IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a Time You Helped a Stranger

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

现在我给你一个话题来讲。

Please describe a time when you helped a stranger.

请描述一次你帮助陌生人的经历。

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 know exactly which story to tell.

谢谢。我很清楚要讲哪个故事。

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

好，时间到了。请开始。

I'd like to talk about something that happened last winter.

我想讲一件去年冬天发生的事。

I was rushing through the main train station in my city.

我正匆匆穿过我们市的主火车站。

Then I noticed an elderly man standing completely still.

然后我注意到一位老人一动不动地站着。

He looked lost, and he was holding a dead phone.

他看起来迷路了，手里拿着一部没电的手机。

So I stopped and asked if he needed any help.

于是我停下来，问他是否需要帮助。

He was looking for the train to his daughter's town,

他在找去女儿所在小镇的火车，

but his train had left ten minutes earlier!

可他的火车十分钟前就已经开走了！

He looked so disappointed, and nearly in tears.

他看起来非常失望，几乎要哭了。

I checked, and there was another train an hour later.

我查了一下，一小时后还有一班车。

So I bought us two coffees, and we waited together.

于是我买了两杯咖啡，我们一起等。

He was going to meet his newborn granddaughter for the first time!

他是第一次去见刚出生的孙女！

He showed me her photo, and his whole face lit up!

他给我看她的照片，整张脸都亮了起来！

When the train arrived, I walked him to the right carriage.

火车到了，我把他送到正确的车厢。

He hugged me and thanked me three times.

他抱了抱我，谢了我三次。

We'd swapped addresses, so a few weeks later, a postcard arrived!

我们交换了地址，所以几周后，一张明信片寄来了！

The baby was fine, and he called me his station angel.

宝宝很好，他还叫我"车站天使"。

But it taught me that small kindness really matters.

但它让我明白，小小的善意真的很重要。

Since then, I've volunteered at a visitor help desk.

从那以后，我在游客服务台做志愿者。

Now I'm the one people run to when they're lost!

现在轮到别人迷路时来找我了！

Do you think people help strangers less than before?

你觉得现在人们比以前更少帮助陌生人了吗？

In big cities, perhaps, because everyone's in a hurry.

在大城市里也许是这样，因为每个人都很匆忙。

But most people will help if you simply ask them.

但只要你开口，大多数人都会帮忙。

Would you help a stranger again?

你还会再帮助陌生人吗？

Absolutely! It's one of the best feelings there is.

当然！那是最美好的感觉之一。

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

谢谢。第二部分到此结束。