雅思口语范文：A skill you recently learned　　A skill you recently learned 　　Describe a skill you recently learned 　　-what the skill is/was 　　-where you learned it 　　-how you learned it 　　-and explain how you think this skill will be useful in the future.
　　有段时间没有更新博客了,较近忙得简直是 too busy to take a bloody breath!
遥给大家补充一个09年9月的新话题卡的素材,这个话题卡比较抽象-描述一项较近学的有用的技能.
选材可以很灵活,比如:swimming, driving, cooking, speaking a foreign language等等.
主要突出USEFUL就可以了.
　　what the skill is/was: I recently learned how to drive.
Driving is a useful skill because it allows me much greater mobility.
I do not have to rely on public transportation or friends give me a lift to the places that I need to go.
The bus is so crowded!
Also, I am always fighting against the clock when I am on the bus-sometimes if there is a traffic jam I can be stuck on the bus for an hour.
I am just not able to let that much time slip away.
　　give me a lift 搭顺风车 　　fighting against the clock 与时间赛跑 争分夺秒 　　be stuck on the bus 被困在公车上 　　let that much time slip away 让那么多时间溜走 　　where you learned it: I learned to drive a couple of months ago, so I am still a little bit green; Im still a beginner.
Learning to drive was not exactly a piece of cake.
Sometimes I like to let my mind wander, so I have to really focus on keeping my eyes on the road.
It was a good learning experience.
　　a little bit green 有点儿嫩 　　a piece of cake 小菜一碟 　　let my mind wander 走神儿 　　how you learned it: I learned to drive both by taking a class and by practicing with my parents in the car.
The class was a bore but the practical training was fun.
I always looked forward to getting behind the wheel to practice my driving.
I practiced by often taking my moms car for a spin.
However, because I was still learning, my mom always insisted that she tag along.
My mom was always a backseat driver on these trips so sometimes it was frustrating to always have her tell me exactly how to drive.
　　taking a class 参加培训班 上课 　　getting behind the wheel 开车 　　for a spin 兜一圈 　　tag along 陪伴 跟随 　　backseat driver 坐在汽车后座对驾驶员指手画脚的人; 干涉与自己职责无关的人 　　and explain how you think this skill will be useful in the future: This skill will be very useful in the future.
It will allow me to be much more independent.
I wont have to be at the mercy of my parents when I want to go somewhere the bus does not go to.
I just have to make sure that I do not get a speeding ticket.
My parents say that if I get a ticket I will have to pay for all of it and that my parents will take the keys away for a week.
If you ask me, this is just a slap on the wrist.
So, I flirt with the speed limit sometimes, but I usually drive under the limit-especially if there are traffic cops around.
I know where all of the big speed traps are in my city so I can stay one up on the traffic patrolmen.
All in all, I think this will be one of the most important skills for my future.
I wouldnt trade my driving license for all the tea in China.
　　be at the mercy of sb 依赖某人 依靠某人 　　speeding ticket 遥罚单 　　If you ask me 在我看来 　　a slap on the wrist 在手腕上拍一下=很轻的处罚 　　traffic cops 遥 　　not for all the tea in China 给我遥所有的茶也不=无论如何都不