2019年5-8月 雅思口语 Part 2 Topic 54 最近读的一本书 Describe a book you have read recently

Describe a book you have read recently.
You should say:
What kind of book it is
Who wrote the book
What the story of the book is
And explain if it is a good book or not.

54. 最近读的一本书（是 1-4 月的考题，目前疑似属于本季度继续在考的旧题）

I’m going to talk about a book named “一个人，三十座城292.” In English, it means “One person,thirty cities”. As its name suggests293, it’s a travel journal294. I actually just started it and I’m halfway done295.

If memory serves correctly296, my friend Lisa recommended the book to me several months ago.Lisa is crazy about traveling. She said if I wanted to travel without going anywhere, this would be the best book to choose.

Well, I was glad I took my friend’s advice. And now I’m a big fan of the book. The author of this book is a journalist in a travel program. She travelled to 30 cities in China but only spent 20 thousand yuan! And she wrote a travel log297 for each city she has been to. So the book mainly shows the beautiful nature and interesting places in China. And it also has lots of knowledge about the local conditions and customs in all parts of China. I actually got so much useful and helpful travelling information from it.

Even though I haven’t finished this book yet, I’m so fond of298 it. It really helps me to relax.Whenever I’m stressed with work and study, I always read it to wind down299. Plus, from this book,I learned many great ways to save money on travel.

292 一个人，三十座城: 书名原本叫《就这样安静的看世界》，为了翻译简单一些，我们用了书名的副标题。大家也可以根
据个人喜好替换，此处主要讲的是旅游类的书籍
293 As its name suggests：正如它名字代表的一样
294 travel journal：旅行日记
295 halfway done：读了一半
296 If memory serves correctly：如果我没记错的话
297 travel log：旅行日志
298 so fond of：很喜爱…喜欢…
299 wind down: 放松