Part 2 cue card 除了「人」之外,第二大類就是「事件/地點/物品」。這三類合計約佔 Part 2 題目的 55%。本篇整理 12 個高頻 cue card,每題配 2 個 bullet hooks + 一個 vocab chunk,結尾附一篇 280 字 Band 7+ 範文(Describe an important possession)。

搭配 Part 2 POWER 框架 使用。

重要提醒:編造細節是可以的

考生最常卡的心魔是:「我真的沒經歷過這件事,怎麼辦?」

答案:編。

IELTS Speaking 評的是語言能力,不是真實人生經歷。考官不會 Google 你、不會驗證你說的那家咖啡店存不存在、更不會打電話問你媽媽你說的故事是真的嗎。只要你的故事邏輯自洽 + 細節具體 + 語氣自然,就是 Band 7+ 答案。

你可以把三段不同經歷合併成一個、把朋友的故事改成自己的、甚至完全虛構——前提是講得像真的。這是考試策略,不是人格缺陷。

事件類(4 題)

1. Describe a wedding you attended

Bullet hooks:

  • 誰的婚禮、在哪裡
  • 一個讓你難忘的瞬間(演講、食物、意外)

Vocab chunk:a proper celebration / there wasn't a dry eye in the house / the highlight for me was...

2. Describe a celebration you enjoyed

Bullet hooks:

  • 為什麼慶祝、跟誰
  • 一個具體場景(音樂、食物、話題)

Vocab chunk:we went all out / everyone was in high spirits / a night I won't forget

3. Describe a recent decision you made

Bullet hooks:

  • 什麼決定、在考慮什麼選項
  • 最後怎麼決定的 + 現在回頭看的感覺

Vocab chunk:it came down to / I went back and forth for weeks / with hindsight, I'd still make the same call

4. Describe a difficult decision you had to make

Bullet hooks:

  • 當時的兩難
  • 你諮詢了誰、最後怎麼想通

Vocab chunk:torn between / weighed up the pros and cons / a call I didn't take lightly

地點類(4 題)

5. Describe your favourite place

Bullet hooks:

  • 哪裡(咖啡店、房間、公園角落)
  • 你通常在那裡做什麼 + 感覺

Vocab chunk:my happy place / I can switch off the moment I walk in / it just has the right feel

6. Describe a holiday destination you enjoyed

Bullet hooks:

  • 國家、時間、跟誰去
  • 一個具體日子的回憶(一餐、一個景點、一個人)

Vocab chunk:off the beaten track / we stumbled upon / one of those trips I'll look back on in 20 years

7. Describe a peaceful place

Bullet hooks:

  • 這個地方是哪裡、什麼時候去
  • 為什麼在那裡你感覺平靜

Vocab chunk:the noise just melts away / a genuine sense of calm / it resets me

8. Describe a quiet place where you like to study

Bullet hooks:

  • 圖書館、咖啡店、家裡某個角落
  • 物理環境 + 你在那裡的專注力變化

Vocab chunk:I get into the zone / there are no distractions / I've done some of my best work there

物品類(4 題)

9. Describe an important possession

Bullet hooks:

  • 物品是什麼、怎麼到你手上
  • 為什麼對你有意義(故事、人、時期)

Vocab chunk:of huge sentimental value / it's not worth much on paper / if my flat burned down, this is what I'd grab

10. Describe a gift you received

Bullet hooks:

  • 誰給的、什麼場合
  • 為什麼這個 gift 讓你感動(不一定是物品本身貴)

Vocab chunk:thoughtful in a way that caught me off guard / it's the thought that counts / I still use it every...

11. Describe a handmade item you have or have seen

Bullet hooks:

  • 誰做的、什麼材質/工法
  • 跟機器做的比起來有什麼特別

Vocab chunk:you can see the hand of the maker / imperfect in the best way / no two are ever the same

12. Describe something you lost

Bullet hooks:

  • 物品、在哪裡怎麼搞丟的
  • 找回或沒找回的過程 + 你從中學到什麼

Vocab chunk:it was a blow at the time / I retraced my steps / I've been more careful ever since

280 字 Band 7+ 完整範文

Cue card: Describe an important possession

¹ The possession I want to talk about is my grandfather's old film camera — a Pentax K1000 from the early 1980s that's now sitting on the top shelf in my bedroom. ² It's a heavy, mechanical, almost brutalist-looking thing, all metal and black leather, with a satisfying click every time you wind the film.

³ My grandfather bought it the year my mother was born, and he apparently carried it on every family trip for the next three decades. ⁴ Boxes of his negatives are still stored at my parents' house — my entire childhood, and my mother's childhood, exists mainly because of this one camera. ⁵ He passed away when I was 19, and my grandmother gave it to me a few weeks later, saying something like, "He'd have wanted someone who'd actually use it."

⁶ For about a year I was too intimidated to touch it, honestly. ⁷ I eventually loaded a roll of film, got half of the photos badly underexposed, and slowly — over maybe two years of trial and error — figured out how to actually use it properly. ⁸ Now it's the camera I take on trips I actually want to remember. ⁹ Digital is obviously more practical, but there's something about the weight of it, the 36 exposures per roll, the waiting-for-the-prints part, that slows me down in a way I've come to value.

¹⁰ What makes it important isn't really the object — it's the line connecting my mother, my grandfather, and now me. ¹¹ A physical thing passing through three generations, still working, still quietly doing exactly what it was designed to do. ¹² That kind of object is very hard to replace, and I don't think I ever will.

範文分析 — 為什麼是 Band 7+

具體度

  • Pentax K1000 from the early 1980s(具體品牌 + 年代)
  • the year my mother was born(情感錨點)
  • he passed away when I was 19(具體時間)
  • 36 exposures per roll(物品細節)

Lexical

  • brutalist-looking, satisfying click, intimidated, underexposed, trial and error
  • Idiomatic: the line connecting..., quietly doing exactly what it was designed to do

Grammar

  • Passive: Boxes of his negatives are still stored
  • Relative clause: ...a Pentax K1000 from the early 1980s that's now sitting...
  • Reported speech: saying something like, "He'd have wanted..."
  • Nuanced connectives: apparently, honestly, eventually, obviously, really

結構(POWER 對應)

  • Pick:句 1
  • Open:句 2(外觀描述)
  • Why:句 3-5(三代傳承故事)
  • Event:句 6-8(學習使用的過程)
  • Reflect:句 10-12(首尾呼應 + 哲理收尾)

用這個題庫自我訓練

  1. 輪三類:這週只練事件類,下週只練地點類,第三週物品類。避免每次都挑熟的。
  2. 45 秒準備 + 2 分鐘獨白:用手機計時 + 錄音。
  3. 回放三問:

- 有沒有一個具體的時間(年份、年齡、季節)? - 有沒有一個具體的地點(城市、房間、街道)? - 有沒有一個反思句(Looking back / What I've realised is...)?

  1. 缺哪一項,下次強迫塞進去。

最後提醒

考官聽了一整天的 "I want to describe my phone because it is very useful." 當你開口說 "The possession I want to talk about is my grandfather's old film camera..." 的那一秒,他的評分筆已經移到 Band 7 欄了。具體 + 情感 + 反思 = 三件事讓你從 6.5 升到 7.5。


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