Are you good at doing the laundry? Are you good at fixing things? In today's speaking part one topic is "housework".
So I'm Maddie. I'm from IELTS daily, and I'm joined by Laura, who's going to help me answer some questions in part one.
So keep watching to find out our answers.
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Today's topic is "housework". Right, let's start with some part one questions on this topic.
Laura do you enjoy doing household chores. I don't think I'd be alone in saying that I do not really enjoy doing household chores.
Hmm, it's definitely not something that I would prioritize but maybe as a way of hmm procrastination.
It would be a good thing to do if I'm trying to put off doing something.
But hmm I do enjoy like being in a tidy house, and I do enjoy like having an organized environment.
But the actual process of doing those chores is probably not my favorite pastime. I would say no.
Yeah, so you prefer to do other things? So what, what are household chores?
So if I was to answer this question, I would probably provide a list of the things that I don't enjoy doing.
Yeah, which would be the wiping, mopping.
Hmm, yeah, unstacking or stacking the dishwasher so putting the dishes away once they've been cleaned in the dishwasher.
Hmm, yeah doing things like scrubbing, cleaning bathrooms cleaning.
So what might the difference between something like wiping and scrubbing?
So wiping's more of a.... Yes it's an easier action. Yeah I feel like the difference would be like the difficulty level.
Yeah, hmm, scrubbing, hmm, I'm picturing on all hands and knees, like really getting back into it exactly.
Like so using your whole body you're really very dirty you're scrubbing, scrubbing in a way
whereas wiping would be wiping down a kitchen kitchen surface wrapping it wiping down the kitchen.
Hmm, or yeah, dusting if things are dirty, you have dust and build up you can use like a duster, yeah.
There are also things like vacuuming, which I find it takes a lot of hmm backs, yeah, great.
Right, so these are just some of the things that you can talk about if you get this question. Yes, so Laura did you do household chores as a child?
Unfortunately, yes, I did. Hmm, I think, hmm it's... I think most people would have done the same.
Where their parents had hmm chores that they allocated to them or, and like, especially me and my brother.
I'd come home from school, and it would be my specific job to unstack the dishwasher.
Or put the dishes away and yeah, make sure the kitchen's tidy.
And then, it would be my brother's job to do the laundry or take out the bins. Hmm, I think that was quite a common thing.
Hmm, growing up was to have those specific things and then maybe on the weekends,
you might have to do things like, mow the lawn or look up to the pool. That was kind of a thing growing up.
And you said that your brother and you were allocated yeah jobs. Yes. So what does "allocated" mean?
Yes, so we had specific jobs that was given to us from like by our parents, as in one of them was our specific job that we would have to do.
And then I would, I wouldn't be doing his jobs, and he wouldn't be doing my job.
That's definitely not yeah, no. Great, and then maybe parents would give incentives which are rewards for doing things.
I remember always being jealous that some people got money for doing their chores.
But I think for certain things I can't remember but for certain things my mum would give me like stationery.
Like nice little highlighters if I'd done something, yeah.
So yeah that was something a cool memory which hmm growing up yeah.
Great well in part three the examiner might ask something like; should parents encourage children to do chores?
Hmm and then you'd have to answer that question. Do you think parents should encourage children to do chores?
I think in my answer, I would provide my own personal exam, like oh, my parents encouraged me to do chores.
And I think that was beneficial for me, and then maybe I'd provide reasoning as to how like it teaches us good lessons, hmm.
And how probably children without encouragement aren't going to be reaching to do chores themselves,
and they maybe need, need to um maybe not, I'm not sure if a money incentive is necessary,
but even just like it's a polite thing to do, is telling them to do yeah.
Hmm their chores is really important I would say.
Yeah and if someone's always picking up after a child, they... People often say they might be "spoiled". What does spoiled mean?
Spoiled hmm would mean maybe that you kind of get you're given a lot by your parents.
Your parents are overly generous. Hmm and maybe yeah you hmm... You could be ungrateful maybe.
I feel like if you're spoiled you could become ungrateful yeah and kind of maybe entitled would be another word I would use.
Hmm, and yeah probably being told to do chores and yeah, I've been told to do chores without a money incentive.
Is probably a way to avoid um being spoiled, maybe. Yeah, spoiling children. Spoiling children, yeah.
Yeah, great well, I learned a lot today and so really this is really important.
Make sure you're prepared with some ideas to talk about this topic if you have a test coming up soon
So it doesn't take much. You can just think about it, write some ideas write some of the chores down.
And then you've got springboard to talk about whatever it is the question is.
Alright, thank you so much. It's been a pleasure thank you, Laura. I'm Maddie from IELTS daily
Hmm, please write in the comments what you have to say. We love reading them and see you soon.
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