I've checked all the questions students reported in recent exams and selected the
three most challenging topics one from part one and two from part three the crucial part
of the test we often don't pay enough attention to in this lesson you'll hear model answers and
learn some useful vocabulary to improve your answers it's Asiya let's get started
first of all let's talk about Roberts are you interested in Roberts this is a very general
question to open the topic try to answer in two or three sentences I often get asked what if I don't
know much what if I'm not interested in this topic then you could say something along these
lines I've never taken any any interest in them at all to be honest in fact I know next to nothing
about them except that they are used as machines in factories to carry out labor intensive tasks
oh and then there's all this talk about AI which I don't really follow either here the answer shows
how we can have no or little knowledge and still find something interesting to say it's important
to show The Examiner right from the start some good variation in the vocabulary you use and this
answer delivers there is good use of cocation to take an interest in something means to want
to learn more he takes a lot of interest in cars I wish he'd taken an interest in classical music
there is some idiomatic language to know next to nothing about something in other words to
know very little about it there is also some very precise descriptive language to carry out labor
intensive activities to carry out is to complete a task to carry out an investigation or a test
and labor intensive means that it requires a lot of people to do something can be labor intensive
or Capital intensive which means it requires a lot of money or Capital to do and of course AI
is artificial intelligence robota AI Chad is AI by the way if you have access to the I speaking
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the next question is do you think crits will replace humans at work this question requires
your opinion and examiners check if you can give a clear answer it's also about the future well
Well robots seem to be getting smarter but it's more like teamwork or a co- collaboration they
can handle repetitive tasks making our jobs easier but uh they can't work on their own humans bring
organization creativity and critical thinking so I don't think robots will replace us completely
collaboration is working together with someone in C collaboration with somebody on something
the government worked in close collaboration with teachers on the new curriculum to handle
this means to deal with tasks or a person you can handle a crisis a situation or yourself to
handle yourself means to behave the right way repetitive tasks are tasks you repeat mod times
and if you say a human you mean a person rather than an animal or a machine robots and humans
humans and animals dogs can hear much better than humans next critical thinking that's a
great one every job application requires it this is your ability to analyze information in order
to make a logical difference decision here is another one would you travel in a car driven by
a robot part one usually ends with a question of this sort a simple hypothetical type of question
so the answer is no way I'd be too scared I've read that there's been more than one accident in
these self-driving cars if that's what you mean because there is no robot-like figure
sitting at the wheel if they made them 100% safe then they might give it a go driving is mostly
a question of being personally in control so it's a big psychological step for most of us
I suppose this answer shows some Precision using less common vocabulary a self-driving
car or autonomous dri's car is the one that has the technology to drive itself there is also a
very colloquial or informal expression here to give it a go it means to attempt something new
to try something adventurous and a big step is an Edom magic expression which means a big decision
now I find that we spent too much time on part one and not enough time on part three which is
arguably even more important because it requires more vocabulary and more fluency from you because
each answer should be longer so our first part three topic is water transport let's talk about
water as a means of travel and transportation what are the advantages and disadvantages of
Transportation by water I think there are two main reasons in favor of using shapes and and boats for
transport the firstest size some cargo is simply too heavy or too bulky to be transported by air
rail or Road crude oil and liquefied gas are obvious examples and another would be Vehicles
such as you know brand new cars sent from Korea to Europe the other has to be cost at imagine
fuel costs must be way lower than something like air transportation as for disadvantages a big one
is time it's a lot slower by C and that restricts the types of goods that can be carried anything
perishable won't survive the journey so discussing advantages and disadvantages is a classic part
three question here the answer follows the pattern of first talking in favor and then pointing out
drawbacks it's not flashy what's interesting understand from the vocabulary point of view
is how precise meaning is expressed through certain words such as cargo these are the goods
carried in a ship or an aircraft to carry a cargo a cargo ship then we're not just saying too large
we're more precise bulking large and difficult to move or carry when your talking about oil in its
natural state you say crude oil that's oil before it's been processed and liquefied gas is gas
turned into its liquid state of course you're not expected to know terms like this but when you do
don't hesitate to include them and perishable are all the products like fruits vegetables and meats
that go badly quickly will more people travel by water in the future another very common question
type is to ask us to predict future changes and this is a good example well I do know that those
who campaign for a more sustainable future would hope so but I can't really see it happening in the
near future for long trips although maybe it's much too soon to say what might happen if the
global climate crisis becomes even more critical is another matter though on the other hand fairies
might play a greater part in shorter trips instead of flying in parts of Asia for example here we see
three excellent examples of how to fit idiomatic expressions into your answers if you can't imagine
any future changes you can say that you can't see it happening in other words you think it's very
unlikely to happen however perhaps it's difficult to decide because we need more time or evidence
so it's much too soon to say and there are other things to take into account and this could change
everything because it's another matter by the way these questions on water travel and transfer
follow from a perfectly innocent looking part two topic describe a water spot you would like to try
for the first time in the future So after talking for 2 minutes about how nice it would be to try
water skiing you're discussing what to travel and next you'd be asked about even more challenging
water as a resource where the discussion could turn to water shortages and the dangers that
brings now let's change the topic and talk about some of the most challenging part three questions
part three set three questions are more abstract and speculative and you may get them at the very
end of your speaking test if you're good enough our set three heading is society and money can
you guess what the part two topic was something about a gift describe an expensive gift you would
like to give someone and how you would save up for it now let's go on to talk about society
and money should governments spend more money on education or health it sounds a bit complex but
all it's really asking is a point of view how about this I'm not sure I've never given much
thought to this but I would suppose that more money should be spent on education because the
Youth of today are our future leaders scientists and Engineers of course health is also important
and countries need good medical services and Facilities but both education and health are
fundamental it's not a bad answer it starts with a excellent collecation to not give much thought
to something I've never given much thought to this and the youth are all the young people as a
group but do you think it's a great answer a band eight maybe or is it more of a band seven because
it lacks a little Precision the vocabulary seems quite generic compare it to this one well that
that's an interesting question especially in these times of spending cutbacks in both areas I believe
that um a measure of any distant Society is how it provides for the less privileged guaranteeing
free education up to the tertiary level and health care for The Young and the elderly however that
comes at a price and if a choice must be made caring for the sick should fast in my opinion
this answer has a bit of everything and it shows Precision spending cutbacks this means reducing
expenses decent is honest or good enough you can say a decent person or a decent job less
privileged are people who have less money and few opportunities tertiary education this means
any type of education after school at University or training courses so we have primary education
secondary education tertiary education or higher education which is at University so ter education
is wider than higher education because it also includes different training programs for Dots
The Young and the elderly these are young and old people the next one is interesting a choice
must be made so that's the passive voice to distance yourself from the choice because you
don't want to make it a choice must be made or mistakes have been made who made them there is
also an tic expression to come first caring for the sake should come first uh as we've mentioned
the question Ty H Sur as fundamental and this is one of many that's asking to take a position
sometimes the examiner will make this a do you agree question spending on education is more
important than spending on houseal do you agree if you get this question you can agree or disagree
it's entirely up to you the next question is won't that have a negative impact on on educational
opportunities question two is a follow-up question which is a comment on what the test taker has just
said it's a but what about the other aspect type of question and the answer is yes of course it
would and that's already happening families are having to put money aside for their children's
education especially higher education and not everyone can afford to do that what it means
is that a lot of potential is been wasted and at the same time it's making the gap between the rich
and the poor even wider the answer shows good use of cations to put money aside for something this
means to save for something in our case higher education to afford is to be able to pay for
something to waste potential not to get the best out of somebody because for example they have no
training to do a job they could do the grammar school here a lot of potential is being wasted
that's the present continuous passive someone is wasting potential potential is being wasted the
gap between the rich and the poor this is a great phace that you can see in both A's writing and
speaking so did you find these sample answers and vocabulary useful if yes we have similar
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