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NEW ACTIVITIES and BORROWING Recent IELTS SPEAKING PART 1 Topics | ANSWERS with Collocations
Feb 9, 2024
This video answers the two recent IELTS Speaking Topic Questions about New Activities and Borrowing or Lending. Learn how to talk about some new activities that you would like to try doing in your actual IELTS Speaking exam. Also, spend time understanding the questions about borrowing or lending and get ideas in this video so you can surely ace your exam.
Here are the questions:
NEW ACTIVITIES
Do you like to try new activities? Why?
What activities would you like to try?
What activities did you do when you were a child?
Do you like to try new activities alone or with friends?
BORROWING or LENDING
Have you borrowed books from others?
Is it good to borrow money from friends?
Do you like lending things to others?
How do you feel when people don’t return things they borrowed from you?
Have you ever borrowed money from your friends?
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Welcome to IELD dragon. This video lesson answers the two recent topics for
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ILD speaking part one about new activities and borrowing or lending. If you are new to
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Let's start answering the questions for the topic, new activities. Do you like to try new activities
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Why? First answer? Yes, I do. Trying some new activities. is really exciting as it tests my patience, courage, and strength
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Doing so is a good opportunity for me to understand my ability better
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Besides, learning new activities is acquiring life lessons that will surely be very helpful for my personal growth
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Second answer? Well, not much. I'm a person who oftentimes stays in my comfort zone
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I understand that every now and then we need to do something new in our lives so we can develop our skills that are helpful in achieving career development or self-growth
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However, I don't always have the guts to try some new activities. I don't know, perhaps I'm not just a risk-taker
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What activities would you like to try? First answer. I want those activities that can really challenge me
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For instance, in recreational activities, I want to try skydiving, parachuting, and hot air ballooning
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These activities have been on my bucket list. and I've been dreaming of doing these for so long
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As for my career, I'd love to be involved in human resource training and development activities
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like mentoring or employee coaching. I really want to understand the behavior of employees and how to develop their skills better
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because honestly, I've dreamt of running my own business in the future
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Another way to answer? Like I said earlier, I rarely try new activities
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but whenever I in the mood of trying one or two I usually go for activities that don stress me out but give me so much pleasure such as cooking a new dish traveling to a new place or visiting a new coffee shop
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These kinds of activities give me comfort. Why would I try something new that freaks me out when I can try wonderful activities that can surely make me happy
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What activities did you do when you were a child? I was extremely active when I was a child, so I was more into athletics
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In fact, I was one of the leaders of a sports club during my elementary and high school days
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I played several sports such as tennis, basketball, badminton, and volleyball. I don't know, I think I was just crazy about sports then
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Second answer, I was involved in extracurricular activities like the student newspaper, the art, the debate team
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but one activity that I loved the most was the volunteer work and community service
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I had an inexplicable feeling whenever our school conducted tree planning, beach cleaning, and visiting some poverty-stricken communities to hold a feeding program and provide health literacy, especially to less privileged kids
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And because of that, I never missed any community service activities. Do you like to try new activities alone or with friends
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First answer. Both are fine for me because each experience is completely different
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I mean, if I do things in my own, I'll be able to understand my capacity to do things and get things done easily
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If I try new activities with my buddies, I'll be able to learn the volley of teamwork, and normally it's more fun
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And this reminds me of an African proverb, if you want to go fast, go alone
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But if you want to go far, go together. A different way to answer
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I prefer the former as I'm an introvert. I can easily do new things by myself as I can give my 100% concentration
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However when I try doing new activities with other people even if they my friends I feel insignificant or inferior because I can fully express my ideas or opinions as I afraid that I may bother or offend them somehow
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Now let's start answering the questions for the topic, borrowing or lending
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Have you borrowed books from others? Not even once because I don't want to bother other people
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I make sure to buy the books that I love to read. In case I can find the books in the bookstore or in an online shop, I just go to a city library to check if there's any
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And if I'm lucky to find one, that's the time that I borrow. Second answer, as I'm still a student, yes, I have and for innumerable times
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I don't have the means to buy books. Although I have a part-time job, my wage is just enough for my daily needs and for the rent of my apartment
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To be honest with year, I just make ends me. Buying books isn't my priority
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Is it good to borrow money from friends? First answer? Well, I don't see any problem with borrowing money from friends
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as long as we keep a promise to pay them on time. As you know, money can usually break a relationship
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So as much as possible, we have to avoid compromising our good relationship with our friends
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And make sure to repay them on the exact date as promised. Another way to answer
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Well, for me, no, because it does break a relationship. I've had many experiences that I let go of the people whom I once called friends because they never returned the money that they borrowed for me
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It's just so frustrating because they took advantage of my kindness. Well, in a way, there are some people who are really shameless that they never really care about paying what they owe from here
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Do you like lending things to others? First answer? Well, depends on what kinds of things people want to borrow from me
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If they are just petty things like books shoes clothes things like that without a second thought I can lend them However if it more valuable like a car or jewelry I hesitate to lend those precious things even to my closest friends because I afraid that they might damage it or lose it
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Second answer? Well, it's in a case-by-case basis. If the borrower is the person who is near and dear to me
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without hesitation, I will lend my things. However, if the person who wants to borrow things from me
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is someone who is careless or irrespective. even if he's my friend, I never give him any chance to borrow or use my things
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How do you feel when people don't return things they borrow from you
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First answer? Of course, I will be very upset, most especially if the borrower is the person whom I give my trust
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But I'm usually patient, so if he gives me a reasonable explanation as to why he can't return my things
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then I'll just wait until he can give my things back. Well, as long as there is an acceptable reason, I don't stress myself on thinking about it
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Another way to answer? I definitely hate it when people never really care about returning my things
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Most especially if they don't give any effort of explaining to me the reason
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I'm a person who doesn't like reminding others to return my things or asking them to pay me the money that they borrowed
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And because of that, I don't easily lend my things to others. I don't want to be stressed out
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Have you ever borrowed money from your friends? Yes, but just once, that was when I was seriously struggling financially
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and that's because I got laid up from my work. Actually, it was my first experience to borrow money from one of my closest friends
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and honestly, I was kind of embarrassed doing such, but I had no choice then
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