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IELTS Cue Card: You saw an interesting Bird

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IELTS Cue Card: You saw an interesting bird

The first time you saw an interesting bird

When did you see it?

Where did you spot it?

Who were you with?

And Elaborate on why you found this bird to be interesting.

IELTS Cue Card The first time you saw an interesting bird

Sample Answer

Today I am going to narrate a particularly vivid memory about a flock of parrots.

I was around 12 years old at the time. My family and I had just moved back from Europe to India. This was a large shift for me, as I had spent the majority of my little lifetime abroad and knew precious little about my home country.

It was my first day of school, assembly period, to be more precise. The school held its assembly in the open-air amphitheatre. I had just been told to stand in line with what I presumed was my new class. Everyone had their heads bowed at prayer time, and I was trying my very best to blend in as inconspicuously as possible. As the national anthem started up, everyone stood at attention. This was again a very foreign concept to me, but I copied them all the same.

Just as I raised my head, I recall being quite shocked to see a flock of brightly coloured parrots zoom over my head. I was in awe at the time; I couldn’t believe that such exotic birds could just roam free in such natural abundance. For you see, back in Germany, parrots could not even be found in zoos! The ecosystem and bird species were poles apart. While jays, magpies, longspurs and pipits are a common sight in the north-west, here in the south we have pheasants, peacocks and parrots. For a twelve-year-old, you might just as well have shown me sabre-tooth tigers; I was that blown away.

What’s more, later that day when I was walking home, I spotted an old man feeding some parrots by hand! As if this was a common sight. Those two events left a memorable impression on me, for I had learnt first-hand how different the world was around the globe, and what was peculiar in one part might be a common tale in others. The parrots that I saw that day symbolised that thought for me. That is why, even today, parrots are more beautiful and exotic and interesting to me than they would be to most locals.
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