雅思口语 怎么才能让口语词汇避开5.5的坑
你的词汇是不是常常说boring, surprised, strange等词呢?难怪考试的时候尬了一路~也喜提5.5,那么今天我们来看看什么词会帮你避开这个坑呢。
1 strange
建议换成odd或者weird
如:The picture looks so weird. 这图片看起来很怪异。
2 expensive
建议换成pricey
如:The piece of clothes is really pricey. 这件衣服很贵。
3 not satisfactory
建议换成not up to par
如:Also, I found that in a lot of fields my English vocabulary wasn't up to par. 我也发现在很多领域我的英文词汇没有达到一定的水平。
4 is boring
建议换成is a drag
如:Her job is a drag. 她的工作挺无聊的。
5 beautiful and expensive
建议换成snazzy (一般修饰服装或者首饰)
如:My idol is fond of snazzy clothes. 我爱豆喜欢一些很华丽的衣服。
6 old and uninteresting
建议换成corny (老套的)
如: I know it sounds corny, but I'm really not motivated by money.
我知道这听起来有点俗,但是我真的不是为了钱。
The lyrics are really corny. 这个词很老套。
7 is better than
建议换成beats
如:Online shopping beats traditional shopping. 网购比传统购物好。
8 release pressure
建议换成:let off steam (释放压力)
如:When men let off steam, they tend to shout; women, on the other hand, express theirfeelings by weeping. 男人发泄感情时,倾向于大声叫喊;而妇女则不然,她们用哭泣来发泄感情。
9 be really surprised
建议换成:freak out (因害怕,激怒,或者兴奋产生的惊讶)
如:You'd better sit down, this news will freak you out.
你最好坐下,这个消息会使你晕倒的。
10 is hard to understand
建议换成:is over my head/ is beyond me
如:Last semester I signed up to take calculus, but I dropped out of class after two weeks ——that kind of math is just too far over my head. 这个学生说:“上学期我报名参加微积分那个班。但是,上了两个礼拜课以后我就退出了。那种数学对我来说实在是太难懂了。”