“等待”这个话题，会让考生们浮想联翩脑洞大开，比如有人等飞机起飞，有人在车站等接人，有人等节日的到来，当然，也有人等雅思成绩。
之前，如果对试题熟悉的娃们，应该记得有一道题目是让大家描写一个surprise，如果当年你准备的语料是考试成绩让你大吃一惊，那么先前的素材就可以直接移植过来了!比如下面的素材：
I’d like to talk about the time when I waited for my test results. Here in China, there’s a thing called high school entrance exam, which is the first big turning point for Chinese students, because it determines whether we can attend a first-class high school. Every student works hard to get in some of the best high schools in my hometown, so the competition is fierce.
However, I was never the kind of students who can do well in tests. Usually I could only get about 400 out of 600 marks. So before the exam, I was depressed and stressed out, but I didn’t give up, I stayed up late every night cramming for the exam, hoping that I could get a decent mark. I was extremely nervous on the day of the test. And I couldn’t get to sleep after that because I was so anxious about my grades. But they wouldn’t come out until 2 weeks after the exam. The wait was really killing me back then.
One day I was having lunch with my classmates, and they told me our grades came out. I thought, oh, the big moment has arrived, I was too nervous to call my mom, so I texted her. But after a while, she called me, telling me that I got 535. That moment, to be honest, I felt like I was on cloud nine/on top of the world. I just couldn’t believe it. This long wait has really given me the biggest pleasant surprise I’ve ever had.
Language notes:
high school entrance exam 中考
turning point 转折点
cram for the exam 为考试突击学习
a decent mark 像样的分数
on cloud nine 九霄云上，十分开心
on top of the world 超级开心
“等待”的过程不一定多么复杂，大家只需要前期好好铺垫一下，后面就很自然的引出等待时的心情了。
这里给大家抛砖引玉，烤鸭们加油!
作者简介：
朱博，雅思口语美女讲师，毕业于985院校大连理工大学，硕士保送一等奖学金。在校期间曾游学美国，任出版社英语出版中心校对四年，工作严谨，活泼开朗，让大家快乐的学习英语。
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