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Describe a person you know who is from a different culture
You should say:
Who he/she is
Where he/she is from
How you knew him/her
And explain how you feel about him/her
“认识的不同文化的人”这是一道新题，人物类的话题比较好聊，虽然题眼涉及到“文化”，但是小问里面没有让你聊文化差异，难度不算是最高。
说到“不同文化的人”，大家第一反应就是外国人，这当然是可以的。但是中国地大物博，底蕴深厚，56个民族有各自的文化、天南地北的文化差异也很大。从这个角度来说，我们去聊不同民族文化、不同地区文化（江南、东北、中原、闽南地区等）也是可以的。
和往常一样，我们来看看这道题目可以如何串题：
“认识的不同文化的人”是我的英语外教老师，他是“激励我做有趣事情的人”，给我上过“印象深刻的英语课”，原本我学习英语很困难，但是在他的指导下，教我“节约学习时间的方法”，使我在英语学习上有了“积极改变”。
描述一个人物，可以从内在+外在角度出发，内在包括了TA的身份职业、和你的关系、个性特征、喜好，（尤其是外国人的话）外在可以聊聊他的外貌特征。
一方面可以聊TA来自于哪个国家哪个城市，然后顺着这个地点展开对于这个地点的形容，包括了城市的美称、气候、景观、特色等（比如来自于英国巴斯，是英国唯一被列为世界遗产的城市，被誉为英国最漂亮典雅的城市之一）。另外还可以聊聊我们彼此文化的差异，比如饮食习惯、个性特征（美国的热情、英国的严谨优雅、日本的客气尊敬等）。
这里按照故事的要素来聊就可以，时间、地点、事件（起因、经过、结果）。但是注意铺垫故事情节，因为最后一个小问你需要回答觉得TA怎么样，要基于现在的内容和氛围营造。
这里一种是可以聊对TA的认知变化，比如第一次见TA的时候给我感受如何，后面发现TA是怎么样的人。这里的核心更偏向于对人物的个性描述，比如是个善良的人、是个包容心很强的人、是个理想主义者等等。另一种可以去更多形容你们的关系，因为他乐于助人，帮过你很多，所以你们关系很好，你很珍惜这个朋友；虽然文化不同，但是我们兴趣相投，TA是一个很有趣的人，也很有想法，跟TA做朋友很高兴等。
下面是关于这个话题可以延伸出来的思维图：
It didn't take me long to come up with something to talk about, because I have just known about an American guy. To be perfectly honest, I have been learning English for a long time, but I haven’t had many chances to practice speaking English with native speakers.
At that time, I was walking to the library in my campus. Suddenly, a foreigner came up to me and asked for directions to the students registration center. Honestly, he spoke too quickly for me to catch everything. But after he repeated his words, I finally understood and showed him the way to the center. He’s an exchange student from England. His name's David.
David has got a high-bridged nose, beautiful jawline, and blonde short hair. I used body language a lot to explain the directions to him, since I didn’t speak English well then. After that, he said “Thank you” to me and headed for the registration center.
I realize that English plays an important role in our life, despite the fact that we don’t live in English-speaking countries. It is spoken globally and it’s becoming the dominant language. Therefore, I have been trying to practice speaking English daily so that I can have a good command of this language, and I hope one day I can talk confidently with foreigners, whatever the topic of conversation.
亮点表达：
come up with 想出（主意/想法）
a high-bridged nose 高鼻梁
beautiful jawline 漂亮的下颚轮廓
blonde short hair 金色短发
play an important role in 扮演着重要角色
have a good command of this language 熟练掌握这门语言
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