2021年1-4月雅思口语新题part2&3:国际新闻

　　国际新闻

　　Describe a piece of international news you have just recently heard.

　　You should say:

　　1. What the news was about

　　2. When and where you heard it

　　3. What you were doing when you heard the news

　　4. And explain how you felt about this piece of news

　　Generally, I find the news quite depressing, so I avoid following most national and international and political news, or at least I don’t pay much attention to it. However, I really enjoy following scientific news and news related to space and space technology. Recently I read an article online in a magazine which was about space and the discovery of a ‘new’ planet in our solar system. A dark planet that doesn’t show up on more space telescopes. I found this article really interesting and afterwards I found a documentary about it online and watched that, too. When I first read about this discovery I think I was just lying in bed reading or sitting on the subway, I can’t really remember exactly what I was doing at the time. But this is when I usually read such things – on the way to work, while commuting, or at the end of the day before I go to sleep. I usually actively search for news about space and science, and sometimes geography and the environment, so I frequently come across interesting scientific articles about these kinds of things. Then, if one catches my interest, I dig deeper and try to find out more about it, like a documentary online or more articles in specialist magazines. Because I majored in science, I am into these kinds of things, and like to follow them up and keep up to date with the latest discoveries. I am also really interested in science fiction, as well, so I guess my hobbies and interests tend to be related to the general field of science and exploration. Because there is a renewed interest in space at the moment, I think the next twenty years will be really fascinating in terms of discoveries in space – the Chinese have just sent another rover to the moon, Elon Musk is launching multiple rockets into space, and there are plans to even send people to Mars. So, I think that this is an area which will be very exciting in the not so distant future.

　　一般来说，我觉得新闻挺压抑的，所以我避免关注大多数国家和国际及政治新闻，至少我不太关注。但是，我非常喜欢关注科学新闻和与航天和空间技术有关的新闻。最近，我在一本杂志上看到了一篇网上的文章，是关于太空和太阳系中发现一颗 "新 "行星的。一个黑暗的星球，在许多的太空望远镜上都没有出现。我觉得这篇文章非常有趣，之后我在网上找到了一部关于它的纪录片，也看了那部纪录片。当我第一次读到这个发现的时候，我想我只是躺在床上看书或者坐在地铁上，我真的不记得当时我到底在做什么。但我通常都是在这个时候看这样的东西--在上班的路上，在通勤的时候，或者在一天结束后睡觉前。我通常会主动搜索有关太空和科学的新闻，有时也会搜索地理和环境方面的新闻，所以我经常会遇到有关这类事情的有趣的科学文章。然后，如果有一篇引起了我的兴趣，我就会深入挖掘，尝试着去了解更多的信息，比如网上的纪录片或者专业杂志上的更多文章。因为我是学理科专业的，所以我很喜欢这类东西，喜欢跟踪它们，了解最新的发现。我对科幻小说也非常感兴趣，所以我想我的爱好和兴趣往往与一般的科学和探索领域有关。因为目前人们对太空又有了新的兴趣，我认为未来二十年在太空领域的发现将会非常精彩--中国人刚刚又将月球车送上了月球，埃隆-马斯克也在向太空发射多枚火箭，甚至还有计划将人送上火星。因此，我认为，在不远的将来，这将是一个非常令人兴奋的领域。

　　Part3:

　　1. How do Chinese people usually get news?

　　2. Which kind of news is more popular? Domestic news or international news?

　　3. Do you think children should pay more attention to the news?

　　4. How is the news media changing recently?

　　5. Do you think when reporters reporting the news, they can actually change what happens?