Germanwings, then I think it was Eurowings, then Emirates

她是個空姐 她從德國之翼開始，然後我想是歐洲之翼，然後是阿聯酋航空。

and the reason I'm telling you this is because now she is working for a private airline like

我之所以告訴你這些是因為她現在在一傢俬人航空公司工作，比如說...

a corporate jet or something like that for the rich and famous or the 'high flyers',

一架公司飛機或類似的東西，為富人和名人或 "高飛"。

so to speak and just a few years ago, she was traveling with the U2 singer, called Bono

可以這麼說，就在幾年前，她和U2樂隊的歌手，叫波諾的一起旅行。

and there was just him on the plane and then a few of his business associates I think she's

飛機上只有他和他的幾個生意夥伴 我想她是...

told me, which I thought was quite interesting, that she's not allowed to do selfies, ask

告訴我，我認為這是相當有趣的，她'的不允許做自拍，問

for autographs, she's not allowed to sort of like interact or ask questions about the

為簽名，她'的不允許排序像互動或問問題有關的。

job she's supposed to just treat him like or treat the person just like any normal human

工作她'的應該只是對待他喜歡或對待人就像任何正常的人。

being basically ignoring the fact that it might be famous or she might be famous and

基本上被忽略的事實，它可能是著名的或她可能是著名的和

yet she told me that they got talking and that he was a very pleasant person and he

但她告訴我，他們聊得很投機，他是個很討人喜歡的人，而且他... ...

was very polite he had what -- he was well-mannered and he was really treating her and the rest

是非常有禮貌的，他有什麼 - 他是有禮貌的，他是真正的對待她和其餘的人

of the staff with a lot of respect and so much so that he even offered her some free

職員的尊重，以至於他甚至為她提供一些免費的。

tickets now, it's important to say that she's not allowed to ask, but if offered, I think

票了，重要的是說，她'不允許問，但如果提供，我想。

it's a slightly different dynamic and so yeah, and she got the tickets we went to the concert

它是一個稍微不同的動態 所以是的，她得到了門票 我們去了演唱會。

together because she got about four tickets in the end yeah and it was I think it's quite

一起，因為她得到了約四張票在最後 是的，它是我認為這是相當的

interesting that she gets to meet all these famous people, these high flyers it's like

有趣的是，她得到滿足 所有這些名人，這些高飛的人 這就像

a completely new world so that's something interesting my friend has done now, I just

一個全新的世界，所以這'是有趣的東西我的朋友現在已經做了，我只是。

want to analyze this a little bit so one, I started off with “I'd like to tell you

想分析這一點，所以一，我一開始就說："我'想告訴你。

about something interesting that my friend has done” so I start off with the title

我的朋友做了一件有趣的事"，所以我從標題開始說起

it's like my introduction as though I was writing an essay it's my introduction and

這就像我的介紹，就像我在寫一篇文章它是我的介紹和

I do this for two reasons one, it will keep me on track and two, just like the writing,

我這樣做的原因有兩個，一是可以讓我按部就班，二是和寫作一樣。

it's good to introduce your topic it's like logical as well but recently I've been tutoring

介紹一下你的題目就好了 邏輯性很強，但最近我一直在做家教。

a lot of students and what I find is that sometimes they may have just glanced at the

很多學生，我發現有時候他們可能只是看了一眼

question and then jumped in and started their answer and not really read it properly and

問題，然後跳進去開始回答，並沒有真正讀懂它，而且。

this will make them go off on a tangent and this is so sad because they'll start talking

這將使他們走在一個岔路口，這是如此悲傷，因為他們'會開始談論

about something that's broadly related now in my case, it was slightly off, but it's

關於一些'的廣泛相關的東西現在在我的情況下，它是稍微關閉，但它'。

the job it did something that she's doing so and I justified it and I was constantly

的工作，它做了一些事情，她'的這樣做，我證明了這一點，我不斷

making it interesting and expressing my interest in it so I think I'm pretty justified with

使它變得有趣，並表達我對它的興趣，所以我認為我'm相當有理由與

talking about the job because it is an interesting job now, the second thing is I set the scene

談到工作，因為它是一個有趣的工作了，第二件事是我設置了一個場景。

I didn't sort of like go off and talk about air hosts, air hosting and you know, air hostesses

我沒有那種像去和談論空氣主持人，空氣主持和你知道，空氣女主人。

and air hosts I said well she used to work here, she used to work there, and now she's

和空氣主持人，我說好了，她曾經在這裡工作，她曾經在那裡工作，現在她'。

doing this which is much more interesting so now I kind of like make this connection

這樣做這是更有趣的 所以現在我有點喜歡做這個連接。

and I set the scene, and I'm going into a little bit more detail than necessary here,

和我設置的場景，我'要進入一個更多的細節比這裡必要的。

but I wanted just to make it sort of like relevant and coherent I don't just jump in

但我想只是讓它有點像相關的和連貫的 我不只是跳英寸

and say, yeah, she went to a U2 concert that's how the interesting story about who she met

並說，是的，她去了一個U2的演唱會 那'是如何有趣的故事 關於誰，她遇到了。

and how she met them okay so it's like it's coherent all of it together now, the next

和她如何滿足他們 好吧，所以它像它的連貫 所有它在一起，現在，下一個。

point and I'm using good vocabulary, high flyers, the rich and famous, and I was also

點，而且我'用的是好詞彙，高飛的人，有錢的人和有名的人，我也是

quite positive about Bono and what happened there and then I finished I finished with

相當積極的波諾和發生了什麼事，然後我完成了我完成了與

“And that's my brief description about something interesting my friend has done” so I'm kind

"這就是我對我朋友所做的有趣事情的簡單描述"，所以我是那種

of closing it and I'm making it easier for the examiner also there's some you know there's

的關閉，我'我使它更容易為考官也有'的一些你知道有'。

some constructions there it's like she said he was surrounded by yeah of course I'm

有些建築就像她說的，他被包圍了 是的，當然，我是。

forced to use like talking in the third person because it's something interesting your friend

迫於無奈，只好用第三人稱說話，因為這是有趣的事情，你的朋友。

has done, but still it's important to get that across and to communicate the whole point

但仍然很重要的是要傳達這一點，並傳達整個觀點

so that was my small description or my brief description about something interesting my

所以，這是我的小描述或我的簡要描述關於有趣的東西，我的。

friend has done let's move on to the next one: A Decision You Made with Someone's Help

朋友已經做了讓'的移動到下一個。你在別人的幫助下做出的一個決定。

so we've got my notes straight down there and here's a very important point now, I

所以，我們'已經得到了我的筆記直接在那裡，這裡有一個非常重要的一點，現在，我。

remember this situation I remember I was talking to my dad and he's sort of like decisions

記得這種情況下，我記得我是說 我的爸爸和他的那種喜歡的決定。

was don't do it because you'll end up spending money and then I kind of justified the opposite

是不'不這樣做，因為你'會最終花費的錢，然後我種合理的相反。

I was like okay I should be spending money I need to spend money to get to -- to go where

我當時想好了，我應該花錢 我需要花錢去 - 去哪裡？

I want to be in to experience new things I don't want to live like my dad and be in the

我想在體驗新的東西，我不'不想活像我的父親，並在。

same place all my life I would like to move around so I kind of took the reverse of what

我一生都在同一個地方，我想搬來搬去，所以我採取了相反的方式，我想在我的生活中。

my dad gave me, and what I'm saying is that it's just too complex, there's just no point

我爸爸給了我，我的意思是，它只是太複雜了，有'只是沒有點。

telling the whole complex story behind it so even though it's in my notes I'm not going

複雜的故事，所以即使它在我的筆記中，我也不會告訴整個複雜的故事。

to mention it and I'm just going to keep it simple because at the end of the day, this

提到它，我&#39；我只是要保持簡單，因為在一天結束時，這

is a communication exam it's not an exam about how I make decisions all about my relationship

是一個溝通的考試它'不是一個考試關於我如何做決定所有關於我的關係

with my dad so I'm just going to skip that part I'm just going to go for the straight

和我爸爸一起，所以我就跳過這部分，我只是要去為直接

and more direct easier concepts and beliefs to describe so let's jump into it so -- a

和更直接更容易描述的概念和信仰，所以讓我們'的跳進它，所以--一個。

decision I would like to tell you about the decision I made with someone's help that someone

我想告訴你我的決定與某人'的幫助，某人

was my dad and I really admire him because he's made a lot of important decisions that

是我的爸爸，我真的很佩服他，因為他做了很多重要的決定，。

have ultimately had a positive effect on my life also so the decision I had to make was

最終也對我的生活產生了積極的影響，所以我必須要做的決定是...。

where I want to live, and I have a lot of friends in Asia and they were espousing all

我在亞洲有很多朋友，他們都支持我的觀點

the benefits of living in Asia you know, the low costs, the beautiful weather, beautiful

在亞洲生活的好處，你知道，低成本，美麗的天氣，美麗的。

people, always very kind and very friendly however, I was quite happy in Spain where

人，總是非常善良和非常友好，但是，我很高興在西班牙，在那裡。

I was living although I'm originally from England at the time I was living in Spain

我是生活雖然我'米最初從英國在我住在西班牙的時候。

and so I ran with my data I bounced some ideas off him, and he really made me think about

所以我用我的數據 我從他那裡得到了一些想法 他真的讓我思考了一下

where I want to be and he gave me some really thought-provoking questions that helped me

我想去的地方，他給了我一些真正發人深省的問題，幫助我。

readjust my thinking and see it from different perspectives basically, with the help of my

重新調整我的思維，從不同的角度看問題，基本上，藉助我的。

dad I could take a step back, and I could sort of like see it on a long-term basis and

爸爸，我可以退一步， 我可以有點像看到它 在長期的基礎上，並。

in the end, I did decide to go to Asia, and I don't think I would have been able to make

最後，我確實決定去亞洲，我不'我認為我將無法使。

that decision without the help of my father and that's my brief description about an important

這決定沒有我父親的幫助，這'是我對一個重要的簡要描述。

decision I made with somebody's help, my dad, thank you so here once again, I've done the

我在某人的幫助下做出的決定，我的爸爸，謝謝你，所以在這裡再次，我已經做了。

introduction two, I didn't exactly follow my notes word-for-word okay I kind of went

介紹二，我沒有完全按照我的筆記一字不差的好吧，我有種去

off on a different argument, but I knew I could express it clearly so it wasn't a problem

在不同的論點，但我知道我可以清楚地表達它，所以它不是一個問題'。

and secondly, you know, I used some good vocabulary there for decision making, you know, thought-provoking,

其次，你知道，我用了一些很好的詞彙有決策，你知道，發人深省。

perspective, long-term perspective, taking a step back all of this kind of vocabulary

觀點，長遠的觀點，退一步海闊天空這類詞彙。

is very useful in trying or describing the whole situation, and that's another path I

是非常有用的嘗試或描述整個情況，這'是我的另一條道路。

described the actual conflict you know I used a contrast I was living in Spain at the time,

描述了實際的衝突，你知道我用了一個對比，我當時住在西班牙。

but I knew that Asia had lots of benefits so we're using these contrasts it shows the

但我知道亞洲有很多的好處，所以我們'使用這些對比它顯示了

examiner that I've got a good linguistic dexterity, and I can bounce between these and that was

主考官說，我'已經得到了一個很好的語言靈巧，我可以跳轉之間這些和那是。

another phrase, as well I can bounce ideas off my father yeah and like I said I didn't

另一個短語，以及我可以反彈的想法從我的父親是啊，就像我說的，我沒有'沒有。

go into the whole emotional relationship you know, I didn't explain what I explained before

進入整個情感關係，你知道，我沒有&#39；我沒有解釋我之前解釋的東西

I just kept it simple and this is like I said I'm just communicating information to the

我只是保持簡單，這就像我說的，我'只是傳達資訊的。

examiner the examiner doesn't want to know about the relationship in my family you know

主考官主考官不想知道我家裡的關係你知道嗎？

he just he or she just wants to know if I can communicate what I want to in my mind

他只是他或她只是想知道我是否能把我想表達的東西傳達給我。

and what I want to communicate are straightforward, easy to grasp thoughts, not complex psychological

而我想傳達的是簡單明瞭、易於把握的思想，而不是複雜的心理學知識

relationships so let's move on to the next one: I would Like to Describe a Family Business

的關係，所以讓我們'繼續下一個。我想描述一個家族企業。

that I know about well this family business happens to be my own it belongs to our family

我知道的 這個家族企業正好是我自己的，是我們家族的

and it's my dad who runs it he's the owner, he's the manager, and basically he does everything

這是我的爸爸誰運行它 他'的所有者，他'的經理，基本上他做的一切。

in that shop so I should have guessed it's a supermarket it's in my small village and

在那家店，所以我應該猜到它'的超市 它'在我的小村莊和

he specializes or my dad specializes in like exotic foods from Europe, from Asia, and he

他專門或我的爸爸擅長像異國情調的食物 從歐洲，從亞洲，他...

buys like niche products that the normal bigger supermarkets cannot justify buying in larger

買的都是小眾產品，一般的大超市沒有理由在大超市裡買。

quantities so yeah, I think my dad's been in this business now for about almost 40 years

數量，所以是的，我想我的爸爸'一直在這個行業現在約40年。

I think he's a bit tired to be honest, and as I said before, he's on the cash out, he's

我覺得他'有點累了，說實話，就像我之前說的，他'在兌現，他是

on the cash registers, he's carrying potatoes on his back, he's talking to the customers,

在收銀機上，他'的背上攜帶洋芋，他'的說話的客戶。

he's doing wine tasting events he's very, very active in fact, I used to work there

他在做品酒活動 他非常非常活躍 事實上，我曾經在那裡工作過

when I was a kid too I think I started at 11 there and it was good fun, and I got a

當我還是個孩子的時候，我想我開始在11有，它是很好的樂趣，我得到了一個。

lot of memories and a lot of experience and skills from my time working in the shop so

很多的回憶和很多的經驗和技能，從我在店裡工作的時間，所以。

that's my small description of a family business that I know inside out thank you so there

這是我對家族企業的小小描述，我知道里面的感謝你，所以有

we go again like I'm telling a small story and telling an anecdote quite a few anecdotes

我們再去像我'我講一個小故事，講一個軼事相當多的軼事。

you know about my dad carrying potatoes, doing wine tasting, all the vocabulary is there

你知道我爸爸揹著洋芋，品酒的事，所有的詞彙都在那裡了

as well like cash, cash register, in a warehouse, just words that you're only going to use if

以及像現金，收銀機，在倉庫裡，只是字，你'要使用，如果。

you're talking about this topic also I used a very useful construction, 'I used to'

你說的這個話題我也用了一個很有用的結構，"我曾經

yeah I used to work there too I used to sweep the warehouse and also carried products from

是的，我以前也在那裡工作，我曾經掃過倉庫，也從那裡搬運產品

one end of the shop to the other etc, etc yeah? so I'm giving personal anecdotes and

所以我給個人的軼事和。

it told the examiner our family shop but my dad owns it I tell them where it is it's

它告訴考官，我們的家庭商店，但我的父親擁有它，我告訴他們它在哪裡，它是。

in my village, my hometown and I tell them how long my dad's been there, what he does,

在我的村子裡，我的故鄉，我告訴他們我爸爸在那裡多久了，他做什麼。

and just really trying to answer all the questions like the who, the what, the how, the when,

只是真的想回答所有的問題 像誰，什麼，如何，何時。

all of these points and I think you should do this as well if you want to give expansive

所有這些觀點，我認為你也應該這樣做，如果你想給廣闊的。

answers and another technique and I've been using this technique with a lot of success

答案和另一種技術，我一直在使用這種技術，並取得了很大的成功。

with my online students in the online classes and this is giving the description sort of

與我的在線學生在網上上課，這是給描述排序。

like introducing your talk then saying because, then possibly given an example and then if

比如介紹你的演講，然後說因為，然後可能舉個例子，然後如果

you're stuck for something to say you start using the how, the what, the how, the where,

你'卡的東西說，你開始使用如何，什麼，如何，哪裡。

the why all of that and if you do this enough times and if you're getting feedback, then

為什麼所有這一切，如果你這樣做足夠的時間，如果你'得到反饋，然後。

it's a very effective way to prepare and the last point which I'll just mention and you

這是一個非常有效的方式來準備和最後一點，我只想提和你的

if you are practicing online with a tutor and they pick up on certain grammar points

如果您在網上跟老師練習，而他們又發現了某些文法點。

maybe it's your tenses, then don't let it run away and what I've been doing with my

也許是你的時態，那就不要讓它跑掉，我一直在用我的

students that's been very effective is that we do lots of exercises around that exact

學生們一直非常有效的是，我們做了很多練習，圍繞著這一確切的

grammar point, and I won't let it go until it's perfect and we do this with lots of repetition,

文法點，我不會讓它去，直到它'的完美，我們做了很多重複。

lots of exercises, and we keep coming back to it and this is why I've been getting a

大量的練習，我們不斷回到它，這就是為什麼我'已經得到一個。

lot of success with the students so if you're in a situation that you want to improve your

很多成功的學生，所以如果你'在一個情況下，你想提高你的。

speaking maybe you've taken the test quite a few times and you're fed up, then have

說不定你'已經考了不少次，你已經厭倦了，那麼有

a look at the Intensive IELTS Fluency Course and it's basically as I was saying, a fast

看了一下雅思流利課程的強化課程，基本上就像我說的那樣，是一個快速的

improvement in speech recognition so you can understand the examiner, you can respond to

在語音識別方面的改進，讓你能聽懂考官的話，你可以迴應到

the right questions, and you can respond quickly and automatically so have a look in the link

正確的問題，你可以快速和自動地迴應，所以在鏈接中看一看。

below and yes, all the best and thank you for watching have a great day!

下面，是的，所有最好的，謝謝你的觀看有一個偉大的一天!