雅思口语Part2话题卡：Describe something important that has been kept in your family for a long time 对家庭重要的东西/描述你个你们家庭保存了很久的重要物品

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

该题关键词是：important以及long time。有的烤鸭可能会纠结家里是否有这样的东西。其实，哪怕家里没有金银珍宝之类老古董(例如：开元通宝、玉石、纸币等)也没有关系，只要你们家认为这是比较重要的有年代感的东西即可。例如，家里人保存很久的一张相片或者一个家具等。大家可以思考几分钟，在脑海中找找看有没有类似的物品，然后尝试口头表达一番，最后再参考给出的答案进行学习。

题目

Describe something important that has been kept in your family for a long time

You should say：

What it is

When your family had it

How your family got it

And explain why it is important for your family

参考答案

下面是小编根据具体的题目要求，给出的参考答案：

I would like to talk about a set of coins that my family has kept for a long time. It was passed by my great grandfather. So, our family has actually preserved it for nearly a century.

我想要讲以讲我们家保存很久的一套硬币。它是从我太爷爷那传下来的。所以，我们家实际上保存这个东西快一个世纪了。

It has four coins, all of which are from the early Republic of China period. Each of the coins was carved with an icon of Yuan Shikai who was a warlord and the president in the year 1914. There’s also an interesting history about him. You know, he was the only president and emperor throughout the history of China, though his 83-day imperial status was not internationally recognized.

这套硬币有四个，所有硬币都是民国初期的。每个硬币上面都有袁世凯的肖像。他是一位军阀，也是1914年的总统。这里有一段关于他的有趣的历史。他是中国历史上唯1一个既当过总统也当过皇帝的人，即便他那八十三天的皇帝身份并没有受到国际的认可。

Honestly, my grandfather was born in an affluent family. So, he has inherited a lot of them from his father. However, we actually didn’t care much about the coins until one day our family felt that those coins were getting more and more scarce. And, my father even bought another one from the market to pair the other three coins.

老实说，我爷爷出生于富贵人家。所以，他从他爸爸那里继承了很多硬币。不过，我们并没有在意这些硬币，直到有一天我们家发现这类东西越来越稀少了。我爸爸甚至在市场上又买了一个来和其它三个配对。

We think it’s crucial for our family because this set of antiques carries that special piece of history. Surely, we don’t expect to have another emperor and president in China again because that will be terrible if we have. Also, those coins have appreciated greatly in the past decades, and our family has regarded them as part of our important assets.

我认为这套硬币对我们家庭来说很重要的原因就是这套古董记录了那段特殊的历史。当然，我们不再期待中国再次出现既是总统又是皇帝的人，因为真有这样的人会比较糟糕。除此之外，这些硬币最近几十年增值了不少，我们家已经把这些硬币当做我们的重要财产的一部分了。