Sample IELTS Speaking Video Lecture

0:0:1: [Music]
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0:0:31: good morning my name's Janet Miller can
0:0:35: you tell me your full name please
0:0:38: my name's najran born me and can you
0:0:41: tell me where you're from I'm from
0:0:43: Thailand can I see your identification
0:0:46: please
0:0:49: [Music]
0:0:51: thank you in the first part I'd like to
0:0:56: ask you a few questions about yourself
0:0:59: what do you do do you work or are you a
0:1:3: student well actually both I'm a
0:1:7: part-time student I'm doing a degree in
0:1:10: Business Studies I'm also working as a
0:1:13: lifeguard at my local swimming pool I
0:1:18: see what's the most interesting part of
0:1:22: being a lifeguard well to be honest it's
0:1:25: not a very interesting job most of the
0:1:28: time we just wait by the pool the most
0:1:32: interesting part is probably the
0:1:34: conversations I have with the other
0:1:36: lifeguards I've got to know them all
0:1:39: pretty well now what's the most
0:1:44: difficult part of being a lifeguard we
0:1:47: quite often have to tell children to
0:1:50: stop behaving badly and occasionally
0:1:53: their parents get angry with us don't
0:1:56: tell my children what to do that kind of
0:1:59: thing that can be difficult would you
0:2:5: say it's a good occupation well yes and
0:2:9: no it's a very pleasant job in some ways
0:2:13: but as I said it can be boring and it's
0:2:17: not very well-paid that's why I'm doing
0:2:20: a degree I want to get something better
0:2:23: I see what are your career plans for the
0:2:30: future when I graduate I want to get a
0:2:33: job in a financial institution maybe a
0:2:36: bank or insurance company
0:2:39: I haven't decided exactly what yet but
0:2:43: something like that in the first part
0:3:0: I'd like to ask you about the place
0:3:2: where you live can you describe the
0:3:5: building you live in yes I live in an
0:3:8: apartment block it's got I think 8
0:3:12: floors and we're on the second floor
0:3:14: it's a modern block I think it was built
0:3:18: about 20 years ago is it similar to
0:3:24: other buildings in the area yes it is
0:3:28: there are lots of blocks very similar to
0:3:31: mine in that part of the city this is in
0:3:35: a convenient location for you hmm no not
0:3:39: really it's quite far from the city
0:3:42: centre I'm studying at a college on the
0:3:45: other side of the city so I spend about
0:3:48: 2 hours on the bus every day it's quite
0:3:51: boring the bus is always quite crowded
0:3:54: and I often have to stand actually it's
0:3:59: probably the worst part of my day
0:4:1: I can imagine apart from the buses do
0:4:7: you like living in your city yes I do
0:4:10: there's always a lot going on and all my
0:4:14: friends are there it's very lively in
0:4:16: the evenings there are a lot of good
0:4:19: bars and restaurants and people come
0:4:22: from all around the city to meet their
0:4:24: friends and have a good time it's a very
0:4:27: good atmosphere what changes would
0:4:33: improve the area where you live like
0:4:36: most cities there's far too much traffic
0:4:38: I was talking about my bus journey every
0:4:42: day it's only about 10 kilometres but it
0:4:46: takes so long because most of the time
0:4:48: the bus is stuck in a traffic jam also
0:4:51: some
0:4:53: time's the city is quite polluted
0:4:55: especially when the weather's cold and
0:4:57: there's no wind to blow away the
0:4:59: pollution so less traffic and less
0:5:3: pollution would be big improvements I'd
0:5:25: like to ask you some questions about
0:5:27: your free time activities what do you do
0:5:30: at the weekends well my final exams are
0:5:33: next month so at the moment I don't
0:5:36: really have any free time at the
0:5:38: weekends or any other days however in
0:5:42: general when I have free time I like
0:5:45: doing outdoor activities in particular I
0:5:48: really like land yachting the land
0:5:54: yachting what's that um well you have a
0:5:58: little chariot with three wheels and a
0:6:0: big sail you sit on the chariot and
0:6:3: catch the wind in the sail to make the
0:6:6: chariot move there's a big flat too
0:6:9: windy beach quite near where I live
0:6:10: which is ideal for it it's also called
0:6:14: beach yachting and also land sailing you
0:6:18: don't have to do it on a beach any flat
0:6:20: land will do I see what is it that you
0:6:26: like about this sport on a windy day the
0:6:29: chariots can go really fast and because
0:6:33: you're so close to the ground you really
0:6:35: feel the speed it's a thrilling
0:6:37: experience to tell the truth though for
0:6:40: every ten minutes you spend on the
0:6:42: chariot you probably spend an hour
0:6:45: setting up the equipment and waiting for
0:6:47: the wind to be right but that's all part
0:6:50: of the fun too
0:6:51: it's great being outdoors by the sea how
0:6:58: often do you get the chance to do it in
0:7:1: theory you can do it all year round but
0:7:3: it's not a lot of fun in the freezing
0:7:5: cold
0:7:6: it's mostly a summer sport I suppose
0:7:9: April to October are the main months
0:7:12: you also need wind of course another
0:7:16: factor is the other people on the beach
0:7:18: in July and August the beach can get
0:7:21: quite crowded so at that time of year we
0:7:25: mostly do it quite late in the day when
0:7:27: the beach is emptier so generally I do
0:7:30: it at the weekends from late spring to
0:7:33: early autumn but a bit less in the
0:7:36: middle of the summer for the reason I
0:7:37: just said how important a part of your
0:7:43: week are your free time activities
0:7:46: actually not really that important
0:7:49: perhaps if I was working my time off
0:7:51: would be the most important part of the
0:7:53: week in some ways but because I'm a
0:7:56: student I don't so much feel the need to
0:7:59: let my hair down at the weekends I enjoy
0:8:2: most of the time I'm studying too it's
0:8:5: not like doing a stressful job do you
0:8:10: enjoy your free time more now than you
0:8:13: did when you were a child mmm that's a
0:8:16: hard question to answer I don't really
0:8:19: remember how I felt about my free time
0:8:21: when I was a child I used to go sand
0:8:24: yachting then - it was my father who got
0:8:27: me started I used to find it quite
0:8:29: frightening and now I don't so in that
0:8:33: respect I suppose I enjoy my free time
0:8:36: more now what free time activity would
0:8:42: you like to try in the future I'd love
0:8:44: to try really sailing you know with a
0:8:46: boat on the sea or a lake I've never
0:8:49: done it I imagine it's probably a bit
0:8:52: more difficult than sand yachting
0:9:11: now let's talk about books and magazines
0:9:15: what kind of books and magazines do you
0:9:18: like reading um I'm really not bothered
0:9:22: about magazines I never buy them and I
0:9:26: hardly ever read them only if I'm in the
0:9:28: dentist's waiting room or somewhere else
0:9:30: where there's nothing better to read I
0:9:33: don't really have an opinion about them
0:9:35: I see
0:9:40: so what sort of books do you like I
0:9:43: don't read many novels I'm much more
0:9:46: interested in nonfiction I'm a big fan
0:9:49: of biographies I think there's a lot to
0:9:52: be learned from the lives of famous
0:9:54: people
0:9:55: I like reference books obviously you
0:9:59: can't sit down and read an atlas or a
0:10:1: dictionary of quotations but I often
0:10:4: spend time looking through that kind of
0:10:6: book again there's a lot to be learned
0:10:8: from them do you like reading any other
0:10:14: types of book well as I said I don't
0:10:17: read many novels I quite like crime
0:10:21: fiction at the moment I'm reading a book
0:10:23: by Michael didn't about an Italian
0:10:26: detective called or le or Zen it's quite
0:10:29: good have the types of book you like
0:10:35: changed over the years
0:10:37: sorry I didn't catch that could you
0:10:39: repeat the question have the types of
0:10:42: book you like changed over the years no
0:10:46: not really
0:10:48: obviously my tastes now are different to
0:10:50: my tastes as a child but apart from that
0:10:53: I don't think they've really changed at
0:10:56: all
0:11:0: do you prefer reading books or
0:11:2: newspapers well I'm obsessed with news
0:11:6: and current affairs I buy two newspapers
0:11:10: every day and I read both of them I
0:11:12: spend much more time reading newspapers
0:11:15: than books so I suppose that must mean I
0:11:18: prefer them
0:11:20: [Music]
0:11:22: part-1
0:11:24: [Music]
0:11:34: let's talk about your schooling where
0:11:37: did you go to primary school I went to a
0:11:42: small village primary school in London
0:11:44: England there were only 100 children in
0:11:47: the whole school I think there were
0:11:49: about 15 children in my ear did you do
0:11:57: you enjoy school yes and to know I have
0:12:1: always quite enjoyed school I'm quite
0:12:3: academic and I like learning but I don't
0:12:5: like tests and exams I hate having
0:12:8: deadlines so often I found school very
0:12:11: stressful there is so much pressure what
0:12:19: was is your favorite school subject my
0:12:22: favourite subject at school has always
0:12:24: been English I love reading and it is so
0:12:27: interesting to learn about what books
0:12:29: mean and to discuss different
0:12:31: interpretations I also really enjoy
0:12:34: history learning about the past really
0:12:36: helps us to understand the present what
0:12:43: was is your least favourite subject in
0:12:46: school
0:12:47: well I've never been keen on science it
0:12:49: just doesn't hold my attention I wish I
0:12:53: enjoyed it more because I do think that
0:12:55: it is interesting and important to
0:12:57: understand how the world works I'm just
0:13:0: better suited to creative subjects what
0:13:7: did you study do you want to study or
0:13:9: are you studying at university I was
0:13:13: hoping to study English Literature at
0:13:15: university it has always been my best
0:13:18: subject at school and I really enjoy it
0:13:20: my favorite author is Jane Austen so I'm
0:13:23: hoping to specialise in studying her
0:13:26: work
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0:13:41: [Music]
0:13:43: good afternoon coming please good
0:13:46: afternoon thank you have a seat
0:13:48: thank you well can I have a look at your
0:13:52: passport yes of course
0:13:53: Thanks and may I have your full name
0:13:56: please my name is NAT man sada Hyun ok
0:14:1: that means nice name
0:14:6: what is the meaning of your name well my
0:14:9: name means song or melody in the Persian
0:14:13: language in Farsi okay thanks and do you
0:14:17: think your name has an impact on your
0:14:19: character and personality well then I
0:14:23: haven't given this much thought but I
0:14:25: think maybe because it means melody and
0:14:28: song it affects people's perception of
0:14:32: my character perhaps from this sort of
0:14:35: cheerful name makes them expect a
0:14:38: cheerful character which I try to be but
0:14:41: obviously I'm not all the time but it
0:14:45: said no I don't think it affects my
0:14:48: character as a person
0:14:53: all right now ma'am let's move on to
0:14:56: another question is your health
0:14:58: important to you I think everybody's
0:15:2: health is important to them I think we
0:15:6: all try to do our best to lead a healthy
0:15:8: life but whether or not we succeed
0:15:10: there's a different is a different
0:15:12: question
0:15:13: what do you do to improve your health
0:15:16: not as much as I should to be honest I
0:15:20: don't think I eat as healthy as I should
0:15:23: be and I probably need to exercise a lot
0:15:26: more and possibly cut down on my
0:15:28: caffeine intake what is the major health
0:15:31: concern your country at the moment um I
0:15:34: think like many other countries globally
0:15:38: I mean health concern must be the n1h
0:15:43: one virus which is also known as swine
0:15:45: flu the reason being that apparently it
0:15:50: is taking on the form of a pandemic
0:15:53: which is a very worrying due to the
0:15:56: large population in my country I do
0:15:59: believe that the government is trying to
0:16:2: control this well with the guidelines
0:16:4: and help of the World Health
0:16:7: Organization and hopefully this will be
0:16:9: under control
0:16:14: okay thanks not me do you like cooking I
0:16:18: do I do like cooking but unfortunately
0:16:22: due to my being a student I don't find
0:16:25: enough time to cook as regularly as I
0:16:27: should okay thanks what kind of food do
0:16:31: you like well I am enjoy a vast majority
0:16:35: of the foods that I've tasted an
0:16:37: experience I'm very fond of my country's
0:16:40: local cuisine but I also really enjoy a
0:16:45: nice Italian or Chinese meal okay thanks
0:16:49: man what are the four most famous dishes
0:16:53: of your country well it would be
0:16:57: difficult to name a few famous dishes or
0:17:2: specialties because I think each area of
0:17:5: the country has its own specialty which
0:17:7: people enjoy but I think on an
0:17:10: international level I could perhaps a
0:17:13: cholo kebab which consists of grilled
0:17:18: meat accompanied by rice jello means
0:17:22: rice and kebab means grilled meat this
0:17:26: meat Kenny can be any form it can be
0:17:28: beef or lamb chicken or even mince meat
0:17:32: normally with a combination of onion
0:17:36: traditionally the meat is pulled onto
0:17:38: skewers and cooked over a charcoal fire
0:17:48: okay thanks and tell me in your country
0:17:52: have people's eating habits changed what
0:17:56: I honestly don't think that this is just
0:17:58: limited to my country I think over the
0:18:1: over the ages people's living habits
0:18:4: have changed and also life has taken a
0:18:7: much faster pace so I think that has
0:18:10: reflected maybe not very positively on
0:18:15: people's eating habits you tend to catch
0:18:19: a me on the run a lot of times and a lot
0:18:22: of people are constantly in a hurry so
0:18:25: they can't sit down and enjoy a proper
0:18:27: meal during the day of course it's good
0:18:30: to take the time out and do this at
0:18:32: least once a day in order to help your
0:18:36: digestion and also focus on healthier
0:18:39: foods
0:18:43: part one
0:18:45: [Music]
0:18:57: how often do you go on holiday
0:19:0: I'd say typically once or twice a year
0:19:2: always during the summer for about two
0:19:5: weeks and sometimes if I'm lucky I get
0:19:8: to go away another time as well but
0:19:11: unfortunately that doesn't happen as
0:19:14: often as I'd like it to as my old grand
0:19:17: used to say money doesn't go on trees
0:19:23: where did you go most recently last time
0:19:27: I went on holidays I went to Paris for a
0:19:30: week with the rest of my family it was
0:19:33: last March and we had such a wonderful
0:19:35: time visiting all the city's famous
0:19:38: sights and attractions it blew me away
0:19:44: who do you normally go on holiday with
0:19:47: most of the time I go with my family but
0:19:50: as I get older I'm more inclined to go
0:19:53: with my friends instead sometimes as
0:19:55: that gives me a little bit more
0:19:56: independence to do my own thing as time
0:19:59: goes on I guess I'll probably want to do
0:20:2: that more and more do you have a
0:20:8: favorite place to go on holiday you bet
0:20:11: I love Barcelona it's a beautiful city
0:20:14: with a great nightlife and a real good
0:20:17: buzz plus it's not far from the sea or
0:20:19: the mountains so you've got the best of
0:20:22: both worlds really
0:20:26: what do you normally pack in your
0:20:28: suitcase when you go away oh you know
0:20:32: all the essentials togs and a towel for
0:20:34: the beach some shorts and t-shirts my
0:20:37: toiletries of course toothbrush
0:20:40: toothpaste deodorant shaving cream a
0:20:43: razor and also some sunglasses my camera
0:20:47: I've always click click clicking it
0:20:49: drives everyone mad that kind of thing
0:20:52: but I try to travel light
0:20:54: unlike some people I know who seem to
0:20:56: take all their worldly belongings away
0:20:59: with them hello how come in please
0:21:17: thank you very much all right may I have
0:21:20: your full name my name is Sol Goldberg
0:21:22: theory all right thanks so well can I
0:21:24: take a look at your passport of course
0:21:27: here you
0:21:30: all right so girl do you like shopping
0:21:33: and why I think I do like shopping quite
0:21:37: a lot some people might call me a
0:21:39: shopaholic I think most women are like
0:21:43: me we tend to buy impulsively we're
0:21:47: impulsive bias this means that sometimes
0:21:51: we buy things that we really don't need
0:21:52: but we enjoy doing that
0:22:0: alright thanks one time do do the
0:22:2: shopping well as I work from 8 o'clock
0:22:7: till 5 o'clock in the afternoon I tend
0:22:11: to do my shopping on the way back home
0:22:13: or during the weekends if I need
0:22:16: something urgently I might even take my
0:22:19: lunch break and quickly go to the place
0:22:23: I need to go and buy the thing I need
0:22:29: okay so Bo do you ever shop on the
0:22:31: Internet
0:22:32: I don't think I would like to I never
0:22:36: have and for me shopping needs to be a
0:22:40: personal experience I like to see what I
0:22:43: am choosing and about - by seeing a
0:22:48: photograph
0:22:49: I don't think does the same thing it's
0:22:51: not the same experience
0:22:56: thanks let's move on to topic of
0:22:58: clothing and what type of clothes do you
0:23:0: like to wear
0:23:1: I like comfortable clothes something
0:23:6: that's easy to be in for the whole day
0:23:14: okay and what kind of clothes do people
0:23:17: in your country usually wear um well
0:23:21: that depends on their age and also it
0:23:25: depends on the job sometimes even but I
0:23:31: think you'll find in Tehran while
0:23:34: younger people like to wear trendy
0:23:37: clothes they like wearing jeans and
0:23:40: colorful colorful coats and t-shirts yes
0:23:44: I think the younger people enjoy younger
0:23:47: fashion like everywhere in the world
0:23:49: they prefer to dress in a sporty manner
0:23:52: but of course for formal occasions the
0:23:57: men will put on a very nice suit and the
0:24:0: ladies will wear an evening dress
0:24:7: all right do you think people behave
0:24:10: differently in different kinds of
0:24:11: clothes I think they probably do if you
0:24:15: wear something smart and formal I think
0:24:18: you subconsciously feel that you're
0:24:21: supposed to behave very dignified maybe
0:24:23: and you might even feel important but if
0:24:28: you're wearing something comfortable and
0:24:31: sporty and everyday you'll probably
0:24:34: behave more casual as well and you'll
0:24:37: probably be more approachable at the
0:24:39: same time
0:24:42: all right thanks now let's move on to
0:24:46: the topic card I would like you to
0:24:49: describe one of the shopping centers you
0:24:51: often go to so you have to talk about
0:24:54: the topic for about 2 minutes and you
0:24:56: have one minute to think about a topic
0:24:57: can you read a paper and a pencil to
0:25:0: write down whatever you wish and then
0:25:4: you may start thank you good morning
0:25:23: please come in and have a seat
0:25:25: good morning ma'am thanks may I have
0:25:29: your full name
0:25:29: sure my name is Lally Akashwani Thank
0:25:33: You Laura can I have a look at your
0:25:34: passport sure there you go
0:25:39: thank you all right Lola I'm going to
0:25:43: ask you a few personal questions do you
0:25:46: watch television a lot well not really
0:25:49: I'm not a couch potato and also I don't
0:25:52: think I'm TV addict but when I get back
0:25:58: home in the evening I really like to lie
0:26:1: down and relax and switch on to a
0:26:4: channel and watch probably TV series or
0:26:8: new channels
0:26:13: and what do you usually watch on TV well
0:26:17: that's interesting and it's in fact a
0:26:19: very good question
0:26:22: let me see yeah well most of the time I
0:26:25: really like to follow the current news
0:26:26: so basically I watch news channels and
0:26:29: probably late at night I switch on the
0:26:33: channels which has TV series
0:26:38: all right and what are the most popular
0:26:41: programs in your country well I suppose
0:26:45: among the people probably TV series and
0:26:51: documentaries are the most popular
0:26:54: program TV programs moreover I suppose
0:26:59: many people also are interested in
0:27:1: following the news so many of them in
0:27:4: fact follow the current news through TV
0:27:6: channels
0:27:10: right I'm Nona what are some
0:27:12: disadvantages of television in your
0:27:14: opinion well in my opinion there might
0:27:19: be some disadvantages I can name a few
0:27:22: and let's say it takes the time of the
0:27:26: people and the families when especially
0:27:29: family members sitting together watching
0:27:32: a TV instead of having interaction and
0:27:35: conversation they hope to just focus
0:27:37: their attention on the what is going on
0:27:39: on TV so it actually gives less time to
0:27:44: family members to be together and to
0:27:46: have a family and friendly chat and also
0:27:50: for the kids I can think I think for the
0:27:53: kids it might be not that beneficial to
0:27:57: sit in front of TV doing nothing just
0:27:59: gazing at the tube and it might be quite
0:28:4: destructive for them it makes them less
0:28:7: active it makes them in fact passive and
0:28:9: I can say taking their health issue into
0:28:14: consideration it makes them more fat and
0:28:17: obese
0:28:22: all right thank you we're going to move
0:28:24: on to a different subject now do you use
0:28:28: the internet much during the day
0:28:30: well I can say yes I used most of the
0:28:33: time during my office on the net because
0:28:37: due to the nature of my job I have to
0:28:40: surf the net find out so many answers to
0:28:43: different questions and different
0:28:44: subjects so most of the times you don't
0:28:46: get AI spent on the net
0:28:51: and what website have you recently
0:28:53: visited well basically I surf Google and
0:29:1: Yahoo but yes I can tell you that it was
0:29:6: the most recent one I have visited was
0:29:8: the young site when in fact feel I was
0:29:12: back I had to send an urgent email to my
0:29:17: colleague overseas so I switch on the
0:29:20: net and I got connected and I composed
0:29:23: my own main and in fact tool email I
0:29:26: sent my my message to my friend
0:29:33: and Laura what are some advantages of
0:29:37: the Internet
0:29:38: well I suppose done for too many to be
0:29:41: counted in fact Internet has made the
0:29:48: interaction among the people a very
0:29:50: close and it brought in fact the people
0:29:53: close together and it covered the
0:29:55: distances and as you know probably it is
0:29:59: called now that the whole world is
0:30:0: called a global village because of all
0:30:2: the interactions and connections among
0:30:4: the people and in fact with only a
0:30:7: single click on the net you can get
0:30:11: connected to your people your friends on
0:30:15: the other side of the globe you can also
0:30:17: send and receive emails and also you can
0:30:21: have access to lots of information
0:30:28: do people in your country use the
0:30:30: internet a lot well I suppose I can say
0:30:35: yes more or less yes people uses my
0:30:37: internet a lot because the Young's
0:30:40: mostly used internet for chatting for
0:30:43: setting or sending and receiving emails
0:30:45: and of course the organization's and
0:30:48: offices use internet for official
0:30:51: correspondence
0:30:55: all right Thank You Lally now I'm going
0:30:57: to give you a topic card which I'd like
0:31:0: you to talk about for two minutes
0:31:2: please take one minute to study the
0:31:3: topic card and here's a piece of paper
0:31:5: and a pen if you need to write anything
0:31:7: down Thanks
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