Describe an important plant or crop in your country.
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Part 1
The examiner asks about you and two familiar topics. About 4–5 minutes.
Work or study
- Do you work, or are you a student? (Why?)
- Why did you choose that job or that subject? (Tell me more about that.)
- What do you enjoy most about it? (Why?)
- Is there anything you would like to change about it? (Why?)
Free time
- How much free time do you have these days? (Tell me more about that.)
- What do you like to do in your free time? (Tell me more about that.)
- Did you have more free time when you were younger? (Why is that?)
- Would you prefer to spend your free time alone or with other people? (Why is that?)
Helping others
- Do you often help other people? (Why is that?)
- Who was the last person you helped? (Tell me more about that.)
- Did your parents teach you to help others when you were young? (Why is that?)
- Do you think people are less helpful to strangers nowadays? (Why is that?)
Part 2
One minute to prepare, then speak for one to two minutes.
Describe an important plant or crop in your country.
You should say:
- what the plant or crop is
- where it grows in your country
- how people use it
and explain why it is important in your country.
Follow-up question after your talk: Have you ever grown any plants yourself? / Why is this plant so important in your country?
Part 3
A broader, more abstract discussion of the Part 2 topic. About 4–5 minutes.
farming in your country
- Can you explain why some crops are grown far more than others in a country?
- How would you compare farming today with farming fifty years ago?
- In general, how much should a country depend on food grown by its own farmers?
growing food and the environment
- Can you explain why young people in many countries do not want to work in farming?
- What could be done about farmland that is being lost as cities grow bigger?
- Can you speculate on how new technology will change the way food is grown?
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