雅思口语:Describe a time that you forgot something important

 同学们从小到大一定忘记过不少事儿，比如前一晚上奋笔疾书完成的雅思口语语料作业忘记装进了书包，废寝忘食赶出来的雅思作文结果忘记把文档拷贝到U盘，或者忘记带U盘上学，出门旅行忘记带身份证护照。

　　即使参加雅思考试忘记带身份证(Admission Ticket)，请客吃饭忘记带钱包(呵呵interesting)，或者忘记什么纪念日啦，女友生日啦等等等。雅思口语考试时随便挑一个拿出来讲，前因后果再多点儿细节，怎么着也能搞个两分钟了吧!如果想要剧情更加juicy丰富一点儿的，还可以参考下面的素材：

　　I remember once, I forgot to take the coal we bought to the barbecue. It was the day before my boyfriend’s birthday, and I thought it would be nice to throw him a surprise party, but going to a restaurant is just not original enough, so I invited all his friends to have a barbecue on the beach instead. We all thought it was a perfect place to have a party because besides eating, we could do a whole bunch¹ of activities, like playing beach volleyball, burying somebody in the sand with only their heads above ground and something like that. And then when it got dark, we could lie down on the beach and watch the stars.

　　So, anyway, the intentions² were good, but it was not well planned. A friend of mine accidently gave away the plan, so when we got there, my boyfriend wasn’t surprised at all. The only “surprise” that day was the fact that I forgot to bring the coal to the party.

　　I was so embarrassed³, because it was the first time that I had ever thrown a birthday party to my boyfriend, and I blew it.

　　I had imagined in my head that it would be a perfect birthday dinner. We bought beef, lamb, chicken wings, mushrooms and all kinds of stuff⁴ to barbecue, but who could have thought…

　　Fortunately, we had the birthday cake, so at least we could have something to eat.

　　My boyfriend kept saying “It’s OK, don’t worry.”, but I felt so stupid, and I really learnt my lesson. Next time before doing anything important, I have to make a detailed⁵ plan and double check every step that could possibly go wrong.

　　情节有点儿复杂，所以雅思考场才能瞎白呼到两分钟啊!大家加油编!

1 bunch   

n.串，束；群，帮

参考例句：

• A bunch of girls was[were] sitting on the grass.一群女孩坐在草地上。
• I received a bunch of flowers yesterday.昨天我收到了一束鲜花。

2 intentions   

n.意图( intention的名词复数 )；意向；目的；打算

参考例句：

• I completely misunderstood her intentions. 我完全误会了她的意图。
• He's been upfront about his intentions since the beginning. 他从一开始就明白说出了他的意图。

3 embarrassed   

adj.尴尬的，不好意思的

参考例句：

• He was very embarrassed to hear people speak so highly of him.他听见别人这样夸他,感到很难为情。
• He is somewhat embarrassed.他稍微有点窘迫。

4 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

5 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。