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     雅思口语题库：让你放松的地方

　　Describe a place where you are able to relax 让你放松的地方

　　You should say:

　　◆ Where it is

　　◆ What it is like

　　◆ How often you go there

　　And how you feel about this place

　　【Sample Answer高分答案】

　　I used to work in New York City for years. Many people might think there is no other place with an energy that can compete with NYC – anything you want to do in an international city, you can do more here. There are endless bars and restaurants for those enjoy social life and happy hours; it is the home of Broadway musicals and tons of award-winning comedy shows. You will be able to meet people from all over the world trying to make a living here. It is just like what Alicia Key sings – “concrete jungle where dreams are made of”.

　　However, if you work in a high-stress job, this whole world of glamourous life becomes nothing but a fairy tale to you. Part of my job involved making weekly financial forecast for senior management and the Federal Reserve Bank. Long hours are definitely guaranteed; you also needed to get ready for calls to put out some fires! After a 12-ish hour work day, do you still want to visit a new drink venue to meet your friends? Or go to the opening of a new gallery?

　　The answer became extremely straight forward – I just wanted to go back to my bedroom to relax! My room was far away from being fancy. It was part of a 3 bed-room apartment and facing one of the main avenues. I could clearly hear trucks hauling by sometimes. On the bright side, it had 3 windows so there were lots of sun lights during the day. Most importantly, that was my personal space where I can cut myself out from the outside world. There was no “time zones” in my room, I could communicate with friends from Asia to Europe to North America simultaneously. I could watch thriller movies deep into the nights without worrying if I needed to hand in any report the next day. Your place, your rules. When talking about relaxation, there was no other place I would rather be.

　　【Brainstorming思路拓展】

　　1.找一个你可以放松的环境。这个地方一定是和其他地方不一样的，可以用对比的方式展开讨论，引出你要说的主题

　　2.安静、私人、亲近自然、愉悦等环境都可以让你放松。令你特别喜欢和依赖上这个地方的原因，可以是它的景观、音乐、书籍、甚至去这个地方的人

　　【思路解析】

　　1.这个范文通过讲自己的经历来介绍这个地方。讲经历不一定是一件具体的事情，经历可以是为主题提供一个backstory.

　　2.文中讨论自己生活在一个什么样的环境，并且从事什么样的工作。正是这样特殊的环境和工作状态，才会让自己向往一个放松的地方，以此引出下文

　　3.本文选择的地方是自己的房间。自己的房间为作者提供了私人的空间和时间，自己可以自由控制，因此对于之前描述的压力和热闹，这是最自在的地方，因而让人放松。

　　【Language bits高分表达】

　　a high-stress job: 高压的工作

　　glamourous life： 奢华的生活

　　put out fires: 解决紧急问题

　　venue: 地点

　　straight forward：直接

　　simultaneously：同时

　　thriller movie: 惊悚的电影

　　Your place, your rules：你的地方你做主