雅思口语PATR2素材：努力实现的目标

　　当你遇到有关目标的雅思口语题目时，你应该怎样开展话题呢？有哪些比较好的口语素材可以积累呢？好的口语素材对于你的表达有很大的帮助哦！这里一起来学习一下关于如何回答什么人确定哪些目标，为什么目标重要等问题的素材吧！

　　If you are like millions of people around the world, the New Year brings with it new goals. Perhaps you want to save money, lose weight or learn a new skill. You tell yourself, "This is the year I'm going to ... "But then you get busy.

　　译文：新年会给人们带来新目标，你可能会想存钱、减肥或学新技能。然后你就忙忘了。

　　应用提示：以上内容可用于回答“什么人确定哪些目标”。

　　Many goals, like climbing a mountain, require hard work, planning and many small steps to achieve. Your daily life -- as wonderful as it can be -- takes up all of your time. Before you know it, weeks, then months have gone by, and you are no closer to your goal. Time, as they say, waits for no one. Yet your goal remains important. Andachieving a goal, no matter how small, feels good. In addition, when we do not work on our goals, we may end up feeling guilty or not successful.

　　译文：很多目标就像爬山一样，需要经过努力、计划和很多小步骤才能实现。日常生活会占据所有的时间，不知不觉，几周、几个月就过去了，而你离目标并没有更近。时间不等人，但目标仍然很重要，实现目标，即使很小，也会感觉很好。而且，如果不为目标而努力，会觉得内疚或失败。

　　应用提示：以上内容可用于回答“为什么目标难实现”、“为什么目标重要”、“没实现有什么感受”。

　　So, how can we find time to work on these larger life goals? Well, many websites address this issue, and they offer some of the same advice: If you want to achieve something, clearly identify it and write it down.

　　译文：怎么才能找到时间去实现大的人生目标？很多网站给出同样的建议：明确目标并写下来

　　Identify specific goals 确定具体的目标　

　　As you identify your goals, be specific. If a goal is too general, it may be hard to pursue let alone achieve it. Let's say your goal is to get in better physical shape. That's a fine idea -- but psychologists might say as a goal, it is too general. To make the goal more specific, you could sign up for a regular exercise class. So, whether you are dancing, doing yoga or kickboxing, you have a regular commitment every week. You could also say your goal is to lose a certain amount of weight in a certain amount of time.

　　译文：确定目标的时候，要具体化。太笼统的目标很难继续更不要说实现了。以塑身为例，这是个好目标，但是心理学家可能会认为太笼统。把它具体化的做法是报名健身课，无论舞蹈、瑜伽还是自由搏击，每周规律地去上。也可以把目标定为在某段时间内减掉一定的重量。

　　应用提示：以上内容可用于回答“什么样的目是现实可行的”，注意积累例子。

　　Write your goals down 写下你的目标

　　Experts say writing down your goal is a very important step. It gets the goal out of your brain and into the real world. Some psychologists suggest that writing a goal on paper is better than typing it on a device or saying it into your phone. Your brain receives information differently when it comes from handwriting. Writing things down seems to say to the brain, "I am important! Remember me!" Writing has another benefit: You canpost your goal somewhere as a reminder. As you sit down at your computer or pour your morning coffee, your goal stares you in the face and asks, "What are you going to do about me today?"

　　译文：专家们说把目标写下来是非常重要的步骤。这是把目标从脑海里搬到现实世界中。一些心理学家建议，把目标写在纸上要比打在电子文档里或录语音在手机里好。大脑接收手写信息的方式不太一样。写下来意味着告诉大脑“我很重要！记得我！” 写下来的另一个好处是，你可以把自己的目标贴在某处时刻提醒自己。当你坐在电脑前开始喝早茶时，你的目标就在你对面盯着你问“今年你打算干点啥”？

　　应用提示：以上内容可用于回答“如何实现目标”，上文中对“手写”的解释可用于相关话题——G友们应注意养成这种对素材的敏感性，在充分熟悉口语各话题的基础上，在阅读材料时分类积累idea和词汇，此外，上文“营造情境”（举例）的表达方式非常值得学习，在P3回答中采取这种方法可以很容易地拓展回答并给出个性化的想法。

　　Tell a friend 把你的目标告诉朋友

　　Telling someone your goal is also helpful. If someone else knows about your goals, youare held accountable for any progress or lack of progress. Your friend might ask, "So, how many pages of your novel have you written?" If you keep saying "none," you might feel badly. Now you feel a pressure to do it -- the pressure of your friend's opinion of you. And that can be a big pressure! Many people do not want to let others down, especially friends and family.

　　译文：如果别人也知道你的目标，你就要对进展或进展不足负责。你的朋友可能会问：“数写了几页啦？”如果你一直回答“没写”，你自己就会感觉很差。这就给了你做事的压力，这压力来自朋友对你的看法。这种压力可能会很大，很多人都不想让他人失望，特别是家人和朋友。

　　应用提示：以上内容同样可以用于回答“如何实现目标”或“如何确保计划得到执行”。注意积累例子。

　　Break down BIG goals into small ones 把大目标分解成小的

　　Not all goals are created equal. Some can be quite big. And for those bigger goals, experts suggest breaking them down into smaller ones. So, let's say you want to work for yourself. You love cooking. So, you decide to start your own company that supplies food for special events. Now, that is a very big goal. But it is made up of many smaller goals. So, identify them, write them down and set for yourself time limits.

　　译文：目标是不一样的。有的大有的小。专家建议把大目标分解成多个小目标。比如说，你喜欢厨艺，想创业，想做一家为节庆活动备餐的公司。这是个大目标，但它是由多个小目标组成的，确定小目标，把它们写下来，设置时限。

　　These suggestions all help to make your goals real. （实现目标的另一种表达方式）Other experts remind us of another detail as we set our goals for the New Year: The goals may change. Or your life situation may change. Or you may change. So, it is a good idea to check in with yourself. Is this goal still what you want? Is your approach still working? If things are not proceeding forward, perhaps you need to change something.

　　译文：这些建议都能帮助我们实现目标。其他专家对设定新年目标的另一个细节给出了提醒：目标可能会变。生活环境、你本人都可能发生变化。所以最好不时跟自己确认一下，这还是你想要实现的目标吗？你的方法管用吗？如果没进展，可能你需要做点变化。

　　One expert, Ryder Carroll, helps people organize their life's goals by using a simple notebook. He suggests thinking about your goals not as a final destination, but rather as lighthouses guiding you along. It is the pursuit of your goals -- not the reaching of them -- that makes up the weeks, days and hours of our lives. So make sure to have fun along the way!

　　译文：有位专家通过使用一个简单的笔记本帮助人们实现目标。他的建议是，别把目标当做是终点，而是引领你前行的灯塔。我们的生活就是追求目标的过程，享受这个过程！