忙碌的时光

Describe a time you were very busy You should say:

When it happened Where you were What you did

and explain why you were busy.

Plan your talk:

When it happened

Where you were

(Optional) Why it happened

(Optional) Who gave you the task

What you did

(Optional) What you did to cope with it

(Optional) What the result was

And explain why you were busy

(Optional) How you felt about being busy

解题思路：

本题需要描述的是一个“非常忙碌的经历”，在讲述的时候要把忙碌的原因，忙碌的过程以及忙碌带来的结果描述清楚，最后还可以说说自己对这段经历的感受。可以重点展开忙碌的过程，比如说说自己做了哪些事情以及为了应对忙碌的生活自己做了哪些调整·最后可以说说忙碌带来的结果，比如在忙碌的过程中你不得不用休息的时间来工作或者学习，但是在忙碌结束后你可能获得了自己想要的结果。在描述的时候需要注意动词的时态，基本上以一般过去时为主·最后在词汇的使用上，要注意对be·busy进行替换。

Sample Answer 1 ：

Well, this topic reminds me of the summer vacation I had before my third year in college. At that time, I was having my internship in a news agency, as it was kind of a compulsory task for students who majored in journalism, I mean, everyone should have a placement to gain practical experience. Meanwhile, I was taking part in a research project on media studies, which was optional, but I mainly did that to gain extra credits for my future application. So, let me tell you about my typical routines then. I got up rather early to catch the subway to the news press, as it was a bit distant from where I lived. I normally did my readings or background research for the webinars of my research project, which were usually held in the evening, on the train with my laptop in order to save time. My daytime was occupied by chores like running errands for my superiors, finding typos for articles, or editing images. Honestly speaking, I wasn't doing anything complex or important, but time just went on within a blink of an eye. After that, I just had a brief meal for dinner, say, a sandwich, in order to attend the webinar on time to discuss the theme and methods for research with my team members, which lasted for two hours or so on a daily basis. It was clear that why I got my hands full, you know, I was being too ambitious to complete both tasks at one time. When I look back, I found it was pretty tough, but also rewarding, as I didn't have my days wasted.

Sample Answer 2 ：

OK, this actually has been quite a while. But it still triggers me whenever I think about it. It took place in the second year of high school, and near the end of this semester, I had a bunch of tasks, which had been assigned by my teachers at the beginning of that semester. Had I worked on them earlier, I wouldn't have had such a busy time. So to some degree, I deserved it.

Basically, I had a couple of things to accomplish. One, my final exams were near, so I needed to prepare for those. Two, I had two presentations for my school subjects, namely English literature and history. Three, I needed a valid IELTS result for my college application. And last but not least. It was almost the due date for filing college applications. Had I not finished any of them, I wouldn't have been accepted to a college. It was a super stressful period of time. I had to get up early and work ten hours straight, and this lasted roughly two weeks. I actually woke up every day before my alarms went off because I got so paranoid about missing them. I have to say I didn't cope with it well enough as I tried to relax by binge eating and my weight went up by 10 kilograms when everything settled, which is apparently not healthy. But it went out well. Honestly, I can't imagine how things would have turned out had it lasted longer.

Part 3:

Question:Are you often busy?

解题思路:这道题目在问: 你是否经常很忙?在回答此类题目时可以考虑不同的时间段来去说自己是否会忙碌。比如，在临近考试周前会很忙，因为要忙于备考复习等等，但是刚开学前就不会特别忙碌，因为都在学习新的知识，然后才会有检测学习进度的考试和论文需要去完成和面对。

Sample Answer:

During the exam week, I may be too busy and tired even to think. Tons of deadlines are waiting for me. It's quite torture for someone like me who is reluctant to immerse myself into readings and essays.

Question:What are the advantages and disadvantages when people keep busy?

解题思路:这道题目在问 : 一直忙碌会有什么好处和坏处 ?在答此题时需要从好、坏两个角度入手。从好处分析，忙碌会促使我们提高效率、全神贯注，从坏处考虑，忙碌可能会影响个人生活和健康。语言上，要注意清楚罗列好处和坏处，并且使用转折词街接回答。

Sample Answer:

Well, on the bright side, people will probably push themselves to the limit when they have their hands full, so they can fulfill their potential to some extent, like practicing managing time in a better way or arranging things beforehand. Another good point is that being occupied by work or household chores can help you forget your own problems, especially when you are at bottom of your life. On the downside, being busy will definitely deprive you of your regular life, possibly the amount of sleep time will be shrunk and you'll get stressed out both mentally and physically. To make the matter worse, you'll have less time for your family and your own life, which will make you feel pointless about all the toil at the end of the day.

Question:Do you think children should learn through playing games or under pressure?

解题思路:

这道题目在问: 小孩应该通过游戏学习还是在高压的环境下学习。回答问题时，需要首先解释什么是·“learn·through;playing.games”·以及“under·pressure”，并且辅以例子，而后解释这么学习的好处。比如，通过游戏学习的好处是可以通过奖励机制激发孩子的动力、培养竞争与合作精神，等等。

Sample Answer:

In my view, it would be much better if children have access to learning via gaming. For a start, games have an instant rewarding mechanism that will give kids incentive to keep learning, while learning in a classroom tend to make children passive as they have very little inner motivation. Also, playing games can give children more opportunities to interact with other kids which will boost peer learning and form a democratic atmosphere, which is much more beneficial in the long run compared to being taught by a strict teacher.

Question:What kind of pressure people may experience at work?

解题思路:

这道题目在问：人们在工作中会遇到什么样的压力?回答这道题时，可以从people”入手，通过工作的不同阶段分类讨论，比如，在试用期时、正式录用后、成为资深职员后，会遇到不同的压力。这道题也可以从“pressure”入手，进行分类讨论，比如将压力分为物质、精神、社交三类。

Sample Answer:

There's a lot. For new staff, the trial period is definitely a nerve-racking process, as they aspire to win the job position so much that they may get overwrought about every tiny act at work. For in-service staff, one kind of stress they have to bear normally comes from the unreasonable amount of work in order to meet the standard of annual assessment carried out by their superiors. Lastly, for senior staff, their anxiety possibly originates from their fear of being redundant when their companies are downsizing, which is unavoidable when there's an economic downturn.

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