雅思口语题库｜高频话题 ：Part 2: 向长者学习的技能

IELTS Speaking｜ Part 2: Describe a skill that you can learn from older people

You should say:

• What it is
• Why the skill can be learned from older people
• How you will learn the skill from older people
• And explain how you will feel if you master the skill

关键词汇/组 & 句型：

Advanced words & phrases

– compulsively [adv] 强迫地，强制性地

– to go around compulsively

– frugal [adj] 节俭的，俭朴的

– frugal life

– derive a great deal of benefit 获得巨大的利益

E.G. We could certainly derive a great deal of benefit from picking the brains of the older people around us.

– pick the brains of someone 请教某人

E.G. We could certainly derive a great deal of benefit from picking the brains of the older people around us.

– money burn a hole in one’s pocket 有钱就花，存不住钱

E.G. We have a tendency to let money burn a hole in our pockets and live pay check to pay check.

– financial stability 财政稳定，金融稳定

E.G. That’s not ideal because you always need to have some kind of financial stability, some kind of safety net in case of emergencies.

– safety net （防备不测的）保障措施，安全保障

E.G. That’s not ideal because you always need to have some kind of financial stability, some kind of safety net in case of emergencies.

– splash out 挥霍，花大钱购买

E.G. If you spend all your money as soon as it arrives in your account, and go around compulsively splashing out on anything that takes your fancy, it’s very difficult to build for the future.

– make do with 用（某物）设法对付，讲究，凑合用

E.G. They had to make do with far less choice.

– strive for 争取，为…而奋斗

E.G. I believe it’s something that we should strive for.

Useful Sentences

– Well, I actually think we can learn a lot of things from older people, both in terms of skills and also knowledge in general, but the specific skill that I’d like to learn from older people is

我认为我们可以从长者身上学到很多东西，包括技能和知识，但我想从老年人身上学到的这项具体技能是…

– The reason why I think this skill is something we can learn from older people is because, firstly and most obviously, they have a lot more life experience. They’ve been through the ups and downs of a long life and most likely have experienced the same things that we are going through.

我之所以认为这项技能是我们能从长者身上学到的，首先也是最显而易见的原因就是，他们有丰富的生活经验，在漫长的人生中经历过起起落落，我们面对的事情很可能他们早就经历过。

– It’d be something very satisfying to do, and would also be a really valuable skill to have.

这会是一件令人满意的事情，也是一项非常有价值的技能。

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