雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
English Partner
January ~ April
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
Instruction: Self study & test（自学和自测）
• Please preview the vocabularies and sentence structures before class
and make sure you understand their meanings.（请同学课前预习词汇和句型，
确保清楚每个词汇，搭配和句型的意思）
• Finish the exercises before class and check the answers by yourself,
it will help you understand the usage of the words and collocations.
（请同学自学完词汇和句型之后完成练习并自行校对答案，这对你理解它们的用法很有
帮助哦！）
• Use the vocabularies and sentence structure as many as possible in
your answer when practicing the topic questions in the class. The
teacher will help you check if you use them in a proper way or not.
（在课堂上进行话题练习的时候，尽可能多的使用这些单词，短语，搭配和句型，老师
会帮助你正确使用。）
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
1
Vocabulary
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
Games & entertainment
1. board game
2. team game
3. card game
4. to gamble
5. to bet
6. make-believe
7. players
8. teams
1. 棋类游戏
2. 团队游戏
3. 纸牌游戏
4. 赌博
5. 打赌
6. 虚幻，虚构（的）
7. 玩家；参与者
8. 团队
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Games & entertainment
9. forfeit
9. 丧失；罚款
10. dice
10. 骰子
11. counter
11. (棋盘游戏的)筹码
12. hide and seek
12. 捉迷藏
13. noughts and crosses
13. 画圈打叉游戏（两人
在井字形九格中画O或X，连成
一线者胜）
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Games & entertainment
14. chess
15. piece
16. checkmate
17. backgammon
18. hangman
19. charades
14. 国际象棋
15. 件
16. (象棋中)将军
17. 十五子棋
18. 猜单词游戏
19. 打哑谜猜字游戏
20. suits:hearts/
20.(扑克牌)花色：红桃♥/
diamonds/clubs/spades
方片♦/梅花♣/黑桃♠
21. joker
21.(扑克牌中)大小王
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Games & entertainment
22. ace/king/queen/jack
22. (指扑克牌中画像）
ACE即扑克中的A牌/国
23. parlour games
王/王后/武士
23. 室内游戏（派对或家庭
24. indoor games
25. outdoor games
聚会玩的游戏，如猜谜或填字
等）
24. 室内游戏
25. 户外游戏
Exercise 1
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
gamble
hide- and-seek
checkmate
card games
make-believe
bet
forfeits
parlour games
1. It’s the time when a player is defeated in a board game called chess since his king is
under a direct attack from which it cannot escape.
2. A game played inside a house particularly in a room where guests are usually
entertained. It’s exactly where it got its name.
3. When I was a kid, my playmate and I always played ______. She would be my patient
and I was her doctor.
4. Those who ______ compulsively should seek a professional help since gambling addiction
is a serious problem.
5. Violations of games rules equates ______.
6. ____ is a game in which other players hide and the ‘it’ finds them.
7. When playing _____ such as poker you should know the suits(hearts diamonds, club,
spades ) and the ace, king, queen, jack.
8. Children shouldn’t ____ money when playing games because it can foster an interest in
gambling.
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
A game played on a piece of paper and
won by the first player who places three
Os or three Xs in a straight line.
Played by two players and each has fifteen
pieces (checkers) which move between twentyfour triangles (points) according to the roll of
two dice.
parlor game
backgammon
chess
charades
noughts and crosses
hangman
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
A paper and pencil guessing game for two or more
players. One player thinks of a word , phrase or
sentence and the other(s) tries to guess it by
suggesting letters or numbers within a certain number
of guesses.
chess
A game in which some of the players try
to guess a word or phrase from the
actions of another player who may not
speak.
backgammon
hangman
charades
noughts and crosses
hangman
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
USEFUL COLLOCATIONS
COLLOCATION
MEANING
Take it in turns 依次；轮流
Each person plays one after the other
Miss a turn 轮空一次
You cannot play your turn
Roll a dice 掷骰子
Throw the dice
Pick up a card 抽牌
To choose a card from a pile on the table
Take up a hobby 培养新的兴趣
To start a new hobby
Win the jackpot 中头奖
To win the most valuable prize in a game
Shuffle the cards 洗牌
To mix the cards
Deal a hand 一次性发牌
To give all the players their cards one at a time
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
USEFUL IDIOMS
IDIOMS
MEANING
Lucky at cards, unlucky in love
赌场得意,情场失意
An English saying: If you win at cards, you will
not be happy in love
A sore loser 输不起的失败者
A person who is upset/angry when they lose
A couch potato 终日懒散的人
A person who does nothing all day
Beginner’s luck 新手的好运气
Good luck that you have when you first do
something
Poker face 面无表情
Showing no emotion
To be an old hand at 擅长于...
To be an expert at something/to have done it
a long time
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
USEFUL IDIOMS
IDIOMS
MEANING
To keep a straight face 板着脸
To not laugh
To clean up 赢了一大笔钱
To win all the money
To fall about laughing
笑得前仰后合
To laugh a lot
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excited
thrilled
非常兴奋的/激动的
兴奋的/激动的
lucky
幸运的
focused
专心的
eager
渴望的/热切的
adjectives to describe
feelings
（positive）
determined
坚决的
enthusiastic
热情的/热心的
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
frustrated
失意的/挫败的
bored
无聊的/烦人的
disappointed
失望的/沮丧的
annoyed
生气的/烦恼的
upset
心烦的/不安的
adjectives to describe
feelings
（negative）
Indifferent
漠不关心的
envious
羡慕的/嫉妒的
Exercise 2
old hand
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
took up
laughing
cleaned up
turns
1. The gamer wins a pot of money so he falls about laughing.
2. Korey Ardemir is the best poker player in the world in
2018;therefore, we can say that he is an old hand at poker.
3. In the game called darts, players take it turns to throw the
darts on the board
4. When grandpa retired, he took up chess as a new hobby.
5. My neighbor immediately quitted his job when he cleaned up
on the stock market.
Exercise 2
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
Andy lost the game and he can’t accept it.
What kind of loser is he and how does he
feel now?
1. frustrated /upset
4. indifferent
Ian doesn’t want to give any hint that he is
holding bad cards because it will give
other players satisfaction.
He has a ______and an ________ man.
2. poker face
5. enthusiastic
3. sore loser
6. thrilled
Exercise 2
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
What actions do the pictures show?
1. roll a dice
3. deal a hand
2. shuffle the cards
4. pick up a card
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
2
Sentence
Structure
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
USEFUL SENTENCES/SENTENCE STARTERS FOR THIS TOPIC
I’m a big fan
of board
games.
I don’t agree
with playing
for money.
I’ve never been
very good at
card games.
It’s a great
way for the
family to spend
time together.
It’s a good way
to break the ice
at parties.
We used to play
for pennies.
Children need
to learn to
play together.
Adults don’t
tend to be as
fun-loving as
children.
We used to
play parlour
games when I
was little.
My gran taught
me lots of
board games.
I’m very
competitive by
nature.
It’s a much
better way
for children
to spend their
time than TV
or video
games.
Competition can
be very
unhealthy.
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
COMMON MISTAKES: USED TO
SIMILAR PHRASES
MEANING
Used to
Something which you did often in the past but
do not do now
To be used to doing something
You are familiar with it so it is not
difficult/strange
To get used to doing something
the process of becoming familiar with it
Usually
you do something often now or something is
generally true. You can also use ‘tend to’
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
COMMON MISTAKES: USED TO
SIMILAR
PHRASES
Used to
To be used to doing
something
To get used to doing
something
Usually
EXAMPLES
● When
I was little, I used to play card games with my gran.
● When I was at university, I used to play charades with my housemates.
● I’m
a nurse, so I’m used to working at night.
● I’m not very competitive, so I’m used to losing at games.
● Now
I’m an adult, I’m getting used to being more serious.
Children tend to laugh very easily.
● Adults are usually more serious.
● I don’t usually play board games these days.
●
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
Phrases for wanting to do something
PHRASES
EXAMPLES
Fancing doing…
Be in the mood for…
Feel like doing...
Be up for doing...
●
●
I fancy playing charades tonight.
I’m in the mood for charades tonight.
I feel like playing charades tonight.
●
●
I’m up for playing charades tonight.
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
Phrases for ability/inability
PHRASES
EXAMPLES
Be good at…
●
Be brilliant at…
●
Be hopeless at...
Can't get the hang of...
Pick...up
He’s very good at chess.
●
●
●
He’s brilliant at chess.
He’s hopeless at chess.
He can’t get the hang of chess.
He picked chess up very quickly.
Exercise 3
getting used
to
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get the
hang
brilliant
in the
mood
used to
1. My uncle in an embalmer so he is used to holding corpses.
2. The grannies in the park are brilliant at chess so I don’t dare
playing with them.
3. I have been working in a kinder garden for a month now so I’m
getting used to noisy environment and naughty kids.
4. The sun is brightly shinning today so the kids are in mood for
hide-and-seek.
5. I hate playing backgammon because I can’t get the hang of it.
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
Homework
answers
Exercise 1
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
gamble
hide- and-seek
checkmate
card games
make-believe
bet
forfeits
parlour games
1. It’s the time when a player is defeated in a board game called chess since his king is
under a direct attack from which it cannot escape. checkmate
2. A game played inside a house particularly in a room where guests are usually
entertained. It’s exactly where it got its name. parlour games
3. When I was a kid, my playmate and I always played make-believe. She would be my
patient and I was her doctor.
4. Those who gamble compulsively should seek a professional help since gambling addiction
is a serious problem.
5. Violations of games rules equates forfeits.
6. Hide-and-seek is a game in which other players hide and the ‘it’ finds them.
7. When playing card games such as poker you should know the suits(hearts diamonds,
club, spades ) and the ace, king, queen, jack.
8. Children shouldn’t bet money when playing games because it can foster an interest in
gambling.
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
A game played on a piece of paper and
won by the first player who places three
Os or three Xs in a straight line.
Played by two players and each has fifteen pieces
(checkers) which move between twenty-four
triangles (points) according to the roll of two dice.
parlor game
backgammon
chess
charades
noughts and crosses
hangman
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
A paper and pencil guessing game for two or more players.
One player thinks of a word , phrase or sentence and the
other(s) tries to guess it by suggesting letters or numbers
within a certain number of guesses.
chess
A game in which some of the players try
to guess a word or phrase from the
actions of another player who may not
speak.
backgammon
hangman
charades
noughts and crosses
hangman
Exercise 2
old hand
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
took up
laughing
cleaned up
turns
1. The gamer wins a pot of money so he falls about laughing.
2. Korey Ardemir is the best poker player in the world in
2018;therefore, we can say that he is an old hand at poker.
3. In the game called darts, players take it turns to throw the
darts on the board
4. When grandpa retired, he took up chess as a new hobby.
5. My neighbor immediately quitted his job when he cleaned up
on the stock market.
Exercise 2
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
Andy lost the game and he can’t accept it.
What kind of loser is he and how does he
feel now? (Key: 1 & 3)
1. frustrated /upset
4. indifferent
Ian doesn’t want to give any hint that he is
holding bad cards because it will give
other players satisfaction.
He has a ______and an ________ man.
(Key: 2 & 4)
2. poker face
5. enthusiastic
3. sore loser
6. thrilled
Exercise 2
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
Key: 4
Key: 2
Key: 1
Key: 3
What actions do the pictures show?
1. roll a dice
3. deal a hand
2. shuffle the cards
4. pick up a card
雅思口语前考官原创教材，版权归英语同桌所有
English Partner
Hope you get a good score in the IELTS exam!