Describe someone you know who is good at cooking.

You should say:

• who this person is ①
• how you know him or her ②
• what kinds of food they cook ③

and explain how (you think) this person became so good at cooking.④

话题卡——"一个善于做饭的人"是2008年的一道新口语话题。核心依旧是描述人物，只不过加上了一些限定条件---善于做饭。考生在描述这个话题卡的时候可以借鉴课上讲到过的如何描述人物的部分，在此不赘述。难点是：我们是否能灵活地描述相关食物的种类以及是否有足够的口语资源对美味佳肴进行一番赞赏。我准备了一个样板答案，标注的红色部分为重点词汇，在文后注解。不出意外这也是我08年提供的最后一个话题卡解析，接下来的一段时间重点总结08年雅思口语考试趋势。年终了，工作上也有太多事情需要收尾，《口语话题卡解析》，09年再见。

①The person who's good at cooking - My Mom. Her cooking is equivalent to the top cooks of the world in my eyes.

②Now, I have been living on my own for over a decade, I really miss my mom's cooking. Whenever one of the family members has a birthday, we gather at my parent's home for dinner.

 ③She's good at cooking western food - Italian food more than anything else. She cooks terrific Cheese macaroni, lasagna, ravioli. The pastry she made is heavenly, it really is something to die for.

④Actually, my mom was not much of a good cook several years ago. She even thought the height of cooking was browning some hamburger meat, adding oregano and basil - that was Italian food. If it was Mexican food, she added chili powder and a tiny bit of cayenne. Things changed after she completed the courses in Beijing New Oriental School. It was a nice school offers 3 days free trial and, there, my mom had a chance to step into the demo kitchen and to get to participate as much as she liked. She got all many informative and helpful hints in the Cooking School.

Food just really isn't much of a focus for me other than to fuel up. But I really do enjoy my mom's homemade appealing meal. My mom's an awesome cook, much better than I am.

词汇资源：

• equivalent to 等于(相当于)
• more than anything else 尤其是
• macaroni 通心粉
• lasagna 烤宽面条(上浇肉末番茄汁)
• ravioli 意大利馄饨、饺子
• pastry 面粉糕饼,馅饼皮
• heavenly 美好的、天国似的
• to die for 为了...而死 这里形容东西好吃
• height 高度
• oregano〈植〉牛至
• basil 罗勒
• chili powder 胡椒粉
• cayenne 辣椒
• Beijing New Oriental School 北京新东方学校 王冬
• 3 days free trial 试学3天不收费
• fuel up 补充燃料
• appealing 吸引人的