雅思口語話題：Mirror

　　Do you often look in the mirror?

　　Do you often buy mirrors?

　　Where do you put mirrors?

　　Do you think mirrors are a necessary decoration?

　　1. Do you often look in the mirror?

　　思路：可以回答經(jīng)常照鏡子，比如臭美一下，或者檢查有沒有眼屎，不然就丑大了;當(dāng)然喜歡化濃妝的人，可能得經(jīng)常照鏡子，尤其是大熱天和暴雨天，眼線很容易花的。如果有同學(xué)說不怎么照鏡子，也是可以嗒，比如只有要擠臉上痘痘時(shí)才會(huì)想到去找別人借一下鏡子。

　　誤區(qū)：即使平時(shí)不怎么照鏡子，同學(xué)們也要試試進(jìn)行一定的擴(kuò)展，比如上一次照鏡子或者無意中路過瞥了一眼是什么時(shí)候啦，都是可以的。

　　語料：

　　look into the mirror 照鏡子

　　every now and then 偶爾/有時(shí)

　　check my make-up 檢查妝容

　　check my good looks 查看美麗的外表

　　check how I look 檢查下美不美

　　hair style 發(fā)型

　　with the help of… 在……的幫助下

　　get rid of… = remove… 去掉……

　　sleepies 眼屎

　　stick around 粘著

　　be addicted to… 沉迷于……

　　get smudged 暈染了

　　embarrass oneself 丟臉

　　范例一：

　　Well, sometimes! You know, I’m a lady and I’ve got to make sure I look good 24/7. Plus, every now and then I need to check if I’ve got any sleepies sticking around the corner of my eye.

　　范例二：

　　I guess so. You might not know this, but I’m quite addicted to heavy make-ups and that. So I kind of have to constantly check my face to see if I’ve got my eyeliners smudged. Otherwise I could potentially scare some people. Did that once actually. Was pouring that day, so my whole face was all gone.

　　范例三：

　　Not particularly. You know what, I don’t even own a mirror to be honest. But sometimes I do borrow other people’s mirror for a second just to check the spot on my face. Other than that, I don’t really spend much time looking in some mirrors.

　　2. Do you often buy mirrors?

　　思路：不怎么買鏡子，我的大部分鏡子都是免費(fèi)的。要么是朋友給的，還有粉餅盒子，它們里面自帶鏡子的;或者是雜志里面送的贈(zèng)品。

　　誤區(qū)：有的同學(xué)會(huì)就用粉餅盒子當(dāng)鏡子，但是英文又不確定怎么講，沒關(guān)系的，稍微解釋一下就行‘I just use my face powder box or container, you know they always come with a powder puff as well as a mirror’

　　語料：

　　free gift 贈(zèng)品

　　cosmetic products 化妝品

　　blusher 腮紅

　　foundation powder 粉餅

　　plastic wrapping 塑料包裝紙

　　范例：

　　Not at all. In fact, most of the mirrors I’ve got are free, I think. They are either from my friends or just came in some magazines, you know they always put some free gifts in the plastic wrapping.

　　3. Where do you put mirrors?

　　思路：可以按照化妝用的小鏡子和放家里的大鏡子一起分開講。小鏡子一般隨身帶，塞在手提包里就好了。放在室內(nèi)的大鏡子一般放在浴室啊，門口都行。但是不敢放一個(gè)大鏡子在臥室，因?yàn)榭植榔炊嗔?，害?也擔(dān)心風(fēng)水。

　　誤區(qū)：我們聽到題目可能會(huì)有些困惑，不知道考官指的是什么鏡子。其實(shí)這里也沒有必要去問考官他或她指的是家里那種大鏡子還是小鏡子，直接自己分成兩種情況去講就好啦。

　　語料：

　　hang… on the wall 掛在墻上

　　hang… in the bathroom 掛在浴室

　　be scared 害怕

　　horror films 恐怖片

　　all those years 這么多年來

　　avoid doing… 避免做……

　　范例：

　　Well, if you mean the baby ones for my make-ups and that, I always just stuff them in my handbag. But when it comes to the bigger mirrors, you know the ones you put in the house, I think I might prefer to have one on my bathroom wall or anywhere else except in my bedroom, cause I would be quite scared. You know, I’ve watched too many creepy horror films all those years.

　　4. Do you think mirrors are a necessary decoration?

　　思路：先回答yes，然后回答在很多商店都看到他們使用正面的鏡子，讓整個(gè)空間很大。所以自己也要在新的房子里安一個(gè)大鏡子顯得更寬敞。當(dāng)然大家也可以回答no，說自己家都不用鏡子。一般都在等公交車的時(shí)候?qū)χ囌九茩z查發(fā)型。

　　誤區(qū)：對(duì)，大家沒有看錯(cuò)，題目就是問鏡子是不是一個(gè)必須的裝飾物。其實(shí)可以嗒，大家想想很多商店都用鏡子讓整個(gè)店面顯得更大更寬敞，對(duì)不對(duì)。

　　語料：appear larger 顯得更大

　　look more spacious 看起來更寬敞

　　the size of… 和……一樣大

　　范例：

　　Well, they can be. I’ve seen a lot of shops using a massive mirror the size of a wall and surprisingly that does make the whole place appear twice larger. In fact, I might place some big ones in my new flat to make it look more spacious.