9月变题之后，雅思口语出了一拨新题， 其中部分是老题新翻，还有一一些是之前从来没有出现过的。老提新翻的题目大家可以在原来准备的基础上做些微调就行。全新题目如果不准备的话，可能会遇到当场无语的尴尬。我们就最近出的一些新题进行分析。

Topic 1: Describe a good service that a company or shop offers

题目要求描述某家公司或者商店提供的好服务，好的服务实在不是中国企业的强项，搜尽各种记忆也想不出有哪家服务好的很特别。这里我们给大家提供了两家公司的素材，供大家在准备时参考。

Case 1: Hai Di Lao Hotpot

General

l  Flavorful soup bases

l  a good selection of high quality ingredients

l  a variety of dipping sauces

l  attentive, polite, and detail-oriented service

l  it's open 24hrs

Waiting

l  Be provided with snacks and drinks while they wait

l  get your nails done and shoes shined while waiting as well

Seated

l  greeted by the door, escorted to the table

l  It made a nice change to the usual no-smile, drop on the table and leave attitude of other places.

l  get an apron/bib (围裙) to protect your clothes

l  they offer a little clear plastic baggie to protect your cell phone from the inevitable spills and drippings of soup, sauces, and drinks

l  They'll give you a lens cloth to wipe your glasses when they fog up from the steaming hot pot

l  Is your poor hand tired from holding your laddle (汤勺) in the hot pot? They'll bring you a laddle stand to hold it in place.

l  replaced dirty plates

以上是海底捞服务的相关词汇，生词难词已用中文标注。从进门到等位到开吃，全套服务细致周到，这些分类词汇相信大家在备考的时候也会派上用场。

Case 2: Starbucks

Service

l  To enthusiastically welcome them to the store

l  To establish eye contact

l  To smile and to try to remember their names and orders if they are regulars

l  To create conversations with customers

Products- A "Skinny" line of drinks rolled out in 2008

l  offering lower-calorie and sugar-free versions of the company's offered drinks

l  use skim milk and can be sweetened by a choice of natural sweeteners , artificial sweetener, or one of the company's sugar-free syrup flavors. 

l  to attract health- and cost-conscious consumers and will not affect prices.

大家经常光顾的星巴克也有一些可圈可点的好服务，比如他们在点单时会问你的名字，在等饮料时和你聊天，同时还推出一些瘦身节食人士也合适的产品。

Topic 2: Describe an APP that you think is very useful

描述一个有用的软件这道题目在之前也是从未出现过的，大家最先想到的并且比较好说有微信、淘宝等等。这里我们同样再看两个例子。

Case 1: Wechat

Functions

l  text messaging

l  hold-to-talk voice messaging

l  broadcast (one-to-many) messaging

l  sharing of photographs and videos

l  location sharing

l  exchange contacts with people nearby via Bluetooth

l  contacting people at random if desired 

l  launch a new mobile gaming platform

l  focus on messaging between well-known acquaintances and social groups

Drawbacks

l  allows criminals an easy way in due to its location-reporting features

Case 2: Taobao

Background

l  a Chinese website for online shopping similar to eBay and Amazon

l  facilitates consumer-to-consumer (C2C) retail

l  providing a platform for small businesses and individual entrepreneurs to open online stores

l  Sellers are able to post goods for sale either through a fixed price or auction

l  Buyers can assess seller backgrounds by information available on the site, including ratings, comments and complaints

Highlight- Chinese Singles Day

l  Chinese Singles Day (11/11) is China’s biggest e-commerce sales day of the year

l  In 2011 Taobao.com and Tmall.com took only 8 minutes to reach 100 millions RMB in transaction volume and after the day ended

l  transaction volume reached RMB 3.36 billion

以上列出了微信和淘宝两大软件的一些特色和亮点之处，大家可以稍加挑选修饰，作为两分钟话题卡里的素材。

2014年的考试场次已经所剩不多，希望这些素材可以在最后刷分的道路上帮到大家。

教师简介

赵莉，上海新东方雅思口语教师。课堂轻松，互动性强。能够快速发现学生的问题所在，并给予有效的解决策略，帮助他们以轻松的姿态突破雅思口语考试的瓶颈。不少学生能够在较短的时间内，突破5.5至6分、6.5至7分的两大关卡。

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