IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a Photo You Treasure

Now, I'm going to give you a topic to talk about.

現在我給你一個主題來談談。

Please describe a photo you treasure.

請描述一張你珍藏的照片。

You have one minute to prepare. Here's some paper.

你有一分鐘準備。這是紙。

Thank you. I have the perfect photo in mind!

謝謝。我心裡已經有一張最適合的照片了！

All right, your time is up. Please start now.

好，時間到了。請開始。

I'd like to describe an old photo of my grandfather and me.

我想描述一張我和爺爺的老照片。

It was taken one summer on the Bosphorus, in Istanbul.

那是某年夏天在Istanbul的Bosphorus海峽拍的。

I was eight, and we'd gone fishing in his little boat.

那年我8歲，我們坐著他的小船去釣魚。

In the photo, I'm holding up my very first fish!

照片裡，我正舉著我釣到的第一條魚！

Honestly, it was tiny, about the size of my hand.

老實說，那條魚超小的，差不多只有我的手掌那麼大。

But my grandfather cheered as if it were a shark!

可是爺爺歡呼得好像我釣到了一條鯊魚！

When we moved house, the photo disappeared.

我們搬家的時候，那張照片不見了。

For years, I thought it was gone forever.

好多年來，我都以為它永遠找不回來了。

Then last winter, I found it inside an old book!

結果去年冬天，我在一本舊書裡找到了它！

My grandfather passed away a few years ago.

爺爺幾年前過世了。

So now that photo sits on my desk, in a wooden frame.

所以現在那張照片放在我書桌上，裝在一個木頭相框裡。

Whenever I'm stressed, I look at his big smile.

每次壓力大的時候，我就看看他燦爛的笑容。

He taught me that patience matters more than results.

他教會我，耐心比結果更重要。

And that every fish deserves a celebration!

還有，每一條魚都值得慶祝！

That's why this photo means so much to me.

這就是這張照片對我這麼重要的原因。

Do people still print photos these days?

現在大家還會把照片洗出來嗎？

Not very often. Most photos stay on our phones.

不太常了。大部分照片都只存在手機裡。

Which is risky, because phones get lost or broken.

這其實滿冒險的，因為手機會掉也會壞。

Do you think photos change how we remember things?

你覺得照片會改變我們記憶事情的方式嗎？

Definitely. Sometimes I remember the photo, not the day itself.

一定會。有時候我記得的是照片，而不是那一天本身。

Thank you. That's the end of Part Two.

謝謝。第二部分到此結束。