Test # 5
- What is your full name?
- What is your full name?
I am (name_father's name_surname)
- Can I see your ID?
Yes sure!
- Where are you from?
I'm from Ahmedabad that is the biggest
city in Gujarat.
- Do you work or study?
I work as a relationship manager at the
regional corporate office of a telecom giant in my country.
- How different is your work today from
the past?
Since I started working, at 18, I've grown
quite a lot in terms of knowledge and responsibilities. So today at 26, I have
more work, but I also have more expertise on how to do it efficiently.
- When are you happy at work?
I am happy most of the days when there is
no pressure of targets. When the month has been economically good for the
company, work is also very easy going, so I feel happy then.
- Tell me about your city.
My city was known as the textile hub of
India in the 19th century. However many other industries have now flourished
instead and Ahmedabad has been declared a mega city, economically and socially.
We have a host of entertainment options and the lifestyle here is easy going
and enjoyable.
- Are there taxi and bus services in your
area?
Yes there are. In fact my area is one of
the lively ones in Ahmedabad so a lot of transportation options are available
from my area to any part of the city.
- Why do you think people read magazines?
People read magazines to know about the
things they are interested in, like Bollywood, automobiles, health, beauty,
fashion and so on. Magazines present all this content very attractively so this
makes it fun to read magazines.
Cue Card
Talk about an article you have read
recently in a magazine or a newspaper. Please say
- When and where did you read it?
- What was it about?
- How did you feel after reading it?
I read this article about a Bollywood
celebrity couple about to be divorced in a magazine called Filmfare. It is a
very popular magazine about the film industry of my country. I read it when I
was waiting at a hair salon for my haircut. The headline of the article
attracted me in the first glance as the couple mentioned in that had one of the
most iconic love stories. The article talked in detail about the history of the
couple and the happy days, and then went on to reveal that their relationship
was on the rocks since quite sometime. Apparently, it is being assumed that the
husband cheated on the wife with some other Bollywood actress and this resulted
in the wife moving out to a separate apartment with their kids. Now they have
filed for a divorce and would be separated soon. I felt really bad after
reading this. Any news of any failed relationship, be it of the people I
personally know, or any celebs that I follow, always tend to upset me, and I
felt the same this time too. This particular couple had been married for 22
years and it is unimaginable for me that such a long marriage life can be
broken too. This kind of news always shake your beliefs in the sacred
institution of marriage.
Discussion
- How often do you read this type of
articles?
Very often. I have subscribed for the
e-copy of this Filmfare magazine so I read such gossip articles on a weekly
basis.
- Would you suggest this article to your
friends?
I don't know. Maybe I wouldn't, as I feel
as it upset me, it might upset my friends too whom I'd recommend it to.
- Tell me about magazines available in
your country.
There's Femina and Vogue for fashion and
health, Autocar for all things related to cars, Stardust and Filmfare for
Bollywood news, Insight for news related to consumer right and redressals, and
Reader's Digest for self-improvement. There are many other too but I don't
remember all their names.
- Does reading magazines have a negative
or a positive impact on teenagers?
It has both. For example from a fashion
magazine, teens can know about the latest dressing trends going on, but it has
also been observed that they get obsessed with such materialistic things and
move more towards being vanity, and forget what's really important. Another
example can be from a Bollywood magazine, they may know about the lifestyles of
their favourite movie stars but trying to follow the same routine in their own
life might not be such a good idea.
- Do you remember news seen on TV or in
the newspaper?
Yes I do. I as in watch the headlines only
so I'm able to remember those.
- Why do people still listen to news on
the radio?
Radio channels broadcast news with an
immediate effect, like traffic or weather conditions in the city, and
information about upcoming events, so people like to listen to the news on the
radio for these kinds of things.
#5 - IELTS Speaking test in India - March 2016
Reviewed by Devanshi
on
March 25, 2016
Rating:
Very helpful .. Mam .
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