雅思口语part 2 中有些话题比如描述图书馆，博物馆，旅游景点等等，考生常常觉得无从下手。这类卡片会牵涉很多专业词汇，考生容易说不出，或者说的很空洞，言之无物。在准备这些话题的时候，考生不妨参考一下剑桥1-8的听力原文，把听力中很多口语化的句子活学活用到雅思口语表达中。真正做到以听补说，以读补写。下面，以剑桥1test3section2的一篇讲述澳洲海洋博物馆的文章为例，看看，怎样用听力原文改编口语。

　　以下是听力原文，黑体字的地方是考生可以重点掌握的词句。

　　Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Maritime Museum.

　　Now before we commence our tour I’d just like to tell you a little bit about the history of the museum. As you can see, it’s very modem building built in the post modern style and it was in fact opened by the Prime Minister of Australia in November 1991. It’s been designed with a nautical flavor in mind to remind US of our links with the sea. But the museum isn’t only housed in this building; there are a number of historic ships docked outside in the harbour ,which form part of the museum and which you are also free to visit, and we’ll be coming to them shortly.

　　I’d just like to point out one or two things of general interest while we’re here. Handicapped toilets are located on this floor and the door shows a wheelchair. The cloakroom where you can hang your coat or leave your bags is just behind us here. The education centre is on the top floor and there’s a good little library in there which you might like to use. Follow the signs to the Education Centre--you’11 see a lot of little green arrows on the wall. The green arrows will take you there. The information desk, marked with the small letter i on your plan is located right here in the foyer, so if you get separated from your friends, I suggest you make your way back to the information desk because we’11 be returning to this spot at the end of the tour. All right?

　　Now, if you look out this window you should be able to see where the museum’s ships are docked. If you want to go on a tour of the old ship, the Vampire, she’s docked over there and you should meet outside on the quay. However, a word of warning! I don’t recommend it for the grandmas and grandpas because there are lots of stairs to climb. Right, now, let’s move on. Oh, I almost forgot to give you the times for that tour. Now, tours of the Vampire run on the hour, every hour. All right?

　　Let’s take a walk round the museum now. The first room we’re coming to is the theatre. This room is used to screen videos of special interest and we also use it for lectures. There’s a continuous video showing today about the voyages of Captain Cook, so come back here later on if you want to learn more about Captain Cook.

　　Now, we’re moving along the gallery known as the Leisure Gallery. This is one of our permanent exhibitions and here we try to give you an idea of the many different ways in which Australians have enjoyed their time by the sea: surfing, swimming, lifesaving clubs, that’s all very much a part of Australian culture. At the end of this section we’11 come to the Picture Gallery where we’ve got a marvelous collection of paintings, all by Australian artists. I think you can buy reproductions of some of these paintings in the museum shop. Well worth a good look.

　　And down at the far end of this floor, you’11 find the section which we’ve called Passengers and the Sea. In this part of the museum we’ve gathered together a wonderful collection of souvenirs from the old days when people traveled by ship. You’11 find all sorts of things there: old suitcases, ships’ crockery, first class cabins decorated in the fashion of the day. Just imagine what it must have been like to travel first class.

　　以下是口语话题，描述博物馆：

　　Describe a museum

　　You should say

　　Where it is

　　What you can see in it

　　What type of museum it is

　　And explain why you like it

　　对于这个话题，很多考生觉得无话可说。很多考生从没去过博物馆，即使去过，让他介绍具体的展品，又会对众多专有名词感到一筹莫展。通过对听力原文的精读和学习，考生更容易掌握介绍博物馆的思路。通过改写，我们甚至能很巧妙的运用听力中现成的句型，短语来组织part 2卡片。

　　The museum I’m going to describe is called Maritime Museum which is located in Australia. It’s a very modem building built in the post modern style and it’s been designed with a nautical flavor .But the museum isn’t only housed in this building; there are a number of historic ships docked outside in the harbor, which form part of the museum.

　　The museum consists of several parts: an education center, a nice little library, a theater, a leisure gallery, a member’s lounge and a souvenir store.

　　This theater is used to screen videos of special interest and lectures. There’s a continuous video showing today about the voyages of Captain Cook.

　　The Leisure Gallery is well worth a good look. The permanent exhibitions can give you an idea of the many different ways in which Australians have enjoyed their time by the sea: surfing, swimming, lifesaving clubs, that’s all very much a part of Australian culture. And the Picture Gallery contains a marvelous collection of paintings, all by Australian artists. I think you can buy reproductions of some of these paintings in the museum shop.

　　My favorite part is souvenir shop. There is a wonderful collection of souvenirs from the old days when people traveled by ship. You’11 find all sorts of things there: old suitcases, ships’ crockery, first class cabins decorated in the fashion of the day. Just imagine what it must have been like to travel first class.

　　The unique feature of the museum is the historic ships which dock outside in the harbor. If you are interested, you can take a tour in the ship called Vampire, which is the highlight of the tour.

　　即使不是整篇改写，考生也可以精读听力原文，撷取其中精华表达，来给自己的答案加分。