雅思口语话题参考答案之A famous person

　　Describe a well-known person. You should say:

　　Who he/she is.

　　What makes him/her famous?

　　Why you admire him/her.

　　Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you. I am sure you will find mytalk interesting and informative.

　　1.

　　a) The most important person that I would like to talk about, is a mancalled Confucius.

　　b) I am sure you have heard or read about him before.

　　2.

　　a) He is known as the greatest philosopher and writer of all times inChina.

　　b) For example, he is regarded as the founder of the Chineseliterature.

　　3.

　　a) He lived about 500 BC in the region that is known as Shan Dong provincetoday.

　　b) The site of his tomb was later developed by his followers into the firstuniversity in China.

　　As to why I would like to talk about him, there are several reasons. Allowme to explain by mentioning some of them shortly.

　　4.

　　a) First of all, I firmly believe that he was a very gentle and easy-goingperson.

　　b) In other words, he did not believe that problems and conflicts should besolved by violence.

　　5.

　　a) Secondly, he obviously was a man who possessed great wisdom.

　　b) You just have to read his writings, and listen to his sayings to agreewith me.

　　6.

　　a) Lastly, he is my favorite famous person because of the influence thathis teachings have in Asia to this day.

　　b) For instance, countries like China, Japan, and Korea, still use histeachings as the basis to arrange their societies.

　　7. So, that in brief, was my favorite famous person.