考生們常常不知如何描述罕見的口語卡片題，今天我們就以“描述交通工具”為例，談談該如何在考前準備：
      Describe a vehicle you would like to own in the future. You should say
      • what kind of vehicle it is
      • what you would use it for
      • and explain why you would like to buy it
      在回答前，讓我們先將vehicle此字定義厘清（摘自Wikipedia維基百科）：A vehicle is a mobile machine（具移動功能的機器） that is designed or used to transport（運送） passengers （乘客） or cargo（貨物）. Vehicles多屬人造的（manufactured），包括bicycles, cars, motorcycles, trains, ships, boats and aircraft。要注意的是，不行駛於陸地的vehicles通常字裡帶有"craft"詞綴，如： watercraft（船），aircraft（飛機），和spacecraft（宇航器）。接着在描述此卡片題時，以下三點建議供考生參考：
      1. 儘快決定欲描述的交通工具為何。多數考生會選擇描述車輛，但如想發揮創意，不妨說說飛機（airplane）或直升機（helicopter），答案是否現實或具可行性並不重要。
      2. 仔細回答每個子項目，儘量向考官描述您所選的交通工具，如車子品牌（make）、顏色、外觀、車內設計（interior design）及所附設備（gadget）。
      3. 說說個人經驗或故事：想像您會駕駛此交通工具去哪兒，選擇飛機或直升機的好處是答案可以較創新及有想像力。
      以下我們以直升機（helicopter）為例:
      • If I were a millionaire(百萬富翁), I'd like to buy a helicopter. I recently saw a movie about someone who flew around(到處遨遊飛翔) in his own helicopter, and I remember thinking how amazing it would be to have one. The helicopter in the movie was a large, red, two-seater(兩個座位的直升機) and it seemed rather easy to fly - that's the kind of vehicle I'd like to purchase.
      • I deally speaking(理想地說）, I'd use my helicopter instead of a car. First, I'd need to learn to fly it, but then I'd use it to go on short trips(短程旅行) or holidays. It would be fantastic(棒的；美妙的) to be able to avoid(閃避) traffic jams(塞車), and get everywhere in a fraction of the time(在極短時間內) it normally takes. I'd take friends and family sightseeing (觀光) over continents or oceans.
      • One of the reasons I'd like to have a helicopter is that you can park it almost anywhere. You don't need to find a runway(跑道) or an airport like you would for a plane. So I'd be able to park my helicopter in my garden if I had a bigger garden. Also, I've always been intrigued(對…着迷) by those helipads (直升機停機坪) on the tops of tall buildings. I think it would be fun to land on top of a building. A helicopter probably isn't a realistic(不現實的) choice of vehicle, but who knows what the future holds(但誰知道未來會如何呢). I might win the lottery!

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