新題陸陸續(xù)續(xù)的開始出來啦，一月份考試的同學(xué)要進入"戰(zhàn)時狀態(tài)"嘍。雖然復(fù)習(xí)時間不會太充裕，但至少你要做到心中有數(shù)可以講什么、該講什么。1月之后考試的同學(xué)則可以關(guān)注我的公眾號講解，這段時間我一定不會放你們鴿子，至少一周4篇的更新是不會少的。

　　那么作為新題的第二彈，我選擇了《玩具》這道題。其實它也是一道舊題重返。去年出來的時候，很多同學(xué)就認為它是難題，所以我希望通過我的講解可以幫助大家縷清一整個答題思路。

　　Describe a toy you had in your childhood

　　You should say:

　　? What it was

　　? How you got it

　　? How you played with it

　　? And explain why you liked it

　　之所以《玩具》這道題有點難度，是因為大家在玩具的選擇上很有局限性。女生一般會選擇講各種毛絨玩具，而男生則會選擇樂高、汽車和槍，但是這些玩具真的容易講么？這個問題非常有待商榷。為了可以生產(chǎn)出和別人不一樣，同時又很簡單的內(nèi)容，我們不如先從玩具的品類開始聊。

　　List of Toys

　　Action figures 公仔手辦

　　Transformer 變形金剛/ Spider-Man 蜘蛛俠/ Batman 蝙蝠俠/ Jumping Jack 彈跳杰克/ Toy soldier 玩具士兵/ Weeble 不倒翁

　　Animals 動物玩偶

　　Sock monkey 襪子猴/ Teddy bear 泰迪熊/ Rocking horse 搖擺木馬

　　Creative toys 啟發(fā)想象力的玩具

　　Stickers 貼紙/ Silly putty 彈性橡皮泥/ Magna doodle 磁石畫板/ Jigsaw puzzle 拼圖/ Rubik’s cube 魔方/ Easel 畫架

　　Remote-controlled 無線電控制的

　　Remote-controlled car 遙控車/ Remote-controlled helicopter 遙控直升機/ Remote-controlled boat 遙控船

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　　Dolls 玩具娃娃

　　Barbie 芭比娃娃/ Polly Pocket 芭莉口袋/ Strawberry Shortcake 草莓女孩/ Cabbage Patch Kids 卷心菜寶寶

　　Educational toys 益智玩具

　　Ant farm 螞蟻農(nóng)場/ Building blocks 積木/ Lego 樂高/ Speak & Spell 拼讀玩具

　　Electronic toys 電子玩具

　　Tamagotchi pet 電子寵物/ Robot dog 機器狗

　　Food-related toys 和食物有關(guān)的玩具

　　Easy-bake oven 烤爐玩具/ Tea set 茶具

　　Games 游戲

　　Monopoly 大富翁/ Candy Land 糖果樂園/ Chinese Checkers 跳棋/ Ludo 飛行棋/ Snakes and ladders 蛇梯棋 / Uno 優(yōu)諾牌

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　　Models 模型玩具

　　Model aircraft 模型飛機/ Model car 模型車/ Model railway 模型火車

　　Musical toys 聲音玩具

　　Toy piano 玩具鋼琴/ Baby guitar 玩具吉他/ Electronic drum set 電子鼓/ Whistle 口哨/ Toy CD player 玩具CD機/ Karaoke machine 卡拉OK機

　　Spinning toys 旋轉(zhuǎn)玩具

　　Yo-yo 悠悠球/ Spinning-top 陀螺/ Pinwheel 風車/ Chinese yo-yo & Diabolo 空竹/ Frisbee 飛盤/ Hula hoop 呼啦圈

　　Accessories 玩具配飾

　　Magical wand 魔法棒/ Toy sword 玩具劍/ Masks 面具

　　從以上13類玩具來看，我相信大家能獲取更多的靈感，同時也可以擺脫玩具單一的印象。現(xiàn)在我們就選擇一個自己想講的玩具來完成整個話題，但需要注意的是“玩具=物品”，為此我們需要結(jié)合物品的相關(guān)維度來拓展小問題的細節(jié)內(nèi)容。

　　“物品”相關(guān)維度：

　　Type/ Function (可考慮科技性)/ Price/ Quantity (可考慮是否為限量版)/ Quality/ Designer (可考慮這是一個家人或朋友制作的手工玩具)/ Origins/ Brand/ Appearance (size/ color/ decoration/ shape/ material/ style)

　　History (可考慮是否為舊的二手玩具)/ Popularity/ How you know about it/ When you bought or got it/ Who bought it/ Where you bought it/ Why you bought it/ How often you played with it etc.

　　01

　　What it was

　　第一小問的拓展不是特別難，我們可以從物品類角度中任意選取1-2個角度進行拓展。不過我重點推點的角度有以下幾個：

　　Appearance

　　因為剩下的三個小問基本不會用到這個角度，所以我們可以在第一問里對它外貌稍作描述。你可以從“顏色、大小、形狀、材料、裝飾物、風格”里任意挑選1-2個點進行描述。

　　Example one：Magical wand

　　I am going to talk about my favorite toy from my childhood. It was a pink magical wand 仙女棒 with a heart-shaped light on the top. When I pressed the button at the bottom, it would shine brightly.

　　Example two：Lego

　　I am going to talk about Lego, my favorite toy from my childhood. I had lots of it, about 2000 pieces. I made castles, trucks, animals and many other different things.

　　Quantity

　　我們也可以從數(shù)量上對玩具進行拓展，尤其是那些限量版的。它們不僅數(shù)量有限，同時價格很高

　　Example ：Transformer

　　My favorite toy was a limited-edition 限量版 transformer which was really delicate with a lot of detailed parts. It was more expensive than other transformers I had. It cost over 2000 yuan.

　　Popularity

　　“受歡迎程度”也是一個極佳的拓展點，我們可以進一步說明它是怎樣的受歡迎以及為什么受歡迎。

　　Example one：Barbie

　　My favorite toy from my childhood was my Barbie. At the time, they were very popular and all my friends had them. You could buy many different types of Barbies. My favorite was cheerlead Barbie.

　　Example two：Weeble

　　The toy I would like to talk about was a Weeble 不倒翁 in the shape of a cute penguin. It was a really popular toy when I was young, but now you never see them.

　　Price

　　價格也是可以放在第一問拓展的角度。有同學(xué)可能會說小時候的玩具怎么可能記得價格，沒有關(guān)系，你不記得可以讓別人告訴你。

　　Example one：Yo-Yo

　　The toy I would like to talk about was a Yo-Yo 悠悠球 that I loved very much when I was in primary school. It would shine when it spun round 旋轉(zhuǎn) which made it a bit more special than the other ones. I think it cost a lot more than the plain 普通的 Yo-Yos but it was worth saving up for.

　　Example two：Remote-controlled car

　　The toy I would like to talk about was my remote-controlled car 遙控車 which was my favorite. I forgot how much it was, but my mum always reminds me that it was the most expensive toy that I had. She said it cost around 500 yuan. I realize I was very lucky to have such a toy.

　　02

　　How you got it

　　至于說你怎么得到這個玩具，這就相當于“Who gave it to you”。針對這個小問題，我們可以有三種解題方式：

　　How you know about it

　　我們可以按“How you know about …”的格式來答題，然后在結(jié)果部分體現(xiàn)“Who gave it to you”。

　　Example one：

　　One day, after school, I went to the toy shop as usual. From the corner of my eye 從眼睛余光處, I saw it sparkling. I was attracted by its lovely appearance, but I didn’t buy it immediately, as I couldn’t afford it.

　　However, after helping my mum do the housework for a month, I finally had enough to buy it. I was on cloud nine 很高興 when I brought it home.

　　Example two：

　　I saw it in a toy shop when I went shopping with my mum. I liked it so much, however, my mum refused to buy it for me as she thought it was a waste of money.

　　I was very disappointed. However, on my birthday, I got a wonderful surprise. My mum had bought it secretly, as she knew how much I wanted it. I was so happy and excited.

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　　直接式

　　我們也可以非常直接的給出我們的回答，也就是誰買的。但接下去我們可以繼續(xù)拓展和“買”相關(guān)的信息，比如：什么時候買的、哪里買的、為什么要買、和誰一起去買的、花多長時間買的、花了多少錢。如果你在第一問中有拓展過價格的信息，你就可以直接忽略掉“花了多少錢”這個點。

　　Example one：

　　I clearly remember my friend, Jack, gave it to me on my 13th birthday. He knew how much I loved the toy. He had saved all his pocket money and even did some chores, so he could afford it.

　　Example two：

It was given to me by my father. Around 10 years ago, he was in the USA on a business trip, so I called him and asked him to buy it for me. My father always spoiled me, so he bought it for me next day. I was so excited to get it when he returned home.

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　　猜測

　　和《別人送你的手工禮物》一樣，我們在回答“誰給的”時候也可以通過猜測的方式來給出信息。當你收到禮物的時候，你可能并不是很清楚誰給的。往往這個時候你腦子里會有一個人選，但結(jié)果可能事實并非這個人。

　　Example：

When I went back home, it was sitting on my desk. I was so surprised and thought my mum had bought it for me as she knew how much I wanted one. However, it was actually from my cousin who was studying abroad.

He had shipped it to China a week earlier and then asked my mum to give it to me on my birthday. I couldn't believe how kind and thoughtful he was. I wrote a very nice Thank You letter to show him how much it meant to me.

　　03

　　How you played with it

　　這個小問讓很多同學(xué)感到迷惑，同時也不知道從何答起。既然如此，我們不如把問題變一變。既然問的是你怎么玩，這也就相當于問“Who you played it with”。這么一看，好像這個問題還是蠻簡單的，它的答題格式也是我們所熟知的按“主次”或“時間線”拆分。

　　按主次拆分

　　在這個答題格式下，我們把玩具玩的人群分為兩波。經(jīng)常跟誰一起玩，偶爾跟誰一起玩。同時，我們還可以加上具體怎么和他們玩。因為玩具可以和游戲進行結(jié)合，所以我們可以考慮游戲的玩法和規(guī)則。

　　Example one：Magical wand

　　I mostly played with it by myself. I imitated the actions from the cartoon, Sailor Moon 美少女戰(zhàn)士, as I thought it would give me magical powers. I, sometimes, took it to school and shared it with my friends. We were all huge fans of Sailor Moon and really enjoyed pretending we were characters during our break.

　　Example two：Transformer

It was really fun even if I played it alone, because the transformer could be transformed into a small car and I could even put a lot of weapons on it to make it more powerful. I also liked to play it with my friends, as we would have transformer battles.

　　Each transformer possessed different powers, so we used their individual strength to beat each other. The final winner would always win the respect from everybody else.

　　按時間線拆分

　　在這個答題格式下，和我們玩的人群有發(fā)生時間上的變化。比如：剛開始你是一個人玩的，但后來覺得無聊，所以開始帶到學(xué)校去和大家一起玩。

　　Example one：Transformer

At first, I played with it by myself. Every night after I finished my homework, I would play with it for a while. However, sometimes it was boring playing alone, so my father suggested that I share the toy with my friends, which I did.

　　I would take it to school everyday in my backpack and during the break, I would play with it with my friends. We were very imaginative and thought of many different ways to play with it.

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　　Example two：Remote-controlled car

　　I played with it with my friends and we had a car race every night after school. However, one day,  a classmate stamped 用腳踩踏 on it accidentally and it broke. I was so upset.

　　He apologized profusely and I knew he felt bad. I didn’t want to throw it away, so I put it on my bookshelf as a decoration.

　　04

　　Why you liked it

　　至于我們喜歡一個玩具的原因，雖然會因人而異，但基本上我們可以根據(jù)“The benefits of toys”來作出一些常規(guī)總結(jié)。很多同學(xué)在給出觀點時，基本都是從“想象力”著手。的確，這是玩具帶給我們的主要優(yōu)點之一。除此以外，其實它的作用還有很多。

　　Shape one’s personality

　　玩具可以幫助孩子形成某一種性格，比如：積木類的玩具可以讓孩子變得更有耐心，更懂堅持；魔法棒類帶有一定能量色彩的玩具可以讓孩子變得更具有正義感; 不倒翁系列的玩具則可以教會孩子面對失敗要有失敗要有重新站起來的勇氣。

　　Example one：

　　A big but silly reason why I liked the magical wand 仙女棒 so much was it made me feel like a super hero. In the cartoon, the wand is used to protect people and fight evil. When I was young, I was a bit timid, but I always felt brave when I held it in my hand.

　　I protected girls who were being bullied and scared off the annoying boys. It seemed like I was very dangerous and unsafe, but I really enjoyed the moment as I could protect my friends.

　　Example two：

　　I was really into my Lego. Not only was it fun, but it made me a patient and persistent person. When I first got the Lego, I thought it would be a breeze 簡單. However, it was not as easy as I thought. You need to use your imagination and be patient to create your own Lego world.

Sometimes, I would get annoyed, but my father told me to keep going and never give up. Over the years, I created some very impressive structures. I think Lego taught me the importance of persistence and gave me the ability to overcome obstacles and challenges.

　　Example three：

　　My Weeble 不倒翁 was my favorite toy. I liked watching it wobble and stand up again. My dad always told me it showed the importance of picking yourself up  重振旗鼓 when things get difficult.

　　Obviously at the time, I was too young to really know what that meant, but now I can see the relevance. Now when I am faced something challenging, I just picture my Weeble.

　　Discover talents

　　玩具可以發(fā)現(xiàn)孩子獨有的才能。比如：畫畫類的玩具可以展現(xiàn)孩子的繪畫天賦；樂高類的玩具也可以展現(xiàn)孩子的建造才能。

　　Example one：

　　I loved my easel because it really helped me discover my talent for painting. At first, my mum bought it for me to scribble on 亂涂亂畫. However, as time passed, she noticed how my drawings were improving.

　　As a result, she decided to send me to art classes and that is how I got into art. Thanks to my easel, I am now a successful painter.

　　Example two：

I loved my lego so much because it helped me discover my talent for construction. When I was young I would build all kinds of buildings and the older I got the more impressive they became. I loved the process from start to finish, so I knew one day I would be a builder or architect.

　　Develop personal skills

　　玩具也可以幫助孩子提升個人能力。比如：玩偶類的玩具可以讓孩子學(xué)會如何照顧人以及如何成為一個有責任感的人； 廚具類的玩具則可以培養(yǎng)孩子的做飯能力。

　　Example one：

I absolutely loved my doll and I would take her everywhere. I would give her meals and make sure she always had nice clothes. I think this is why I now like looking after others. I really care about people and worry if they are not well looked after.

　　Example two：

　　I loved my easy-bake oven very much. Even though it was not a real kitchen, I think it started my love of cooking. I used to enjoy chopping, mixing and serving food. Nowadays, there is nothing more satisfying than preparing and cooking a meal for friends or loved ones. I have dinner parties every month.

　　Companion

　　玩具也是孩子童年時候的陪伴。比如：玩偶類的玩具不會讓孩子感到孤單，同時還可以緩解孩子的緊張情緒。

　　Example：

I was afraid of the dark when I was young and I didn’t like to be alone at night. I thought there were ghosts and monsters. That’s why I loved my teddy bear. When I was scared, I would hug him tightly and he would comfort me and protect me from all my fears. I always slept well when he was next to me.

　　Capture imagination

　　玩具可以幫助孩子提升想象力，比如：玩偶類的玩具可以讓孩子徜徉在自己的世界中，創(chuàng)造不同的人物形象。

　　Example：

　　I loved my doll's house because it captured my imagination. It was like my own little world.  I would create scenarios 情景 and roles for all the dolls and it would keep me entertained for hours.

　　I liked dressing up the dolls too and I would make furniture from bits and pieces lying around the house. It was a happy world where only great things happened.

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　　Popularity

　　在一定程度上，玩具也可以讓一個孩子受到更多人的歡迎，如果這個玩具很稀有或者這個玩具可以讓孩子充分展示某方面才能的話。

　　Example one：

　　I really liked it, as, at the time, it was the coolest toy to have and made me the most popular person in my class. Hardly anybody had the limited-edition transformer, so everybody was talking about mine. Suddenly, I had a lot more friends.

　　Example two：

　　I really liked it because I had the best yo-yo skills at my school. Every time I competed with others, I won. Because of this, everyone knew who I was and liked to challenge me. Even some senior students knew about me. I was known as the yo-yo champion.

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　　通過對以上四小問的講解，現(xiàn)在你可以完成屬于你自己的話題啦。

　　參考答案：【玩具】

　　女生款 （仙女棒）

　　What it was

　　I am going to talk about my favorite toy from my childhood. It was a pink magical wand with a heart-shaped light on the top. When I pressed the button at the bottom, it would shine brightly.

　　How you got it

　　One day, after school, I went to the toy shop as usual. From the corner of my eye, I saw it sparkling. I was attracted by its lovely appearance, but I didn’t buy it immediately, as I couldn’t afford it.

　　However, after helping my mum do the housework for a month, I finally had enough to buy it. I was on cloud nine when I brought it home.

　　How you played with it

　　I mostly played with it by myself. I imitated the actions from the cartoon, Sailor Moon, as I thought it would give me magical powers. I, sometimes, took it to school and shared it with my friends.

　　We were all huge fans of Sailor Moon and really enjoyed pretending we were characters during our break.

　　? Why you liked it

　　P—A big but silly reason why I liked the magical wand so much was it made me feel like a super hero.

　　E— In the cartoon, the wand is used to protect people and fight evil. When I was young, I was a bit timid, but I always felt brave when I held it in my hand.

　　E—I protected girls who were being bullied and scared off the annoying boys. It seemed like I was very dangerous and unsafe, but I really enjoyed the moment as I could protect my friends.

　　男生款 （變形金剛）

　　What it was

　　My favorite toy was a limited-edition transformer which was really delicate with a lot of detailed parts. It was more expensive than other transformers I had. It cost over 2000 yuan.

　　 How you got it

It was given to me by my father. Around 10 years ago, he was in the USA on a business trip, so I called him and asked him to buy it for me. My father always spoiled me, so he bought it for me next day. I was so excited to get it when he returned home.

　　How you played with it

It was really fun even if I played it alone, because the transformer could be transformed into a small car and I could even put a lot of weapons on it to make it more powerful. I also liked to play it with my friends, as we would have transformer battles.

　　Each transformer possessed different powers, so we used their individual strength to beat each other. The final winner would always win the respect from everybody else.

　　? Why you liked it

　　P—I really liked it, as, at the time, it was the coolest toy to have and made me the most popular person in my class.

　　E— Hardly anybody had the limited-edition transformer, so everybody was talking about mine. Suddenly, I had a lot more friends.