雅思口語part2話題卡：Describe something that surprised you描述讓你驚訝的事情

題目

Describe something that surprised you

You should say

What it is

How you found out about it

What you did

And explain whether it made you happy

參考答案

The unexpected experience I am going to tell you about is that I achieved the meritorious winner,the third level of the award,in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling.It is an annually-held competition that originated in the United States,now attracting thousands of international teams of three undergraduates or postgraduates to participate.Candidates have to analyze the given question,establish a model for it and then write a formal academic paper within 96 hours.

我要告訴你的經(jīng)歷出乎意料的經(jīng)歷是，我在數(shù)學(xué)建模大賽中獲得優(yōu)異獎，也就是第三等級的獎項。它是一個發(fā)源于美國、每年都會舉辦的競賽，現(xiàn)在吸引著上千支由3名本科生或者研究生組成的隊伍參加。參賽者必須在96個小時里分析給定的題目，為它建立模型，并寫出正式的學(xué)術(shù)論文。

It was the 15th of June in 2019,4 months after we submitted our paper.According to the announcement on the official website of this contest,the organizer would release the list of winners on its homepage and send emails to every participant at 9 o’clock.I turned on the notification of my email box in case I missed any letter and had been refreshing the page from 8.45.When I was anxiously waiting for the loading,I received an email that started with congratulations.

那是2019年的6月15日，我們提交論文之后的四個月。根據(jù)比賽官網(wǎng)的公告，組織者會在9點的時候在主頁發(fā)布獲勝者的名單，并給每一個參與者發(fā)郵件。我打開收件箱的提醒，以防錯過任何信件，并且從8.45就開始不停的刷新頁面。當(dāng)我還在焦急地等待載入的時候，我收到了一封以“恭喜”開頭的郵件。

To be honest,although I devoted enormous effort to the competition,I had never expected I would win an award.After all,as a student majoring in social science,my specialty lay in analysis and essay writing rather than mathematics.I just could not help yelling out and swinging my arm in the air the moment I read the email.I jumped off my bed and went to celebrate this piece of good news with my teammates.

老實說，雖然我在這項競賽上投入了大量的精力，但我從來都沒有期待過能夠獲獎。畢竟，作為一名專業(yè)為社會科學(xué)的學(xué)生，我的特長在于分析和論文寫作，而非數(shù)學(xué)。我看到郵件的一瞬間，禁不住喊了出來，在空中揮舞手臂。我跳下床，跑去跟我的隊員慶祝這一好消息。

I was so excited,not only because it proved that we were better than most other teams around the world,but also because it would be a highlight on my resume,gaining me a sharp edge in the competitive labor market and helping me find a decent job.

我很激動，不僅僅因為它證明我們比世界上大多數(shù)隊伍要優(yōu)秀，還因為它會成為我簡歷上的一個亮點，為我在競爭激烈的勞動力市場上獲取優(yōu)勢，并幫助我找到一個體面的工作。

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