IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a Piece of Advice You Received (Band 7.0)

Now, I'm going to give you a topic,

現在我給你一個題目，

and I'd like you to talk about it for one to two minutes.

請你針對這個題目講一到兩分鐘。

Describe a piece of advice you received.

描述一個你收到過的建議。

You have one minute to think about what you'd like to say.

你有一分鐘可以想想要說什麼。

Thank you. I know exactly what to talk about!

謝謝。我很清楚要講什麼！

All right? Please start speaking now.

好了嗎？請開始。

I'd like to talk about some advice from my aunt,

我想講講我阿姨給我的一個建議，

who runs a small bakery in my hometown.

她在我老家開了一間小麵包店。

She's the kind of person who always tells you the truth!

她是那種永遠會跟你說實話的人！

I received it about three years ago,

我大約三年前收到這個建議，

when I'd just started university.

那時我剛上大學。

I'd never lived away from home before,

我以前從來沒離開家住過，

and the city felt enormous and lonely.

那座城市讓我覺得又大又孤單。

Everyone in my class seemed far cleverer than me.

班上每個人看起來都比我聰明得多。

While they were asking smart questions,

他們在問一些很聰明的問題時，

I was secretly thinking about dropping out.

我卻在偷偷想著要休學。

One night, I called my aunt in tears,

有一天晚上，我哭著打電話給阿姨，

and she just listened.

她就只是靜靜地聽著。

When I finally stopped crying, she said something simple.

等我終於不哭了，她說了一句很簡單的話。

She told me not to compare my chapter one

她叫我不要拿自己的第一章

to someone else's chapter twenty.

去跟別人的第二十章比較。

At first, I didn't really understand what she meant!

一開始，我不太懂她的意思！

But the next morning, it suddenly made sense.

但隔天早上，我突然就懂了。

The others must have struggled at first too,

其他人一開始一定也很辛苦，

but they simply hid it better!

只是他們藏得比較好！

So I stopped comparing myself, and I joined a study group.

於是我不再拿自己跟別人比，還加入了一個讀書會。

By the end of the year, I'd passed every exam,

到了學年末，我每一科都過了，

and I'd made some real friends too!

還交到了真正的朋友！

What I remember most is how calm she sounded,

我記得最清楚的，是她的聲音有多平靜，

and it calmed me down too.

這也讓我平靜了下來。

If a friend felt like that today,

如果今天有朋友也有那種感覺，

I'd give them exactly the same advice.

我會給他一模一樣的建議。

I just wish I'd called her sooner!

我只希望自己早點打給她！

These days, I tutor first-year students who feel lost,

現在我在幫一些迷惘的大一新生課輔，

and I always pass her words on.

我總會把她的話轉告給他們。

Do you often give advice to other people?

你常給別人建議嗎？

Only when they ask for it!

只有在別人問的時候！

Unwanted advice is rarely welcome, in my experience.

以我的經驗，沒人要的建議很少受歡迎。

And is your aunt pleased that it helped?

那你阿姨知道這個建議幫到你，開心嗎？

Very! She tells everyone at the bakery about it!

超開心！她跟麵包店裡的每個人都講過！

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

謝謝。第二部分到此結束。