咦，空调不就是一项很伟大的发明嘛，这不正好符合我们当季题库内一道较为热门的雅思口语Part 2题目“Describe an important invention that has changed the world”。下面小编就和大家分享夏日雅思口语话题分析，来欣赏一下吧。
夏日雅思口语话题分析：an important invention
我们现在就来看看如何利用 “lifesaver空调君”来准备这道雅思口语热门题目。
雅思口语话题 Describe an important invention that has changed the world
在大家看下面这篇sample answer 之前，可以先考虑以下几个小问题：
1. “我这条命是空调给的“英文怎么说?
2. 形容天气非常闷热，可以有哪些词?
3. 准备一篇Part 2的口语话题大概思路是怎么样的?
Describe an invention that has changed the world.
You should say:
what it is;
how it’s changed our life;
how popular it is among different age groups;
and explain how you feel about it.
This topic surely got me thinking! I mean, I can think of many revolutionary inventions like smart phone, computer, camera and something like that, but considering the hot, sweaty weather conditions we are suffering lately, what I truly want to share with you is the air-conditioner, which has largely freed us from this suffocating high temperature very recently.
To be honest, hardly can I imagine how people managed to stay cool before the invention of AC. What I’ve heard from my grandparents is that they used to sit on the porch in front of the house and to feel the breeze back to decades ago, or they used fans of some sort. Obviously, that doesn’t sound tempting at all. That’s probably why the AC has now become an essential household appliance for most families in my country once it had come out. The guy who invented it is surely a genius.
As for how I feel about this important invention, well, it’s something, right? It even feels like I’ve owned my life to the air-conditioner. The heat wave is so strong that it doesn’t make any difference whether I go outside or say indoors. Sweat poured from my forehead even if I sit still and do nothing. However, thanks to AC, it’s much easier for us to fall asleep at night and to maintain high productively under sweltering weather outside.
OK, 看完这篇例文之后，各位烤鸭对于先前我提出的三个小问题有答案了吗?我们这里来总结一下:
1. I’ve owned my life to the air-conditioner. 我这条命是空调给的。Own sth.to sb./sth. 这个短语我们大家都应该较为熟悉，“把某事归功于某人“，那么这里我们为了夸张的表示有下对空调君的感谢之情，就可以这样使用，说我的这条命都是归功于空调。同理，在掌握了这个短语的基础之上，咱们尝试举一反三，是不是就可以说 “我的雅思高分都是考官给的”-I’ve owned my high score on IELTS to the examiners. “多亏了父母，才有了我今天的成就”��- “I‘ve owned my achievement to my parents.”��
2. 表达“天气炎热“，除了常见的 hot 之外，我们可以多积累一些地道且 less common 的词汇，例如 stuffy, sweltering, strong heat wave 等。雅思考官对于口语的评分标准之一就在于词汇的灵活多样性上，换言之，多使用一些不是太显老生常谈的表达也可以为自己在考官那里刷一下印象分呢。
3. 对于正在备考的雅思考生来说，一篇Part 2题目需要在接近2分钟的时间内流利度的用15-20句话描述一个特定话题，更为重要的是，所言须有条理性，所以在准备这道口语话题时，大家可以先引出一个自己认为重要的发明，比如在罗列几个反面之后挑一个最为个人认为很好拓展开来的说明【Tip1:先罗列再挑一展开】;接下来，可以重点解释一下这项发明的功能是什么的，比如该项发明之前生活怎样，而有了它之后又是如何【Tip2:对比方式展开更有逻辑性噢】;最后，给出自己的主观评价感受【Tip3:有了前面的客观功能描述，自己的主观展开才更加言之有物】。
根据这样的一个结构分析，
我们现在再来看一下刚才那篇例文：
This topic surely got me thinking! I mean, I can think of many revolutionary inventions like smart phone, camera, penicillin and something like that【罗列发明】, but considering the hot, sweaty weather conditions we are suffering lately, what I truly want to share with you is the air-conditioner, which has largely freed us from this suffocating high temperature very recently 【引出主题】.
To be honest, hardly can I imagine how people managed to stay cool before the invention of AC. What I’ve heard from my grandparents is that they used to sit on the porch in front of the house and to feel the breeze back to decades ago, or they used fans of some sort 【过去】. Obviously, that doesn’t sound tempting at all. That’s probably why the AC has now become an essential household appliance for most families in my country once it had come out 【现在】. The guy who invented it is surely a genius.
【主观段落过渡感受】As for how I feel about this important invention, well, it’s something, right? It even feels like I’ve owned my life to the air-conditioner. The heat wave is so strong that it doesn’t make any difference whether I go outside or say indoors. Sweat poured from my forehead even if I sit still and do nothing. However, thanks to AC, it’s much easier for us to fall asleep at night and to maintain high productively under sweltering weather outside.
雅思写作分析：现象表明对环境的破环已经非常严重
今日学习主题
一些现象表明对环境的破环已经非常严重
主题解读
海洋及陆地环境的破坏和如此多物种的消失证明如今要弥补对环境的巨大损害已经为时过晚。
英文句子
The destruction of marine and land environments and the disappearance of so many species is proof that it is already too late to reverse much of the damage.
大多数情况下，由于一种即将消失的语言使用者过少，即使再多资金投入也无济于事。主要原因在于下一代的人往往没有意愿使用这种语言，因为像英语和普通话这种更为主流的语言与他们的生活更加相关。
雅思写作语言点精讲
1. destruction，破坏，动词形式为destruct
2. marine and land environments海洋和陆地环境
3. disappearance 消失，动词形式为disappear
4. species 物种，注意这类词汇只以复数形式出现
5. is proof that + 完整句子，这里的that之后引导完整句子，是同位语从句，也就是后面这句话是proof的内容，中文可以直接理解或者翻译为“证明…”
6. it is already too late to do，这句话中it为形式主语，真正的主语是to do的部分，因此表达的含义为“做某件事已经为时过晚”
7. reverse 扭转，逆转
8. the damage 这里需要注意the可以作为指代关系使用，因此这里的the damage指的是上文中提到的那些现象。
今日练习
整理5-10个关于环境破坏相关现象的表达，如文中出现的the disappearance of so many species等。
雅思写作分析：人口增长和购买力增强给自然界带来过大压力
今日学习主题
人口增长和购买力增强给自然界带来过大压力
主题解读
自然界出现的损害多数是由于人的行为造成的，其中人口增长和人们购买力以及需求的增加是很重要的原因，所以这一观点的表述是很常用的，另外需要说明这种行为的不可持续性，句中 non-sustainable和non-renewable都是环境类话题中常用的表示消极意义的形容词。
英文句子
As the world’s population grows and people’s spending power increases, our veracious appetite puts unrealistic pressure on the natural world. This practice is non-sustainable, as we are exploiting resources that are non-renewable.
随着世界人口的增长以及人们的购买力增强，我们本能的欲望给自然世界带来了超出寻常的压力。这种行为是无法持续的，因为我们正在使用无法再生的资源。
雅思写作语言点精讲
1. 开头使用as进行状语从句的引导是比较常见的写法，需要注意as后面的内容和主句之间在逻辑上需要非常契合
2. the world's population 世界人口
3. people's spending power 人们的购买力
4. grow和increase都表示“增长”，需要注意使用的准确性
5. veracious appetite，其中veracious表示“真实的”，appetite表示“食欲”，此处表示人们为自身考虑产生的那些需求和欲望，而这些需求并没有考虑到对生态环境的影响
6. unrealistic 不切实际的，不合理的
7. the natural world 自然界，大自然
8. this practice指的是“这种行为”，这里作为指代关系，与上句话形成句间的衔接。
9. non-sustainable 不可持续的
10. resources that are non-renewable 此处resources表示资源，之后的定语从句对resources进行修饰，其中non-renewable表示“无法再生的”，补充：renewable resources表示“可再生资源”
今日练习
仿照本句写一句话，说明人的行为对自然界造成的负面影响。
