2024年3月16日发(作者：)

雅思口语话题：Public Event

Describe an enjoyable public event that you went to

You should say:

what the event was

when you went there

who you went there with

and explain why you enjoyed this event.

I visited New York City with my family in 2022 and joined the

city’s annual Halloween Parade down the 6th Avenue. It was quite

a spectacle. People got all gussied up for the spookiest of the

holidays. In fact, there were two ways one can enjoy the event,

either as a participant or as an onlooker. If you dressed up in a

costume, you can participate in the parade and march down the route.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have any costume, I could only watch. As

an onlooker, I stood among the packed crowd behind the

policebarricades. Some eager fellow on-lookers climbed up trees for

a better view. A few even jumped over the barricades when the police

turned round. Creepy ghouls and giantpuppets were marching down the

street and everyone was cheering. It was so fun and we enjoyed a

great deal. Looking back, among all other public events that I went

to, this one left the deepest impression. I think the reasons are

two folds. One, we did not have this kind of festivity here in China.

It felt so strange to a Chinese guy to watch people dressed as

corpses and monsters and even toilets and at the same time enjoy

themselves. To the more conservative Chinese minds, the party

seemed to be the greatest “cultural shock“. Second, I was amazed

by the creative designs of the costume. I also felt the worry-free

fun and happiness from the people all around me. I will never forget

the New Yorkers’ creativity and the “in the moment” attitude.

Maybe this is why New York City is so great.

1. annual (adj.): happening once a year 一年一度的

2. parade (n.): a line of people moving along so that other

people can watch them *

3. spectacle (n.): a very impressive show or scene 景象、壮

丽

It was quite a spectacle. (or: It was quite an event) 场面很

是壮丽啊!

4. get gussied up: 细心装扮

5. spooky (adj.): strange or frightening in a way that makes

you think of ghosts. 幽灵般的

6. onlooker (n.): 观众

7. packed (adj.): extremely full of people. 拥挤的

8. barricade (n.)：路障

9. creepy ghoul：令人毛骨悚然的鬼怪

10. puppet (n.): 木偶、人偶、玩偶

11. festivity (n.): 庆祝

12. corpse (n.): the dead body of a person. 尸体

13. conservative (adj.): 保守的

14. worry-free fun (n.): 无忧无虑的欢乐

15. “in the moment” attitude: 准时行乐的态度