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travel是雅思考试的一个基本话题，无论是口语还是写作中。someone say: There is a turning point that divides my life into life before travel and life with travel。 那么，你是否也曾有过如此体会：一次童年难忘的旅途，open your eyes and enrich your minds, and finally instil in you the wanderlust。

1. 日本之游

Sing O. took her first inspirational trip when she was 19. “I went to Japan with a Japanese school friend for three weeks. Coming from Australia, where culture isn’t exactly a strong point, I was introduced to Japan the same way a child is born,” she says. “Japan is…extremely old and extremely new, historical, and futuristic, [with] fascinating customs, trends, food, technology, beliefs, formalities, and personalities. It increased my thirst for culture beyond Japan.”

It was my first trip abroad, and from that moment forward I knew I would spend my life traveling,” she writes. In the course of exploring Nagoya,Kyoto, Osaka, and Tokyo, the group “went to festivals where we danced in the streets with dragons and drummers, visited temples and religious sites, and had many more adventures. Japan opened my eyes to a whole new world…I felt alive in a way I never had before.”

2.西欧之旅

Brittany G. was a high school senior when she embarked on a three-week trek through Western Europe. “This was my first big trip, so a success or failure could really determine whether I would want to travel again in the future,” she says. “The sights were, of course, amazing, but my favorite part of the trip was getting to wander through a city that was so different from my own.”

3.农场之旅

When I was about 11 my family spent a long weekend in May on a farm in mid-Devon. The sun shone every day and we did things we would never do in our normal everyday suburban lives – swimming in moorland rivers, playing with farm animals, collapsing into bed at nightfall and rising with the dawn. It taught me that a wonderful holiday is at least as much about what you do as it is about where you are.

While i was picking wild berries with my sister i accidentally damaged a wasp’s nest and was stung by at least two dozen of wasps. After long hospital stay i still remember great weather, beautiful scenery, fresh air…and huge swollen legs and arms with stretch marks : ) Unforgettable experience!

there was a moment — a single moment — in your childhood when you realized how big the world was and how little you knew about it. And from that day forward, you just knew you had to see more.

That moment probably happened on a trip. And that trip probably changed your life.

4.未知之旅

It was our annual summer vacation and we were driving through the South Dakota Badlands in our big family van. As an 11-year-old kid from the boring cornfields of middle America, I was amazed by the sharp beige and rust-colored mountains, and the way the sky changed from blue to purple to a dark, angry gray. Then the sky turned black and golf balls of ice began falling on us. This was my first experience with hail, and as I watched the heavens rain down larger and larger lumps of ice, I formed the opinion that it might actually be dangerous. It sounded like big monsters were punching in the roof of our van. A second later, the windshield shattered into thousands of white shards and I thought it was the end of the world.

When the storm passed, we drove carefully to our hotel, where we discovered that our reservation had been given away to someone else, and that, due to the annual Harley Davidson convention, every hotel room in a 100-mile radius was booked for the week. With hungry, scared kids waiting out in the damaged car, my parents had no choice but to take the concierge’s advice and seek shelter at a local Catholic school. I remember my dad tucking me into bed and the nuns turning out the lights.

In the darkness, I reflected on the day’s adventure: I was only 11, but I had survived a real hailstorm, experienced the true meaning of “badlands,” passed a dozen leather-clad biker gangs, and was now sleeping in a girl’s dormitory at a Catholic school. That was the moment I began to realize that unplanned travel was the best kind of travel — that the moments when everything goes wrong can be the most memorable moments of all.

5.单车与探险之旅

I was 8 years old on a Giant bike, pedaling on a narrow trail through the farmland along the Loire River in France – alone. Of course mine and ten other families were not far behind me, floating along in two houseboats, but I couldn’t see them. I imagined myself an intrepid explorer, discovering a secret world on my two-wheeled steed. The little rocks and roots crossing my path became mountains and evil snakes that I bravely charged over. I detoured from the path to help a farmer untangle the legs of a newborn calf, still caught inside his mother, and I suddenly transformed into a comic book hero – part cowgirl, part midwife. Even when pedaling with the group through villages on our search for the best crepes in France, I still had the power to move at my own pace, take detours and investigate curiosities along the way. The combination of a new place and a bicycle, mystery and freedom, resulted in such a thrill that I have been addicted ever since, exploring dozens of developed, as well as totally wild, places all over the world. And always, the first thing I do when I arrive, is get on a bike.

When I was nine years old, my mom took me to Peru to meet family for the first time. It was my first time meeting that side of the family, my first time every leaving the country or being on a plane, and my first time seeing real poverty. That trip stuck with me and is the reason I studied International Development in school and hope to return to South America one day.

6.非洲小女孩的美国纽约行

Something magic happened when a little eight year old girl gazed wide-eyed from a Manhattan hotel window. A gruelling thirty hour journey, jetlag and airsickness were suddenly forgotten. This was it! She was in “America”! Goosebumps rose on her arms as she took in the cacophonous, jam-packed street below.

Down on the street, the noise was even louder and everything was thrillingly unfamiliar. Pavements were no longer called ‘pavements’ – here they were sidewalks. Zebra crossings had become crosswalks, and helpful neon signs told everyone to WALK or DON’T WALK.

Cars appeared from all sorts of unexpected directions and she held her mother’s hand tightly. People walked so fast that she could imagine being swirled and twirled in their wakes. It was all so very different from her home at the bottom of Africa. She wished she had extra eyes and ears to take it all in.

Standing on a street corner outside a New York City diner, this little girl tasted peach frozen yoghurt – and adventure – for the first time. And she was hooked.

7.漫长的火车之旅

First trip out of Singapore was by an overnight train to Butterworth, Province Wellesly in the north of the Malayan Peninsula. I was 14 years old. The train pulled out of Tanjong Pagar station in Singapore at about 8 a.m. I was traveling with my father, brother and two sisters. We all travelled third class. The carriage only has wooden chairs and huge windows for ventilation. Our luggage were stuffed above our seats. We brought along some bread but it was finished even before the train crosed the causeway into Johor. My siblings and I were all so excited as this was the first holiday trip we ever had out of Singapore. I remember lunch were bought from hawkers running after the train at some of the intermediate stations. As the days wear on, the heat and humidity in the train began to affect us all and we were dozing off in a sitting position. Very uncomfortable. When night fell, the temperature in the train began to drop gradually to the point of being unbearably cold. We had no sweater with us. Then at midnight, the train stopped at a station, it was only then that we had something to eat and drink. The journey was really rough. It was not until 6 a.m. that the train finally reached our destination. This must be the most unforgettable journey all the children had. First time i saw endless rubber plantations on the way. Since then I had not taken the same train ride again. Almost 39 years ago to date. Of course this first journey changed my perception of the Malayan Peninsula. Definitely Unforgettable!

8.乡村自然之景

The first time I knew I had to see more of the world was the first time I visited my family in Bangor, Wales (UK). It would’ve been mid afternoon when my Grandfather took me and my brother and sister to walk the dogs. Coming from Manchester there’s little countryside, the contrast of going from a grey overcast with towering new architecture to walking down a dirt track with shades of green branching over you and stretching all around you was phenomenal.

I remember holding the lead to one of the dogs as it pulled me along. By now the dirt track was broken tarmac but I still couldn’t see the end of it, the trees that were originally on either side were now, on the left, replaced by a stone wall, coated in a mixture of moss and mud. As an 8 year old I couldn’t see over, instead I waited for cracks and gates that I could peer into the field through, there I could see a handful of sheep scattered, eating on the grass so carefree.

The weather was fresh, and crisp, the wind sent a smell so fresh, it seemed to separate and revive your senses. The sky wasn’t at all hidden, by now we were walking in between two stretches of fields, and the sky soared high above, blues and purples, with clouds trickling between shades of colours.

We reached the end of the road, facing a large gate my Grandfather took the lead off me before lifting me up to the second bar on the cold metal gate, there I climbed over and jumped off as did my brother and sister.

Here we snapped twigs and squelched in puddles of mud as we were soon surrounded by trees, everywhere we looked the shades of brown from the trees and the mud stood out more than the greens.

The sounds of breaking twigs and sticks composed with birds chirping and flying, wings, both up and down strokes, the odd rustle from leaves a few feet away and the sound of moving water from the stream approaching.

By now the sky had gotten darker with purples and a charcoal smudge overhead, the green had over come the brown in the woodland, wrapping itself around the trees and breaking through the mud.

We were at the back of my Grandparents house now where the smell of my Grandmothers cooking and the sound of clanking cutlery poured out of the back door.

I didn’t want to take my wellies off as I knew it’d be a long time before I got to put them on again, I didn’t want to wait that long.

精彩词汇句子

Wanderlust/travel bug a intrepid spirit

A Small Place With Big Allure soaking up the culture of living there

ancestral homeland village raw natural beauty

Travel back in time was smitten with/hooked by first inspirational trip

It brings back the child in me. It inspired in me a love of the outdoors and hiking in it

Unplanned travel was the best kind of travel.

She wished she had extra eyes and ears to take it all in.

It was a distinct turning point of my life before art and my life with art.

That trip stuck with me. I am a traveller, not a tourist.

Wanderlust was planted in my heart.

Despite our domesticity, Dad always made it known that those who travel together, stay together. Our family mantra was, “We’re travelers, not tourists.”

I want to instil in my kids that same sense of excitement to travel and to see the wonder and vastness of our incredible world.

The combination of a new place and a bicycle, mystery and freedom, resulted in such a thrill that I have been addicted ever since, exploring dozens of developed, as well as totally wild, places all over the world.

用一段精彩的对于travel的评论结束本文：Travel inspires. There is nothing like arriving at a landscape that is completely new. Where we are and where we go influences who we are and who we become, for every journey has a story. Travel doesn’t have to be expensive or involve exotic locales or thousands of miles. Small trips can have a big impact.

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今年上半年，听力的主要组合形式为1新3旧，4道题为旧题的情况也比较常见，而3新1旧的组合形式出现的概率不高，目前未出现4道题都是新题的情况，旧题还是占最大比重。

雅思听力场景主要与学生在海外的生活和学习密切相关，常见的包括求职场景，课业讨论，旅游咨询，学术讲座等等，2015年上半年的听力内容也紧紧围绕着这几大场景。

2015年1-7月雅思听力场景具体分布

日期	Section 1	Section 2	Section 3	Section 4
0110	求职场景（新）	课程介绍	选课场景（新）	城市化讲座（新）
0117	求职场景	业余活动	课程讨论	学术讲座
0129	驾照申请	旅游场景（新）	作业讨论（新）	水果生长讲座
0131	求职场景	蒸汽火车博物馆介绍	作业讨论	学术讲座
0227	求职场景	住宿场景	作业讨论（新）	塑料发明者的讲座
0212	保险场景	校园讨论（新）	学术讨论（新）	环境及工程介绍（新）
0214	旅游场景	农场介绍（新）	学术讨论（新）	水下自动自行车讲座
0228	业余活动	项目介绍	课程讨论	学术讲座
0312	课程安排	减少汽车燃料消耗	学术讨论（新）	红海海胆研究
0314	租房场景（新）	志愿者组织的介绍	学术讨论	文学讲座（新）
0321	求职场景	业余活动安排	学术讨论	学术讲座（新）
0328	租房场景	象棋组织介绍	学术讨论（新）	课程介绍
0411	活动咨询	酒店介绍	学术讨论	植物入侵讲座（新）
0418	旅游场景（新）	业余活动（新）	学术讨论	学术讨论
0425	保险场景	假期活动	课堂讨论	学术讲座
0430	咨询场景	旅游场景（新）	学术研究	学术讲座
0509	咨询场景（新）	新生培训（新）	课堂讨论	学术讲座（新）
0516	咨询场景（新）	调查报告（新）	课堂讨论（新）	超市历史
0521	课程咨询	钓鱼活动	学术讨论	学术讲座
0530	咨询场景（新）	课程介绍（新）	作业讨论	学术讲座
0606	咨询场景	农业园介绍	商业讨论场景	学术讲座（新）
0613	咨询场景（新）	广播节目	课程介绍讨论	学术讲座
0618	咨询场景	旅游场景	选课场景	传统食物介绍
0627	旅游咨询	红松鼠介绍	选课场景	学术讲座
0704	旅游咨询（新）	俱乐部发展	作业讨论	学术讲座
0711	旅游场景	活动介绍（新）	作业讨论	学术讲座
0723	住宿场景	旅游场景	作业讨论	学术讲座
0725	旅游场景	活动介绍	演讲准备（新）	学术讲座

Section 1：咨询类场景占最大比重，其中包括旅游咨询。过去比较热门的租房、住宿场景在上半年中出现的概率并不算太高，取而代之的是求职类的场景。随着国际学生兼职人数的提高，考官更多地希望留学生能对于兼职找工作有比较深入的了解，因此这一类场景出现的频率增加，考生要多加关注这一类求职题目，掌握求职中的一些基本词汇。此外，Section1还是以填空，或者表格的形式出现，这表明考生需要掌握的仍然是记录基本信息的能力，如人名，地名，数字，日期等。

Section2：活动介绍场景比较多，包括各式各样的活动，比如钓鱼活动，做志愿者以及其他的一些娱乐活动等。这类虽然考的词汇比较广泛，但是我们可以从题型和考点去攻破考题。 这一部分中依然以选择题这一题型居多，考察考生的信息转换能力，能够通过听到的内容，对应正确选项。

Section 3: 题目类型比较集中，都是与学术相关，集中分为两类：作业讨论和选课。主要就是根据海外学习会经历的景象做出的对话，包括presentation的探讨，很多时候是team work;essay，assignment的讨论，通常教授会给出建议和反馈，然后要求学生提交作业，当然还包括选课希望教授给出建议或者是社会实践的过程。在学术场景会涉及到很少量的专业相关单词，但是一定是同学们常见的可以拼写出来的词汇，所以不用担心。这一部分几乎每次都有不一样的学科出现，但是总是围绕同学们的某个任务去展开的讨论，所以完全不用害怕会考察到生僻单词。

Section 4：雅思听力最后一个部分通常节选自某个专业课程上教授的一段讲座内容，讲座虽然涉及的学科和面比较广，但是不会考察专业词汇，尤其是罕见的拼写。这一部分以笔记填空题的类型为主，有时候还会出现选择题。考生们主要可以根据空格前面的名词定位，找到空格需要填写的答案。

2015年下半年雅思听力备考建议

听力中的旧题依然会经常出现。虽然很多人在议论旧题考的越来越少了，但是回顾上半年的28场考试，几乎每场都有1个或者几个Section是几年前的，甚至1-2年前考过的老题目。所以机经依然是大家重要的备考资料，用于帮助大家记单词，学场景。

雅思听力考察的重点依然是同义词替换，单词还是常见的单词，场景也依然变化不大。 考生们主要把握一些常见场景中的同义替换词。

考试题型今年加大了表格和配对题的比率，较难的题型包括地图题和流程图也在小比率的增加，希望大家不要忽视这些曾经冷门的题型，因为它们的热度可能会慢慢增加起来。考生可以对应到剑桥雅思真题系列的听力地图题和流程图，加强练习。

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