Describe a happy event in your life. You should say:
When and where it happened.
What it was.
Whether it has any special meaning to you.
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you. I am sure you will find my talk interesting and informative.
1.
a) Well, let me think. My twenty-first birthday was a happy event in my life.
b) I am sure yours was as well.
2.
a) In terms of when and where it happened,
b) it was almost three years ago, while I was studying in Australia.
There are several reasons as for why I would like to talk specifically about this birthday. Allow me to explain by mentioning some of them briefly.
It was a happy and special event to me for several reasons.
3.
a) Firstly many of my friends were present.
b) These included some new Australian friends, as well as my best friend who was visiting me at the time.
4.
a) Furthermore, I received many useful presents.
b) For example, my girlfriend gave me a scarf, which she had knitted specially for me.
5.
a) Lastly and the most important is the fact that I then officially became an adult.
b) I realized that I now had the responsibility to shape the rest of my life on my own.
So you can see, I shall remember my twenty-first birthday for as long as I live.
Axe to grind 别有用心
The last/final straw 忍无可忍，使人最终崩溃的一击
It takes two to tango 一个巴掌拍不响
Earth-like planet, Pink cockatoo dies at 83 类地行星，83岁风头鹦鹉逝世
Hot potato 棘手的问题“烫手山芋”
Art and football 海底发现文物，莱斯特城足球俱乐部曼谷庆功
To lie through your teeth 睁眼说瞎话
Brexit and Hockney's art 英国脱欧公投后进展，大卫·霍克尼艺术展
World's longest tunnel and a strange kind of race 世界最长铁路隧道，扛羊毛袋比赛
Canada wildfire and NASA discovery 加拿大林火，美国国家航空航天局发现系外行星
India's sewer workers and British school standards 印度下水道工人施工安全，英国在校生学习成绩下降
The university of life 生活经历
In good nick 品质好、没有损坏
California wildfires and cloned animals 加利福尼亚州野火，克隆动物衰老过程正常
Alligator takes boy and Tate Modern extension 鳄鱼拖走小男孩，泰特现代美术馆扩建完工
Close, but no cigar 几近成功
To make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大做
Cyborg beetle and the teenage brain 半机械甲虫，青少年脑部发育
There's method to my madness 我有一个不合常理的办法
You're pulling my leg! 你在愚弄我！
To turn something upside down 把……翻个底朝天
Chelsea doctor and surfing in Australia 切尔西队医与球队和解，澳大利亚冲浪
A bitter pill to swallow 不得不吞的苦药
One good turn deserves another 以德报德，礼尚往来
The cost of protecting the environment, Juno space probe 保护环境付出的代价，“朱诺”木星探测器
Phelps makes history and marine species 菲尔普斯创造历史，海洋新物种
Until I'm blue in the face 任凭你磨破嘴皮
Off the hook 脱身
Indian state introduces 'fat tax' 印度一省拟征收“脂肪税”
Glass-bottomed bridge, cancer risk for HRT and 120-year-old man 世界最长玻璃桥开放，荷尔蒙替代疗法增患癌风险，印度教120岁僧人