記得有句話是這么說的“要么讀書,要么旅行,身體和靈魂,必須有一個在路上”。人們對旅行的憧憬,非常容易聯想到的是“陽光,沙灘,酒店,泳池”等關鍵字。旅行的意義在于,旅行本身就是一種享受,而這個過程中,可以逃避原本生活的壓力,領略全新的生活,感受不一樣的生活方式以及品嘗各地的美食和小吃。旅行類話題一直是雅思口語中經典永恒的主題,在每階段考試中均以各種各樣的形式出現。
本文從近期的旅行類話題“特殊的旅行”出發,將從不同的角度剖析“旅行的特殊之處”,在如何突出“特殊性”上給各位考生靈感及思路上的建議,從而幫助各位考生更好的詮釋本題。
旅行類相關話題:
Describe a country you want to go to but haven’t been to(想去而未去的國家)
Describe a place near water (such as river, lake, and ocean)(近水之地)
Describe a long car journey you went on(長途自駕游)
Describe a short vocation you were impressed(短途旅行)
Describe a special trip you would like to go in the future(未來想去的特殊的旅行)
旅行的元素:
關鍵字No.1 交通工具:自駕游,房車游
Vocabulary:
self-driving travels/road trips 自駕游
SUV (super utility vehicle) 多功能車
touring car/camper/caravan/recreational vehicle 房車
關于房車的英文表達,選擇比較多。其中,在歐洲,用于旅行用途的房車叫作caravan, 其實就是大篷車的意思。例如:Mike was on a caravanning holiday.(邁克駕駛房車出去旅行了)。
而recreational vehicle, 就是時常可以在美劇中聽到的名詞“RV”的全稱。因為在歐美發達國家,每到周末的時候,房車就會愉快飛馳在各條公路上。在西方國家,開著房車旅行似乎已經成為人們周末或假期的休閑娛樂的一種方式。
wagon 旅行車
這是一種以轎車為基礎,而后備箱儲物空間比較大的車型。在西方國家,打出租公司預定電話提前預定用車的時候,尤其是一些去機場的旅客們會尤其指定該類車型,主要原因就是考慮到儲物空間大可以放更多的行李。而在中國,該類車型的出租車幾乎不怎么見得到。
關鍵字No. 2特別的住宿:www.Airbnb.com
關于旅行的住宿,傳統意義上第一能想到的肯定是“hotel”這個詞。除了“hotel”這么一個單詞以外,我們還可以來看一些其他的分類:
B&B (bed and breakfast) 提供住宿和早餐
boutique hotel 精品酒店
resort 度假村
hostel/youth hostel 青年旅社
當然,如果想打破這些傳統的住宿方式,嘗試全新的住宿體驗,那么就推薦www.Airbnb.com 這個網站。在這個網站上,可以體驗住神奇的樹屋(wooden house),被小鳥叫醒;也可以住阿姆斯特丹的船屋(boathouse), 體驗水城的獨特風韻;當然,還有現代主義風格的別墅(Villa), 體驗高檔風景的絕贊。
關鍵字No.3旅行的形式:窮游,出境游
Vocabulary:
independent travel 自由行
outbound tourism 出境游
package tour 跟團游
in-depth travel 深度游
travel on a budget 窮游
budget traveller 窮游旅行者
backpacker 背包客
tour pal 驢友
easier visa procedures 簡化簽證手續
隨著網絡以及信息化的進步,人們在選擇出行的時候,已經不再依靠旅行社的package tour。人們更多的可以利用類似于“攜程網”之類的網站自己預定旅行的機票,住宿,接機等服務。時下,跟著旅行團走馬觀花趕景點或者在旅途中被迫消費等方式已經越來越不為人們所接受,人們追求的則是“自由行”,“深度游”等。
關鍵字No. 4目的地的選擇:小眾之地,農家樂
less-known places 小眾之地
farm stay 農家樂
domestic place 國內的地方
old town 古城
over commercialization 過于商業化
對于目的地的選擇上,那些過渡開發或者過于商業化的成熟景點也越來越不能滿足人們的品味。相比于擁擠和吵雜的熱門景點,人們似乎更愿意選擇安靜和有待探索的小眾之地。
結合上述關鍵字的補充,以下,我們來分析一篇近期的旅行類話題“特別的旅行”。
Topic analysis:
Describe a special trip you would like to go on in the future
You should say:
Where this place is
Who you would like to go with
What would you do there
And explain why this would be a special trip
Sample answer:
If I have to say a few words on a special trip that I would like to go on in the future, I would like to bring up the trip to Tasmania in Australia.
Tasmania is a separate island in south of Australia, which is known as the heart of the world. Actually, I have spent two years study in Australia, however, I have never been to this must-go destination.
After hard working for the whole year, recently, I would like to have my annual leave. Therefore, the idea of going to Tasmania suddenly popped up in my mind. I would like to go with my best friend, who is a senior traveller. She’s really good at scheduling trips by her-self instead of booking the package tour in travel agency.
As my friend suggested, we would rent a SUV and have a self-driving trip around the island. The highlight of the trip would be we will not book the traditional hotel in Tasmania, instead, we would like to try boathouse through the help of a useful website called ‘Airbnb’, which is a website can provide unique service of booking unusual accommodations, such as a wooden house in amazon forest, a boathouse in Perth, and even a cave hotel in Cappadocia of Turkey.
As for why this trip would be a special trip, I think the reason is very obvious. Currently, people are increasingly getting no longer satisfied with just sightseeing trips. I am sure our well-organized plan and the special accommodation would definitely make the trip unique.
本文選取了雅思口語Part 2常考話題門類“旅行類”話題,從構成旅行的元素為出發點,為考生們整理羅列了常用詞匯。在此基礎上,并重點分析了時下的口語考題“特別的旅行”,列舉了澳大利亞塔斯馬尼亞的環島自駕游以及特色的船屋住宿等內容。相信恰當的用詞以及新穎的旅行概念一定可以征服考官,也希望給各位雅思考生們提供參考和幫助。