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雅思口语考试中，建筑描述一直是一个难点，但是在考试中却时有出现，如a library, a hotel, a museum, a restaurant, a concert hall, a historical building, a modern building等。建筑描述中经常会涉及到一些设施、装潢等较为专业的、但在平时的学习中不太被涉及到的词汇。 餐馆cuisine, menu, decoration, architectural style, entertainment, staff, service等。architectural style了，我们可以多积累些相关的词汇，比如glass roof, open-air bar on the rooftop terrace和gothic wall等。 museum类型，其中的exhibits, 如visual art, painting, illustration, sculpture, collection of drawings and old master prints, document, artifact, art, archaeological object。还可以描述些博物馆经常举办的activities。 酒店 设施：underground parking, lobby, lobby bar, outdoor heated pool, exercise room outdoor yard, well-lit desk, hair dryer, coffeemaker, individual climate control, high speed internet access, direct TV, in-room movie等。 合适的句型也是非常重要的 描述library的时候，坐落地点，最常用的当然是be located in或be situated in。例如，我们可以说：The library is located at the southern part of Shanghai. 此外，建筑的风格描述可以选择句型：…is a typical classical architecture in a European/western/eastern style。图书馆中的收藏当然是句型：The library is complete when it comes to…来描述，例如The library is complete when it comes to references be it newspapers, books, thesis from former students, etc. 地点和建筑类考题的覆盖面是非常之广的，几乎涵盖了所有人们生活之中最常去的地方。其中，小区和住房的描述几乎是每次必考的话题。在描述小区时，我们首先也会描述坐落地点，如city center, urban area, downtown, rural area, outskirts, suburbs, village, town等。此外，还会描述小区的设施，如dry cleaner’s, gym, car park, swimming pool等。一般还会有针对交通的问题，会用到的词有bus station, subway station, railway station, elevated ring road, maglev, highway等。在小区描述之后，通常是对自己的住房的描述，而经常涉及的考题是谈论house和apartment之间的区别 A house is usually on the ground floor, and has an upstairs and a downstairs. In a house there is normally a kitchen dining room and living room downstairs, whilst the bedrooms and bathroom are upstairs. In an apartment, which is usually in a block so raised above ground level, all of the rooms of the house are on the same floor. Houses often come with garages, whereas apartments can usually only come with a parking space. Houses often have gardens out the fr