雅思+日常口语——用地道英文谈论——休闲、放松、兴趣爱好
Describe a challenge you faced that you thought was rather difficult
You should say:
what it was
when and where you faced it
why you thought it was a difficult challenge
and explain how you felt at the time
Well, I’m going to describe the time when I was flying from Beijing to Los Angeles. Yeah, that was the challenge - sitting on the plane for 13 hours, haha.
It was this January, during the Chinese New Year holiday. It was during my winter holiday, and my parents also had seven days off work, so we went to visit America. Our destination was America partly because I was going to take this English test, and my parents figured that the trip could help me improve my English.
I thought it was difficult just because I’d never flown for that long before. I had only traveled domestically prior to that trip, and the flights only took 3 or 4 hours, at most. For example, Beijing is in the north of China, and Hainan Island is in the very south, but it’s only a 4-hour flight.
As for this flight to California ... I was stuck in my seat, a middle seat, with very little leg room. It was uncomfortable whether I was awake or asleep. To cope with that, when I was not sleeping, I was watching movies. I remember I finished two Fast and Furious movies during the flight.
The moment I got off the plane, I was so happy, excited, actually, not only for the trip ahead, but also because the ordeal was over. Of course, there was also the return trip, haha, but I wasn’t thinking about that then.
have ... days off work 有...天的假期
destination 目的地
partly because 原因之一是...
figure 认为
I’d never flown, I had only traveled 注意过去完成时
domestically 在国内
prior to sth 在...之前
at most 至多
as for sth 至于...
be stuck in my seat 被困在我的座位上
leg room 腿部空间
uncomfortable 不舒服
whether ... or ... 不管是...还是...
awake 醒着的
asleep 睡着的
cope with sth 应对...
the trip ahead 接下来的旅行
ordeal 苦难
return trip 回程
