Describe a gift you gave to someone.
贈ったプレゼント(物)— Part2のキューカードです。2分間の回答を組み立てる練習に使えます。
キューカード(話すべきこと)
- what it was
- who you gave it to
- what the occasion was
- and explain why you chose it
使えるコロケーション
| 表現 | 日本語訳 |
|---|---|
| put a lot of thought into ~ | 〜をよく考えて選ぶ |
| personalised | その人だけに向けた |
| mark the occasion | 節目を祝う |
| thoughtful | 心のこもった |
| light up | (表情が)ぱっと輝く |
| it's the thought that counts | 大切なのは気持ちだ |
| a token of appreciation | 感謝のしるし |
| well received | 喜ばれた |
モデル回答 — まず自分で話してから開く
The gift I'd like to talk about is a photo book I made for my parents' thirtieth wedding anniversary, about two years ago.
My brother and I had been debating what to get them for months. They're at the stage of life where they genuinely don't want more things — every gift idea we floated, we could already picture gathering dust. So instead of buying something, we decided to make something. We secretly collected photos from relatives, dug through old albums, and even got pictures from their university friends that they'd never seen. I put everything into a properly printed hardcover book, arranged as a timeline of their thirty years, with little captions and messages from family scattered through it.
When my mother opened it at the anniversary dinner, she went completely quiet, and then both of them sat there turning pages for an hour while the food went cold. My father, who is not remotely a sentimental man, kept it on the living-room table for months afterwards.
I chose it because the best gifts, I think, prove that someone paid attention. Anyone can spend money; the photo book showed thirty years of their life mattered to us.
Part3につながる質問(4問)
- Is it more satisfying to give a gift or receive one?
- Have gift-giving customs changed in your country?
- Do expensive gifts mean more than cheap ones?
- Why do some people find it difficult to choose gifts?
モデル回答 — まず自分で話してから開く
質問
Is it more satisfying to give a gift or receive one?
モデル回答
Giving, by a clear margin — at least once you're past childhood. The psychological reason is anticipation and agency: when you give, you enjoy weeks of imagining the person's reaction, and the moment itself confirms your understanding of them. Receiving is pleasant but passive. I still remember the hour my parents spent poring over an anniversary photo book we made, far more vividly than anything I've ever been given. Naturally, this assumes the gift lands well — a failed gift is agony for everyone. But when it works, giving wins.
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