雅思口语高分词汇：外表篇（IELTS Physical Appearance Vocabulary）Read the following IELTS-style questions and answers below and pay attention to the phrases in bold. Use the ‘Definitions’ section at the bottom of the page to check the meaning of any phrases you don’t understand.Part 1-高分答案应用案例Examiner: Do you look like any other people in your family?
Carlo: No … not at all … take my brother for example … he has short cropped hair and has quite a pointed face … he’s also quite fair-skinned compared to me …Examiner: Tell me about your family.
Andrea: My father’s getting on a bit … he’s in his 60s … but he looks very young for his age … he still does lots of exercise and is quite well-built …Examiner: What does your best friend look like?
Mandy: She’s the same age as me … she has shoulder-length hair … fair hair … she has a slim figure and is medium height …Part 2-高分答案应用案例Describe a person whose appearance you like. You should saywho this person iswhat their relationship is to youwhat they look like
and say what it is about their appearance you like.Monique: OK … I’d like to talk about my aunt … her name’s Marta and she’s quite a character … she’s middle-aged but has a very youthful appearance … she’s a little overweight I suppose but not too much … she has a friendly round face framed by thick blonde hair … she has a lovely complexion and she’s always well-turned out … she actually always looks like she’s going out for the evening to somewhere special … there’s never a hair out of place … I’ve always thought she bears a striking resemblance to someone on TV … I can’t remember the name now … she wears glasses and always seems to have a different pair on every time I see her … I like the way she looks because she wears clothes that are right for her age and manages to look glamorous without it looking like she’s too done up … yes … I’ll be happy if I look like her when I’m her age …Part 3-高分答案应用案例Examiner: Is it important to dress well whenever we go out?
Mark: It depends where you’re going … I know some people get done up just to go to the shops … but I don’t see the point … you shouldn’t go out looking scruffy with disheveled hair but I really don’t see the point in getting dressed up to the nines unless you’re going somewhere special …Examiner: Do people worry too much about their appearance as they get older?
Mira: I’m sure they do … yes … but it happens to all of us doesn’t it … we all go grey eventually and get hard of hearing … we start to lose our figure … that’s why plastic surgery is so popular … personally I think we just need to grow old gracefully and not worry too much about how we look …Examiner: Is attractiveness a quality worthwhile aiming for?
Phoebe: I’d like to say no … it shouldn’t matter what we look like in terms of our physical appearance … but unfortunately it seems women especially are taken more seriously if they are good looking with a slender figure with perfect make up and so on …词汇定义Definitionsto bear a striking resemblance: 惊人的相似 to look very similar tocropped hair: 短发 very short hairdisheveled hair:蓬乱的头发 untidy hairto dress up to the nines: 打扮的极为华丽 to dress very smartly or glamorouslyfair hair:淡颜色的头发 light-coloured hairto be fair-skinned: 皮肤白皙light skinnedto get done up: 打扮的很漂亮 to dress smartlyto be getting on a bit:变老 to be getting oldto go grey:头发变白 to have hair that is turning greyto be good looking:好看 to be attractiveto grow old gracefully: 优雅的老去to act in a way that embraces the fact you are getting olderto be hard of hearing: 听力不佳 to find it difficult to hearin his/her 30s/40s:在他/她的30岁/40岁 to be 20/30 somethingscruffy: 邋遢的dressed untidilyto look young for your age:看起来比实际年龄年轻 to look younger than you areto lose one’s figure:身材走样 to have a figure that has lost its toned shapecomplexion: 气色 natural skin colour and texturemake up:化妆 cosmeticsmedium height: 中等身高 average heightmiddle-aged: 中年 approximately between 45-65to never have a hair out of place:精致的发型 perfectly styled hairto be overweight: 超重to weigh more than is regarded as healthypointed face: 尖下巴 the opposite of a round faceshoulder-length hair:齐肩发 hair that comes down to the shoulders and no furtherslender figure: 细长的身材 a figue that is tall and slimslim figure:苗条的身材 attractively thinthick hair:浓密的头发 a lot of hairto wear glasses:戴眼镜的 to use spectaclesto be well-built: 体格健美to be muscularto be well-turned out:注重仪态 to look smartyouthful appearance:年轻的外表 to look young |
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