Hey everyone! Welcome back to IELTS Daily.
This is Jay, your resident IELTS expert.
Today, we're gonna look at the IELTS speaking exam.
So, come on with us!
So in today's lesson, we're gonna look at
IELTS Speaking Part Two.
And with me, to help me
do these questions is Chris.
How are you going, Chris?
Hello!
And hello to the students!
I hope you're all well.
Yes, we're going to look at another question today.
And today's topic is about traveling by plane.
Do you travel a lot by plane, Jay?
Well... not like a businessman would,
but I do try to travel as much as I can.
Okay.
I'm going to send the question over to your iPad
now if you want to take a look and the question is:
Describe a person you know that needs to travel a lot by plane.
You should say:
How do you know about this person,
where this person travels to,
why this person needs to travel so often,
and explain how he/she feels about traveling much by plane.
So, try to think of people that you know.
If you don't know anybody,
make up somebody or even maybe use an example of a celebrity.
Yeah.
Ok.
Your one minute to prepare starts now.
So, I have a brother-in-law...
so, my sister's husband
who travels all the time.
So, I'm going to talk about him.
And he travels everywhere-
to many countries,
mostly Europe.
But also he's been to India, he's been to China,
he's been to Indonesia, South America.
And he goes there for work.
So that is who I'm going to be talking about today.
What does he do- his job today?
He's the financial director of a massive company.
Yeah.
You've got ten seconds left.
In the test, students, just make sure that you have
some ideas of experiences and stories that you want
to talk about.
And remember,
it's okay if you want to go off-topic.
Your one minute is up.
So...
You want to talk about somebody who
needs to travel a lot by plane.
Your two minutes starts now.
So today, I'm going to talk about my brother-in-law
who is a financial director for a large corporation.
And as he has moved his way up through the company,
he has had to travel more and more.
And now, in his current position,
he travels probably four to five months in a year.
And he has gone to various locations throughout the world.
He has been to South America.
I believe he has been to Brazil and Argentina.
He travels to Europe all the time
because one of his major offices is in
The Netherlands- Holland.
And he has traveled to China,
he has traveled to Indonesia,
to India.
He has been to a lot of places.
And...
He travels a lot because
of the globalized world that we live in now.
His company has expanded.
And they're no longer located just within
the United States.
So now they have to go...
they have branches in all these other countries.
And because of that,
because he's so high in the company now,
he has to go and make sure that things are going okay
in these different divisions
throughout the world.
So...
He doesn't like it.
It's frustrating for him.
If he flies very far, then
it's not so bad for him because
the company will pay for a business class ticket.
And so, his flight is a lot more comfortable.
But if he's just flying to Europe for example,
which is about a six-hour flight,
then he has to fly economy class.
And he'd just be doing that over and over again.
It's a bit frustrating for him.
So, it's not all glitz and glamour
when you travel for work.
But that's who I was giving an example for
in this instance.
How did I go, Chris?
Great.
That was about one minute and fifty.
And you talked about your brother-in-law.
And he moved up through a company.
Did he get promoted?
Yes. So that's another way of saying that.
Great. You said various locations, which was wonderful.
And you said that he does something all the time.
The company has expanded,
and he goes to these places
to check if they're going okay.
The final thing that you said was, "glitz and glamour".
Explain.
Well, glitz and glamour...
Luxury.
Things that I guess that normal people don't always get to experience all the time.
And, I guess in the context of that sentence,
I meant
from my personal experience
when I look at someone who gets to travel for a living,
I think it's awesome.
And I think it's really, you know,
really cool.
And what a celebrity might do.
But,
the real side
or the other side of that
really isn't glitzy.
It isn't luxurious
or cool there.
It's grueling,
and it's difficult.
And traveling a lot throughout the year
can really take its toll
and make someone really tired.
Fantastic.
Have you ever traveled by business class?
Once.
How was that?
Yeah, it's pretty amazing.
Yeah, yeah.
I had an upgrade and
you're just treated so much differently.
You can lay down,
and you can sleep okay.
It's hard to go back to economy after
traveling in business class.
Yeah.
You did well there.
Thanks, Jay.
Thank you!
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