雅思口語：描述一個建築

建築物的話題一直是雅思口語話題的熱門考題，有時考察的是歷史建築，有時考察的是現代建築物，這個話題可以涵蓋古今建築，下面是雅思口語描述一個建築的方法，跟小編一起來了解下吧。

雅思口語描述一個建築

Describe an unusual building you’ve visited

You should say:

where it is

what it is used for

what it looks like

and explain why you think it is unusual

相關考題：

Describe a modern building

Describe a historic building

話題解析：

1.在回答這個問題的時候，爲了能詳細且準確地介紹該建築物，最好能提前準備一些與建築物相關的一些詞語，比如說“外部”、“內部”、“柱子”、“面”等等，因此，我們可以登陸我們感興趣的建築物的英文介紹頁面，最好是官方的網站，把裏面的一些介紹性的，可取的說法借用過來，這個也是我們所講的考試前要做準備

2.題目的核心詞是“unusual”一字，所以我們在開頭以及結尾的時候最好要突出該建築物比較獨特的地方，才能扣題

3.在解釋“爲何我覺得此建築物很獨特”的時候，要注意關於原因的表達，因果關係要合乎邏輯，比如在接下來要說到的範文當中，小蠻腰造型奇特，且又是當地地表與娛樂場所，用以交代選擇說小蠻腰的原因

4.此話題將以廣州的地標建築廣州塔作爲範例，廣州塔有一個外號叫“小蠻腰”，之所以叫這個名字是因爲其獨特的造型，同時它也是廣州人休閒娛樂的好去處，元旦、農曆新年、聖誕節也會有很多燈光秀活動，話題可延續性較強

話題詞彙參考：

1.電視塔：TV tower

2.小蠻腰：slender waist

3.觀光：sightseeing

4.地點：venue

5.摩天輪：ferris wheel

6.(小蠻腰的)橢圓形的面：ellipse

7.外部：exterior

8.內部：interior

9.多功能的：multi-functional

參考範文：

Here I would like to talk about the Canton Tower in Guangzhou, which is oneof the local landmarks and famous for its unique design and architecture. I’vebeen there for several times and I will recommend it to every visitor to thiscity.

The Canton Tower is actually an astronomical and sightseeing tower designedby Dutch architects, located on Haixinsha Island, which was originally the venuefor the 2010 Asian Games. It made its name and be known of the whole Asiabecause of its unusual and special structure shown in the opening and closingceremony of the Asian Games on TV. Locals give it a nickname as “the slenderwaist” because of its twisted structure. Its exterior form is generated by twoellipses, one at foundation level and the other one at top. These two ellipsesare rotated relative to another, and the tightening caused by the rotationbetween the two ellipses forms a "waist"; so I think that’s the reason why ithas such a vivid local name.

I’ve visited the interior of the tower, which is pretty amazing as de, it is subdivided into different zones with various functions, includingTV and radio transmission facilities, you know, as it is supposed to be, andobservatory decks for you to admire the view of the whole city, the revolvingrestaurant, which I heard is pretty classy but I failed to try last time,horizontal ferris wheel, recommended as the best venue for proposal in the city,exhibition spaces, shops, and 4D cinemas etc.

So you can say, it is amulti-functional place for our local people. And the most important thing is,you could enjoy wonderful landscape there! Therefore, I really think thisunusual architecture is a good way for you to hang out with friends andappreciate the great beauty of the city.

　　雅思口語如何描述建築話題

涉及建築的雅思口語話題如要求考生描述a modern/historical building, a concert hall, a garden, an interesting architecture等。而遇到這些話題後，考生們往往只能根據題目作出簡單的回答，之後便無話可說。

這一方面是因爲許多考生與建築相關的知識和詞彙積累非常有限，沒有可以表達的內容;更重要的一方面則是許多學生受到表達能力的限制，無法迅速的進行paraphrasing，因此回答起來張口結舌，極大地影響了個人的考試表現。

雅思口語話題中與建築相關的話題較爲固定，從08年至今出現過的建築相關話題大致如下：

1. Describe a hotel

2. Describe your favourite shop

3. Describe your ideal house

4. Describe an old building

5. Describe a traditional/modern building

6. Describe a museum

7. Describe an art gallery

8. Describe a concert hall

9. Describe a library

10. Describe a park/garden

11. Describe a restaurant/cafe

雖然建築話題相對固定，但許多相同話題的下屬問題卻可能有所不同。例如建築話題中常見的library話題，就出現過不同的下屬問題。一種是常見問題，如圖書館所在地點、喜歡的原因等，另一種則相對少見，要求考生描述圖書館的結構，及每一層有些什麼東西，並且這種類型的問題有增長趨勢。因此，在下文中將分兩類來探討建築類話題：描述感覺類和描述結構類，並分別加以說明。

一、建築話題之描述感覺類

建築話題中的所有話題都有描述感覺類的下屬問題，且往往要求考生描述如下方面：建築所在地點(where)，參觀此建築的時間(when)/多久去一次(how long)，參與的人(who)以及爲什麼喜歡/不喜歡這個建築(why)。

這種類型的下屬問題對大多數考生來說都比較簡單，只需把重點放在喜歡或者不喜歡的原因即可，因而尋找相關思路對學生來說較爲簡單明確，學生很容易找到相關思路並且做出清晰流暢的回答。

二、建築話題之描述結構類

建築話題中的描述結構類話題一般來說較爲複雜。它不像描述感覺類話題那樣，抓住重點即可說清楚，它的關鍵在於體現考生描述順序的清楚程度(有點類似於寫作中的示意圖)。因此在備考時，考生可根據建築結構的不同，將此類話題分爲兩類進行準備——即多層結構和單層平面結構。

1. 多層結構

這種類型的話題一般與library, art gallery, concert hall, museum等相關。

學生在描述時，首先需關注表示先後順序的關聯詞的使用。

其次要注意句型的多樣化，最好不要in the first floor, ... . In the second floor, ... . 這樣流水賬式的一路說下去。在備考時可以多準備些相關句型，如：If you go up to the ___ floor, you'll see ...到時套用即可。

2. 單層平面結構

這種類型的話題一般與park, garden等話題相關。在準備此類題型時，考生同樣需注意表示先後順序的關聯詞的使用。這種題很類似聽力中的地圖題，因此準備時可借鑑聽力地圖題的描述方法。

此外，考生要特別注意描述時的starting point，並根據出發點確定描述的方向;同時句型的多樣化依然是準備的重點。

在描述過程中，考生最好能突出這個平面結構中的某個重點並加以詳細描述，這樣不但可以突出重點，還可規避考生描述並不熟悉的問題。

　　雅思口語描述你喜歡的建築

Describe a building you like

You should say:

Where it is

What it is used for

What it looks like

And explain why you like or dislike it

參考範文：

When I was on vacation last summer I saw a lot of interesting places, but one that sticks in my mind is a tower, well actually some people called it a fort – it was constructed a long time ago, in the 17 century. It was used to guard the shore against invasions from enemies and for that reason it had a semicircular gun platform, or an artillery battery, which was able to defend against attacks from the sea.

The design of the building is quite simple; it’s a four-walled structure with a pentagonal turret (or tower) at each corner. The entrance to the tower is via a drawbridge – just like you see in old castles, and there is a moat all around the structure, although now it’s a ditch without any water.

It’s been used for various purposes over the centuries, obviously for defense, also as a prison, and more recently it housed a restaurant as well as a pizzeria although when I visited it the building was closed and apparently now it isn’t actually used for anything – it’s just a historical site – but we were lucky enough to see a special event there – a historical re-enactment of one of the important events that happened during an invasion – this was part of a celebration of the building’s 400th year.

The interesting thing is – it’s not a famous building like the Eiffel Tower or the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, it wasn’t built by a well-known architect or anyone famous, but it’s size and appearance in contrast to the area around it – and its commanding view of the sea are quite impressive, not to mention the fact that it’s more than 400 hundred years old and it’s still standing there – very imposing. When we were standing inside we could almost ‘feel’ the history in its walls and you could easily imagine how things were at the time it was built – it has such a presence. That’s why I think it’s an interesting building – because of how it made me feel.

　　雅思口語建築話題回答技巧

建築類考題的難點在於對該領域話題的不熟悉，在備考時並未花太多經歷注意關注此類話題，導致實則考生在建築類領域的詞彙及素材積累是比較有限的。當許多考生拿到話題卡片的時候，往往只能就話題的提示問題一一涉及，然後就支支吾吾不知所云了，這對於雅思口語在話題延展上的發揮是相當不利的。

根據每次輪換題的規律，每次換題將會出現一部分全新的考題，一部分翻新過的老題，還有一部分延考的老題。而關於建築類考題，是口語Part2地點類話題中必不可缺的一部分，每次都以不同的面貌展現在考生們的面前。且看08年至今，建築類考題的關鍵字出現過的形式爲：hotel,favorite shop,ideal house,old building,traditional building/modern building,museum,artgallery,concerthall,library,restaurant/café,historical building, unusual building。通過這些關鍵字，我們不難歸納出一個規律，考生如果在備考過程中準備好一個歷史性的建築，以及一個現代的建築的素材，則這些話題大多是大同小異的。接下來，我將爲考生們分析一下建築類話題的描述順序。

雅思口語： 描述一個建築