IELTS Speaking Interview | BAND 7.0 | Real Test!

good afternoon hello my name is jane smith what's your name my name's faris ahmadi you can call me faris can i see your identification please charis you thank you that's fine thank you thanks now in part one of the test i'm going to ask you some questions about yourself first do you work or are you a student i'm a student what are you studying i'm studying uh engineering why did you choose to study this subject i don't really know my parents thought it would be a good thing for me to study and i did well at mathematics at high school so i thought it might be interesting it's okay i guess have you made many friends on the course yes yes i i have there are some great guys on my course sometimes we get together and study after class drink coffee chat that kind of thing let's talk about keeping fit and healthy now what do you do to stay healthy well i try to watch my diet i try to eat healthy foods you know fruit vegetables but i really love meat too i think my diet is pretty good do you do any exercise yeah sure from time to time what kind well i try to go to the gym once or twice a week and i like going for walks in the evening when it's a bit colder how active were you when you were a child oh very active yes i was always playing with my brothers fighting wrestling playing games you know how important is it for children to be active oh very important nowadays kids just play video games all day they don't get enough exercise in my opinion that just couch potatoes now let's talk about the weather what kind of weather do you like best rainy weather definitely why oh because it rarely rains in in my region so when it does everyone is really happy and it cools down the temperature too have you noticed any changes in the weather recently in your country any changes like climate change oh well i guess it's changed a little people say it's hotter than it used to be but i'm not really sure if that's true what do you like to do in winter well the winter in my country is quite short it's nice to get outside and go for a walk you can in winter because it's not so hot i sometimes go horse riding too i belong to a club and i go there a bit at weekends that's really fun thank you that brings us to the end of part one now faris i'm going to give you a topic and i'd like you to talk about it for one to two minutes before you begin you have one minute to think about what you want to say you can make some notes if you wish do you understand yes okay you can make some notes on this paper here is your topic i'd like you to talk about a building that you like thank you all right now remember you have one to two minutes for this so don't worry if i interrupt you i'll tell you when the time is up you can begin now okay i'm going to tell you about a building i know quite well and i really like it actually actually it's in my hometown abu dhabi and the name of this building is the capital gate building uh it's it's quite new building only a few years old but already it has become an important landmark because it's really unusual in its appearance the first thing you notice is that it leans over to one side it's like the building in in italy the leaning tower of pisa only that building is leaning because it's too old this one is leaning because it was the architect's design actually um it's very strange um it's a skyscraper it's it's very modern looking a really cutting-edge design you know it doesn't really have any sharp corners it has lots of curves and it is all glass on the outside okay moving on to what it's used for well there is a hotel inside and maybe some apartments too and i think there are some offices as well but i'm not exactly sure finally uh the reason why i like it is well i guess it's because it's unique it's special also i'm interested in architecture especially modern architecture and i'm quite fascinated by how the building stays up i mean it doesn't fall down i think it's because the building has a steel frame and i heard it's also has a very deep foundations so uh if you visit my city i'd recommend that you see this building that's all actually thank you do other people like this building yes everyone likes it it's a real landmark of the city now thank you can i have the task card and the paper and pencil please yes sure here you go thank you so we've been talking about a building you like and i'd like to discuss with you one or two more general questions related to this first of all let's consider traditional and modern buildings do you think it's important for the government to preserve traditional buildings or should the money be spent on essential services such as hospitals and schools that's a tricky question to answer which one is more important well i'd have to say both first of all of course the government should try to maintain traditional buildings and today our our heritage and they connect us to a past in in a way that looking at a photo in a book cannot personally i i don't enjoy looking around old buildings such as castles but i know in some countries tourists flock to these type of buildings so i can imagine that many people in those countries want to see them preserved but on the other hand we shouldn't be spending so much money on them that we have poor health and education service educating our children and treating sick people has to be a priority too and is it possible for a government to fund all of these things can i just check what you mean by uh fund is that pay for yes pay for can a government pay for all of these things well i suppose it depends on the country my country is fairly wealthy so yes i think it can afford public services and money for preservation but in poorer countries i can imagine that the majority of people there would want better schools and good hospitals many people like living in modern buildings why do you think that is well i i think i am one of them living in a modern home is much easier on the whole i think you don't have to worry about what's the word you know fixing them up all the time oh renovating that's it you don't have to renovate new homes they're in perfect condition and this probably saves a lot of money i imagine repairing and maintaining a home is is very costly and another reason of course is that modern homes have all the mod cons you know modern conveniences and i think most people these days are looking for ways to save time what do you think homes of the future will look like homes in the future that's a good question let me see if you mean 10 or 20 years from now i don't think the they will be that different to what we have now but perhaps 50 years from now i think it's likely that we'll see some changes i think cities will get denser than they are now i mean there'll be more people living in the same area to cope with this i think homes will get smaller and perhaps taller in order to fit more people in in the major cities in my country this has already happened but 50 years from now i think most cities and towns will be the same very dense well thank you very much that's the end of the speaking test thank you you

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Length: 12min 5sec (725 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 29 2021