新航道小编今天为大家带来一篇雅思高频话题:
巴黎的小偷全世界闻名,去巴黎玩耍,不丢点儿东西,感觉人生都不完整。在巴黎,一般小偷惯用的伎俩就是,在一些热门旅游景点,一些年青的女孩,请游客签名,说是一些公益活动。签名之后他们就会开始游说你捐钱,同时不知不觉间你的钱包就离你而去了。
当然还有其他的招数,每一套仿佛都可以讲成一道Part 2答案。这里我们就以刚才讲的,骗取游客善心的招数为例,搞一段丢东西的经历:
This topic reminds me of the time I lost my wallet in Paris.
Here’s what happened.
A year ago, I took a trip to Paris to visit one of my friends. And one day, on my way to his school from my hotel, some girls came up to me, and asked me to sign my name on a piece of paper and donate 1 euro, I was told it was for charity, you know, about helping blind people or whatever. Anyway, after they were gone, I realized my wallet was missing. I was pretty sure I put it in the front pocket of my bag, but the zip was open and I couldn’t find my wallet.
I panicked, ‘cause my ID card and my hotel key was in my wallet, and of course, some cash, about 200 euro, I didn’t remember how much exactly. I didn’t know what to do, so I went to the police station.
The police asked me what happened. They said I was trapped. It was a typical trick they would play on a tourist. They would ask you for something, like a pen or a cigarette, to distract your attention, and when you are talking to them, their partner would steal your wallet or cell phone immediately.
I never got my wallet back, but I learned an important lesson. When you are alone in a foreign country, you have to be extra careful, and now I just feel so lucky that I didn’t put my passport in my wallet.
语言点解析
panic = to suddenly feel frightened so that you cannot think clearly and you say or do something stupid, dangerous, etc; to make somebody do this. 例如:
I panicked when I saw smoke coming out of the engine.
trap = to trick somebody into something例如:
He felt he had been trapped into accepting the terms of the contract.
The police managed to trap him into revealing his true identity.
lesson = an experience, especially an unpleasant one, that somebody can learn from so that it does not happen again in the future例如:
The accident taught me a lesson I'll never forget.
We are still absorbing the harsh lessons of this disaster.
Let that be a lesson to you (= so that you do not make the same mistake again).
extra = (with an adjective or adverb) more than usually例如:
You need to be extra careful not to make any mistakes.
an extra large T-shirt
She tried extra hard.
He wanted to cook something extra special for dinner that night.