试听180秒【词汇】08-Technology and Invention 科技与发明

08. Technology and Invention科技与发明

IELTS Space Questions

A piece of technology (besides computer) you like to use

•What it is

•When it was invented

•What it looks like

•Why do you like to use it

Part 1

• "I would like to take this opportunity to talk about about a piece of technology that I like to use. The piece of technology that I like to use is the Japanese toilet, because it is the best toilet in the world, it is amazing and I love it. I know it is not cutting edge tech, but in my opinion it is cool technology. The reason I love this toilet, or this piece of technology, is threefold...

Key Words

•I would like to take this opportunity...

•Today I am going to talk about...

•I am going to talk about...

•Cutting edge=New & Cool

•Tech=Technology

•Threefold=Three reasons

•Twofold=Two reasons

•Threefold=Three reasons

•The reason I like the iPhone the most is threefold.

•Twofold=Two reasons

•The reason I think phones are bad is twofold.

Part 2

• Reason number one, I love it because it is technology, if you have ever used a Japanese toilet...it's amazing because on the right hand side you have all these buttons that can do cool things, right? You press one, and all this water comes out and cleans your bum, and the water is warm which is amazing! There is also another button which makes sounds so you are less embarrassed when you are doing your thing. So that's the first reason I like it, because it is technology, pretty cool right?

Key Words

•Reason number one...

•First of all

•Primarily

•Firstly

•“Right?”

•If you say something that everybody knows, you can use“right?”at the end of thesentence.

•Doing your thing

Part 3

•The second reason that I really like the Japanese toilet, is because I once read a book that say's you can learn about a culture by looking at their toilets. And I think that is definitely true for Japan! There are famous for being modern, very clean, very organised and having good technology . Their toilets are very modern, very clean, very organised and they have lot's of technology. So I think Japanese toilets are a good reflection of Japanese culture.

Key Words

•I once=有一次

•.... is a good reflection of ...

•That picture is a good reflection of her personality.

•That movie is a good reflection of our society.

•This video is a perfect refletion of British culture.

Part 4

•And the third reason why I really like Japanese toilets is because I recently found a mall in Beijing where all of the toilets are Japanese and recently I have been going to that mall just to go to the toilets, really, and it is far away from my home, it is about 45 minutes. But I will still travel 45 minutes just to enjoy toilets. So in short, the technology that I like to use is Japanese toilet."

Key Words

•Really

•If you say something somebody might not believe

•I don't use Wechat, really, it is a waste of time.

•I hate going to the zoo, really, they are bad places.

•In short

•In conclusion

•To sum up

Whole answer

"I would like to take this opportunity to talk about about a piece of technology that I like to use. The piece of technology that I like to use is the Japanese toilet, because it is the best toilet in the world, it is amazing and I love it. I know it is not cutting edge tech, but in my opinion it is cool technology. The reason I love this toilet, or this piece of technology, is threefold...

Reason number one, I love it because it is technology, if you have ever used a Japanese toilet...it's amazing because on the right hand side you have all these buttons that can do cool things, right? You press one, and all this water comes out and cleans your bum, and the water is warm which is amazing! There is also another button which makes sounds so you are less embarrassed when you are doing your thing. So that's the first reason I like it, because it is technology, pretty cool right?

The second reason that I really like the Japanese toilet, is because I once read a book that say's you can learn about a culture by looking at their toilets. And I think that is definitely true for Japan! There are famous for being modern, very clean, very organised and having good technology . Their toilets are very modern, very clean, very organised and they have lot's of technology. So I think Japanese toilets are a good reflection of Japanese culture.

And the third reason why I really like Japanese toilets is because I recently found a mall in Beijing where all of the toilets are Japanese and recently I have been going to that mall just to go to the toilets, really, and it is far away from my home, it is about 45 minutes. But I will still travel 45 minutes just to enjoy toilets. So in short, the technology that I like to use is Japanese toilet."