雅思口语part2话题卡： Describe a time when you had to wait in line (queue up) for a long time 描述一次你不得不排很长时间的队/排很久的队的经历/排久久的队

思路点拨：以下思路仅供参考，希望大家根据自己的真实经历编写答案

排长队久等的经历想必大家都或多或少在自己的生活中经历过。例如，在火车站排队买票，排队上车。还比如，参加演唱会、阅兵，数万人在井场前需要做安检，过程起码一个小时往上走。这些经历都算许久的排队等待。至于到底多久算久，其实并没有一个定论，大家只要言之有理即可。依然建议大家先在自己的脑海中搜索一下类似的经历，然后花1-2分钟进行口头的演练，最后再参考给出的答案继续学习。

题目

Describe a time when you had to wait in line (queue up) for a long time

You should say:

When it was

Where you were

Why you were there

And how you felt about it

参考答案

I want to share a terrible waiting experience with you that happened 2 years ago.

我想要分享一次糟糕的等待经历，这个经历大约发生在两年前。

It was at the U.S. Embassy which was located in Chaoyang District, Beijing. I should say that location was perfect as there were many embassies of other countries and SOHO buildings in that area. So, it was actually regarded as a place where many ex-pats would like to live.

地点就在美国大使馆，它位于北京的朝阳区。那个地段的确很完美，因为那里有很多其它其它国家的大使馆以及商务办公楼。所以，很多外国人也居住在那里。

I went there because I needed a U.S Visa to be an exchange-program student at Ohio State University. You know, it was the only place where I could get it in Beijing, or even in the northern part of China if my memory was correct. I knew getting an American visa was not easy as it not only required lots of materials but also a formal in-person interview! That’s kind of freaked me out, to be honest, as I hadn’t really met a foreign official in person.

我去那里是因为我要去美国俄亥俄州立大学做交换生，所以需要获得美国的签证。如果我没记错的话，那是整个北京乃至整个中国北方唯 一能够拿到美国签证的地方。我知道，获取美国签证不是很容易，因为它不仅仅要求大量的材料还要求真人面试。这就有点吓坏我了，老实讲，我那会儿还从来没有亲自见过一个外国官员。

Well, what bugged me first was not the interview, but long waiting for it. When I got to that place, I was taken aback by the intimidating line, which stretched to the block next to the embassy and turned around and reached again to the front door of the embassy. Never ever in my life had I met such a crazy line. It was even longer than those I saw in the train station during the Spring Festival travel.

先让我恼火的不是面试，而是面试之前的漫长等待。当我到了大使馆那个地方，我被人们排的队给吓着了。队伍延伸到了大使馆附近的另一个街区，然后队伍又拐回来，一直排到大使馆门口。我从来没有看见过如此夸张的队伍。这甚至比春运期间火车站排的队伍还要长。

I felt extremely exhausted after spending almost four hours standing and being exposed to the sunlight outside the building. It was way more painful than climbing the mountains because at least you are walking and appreciating the sceneries along the way while waiting in a line, you can’t do anything.

在经过将近四个小时的站立并且阳光暴晒之后，我感到精疲力竭。这比爬山都累。因为，起码，你爬山的时候还在走路，还能够欣赏沿路的风景，而排在队伍里面，你啥也干不了。