2019年5-8月 雅思口语 Part 2 Topic 20 有趣的老人 Describe an interesting old person you met

Describe an interesting old person you met.
You should say:
Who this person was;
How you met this person;
What you did or talked about;
And explain why you think this person was interesting.

20. 有趣的老人

Well…off the top of my head, the first person that comes to mind is my friend Lisa’s grandpa136.I live practically within spitting distance of her house and I hang out with her a lot, so I often see her grandpa at her home. He’s literally the most interesting senior I’ve ever known.

Lisa’s grandpa is about 70 years old, give or take137. According to Lisa, he was a history teacher at a secondary school.I still remember the first time I met her grandpa. That was also the first time I had lunch at Lisa’s home. At the time, we had lunch while watching a TV show about an ancient war together. Lisa’s grandpa was really hooked on138 the program. He made commentary for the show by going into detail about some interesting historical stories that we had never learned in our history class. Lisa and I listened to him with relish. It was as fun as listening to some gossip.Lisa says her grandpa loves reading historical novels and really knows history like the back of his hand. I’m blown away by how much he memorizes in his head. After all, he is 70 years old now.

And I guess it’s pretty nice talking to a senior like him. Not only can I learn tons of history knowledge from him, but I can definitely blow off some steam139 by talking to an old wise person like him.

136 注意文章有和“祖父母工作”串联，但是人物不建议用自己的爷爷奶奶，避免过度串题的可能。
137 give or take: 差不多是这个范围（估计）
138 was really hooked on：被…吸引
139 blow off some steam：放松，舒缓压力