雅思寫作話題素材集錦

在雅思考試備考的時候，大家可以分不同的話題積累素材，這樣在考試的時候就不用擔心無話可說了，下面小編要給大家帶來的就是雅思寫作話題素材集錦。

雅思寫作成功話題的常用素材

Success

Bill Gates

When Bill Gates made his decision to drop out from Harvard, he did not care too much of the result. Gates entered Harvard in 1973, and dropped out two years later when he and Allen started the engine of Microsoft. Many people did not understand why Gates gave up such a good opportunity to study in the world’s No.1 University. However, with size comes power, Microsoft dominates the PC market with its operating systems, such as MS-DOS and Windows. Now, Microsoft becomes the biggest software company in the world and Bill Gates becomes the richest man in the world.

We can learn from the experience of the great inventor Thomas Alva Edison that sometimes a series of apparent failures is really a precursor to success. The voluminous personal papers of Edison reveal that his inventions typically did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly from previous woks.

Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, dedicated the majority of her life to helping the poorest of the poor in India, thus gaining her the name "Saint of the Gutters." The devotion towards the poor won her respect throughout the world and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She founded an order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India dedicated to serving the po123 Almost 50 years later, the Missionaries of Charity have grown from 12 sisters in India to over 3,000 in 517 missions throughout 100 countries worldwide.

Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Whales, is remembered and respected by people all over the world more for her beauty, kindness, humanity and charitable activities than for her technical skills.

Mandela

Mandela, the South African black political leader and former president, was awarded 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to antiracism and antiapartheid. Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the centre of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa"s antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.

　　雅思寫作教育類話題素材(英)

Once again, here's a passage about the further education in MBA programs in this financial tsunami. Apart from that, the way of describing and comparing figures is also useful for writing task one in IELTS.

Going back to school isn't just for kids any more. There is more competition among adults applying to the nation's top MBA programs. A survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council found that two-thirds of full-time MBA programs saw an increase in applications in 2006. That's compared to only 21% seen increases the year before. Part-time and executive MBA programs are also sifting through more applicants. It's not just members of the old boys club who are applying. The survey shows that more women and minorities are looking to advance their careers with an advanced degree. So why are people applying now? Some suggest that the increase in applications could be a result of a slowing economy. More people are willing to attend school during a slowdown and hope things will pick up after graduation. Others see it as a career investment. A survey by the same group conducted in May found that the average starting salary for MBA graduates is 92, 000 dollars. That's 4. 2% more than just a year ago.

　　雅思寫作素材之媒體類話題

侵犯隱私 violate on someone’s privacy

新聞界 the press

印刷媒體(如報紙、雜誌)the print media

報道新聞的機構 news outlets

電子媒體 the electronic media

時事 current affairs

醜聞 scandals

無處不在 prevalent / ubiquitous / pervasive

媒體炒作 media hype

有誤導性的 misleading

詐騙性的 fraudulent

虛假的 false

誇大事實 exaggerate things

不客觀的，不公正的 unobjective

如實的報道 factual accounts

可信的 reliable

客觀公正的 objective and balanced

信息量大的 informative

娛樂性強的 entertaining

有新聞價值的 newsworthy

監督 scrutiny (n.) / scrutinize (vt.) / monitor (vt.)

揭露 expose / reveal

道德準則 code of ethics / code of conduct

宏觀定義點

pros and cons of media 媒體的好與壞

mass media 大衆傳媒

bring reality to the public 把現實展現在我們的面前

penetrates every corner of our life 滲透到我們生活的每一個角落

educate / entertain people of all age 教育、娛樂各年齡段的人

the perniciouseffect of the media 傳媒的有害影響

pornography 色情

big packs of lies 一籮筐謊言

trick the public 欺騙大衆

unable to distinguish good from bad 沒有辨別是非的能力

rely on powerful communication technologies to spread their messages 依靠強大的通訊技術傳播信息

the pros and cons 事物的利與弊 weigh up the pros and cons 權衡利弊得失

penetrate (vt.)滲透，打入(團隊、集體等)

try to penetrate new markets 試圖打入新市場

pernicious (adj.)(尤指潛移默化的)有害的，惡性的

the pernicious influence of TV violence on children

電視暴力對兒童潛移默化的

媒體的作用

promote connectedness and a new international community that transcends parochial political barriers

促進了人們之間的可聯繫性，也促進超越狹隘政治障礙的國際社會的發展

saturateglobal cultural reality with formulaic TV shows and mindless advertisements

以程式化的電視節目和毫無思想性可言的廣告滲透了全球文化

to a large extend, the global cultural flows of our time are generated and directed by global media empires

在很大程度上，全球媒體帝國生產和指揮着我們這個時代的全球文化流動

the volume and extent of cultural transmissions in the contemporary period have far exceeded those of earlier eras

當代文化傳播在數量和程度上都大大超過了以前的各個時期

viewers must fill in the blanks in continuously updated inputs

觀衆在不斷更新的涌入信息的面前必須填補自己未知知識的空白

parochialadj.只關心本地區的，地方觀念的

saturate (…with) (v.)使充滿、飽和

saturate the market 市場飽和

formulaic (adj.)套話的，公式化的

input (n.)(思想、知識、時間、信息的)投入，輸入

　　雅思寫作“文化類”話題素材

作爲雅思寫作的一個重要話題，文化類經常考察的方面有：建築類、旅遊類、語言類等等。在剛剛進行的2013年11月16日的雅思考試中，就考察了這樣的一個題目：Some languages are increasing in use，while many others are declining. Do you think this is a positive or negative development? 這就是一個有關語言類的話題。除此之外，今年還考過的文化類話題還有：

20130314建築類When designing a building，the most important thing to take into account is the intended use of the building rather than its outward appearance. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

20130706 旅遊類 Space travel has been possible for some time and some people think the space tourism could be developed in the future. To what extent do you think it's a positive or negative development?

20130727 建築類The restoration of old buildings in major cities in the world costs numerous governments' expenditures. This money should be used in new housing and road development. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

在文化類話題中，我們需要去論述的主要有文化的特徵、重要意義、傳統文化與外來文化等等問題，以及文化與經濟和國家發展的結合。那麼我們就一起通過一篇經濟學人上的文章來學習一下有哪些好的表達。

1、Guarding precious and vulnerable places is one of the better things the UN’s cultural agency does—but it may topple over if it stretches too far.

Guard:守衛，保衛，比如英國的著名報紙就叫做the Guardian 《衛報》。

Precious and vulnerable: 寶貴的和易受傷害的，用於形容傳統建築或者文化非常好。

2、Anyone who dreams of exercising authority (of a fairly benign sort) over the entire world—with a special remit for the planet's most beautiful and fragile places—will enjoy perusing the 250 or so pages that contain the latest pronouncements from UNESCO's World Heritage Committee.

most beautiful and fragile：最美的和脆弱的，用於形容文化遺產，替換剛纔的Precious and vulnerable,注意雅思寫作的詞彙豐富性。

3、This year's most dramatic move was a rare decision to strip a place—Dresden and the surrounding Elbe valley—of its status as a “World Heritage Site”: that is, a location deemed to be of universal worth to humanity by virtue of its built environment, ecological importance or both.

deemed to be of universal worth to humanity by virtue of its built environment, ecological importance or both：be deemed to be 被認爲是,另外這句話可以用來說明文化的重要性，句型非常好。

4、What makes this whole procedure tolerable (and indeed, respected) is that it is a voluntary arrangement between governments, with groups of states taking turns to form committees that duly exercise UNESCO's moral power.

這句話的句子結構很好，what引導主語從句,後面的is 之後是表語從句，大家可以學習去寫。

5、An architect with a fondness for old cities that are evolving, Mr Bandarin relishes the memory of his sparring matches with Ken Livingstone, then mayor of London, whose love for skyscrapers cast a shadow over the Tower of London and the Palace of Westminster, both of which are UNESCO sites. “He wanted to build Shanghai in London,” the Italian says of the maverick socialist mayor. What UNESCO should be protecting, he says, is not stones but human values; cities must develop in ways that cater to present needs but also respect and integrate the past.

with a fondness for：介詞短語with 用來修飾前面的建築師

relish the memory of：回味。。。的記憶，非常生動的表達

skyscraper：摩天大樓

is not stones but human values： 不是。。。而是。。， 不是隻保護石頭而是人類的價值，說明文物的精神價值。