2016年5月雅思口语part2新题答案：describe a reunion dinner

摘要：5月雅思口语的一道新陈述题：describe a reunion dinner you organised描述你组织的一词团聚餐。团聚餐人人都吃过，因为在中国，我们一年一度的年夜饭即是最标准的reunion dinner。不过，要注意题目强调了是你组织的。所以，还是有一定难度的。

5月雅思口语话题：Describe a reunion dinner you organised. 聚会饭局

you should say:

when and where this happened

who was there at that time

what you ate in this dinner and explain how you felt about this dinner

简单的思路

这个雅思口语题目呢，考虑了一下之后，决定还是弃用家庭聚餐，更不打算考虑年夜饭，主要考虑的是：1.求异。很多烤鸭估计都会讲家庭团聚式的会餐，因为这个相对而言都熟悉，所以为了防止考官的审美疲劳，弃之。2.题眼是organise，与家庭聚餐中我们常常是一个坐享其成者的角色不同。虽说可以现编，不过，我还是推崇讲真实的自己的故事。所以，打算讲曾经组织的高中老同学的同学会，也算因此有过感悟。具体内容，看范文了。

参考范文：

I put a great deal of efforts into organizing a high schoolmate reunion dinner two years ago. I anticipated a lot, but it ended up not worth all my efforts at all.

I used to believed that high school friendship is one of the greatest that can stand the test of time, that although we are scattered to all parts of the country to seek higher education but deep down, we are all bonded together tightly by where we came from and what we once went through side by side. But I was terribly wrong.

Not until one day not far from the winter vacation when I entered the fourth year of my college life, did I feel the gradually dying bonding need some immediate redemption. Thanks to the mighty social network, I succeed in getting in touch with all the old classmates, 38 ones, and 26 of them accepted my invitation about the reunion dinner. A lot of preparations ensued and I was really looking forwards

The dinner was set in a local restaurant, neat and economical. As you know, we still lived on our parents by then, so everyone chipped in to pay the bill. The dinner started well, as we sit by two big dinner table in a vip room chitchatting just like old friends who long lost touch with each other.

But when the “How are you going” formalities were exhausted, the warm and jubilant atmosphere began to be replaced by the 80% awkwardness of strangeness and 20% noise of eating, or maybe there was some bit of gossip whisper. I tried wine and old great school antidotes to turn around the situation. I tried jokes, good ones and bad ones, but all to no avail. Someone focused on eating, some busy with screen scrolling their phones, and some just whispering to their neighbours. The erstwhile affinity and warmness was gone because of the contact-losing gap years.

When the dinner was over and I call for a group photo, and some staved off the idea insisting on going home, I knew the planned following activities were waste of time and money, and I said to myself ”OK. That’s it.” All the vibes and reminiscence I hoped to restore ended up just like the empty and messy room: laughable.

关于dinner的语料：

culinary cuisine 烹饪，菜肴

reunion dinner在中国可以用来指年夜饭。

dinner: the chief meal of the day 一天中最主要的一餐，可以指晚餐，可以指午餐

dinner还可以指banquet(宴席)的意思

像新闻中听到的国宴(state banquet)

dinner party 就是我们常说的带有交际性质的宴席了。

themed menu 主题菜谱 budget recipe经济实惠的食谱

table manners 餐桌礼仪

seating arrangements座位安排

the guest of honour 尊崇的来宾

侍者sever

multicourse meal 菜很多的一餐

casual meal 便餐

help oneself to the food 自己随便吃

utensils 餐具

table setting餐桌摆放

diner吃饭的人

toast 祝酒词

take a sip of 喝一口

rest utensils 放下餐具

clear plates清理盘子

dinner is concluded 宴席结束

table game 桌游

table etiquette一些餐桌礼仪

When it's time to leave, rather than detain one's host with a lengthy good-bye, make the departure brief but cordial.

Wait for everyone to be served before eating

Chew with your mouth closed

Don't talk with your mouth full

Don't pick your teeth at the table

An inviting menu 勾人的菜单

An inviting menu is a balance of bland, strong, sharp and sweet tastes, with foods of different textures, temperatures, and colors. Bland tastes, such as rice, pasta, or potatoes, contrast with strong flavors, such as meat, game, or well-seasoned vegetables, followed by the sharp taste of a vinaigrette salad, accented by a sweet dessert.

a great toast一些不错的祝酒词

1. May you never steal, lie or cheat. But if you must steal, steal away my sorrows. If you must lie, lie beside me all the days of my life. And if you must cheat, cheat death.

2. Dance as if no one were watching, Sing as if no one were listening, And live every day as if it were your last day.