雅思口语黄金词汇语料系列：holidays

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关于Holidays，你应该能了解几个关键词“flight”,“tour”或者“view”，不过在雅思口语考试中，更为关键的是要将词与词组合成固定短语和实际表达，来展现优秀的英语遣词造句能力。本文将通过雅思式的p1,2,3问答方式，用实例来展现关于holidays，你应该掌握的一波核心口语用词。

Part 1-style questions

Examiner: What kind of holiday do you like?

Miguel: I try to avoid tourist traps … I like to get away from it all and

prefer going somewhere off the beaten track … last year I had the holiday of a

lifetime … a two week wildlife safari in Kenya.

Examiner: What do you like to do when you’re on holiday?

Anna: I enjoy visiting the local places of interest … I like to go

sightseeing and always sign up for guided tours as it’s a chance to be shown

around and take photographs … one of my hobbies.

Examiner: Do you have many tourists in your country?

Amy: Yes … we have a lot of holiday resorts along the coast that are popular

with tourists … most people come on package holidays and stay in one of the many

hotels and self-catering apartments.

Part 2-style task

Describe a beautiful place you once visited. :

when you went to this place

where it was

who you went with

and say why you liked it so much.

Sally: A few years ago I went on a long weekend to the Lake District in the

UK … it’s a very popular holiday destination in the north of England … I went on

my own and had a wonderful time … I stayed in a youth hostel and met some really

nice people … but the most memorable thing about the holiday were the

breathtaking views … and lovely picturesque villages … it can get very busy with

hordes of tourists so I decided to go out of season in the autumn … the weather

was fantastic and the shops were full of local crafts … a really great holiday …

it’s certainly not the kind of short break for someone looking for a busy

nightlife but if you want to relax in the middle of stunning landscape I would

certainly recommend a holiday to the Lake District.

Part 3-style questions

Examiner: What do you think has led to the growth in the tourism

industry?

Miguel: It’s much easier and affordable to travel now … nowadays you can get

cheap charter-flights or all-in packages … to somewhere near or to a far-off

destination.

Examiner: How do people tend to choose a destination?

Anna: The Internet is a great source of information and high street travel

agents are still very popular … that’s where I like to go to get holiday

brochures for the place I’m interested in.

Examiner: People sometimes say flying is the most glamorous form of travel.

Do you agree?

Amy: I’m not so sure really … flying can be quite boring … queuing up at the

check-in desk … going through passport control … sitting for ages in the

departure lounge … then the flight itself can be quite uncomfortable … no … I’m

not sure I agree.

Golden Vocabulary

all-in package holiday : a holiday where you purchase the travel and

accommodation together

breathtaking view : an extremely beautiful view

charter-flight : a cheaper form of flying than a scheduled flight

check-in desk: the place at the airport where you register for your flight

and deposit your luggage

departure lounge: where you wait for your flight to be called

far-off destination : somewhere a long way away

to get away from it all : to take a holiday to escape a busy or stressful

lifestyle

guided tour : an organised group shown around a place of interest by an

expert

holiday brochure: a glossy publication with details of holiday packages

holiday destination : where you go for a holiday

holiday of a lifetime : a special holiday that you are unlikely to repeat

holiday resort: a place where lots of people go for a holiday

hordes of tourists: crowds of tourists

local crafts: objects produced locally

long weekend: an extended weekend holiday including Friday or Monday

out of season: outside of the main holiday period

picturesque village: very pretty village

passport control: the place where your passport is checked

places of interest: sites of interest to tourists

wildlife safari: a holiday, often in Africa, to observe wild animals

self-catering: a holiday where you supply your own food

short break: a short holiday

to go sightseeing: to look around the tourist sites

stunning landscape: extremely beautiful countryside

travel agent: a shop that specialises in booking holidays

tourist trap: somewhere where too many tourists go

youth hostel: a cheap form of accommodation

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