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很多烤鸭曾在雅思口语Part 2中遇到Describe a handicraft you made in school/ Talk about something you made by yourself 这个问题,而大部分同学一时间除了Drawing和Painting什么也想不出来。而其实常规上的用画笔画画,严格意义上是不算handcraft的。
这个题目并不需要你描述一个很复杂的手工艺品,剪纸、折纸、织围巾、做布艺等等都可以算作是手工艺品。所以仔细想想生活中或在学校里,咱们做过的手工也不算少,并不缺乏素材,只是很多烤鸭不知道对应的英文怎么说罢了。
下面我们来看看一个描述自己做风筝的范例,分析一下这个话题的一般思路:
首先我们可以先介绍一下你做的是什么,是在什么时间、什么地方或什么情况下做的(为什么要做?上课?作业?娱乐?),谁和你一起做的(老师?同学?家长?朋友?),再简单说明一下自己对于要做这件手工艺品的一些感受(例如刚开始觉得可能会很难、觉得自己不能完成、或者一开始觉得很简单,后来发现不是一件容易的事,等等)。
e.g. I rememberwhen I was in the primary school, our teacher asked us to make kites during the weekend. (时间、地点,情况说明。)
Since I’d never made a kite before, I’d thought it would be a tough task. But it turned out that with the help of my mom, making a kite was actually just a piece of cake. (和谁一起做的,以及一些小感想。)
接下来就要开始详细解释制作的过程,最好的方法是分步介绍,第一步是什么,第二步是什么,等等,最后完成,这个过程中要注意连接词的使用。
e.g. I decided on its shape first. I just chose a
flat one because it was virtually the most basic structure and
could be easily carried around.
Then I got a sheet of coloured paper and cut out the
shape.
After that, I got thin plastic strips and tied them
together with a string, which apparently would be the frame of the
kite.
After that, we made the bridle which connected the frame to the control line.
Finally I glued the paper to the frame. (分别描述了做风筝的五个步骤,清晰使用连接词表示先后顺序。)
最后描述一下对于整个制作过程的心得,例如成品看起来怎么样(可好可坏),他人的(如老师、同学等)评价怎么样,你在这个过程中学习到了什么或者对此的感想。
e.g. It seemed to be an arduous work as it took me a whole
afternoon to finish it but finally it turned out to be quite
rewarding.
And my teacher was also very satisfied with my work and praised me. (他人的评价)
I felt that this kind of art and craft ideas encouraged me to use the imagination to create my own entertainment. (个人在此过程中学习到的东西)
下面是小雅哥总结的一些关于手工制作的词汇和短语总结,各位烤鸭赶紧学起来,别遇到这个题目只会说画画的事啦!
Material n. 材料
Work n. 作品
Scissors n. 剪刀
Paper folding 折纸
Paper with decorative pattern 带有纹样/花纹的纸
Paper plane 纸飞机,类似的还可以说paper frog, paper butterfly, paper heart,etc.
Fold/kink mark n. 折痕
Paper cutting 剪纸(艺术),指剪纸这个行为。
Papercut n. 剪纸(作品),指剪纸这个行为的产物,pl. papercuts。
Paper-cut tiger 剪纸老虎,以类似结构可衍生出很多单词,如Paper-cut flake 剪纸雪花, paper-cut portrait 剪纸人像,etc.
Embroidery n. 刺绣
Embroider v. 刺绣
Needles n. 针
Thread n. 线
Embroidery hoops/frame 布绷子
Thimble n. 顶针
Pottery n. 陶艺,陶器
Vase n. 花瓶
Potter’s wheel / potter’s plate 陶艺转盘(就是做陶艺的时候下面转圈圈的那个东西~)
Clay n. 黏土
Clay body 泥坯
Glaze n. 釉
Glaze fire 上釉
Mould n. 模子
Weave/knit v. 编织
Woollen yarn 毛线
Pattern n. 纹样,花纹
Scarf n. 围巾
Kite n. 风筝
Kite making 做风筝
Swallow n. 燕子
Bamboo stick 竹签
Adorn v. 装饰
Glue n. 胶水
Kite wheel 风筝线轮
Lantern n. 灯笼
Handle n. 提手
Bracelet n. 手链,手镯
Necklace n. 项链
Pendant n. 项坠
Polymer clay/ Soft ceramic 软陶泥
Shape v. 使成型
Pinwheel n. 玩具风车
Pushpin n. 图钉
Diagonal adj. 对角线的
Hand-painting 手掌画(不用画笔用手掌作画)