Ielts 雅思 口语全攻略 Ideas and Examples for ielts speaking Jeremy Chiron

11 Reading and Writing

Proverb:
A book is like a garden carried in a pocket.
(Chinese proverb: 书中自有黄金屋；书中自有颜如玉 )
= Books hold houses of gold and ladies as fair as jade.

Sample Answer:
An Important Letter You Received
A Postcard You Received
A Book You Have Read
A Story You Have Heard
A Book You Might Like to Write
Practice:
An Important Letter You Received
An Important Letter You Wrote
A Book You Read and Would Like to Read Again

Key Words

A catalogue is a book or booklet which gives you a list of goods or books for sale, plus their prices. An atlas helps you to find the position of a place or a country anywhere in the world. An encyclopedia is a book (a set of books) dealing with every branch of knowledge in alphabetical order. You can keep a collection of stamps or photographs in an album. You look at the calendar to know the date and the month. If something goes wrong with your car, you can try to repair it yourself with the help of a car manual. if you don't know where to go on holiday, why don't you get a holiday brochure from a travel agency? (Source: Test Your Vocabulary by Peter Watcyn-Jones)