Ielts Speaking Aldyth

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Hotels & HospitalityPart 1What is your full name? My name is …Can I see your ID? Yes, here’s my ID cardWhere are you from? I’m from Rome, in Italy.Do you work or study? I work. I’m a business administrator.

Where do you work? I work for banca d’Italia, Italy’s largest bank.

Can you describe your work and the company?Yes, I am responsible for the administrati e functions in the city of Rome branch. Iwork as part of a team which pro ides support for essential admin functions withinthe bank. !he bank is the largest in Italy, it’s the central bank, and is part of the"uropean central banking system.

Why did you choose this job?#anca d’Italia is a large organi$ation and they had a ery good management training

program which I wanted to participate in after attending business school andgraduating with my degree in "conomics. I thought it would be a good %rst positionand that I could learn a lot before speciali$ing in the future.

Do you like your home?Yes, I lo e it. I ha e so many happy memories growing up there with my brothersand sister.

What will your future house look like?I really don&t know. If I stay here in 'ietnem then I suppose I would like to ha e atraditinal family home like my parents. #ut at the moment I&m planning to emigrateto (ustralia, so I don&t really know what type of house there I would like to gete entually.

Part Talk about a place where you stayed away from home. Please say:

• Where was this place?• Why did you go there?• How long did you stay there?• How did you feel staying away from home?

I remember a few years ago when I was on acation from uni ersity I went to staywith my grandmother in )i orno on the coast. I spent two months there, helping herwith some work around the house and also writing my thesis for uni ersity. *he hasa ery old house near the coast and it has an ama$ing iew of the sea. It wascompletely di+erent from li ing in Rome, where I grew up as a child. !he air iscleaner and the town is much smaller and uieter so it was a ery nice change of

pace to li e there for the summer. I had isited se eral times before when I was achild but had ne er stayed more than a day or so and I had always gone with my

parents before - this time I went by myself - so it was uite di+erent. It was a reallynice time and it’s also a really good place to li e. It was ery rela ing and refreshingto see something di+erent and to meet some of the local people who are uitedi+erent from the people I usually hang out with in Rome. If I wasn’t working in the


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bank and li ing in Rome I would maybe like to li e in a place like that where life isslower and more rela ed, somewhere out of the city, but at the moment I’mconcentrating on my career so the city has the best opportunities

Part !Ha"e you stayed at a hotel before?Yes, I ha e se eral times when I’ e been tra elling and also a couple of times for

trips related to work.Do you think people like to stay at hotels? Why?It depends on the indi idual, and the reason for the trip I suppose. *ome peopledon’t like being away from home so staying in a hotel maybe doesn’t appeal tothem. /ther people see it as a change to the normal - like a small ad enture -something di+erent and so they en0oy it. My father used to tra el a lot and li ed halfof the week in hotels, he always had some interesting stories about other people hemet and I think he uite en0oyed the ariety rather than staying in only one place allthe time.

What are the most important thin#s that a #ood hotel should ha"e?1ell, again it depends, if it’s a business trip then it needs to be close to where youneed to go and ha e all the facilities you need to get things done, maybe a businesscentre and things like that. #ut if you’re on acation then you probably think moreabout it being in a nice location, maybe with a nice iew, a balcony and comfortablerooms. In all cases, it’s important that the sta+ are warm and friendly and theser ice is good - that’s important if you’re tra elling on business or on acation.

Do you think hospitality jobs are desirable?I think the people who do them think they are. I mean, there are so many 0obs and Isuppose it can be ery interesting too. I ha e a friend who works in hotelmanagement and she lo es it, so yes, I think such 0obs are good and essential forthose who need to stay in a hotel.Really, hospitality is no di+erent from any other commercial sector - there are manydi+erent aspects to it and many di+erent kinds of 0obs a ailable. You can be a waiter or maid or de elop a professional career as a manager in a large multinational hotelchain - so there are plenty of opportunities for e eryone, 0ust like in any otherindustry.

Do you think the hotel industry should be re#ulated? Why?

!here should certainly be some sort of regulation which co ers minimum standards.You know, in terms of food in restaurants, basic hygiene and cleanliness in rooms,the pro ision of ser ices and such like.#ut I don’t know what else needs to be regulated … ah yes, health and safety, fore ample, a hotel has to make sure that guests can escape in the e ent of a %re oremergency, it needs to ha e emergency lighting and medical ser ices, I think.!hat sort of regulation is necessary and good for the industry in order to maintainminimum standards for the public.

$riends & $amily

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What is your full name? My name is 2orgeCan I see your ID? Yes, of course, here’s my ID cardWhere are you from? I’m from #ra$ilDo you work or study? I work, I’m a Mechanical "ngineer

Why did you choose this job?#ecause I thought it was an interesting 0ob. I lo e designing things and knowing howthings work and trying to impro e them. !he 0ob I ha e at the moment is in the

automoti e sector which is great because I also lo e cars. *o it’s something I reallyen0oy and it is challenging work.

What kind of food do you like?Really, I like all kinds of food, but I suppose if I had to choose one type of food rather than another I would go for chicken, usually with some kind of spicy sauce.

When do you usually eat this food?3hicken4 1ell, I suppose a couple of times a week at least, although normally indi+erent recipes. *o sometimes it might be roasted, fried or grilled, and withdi+erent egetables accompanying it, so it’s always interesting.

%et s talk about the weather' What is the weather like in your country?It’s generally warm all year round, between 5673 and 8973, and there are twodistinct periods or seasons, a dry one and then the rainy season. !he rainy seasononly lasts for about three months so it’s uite short, most of the year it’s dry with

0ust some occasional light showers.

What weather do you like more( hot or cold? Why?:ot, de%nitely. I don’t like cold weather, I think it’s horrible. I think hot, or warm,weather is much better, e erything is easier, you can wear fewer clothes, you don’t

ha e to heat your house or apartment and it’s much nicer to spend time outside.

Do you think you can li"e in e)treme hot or e)treme cold conditions? Why?;ersonally, I wouldn’t really want to li e in either of the e tremes, but some peopledo. !here are people who li e in ery cold places and others who li e in incrediblyhot climates. I suppose they are used to it so they ne er really think about it much. I

prefer when the climate is comfortable rather than e tremely hot or cold. I guess the people who do li e in locations where the climate is e treme do so because that’swhere they were born and it’s normal for them.

Part Talk about your best friend at school. Please say:• How did you meet him/her?• Describe him/her• What did you do together?• Why do you remember him/her?

My best friend at school was a boy called 2ohn. 1e met on the %rst day at schoolbecause we were in the same class and actually sat together at the same table inthe classroom. 1e became friends uickly because we were both cra$y about

playing soccer, we would play at e ery opportunity possible, in the morning break, at lunchtime, after school and also at weekends.


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2ohn was the same age as me, and li ed only a couple of streets from where I li ed.:e was slightly taller than me, with dark brown hair and brown eyes. :e was a eryhappy person and always laughing and 0oking around - e cept when he was playingsoccer, then he was ery serious about it - really, it was the only time he wasn’tmaking other people laugh. :e was a ery funny person, in fact, he still is.

I remember 2ohn especially because of all the great times we spent together, mainly playing soccer, but as we grew up we also did other things together and we were

ery close until his family mo ed away to another part of the country. 1e’ e kept intouch with each other o er the years though and about a year ago I went to isit himand his family for a couple of days. It was great to catch up with him and %nd outwhat he’s been doing since we last saw each other.

Part !Do you think it is di*cult for people to stay in contact with friends? it’s easy, instant and in most cases free. It’s certainly how I keep in touchwith most of my friends on a regular basis. " eryone has a mobile phone so nomatter where they are you can send them a uick te t and stay in touch. If they’rebusy when they recei e it then they can reply later when they’re free - that’s one ofthe main reasons it’s better than actually calling, you ne er ha e to worry about ifthe other person is occupied when you send them a te t.

Do you think families are important? +Why? , Why not?-I think families are ery important, especially when you are growing up. !hey

pro ide a foundation for society and a stable en ironment where children can growand de elop, while learning, and being protected and feeling lo ed. 3hilren learn somuch from their families and a lot of what they learn from their parents in particular? they carry on into their adult li es. Yes, they’re ery important.

Who are more important( friends or family? +Why?-I think as we get older sometimes friends become more important on a daily or short term basis. 1e may ha e more interaction with friends on a regular basis than ourown family, but in the long term, family is family, and the bond between you islonger and stronger than between friends. ;ersonally though, I think that both areimportant to ha e a well balanced life.

Why do you think people mi#ht care more about friends than family?1ell, possibly because for many people it’s their friends that they spend most timewith and share more acti ities with than with their family.

@or e ample, my family li es in another part of the country, so I don’t see them eryoften but I generally see my friends all the time. I share more of my life with myfriends than my family - but I wouldnAt say I care more about them than my family,


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but I do spend more time with them and talk to them more and do more things withthem than I do with my family. I suppose some people might end up caring more about their friends if they becomemore important than their family in their e eryday life or if they are not particularlyclose with their family.

Historical buildin#

Part 1What is your full name? It’s *imone 2a aro ichCan I see your ID? Yes, here’s my passport.Where are you from? I come from #ulgaria originally, but I’ e been li ing here inMelbourne for the last si months.Do you work or study? I’m a student at the moment. I’m studying "nglish. I usedto work as a research analyst in #ulgaria.

.re you a mornin# or an afternoon person? Why?I suppose I’m more of a morning person, probably because I like to wake up eryearly and do things while I feel fresh and when the day is new. In the afternoons Itend to feel less energetic, in fact sometimes I feel positi ely la$y, so I de%nitely

prefer mornings.

Did you enjoy your hi#h school? Why?Yes, I suppose I did. I had a lot of good friends and some good teachers so it was agood time for me, although like many people I didn’t like doing the e ams at the endof the year.

What was your fa"ourite subject? Why?I used to like history because it was about something di+erent from the real worldoutside, if you know what I mean. It was like looking through a window into adi+erent place and learning about the people at that time.

What subject learnt in school was helpful later in life? Why?I could say all of them really. I mean, learning logical thinking through math, how toresearch things in history and write essays and reports and stu+ like that are allskills that I’ e used in my adult life.

Part Talk about a historical building in your country or city that you know. Please say:

• What and where is it?• When was it built? Why?• What is it known for?

I’d like to talk about a building near where I grew up as a child…it’s called (ssen’s@ortress. It’s about two kilometers away from (sseno grad where I spent a lot of mychildhood. !hat’s why I know it uite well. !he fortress is located on a ery steepridge which o erlooks the (ssenitsa Ri er. It was named (ssen’s fortress by the local

people following the national liberation of 56B6. !here is one special building withinthe fortress which is a church… it’s name is * eta #ogoroditsa ;etrichka and it was

constructed in the 59th century… and I belie e it’s now on the world heritage list ofhistorical buildings because of its cultural and national importance.

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!he original fortress on the site was built by the !hracians as a stronghold for protection some time during the Cth ? th centuries #.3. and it was a ery busy andimportant site during the Roman and #y$antine eras. 1hen they e ca ated the sitethey managed to unco er the walls of the fortress, the feudal lord’s castle and alsosome water reser oirs. !he church though was the only building on the site whichwas really well preser ed.It has two le els, or Eoors, with a large dome with a cross on top and a wide

antechamber… it’s a structure a bit like a porch, as well as a large s uare belfrylocated abo e it.

!his church is famous in #ulgaria because of its incredible architecture, thedecoration of the south facade, which was done using plastic, and also because ofthe remains of some uni ue 5 th century murals.I like the building because when I used to isit it I could imagine what it was likehundreds of years ago when people used to li e there, and the iew is uiteimpressi e also.

Part !Is it important to conser"e old buildin#s? Why?;ersonally, I like old buildings and history so for me it’s a good idea to protect and

preser e them. 1e can learn a lot about our history from the buildings of the pastand it’s fascinating for children to see how people used to li e many centuries ago.!hey are a ery important part of our national culture and heritage .

Is the history useful for the comin# #enerations? Why?If people are interested in it, then it can be useful, yes. You can learn how the worldwas in the past, which countries had wars with each other and how and why citiesde eloped where they did… and many other interesting things. 1ithout history wewouldn’t ha e any sense of belonging to a place as people. Maybe people many years in the future will look back at us in the 95st century andbe ama$ed at the things we did and how we li ed. !hey’ll probably ha e more than

0ust buildings to study… they’ll be able to see cars, !'s and all the other thingswhich make up life for us at the moment...so yes it could be useful for them as a way to understand what was happening in the world.

What is the di/erence between houses built in the past and now?

I suppose the main di+erence would be the type of materials used to constructthem. /ld houses used to be built using stone and they were also bigger than mosthouses built today. Most of the houses were built simply as somewhere to pro ideshelter and a degree of comfort.


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country so the si$e is uite di+erent from before. " en large houses nowadays takeup less space than a large house centuries ago.

Do you prefer a bi# or a small house? Why?I like to ha e space, but it doesn’t need to be an e tremely big house. I li e in anapartment here in Melbourne at the moment and it’s really nice. I share with twoother students and we each ha e our own room, there’s a kitchen and twobathrooms, a li ing area, a utility room and a balcony with a nice iew. Really, that’s

big enough for me. I wouldn’t want to li e in a really big house, e en if I could a+ordto buy one - but I wouldn’t want to li e in a really small house either. )ike I said, I prefer some space… I don’t like feeling cramped.

/ecti"e communicationPart 1What is your full name? My name is 2ose Miguel 'icenteCan I see your ID? Yes, of course, here you are.Where are you from? I’m from Me ico originally, but I’ e been here in the G* forabout C months now.Do you work or study? I’m studying here at the moment, trying to impro e my"nglish so I can stay and go to uni ersity here.

Is there a park in your area? Yes, there is, uite close to where I li e.

When did you last "isit a park? 2ust last weekend, I went with some friends and we played some baseball and thenhad something to eat at one of the stalls there. !hen we had some beers andrela ed for about an hour.

Would you like to stay in a bi# house,small house? Why? ( big house, with a big garden and lots of space. I like spending time in the gardenof my parent&s house, it&s so peaceful. I also lo e dogs, so I think it&s better to ha elots of space for them to run and play without needing to go out in the street.

What kind of accommodation do you prefer?1ell, I like where I stay at the moment, but ideally I&d like to ha e my own housesomeday in the future, with a garden. I prefer a house because normally you ha emore space. I would also like to li e in a uieter neighborhood as the city centre canbe uite noisy sometimes.

Part Describe an important letter that you ha e recei ed. Please say:! When did you recei e the letter?! Who was it from?! Why was it important?

)ast week I recei ed a letter from my bank back home. It was originally sent to mymother’s house, my home address in Me ico, and she forwarded it on to me here.!he letter was important because it e plained about a change in the password

system for the online banking portal associated with my bank account. !he banke plained that they are going to change the method of accessing the irtual banking

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platform at the end of this month and the purpose of the letter was to outline thenew procedure bank clients will need to use in order to get access to the facilitiesthe platform o+ers.#efore the end of the month I will ha e to access the online site using my old

password and then follow the instructions to update my access authori$ation so thatI can continue to use the site in the future.

Part !

What does 2e/ecti"e communication mean to you?"+ecti e4 It means that the communication, whate er it is, e plains the messageclearly and tells the person recei ing it what to do, if anything, and how and when todo it. If it is e+ecti e, then it will be clear, logical and the recipient should ha e nofurther uestions or need to clarify any points - unless their circumstances aremaybe out of the ordinary.

What do you think about the use of pictures in communication?!hey’re great - things like infographics can help e plain ideas and concepts ordisplay data in a much more accessible way for many people - pictures can also be

uicker in terms of getting a message across rather than ha ing to try and e plainall the details in words so that e eryone understands the same idea. 1ith a picturethere is less chance of misunderstanding.

How will communication chan#e in the future?1ell, I suppose there are a number of ways which we can already en isage on thehori$on. =oogle is launching its =lass which will change how people communicate.;ersonally, I think that we’ll adopt using oice messages more in the future asopposed to sending te t messages - simply because it’s uicker to record a uickmessage than te t someone. #ut if some smart person came up with a way ofsending picture messages - sort of like a super ad anced emoticon message - Iguess that would be probably be instantly popular with a lot of young people.

(nd of course there may be e en more ad anced technology introduced which wearen’t aware of at the moment - or it’s still in the ery early stages of beingde eloped. It’s a bit like trying to imagine a smartphone before cellular phones weree en in ented ? almost impossible to imagine the concept, but anything could be

possible in the future.

Do you use a computer often?Yes, e ery day. @or work and pleasure. I use it as part of my studies and work at theuni ersity and I also use it for fun, sociali$ing and sur%ng on the internet, and nowI&m using it to chat with some of the other delgates we met in )ondon on my recenttrip. !hey come from di+erent uni ersities in countries all o er the world, so it&sgreat that we can chat online and share ideas..

What kind of thin#s do you use your computer for? (s I said, work, study, social. I& e bought things on the internet, I reser ed tickets for the theater once a couple of months ago. I use it to %nd information, send emails,watch ideos and many other things. /h, and of course, banking, although that is

0ust more recently, but I think it&s good.

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I think it helped me de elop on a professional le el more than on a personal le el,although I did get a lot of opportunity to interact with di+erent people from ariousdi+erent countries and practice my "nglish a lot. #ut professionally it was erychallenging and ery interesting for me. It is the %rst international research pro0ect Iha e been in ol ed in so it was uite e citing as well.

(s I said, there were people from @rance, =ermany, the GH, the G*( and some othercountries. 1e used to ha e regular teleconferences to discuss the progress of the

pro0ect and any problems we encountered, share research results and information,and discuss possible solutions and areas of further in estigation. I was workingclosely with one of my senior professors here at the uni ersity who is erye perienced in this %eld of engineering.

Part !Do you like teamwork? $Why? / Why not?"Yes, I do. I think it is more interesting when arious people work together in a team.You can learn a lot more because di+erent peope ha e di+erent knowledge and alsoe perience. "specially when the people come from di+erent countries around theworls ? it can ake it ery interesting ? because they think in a di+erent way.

How does teamwork help?1ell, as I said, it can generate more creati ity and sharing of ideas which may nothappen otherwise. problems seem to get sol ed easier when they sre discussed in ateam, possibly because there are arious ways of approaching problem sol ing andsometimes ha ing a di+erent perspecti e, that of a nother person, is enough to seethe problem in a di+erent way, and e entually come up with a solution.

How does a #ood member of a team contribute to the team?1ell, I guess %rst of all, the most important thing they do is carry out their role tothe best of their ability. (nd as well as this, I’d say another thing that good team

players do is to help out other members of the team who might bestruggling withtheir work and falling behind. *o in other words, they’re not 0ust concerned with their own work, but that of the whole team.

Do you think children should de"elop skills for teamwork?Yes, I think this is why many parents spend alot of time telling their children that it isimportant to share thihgs with others. 1orking in a team re uires some skills, which

you ha e to learn, but they can be learned early in life as a child. *o i think it&s a

good idea that children are taught to work in teams to sol e problems. !hey shouldalso be encouraged to de elop their problem sol ing skills so that they can work ontheir own ? but teamwork is important in adult life, so yes, they should be taughthow to do it.

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they try to dominate the rest of the team members, then there will likely be problems within the team and it will become ine+ecti e.

.d"icePart 1What is your full name? My name is (ssieh !uraniCan I see your ID? Yes, here is my ID card.Where are you from? I’m from !ehran. I li e there with my family.Do you work or study? I’m a third year "conomics student at the uni ersity.Do you like the place where you li"e? Yes, I do. 1e li e in a nice peaceful area … it’s mainly residential and it’s a good

place to li e.Do you know your nei#hbours there?Yes, we ha e had the same neighbours for many years. I ha e known them since Iwas a small child.Is this place suitable for children? Why?I think it is. !here are many families who li e in the neighbourhood because it’s

uiet, safe and children can play in areas where there is no traFc and parents can

see them.

Do you like to "isit museums or art #alleries? I like museums a lot, but artgalleries not so much.Do you think people should "isit museums more? Why?If you like museums, then they are wonderful places, but if you don’t like looking atthings from the past then you will probably think they are boring places. I don’t think

people should do things they are not interested in 0ust because someone else thinksit’s a good idea. !here are many ways to learn about history and other things …museums are 0ust one option.

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recei ed two pieces of good ad ice from two di+erent people. /ne of them was myfather and the other was one of my teachers at school.My teacher told me that based on my abilities and academic performance I would

probably be good at sub0ects like economics or maybe mathematics. My father toldme that I should study something I am interested in, no matter what other peoplethink about my choice. I think that both of them ga e me good ad ice.

My teacher obser ed that I was ery good at analy$ing things and understanding

how di+erent things can inEuence each other. I was ery interested in economics atschool when we studied it because it in ol es many di+erent aspects of life,business, and social factors. *he, my teacher, said that I would probably %nd it moresatisfying to study something I was really interested in than try and do somethingthat was maybe more popular like something related to oil and gas or medicinewhich is uite popular for women here.

@inally, I decided to study "conomics because I like the sub0ect and because I knew Iwould be happy doing it. I’m almost %nished my course now and I ha e reallyen0oyed it so I think it was a good decision. :opefully, I will be able to get a good 0ob,

either here or abroad when I graduate. *o I guess you could say I followed thead ice from both people who ga e me it. I’m happy about my choice, and my fatherand teacher too.

Part !Do you usually listen to someone s ad"ice?It depends on the situation a lot. I mean, if it’s a serious situation and I ha e to makea big decision then usually I’ll ask people I think can help me for ad ice. If the ad iceseems to be good then I would certainly consider it.

Do you prefer to listen to your relati"es or friends ad"ice? Why? (gain, it depends. !here are some things my friends might ha e more e perience ofand therefore gi e better ad ice than my relati es. *ometimes they both ha e goodad ice… so I can’t say I always prefer to listen to one rather than the other. I usuallytry and talk to whoe er I think can gi e me the best ad ice based on the situation.

Who should #i"e youn# people ad"ice about their future career? Why?It’s a good idea for young people to listen to a ariety of ad ice from di+erentsources and then make up their own minds about what they want to do. !eachersand career counselors ha e more knowledge about careers and the employmentopportunities, but parents, relati es and friends also ha e a di+erent insight whichthey can o+er you… a more personal iewpoint sometimes. #ut at the end of theday, e eryone should make their own decision because it’s their career… they needto be happy doing what they choose.

Is it better to make important life decisions on your own or is it better toconsult other people?!here are good reasons for both, I suppose. Gltimately, it’s your life so I suppose youshould make the decisions. /n the other hand, any decisions you make can a+ectother people so it seems only right to discuss things with others %rst. )ike many

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1ell, if you go to a bookstore you’ll see lots of self?help books that claim to teachdecision?making. I’m not sure any of them are e+ecti e though. I suppose it dependson the type of decision you mean. If it’s a business strategy, then I’m sure somedecisions are better than others and business schools teach this. #ut if it’s a moralissue then I’m not sure anyone can claim to know the right decision, so how couldanyone teach it4

$riendshipsPart 1

What is your full name? My name is 3hristina (ntonescuCan I see your ID? Yes, here you areWhat subject are you studyin#? I’m doing a masters degree in international

business.Do you really enjoy this course? Yes, I really like it because it’s ery interesting..re you fond of recei"in# #ifts? Yes, I lo e getting gifts, and gi ing them to

people too.What kinds of #ifts do you like to recei"e most?=ifts from my friends mostly because they know me well and are good at choosinggifts that I like. It&s nice to get surprise gifts too sometimes though.

What was the last #ift you recei"ed?It was a surprise from my father. :e organi$ed my tickets to come to the G*(. I was planning to pay for them myself, but he surprise me by announcing that he hadalready bought them and taken care of all the arrangements. It was really nice ofhim.Do you like watchin# mo"ies alone or do you prefer to watch them withsomeone else? $Why?"

(s I said ... I like both, although I probably prefer to go out with my friends to see amo ie at the weekend at the cinema maybe, but during the week I&ll maybe watch amo ie online by myself.

Part Talk about an old friend that you met after not ha ing seen each other for a longtime. Please say:! Who is your friend?! Describe your friendship with him/her.! How long it had been since you last saw him/her.! What did the two of you talk about?.nswer8I’d like to tell you about my friend 3amelia. 1e were best friends when we were atschool and used to spend a lot of time together. 1e’d always be in each other’shouse or out someplace together doing something. 1e used to go shoppingtogether, we’d go to parties together and we e en went on acation together. (fterschool %nished, we both did di+erent things though. 3amelia wanted to tra el to seeher uncle, who was li ing in )ondon, and I wanted to start uni ersity immediately.1e stayed in touch with each other though, we called and te ted each other andtalked a couple of times each week by ideo so we always knew what each otherwas doing. *he stayed in )ondon for almost three years and worked in se eraldi+erent 0obs there. *he was a barista, she worked in a courier company and also asa waitress in a restaurant while she stayed with her uncle. :er "nglish became erygood while she was li ing there, she could almost speak as well as an "nglish personand certainly understood e erything people said to her. )ike I said, I went to


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How can #lobali0ation help people with their friendships?I suppose if they ha e friends in many di+erent countries then nowadays it’s a loteasier to keep in touch with them. It’s also easier to tra el and see their friends aswell as chat with them using technology that is a ailable. I guess in the past, writingletters must ha e been uite tiresome.

Would you like to ha"e friends in di/erent parts of the world?I do, and it’s great It’s much more interesting because you ha e di+erent things to

talk about. 1hen all your friends come from the same country or the same city it’snot the same. 1hen you are friends with people from di+erent places and countriesthe con ersations you ha e are more interesting and you can learn more aboutdi+erent parts of the world and how things are done there.

ducationPart 1What is your full name? My name is ….Can I see your ID? /f course, here’s my ID card.Where are you from? I’m from #ulgariaDo you work or study? I’m working at the moment.What do you do for a job? I’m working as an assistant at the uni ersity, in theadministration department.Do you like your job? Why?*ometimes, yes, but it can also be uite boring at times. !here are some interestingtasks and I like it best when I’m learning new things. Gnfortunately, there are alsomany repetiti e 0obs which need to be done and those can be e tremely boring,especially if there is a lot of that type of work.

Do you think bein# punctual is important? Why?Yes, it’s important especially when other people are depending on you or waiting for

you. 1hen people are punctual, things work better, meetings start on time, less timeis lost or wasted waiting for people to arri e, and it 0ust makes working life easier.It’s the same with transport I suppose. If e erything left or arri ed late it would be

ery diFcult to plan anything with any degree of certainty.

.re you always punctual? =enerally, yes, unless there has been an accident orsomething unforeseen has happened. I’m usually a ery organi$ed person.

What would you say or do to people who keep you waitin# for anappointment?I don’t think it’s a good thing, but you ne er know why they are late unless theyspeci%cally e plain what happened to you. If it was an appointment for work and ithappened again and again with the same person I might feel that the other personisn’t serious or can’t manage their time. If it’s a personal appointment, I normallydon’t worry too much, I can always do something while I wait. Really, I only ha e a

problem with people not being punctual if they always arri e late… then it’sannoying and I would probably ask them to make an e+ort to be punctual… or tryand a oid making appointments with them.

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What does he/she do?Why do you think he/she is an intelligent person?

I’d like to tell you about one of my professors at the uni ersity. *he’s a professor ofinternational business studies and I take two classes with her. I %rst met her abouttwo years ago. It was in my %rst semester of study.*he is my professor for two classesJ marketing and logistics. I think she is intelligentbecause of the way she can take some topics which might appear to be uiteuninteresting and make them fascinating for her students through some of the

e amples she presents and the acti ities she asks students to de elop in some ofthe sessions.*he has a way of looking at things and being able to relate them to our e erydayli es so that we can understand the impact of key concepts. *he is also eryanalytical and good at e plaining things so that e eryone understands. *he’s ane cellent teacher, but I think she is also more than 0ust that, her ability to see morethan 0ust the ob ious… what many of us see… shows that she is able to analysethings in great depth and form her own opinions.

Part !What is the di/erence between the role of a teacher and a parent inthe education of children?1ell, primarily, I think parents are more responsible for imparting alues and ethicsto their children and teachers at school are gi en the task of e uipping children withacademic skills. You could also say that parent’s educate more by e ample, howthey do things and react to things whereas teachers teach children how to do thingsbased on a curriculum designed by educational e perts, it’s not such a personale perience.

What su##estions would you #i"e to teachers to impro"e education?I know when I was at school some of the sub0ects seemed ery uninteresting to us asstudents. I think maybe teachers need to look at how they relate the sub0ect matterto the real world or the student’s e perience of the real world. I know they are nowusing more technology in schools than before and this is a good thing. In general,students ha e to see that something is rele ant, or at least interesting, so ifteachers can make it ob ious why it’s important to learn something then maybestudents will be more interested.

What is the best way to educate children in your opinion?3hildren need to be taught real skills, things which will be rele ant in their futurelife. !hey need to learn what will be needed by society in the future. Most childrenseem to learn uicker by doing things than listening to teachers talking aboutsomething. If children can be in ol ed in a ariety of acti ities that help de elop theskills they need then I think they will learn successfully.

How can we help children realise their talents?!he %rst thing is to identify those talents. !hat is not an easy thing to do in manycases. It’s then a case of making sure that children recei e support and theresources to e plore and de elop their talent to the fullest. *chools need to be ableto gi e children access to e uipment, resources or facilities that they may not ha ein the home en ironment or that their parents cannot pro ide.

Does the #o"ernment pro"ide enou#h support to education in your "iew?

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!hey can always pro ide more… but it’s not the uantity so much as the uality ofsupport they pro ide. It must be rele ant and focused on the key areas of education.It must be well planned and pro ide the best possible resources and facilities forchildren to grow and de elop their academic and life skills.

.ctorsPart 1What subject+s- are you studyin#?

I’m studying for a degree in International Marketing at the moment.Why did you choose to study that subject?I thought it was in interesting career and as business now operates in a globalmarketplace there will be many opportunities to work not only in my own countrybut maybe abroad in the future too.

Was that an easy choice to make?@or me, yes because I was interested in the sub0ect. " er since I did a pro0ect atschool about product marketing I wanted to learn more about it, so it was an easydecision to make when I thought about going to uni ersity.

Do you like your subject? %Why?/Why not?&Yes, I lo e it. It’s ery interesting and for me it’s fascinating how much marketinga+ects our li es e ery day. It’s interesting to see how companies try and inEuenceconsumers to buy their products and use their ser ices… it’s something whicha+ects us all in one way or another.

If someone #a"e you a dictionary as a #ift( how would you feel?I would be happy. It’s a good gift to gi e someone I think.

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.nswer8I’d like to tell you about a well known actor who is ery funny, his name is Rowan

(tkinson, he’s proably best known worldwide for his funny character Mr #ean. I %rstsaw him in a mo ie on D'D and I thought he was really hilarious. )ater I disco eredsome other old D'Ds of !' shows he had done in the past. I think I’ e watchednearly all of the shows he’s done now. In fact I watched a mo ie of his 0ust a coupleof weeks ago with a friend… it was a spoof spy mo ie like the 2ames #ond mo iesbut he was useless at e erything and it was ery funny. I hadn’t seen it for years but

my friend found the old D'D and we decided to watch it.:e’s funny because he is so ridiculous and yet lo eable at the same time. :e alwaysseems to ha e the best intentions but he gets himself into terrible problems andfunny situations 0ust doing normal things. !he things he does are ery simple, but

ery funny and I think it’s because most of his comedy is based on real life e eryday situations that lots of people can relate to it and 0ust how easy it would be for it tohappen in real life. :is style of comedy is ery cle er.

:e’s popular not only in my country but all around the world. (s I said I think that people like him because it’s not comple humour - it could happen to anyone, but itnormally doesn’t, howe er, it always seems to happen to him. (nother thing that’sdi+erent to many other comic actors is that he doesn’t normally speak a lot, he’sfunny because of his facial gestures and body mo ements… the comedy doesn’t rely on smart or witty dialogue… 0ust on the silly situation or e ents that he’s in ol ed in.!hat’s something that makes him appealing to a ery wide audience.

Part !How +or why- do some actors,some comedians become famous?;robably because they appeal to a large group of people. If it’s a comedian, it maybe their style, the topic of their humour or 0ust the connection they make with theiraudience. *ome mo ie actors become famous for one particular %lm which bringsthem to the attention of a worldwide audience.It might be a :ollywood blockbuster which is popular all o er the world. (nd ofcourse some actors become famous or popular because of their good looks or thecharacter which they play in mo ies.

Do you think men and women ha"e di/erent tastes in entertainment?)ometimes maybe* but not always. +y girlfriends and , like di-erent mo ies frommen and our idea of a good night out is probably less e(citing than some of my malefriends would like* but then there are lots of things that men and women like doing

for entertainment that are the same. omedy is a good e(ample. +ost comediansare funny for both men and women. ,f you like eating out in a nice restaurant thenusually it s the same for men and women also. 0ut there are de1nitely some thingslike music and books which are 2uite di-erent for men and women.

Do you think these people deser"e to earn so much money?Yes, I don’t see a problem with them earning a lot of money. If people like them andare willing to pay to see them, either li e or in a mo ie, then they deser e themoney they recei e. It’s 0ust like any other artist or entertainer. If they are good thenthey will probably earn lots of money because people alue what they do.


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Do many youn# people +or( children- try to imitate 4lm stars +e'#'( imitatetheir life7style( clothes etc-? %,f yes* how* why?&

It’s hard for a young person to copy the lifestyle of a %lm star, but the fashionindustry does a good 0ob of copying the clothes that they wear and making thema ailable to ordinary people to buy.!hat’s probably the most ob ous way people maybe try to copy someone they like.!hey buy similar clothes or shoes or maybe e en do their hair in the same style.!here are a lot of celebrity maga$ines which co er the styles of famous people

including mo ie stars so people are ob iously interested in that sort of thing. Maybe people like to copy them because they feel that they identify with the actor or a particular character.

.re there any di/erences between the types of people who were seen ascelebrities in the past and those who are celebrities nowadays?Yes, I think there ha e been some big changes in the types of peoplewhobecome famous. In the past, before the in ention of tele ision, I supposetherewere ery few national or international celebrities> maybe kings and ueens,military, political and religious leaders were the only household names. 1ith the

ad ent of !' and radio, performers such as actors and musicians became more well?known. :owe er, we now seem to ha e a completely new breed of celebrity as aresult of &reality& tele ision programmes> these are people who don&t really ha e anyspecial skills as performers, but who are famous for 0ust being themsel es.

:easonPart 1What is your full name? My name is ......Do you work or study? I&m working and studying at the moment. I&m studying"ngineering and also working part time at the uni ersity as a research assistant Do you like walkin#? 5Why?,Why not?;

Yes, it&s actually one of my fa orite pastimes. I lo e waling in the hills near where Ili e. Gsually at the weekends I go with some friends and we walk for a couple ofhours. 1hat I like about it most is the fresh air and the change o+ scenery, it&s sucha nice break from the uni ersity campus and all the acti ity there. Do you think walkin# in the countryside is better than in the city?5Why?,Why not?;@or me personally, I en0oy walking in the countryside more than walking in the city. Iwalk in the city mainly to get from ( to #, not so much for pleasure. /ut in thecountryside it&s di+erent, the air is fresher and it&s uieter and much more en0oyableto go for a stroll or walk. Why do you consider walkin# important 5or why not;?It&s important for me because I lo e doing it, because I spend most of my day sittingdown. #ut I think it&s important generally for good health to do some kind ofe ercise, I&m not ery sporty, but I lo e walking. What could be done to impro"e walkin# in the city?I can&t really think of much else the local authorities could do. It&s uite nice walkingaround here. !raFc is already restricted in some parts of the city and there are

plenty of open spaces and parks where you can walk. I suppose if the banned carsaltogether then it would be better, but that would be impractical, wouldn&t it4Do you think you will keep walkin# as a part of your routine in the future?


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Yes, I&m pretty sure I&ll still be walking in the future. It&s something which I lo edoing, it&s good for my health and I %nd it rela ing, so I hope to continue doing it aslong as I can.

Part Talk about a season or time of the year that you en#oy the most. Please say:

• What do you do during this season?• Describe what the weather is like.•

Why do you like it more than other seasons?.nswer81here I li e there are two marked seasons, summer and winter. ;ersonally, I preferthe summer, the temperature can get a little hot sometimes but I prefer that to thecold weather we ha e in the winter. During the summer we normally spend a lot oftime at the beach and going out on boats. My family has a boat and most of myfriends also so It’s a great way to spend a day, out on the sea and swimming andrela ing. *ometimes we sail around the coast to another illage and spend sometime there, maybe ha e lunch and see something di+erent. In the e enings we youcan normally see people ha ing parties on the beach. It’s uite common to go with

some friends, make a %re and cook something to eat and chill oout with your friends.I can e en remember sleeping on the beach a couple of times a few years ago. (s I said, the weather is usually around 8K7?8C7 so it’s hot most of the day andnighttime temperatures are still ery warm, sometimes too warm to sleep unless

you use airconditioning in your home. !here’s normally no rain for about B months,although sometimes it happens, but it’s rare during the summer.

It’s my fa ourite season because I like to spend a lot of time outside doing acti itiessuch as swimming, biking, hiking and sailing. !he days seem longer and you don’tneed to wear many clothes, 0ust a !?shirt and a pair of shorts most days. In the

winter it’s completely di+erent. It rains fre uently and the temperature gets down toaround 5K7?5C7 for about months of the year. I don’t like the cold much, so that’swhy I prefer the summertime.Part !What is more important in your "iew8 summer or winter? $Why?")ike I said, personally I prefer the summer, howe er, it’s also more important forwhere I li e because during the summer a lot of tourists isit and spend their

acations here. It’s probably the biggest industry for the country. (ll the hotels,restaurants, and many other local businesses rely on the tourism during the summer to sur i e because during the winter, although there are some tourists, it’s not asbusy and things are much uieter. If we didn’t ha e such a great climate in thesummer we probably wouldn’t recei e as many isitors, and they’re really importantfor the local economy.

Which do you think people enjoy more( summer or winter? $Why?"/ erall, most people who li e in my town en0oy the summer months better. !heyen0oy spending days at the beach and swimming and then sitting outside in thee ening eating, drinking and rela ing. 3ertainly the tourists who isit prefer thesummer, most of them want to get themsel es a suntan, and they can do that in acouple of days here. !hey lo e the change of climate and the fact that they canspend most of the day outside.


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What are the disad"anta#es of workin# in e)tremely cold or hot weather?Yes, I suppose it’s diFcult working in e treme temperatures. 1hen you work in a

ery hot climate or en ironment you can feel tired ery uickly. You also need tohydrate yourself well to maintain your energy. *ometimes when it’s ery hot here,e en doing something simple can seem like a lot of e+ort. /n the other hand,working in an e tremely cold place can be tiring and you need to use appropriateclothing if it’s e tremely cold, which can make it diFcult to mo e around if you’reworking outside, and you need to eat more I think, to ha e enough energy to stay

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parts of the world, especially "urope such as pasta, sausage and desserts, and a lotof red meat, (rgentina is famous for it&s beef and we lo e ## s.

Do you think you will #i"e your own children the same type food? 5Why? ,Why not;I think I probably will, maybe not so many empanadas though, because they can befattening. I think it&s important for children to ha e a healthy balanced diet. 1hen Iwas a child I probably didn&t eat enough egetables and fruit, I lo ed sweet things

more. ( well?balanced diet is good for your health so I would like my children to eata little more healthy than I did when I was young, but they&ll probably eat more orless the same as I did, 0ust more of the healthy food and less of the not so healthyfood.

What type of food do you eat these days?I think my diet is more healthy now. I try to eat a lot of fruit and egetables, I don&teat a lot of sugary or sweet food and I probably eat less red meat and empanadasthan before, so it&s pretty healthy food.

Part Describe something naughty you did when you were a child* you should say

• ! what you did*• ! why you did it*• ! what happened after that

and why you remembered this incident.

.nswer8/kay, I can remember one situation which I thought was funny at the time but itwasn&t really because another boy got into trouble because of what I did.1e were playing soccer in the street one afternoon in our neighborhood and I kickedthe ball badly and it broke a window in one of the houses close by to where we were

playing. It was an accident, but the old man who li ed in the house was badtempered and didn&t like children playing near his home. I was scared he wouldcome out and see who had broken his window so we all ran away and hid.

I though that he hadn&t seen what happened, but the ne t day when I was walkinghome he came out of his house and walked up to me and asked me if I knewanything about is broken window. I lied to him and told him it was another boy. I 0ustwanted him to go away.

I didn&t think it was bad thing to do at the moment, but unfortunately the old manwent to see the other boy&s parents and got ery angry with them. /f course,e entually he found out that I had lied to him and then he came to see my parentsand told them what I had done.

!hat&s when I had a big problem with my parents, they were shocked and punishedme and wouldn&t let me see my friends or play soccer for two weeks. I had to gostraight home from school and study all the time. My parents also made meapologi$e to the old man, which was scary.)ooking back now I can laugh about it, but I remember it well because it was the %rst


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3ell me some interestin# facts about it'/kay, well, /saka is considered to be one of the economic centers of 2apan and inthe past it was famous as a trading center, especially for rice, and was where the%rst modern futures market de eloped.

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local park. I used to spend hours 0ust running around and 0umping and playing withhim. :e used to like running after a ball when I threw it… he was a great dog

What do you think children prefer8 outdoor or indoor acti"ities? Why?I think they like both, don’t they4 I mean they like playing soccer or sport outside orgoing to the beach or things like that but they also lo e watching !' and ideogames as well. I suppose if you li ed in a cold country then you’d prefer doing stu+indoors though, and if you come from a warmer climate, then spending more time

doing stu+ outside might be more common, especially of you li e near the ocean.How ha"e kids acti"ities chan#ed since you were a child?


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Do you think adult education is useful?It’s essential… personally I think it’s great that adults can learn new things, newskills or maybe e en 0ust follow an interest by 0oining a course or class. !here are somany more opportunities now… it’s good that it’s becoming more popular for adultsto Ago back to school’ but with other adults. It’s ne er too late to learn somethingnew and life is changing ery uickly at the moment so for some people it’s an idealway to learn about things they didn’t e en hear of back in school when they were

younger.

Do you a#ree that n#lish should be the main lan#ua#e of internationale)chan#e?!hat’s a ery interesting uestion. I’ e ne er really thought about it before, actually.1e all 0ust assume that it should be "nglish, don’t we4 #ut what other languagescould we use4 I suppose 3hinese is becoming uite an important language, but the

pronunciation is too diFcult for most people. "nglish is already the main language of uni ersities and business, so maybe it should stay that way.

utdoor acti"itiesPart 1What is your full name? It&s "li$abetta 3analis.re you workin# or studyin# at the moment?I&m doing both. I&m studying "nglish here because I want to go to uni ersity here andI&m also doing some work as a model.What are the most popular sports in your country?3ood 2uestion. ,n my country is #ust the people are mainly! , come from ,ran! in mycountry people mainly play soccer. 4nywhere 5 in the street* at home* anywhere youcan see! people play soccer.

Is it better to play sport or to watch it?6kay* um you know it s it s ery um* it depends. To me* sometimes when you are inthe right mood or the right time you are better #ust to play. 0ut sometimes*particularly when it is! when it is a professional sport* you would like to watch it. Thatdepends to the situation* to you* and many* many things.Can sport be dan#erous?4h , think it could be dangerous* or it s not going to be dangerous. ,ts depend. , thinke en if you re walking in the street it could be dangerous for you* so , cannot say. 0ut, can say 5 if you re not playing a sport it s going to be dangerous* because it s #usta-ecting your health. 0ut! 0ut playing! 4ccident could be anywhere 5 this is myopinion.Do men and women play di/erent sports in your country?6f course. , mean* as you know during the last 78 years. 0ecause of the 3o ernmentand the things that happen in my country* so women couldn t do the same sport thatmen do. 9 en* they couldn t go to the stadium like watch the soccer. Howe er*recently* there has been a mo ement for the women* they ha e a chance. There isnot enough facility for them #ust to do lots of sport.

Part Describe an outdoor acti ity that you did for the 1rst time. Please say:

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and say if you would recommend this acti ity to your friends:ample answer8I&ll tell you about something I did last month, for the %rst time. I was in ited by afriend to go rock climbing, well, to be honest it was rock climbing but indoors Nat thebeginningO, not on a mountain. :e&s been doing it for about si months and I hadasked him about it once as I was curious how you could climb inside. :e tried toe plain to me about the &rock wall& that they use to practice and it all sounded eryinteresting. (nyway, I 0oked with him that I would like to try it someday, but I didn&t

think he took what I said seriously at the time.*o one weekend last month he 0ust called me, on a @riday e ening, and asked mewhat my plans were for the ne t day. I told him that I hadn&t planned anythingspecial, but maybe I would go shoppng or meet a girlfriend for lunch or somethinglike that, 0ust to rela . !hat&s when he told me that he was going to take me to arock climbing center here in the city and show me what it was all about. I&d forgottenall about our con ersation until he in ited me to go with him.It was great fun, although I was a little scared at %rst, apprehensi e really more thanscared, as the instructor was ery good and I started practising on the ground and

ery low on the wall to gain my con%dence so there was ery little risk. (fter training

with the instructor for a few hours and learning all about the safety aspects and thebasic techni ues used in climbing I thought that that was the end of the acti ity. #utmy friend had arranged for us to isit a place 0ust outside of town where we couldactually climb on real rocks for practice.It was a beautiful day and after practising on the indoor wall I really wanted to tryand do it on some real rocks, so o+ we went. 1hen we arri ed, there were uite afew people climbing already. My friend helped me to get started and accompaniedme all the time, he was really ery patient, and when I thought I was stuck at one

point he showed me how I could o ercome the problem and continue.

I ha e to admit that it was a great day, something new and e citing that I&d ne erdone before. I really liked it and I think I want to try it again soon. I&ll probably ha eto try and impro e my le el of %tness because it seems to be uite demanding

physically, but hey, that&s a good reason to get toned and %t which is a good thing. Iha e another friend who lo es doing physical e er cise so I&ll probably recommend it to her also.

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and en0oy the good weather outdoors at the same time. It&s uite rela ing toobecause you ha e to concentrate on what you&re doing so you forget aboute erything else that might be bothering you in life, it&s a bit like therapy, and when

you %nish you feel a little tired but ery satis%ed.

Do people in your country usually do this type of acti"ity?In my country it&s not as popular as it is here. 1e ha e many mountains and thereha e always been climbers but here it seems to be a really popular acti ity,

especially with young people.How do you think people should be encoura#ed to do more outdooracti"ities?I don&t know if they should be encouraged on purpose. It&s a matter of personalchoice. *ome people 0ust don&t like being outside in the country or doing this kind ofacti ity so there&s little point in tryin to encourage them to do something they aren&tinterested in. It&s nice if they are aware of the opportunity to try it ? but if they don&twant to then ok.

What do you consider to be the main disad"anta#e of such acti"ities?;ersonally, I don&t think there are any disad antages, e cept it might cost you somemoney. Most outdoor acti ities are healthy and many such as cycling or e en 0ustwalking do not re uire you to be super athletic or anythig like that, you can 0usten0oy being outside in the fresh air if you like that kind of thing. I think there aremany more ad antages than disad antagse associated with outdoor acti ites.

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Part 1What is your full name? My name is Phang PiyiWhere are you from? I&m from #ei0ingDo you li"e in a house or an apartment? I li e with my parents in our familyhouse.Which room is your fa"orite at home?I ha e two fa orite rooms. !he %rst one is my room, because I ha e all the things Ilo e there and I can rela and be peaceful there .. and study. I also lo e our diningroom because it has a great big window which allows a lot of natural light to enterthre room ... so it&s always ery airy and bright, it&s a lo ely room to sit in and seethe garden outside.Do you use any mobile de"ices e)cept a mobile phone? 5Why,Why not?;Yes, I use a tablet. My father bought it for me a couple of years ago. I use it forchecking my email, chatting on social media and also for doing research foruni ersity.When did you 4rst start usin# mobile de"ices?

(part from my mobile phone, I suppose it was when I got my tablet ... I hadn&t reallyhad a mobile de ice before that.Would you like to swap your mobile de"ice for the latest one? 5Why,Whynot?;Yes, I was talking to my father 0ust the other day about replacing it, it&s getting a bitold and worn now after about two years of using it continuously, so I think it would


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be a good idea to replace it with a newer ersion, one that&s more powerful and hasmore memory.

Part Describe your 1rst day at work or the place where you study. Please say:! What kind of building was it located in?! Why was it important for you to work/study there?! How did you feel at the end of the 1rst day?

and e(plain if you were pleased or disappointed with the e(perience..nswer8/kay, so I&d lke to talk about my %rst day at uni ersity, which was two years ago. It&sthe Gni ersity of International #usiness and "conomics in #ei0ing. It was foundedback in 5QC5 so the building is not new. It&s uite big though, and has many di+erent

parts to it.!he campus has a nickname L:ui =ardenL and there is a main building wh0ich iscalled #o ue at the northwest of the campus. !here is another teaching building onthe southeast side called


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What is the situation with work7at7home jobs in your country currently?:onestly, I&m not sure, I know that soome artisans work from home and my father,who is a corpoarte lawyer, spends maybe half of his time working at home and therest of the time in meeting s with clients and in the oFces of his company. (partfrom that I know that there are many 0obs where people work from home using theinternet in some countries but here I&m not sure... I& e ne er really thought about itor looked into it.

What do you think will be the situation re#ardin# work7at7home jobs 19years from now?I think that more people will work from home, especially professional people. !hereare many ad antages, it can sa e time and tra el, allow more people to do morework and there are many new careers which are based on technology nowadays andthese are perfect for people working from home because they really don&t need togo to an oFce or factory e ery day to do their work.

Is watchin# 3@ a #ood way of for#ettin# about work or study? (bsolutely, yes. !hese days there’s so much choice a ailable that we can completely

immerse oursel es in entertainment. I mean, you can turn on a good drama orcomedy show and pretty soon you forget about e erything that happened that day. Ithink that without !' we’d all go a little cra$y.

%awPart 1What is your full name? My name is ...Can I see your ID? Yes, here&s my passport Where do you come from? I&m from the Gkraine originally, but I& e been in the G*for the last C months, here in (ri$ona.

.re you a student or are you workin#? (t the moment I&m studying, but working part?time as well.Where do you work?I ha e a part?time position as a research assistant at the uni ersity of (ri$ona herein !ucson.What are the main responsibilities of your job?I work in the )unar and ;lanetary )aboratory which is used to teach about how the

planetary system was formed and e ol ed. I ha e to organi$e arious research tasksand also academic material for participating students as well as assist one of the

profesors in her research for the uni ersity.Do you ha"e any hobbies? Yes, I like to keep %t. I like running and going to thegym or doing ;ilates.

Do you like dancin#?


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In your opinion is it fair that lawyers are paid "ery well?@irstly, not all lawyers are paid ery well. )ike in most countries, lawyers who work in

public ser ice for the go ernment don&t earn ery big salaries, well, not as much asa lawyer working for an international company or a ta lawyer for e ample. Is it fair4I think that if the labor market decides that a lawyer should earn a lot becasue of thetype of work they do or because they ha e a lot of responsibility then that is ok. Imean it&s like a soccer player or %lm star ? why do they earn so much money ?

because the soccer club or the %lm company decide that they are worth it or maybethey ha e skills or knowledge that only a few people possess ? which make themrare.

Do you think that bein# a policeman is a #ood career choice? What aresome of the ad"anta#es or disad"anta#es of this profession?It&s a good choice if you want to de elop a career in the long term. !here is a lot ofstructure and opportunities within the police. You cal also learn skills that aretransferrable to ci ilian 0obs in the future. I ha e a cousin who is in the police and helo es it. :e says the pay is good and the bene%ts and pension after many years of

ser ice are better than in many ordinary 0obs.Do you a#ree that all policemen should ha"e #uns?I&m not sure. I think it depends on where they are and what their responsibilities are.@or the police here it&s normal, but there are some countries where they don&t ha eall police oFcers armed. !hey ha e special armed s uads for when it&s necessary.#ut some countries ha e less armed attacks or iolence than others so I thinkwhether or not the police are armed is based on the local circumstances. I think they should be armed if it&s likely they will need to deal with armed criminals or iolentsituations.

If you could introduce a new law in your country( what would it be?!he law that I wish my go ernment to introduce is the banning of 0unk foodcommercials, in particular the ones that target children. !his is because foods likechips, popcorns and sugary soft drinks are often high in calories and couldcontribute to obesity. (t the same time though, they are low in nutritional alue andcould lead to malnutrition. In addition, such foods could keep our kids from feelinghungry, and hence they won&t en0oy eating healthy foods.

City lifePart 1What is your full name? My full name is ...Where are you from? I&m from 'ietnam originally, and I& e been in (ustralia for 8months.Do you work or study? I&m studying here and working part?timeWhat subject are you studyin#? I& e been studying "nglish to impro e my I")!*score.Why do you think people choose such a subject in your country?In my country "nglish is ery popular, especially among young people because theythink that it is a way to impro e their opportunities for the future. If you can speak"nglish well, there are better 0ob prospects and you can maybe study at a uni ersityin a foreign country.


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Do you like readin# books? Yes, I lo e reading.What type of books do you like readin#? I like reading %ction, mainly thrillers.

.re you readin# a book presently? Yes, at the moment I&m reading a book by Daniel *il a, in "nglish, it&s called !he"nglish (ssassinIn the future( Would you like to write a book?Maybe, I really lo e reading, but I&m not sure if I would be any good at writing, but I

like the idea of maybe writing a book when I&m older.Part Describe a city that you ha e isited. 'ou should say:

! where the city is %and its name&! when you went there! what you liked most about the city

and e(plain why this city left an impression on you..nswer8I&ll talk about *ydney, which I isited last month. I went with some friends I met hereand we spent the weekend there. It&s the capital, but not of (ustralia, of


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it depends on the types of problems you are talking about. ;eople can get sick in acity or in the country, it&s the same. ;eople can become depressed or unhappy inboth places. )ife in the country is maybe simpler than city life and less stressful, butit doesn&t mean you won&t ha e problems if you li e in a small illage in the country ?maybe 0ust a di+erent kind of problem. I know of some farmers, friends of one of myuncles, that ha e some serious problems with their farms.

Do you think it=s just as #ood to li"e in the suburbs of a city as it is to li"e

in the middle of the city?I think both places ha e some ad antages and disad antages. )i ing in the citycenter is ery con enient, e erything is ery close and you can %nd anything youwant within walking distance. )i ing in the suburbs is maybe better for familiesbecause it&s a little uieter and safer for children but still close to all the facilities ofthe city.

How do you think a town chan#es and #rows to e"entually become a city?:istorically most places grew because of trade and business. Maybe because thetown was near the sea or had a railway or something important to make peoplewant to go there. Many of the industrial towns o+ered 0obs for many people so that&swhy their populations grew and they e entually de eloped into cities.


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Part Talk about a funny show you saw or a funny incident that happened to you. Pleasesay:

! What was it?! Why was it funny?! Who was there with you?

and what you remember most about it.

.nswer8/kay, so a couple of months ago I was attending a 0ob inter iew in a buildingdowntown. !he oFce was on the si th Eoor so I took the ele ator up there, I hadne er been there before so it was all strange to me.I was looking around for the name of the company where I had to go but couldn&t seewhere I should go. I was still standing near the ele ators when suddenly the doors of one of them opened ... and then that&s when suddently something ery funnyhappened, a woman was coming out of the ele ator and caught the heel of her shoein one of the spaces between the ele ator and the Eoor, I think her heel broke and

she awkwardly fell forward towards me ... it was like it was happening in slow motion... and without thinking I put out my arms to catch her so she wouldn&t fall on theEoor. #ut when I caught her, I lost my balance too and we both fell onto the Eoor.1e weren&t hurt and after a few moments we looked at each other and startedlaughing about it. *ome other people helped us up onto our feet again, and thewoman thanked me and shook my hand and asked me if I was sure I was alright andnot hurt, and then she turned around and walked away.

(nyway, I %nally arri ed at the oFce, went to the reception desk and told thereceptionist that I had arri ed. *he asked me to sit and wait for the person whowould be doing the inter iew.

I sat in reception for about ten minutes and read a maga$ine. I was ery ner ousbecause it was my %rst real inter iew for a 0ob in my career after uni ersity, so Iwanted to make a good impressionon e eryone. I had spent a lot of time choosing what I thought were the perfectclothes for the inter iew and I thought I was ery well prepared, but I was still eryner ous and I felt a little messy after the incident with the woman.!hen a door opened, and a woman came out of the room and came towards me, shelooked ery elegant and important. *he looked at the receptionist, who nodded, andthen came towards me. *he was smiling but I was still feeling ner ous ... it was thesame woman who I had caught as she fell out of the ele ator 0ust 9K minutes ago.*he smiled at me and thanked me again for catching her and we began chatting.!hen, I didn&t feel so ner ous because at least she understood why I looked a littlemessy.!he best thing about the whole incident was ... I got the 0ob. I think I must ha emade a good impression on her

Part !Do you like makin# other people lau#h?Yes, I do. In my opinion, a sense of humor is one of the most important factors ofsuccessful communications. 1hen you make other people laugh, they will be more


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friendly and open?minded with you. (nd last but not least, you brought pleasure tothem and your heart o erEowed with 0oy.

Is lau#hter important in our life?Yes, I think it is. )ife can be ery serious sometimes and ha ing a good laugh makes

you feel better about e erything, for a while anyway. " en e perts and doctors saythat laughing is good for you because it can reduce stress le els. I think life would be

ery boring if we didn&t laugh at anything.

What di/erence is there between men s and women s humor?!he di+erence4 1ell, I think that women laugh at things which are funny for themand men do the same ... I mean laugh at things which are funny for men. !he

problem is that many women don&t understand why men %nd something funny andlikewise men don&t understand why something is funny for women, but that&s ok,we&re completely di+erent after all. 1e&re not meant to be the same. I think humorfor men is more childish than women&s humor, but that&s 0ust my impression, I couldbe wrong.

Does lau#hter help one to learn a lan#ua#e?I&m not sure, I& e ne er thought about it. Maybe, I know I used to watch some

(merican !' comedy shows when I was learning "nglish, but there was a lot ofthings they said that were supposed to be funny that I didn&t understand at %rst.!here&s a lot of cultural references and things like that in ol ed in humor, so unless

you understand how the people think, their history and normal beha iors ande erything, it can be hard to decide what is really funny.


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company. I&m also a student at the one of the local uni ersities here...studyingeconomics.What do you do for a li"in#? I help my father with busines matters and theadministration of our family business.Do you ha"e friends at your work place?1ell, it&s a family business and we ha e uite a few family members who work theresuch as cousins and other family relati es who are also friends, but the friends Ispend more time with nowadays are people I met at uni ersity.

Part Describe a nation %not your own& that you know well. Please say:

• Which nation is it?• What and how did you learn about it?• Why are you interested in it?

and e(plain what you like most about it.:ample answer8I&d like to talk about the GH. It&s a fascinating country for me. I can rememberlearning about it %rst when I was in school. 1hat ama$ed me most about it then wasthat it was so small but many years ago it was ery important, in the days of the#ritish "mpire, as it dominated the world trade.It also has a lot of cultural di ersity now with many people from ery di+erent partsof the world li ing there. Many of them come from countries that were oncecoloni$ed by #ritain in the past. I isited )ondon about 8 years ago and tra elledaround some parts of the GH to learn more about it. I&d like to go and study there inthe future and maybe li e and work there for some years before comming backhome.It&s a country that has shown how it is possible to change with the times andtransition from being a country built on one race of people to become a trulymulticultural society nowadays. there are a lot of lessons that other countires couldlearn from this. !he G*( is similar, but it was founded upon immigration wheras theGH was not.It&s not 0ust the history of the country which is interesting for me but the importantcontributions the country has made to world de elopment. !he GH was responsiblefor much of the inno ation of the industrial re olution and has been home to manyimportant in entors and scientists as well as academics o er the years. " en now, asa small independent country it continues to be an important one in the world and

ery inno ati e and creati e.

I belie e it&s a place with many opportunities for people to do things and that&s oneof the reasons I&d like to go and spend more time there, studying and working.

Part !What are soome of the ben4ts of international tourism for a contry?1ell, ob iously the money which it can generate for the local economy is bene%cial.It can help create 0obs and foster cultural relations with other countries. It can alsolead to more foreign in estment in industry and commerical sectors as more people

isit and learn about the country.

How important is international tourisn for the economy of de"elopin#countries?'ery important. It is sometimes the main catalyst for growth and de elopment.


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1hen a country has a healthy tourism industry it needs to make sure it has a goodinfrastructure also to deal with all the isitors. !his leads to many acti ities whichcan help stimulate and maintain the economy. ;ro0ects like the construction ofhotels or e panding the airports can create many new 0obs and help many peope.Many medium and small businesses are started to cater for tourists and that is agood thing.

What are some of the problems that can be associated with international

tourism?;ossible problems might include an o erloading of the e isting transport andaccommodation infrastructure, cultural conEicts depending where the isitors comefrom, an increase in prices for locals as a result of foreign money entering thecountry, and there is also the possibility that other inEuences may begin to a+ectthe loacl culture o er a long period of time. !his has been seen in many countrieswhere the local culture adopts some of the ways of isitors to make them feel morecomfortable. #ut on the whole I think the ad antages of tourism are much greaterthan any problems that might de elop o er a long period of time.

Do you think the tourist industry is a #ood industry to work in for youn#people in your country?It depends, there are many di+erent types of work in tourism. *ome 0obs aretemporary, part?time or seasonal while others can be professional careers related tohotel and restaurant management, or e en self?employment.!ourism seems to be a booming industry in many countries so it can pro ide manyopportunities for young people, either short?term or long?term depending on whatthey are speci%cally looking for.I think if a young person is serious about building a career within the tourismindustry, it can pro ide good opportunities as more and more people are tra elling

nowadays and isiting places outside their own countries so the future of tourism ingeneral looks to be a healthy one in terms of employment prospects. :hould there be any restrictions on the tourism industry?If we consider the impact of tra el and accommodating a large number of people

isiting a particular area for tourism purposes, then yes, there probably should besome form of restriction.1hen a certain location becomes e tremely popular with tourists it can change thelocal culture and impact life for the nati e inhabitants. It can a+ect prices, transportand congestion.

!here’s also the uestion of construction of new hotels and other touristaccommodation which can impact on the local landscape. !his should be controlledso that the de elopment of tourism in an area is carried out in a positi e way with nonegati e conse uences for the local people.

:killPart 1What is your full name? My name is 'o :oang YenWhere are you from? I&m from :o 3hi Minh 3ity What is your hometown famous for?I guess that most people would know it as the capital of *outh 'ietnam in the pastwhen we were two separate republics. Most people agree that it is the economicheart of the country and makes possibly the largest contribution, as a business


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center, to the o erall economy of the country. (nd of course most people ha e heardof the famous musical LMiss *aigonL which was based on some of the historic e entsthat took place here in the past.Do you still li"e in your hometown? Yes, I do, I still li e with my family there.What do you like about li"in# there?It&s a large international city, it&s busy and e citing and yet you can %nd uiet placesto spend time too. I grew up there so that&s one reason I like it. !here are many

people from other countries who li e and work in the city and there is a lot of

international inEuence which makes it more interesting than some other places in'ietnam..re you workin# or studyin# at the moment?I&m working and studying. I&m studying theater and working as a model and actresssometimes.Do you enjoy your job?Yes, ery much. It&s interesting and I get to meet lots of di+erent people andsometimes go to di+erent places. I&m a ery creati e person so the theater andworking in drama are two things that I lo e.Is it di*cult to #et a such a job in your country?

It can be. I spent a lot of time doing part?time work and learning about acting beforeI got some good 0obs. /ne of the resons I&m studying theater, which co ers manymore aspects than 0ust acting, is that it will gi e me more opportunities in the futurefor di+erent pro0ects.

Part Talk about a skill you ha e learned to do ery well %eg. cooking or dri ing&* pleasesay:! What skill did you ac2uire?! How did you ac2uire that skill?! How is it important for you?and if you want to learn more about this skill.:ample .nswer81hen I was a little girl I used to lo e dancing to music so my mother took me todance classes. I lo ed them and learned lots of di+erent styles of dancing. I startedwhen I was about B or 6 years old and practiced all through the time I attendedschool. I e en entered some competitions but I ne er won them, there were alwaysgirls better than me.

3ompeting wasn&t really important for me though, I 0ust lo ed dancing and therhythm and the mo ements and stretching helped me keep %t. I didn&t reallyappreciate it when I was younger but I think I lerned a lot of self?discipline from mydance classes when I was a little girl. I also learned that if you keep practicing thene en something which seemed impossible can become easy or at least easier, so Iguess I learned perse erance also.My teacher was an e ?ballet dancer trained in classical dance in @rance, but she alsotaught us more modern dancing too so I grew up appreciating many di+erent typesof dancing. " en now I still lo e to dance and %nd it ery comforting ... almosttherapeutic you might say ... it helps me rela .I&m not sure if I would learn or study more about dancing now, I&m more interested indrama and acting, but I will always be ery grateful to my mother for gi ing me thechance to learn and take dance classes and to my dance teacher for gi ing me such


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a special gift that I can still en0oy now.

Part !What are some practical skills that children ac6uire at school?1ell, they learn to read and write, and they learn analytical and thinking skills, andthey also learn social skills as well. I think those are the main ones. /b iously asthey get older they learn about speci%c sub0ect in more detail.

How important do you think these skills are?'ery important. "specially reading and writing. If a child can read then it is possiblythe most important skill they can learn because then they can learn about anythingelse by reading about it. !he otherskills are important too but I think reading is byfar the most important one ? it can make a person into an independent learner andthen self?education is possible.

Do children learn certain skills faster or easier than most adults?In some cases yes. Most people agree that children learn foreign languages easierand faster than most adults. Maybe adults might learn some skills faster that dependon pre ious e perience, an ad antage they would ha e o er children. #ut in generalI think children ha e more open minds and can accept information more easilyrather than uestioning e erything or comparing it to what they already know.

Do you think that team buildin# is important in the work place? $Why? / Whynot?"=enerally, yes, because in most work en ironments you need to collaborate withother people to get anything done. It is easier if e erybody works together instead of against each other, so knowing how to work in a team or how to manage a team is agood skill to ha e.

Do you like learnin# new skills or learnin# about new thin#s related towork?Yes I do, I&m constantly learning new things on the course I&m studying at themoment and I think it&s good. !he more you know the more you can do or the easierthings become ? and you can also help other people more if that is something youlike doing.

Is it important employers pro"ide opportunities and pay for skillde"elopment courses for their employees? $Why? / Why not?"In an ideal world that would happen, yes. :owe er, not all employers ha e theresources to pro ide such opportunities for all their employees. I think it issomething that large multi?national comapnies do for their employees, or some oftheir employees, because they can see the bene%ts in the long term future, butmany smaller comp

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