雅思口语话题之：食物和烹饪PART ONE

所以要能在考场上从容应对食物烹饪类话题，首先还是要对其有充分的了解和准备。 下面就考试的部分来总结和归纳一下此话题在各部分的出题方向 ，并以复习资料为例提供一些答题思路和技巧供考生参考。

Part One:

1 关于 cooking 本身的话题

谈到烹饪，考官一般会问 “ 你会不会烹饪？家里一般谁下厨？你爱吃什么菜？你小时候是如何学烹饪的？ ” 等等这些问题。回答这些问题只要充分借鉴自身经验，照实回答就能很好的应对。来看以下复习资料：

1.         Do you know how to make (prepare) a meal?

2.         How well do you cook?

3.         Who usually does the cooking in your family (or, in your home)?

4.         What's your favorite dish? *

7.         What do you (like to) cook?

8.         When did you learn how to cook?

9.         When you were young, did you learn how to cook/make a meal (= how to prepare food)?

10.     How did you learn to cook?

11.     Have you ever thought about learning how to cook?

考生们需要注意的是即使是回答简单的 yes or no 问题如第 1 题，也不是一个单词那么简单。回答除了要完整成句以外，还一定要有适当的扩充，对于部分的提问，一般性回答 2-3 句话为宜。比如对于个问题，我们可以这样回答：

Sure, I sometime prepare breakfast and lunch for my family. But all of them are simple dishes, since I can’t cook very well. I can only cook some vegetables, make salad and noodles.

2 关于在外就餐的：

关于食物的延展话题就是 “ 是否喜欢品尝新鲜食物？ ” 和 “ 喜欢在家用餐还是外出就餐？ ” 这两个题都是 part one 中经常性问道的。比如以下复习资料：

1.         Would you like to try any food that you have never eaten before?

2.         Do you usually eat at home or do you usually eat away from home (= "eat out")?

考生在回答此类问题的时候，需要注意词汇的储备。到底什么样的食物算 “new food” 呢？不妨具体举几个例子来拓展答案。比如以下这个回答：

Definitely, I would like try some exotic food, like Japanese Sushi, Germany sausages, Korean pickles, and Brazil grill. Curiosity is human instinct. Trying new food can meet our desire to discover and explore.

至于在家里吃还是外出就餐，我们可以从 “hygiene condition”“ambience” “economic” 等角度来进行回答。不过在此要提醒广大考生注意的是，切忌把它们当成第三部分的问题来展开，回答要适可而止。

3 关于 cooking 和教学的：

除了之前两类问法之外，另外一个经常问道的就是学校是否要教授 cooking 的技能。比如以下复习资料：

1.     Do you think it would be useful to teach cooking in school?

2.     Do you think university students should know how to cook?

回答这类问题，我们可以从 basic surviving skill 、 to be independent 等角度来回答。