最近两个季度，雅思口语有一道好讨厌的题目是a gift that took you a long time to choose。这一口语题目烦就烦在它不是单纯的描写礼物，还得说为啥花了好长时间准备。其实买礼物不就是一个精心挑选的过程么，每次送出我们的心意之前，都得冥思苦想，确保对方满意。那在雅思考试时我们就把这个心路历程讲明白就好了嘛!
　　下面这个可以看成是雅思口语“万能开头”：
　　The gift that took me a long time to choose is a birthday gift for my XXX, who’s like the most picky person I know in this world. So finding a perfect gift for her is like mission impossible. And what makes it even harder is the fact that she’s already got everything she needed. So as you can imagine, I really racked my brains trying to think of what to get her.
　　再下面可以说一下你一项一项排除的过程，例如At first, I had my eye on a XX, but on second thought, XX is never really her thing. I also thought of getting her a XX, ‘cause she’s obsessed with collecting XX, however, I’m afraid she’s already got a complete set of them. XXX was also on my list, but that would be way out of budget/that would cost me an arm and a leg.
　　纠结了上面若干个之后，口语部分就可以进入正题了，说说自己最后到底选了啥：
　　Just when I was totally stuck for what to buy, I heard XX was on the market. It came as a lifesaver. I thought, why not give her that. She’s always into new stuff like that. So I just ran to the shopping mall. The shop assistant was really nice/hospitable. She introduced the functions patiently to me, like… (你懂的，下面就开始变成单纯的描写某个物品了对吧!把之前准备的素材都搬上来占时间吧!)
　　最后，如果雅思考官还木有打断你，你可以来个华丽的结尾：
　　I’m pretty satisfied with the gift. XX LOVED it as well, and she appreciated the thought. I guess it’s fair to say, it’s the most successful gift I’ve ever picked so far.
　　按照此套路，肯定不怕到时候面对雅思考官面红耳赤无思路!各位加油啦!