IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a Photo You Treasure

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

现在我给你一个话题来谈谈。

Please describe a photo you treasure.

请描述一张你珍藏的照片。

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

你有一分钟准备时间。这是纸。

Thank you. I have the perfect photo in mind!

谢谢。我脑子里已经有一张最合适的照片了！

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

好，时间到了。请开始。

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

我想描述一张我和爷爷的老照片。

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

那是某年夏天在Istanbul的Bosphorus海峡拍的。

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

那年我8岁，我们坐着他的小船去钓鱼。

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

照片里，我正举着我钓到的第一条鱼！

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

说实话，那条鱼小得可怜，差不多就我手掌那么大。

But my grandfather cheered as if it were a shark!

可爷爷欢呼得就像我钓到了一条鲨鱼！

When we moved house, the photo disappeared.

我们搬家的时候，那张照片不见了。

For years, I thought it was gone forever.

好多年来，我都以为它永远找不回来了。

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

结果去年冬天，我在一本旧书里找到了它！

My grandfather passed away a few years ago.

爷爷几年前去世了。

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

所以现在那张照片放在我书桌上，装在一个木相框里。

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

每当我压力大的时候，就看看他灿烂的笑容。

He taught me that patience matters more than results.

他教会我，耐心比结果更重要。

And that every fish deserves a celebration!

还有，每一条鱼都值得庆祝！

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

这就是这张照片对我如此重要的原因。

Do people still print photos these days?

现在人们还会把照片洗出来吗？

Not very often. Most photos stay on our phones.

不太常了。大多数照片都只存在手机里。

Which is risky, because phones get lost or broken.

这其实挺冒险的，因为手机会丢也会坏。

Do you think photos change how we remember things?

你觉得照片会改变我们记忆事情的方式吗？

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

肯定会。有时候我记住的是照片，而不是那一天本身。

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

谢谢。第二部分到此结束。