雅思口语Part 2：从洗衣妹到企业家？

本期节目话题背景

最近，有同学问了这样一道题“Describe a businessman that you admire”。这个话题让我想起了我的祖母。尽管她在我上小学时就去世了，但我听过她很多故事。我的祖母并非含着金汤匙出生，她离开学校时几乎不识字，只能在一家豪华酒店里洗衣服，但她通过自己的努力和非凡的智慧成为一名企业家。具体是如何实现的呢?咱们一起来聊一聊吧!

最令敬佩的是我的祖母从没有忘记自己的根。她把做生意获得的一半利润捐给了帮助生活贫困的单身母亲创业的慈善机构。这就是我尊敬她的原因。

1雅思口语Part 2 话题

Describe a businessman that you admire

You should say:

Who this person is

How you got to know this person

What the business includes

And explain what you know about the business

2雅思口语Part 2 话题参考文本

I’m going to tell you a bit about my grandmother. Unfortunately, I hardly knew her as she passed away when I was at primary school. But my dad - who she raised single-handedly at the same time as she was managing her company - is always singing her praises.

Granny was definitely not born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She left school barely literate and got a dead-end job doing laundry in a posh hotel. But she was smart and learned quickly. After she’d been there a while, she talked one of the managers into lending her some cash to set up her own launderette.

She’d realized that middle-class families would be willing to pay to have their dirty clothes collected, cleaned, ironed and delivered back to their doors. She’d spotted a gap in the market.

She was a born entrepreneur and she flourished. Everything she touched turned to gold. By the time she retired, she had a dozen stores and was selling franchises. But what I admire is not just her grit, determination and talent. What’s most amazing about her is that she never forgot her roots. She gave about half of her profits to charities which help single mothers living in poverty to set up in business. That’s why I look up to her.

Words & expressions in this episode

1. single-handedly 单独地;独自地

2. born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth 含着金汤匙出生的;生来高贵富有的

3. look up 改善;好转;仰慕