2019年5-8月 雅思口语 Part 2 Topic 13 给他人建议 Describe a time you gave advice to others

Describe a time you gave advice to others.
You should say:
Who you gave the advice to;
What advice you gave;
Why they needed your advice (whether they took your advice);
And explain how useful the advice was (/the result).

13. 给他人建议

Off the top of my head, the first person I can think of is my co-worker Lisa. We knew each other because of a part-time job I had last summer, where my job responsibility was mainly selling portable power banks. Lisa started the same job three months after I did.

I still remember Lisa’s first day at work; our boss set a target sales number84 that morning, which wasn’t anything new, but after we worked for a whole morning, I noticed Lisa was struggling.She had barely sold anything to customers in the store. I could tell she was worried sick about failing to meet the target. So, I went up to85 her and suggested that she go out and find deals instead of just waiting in the shop for customers. I also taught her some sales tricks, like telling the customers the price of a product right off the bat86 instead of asking them if they are interested. That way the customers have less room to back out of 87 a sale.

Lisa was pretty dedicated and passionate. She took my advice and sold several power banks in the afternoon. Even though that’s not a lot of sales by any stretch of the imagination88, it was still a successful day for a rookie89. She was over the moon that day and even treated me to dinner for her gratitude90. I was just proud that I could help her out; it was a good moment for the both of us.

84 set a target sales number: 设定销售目标
85 went up to：走上前去
86 right off the bat：立即，马上
87 back out of：退出，收回
88 by any stretch of the imagination：无论怎么想
89 rookie：新手
90 treated me to dinner for her gratitude: 请客答谢我