雅思口語話題：Sleeping

　　眾所周知，雅思口語一直是雅思考試中的重難點。而sleeping，是雅思口語眾多part 1題目中，很多學生抱怨，相對無話可說的一個主題。其實如果同學們掌握基本的思路擴展的方法，這個主題也就沒有那么無語了。快跟小編一下來復習一下吧。

　　1. How many hours do you sleep every day?

　　2. Is it necessary to sleep enough?

　　3. Is taking a nap important?

　　4. Do old people sleep a lot?

　　1. How many hours do you sleep every day?

　　這道題是簡單的信息問句, 同學們要給出對應的信息內(nèi)容。但切記不要只說I sleep for 8hours 就沒有了。后續(xù)要給出更細節(jié)的東西, 這里介紹給同學們一種方法：一切分情況討論。

　　可以借助頻率詞：usually，sometimes，once in a while，occasionally，或者是on weekdays ，on weekends，on holidays 等。

　　通常我每天睡幾個小時，幾點到幾點，還可以給出原因，對學生來說睡前完成作業(yè)，finish the homework and prepare for the next day。早晨起床花費多久到學校commuting to school，這些信息都很不錯。也可以再給出一個其他的情況，周六日或者假期睡多久，給出細節(jié)，這樣語言上會豐富很多。

　　Actually，on weekdays，I usually sleep for just 6hours at most. Because I have to stay awake, finish my homework and prepare for the next school day until midnight and I must get up around 6:30 to fresh up myself then commute to school for 45mins. Fortunately, on weekends or holidays, I can stay in bed as long as I wish, maybe for 10 hours or even more.

　　2. Is it necessary to sleep enough?

　　這是一道必要性或者重要性的問題，對這一類問題一方面當然可以說明為什么有必要，對于本題就是have enough sleep 的好處：

　　比如 storage up energy養(yǎng)精蓄銳; get a clear mind for the next day第二天精神狀況更好等; 另一個也很容易描述的方面是：實際情況是怎樣。也就是大家都知道這個很必要也很有好處，但現(xiàn)實情況下大家更多的還是怎樣。 聯(lián)系現(xiàn)實情況永遠都是一個很不錯的擴展方向。

　　Sure, definitely. It’s extremely important to sleep for at least 7hours a day. So that one can storage up energy and get a clear mind for the next day. However, the fact is nothing like this. Almost everyone I know stays up quite late either having entertaining activities, playing smart phones or doing their job or homework. Lacking of bedtime is already a serious social problem nowadays.

　　3. Is taking a nap important?

　　這個題目跟上一道題答題的思路可以很一致，但是如果是出現(xiàn)在同一天的口試當中，同學們切記盡量不要去重復之前用過的語言，如果實在是想說的內(nèi)容方向很一致那就反著說，前面說了睡眠充足會怎樣，這里可以說如果不午休會怎樣，狀態(tài)不佳getting sleeping or dizzy這樣語言也不會很重復。當然也可以用我們剛學的方法來結(jié)合現(xiàn)實。就你所知，大家是否午休，實際情況如何。

　　或者可以表達相反的觀點。雖然聽說午睡有好處，但實際上不午睡也可以保持很好的狀態(tài)stay quite vigorous and active，這樣也不為一個順暢的思路。 午休taking a short break in the midday.

　　Honestly，I’m not so sure about this，I have heard that taking a short break in the midday prevents us from getting sleeping or dizzy in the afternoon.But in reality， the majority of my classmates including myself stay quite vigorous and active without it.So it might just be a personal thing I guess.

　　4. Do old people sleep a lot?

　　在part1 中，很多話題都會把主語轉(zhuǎn)換為old people 或者kids 來進行提問。所以同學們還是要積累一下表示老年人的語言： the old， the aged，the senior，甚至也可以引入grandparents 這樣的表述。

　　回答本題目，這是一個詢問現(xiàn)狀的yes/no問題，切記在回答是否之后，自然要給出一系列細節(jié)事實狀況，老年人睡眠其實很多，只是睡得早：go to bed so much earlier，大概幾點就入睡，但是他們起來的很早，要去晨練 doing some morning exercise in the park ，早市買菜do some grocery shopping， like vegetables and meat for the family 之類的。順便可以提一下，我們中國的老人需要照顧全家人這一個很有意思的現(xiàn)象。

　　As far as I know， the old probably get more hours of sleep， maybe in average 8 hours. They wake up in the morning just as much earlier as they go to bed in the evening. Like my grandparents they start doing some morning exercise in the park with other aged friends at 6，and then go to do some grocery shopping for vegetables and meat for the family in the street market. It is a typical Chinese thing.