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雅思口語Part2：A sport you want to try 你想嘗試的運(yùn)動(dòng)！提起運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目，我們能夠想到很多種，籃球，沖浪，跑步，都是常見的運(yùn)動(dòng)。當(dāng)提到你想嘗試的運(yùn)動(dòng)，你又會(huì)想到什么運(yùn)動(dòng)呢？
Describe a sport you want to try for the first time
You should say:
◆ What is it
◆ How you would learn it
◆ What equipment is needed
And explain why you would like to try it
Sample Answer高分答案
I remember seeing an interesting online quiz that tries to tell you if you are fit for doing certain sports. The quiz tries to gauge your physical attributes and personality, and matches you with a suitable sport to try. By working on the questions, I realized a lot of the “cool” sports require extreme characteristics. For example, not many shorter people are likely to succeed in volleyball, and those with poor stamina will not be a good triathlete. It sounds surreal that the quiz says competitive cheerleading will be a great match for me, because the agility and power that it takes go way beyond my capabilities. However, I know deep down that competitive cheerleading is something I would love to try.
For a long time, I thought that cheerleading was just a show, a dance, a type of performance that motivates the sports team and entertain the audience. You just need to look pretty - preferably be skinny – and have great moves，then you are qualified to join the cheerleading team. This impression lasted until I came across a TV documentary that talked about the competitive cheerleading in North America. The show followed the life of some high school students who aspired to join the country’s best cheerleading team, and gave the audience a first-hand experience of what it was like to try out for the team, as well as practicing for and competing in competitive cheerleading. Depending on the position, a competitive cheerleader needs to either perform stunts, jumps, tumbling, or lifting and catching a flying teammate. In a nutshell, it’s a combination of gymnastics and acrobatics: cheerleaders need to work in a team and perform dangerous moves to compete with other teams. The competitions generally involve tossing someone up into the air to land on top of a group of teammates, with the goal of performing dangerous posts involving connecting at the legs or arms with other flyers, followed by jumping down for a landing assisted by the group on the ground. Equipment needed centers around mostly for support and protection, such as knee braces, ankle wraps and floor mats. Other than these, you are on your own, hoping that your landing is accurate and your teammates are reliable. The only way that I can learn about this sport is to join a competitive cheerleading team in high school or college, which is impossible to do right now.
Though it sounds extremely dangerous, it is also one of the most beautiful sports I have even seen. Its moves are exciting and complex, and it takes great upper body strength with precise physical coordination to perform well. If there is ever a chance I can kid myself to try any simple move, such as tumbling, I would love to go for it.
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Brainstorming思路拓展
題目要求你描述一個(gè)自己喜歡嘗試的體育運(yùn)動(dòng)?？忌梢愿鶕?jù)自己的生活經(jīng)歷和興趣愛好，找一個(gè)你也比較了解的體育運(yùn)動(dòng)來講。這樣才可以描述這個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)的細(xì)節(jié)，或者運(yùn)動(dòng)中的一些過程和感受。建議之前先做一些research，尤其是查找一下你選的那項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)的位置、動(dòng)作、器械的單詞和表達(dá)。
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思路解析
1. 文章開頭，作者提到從做一個(gè)線上心理測試中，了解到competitive cheerleading這一項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)，并且對(duì)其產(chǎn)生了好奇心。
2. 作者接著介紹自己過往對(duì)competitive cheerleading 的理解非常膚淺。后來看了一部關(guān)于北美高中生的紀(jì)錄片，才對(duì)這項(xiàng)體育運(yùn)動(dòng)有了正確的認(rèn)識(shí)。也簡單的介紹了一下這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)里面的具體位置、動(dòng)作及需要的設(shè)備。正因?yàn)檫@個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)難度非常高，作者為沒法真正參與覺得遺憾。
3. 最后作者說盡管這個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)又危險(xiǎn)又難，卻是作者見過的最好看的表演運(yùn)動(dòng)。作者也希望可以嘗試一些簡單的動(dòng)作。
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Language bits高分表達(dá)
Quiz: 小測
Gauge = evaluate
Stamina: 耐力
Triathlete: 鐵人三項(xiàng)賽運(yùn)動(dòng)員
Surreal: 不真實(shí)
Agility: 敏捷
Tumbling: 翻筋斗
Toss: 拋
Gymnastics：體操
Acrobatics ：雜技
以上內(nèi)容由雅思8分、聽力9分，擁有12年美國學(xué)習(xí)和工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)，環(huán)球教育·華南總校人氣雅思口語May老師原創(chuàng)。
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