雅思口语八大魔鬼话题之一：艺术Recently,artisaverypopularandhottopicinIELTSOralEnglish.Andmostofthestudentsarehavingahardtimetoanswerquestionsrelatedtoitbecausemostofthemdonothaveanyknowledgeorideaaboutit.Actually,artisacreativewayofexpressingoneselfanditisalsothehighestexpressionofeveryculture.Therearemanykindsofartssuchasliterature,visualarts,music,dance,anddrama.AllofthesekindshadbecomepartoftheIELTSOralEnglishquestionstoday.Forexample:1Isbeautifulhandwritingimportantnowadays?2Whatkindofmusicdoyoulike?3Shouldchildrenlearntodraworpaint?Tobeabletodealwiththesetopicsandquestions,studentsshouldknowvarietyofinformationaboutartsuchas:●Arthelpspeopletounderstandandempathizewiththelivingconditionspeoplehaveenduredatvarioustimesandplaces●Artprovidesanopportunitytocreateanddo,whichcanbearefreshingbreakfromstudyingorworking.●Artteacheshowtointerpretdifferentformsofcommunication.Itteacheshowtounderstandfigurativethingsandthemeaningsofcolor.●Artprovideopportunitiesforself-expression●Artcanimproveacademicachievement--enhancingtestscores,attitudes,socialskills,criticalandcreativethinking.Afterknowingdifferentmeaningsandknowledgeaboutart,studentsnowhaveadequateinformationtouseinansweringthequestioninIELTSOraltest.BelowaretheexamplesofquestionandanswerofthetestwiththetopicofART.PartI1Doyoulikearts?Why?Absolutely,thisisbecauseartisalinktothepast.Itprovidesanenjoyableperspectivefromwhichpeoplecanexaminethehistory.Andalso,artencouragesimagination.Itshowspeoplehowtheymightexpresstheirownfeelingsandexperiencesthroughdifferentkindsofartssuchaspaintinganddrawing.第1页共51页此问题主要是让考生回答自己是否喜欢艺术并且告知原因，范例提到的是因为艺术是与历史链接的纽带，考生也可从它能激发人们的想象力，同时通过不同的艺术如油画等有助于让人们表达自己的感觉与体验。2Whatkindofartdoyoulike?Idon’thaveanyparticularfavoritewhenitcomestoartbecauseIamappreciativeofeachworkofartthatIsee.IlikelookingatabstractandcolorfulpaintingsasmuchasIlikelookingatportraitpaintings.IalsoenjoylookingatclaysculpturesthesamewaythatIenjoylookingaticesculptures.Eachworkofarthasitsownreason,backgroundandhistory.这个问题主要考察的是考生对艺术的认识，即自己喜欢哪一种类型的艺术。考生若无非常特别喜欢的类型，则可以从广泛的方面出发去表达，如范例中作者因为对于每一项的艺术作品都是从欣赏的角度出发，因此并没有特别喜欢的，如其对抽象画和肖像画是一样的喜欢，对泥塑和冰雕也是一样的欣赏。原因是每项艺术的都有它的背景以及历史文化。PartIIDescribeasculptureyouhaveseen.Whatkindofsculptureitis?Wheredidyouseeit?Didyoulikeit?ExplainwhyyouthinkthissculptureisspecialIcouldneverforgettheicesculpturesofthedifferentDisneycharactersthatIsawwaybacktheearlynineties.Isawthebeautifullydonesculpturesinsideanewlyopenedamusementpark.Wewereenteringasnowzoneareaintheparkthatwaswhyweworewintercoatsattheentrancearea,butIneverexpectedtoseetheDisneycharactersinthere.IwassurprisedandinaweofeverythingthatIsawinthatareathatmymouthswungopenwithoutmenoticingit.Thecharminggentlemanbesidemehadtoembarrassinglytellmetoclosemymouth.Weenteredthesnowzoneareainbatchesof10soIendedupgoinginwithstrangersasmyfriendswereallcountedinthenextbatch.Iwasexpectingsnowman,snowballs,hollowblockstyleiceandthelikebutIneverexpectedtoseesuchcreativesculptures.Inotonlylikeit,butIreallyloveit.PerhapsIwouldnothaveappreciateditthatmuchifitwerenotanicesculpture.ThefactthatIamabigfanofDisneycharactersi...