雅思口语part2话题卡：Describe a time that a piece of equipment of yours was broken (such as TV) 描述坏掉的设备

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

首先，这道题有一个小难点。不少烤鸭们对equipment的认识可能停留在正如题干所举例的那样，比如电视机、空调、洗衣机等(这些的确很不错，可以是思路扩展的一个很好的出发点)。不过，equipment的本意并不局限于此，在牛津高阶词典中是这样解释的：Things that are needed for a particular purpose or activity. 所以，不仅仅是大件类的可以说，小型的物品也没毛病。

题目

Describe a time that a piece of equipment of yours was broken (such as TV)

You should say:

What the equipment was

What the problem was

What you did after it was broken

And how you felt about it

参考答案

下面给小编根据具体的题目要求，给出的参考答案：

我特别想说一说我曾经的笔记本电脑。它是一款苹果的2013版十三寸Macbook Air。在我拿到我第1份兼职的钱后我就买了它。

I really want to say something about my retired laptop, which is a 13 inches Macbook Air bought in late 2013 when got sums from my first part-time job.

这台笔记本有很多优点。我那时几乎没看到市面上还有像这台苹果电脑如此又薄又漂亮的电脑。另外，这台电脑的操作系统从来没有拖延我的工作，我可以在几秒钟的时间启动它，非常高效。这大概就是我为啥选这么一个时髦的东西的原因了吧。

This laptop has lots of merits. I barely see anything counterpart that has the same good-looking and slim appearance. Plus, the system is awesome as it never slows my work, and I can definitely start it in seconds, which is extremely efficient. Do not copy or repost it. That’s probably the main reason why I chose this IT thing at the very beginning.

但是呢，糟糕的事情还是有的。虽然很轻薄，但这并不总是一件好事。当我坐在星巴克完成余下工作的时候，我用一只手从背包掏出了我的笔记本。但是我高估了我的细心程度，电脑的一遍直接撞向了木桌子的一个角。当我意识到的时候，电脑上已经有了一个坑。我翻开电脑盖子，显示屏已经不能正常工作了。

However, here comes the sad part. Being portable and slim isn’t always the perfect thing. When I was sitting in the Starbucks while processing my left work, I took it out from my backpack and was about to lay it on the desk with my hand. But I kind of overestimated my carefulness, you know one side of my Macbook Air just hit right on the wooden corner of the desk. When I realized it, it already got a pit on my little precious baby. When I open the lid, the display wasn’t functioning well.

然后，我就立即去了苹果连锁店把它拿过去修。他们的工作人告诉我显示屏坏掉了，得再替换一个。幸运的是，好在硬盘没问题，不然存储在里面的信息就都没了。那是我最不愿意看到的情况。

Then, I immediately rushed to the Apple chain store to have it fixed. The staff told me that the display was broken and I should replace it. Luckily, it wasn’t the hard disk, otherwise, the information stored in there would be damaged, and that’s the last thing I want to see.

我付了款，大概一个月后拿到了修好的笔记本。自从那时起，我给电脑加了保护套，每次都是双手紧紧的握着它拿出来。嗯，我能做的就这么多了。希望我以后更加小心一些。

I paid the money and got the repaired one after like a month. Since then, I put it in a case and took it on firmly on my hands. Well, I think this is what I can do the most. Hopefully, I wouldn’t be such a careless person in the future.