【新节目】雅思口语高频考题：描述一个儿时的玩具

据英国《每日邮报》8月20日报道

英国伯明翰的男子本(Ben)在朋友的协助下

利用乐高玩具

拍摄了一段定格动画

来向女友求婚

大玩英式浪漫

乐高玩具为什么如此受欢迎呢

本期节目结合这道雅思口语高频考题

来说说乐高吧

Describe a toy that you received when you were a child.

描述儿时你收到的一个玩具

You should say:

What the toy was

Who gave it to you

How you used it

And explain how you felt when you got this toy.

视频参考文本1

1. I have a set of Lego building blocks with 120 pieces in a variety of colors, which are made of special plastic.

我有一套乐高积木，塑料材质，里面有120块各色的积木块。

2. The pieces could be assembled to create models of almost anything imaginable.

这些积木块能拼出任何你能想到的模型。

3. I still remember that I did build cars, castles and even working robots with those Lego bricks.

我还记得我拼出过小汽车，城堡，甚至用那些积木块拼出了能活动的机器人。

4. Actually, it’s a birthday present from my uncle on my 6th birthday.

事实上，这是我六岁时，我叔叔送我的生日礼物

5. I guess he bought it in America since he went on a business trip to New York before my birthday and also there were no Lego shops here in China at that time.

我想他应该是在美国买的，因为在我生日之前他去纽约出差了，而且那时候中国也没有乐高店。

6. For my age, it was really a unique toy for children and I hadn’t seen it before. It was so eye-catching and wonderfully made.

在我小的时候，它对小朋友们来讲真的很新颖，我之前都没见过。它很吸引眼球，做工也很精致。

视频参考文本2

7. You can imagine how excited I was and how much I liked it. I was the first of my friends to get one, and I think they were all really envious. Honestly, I always invited my friends to join me when I was trying some different models for fun.

你可以想象我当时有多兴奋，多喜欢这个玩具。我是我朋友里第一个得到这个玩具的，我想他们都很羡慕我。不过话说回来，我自己搭积木的时候，会经常叫我的朋友们和我一起搭不同的模型。

8. The set was produced by the LEGO Group, a privately-held company based in Denmark, and interestingly, "LEGO" can be loosely interpreted as "I put together" or "I assemble" in Latin.

那套玩具是乐高产的，乐高是一家丹麦的私有企业。 有趣的是，“乐高”在拉丁语中可以被大致翻译成“拼在一起”或者“我来搭建”。

9. The idea of using plastic pieces originated from the traditional wooden blocks, as the wooden blocks could only be stacked upon one another.

用塑料材质做积木块的灵感来源于传统的木质积木，因为木质积木可以一块块地码起来。

10. My set of building blocks was an up-to-date one with hollow tubes on the underside, which could be stuck together tightly with a better locking ability.

我的这套积木是当时的最新款，木块下面都有空心槽，可以互相紧密地连接，稳定性更好。

11. It was not until 1958 that the modern-day brick design was developed.

直到1958年，这种最新的积木设计才流行起来。

12. Nowadays, the products are still improving and developing with more fresh ideas and market demands, they even created Lego play sets with movie characters.

现在，随着更多新的创意和市场需求，乐高的产品还在持续发展，他们甚至还根据电影里的角色设计了乐高套装。

本期所用关键词

1. a set of 表示一套，set也有动词用法，诸如set up 表示建立等
2. in a variety of colors表示有诸多颜色的，可以替换我们经常使用的colorful
3. create models of almost anything imaginable表示能拼出任何你能想到的模型，在描述积木类玩具时可以用到此类表达
4. brick表示积木块，之前文章里出现的piece也表示积木块
5. eye-catching可以替代attractive,表示 吸引人眼球的
6. privately-held company 私有企业，与其对应的，state-owned company表示国企
7. loosely interpreted表示大致可以翻译为，这里的loosely可以替换我们常常用的roughly或者是basically
8. could only be stacked upon表示一块块地码起来，这里的动词要用stack
9. up-to-date one表示最新款，可以替代我们经常用到的the latest
10. modern-day brick design表示最新的积木设计，这里的modern-day也表示最新的，刚刚我们还用到过up-to-date,当然还有the latest

Sample Answer

I have a set of Lego building blocks with 120 pieces in a variety of colors, which are made of special plastic. The pieces could be assembled to create models of almost anything imaginable. I still remember that I did build cars, castles and even working robots with those Lego bricks. Actually, it’s a birthday present from my uncle on my 6th birthday. I guess he bought it in America since he went on a business trip to New York before my birthday and also there were no Lego shops here in China at that time.  For my age, it was really a unique toy for children and I hadn’t seen it before. It was so eye-catching and wonderfully made.

You can imagine how excited I was and how much I liked it. I was the first of my friends to get one, and I think they were all really envious. Honestly, I always invited my friends to join me when I was trying some different models for fun. The set was produced by the LEGO Group, a privately-held company based in Denmark, and interestingly, "LEGO" can be loosely interpreted as "I put together" or "I assemble" in Latin. The idea of using plastic pieces originated from the traditional wooden blocks, as the wooden blocks could only be stacked upon one another. My set of building blocks was an up-to-date one with hollow tubes on the underside, which could be stuck with a better locking ability. It was not until 1958 that the modern-day brick design was developed. Nowadays, the products are still improving and developing with more fresh ideas and market demands, they even created Lego play sets with movie characters.