Describe a happy event you organised
請描述一場你籌辦的開心活動
Describe a happy event you organised請描述一場你籌辦的開心活動
You should say:
- what the event was and when and where it took place這場活動是什麼,何時何地舉行
- how you prepared for it你是如何準備的
- whether it was easy or difficult to organise籌辦起來是容易還是困難
and explain how you felt when it went well並說明活動順利進行時你有什麼感受
用這張題卡練習
1分鐘準備,2分鐘說話,和正式考試一樣。你的錄音不會離開你的裝置。
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- what the event was and when and where it took place
- how you prepared for it
- whether it was easy or difficult to organise
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這張題卡的準備方式
這張題卡(cue card)考的是,你能不能敘述從籌備到活動當天的一連串行動,再反思結果。考官會聽順序是否清楚、過去式是否用得準確(包括用過去完成式表示活動之前已經做好的事),以及最後「explain」那一行中的情緒用語。
最容易取材的真實角度,是為你認識的人辦的一場小型活動:生日驚喜、班上的歡送會、家人晚餐,或朋友的小聚會。真實的活動比想像的活動更容易描述,因為你記得誰幫了忙、哪裡出了一點小差錯,以及大家的反應。不要選一場你只幫了一點小忙的大型活動,因為題卡寫的是「you organised」。
用這1分鐘規劃一個簡單的順序:先寫活動是什麼、為誰舉辦,再寫兩三個準備步驟。開口說的時候,中段簡短帶過,把結尾留給活動順利進行的那個時刻,因為「explain」那一行正是你展現自然、個人化語言的地方。
讓回答更出色的詞彙
比起「prepare」或「party」,這些片語更精準地描述籌備和慶祝。
| 單字或片語 | 意思 | 例句 |
|---|---|---|
| to throw a party | 籌辦並主持一場派對 | We threw a surprise party for my grandmother. |
| to draw up a guest list | 決定要邀請哪些人 | I drew up a guest list with my mother’s help. |
| to keep it a secret | 確保沒有人發現 | It was hard to keep it a secret for two weeks. |
| to take care of the details | 處理所有小細節的安排 | My cousin took care of the details of the food. |
| everything went smoothly | 沒有任何問題 | On the day, everything went smoothly. |
| a last-minute hitch | 在最後一刻出現的小問題 | We had a last-minute hitch when the cake arrived late. |
| to pull it off | 成功完成困難的事 | I couldn’t believe we’d managed to pull it off. |
| the guest of honour | 活動中最重要的人 | My grandmother was the guest of honour. |
| a sense of accomplishment | 完成某件事之後的自豪感 | I felt a real sense of accomplishment afterwards. |
| to bring people together | 把人們團結或連結在一起 | Events like that bring the whole family together. |
1分鐘準備計畫
在1分鐘的準備時間裡,可以寫下:
- event: surprise seventieth birthday, my grandmother
- when, where: last August, my uncle’s garden, evening
- preparation: guest list with cousins, shared food, decorations, kept secret
- difficult or easy: secret was hard, cake late; felt proud and relieved
同一個回答的Band 6、7、8版本
以下3個範例回答講的是完全相同的故事,不同的只有英文本身。將游標移到標示的片語上或點一下,就能看到考官會注意的地方。請把它們當作各分數等級典型表現的示範,而不是要背的稿子。
Band 6
I would like to talk about a surprise birthday party that I organise時態錯誤:應為「organised」 for my grandmother last August. She was turning seventy, and my cousins and I wanted to do something special for her. We held it in the garden of my uncle’s house, in the evening, because the weather was cooler. First, I wrote a long list of guests基本說法,限制了Lexical Resource的分數 with my mother, and my cousins help時態錯誤:應為「helped」 me with the food and the decorations. The most difficult part was keeping it secret, because my grandmother always ask主詞動詞不一致:應為「asks」 questions when she sees us whispering. We told her that we were just having a family dinner. My sister and I also put lights and paper flowers in the garden the afternoon before. On the day the cake arrived late, and I was a little nervous, but my uncle go時態錯誤:應為「went」 to collect it and it arrived before she did. When she came into the garden, everyone shouted “surprise” and she started to cry from happiness. Afterwards we sat together and looked at old photographs until midnight. I felt very proud and happy, and I think it was one of the best evenings of the year for my family.
Band 7
I’d like to talk about a surprise birthday party I organised for my grandmother last August. She was turning seventy, and my cousins and I wanted to do something special for her. We held it in the garden of my uncle’s house in the evening, when it was cooler. First I drew up a guest list with my mother自然地用過去式表達片語動詞, and my cousins took care of the food and decorations精準的詞語搭配. The hardest part was keeping it a secret, because my grandmother always asks questions when she sees us whispering, so we told her it was just a family dinner. My sister and I also hung lights and paper flowers around the garden the afternoon before. On the day, the cake arrived late and I started to panic, but my uncle went to collect it and it got there before she did. When she walked into the garden, everyone shouted “surprise” and she burst into tears of happiness. Afterwards we sat together and looked through old photographs until midnight. Looking back, what I felt most was relief and pride引導用語帶出題目要求的反思, because it have brought時態形式錯誤:應為「because it had brought」 the whole family together.
Band 8
I’d like to talk about a surprise birthday party I organised for my grandmother last August. She was turning seventy, and my cousins and I wanted to do something special for her. We held it in the garden of my uncle’s house in the evening, when it was cooler. First I drew up a guest list with my mother, and my cousins took care of the food and decorations. The hardest part was keeping it a secret, since my grandmother always asks questions when she catches us whispering, so we told her it was just a family dinner. My sister and I also hung lights and paper flowers around the garden the afternoon before. On the day, the cake arrived late and I started to panic, but my uncle went to collect it and it got there before she did. No sooner had she walked into the garden than everyone shouted “surprise”倒裝結構,強調關鍵時刻, and she burst into tears of happiness. Afterwards we sat together and looked through old photographs until midnight. Looking back, what I felt most was relief and pride, because it had brought the whole family together自然的詞語搭配,作為收尾的理由 in a way that nothing else that year had.
讓分數不同的關鍵
- Band 6的時態錯誤(「I organise」、「my cousins help」、「my uncle go」)在Band 7已經正確,Band 8也維持乾淨。
- Band 6說「a long list of guests」;Band 7用「drew up a guest list」和「took care of the food and decorations」;Band 8保留這些片語,並在關鍵時刻加上倒裝結構。
- Band 6以「very proud and happy」結尾;Band 7加上「relief and pride」並附上理由;Band 8則用精準的過去完成式把理由說完整:「it had brought the whole family together」。
這張題卡的常見錯誤
- 只描述活動當天,略過第二個要點所問的準備過程。
- 選了一場別人籌辦的活動,卻把功勞攬在自己身上。
- 忘了說這件事是容易還是困難,而這是三個要點之一。
- 描述感受時只用「happy」和「good」,而不用「relieved」、「proud」或「delighted」這類詞。
常接著出現的Part 3題目
在你說完1~2分鐘之後,考官通常會進入相關的Part 3討論。以下是這個主題常見的追問類型。
- Why do people enjoy celebrating important events with family and friends?為什麼人們喜歡和家人朋友一起慶祝重要的事件?
- What skills does a person need to organise an event successfully?一個人需要具備哪些能力,才能順利籌辦一場活動?
- Do you think people in your country spend too much time planning celebrations?你覺得你的國家的人在規劃慶祝活動上花了太多時間嗎?
- Is it better to organise an event yourself or to ask a professional to do it?自己籌辦活動比較好,還是請專業人士來辦比較好?
- How has social media changed the way people invite guests and share celebrations?社群媒體如何改變了人們邀請賓客和分享慶祝活動的方式?
常見問題
活動一定要規模很大嗎?
不用。小型家庭晚餐、為朋友準備的驚喜,或班上的歡送會,都和婚禮一樣適合。選一場你記得很詳細的活動,因為考官想聽的是你如何準備、當時有什麼感受,而不是有多少賓客出席。
如果活動中出了狀況怎麼辦?
這樣可能讓回答更有力。簡短說明出了什麼狀況、你如何反應,以及結果如何。表現出你冷靜地解決了小問題,也會讓你自然地用到談過去事件的說法,例如「we realised」和「luckily」,也能支撐談你感受的那一項。
如何描述準備過程而不變成列清單?
把準備工作分成兩三個步驟,例如選日期、邀請客人和安排餐點,並用「first」、「after that」和「in the end」這類連接詞依序說出來。為每個步驟加上一個小細節,回答就會聽起來像一段回憶。
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