IELTS Speaking Part 2 — 1 分鐘準備的 POWER 框架

Cue card 抽到陌生主題時最怕腦袋空白。POWER 五字框架把 1 分鐘準備時間變成可操作的 SOP——適用任何題目。

IELTS Speaking Part 2 = cue card + 1 分鐘準備 + 2 分鐘獨白。最怕抽到陌生題目、腦袋空白。

POWER 框架把 1 分鐘準備變成 5 個 12 秒的步驟——機械化、不靠靈感。

POWER 五步

P — Person (誰)
O — Occasion (什麼時候、哪裡)
W — What happened (發生什麼)
E — Emotion (當時感受)
R — Reflection (現在回看)

範例：題目「Describe a book you have read recently」

P (12s)：誰

作者：Haruki Murakami
人物：the protagonist Toru Watanabe

O (12s)：什麼時候、哪裡讀

時間：last summer
情境：on a long train journey from Taipei to Kaohsiung
書名：Norwegian Wood

W (12s)：書在講什麼

主線：a young man in 1960s Tokyo torn between two women
背景：set against the backdrop of student protests

E (12s)：當時感受

閱讀體驗：melancholy but strangely comforting
個人連結：I was going through a difficult time at university

R (12s)：現在回看

影響：changed how I think about loss and growing up
推薦：I've recommended it to three friends since

總共五點 — 自動滿足 cue card 4 個 bullet（題目通常要求 what / when / why / how you felt）。

怎麼把 POWER 擴展成 2 分鐘

1 分鐘準備寫完關鍵字，2 分鐘獨白把每個字擴成 2-3 句：

Today I'd like to talk about a novel called Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, which I read last summer. I started it on a long train journey from Taipei to Kaohsiung — I needed something to occupy the four hours, but I ended up staying awake until 2am that night to finish it.

The book follows a university student named Toru Watanabe in Tokyo during the late 1960s, a period of intense political upheaval. He finds himself torn between two very different women: Naoko, the troubled girlfriend of his closest friend, and Midori, a lively classmate who pulls him back toward life.

What struck me most was the atmosphere — melancholy, but in a way that felt strangely comforting. I was going through a difficult period at university at the time, and reading it felt like someone understood exactly what I was experiencing. Murakami's descriptions of Tokyo's jazz cafés and autumn streets became almost more vivid than my own surroundings.

Looking back now, I'd say this book changed how I think about loss and growing up. I've recommended it to three friends since, and two of them said it hit them the same way. It's not a cheerful novel, but somehow it made me feel less alone — which I think is the highest compliment I can give any book.

字數：約 270 字（語速 125 wpm × 2 分鐘 ≈ 250 字）。剛好。

為什麼 POWER 有效

1. 強迫具體化

Occasion 和 Emotion 強迫你加細節——這是 Band 7 與 Band 6 的分水嶺。Band 6 是 I read a book last summer；Band 7 是 on a long train journey from Taipei to Kaohsiung。

2. 自然帶入時態

P + O → past tense
E → past emotion + present reflection
R → present perfect + present

讓 examiner 看到你用多種時態——直接加 Grammar Range 分。

3. 5 × 12s 沒有空白

準備時間最怕看著 cue card 發呆 30 秒。POWER 讓每 12 秒都有明確任務。

套其他題目

題目：Describe a place you would like to visit

P: myself, travel companion（guide？friend？alone？）
O: 想去的國家、季節、理由（wedding? honeymoon? solo trip?）
W: 那地方有什麼（景點、文化、食物）
E: 為什麼想去、想像中感覺
R: 去完後會怎麼回味、會帶什麼紀念品

題目：Describe a difficult decision you made

P: decision about（工作？學校？關係？）
O: 什麼時候、當時狀態
W: 選項 A vs B、你選了哪個
E: 決定前焦慮、決定後解脫 / 後悔
R: 現在怎麼看這個決定、學到什麼

題目：Describe a skill you want to learn

P: 你 vs 已經會這個的人
O: 什麼時候開始萌生念頭
W: 這個技能本身、為什麼感興趣
E: 想像學會之後的成就感
R: 打算怎麼學、時程

三個實戰提醒

1. 筆記只寫名詞和動詞

不要寫完整句子——時間不夠。寫 Murakami / Taipei-Kaohsiung train / melancholy / change view of loss。句子在開口時即興組。

2. 說不完整 2 分鐘沒關係

停在 1 分 45 秒比硬撐到 2 分鐘重覆同樣內容好。Examiner 會打斷你——這不扣分。

3. 主題偏了沒關係

如果題目是 book 但你只會講 manga——講 manga 就好。Examiner 評的是語言，不是你是否「回答精準」。

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IELTS Speaking Part 2 1 分鐘準備的 POWER 框架