雅思口语机经里又出现了一道对于中国考生的“送分题”：a time you were busy. 我就想问了，中国学生什么时候不busy了！除了在学校的任务之外还会被爸妈逼去参加各种课外补习班！最同情的就是那些高三还要备考雅思的孩子们了。总之，中国学生的日程表简直就是灭绝人性的…… 所以基本上，这就是一道写实题，跟考官实话实说的抱怨一下，估计两分钟都打不住你。

如果你经历过高三，那么就说说你的high school senior year，如果你刚上高中，就说说不久前的“中考”，当然，如果你是成人，也可以说大学毕业前边焦头烂额的搞论文（dissertation）弄答辩（thesis defense），边疯投简历的壮观场面。

由于烤鸭更多的是学生党，所以我们这里就以学校繁忙的状态为例，帮大家组织一下思路：

Well, so far the busiest time of my life was my senior year in high school.

As you know, Chinese students have to take the college entrance exam, which is literally a life-and-death exam, ‘cause it would decide what level of university you could attend, and in China, degree and diploma is the first priority for employers who are looking for hire. So it’s fairly to say, in a sense, this exam would consequently affect our future career.

So as you can imagine, every day I was under huge pressure, and what is worse, my daily schedule was incredibly tight. I had to spend all of my waking hours studying and preparing for the exam, which left me no time to chill out.

Usually, my day started at 5:30, and I had to get to school before 7. And then, my whole day was fully occupied with 5 classes in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. On top of that, we were required to take the evening class from 6 to 10. I know it sounds hard to believe, but that was exactly how I spent my senior year.

Luckily, I was not alone. All of my classmates were all as stressed out as I was. And looking back, it actually feels good knowing that there’re friends fighting together for our dreams. And now I have lived through that darkest time, and that experience has become kind of a precious memory, and I definitely become stronger and tougher, it’s like nothing will ever bring me down. So although it’s been a torture, I’m actually pretty grateful.

大家可以看到最后一段其实并没有描述自己的繁忙生活，而是墨迹了一下自己的内心感受。这个套路可以放在任何的题目上。无论考官让我们说什么话题，最后在被叫停前，说说自己的personal feeling都是占时间的妙方。Part 2的题目，无论让我们说人物、事件、物品、地点或者传媒类别的哪种题目，我们都是可以有自己的感受的。就好像心理医生的经典台词：how does that make you feel? 如果能在考试时候能想到还有这招，起码能帮我们多说三十秒！