雅思口语：Describe something you ate for the first time

雅思考试主要是通过对考生听、说、读、写四个方面英语能力的考核，综合测评考生的英语沟通运用能力，实现“沟通为本”的考试理念。对于雅思考生来说，也有很多考试难点和政策盲区需要帮助解答。今天雅思无忧网小编准备了雅思口语：Describe something you ate for the first time，希望通过文章来解决雅思考生这方面的疑难问题，敬请关注。

　　看到这个雅思口语题目，很多备考雅思的同学头脑里想到的是“第一位吃螃蟹的人”…… 其实这个思路很好啊，由于“螃蟹”曾经不是common food，所以第一次吃才有故事可写。

　　于是应对这道雅思口语题目的思路，大家可以暂时抛弃说“第一次苹果”之类的思路啦，因为你不可能记得你第一次吃苹果的经历…除非你说你第一次吃自己*的苹果奶昔(home-made apple milkshake/*oothie)，或许还能聊个两分钟。

　　所以大家在雅思考试时可以回忆一下，哪种食物比较有特色(超难吃或者巨好吃)，让大家第一次吃过之后就印象深刻，被impress到了。这里有一些思路，看看是不是大家的菜哦，比如吃蛇肉(grilled snake什么的)还有吃各种insects/bugs(比如spiders，scorpion蝎子以及小吃摊铺上的各种看都不敢看的虫子们)。说到这里大家是不是想到了食物链顶端的贝爷，所以去看几集他的节目，说不定会找到一些灵感。

　　实在不想说这么有挑战的食物，那咱们就聊点儿带有异域风情的、在本土不是很常见或者不是很正宗的国外食物，那就从外出旅游引入呗，例如法式焗蜗牛(French-style baked snails)，渔人码头的龙虾汤(lobster bisque at Fisherman’s Wharf)，正宗日本寿司生鱼片(authentic sushi and sashimi)，或者意大利风情菜肴(authentically flavored Italian dishes)……

　　如果大家不喜欢聊出国游，我们本土也可以有很多你小时候没吃过，长到一定阶段才有机会吃或者才有勇气吃的食物啊，建议大家此时重新看一遍舌尖上的中国(A Bite of China)，一定会有灵感的!

　　再给大家一点儿小tip，如果真的在雅思口语中想说这个，请大家打开Wikipedia，纪录片里的所有菜名的英文翻译，都在里面了!例如油焖冬笋(stewed bamboo shoots)、竹升面(Jook-sing noodles)、宁波年糕(Ningbo rice cake)、葱烧海参(braised sea cucumber)等等。

　　下面给大家来顿夜市里一定能闻到的小吃，各位应该已经猜到了吧：

　　I’d like to talk about the experience when I first ate stinky tofu, which is a pretty popular Chinese snack that you can get basically from any snack bar. Anyway, you can tell from its name that it has an unpleasant *ell, which used to make me wanna puke. I mean, every time I walked past a snack bar that sells stinky tofu, I would be disgusted by the horrible *ell. And also, it is deep-fired, which is not good for my health and skin, so I never wanted to try it.

　　However, once I played truth or dare with a bunch of friends, and they dared me to take a bite of stinky tofu. I was reluctant, but at the same time, I didn’t want to be called a party-pooper, so I went outside and get myself a cube of stinky tofu. I struggled for a while, and I have to say, it was really hard to hold my breath for that long. Finally, I summoned up the courage and take a bite. Surprisingly, it tasted amazingly good! It was crisp outside, and tender inside, besides, they had this incredibly palatable sauce, which made it all the more savory. I just fell in love with it at first bite, right now, even only the thought of it can make my mouth water. I remember I bought 2 boxes of them that day, and I ate them all without sharing with my friends. The *ell almost killed them, but I really had a blast.

　　Since then, I tried quite a few things that I’d never thought of eating before, like spiders, sashimi and stuff like that. And I realize my preconception has stopped me from eating many kinds of delish food, so I feel that I missed out on a lot of fun in the past.