雅思口语Part 2: foreign culture

　　雅思口语Part 2: foreign culture，今天​给大家推送一篇前雅思口语考官Simon写的关于foreign culture的sample answer，大家看看Simon的讲解，想一想这么一道题是不是就不那么难了呢？各位好好学习一下。

　　Describe a foreign culture that you like. You should say

　　what culture it is and how you know about it

　　what differences there are between that culture and your own

　　and why you like that foreign culture.

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　　For this question, you don't need to discuss 'deep' cultural issues. Just choose a foreign country that you have visited, and talk about anything that is different from your own culture (language, food, customs, behaviour, typical activities etc.).

　　1. Which culture and how I know about it

　　I'm going to talk about France and French culture. I know France quite well because it was the first foreign country that Ivisited as a child. I've been on several family holidays there, and I lived and worked in Paris for a while after finishing university.

　　2. Cultural differences

　　The first thing that comes to mind when I think about France is the bread! I love the fact that French people buy fresh baguettes（法棍面包） every morning, usually from small local bakeries; it makes a change from the loaves of sliced bread（切片面包） that most of us buy from the supermarket here in the UK. One slightly negative difference I noticed in Paris is that Parisians don't seem to make friends with their work colleagues to the same extent as we do here.

　　3. What I like about it

　　I really like the café culture in France. You can always find somewhere interesting to sit and have a coffee and chat to friends or just watch the world go by. I actually put on a bit of weight(增肥) when I lived in France because Igot into a habit of having a croissant（羊角面包） or a cake in every nice café that I found. Another thing I could mention is that the last time I went to France on holiday, I played a game called ‘boules’ every day. The game consists in throwing metal balls as close to a target ball as possible. It’s the perfect game for a relaxing afternoon when the weather’s hot.