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雅思口语下午茶又来啦

今日份的茶要聊些什么呢

  那么，首期呢，二朵与Ray老师想与同学们讨论的话题是：一位有趣的老人

  Describe an interesting old person. 

  Who this person is  

  How you got to know this person 

  What this person is like 

  And explain why you fell this person is interesting

  点击下方音频，一起来听一下Dorra & Ray带给你的口语思路吧~

  对于这个话题我们思路可以发散一些 ，既可以描述身边的爷爷奶奶，也可以描述一个名人，甚至是影视书本作品里一个虚拟的人物都可以哦。

  比如二朵要描述自己可爱的grandfather就可以从三个角度展开。

思路一

  首先，一位有趣的老人一定是具备开朗乐观天性的，我们每个人都喜欢跟充满正能量好玩的人在一起，爷爷也就是这样一位乐观的老人，遇到事情会经常给我打气鼓励我。 

重点表达点拨：

乐观开朗：optimistic , stay positive  

给某人加油打气： cheer sb up  

喜欢跟某人玩： hang out with sb

思路二

  爷爷是一位具有幽默感的老人，在他身边永远不会觉得沉闷，甚至在这个思路里还可以讲到爷爷会经常给大家分享有趣的事情，讲笑话，甚至时不时会冒出一些冷笑话。

重点表达点拨：

有幽默感： have a great sense of humor

很沉闷： have no sense of humor

冷笑话：Lame jokes ／ dry humor

有趣：hilarious

  冷笑话究竟可不可以用 cold joke? 先看下Urban Dictionary里的收录

  cold joke （54 up, 12 down） 

  In China, a joke that funny by virtue of being not actually funny at all. The name comes from the fact that when one hears a cold joke, he shivers in terror instead of laughing because the joke is so bad. From Mandarin Chinese, "leng xiao hua."  

  An example of a cold joke: "There was a hide and seek club at my high school. The president still hasn't been found."

  字典虽有收录，但是目前跟歪果仁讲起来，可能他们还不是太理解呢。 

  二朵冷笑话时间： 

  why is 6 afraid of 7？ 

  答案在二朵会在本期节目给你揭晓哦

思路三

  爷爷有趣的地方在于虽然年纪大，但是兴趣涉猎广泛, 仍然是一位童心未泯的老顽童

重点表达点拨：

老顽童：kidult （kid+adult合成词）  

类似的合成词扩充： 

早午餐brunch － breakfast+lunch 

早午餐brunch － breakfast+lunch 

宅着度假Staycation – stay+vocation

  另一种思路大家可以跳出身边的老人这个思维，去描述下名人甚至是作品里的虚拟人物，比如Ray老师作为作为一个铁杆哈利波特粉丝，这个话题里就可以描述哈利波特里的霍格沃茨学校的老校长邓布利多，话题可以从人物的性格，成就和围绕着此人物的故事所展开，大家要注意，对于这种大家都熟知的人物和故事，一定要特别注意特定词汇的发音，不要搞错哦，否则考官听的一头雾水。

  关于邓布利多的话题描述，大家可以参考下文的示范音频文本

  二朵小tip: 

  虽然中文中的粉丝来自于音译 fans, 但是“我是一名粉丝”千万不要说 “I am a fans of XXXX”， 因为你只是一个人哦，正确的说法一定要把S去掉，可以说I am a (big)fan of sth/sb.

Ray老师示范音频文本

  Speaking of interesting old person, the first figure that pops into my head comes from an international famous novel series, Harry Porter. His name is Albus Dumbledore. I remember when I was 6 years old, the movie of Harry Porter, Harry Porter and the Philosopher’s Stone, just landed in China. And in that year, in order to celebrate my birthday, my mother bought the first book of the series in the bookstore for me as my birthday gift. So at that time, since that time, I have become a hard core of Harry Porter. Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts. He is the saint, and a caregiver to the leading role, Harry Porter from the very beginning to the end. The reason I find him very interesting is that even though he is the most powerful, capable and the greatest wizard of all time, he never seeks power or reputation in any occasions, or places at all. He could always find joy, peace, fulfillness by teaching and working in Hogwarts. On the other hand, he is a very charismatic human in person. His personal belief is that all people, including wizards and non-wizards, should be treated as equal. And that kind of belief mirrors today’s social values, which is all people, regardless of their race, gender, sexuality, and religious belief, should be treated as equal without being discriminated. So long story short, Mr. Dumbledore, with his life experience and witty words, can always motivate and encourage people to smile, and stay optimistic, even in the most heartbreaking occasions. That’s why I find him very interesting, and I admire him forever.