Describe a historical period you would like to know.
You should say:
When it was
How you heard of it
What are you interested in
What you have known
And Why you would like to know more.
思路分析
1. 题目当中要求形容一个历史时期historical period, 而且第一个bullet points 也确实需要同学去回答when, 所以很多同学回答的时候把这个题目当作了事件类型的题目来回答，答案中着重了事情发展的顺序。
其实这是一个陷阱，如果同学仔细审题的话，会发现这题更类似于一个物品题，需要着重对物品（historical period）的描述。
2. 对于很多同学来说，历史时期这个问题是非常陌生的，特别是对西方历史或者史前史。即使是大多数同学所熟悉的中国历史，很多东西都无法表达出来。因此如果在此题中强行从上述几个方面去扩张的话，往往事倍功半，而且内容可能非常地空洞。针对上述问题，其实同学们都掉进了一个自己给自己设置的思维陷阱。其实，逻辑上来说，任何过去的时期都符合“历史时期”这个要求。如果我们有这一层的逻辑，那么后面的答题就简单多了：我们选取一个我们最了解的，或者说准备过的时期就可以了。而对于大多数准备过雅思口语话题的同学来说，都不会对childhood这个话题感到陌生。
3. 在上述逻辑的铺垫下，我们就把上述这个话题转变成为了描述childhood的话题，不仅可以依赖自己的背景知识为答案补充内容，也极大地方便了自己组织语言的过程。
4. 注意时态并保持一致性。
Sample answer
Ok, so…emmm, A historical period I would like to know is the 90s, a time during which I was born.
As you may have known, the 90s is a fascinating time for my country. As China had just opened herself up to the world, everything back then started to change very quickly. For example, imported merchandise started to appear in our lives, and western movies and TV shows became more and more popular in China.
So…Growing up, I often hear my parents talking about how the 90s is a golden period for those who are willing to work hard and make their lives better. I think, till this day, my parents are still nostalgic about the 90s because that’s the time when everybody’s life started to get better and my parents realized their dreams.
So, I was fascinated by the 90s myself because, as a student who majored in macro economy, I’ve always being interested in how global trading brought mutual benefits to both china and the rest of the world. I believe China’s GDP started to grow exponentially ever since she joined the WTO, and it took her less than two decades to become a successful economical super power in the world, second only to the U.S.
I want to know more about what happened to Chinese workers and factories, as well as the country’s economy and society, to see if other countries can copy whatever China did in the 90s and to make their lives better. Well, that’s all I can think of so far, thank you.
答案分数级别：7分
词汇及短语
Fascinating 迷人的
Import 进口的
Merchandise 商品
Golden period 黄金时期
Flushed into 涌入
Nostalgic 怀旧的
Macro Economy 宏观经济
Mutual benefits 共赢
Exponentially 指数级的
Second only to 仅次于
Part 3
1. How do you learn history?
2. How can we protect old buildings?
3. What’s the difference between history taught in primary school and the history taught in high school?
4. Why do some people have no interest in history?
1. How do you learn history?
思路分析
回答How to do 类型的问题，同学首先要结合自身经验和背景来思考答案内容，然后给出详细的例子来描述并丰富自己的答案内容。对于大多数同学来说，历史这门学科的学习都发生在学校，当然也不排除其他的途径比如书记和电视等。把上述几个方法按照popularity展开即可。
Sample answer
Well, In China, most students take history classes in school. As a matter of fact,history is such an important subject that it is included in the University Entrance Exams in China. Also, there are a lot of history books in China, like the ones about ancient Chinese literature, or the ones about specific dynasties. So there are a lot of places to get them if you are interested. The last one I can think of is watching TV, as there are tons of shows and programs based on real historical stories, which is really fun to watch.
答案分数级别：7分
词汇和短语
As a matter of fact 事实上来说
University Entrance Exams 高考
Ancient 古老的
Literature 文学
Dynasty 朝代
2. How can we protect old buildings?
思路分析
还是一个How to do的问题，大部分思路和上面的题目相同。由于同学们缺乏相关的背景知识，所以答案拓展不是非常容易。这里我们为同学提供一个思路：保护老（文化）建筑不仅仅是政府的事，也是民众的事情。所以我们不妨从民众和政府两方面来谈建筑的保护问题。政府需要做的是出资和更好的城建计划，而民众则需要提高保护意识。
Sample answer
Well, In my opinion, both the citizens and the government should share the responsibilities to better protect our valuable old buildings. The government, of course, needs to provide better city construction plans and enough money for building maintenance. The more money the government provides, the better the protection is. Also, it is important to raise people’s awareness of the significance of our buildings, avoiding unnecessary damage coming from ignorant citizens.
答案分数级别：7分
词汇和短语
Valuable 之前的
Responsibility 责任
Construction 建造
Maintenance 维护
Raise the awareness 提高意识
unnecessary 不必要的
damage 损害
ignorant 无知的
citizens 公民
3. What’s the difference between history taught in primary school and the history taught in high school?
思路分析
对于比较类型的题目，我们最简单的思考的方向是分析所比较事物在内容和形式上的不同，然后进行展开。从内容上来说，小学历史比高中历史简单的多，因为小学历史只涉及笼统的历史常识，而高中历史会涉及到具体的细节。就形式而言，小学历史仅仅是知识介绍，而高中历史则更注重于反思与启示。
Sample answer
Interesting. As far as I can remember, in primary school, we only learned the very basics of history, like “how many dynasties are there?”and “When the great wall of China was built” . And also, we don’t reflect on the things we learned, our teacher just showed us the facts and expected us to remember them. The history lessons in high school, however, is vastly different than that of primary school，in that it has more details and students are expected to reflect on the past, and to investigate implications for the future.
答案分数级别：7分
词汇和短语
expect期待
vastly 很大地，广泛地
investigate 调查
implications 启示
4. Why do some people have no interest in history?
思路分析
对于解释原因类型的题目，同学往往想不到太多的理由去扩展，因此我们不妨多使用examples来为自己的argument加分。同时我们注意到，不喜欢学习的同学其实有很多（不一定需要是你自己，也不需要是历史这个学科），我们也可以从他们的行为中总结出一些常用的答案: boring, too hard.
Sample answer
Well, I don’t speak for everyone, but I think people who show zero interest inhistory deemed it as a boring subject. To be more specific, in classes, most history teachers just repeat the words on the textbook and expect you to remember them, which makes the lesson extremely tedious. And Also, learning history sometimes means to read a lot of literatures and memorize them, which makes learning history unnecessarily hard. So…Yeah, that’s why some people show little interest in learning history.
答案分数级别：7分
词汇及短语
I don’t speak for everyone 我的观点不代表每个人的观点
Show zero interest 表现的毫无兴趣
Deem 视作
Extremely 极其地
To be more specific 具体点说
Tedious 无聊的，冗长的
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