Month: November 2016

IELTS Speaking # Meeting People

There are so many people that you meet in life. Some of them you stick around with, others you lose in the journey of life. No matter what there are so many memories that we make with them and enjoy them for our entire lives. Let us today have a look at some of the questions related to meeting people.

Do you enjoy meeting new people?

Yes, there is so much of excitement when you meet new people, because they have so new stories to tell. Different cultures, different language, different opinion, yet we both make attempts to know each other. There is a sort of novelty that comes to me, every time I meet someone new.

What are some good things to ask someone you just met?

I think if you could just ask how they are and how was their day. If they did something exciting or may be something very dull. We can talk about colors, the company or the place where we meet, about some new technology or may be rather anything that does not have chances of having an argument because you have just met and it is always better to first know each other and get comfortable in each others company.

What are some things you shouldn’t ask people you just met?

There are certain things which are surely a big NO NO when you meet a person for the first time or may be in the early of meetings. One is age, then salary, the price of the clothes they are wearing or things related to health. One should not talk about politics or for that matter any sensitive information should be avoided.

Is it OK to ask a person’s age in your country?

Yes it is. There is nothing offensive about people asking age in my country but that is only till the person is a student. As people grow up and start working, it is not something one should do.

Are you nervous when you are introduced to someone new?

Sometimes yes, I do get nervous if that someone new is very senior to me, because then there are so many other things as well going in the head. But, when the introduction is with my peer, I tend to be very jovial and enthusiastic to meet the other person.

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What are some ways to overcome being nervous about meeting new people?

The best way to practice the conversation before it even starts. So, when you have talked with that person in personal many times, when you interact with them in real, it might be the first for the world but it is not for you. So, you are able to confidently interact with them.

About how many new people do you meet a week?

There are lot of them that I meet. There is this club that I am associated with and then there is my workplace. Apart from them, I go out to play badminton so there are again many people that I get to meet.

Where are some good places to meet people?

I think the best place to meet new people is in clubs or groups where you can find like-minded people. Also, you can meet people in cafeterias where there are so many people who are sitting alone. One can even meet people in the break rooms where lot of people come to take breaks.

How important are first impressions to you?

Not very, because I think there is so much beyond the first impression. Sometimes it might be possible that you were not able to see the real person the first time so you need to meet them again. Or, may be the first time you met either of you, over reacted. I simply don’t understand how can one get to know the entire story of an individual in just one talk.

What do you do if you forget the name of someone you’ve just been introduced to?

I tend to say sorry and ask their name because it is so weird that you don’t remember the name and still are having a conversation. I find it better when I know the name of the person with whom I am about to have a conversation. So, I ask them and repeat the name again to make sure I do remember the name the next time.

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IELTS Essay Sample Latest Question # Course Fee

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.

Some people think that governments should pay the course fees for everyone who wants to study at university.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
Write at least 250 words.
IDEAS
  • Paying the fee for everyone will be over budget for the government.
  • No competition left resulting in degrading quality of education.
  • People with high quality of life will also use government resources which can be put on other resources.
  • There are millions who need money for the junior education as well.
  • Issues like food, job and many others need attention as well.
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SAMPLE ANSWER

Millions all around the world live with the unfulfilled wishes of studying in a university although there are very few who do get the opportunity. With this, there are many who believe that it is the responsibility of the government to ensure that everyone does get admission in the university. In my opinion, the government should definitely give attention to the number of students demanding university education but paying for everyone is surely not a pragmatic step.

Firstly, there are a lot of issues a country face; education being just one of them. There are homeless people, ones who need food and then millions seeking for job. Spending the entire budget on providing university education to everyone will leave government with few resources. Even more, free things often don’t receive respect and importance. So, if the students are given free education without any competition, they are likely to take things very lightly. Also, there are students who lack even basic education. It is the responsibility of the government to ensure that the entire nation is on the same page.

In addition, if the government spends fortune on providing education to all, there is less money left for endeavors like space and sports which require equal importance. Nevertheless, it is the competition that ensures that people work hard and improve. Taking away the competition will surely degrade the quality of education.

Overall, surely there are many in need of university education but providing it to all free of cost will bring down the education quality. On the other hand, competition can surely be loosened up and government can provide better scholarships than making it completely free.

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IELTS Essay Sample Questions # People After Prison

You should spend 40 minutes on this tast.
Some people believe that people who have been in prison become good citizens later. It is often argued that these people are the best to guide teenagers about committing a crime.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?

This is a question for the IELTS academic writing section. Before you start writing the answer for the IELTS, the first thing that needs to be done is pin down the points which are going to help you form the sentences for the essays. Make sure you figure out early the flow of your essay, the kind of words you will be using and then move ahead with the essay part.

POINTS

  1. People in prison understand their mistakes and more importantly the circumstances in which they made them. This helps in understanding the other person who might be on the same path.
  2. There is no one better than them who understands the consequences of the things that a wrong move can take.
  3. People after having lived in prison can explain better how to live a life not falling into the loopholes that one might just get into.
  4. There is no guarantee that a person who has been in jail for a certain act might not do another. There are people who do revolutionize but then there are even others who still hold by the fact of a prisoners life.
  5. It is not necessary that a person who is living in prison could actually bring about change in the way people think about crime.

Once the points have been written you need to make sure what your point of view is  going to be. What is the exact thing that you feel about the topic. Make sure that you give certain examples for the topic and when you are sure of it, go ahead and do it. There are even people who spend around 15 minutes on figuring out what to say and when that is done, bring out the best in the remaining time. There is although, no such time limit on how much you should spend on figuring out what needs to be written but make sure that when you start writing the final essay you have already made a draft about what you are going to write down.

SAMPLE ANSWER

Prisoners are the people who have experienced the tough consequences certain actions can lead to. Some people argue that these people know the best and could help teenagers from not taking any dramatic step in their lives. In my opinion, if a person has truly evolved after spending life in prison, surely they can have a great impact on other people lives.

Teenage years are the ones in which a person is susceptible to lot of things and with an increased crime rate committed by teenagers, there are several reasons for criminals to help individuals. Firstly, a person who has been in the prison can explain in a better and deeper way the consequences one could have to face for wrong actions. They have examples and more importantly, they understand the other individual better as at some point, they can inter relate. Secondly, it is easier for them to judge the other person. So a prisoner can very easily predict the kind of trouble a teenager is having and under what circumstances can he or she take any drastic step.

However, it is not necessary that a person who has been in jail understands the consequences. It is very likely to be possible that the person has no regrets going to jail. If someone like him or her, counsels a teenagers the outcome could be more devastating than expected. Even more, it is not obvious that a person who has been in jail can influence people to be better.

In conclusion, a person who has faced the consequences of his or her actions can surely bring out change in the lives of others but it is not a compulsion. The most important thing is how well the people receive him or her and how well the person has evolved after the tenure in jail. (304 Words)

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IELTS Vocabulary # Power And People

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History Today

The idea of taking back ‘control’ has come to dominate political debate in Britain. Much of the discussion has centred on the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU). Indeed, the aim of achieving control substantially shaped the referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU. For the victorious Leave campaign, the promise of this kind of power resides in the restoration of sovereignty. Yet the analysis is based on a misunderstanding. While the future of Britain outside the EU is obviously hard to determine, one thing is certain: the possession of sovereignty does not guarantee the exercise of control.

The modern debate about sovereignty began with the French thinker Jean Bodin (1530-96). Having joined the Carmelite brotherhood as a monk in his early manhood, Bodin was released from his vows in 1549 and then opted to study law at the University of Toulouse. Much of his education involved attention to Roman law and included the humanistic study of classical texts in political and legal philosophy. It was out of these materials that Bodin developed his conception of supreme power.

In his most famous work, the Six Books of the Commonwealth, which originally appeared in French in 1576, Bodin presented a definition of sovereignty. He claimed that it was ‘the absolute and perpetual power of a commonwealth, which the Latins call maiestas [majesty]’. Later in his text, Bodin made clear that the Romans had yet other terms for sovereignty, summum imperium (ultimate authority) being conspicuous among them. Yet, while the Romans, like the Greeks and the Hebrews, had a conception of supreme authority, Bodin believed that they had not fully understood its implications. Above all, he insisted, they had failed to grasp that the highest power of command was indivisible. It could not be shared among competing powers in the commonwealth.

This meant in effect that, while a state might possess a mixed system of government, it could not be based on a system of ‘shared’ sovereignty. This insight has proved confusing to posterity, above all to admirers of the American constitution: since the United States can be seen as a mixed regime, surely its sovereignty is divided among the different organs of state? This thought was later used to characterize the European Union, too, which is similarly taken to exemplify the ‘pooling’ of sovereignty.

Let us now have a look at the meaning of the difficult words stated above.

WORDMEANING
dominatehave power and influence over.
substantiallyto a great or significant extent;for the most part; essentially.
referenduma general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
victorioushaving won a victory; triumphant.
campaigna series of military operations intended to achieve a goal, confined to a particular area, or involving a specified type of fighting.
restorationthe action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.;the return of a monarch to a throne, a head of state to government, or a regime to power.
sovereigntysupreme power or authority;the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
misunderstandinga failure to understand something correctly.;a disagreement or quarrel.
possessionthe state of having, owning, or controlling something.;something that is owned or possessed.
debatea formal discussion on a particular matter in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward and which usually ends with a vote.;argue about (a subject), especially in a formal manner.
monka member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
legalpermitted by law.
conceptionthe action of conceiving a child or of one being conceived.;the forming or devising of a plan or idea.
posterityall future generations of people.;the descendants of a person.
regimea government, especially an authoritarian one.;a system or ordered way of doing things.
conspicuousclearly visible;attracting notice or attention.
characterizedescribe the distinctive nature or features of.;) be typical or characteristic of.

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