奥巴马“笑侃”雅思口语
<p> 美国总统奥巴马于2009年11月16日首次访华，第一站来到了中国的经济中心及金融之都上海。在他风趣幽默的讲话中，我们时时发现他的遣词造句就像是在回答一道道雅思口语的问题，在谈笑之间把很多看似艰深的考题一一挥斥，并不断激起听者的共鸣。现聊举数例，以供各位烤鸭在玩味中学习。</p><p> 雅思考题一：<span word="What">What</span> <span word="aspect">aspect</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="hometown">hometown</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span>?</p><p> 奥巴马答曰：<span word="Here">Here</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="caught">caught</span> <span word="theattention">theattention</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span><span word="the">the</span> <span word="soaring">soaring</span> <span word="skyscrapers">skyscrapers</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bustling">bustling</span> <span word="streetsand">streetsand</span> <span word="entrepreneurial">entrepreneurial</span> <span word="activity">activity</span>。</p><p> 点评：由于中国的大部分城市都在迅猛发展，因此就算你的家乡不是上海也一点儿没关系，只要很方便的把<span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span>改成你任意指定的家乡就是了。该回答最后的<span word="entrepreneurial">entrepreneurial</span>是一个高难单词，可简单地替换成<span word="business">business</span>或<span word="commercial">commercial</span>，基本不影响原意。</p><p> 雅思考题二：<span word="What">What</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="people">people</span>?</p><p> 奥巴马答曰：<span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="impulse">impulse</span><span word="the">the</span> <span word="desire">desire</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> <span word="fornew">fornew</span> <span word="horizons">horizons</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="forge">forge</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="partnerships">partnerships</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="mutuallybeneficial">mutuallybeneficial</span>。</p><p> 点评：建议把开头部分改成：<span word="I">I</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="thisimpulse">thisimpulse</span> ，这样更能切题回答。如果觉得<span word="forge">forge</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="partnerships">partnerships</span>比较难的话，你完全可以说<span word="build">build</span> <span word="newrelationships">newrelationships</span>，也是非常地道的讲法。</p>
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