Month: November 2016

IELTS Listening # Young Business Leaders

YOUNG BUSINESS LEADERS

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. It talks about young business leaders.

You can download the audio from the given link –

AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

  1. How young were the founders of Facebook and Microsoft when they first set up their companies?
  2. What kind of a company is Microsoft?
  3. What is the person who run a business called?
  4. Which phrase refers to being part of a team?
  5. What does the phrase, bring something to the table means?
  6. The speaker uses a word for a well-developed mind. What is it?
  7. Which word means good judgement?
  8. The speaker uses a phrase to mean that something, in the end, was successful. What is it?
  9. In which year did Mark Zuckerberg launch Facebook?

ANSWERS

  1. university students
  2. computer software company
  3. Executives
  4. on board
  5. provide something useful
  6. keen mind
  7. Acumen
  8. paid off
  9. 2004

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IELTS Essay Sample Answer # Crime

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.
Crime is a big problem in the word. While many believe nothing can be done to prevent it, there are some still fighting against it.
Discuss
You should write at least 250 words.

POINTS
  1. Crime can be prevented by the honest presence of authorities.
  2. Incorruptible law enforcement needs to be done.
  3. The government should be able to set examples for the people and especially younger generations to follow.
  4. Global cooperation is required.
SAMPLE ANSWER

Crime is unquestionably one of the most prevailing and worrying aspects in our society. The increased crime rates not only bring loss of lives, it instills a sense of fear among people. Boundaries often get created and beings start limiting themselves to their comfort zone. Crime prevention, therefore, should be taken very seriously and can be achieved in various ways.

Firstly, the presence of local authorities in ensuring the incorruptible law enforcement might sound costly but is an investment that will pay dividends in long term. A safer region helps in to set examples for others, especially the younger generations. For instance, crime has dramatically been reduced in Kolkata setting stage for the areas near by.

crime

Secondly, government needs to invest in regions at a very minute level. Funding money to stationing police headquarters in and around slums is one way of reducing crimes. It will help in improving the lives of many living.

Thirdly, crime has a very global impact and makes global cooperation very critical. Operating in a parochial way can incur significant financial losses and render any expenditure futile. For instance, Pakistan and India fight over Kashmir has yet not given a result, but the lives of India, Pakistan and Kashmir have been in terror for the past 67 years.

To conclude, illegal activities are a costly and dangerous fact in the present global economy. However, with large-scale government investment is an attainable goal. Even more, by spreading the international cooperation, the resources can be invested significantly for a more effective result in reducing crime impact. (259 Words)

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IELTS Essay # Child Labour

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.
Child Labour is a major concern all over the world.
What are the causes of it?
How can the problem be solved?
Write at least 250 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER

Child labor is an international concern as it damages, destroys and spoils the present and the future of the child and the country. A child is the hope of a nation and yet when millions of them are deprived of a carefree childhood, it directly impacts the growth of the country. Although child labor is common in most of the parts of the world, it finds its crunches more in developing and underdeveloped sections.

There are several reasons for forcing a child to work. Firstly, it increases family income. A family which is finding it difficult to make its need meet is more likely to send their child to work than to school. Secondly, child labor is more likely to work at lower wages, which is exactly more factories are likely to hire them. Even more, a child is less likely to indulge in dishonesty and is less liable to misbehave or be violent, which is what makes them perfect for domestic aid.

Child Abuse

Although it might seem that the issue of child labor can never be solved, there are several ways in which we can surely fight the issue. Firstly, the government needs to make sure that the laws made strictly adhere. Even more, the general public should be made aware of the severe consequences of child labor. Secondly, an increase in employment opportunity for adults would help in overcoming the issue of poverty which is more likely to reduce the number of children being forced into labor work.

Overall, it is not only the responsibility of government to ensure that the number of child labors is reduced. But every educated person of a country to ensure that the children of the country get a bright future, a future that every child deserves to have. (301 Words)

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IELTS Speaking Sample Answer # Individuality

We all are born individuals, but it is the people we associate ourselves with and the ones we want to be with, define what we become. However, there are people who no matter get associated with any number of people, are known for what they are and what they did. These are known to be individuals and it is often asked to maintain individuality no matter who you get associated with it. Let us today, have a look at some of the questions related to individuality.

What do you think makes you unique?

I am not very sure of it, but I think the desire in me to be successful makes me unique. I don’t know why but I want to be successful and for me, success means becoming what I am meant to be. There are so many people with such great innate talents but somehow they get lost. I want to find out my innate talent, find out the reason why I am born and do what I am best at, the best in the world.

Is it okay to look different from other people or should you look the same as other people?

In my opinion, it shouldn’t be a matter of concern as to whether you look like someone or not. I think the main focus of an individual should always be on looking like the way they think they should look like. Not following any trend, but just following their heart and wearing something that makes them feel proud or comfortable or for that matter something that represents themselves. And when one does it like that, they do look different, more importantly unique.
individuality

What do you think when you see someone who looks very different?

It depends. There are people who look different in a very hilarious way while there are even who just start a trend with their looks. But, no matter what, when I see someone who looks different I tend to admire them. Because, these are the people, who often instead of trying to fit it, try to carve out new ways. And in my opinion, it takes a lot of courage to do something that not everyone is doing.

If you went to a job interview with green hair, what do you think would happen?

Going for a corporate interview, most probably I would be thrown out. But I think if I go out for a fashion magazine interview or maybe some job where there is a lot of creativity and funkiness required. Like maybe a cartoonist or a writer or a painter or maybe musician, there are lot many chances that I get selected.

If you see someone with a lot of tattoos what do you think of them?

Tattoos have rarely been something that helps me decide the character or opinion of the other person.  The only thing that comes to my mind when I see someone with tattoos is that maybe the person has some connection with the tattoo, either they like it or it is something they want to be like.

If you had to change your hair color, what color would you change it to?

I would love to have some part of my hair colored red. I think red is some color that brings with it a lot of funkiness as well as power when used on hairs. Other than that, I think I can even go for a violet because it makes you look a different and yet not completely out of the box.

Have you ever felt like a square peg in a round hole?

No, I think for some reasons, I am just like everyone else. I have got dreams and I am trying to fulfill them like so many other individuals out there. Maybe I am a little more fearless, a little more passionate, but I still hold the opinion that I am just like everyone, with the same issues and same confusions. However, I have been told many a time that I am different.

What are some things you do to blend in?

Blending incomes very natural to me. It is not something I try to be, I think if one tries to simply listen to the other person and understand his or her opinion and situation and makes an attempt to accept the other person, one naturally blends in.

If you had to do one crazy thing to your appearance what would you do?

I would shave off my hair. In my country, hair for a girl is said to be the most important thing and I want to break that opinion. I want people to look at a girl apart from her physical appearance, judge her on her abilities.

If you got a tattoo, what would it be?

If I ever get a tattoo, it will surely be a tattoo of flying birds because I myself want to be like a bird. Free, doing what she wants to. The bird is that one creature who can simply take of her wings and go to wherever she wants. She is fearless, unaware of the ground because she knows that the sky is all hers.

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