IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe an Old Building You Like (Band 7.0)

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

现在我给你一个话题，

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

请你就这个话题讲一到两分钟。

Describe an old building that you like.

描述一座你喜欢的老建筑。

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

你有一分钟时间想想要说什么。

Thank you. I've got a great example!

谢谢。我有一个很好的例子！

All right? Please start speaking now.

好了吗？请开始讲。

I'd like to describe an old brick warehouse by the river,

我想描述河边的一座老砖砌仓库，

which is now the main library in my hometown.

它现在是我家乡的主图书馆。

It was built in the eighteen nineties to store tea.

它建于十九世纪九十年代，是用来储存茶叶的。

It's a huge red-brick building with tall arched windows,

那是一座巨大的红砖建筑，有高高的拱形窗户，

and inside, you can still see the original iron beams!

里面还能看到原来的铁梁！

The sun sets right behind it,

太阳正好在它后面落下，

and the whole place glows orange.

整座建筑都泛着橘色的光。

For about forty years, though, it was completely empty.

不过，它曾经空置了大约四十年。

The windows had been broken, and pigeons were living inside.

窗户都被打破了，里面还住着鸽子。

At one point, the council planned to knock it down!

有一段时间，市政府还打算把它拆掉！

Luckily, local people started a campaign to save it,

幸好，当地居民发起了一场保护运动，

and it reopened as a library about ten years ago.

大约十年前，它作为图书馆重新开放了。

What makes it special to me is my grandfather.

它对我来说特别，是因为我的爷爷。

He worked there as a teenager,

他十几岁的时候在那里工作过，

when it was still a warehouse.

那时它还是个仓库。

He'd carry heavy boxes of tea up and down the stairs all day.

他整天扛着沉重的茶叶箱上下楼梯。

He says the whole building smelled of tea,

他说整栋楼都飘着茶香，

and honestly, I can still imagine it!

说实话，我现在都还能想象出来！

I spent most of my final year of school studying there.

高中最后一年，我大部分时间都在那里学习。

While my friends were revising at home,

朋友们在家复习的时候，

I'd sit by the huge arched windows,

我就坐在那些巨大的拱形窗边，

and I could concentrate for hours.

能专心好几个小时。

I'm sure that's why I passed my exams,

我肯定这就是我考试通过的原因，

and I still go there every holiday.

现在每次放假我还会去那里。

If the city knocked it down now, I'd be heartbroken.

如果现在市里把它拆了，我会非常心痛。

Do you think many people visit it?

你觉得去那里的人多吗？

Yes, it's always busy, especially at weekends!

多，那里总是很热闹，尤其是周末！

Would you like to live in an old building?

你想住在老建筑里吗？

Maybe, although the heating bills might be terrible!

也许吧，不过暖气费可能会高得吓人！

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

谢谢。第二部分到此结束。