雅思口语考试part1范文之颜色

71. What color do you like? Why? ( 5 - 6 )

I prer red. In China, red is associated with life and good luck. Atraditional Chinese bride wears something red on her wedding day, such as herwedding gown and handkerchi used to cover her head, in the hope that it willbring her and her bridegroom some luck in future.

71. What color do you like? Why? ( 7 - 8 )

If I had to describe my favorite color, I would choose yellow. Many artistsare known to use yellow in their paintings. For example, Vincent van Gogh isfamous for the yellow sunflowers in some of his paintings. Many countries haveyellow in their national flags. For example, South Africa has a broad yellowband in their newly designed flag. This symbolizes the energy and warmth to bound in the nation.

71. What color do you like? Why? ( 7 - 8 )

Yellow is my favorite color. First of all, to me, yellow symbolizes thesun. What I mean to say is that it reminds me of energy and warmth. Secondly,yellow is a bright color as apposed to dull colors like brown and gray. Forinstance, brown and gray usually make me feel depressed. Lastly, I would like tomention that yellow is a practical color. That is to say, you can wear yellowwith almost any color, and it does not get dirty too easily.

72. Do colors have some symbolic meaning in China? ( 5 - 8 )

Yes, colors certainly have a lot of meaning in China. Please allow me toexplain. Firstly, it is significant that the national flag of China has a redbackground. Red is symbolic, for example, of avibrant life, which we believe areone of the dominant characteristics of the country and its people. It alsosignifies good luck, so a bride would wear some red on her wedding day. Inaddition, I think that yellow has a specific meaning to Chinese people. Forexample, we believe that it symbolizes the energy radiated by the sun, which inturn is the primary source of life. In addition, however, it also signifies theobscene, as apposed to blue in the most of the western cultures. For example,here a ‘blue movie’, would be called a ‘yellow movie’. Lastly, I think thatwhite has a special meaning to us. To be more specific, in times of sadness andmourning, we use white to express our feelings, as apposed to black in most ofthe western cultures.