【雅思培训-口语】让我们头疼的“历史”

说到关于历史（History）的题目，无论是趴一还是趴二或是趴三，都会令许多同学感到头疼不已。今天，就由MO老师来带大家看看那些让我们头疼的历史类题目。

首先，关于趴一的问题，MO老师有一些素材想要和大家来分享一下。

The importance of learning history.

1)  Learning about history could help us to get a better picture of the current situation, and it can also let us make a precise prediction about the future.

学习历史可以让我们对现今的状况有更深刻的理解，也可以让我们对未来做出更精确的预测。

• get a better picture of 对…有更深刻的理解
• precise 精确的

2） In the olden days, people made mistakes, we should learn from the mistakes for fear that we might make them again.

过去人们总是会犯各种错误，我们要从这些错误中有所学习，以防未来犯同样的错误。

• for fear that 以防（虚拟语气）

3） I believe that there’s no absolute innovation and creation, even the most famous and renowned artists and designers tend to be inspired by classical and vintage works.

我相信没有绝对的创新和创作，即使是那些非常有名的艺术家和设计师都会倾向于从古典作品中寻找灵感。

那么我们为什么会学不好历史呢？

Why can’t we learn history well?

1)   I have to say that I’m quite interested in history, but the way our teacher teaches us is so boring that I can’t help falling asleep in history classes.

• Can’t help doing  忍不住做…

2)   I always failed in my history tests, and so I become less interested in history. I guess this is what we call vicious cycle, what I mean is that failing the exams makes me have less passion to history.

• Vicious cycle   恶性循环

而历史(history) 本身也并不止包括人文历史。

History is actually the record of the past stories. 所以如果要讲到一个和历史有关的，不一定非要是人文历史，同时也可能是艺术史，生物史，甚至是汽车的历史。

下面我们来看一道PART 2的题目。

Describe a historical building/ place.

描述一个历史建筑/地点。

Mo老师认为，对大部分学生来说，讲一个历史地点的难度远比讲一个历史建筑的难度要低。

下面，我们来举个例子。

Describe a historical place you want to visit.

ITALY

这里重点讲几个点。

• I always want to go and visit Florence where Michelangelo finished his art study, well, what I want to say is that I’m a fan of classical art works, especially statues created by Michelangelo, and also my favourite writer Dante was born and grew up in Florence, it is said that he met the love of his life on a bridge called Old Bridge in Florence. The story is so romantic that I have to go and see the place where this romantic story happened.
• Venice is a must-go city for me as I’ve heard about a romantic story about the Sign Bridge. People believe that if you kiss your love under the bridge, you’ll be together with him/her forever. Also, the Gondola is renowned in this city which used to be a way of transportation for the noble families hundreds
• Italy is a country where I can find a lot of cafes with long history, say, more than 300 years, and I guess I’d really enjoy the drinks in these historical cafes. And also, coz I’m a gastronome, I’d also love to try the famous gelatos of various flavours.

MO老师想要告诉大家的是，如果讲的是一个有历史的地方，那就可以是一个国家，或是一个城市，而可讲的元素就有许多。

但，如果是一个历史建筑呢？

Describe a historical building that interests you.

建议大家还是从自己的爱好以及一些主观因素出发来讲会比较容易一些，尤其是在各位同学对历史并不是很了解的情况下。

举个例子，外滩27号：罗斯福公馆（The House of Roosevelt）

It was designed and built by British government in 1920, and so it’s a building with long history.

In recent years, it was redecorated by Roosevelt family and now, it becomes a new fashion landmark in Shanghai.

The first reason why it interests me is that, as a historical building, I believe it must have witnessed the change of Shanghai during nearly 100 years. And so I guess that’s the reason why this building still looks very classical and western after being redecorated.

I also have interest in the restaurant on the 8th floor of this building where I can enjoy the scenery on the other side of the Bund. I’ve been there once and it’s an Italian food restaurant with elegant and excellent environment, besides, there’s an outdoor area for people to enjoy the breeze in cool summer night, and better view.

Except for the restaurant, the bar on the top of the building is the other reason why it interests me. I haven’t been there before but I’ve seen the pictures of the bar on a brochure about the House of Roosevelt, Ialways imagine that one day I can go there and order a drink, I guess it’ll be perfect together with the attractive night view of Shanghai when all the lights are on.

所以总体说来，MO老师并没有过多的提及这栋建筑的具体历史或是建筑结构，而侧重于表达了主观上对于这栋建筑的兴趣以及原因。

希望同学们在准备关于历史类的题目的时候，一定要看清题目，不要太过客观的去介绍一个历史建筑的历史，或是外观，因为很多同学都并不具备一定量的关于历史及建筑的专业词汇。简单来说，就是要“接地气”。

【自我介绍】

金迪(MOMO), 雅思口语教师，本科毕业于东华大学机械工程学院，获工科学士学位，且辅修二专，华东政法大学法学学士学位。11年赴英留学，获理学硕士学位。“KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON”是我的座右铭。时刻保持冷静，发现问题，解决问题是我在过往生活中总结出的经验，屡试不爽。对于许多人和曾经的我来说，考试只是一个踏板，它给予我们的是更多的可能性。当我们意识到这些可能性会给我们带来的好处的时候，我们才能以正面的姿态去面对生活中的挑战。“Hold On Pain Ends, and that is HOPE.”是我想要送给所有同学的一句话，也许你会发现备考的过程漫长而又艰辛，但记住这句话，总有一天会雨过天晴。

感谢上海新东方英联邦雅思口语组 金迪老师提供原创稿件！

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