12月23日口语话题卡（精心准备的礼物）(1)(7) (1).docxVIP

雅思口语话题卡Part23 Describe a gift that took you a lot of time to prepare 精心准备的礼物 题目 Describe a gift that took you a lot of time to prepare You should say: What it is Who you gave it to How you prepared it And explain why you spend a lot of time preparing it 参考答案 The gift that took me a lot of time to prepare is actually a Chinese Knot, which? I sent to an American friend of mine. 花了我很长时间准备的一个礼物是中国结，我把它送给一个美国朋友。 It was like the third year of my senior (junior) high school that I made this handcraft for the first time. During that time, I was quite busy preparing for the Gaokao (ZHONGKAO), which is the college (senior high school) entrance examination. I got piles of homework to do, which made me feel kind of stressed out. But, my life turned out to be not that dark when an American friend of mine came into my life. He was at our school as an exchange student of an international program. He just added some spice to my school life and gave me some kind of hope when I was communicating with him. And as a way of appreciation, I decided to make a Chinese knot for him, expressing my best wishes to him. 我记得是我在上高中（初中）三年级的时候我自己第一次做了这么一个手工艺品。在那个时候，我在忙于高考（中考）。我有成堆的作业，让我倍感压力。但是，一位从美国来到我们学校当交换生的同学的到来让我的生活变得不那么黑暗了。在同他交流的过程中，他让我的生活变得精彩了一些。作为感谢，我决定自己做一个中国结表达美好的祝愿。 You know, I thought it wouldn’t be too difficult if I had followed the instructions, but it was. It was like assembling the furniture you bought from IKEA. It looks simple but kind of complicated to put the pieces together. So, it took me like a week’s leisure time to make it. The knotting process was kind of a suffer because it involved a lot of detailed work, but I actually felt a sense of achievement and enjoyment after I managed to knot the lines. So, it was indeed a pretty memorial experience in my life, I should say. 我当时还想着按着指导手册来做应该不太难，结果并不是这样。就像你从宜家买回的家具一样，看起来很简单，其实组装起来有点费劲。所以，我大概花费了一周的零碎时间才做好。编制过程有点难熬，因为包含了很多细节活。不过，完工之后我还是感到心情愉悦和成就感的。所以，的确是一个难以忘怀的经历。 Part 3 追加问题 How do people usually choose gifts? Why do some p