雅思口語新話題卡解析：Interesting Ani
what it looks like③
and explain your feelings about this animal.④
其實這道題與2007年的Describe a wild animal大同小異，甚至是幾乎不變。僅僅是變了一下臉，就繼續拿出來作為2008年的新題。其實還是考察考生對事物題中，動物的描述。建議考生在準備的時候變通一下，把此題當作wild animal來準備。原因很簡單：有趣的動物不一定是野生動物，而野生動物卻可以很有趣。
The Beauty ---- Mandarin ducks
I happened to meet the Mandarin Ducks over the years in the wild area of Ampere Garden, in ponds along the big drainage. And, Im 100% sure they were not normal Ducks. It was in the wild and free to fly off whenever it wanted to!
The male mandarin duck is way more colorful, his breast is purple with two vertical white bars and the flanks ruddy, with two orange sails at the back. The female is similar to female Wood Duck, all dark green brown. Male Mandarin ducks are considered by many to be the most beautifully colored of all waterfowl.
In China, the mandarin duck is associated as a Chinese weddings symbol, because it symbolizes wedded bliss and fidelity. A Chinese proverb for loving couples uses the Mandarin Duck as a metaphor: Two mandarin ducks playing in water. Mandarin ducks are always depicted in a pair it is said that if the ducks were separated, they would pine for each other and die of loneliness. Dying of loneliness for love might only be a romantic myth and a cheerful reflection of peoples attitude to reality.
Anyway, I love these lovely creatures; I wish I could raise one.
需要掌握的詞匯:
drainage: 流域, 排水區
vertical: 縱向的
ruddy: 紅色的
waterfowl: 水鳥，水禽
wedded bliss: 婚姻美滿
fidelity: 忠貞
depict: 描繪
myth: 神話
備選內容:
where it lives ②
Not at a zoo. This little beauty had unexpectedly flown into a countryside park that I happened to be visiting ~
what it looks like③
The adult male is a striking and unmistakable bird.
what it looks like③
and explain your feelings about this animal.④
其實這道題與2007年的Describe a wild animal大同小異，甚至是幾乎不變。僅僅是變了一下臉，就繼續拿出來作為2008年的新題。其實還是考察考生對事物題中，動物的描述。建議考生在準備的時候變通一下，把此題當作wild animal來準備。原因很簡單：有趣的動物不一定是野生動物，而野生動物卻可以很有趣。
The Beauty ---- Mandarin ducks
I happened to meet the Mandarin Ducks over the years in the wild area of Ampere Garden, in ponds along the big drainage. And, Im 100% sure they were not normal Ducks. It was in the wild and free to fly off whenever it wanted to!
The male mandarin duck is way more colorful, his breast is purple with two vertical white bars and the flanks ruddy, with two orange sails at the back. The female is similar to female Wood Duck, all dark green brown. Male Mandarin ducks are considered by many to be the most beautifully colored of all waterfowl.
In China, the mandarin duck is associated as a Chinese weddings symbol, because it symbolizes wedded bliss and fidelity. A Chinese proverb for loving couples uses the Mandarin Duck as a metaphor: Two mandarin ducks playing in water. Mandarin ducks are always depicted in a pair it is said that if the ducks were separated, they would pine for each other and die of loneliness. Dying of loneliness for love might only be a romantic myth and a cheerful reflection of peoples attitude to reality.
Anyway, I love these lovely creatures; I wish I could raise one.
需要掌握的詞匯:
drainage: 流域, 排水區
vertical: 縱向的
ruddy: 紅色的
waterfowl: 水鳥，水禽
wedded bliss: 婚姻美滿
fidelity: 忠貞
depict: 描繪
myth: 神話
備選內容:
where it lives ②
Not at a zoo. This little beauty had unexpectedly flown into a countryside park that I happened to be visiting ~
what it looks like③
The adult male is a striking and unmistakable bird.
