雅思口语：罕见的建筑物-合十舍利塔

烤鸭们最近遇到了雅思口语换题大季，很多新题浮出水面，却不知如何开口。其中第二部分话题题目中有一道新题是这样的：

Describe an unusual building

You should say

What this building is

What it looks like

Where it is

Why you think it’s unusual

话题卡上要求考生描述一个罕见的建筑物，首先，我们下意识地从脑海里搜寻我们的人生经历中遇到了哪些奇异的建筑物，很多考生会犯愁自己没见过什么不寻常的建筑也不知道哪种建筑才叫罕见的，其实做一个生活中的细心人就会发现很多，CCTV的裤子楼算一个吧，公园里，博览会中任意一个你觉得印象深刻设计的很独特的建筑都可以挖掘出来描述。如果你是一位背包客，那对你来说选材就更不在话下了，对吧^^

好了，下面就笔者的一次法门寺之旅来开个头，烤鸭们不妨借鉴一二。法门寺中有一座新修的含有现代元素的恢弘建筑--合十舍利塔，它是佛教创始人释迦摩尼真身佛指舍利供奉所在地。相对于东汉末年修建的老塔建筑，新的舍利塔耗资巨大，气势恢宏，设计风格在世界佛教建筑中非同一般。

开说前几句先给听者(考官)交代想要表述的建筑是什么以及它所在的方位，这点非常重要。An unusual building that I have seen is a religious building when I was on my trip to Famen Temple, which is located in Fufeng county, Baoji, somewhere in the northeast of China. The exact building that I am going to talk about is the Namaste Dagoba of the new complex built recently.

表述完方位之后，可以提及建筑(法门寺)的历史或者用处。

It is renowned for storing the veritable finger bone of Sakyamuni Buddha and it’s also a divine place for countless devotees to pay homage to.

然后开始介绍这个具体建筑(合十舍利塔)的构造以及建筑设计的寓意。

This building is pretty modern compared to the old octagon pagoda. It ‘s about 150m tall standing above the Famen Temple Cultural Scenic Area. The layout of the this building is quite an eye catcher, it’s outer appearance is like two palms putting together symbolizing the Buddhist thought of unification, concord harmony and peace.

最后不忘了谈谈设个建筑(舍利塔)给我留下的印象和想法。I remember when I first saw this gigantic golden-palms like building, it really gave me a feeling of fear and wonder and completely changed my understanding about the traditional antique like pagoda. Another interesting thing is that the inner design of the tower is quite beyond imagination, everything is modernly set, and those huge Buddha statues are made of tons of pure gold, which is pretty amazing. This is probably the most luxurious and modern temple I have ever seen, but in design, this building really adds uniqueness to this renowned holy place. Next time, I hope I can take a closer look at the enshrined knuckle relic inside the building.

一到两分钟的陈述时间说短不短，说长也不长。因此，在描述罕见建筑物的时候，童鞋们不必一味花时间纠结如何去选词描述建筑外形特征，花一点心思想想如何把建筑物和思想寓意融合在一块来说，这样就有话可说也不会觉得单调无味了。

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涉及到的词汇及表达：

…坐落于… : …be located at…

合十舍利塔：Namaste Dagoba

释迦摩尼佛：Sakyamuni Buddha

新设施：new complex

信徒：devotee

敬意：homage

八边形宝塔：octagon pagoda

很吸引眼球的事物：an eye catcher

超乎想象：beyond imagination

指关节：knuckle

舍利：relic