We all have various possessions that are important to us for various reasons ranging from their value to the sentiments attached with them. I also have many valuable items, but the most prized one of them is my cell phone. It holds a special place in my heart as it was the last gift to me from my grandfather before his demise.
I was very close to him and the phone reminds me of him and holds many pictures of us that are reminiscent of all the memories we both shared. I received it last year in December when it was newly launched. I was awaiting its launch and often spoke about it with my grandfather. He understood my desire and on the day after the phone was launched, he purchased it and gave it to me as a surprise gift.
It is a top of the line, flagship smartphone with various features. Not only does it help me keep in touch with other people through phone calls and text messages, but it also lets me use high-speed internet. I can check emails, play games, listen to music, watch videos, and browse social media apps. Besides, it facilitates the usage of important apps, reading e-books, and transferring data.
This smartphone is versatile and has a lot of specialties. Hence, it is not only important to me due to its usage or its value, but also due to my emotions attached to it and my grandfather.
India is a diverse country having four distinct seasons, namely spring, summer, autumn and winter. While the southern and western India experiences moderate summers and winters, the northern regions witness the extremes. As I belong to Chandigarh, a city in the north India, most of the people including me love the winter season. This is because summers are long and sweltering while winters bring the much awaited respite from the blazing sun.
The winters begin by the end of October and last till the end of February. The weather is usually bright and sunny with few foggy days intermittently. I really enjoy basking in the sun with my friends and sipping a cup of hot coffee. During weekends, we plan to go window shopping in the seventeen sector market plaza followed by hot meals at one of our favorite joints. Also, we plan at least one trip to Shimla, a nearby hill station in the month of December , when there are chances of a snowfall. It’s still my idea of a perfect holiday with friends as there is a bit of everything to do like trekking, shopping, sightseeing , sledging and clicking loads of pictures.
Winters also bring in a lot of healthy fruits and green vegetables. This is the perfect time to try out different recipes which are colorful and full of nutrients. We do get some grandma style goodies too like peanut and jaggery sweet bars, which I absolutely love eating every now and then. What’s more, winters offer us to dress ourselves in some stylish overcoats, cardigans, caps and boots. All this and more make winter season, the most awaited season for me.
FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS
Q1. What are the seasons that you have in your country but other countries do not? Ans. That’s a difficult question actually and I need to have a sound knowledge of other countries to answer it. Still, with whatever idea I have, I can say that India is much more diverse as there are 4 distinct seasons here unlike many foreign nations. For instance, while the gulf countries witness extreme Summers, the nations in north America and Europe have long and extreme winters.
Q2. Is there a seasonal festival in your country? Ans. Yes, we do have many festivals to celebrate seasons. Harvest festivals are also seasonal festivals , celebrating both bounty and the change of seasons. Baisakhi is a festival of spring harvest in April celebrated by both Hindus and Sikhs. Then, Basant Panchmi is celebrated to welcome spring in the month of February. People dress in yellow to mark flowering of mustard fields. Also, Pongal is a harvest festival dedicated to the Sun God. It is celebrated in January in the south of India.
Describe a famous person whom you admire.
You should say:
Who this person is?
What makes him/her famous?
Where does he/she live?
and explain why you admire him/her.
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SAMPLE ANSWER-
I think we all look for certain qualities in a person we admire or follow. I have always been a huge admirer of Amitabh Bachchan. He is a Bollywood superstar and globally recognized cinema thespian. Being one of the senior most celebrity of actor, he is 76 years of age but his energetic performance does not reflect the age.
Amitabh Bachchan’s tremendous universal appeal and influencing personality makes him top the list of World’s Most Admired People. His qualities and down to earth nature are the reasons why people regard him as one of the greatest actor any film industry has ever produced. When I read an article on his biography, I came to know about the struggles he has gone through during the early days when he encountered rejection and flopped movies. Even after being a global personality, Mr. Bachchan is well known for his punctuality and giving his 100% in all tasks. Age is just a number for him as with increasing age, he’s getting even better with his performance on screen.
Mumbai is the film capital of our country and Amitabh Bachchan belonging to India lives there. He lives there in a mansion where fans religiously stand outside on weekends just to get a glimpse of the legend.
I admire Mr. Bachchan not only because he’s a great actor, but for his contribution to society as well. He is a social activist. His donations to various non-profit organizations and reliefs funds are also worth a praise. Mr. Bachchan has also been honored with popular Indian awards, which makes me admire and respect him even more.
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Describe a famous person you are interested in.
Who is this person and how do you know him?
Did you happen to meet him? If yes, then tell when and where?
What was the person doing before becoming famous how did he turn famous?
And what qualities do you admire in him?
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SAMPLE ANSWER TWO-
Famous persons become personalities or stars for the bourgeois society. They are intentionally broadcasted on media exhibiting their panache and lifestyle, in general. Most of us feel highly immersed in their charisma and get mesmerized by their auras. People even endeavour to impersonalize those famous characters. I, being no exception, am devotedly interested in that genius maestro of cricket and considered God by Indian cricket lovers, Sachin Tendulkar. I used to watch and play cricket since 1980’s but beginning from 90’s and for the next fifteen years, what I witnessed was a phenomenon whenever he used to be on pitch.
No, unfortunately I could never grab that opportunity of meeting the cricket doyen, but I was always in a state surpassing even anxiety and thrill, whenever I Imagined that moment. Still, I have not yet belied my hopes and I am very optimistic of meeting him some day.
Out of my curiosity for this wizard, I read and heard about him a lot. Sachin Sir hails from a middle class Brahmin family near Dadar, Mumbai. His father was a poet and mother was working with Insurance industry. He took up cricket at a very young age of 11, getting admission in India cricket Club. He has represented Bombay domestically and India internationally for nearly 25 years. He made his international test debut against Pakistan’s menacing bowling attack, when he was just 16. Later on, he traversed almost every milestone and earned immense fame and love for setting his own new landmarks in cricket.
Well, his courteous and humble personality, despite being Sachin, has always taken the wide applause everywhere. His focus and elegance in his play of game is apparently superhuman. His adroitness and blitzkrieg reflexes are awesome. His intelligence and temperament sets him apart from rest of the contemporaries.
STRONG WORDS
Word
Meaning
Menacing
fearful: Tsunami view in India was menacing.
Adroitness
skill: You need to be adroit in driving to take the car in hills.
Blitzkrieg
lightning attack: Snow Avalanche(storm) approaches like a blitzkrieg.
Ostentation
pretension: One should shed away ostentation to live an honest life.
Follow-up Questions
Q. 1 How do you think a person becomes famous?
Sample answer: Success journey to fame, wealth and power comes at a great expense. One has to be passionately involved in an action to bear good fruits. Practice, dedication, watchfulness and unwavering hope for the goal makes a person successful and success brings fame as an appendix.
Q. 2 How do you think about those who are famous for notoriety?
Sample answer: Actually, the people who get the news attention because of their misdeeds are not famous, they are rather infamous. This brings a sham for him and all those who are associated with him. Path has prominent importance in reaching to a destination. Even though infamous people earn money but they never get that respect and dignity from society.
Q. 3 Do you want to get famous? If yes, then in which field?
Sample answer: Yes, I also want to get famous. But here I should be judgemental about my talents and passions. Because, until and unless, you have an alloy of both, there are only bleak chances of success and fame. I think writing is my passion and I possess apt talent too. So, I think, with the consistent pursuance of my passion, one day I shall be a famous person.
Q. 4 Do you think there is a change in attitude of people after becoming famous?
Sample answer: We can say that, attitude inversion, is a widespread common characteristic witnessed in celebrities, nowadays. They float hefty airs around them and apparently believe in ostentation. Special attention down poured on them by public imbibes an arrogant artificiality in them. But, I think that, there do exist famous people who still live a humble and courteous life and remain polite in their demeanour and Sachin is one of them.
Life has become very fast paced and hectic in modern days. This has had a negative impact on individual health. I have experienced deterioration in my health due to similar reasons. I was fed up with various health problems plaguing my body last year and this year I decided to maintain a proper routine including physical exercise in order to avoid such problems and to maintain my health. Since then, I have chosen to wake up early in the morning and go for jogging for an hour every day.
I remember my mother advising me to start my day with this activity, and now I go along with her to jog. I go with her to my society garden, which is large and full of greenery. I jog on the pathway around it completing several laps. I wake up at 5:30 am sharply and come back at 6:30 to start my day.
Mornings are a time when the air and the environment is fresh and less contaminated than any other time of the day. So breathing the fresh air, doing the exercises and jogging amongst the greenery is definitely a very healthy habit. I feel rejuvenated and more ready to face the day. This activity has shown a drastic visible impact on my health and has helped me improve at an increased rate. It not only helps me keep a healthy body, but also a sound mind. This is why I have chosen this physical activity that I enjoy a lot.
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