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Alright, we are ready to begin. This is the speaking test of the International English Language Testing System taking place on the 11th of February. Center number DDE120. The candidate is Harvey. The candidate's number is 01313458. The examiner is Samson Sees. Examiner number 443533.

Good afternoon. My name is Samson. Could you please tell me your full name?

Yes, I'm Marina Zafi.

Great, and can I see your identification, please?

Here you are.

Thank you very much. Alright, now in the first part of the test, I'm going to ask you some questions about yourself. First, I'd like to ask you some questions about your free time. Describe a place in your city or town where you like to go in your free time.

Well, there is this huge shopping mall right in the western part of my city called Bumland. I really like it there, and it has a great number of stores of all kinds. I usually go there in my leisure time with my sister, and I enjoy window shopping there. Although there are so many other things to do, people can go there to do their shopping, spend time together, and just have fun in their leisure time.

Wonderful. And why do you like to go there in particular?

I think it's because there are so many different activities that you can do there. Whatever I need to buy, I can find it there. Or if I want to get together with my friends, it's a great place for us to hang out for a while. In summary, to just have a conclusion, I can say that it's like a little city under one roof. It's amazing.

Great. And is there anything you don't like about it?

Yes, the only thing that I can think of is the parking situation. The parking garage is so crowded, and sometimes I have to spend a lot of time just driving around to find an empty spot. Besides, I have just obtained my driving license, so it's kind of annoying and it annoys me even more. So I think that they should have a system to show us where the empty spots are so that we can just go right to the spots without driving around and around for a long time.

Great. And is it a popular place for people in your city?

Absolutely, yes. It's a well-known place among Iranians, especially people who live in Tehran. I think one of the reasons is because you can do many different activities there, as I mentioned before, and there are so many things that you can purchase. The other reason that I can think of is that you can find whatever you need, and people can buy different stuff without needing to go anywhere else afterwards.

Wonderful. And let's now move on to talk about the internet. How often do you use the internet?

To be honest, I'm almost always online since my work and my studies both can be undertaken through the internet, especially since this coronavirus situation happened. We don't have any other choice than to use the internet. I usually use the internet to find information both for my work and some personal reasons. So I can say that I'm using the internet several times a day.

Wow. And do you like shopping online?

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of online shopping because it's so easy, and it's kind of my thing. I can say it that way. The shipping costs are kind of high, but it's worth it, and I really enjoy searching the net and finding information before I make a big purchase. That is one of the big benefits that online shopping has.

Okay, thank you very much. Alright, now I'm going to give you a topic, and I'd like you to talk about it for up to two minutes. Before you talk, you'll have one minute to think about what you're going to say, and you can make notes if you wish. Do you understand?

Yes, I understand.

Okay, wonderful. So here's a piece of paper and a pencil to make notes. Here is the topic: Describe a hobby you enjoy doing. You have one minute to make notes. You may start now.

Oh, okay, I think I'm ready.

Okay, yeah, one minute is up as well, so you may start speaking now.

One of the hobbies that I really enjoy doing is painting. I cannot say that I'm an artistic person, but I really like it. The materials that I usually use are watercolor brushes and special watercolor papers. I started learning how to paint a couple of years ago. Frankly, I can't remember why I decided to do that, but as soon as I knew that's what I wanted to do, I started looking for classes near my workplace, and that was when I was an architecture student. I've learned a lot through these years, and now I enjoy painting a lot. And that's because it's really relaxing, and it just gives me a satisfying feeling. It makes me feel great about myself and my work. One of the other reasons that I can think of is that I find it so challenging. I see it as a challenge. Making a painting look the way I want it to look has always been a challenge, and I've had some frustrations through these years. But whenever I feel like I've finally made my painting look the way I imagined it or pictured it in my mind, it's just great. It makes me feel thrilled and so proud of myself. So these are the reasons that I really enjoy painting. Also, I really like that I have something to hang on the walls, but of course, I only hang up the successful ones. But I love all of my works equally. So this relaxing hobby that I have is great and so useful.

Thank you very much. Okay, that's the end of the two minutes. May I have the papers back, please?

Sure, thank you. Here you are.

Thanks very much. Okay, so we've been talking about a hobby you enjoy doing, and now I'd like to ask you some questions related to this. What hobbies are common in your culture?

Well, Iranians have always been so interested in having different entertainments. One of the hobbies that is popular among my friends is collecting comic books. I know some people might say that it's not that commonly done among Iranians, but it is. People like collecting different comic books, including comics from other countries. However, people like collecting other things like coins or stamps, or some artistic people or creative people might like paintings and drawings. Although I think it can be an expensive collection.

Okay, and are there any hobbies that you think are not worthwhile?

To be honest, some hobbies can be a real waste of time. For me, for example, collecting baseball cards is not one of my favorites because I'm so uninterested in baseball. But of course, I cannot say that it can't be worthwhile for someone who enjoys baseball and likes this hobby. So I think that having a hobby is fine as long as it's not harmful to yourself and other people, and as long as you're having fun with it. So it's okay, and it's worth doing.

Okay, and why do you think people have hobbies?

I think people have different entertainments in their free time because they want to relax after a whole week of working or studying. We all need some time to relax and enjoy ourselves. Also, people might have hobbies to learn some new skills like drawing, knitting, or even learning a new language. And the other thing that I can think of is finding new people and new friends. You can join groups of like-minded people that have the same hobbies as you do, and that can be so great and fun. So I think these are the reasons why people allocate time to hobbies.

Right, and how important is it to encourage children to take up hobbies?

It's great. I think it's so good to motivate children to take up hobbies for themselves. That's how they can use their free time instead of just wandering around, watching TV, or just playing with their phones. It can be great; it can be a good experience, and they can learn some new skills too. I mean, even if their hobby is to just draw something simple, they can learn some useful skills too, like organizing, like setting up their mind, like choosing a goal and reaching it. So I think it can be useful in their daily life too.

Oh, great. And do you think it's also important for older people, like retired people, to take up maybe a few hobbies?

Yes, obviously. Hobbies, as I said before, can help you relax and enjoy your free time. It can also be useful to take your mind off some of the problems that you might have, work problems, personal problems, and you can just enjoy what you're doing and have fun as long as you want and you can. So it can be a great idea to have hobbies no matter how old you are or how many problems you have in your life.

Thank you very much. That's the end of the speaking test. Take a deep breath now.

I was a little bit stressed.

No, that's natural. That happens in every test. Actually, I think it happens more in the mock tests, so don't worry about that. First, we'll have a look at the four criteria, you know, just a quick round-up to get your band score. So you know what we're looking at here is easily an eight, which congratulations.

Thank you very much.

You earned it because basically, you're ticking all the boxes that the speaking tests and IELTS require. You know, we'll go through them one by one, and you know, easily you can increase that eight to a nine. I don't think you have any particular problem with what we're looking at here. So we'll start with fluency and coherence. This is the first thing we're going to look at. Again, perfect. You know, all the sentences that you're producing, the fluency sounded naturally. I thought you sounded very natural to me, very, very natural and relaxed. You had maybe a few self-repetitions

, but very little. You had a few "um"s, you know, these are just minor things you could just cross off from your list, you know, to get the nine band score rather than the eight. But, you know, you seemed very relaxed to me altogether. And your speed as a whole was good. Maybe sometimes here and there, you rushed just a tiny bit, and you could easily kill off some more time by just slowing down just a tiny bit. But again, because you were producing amazing ideas with all the answers that you were answering correctly, I don't think you had a problem with time in particular. But maybe just as a precaution, you could slow down a little bit. Vocabulary, again, was amazing. A wide range of vocabulary, using them in the correct spots, and maybe producing the same words or the same meaning but again using a wide range of vocabulary, which is very good for IELTS criteria, IELTS speaking criteria. Maybe you repeated words here and there. That happens. I mean, what do you call it? Native speakers would do the same. We all repeat our words, and that's another natural part of the language. Maybe you could just polish that up for your IELTS speaking test, again, just if you want to get that nine band score. Grammar and accuracy, again, you were using complex structures, and I don't think you had any problem with that either because you seemed very relaxed. You were using them at the correct time and one after the other. I don't think maybe at some point you were a little bit hesitant, but I think that's more about the idea that you were talking about, to continue talking about your idea.

Maybe it's a little bit sometimes hard to extend my ideas.

That's right. I think it's hard for anyone to extend their ideas, particularly if they're not prepared for the sort of questions they're going to be asked. That again could happen for a native speaker. A native speaker could fall into that trap. I wouldn't worry too much about that. Again, if you were slightly maybe hesitant thinking about your idea, maybe just a tiny bit slow down. I would say just slow down in your answers in part two and part three because it is a little bit complex when you're trying to think about multiple ideas to have a conversation with the examiner, especially in part three. But again, I don't think you had any problems with your ideas, and the complex structures that you were using, again, fantastic stuff. Pronunciation, I don't think you had any problem with pronunciation. I wouldn't look at that at all. I mean, you sounded very comfortable with all the words that you're pronouncing, whether they were the simple words or some certain tongue twisters. I felt that your tongue wasn't twisted at all. It was very good. So definitely, the pronunciation, I wouldn't concentrate on that at all. Altogether, just a bit of timing with spreading out your ideas a little bit with the answers and all that is just taking down the pace. Maybe if you're in gear five, reduce it to gear four.

Yeah, so many thoughts in my head that I need to think of, so yes, you're right.

That's right. No, that's absolutely fine. Are there any questions you'd like to ask me?

Actually, I was just worried about the time managing, and that's one of the reasons why I was trying to talk as much as I can, as fast as I can. Yeah, it was a great feedback for me to just slow down a little bit and concentrate more.

Oh, it's my pleasure. No, you did a great job, and you actually managed to control it in most of the occasions, especially part two. Even you went on to elaborate even more just to make sure the, like you were talking about time management, to make sure I'm getting over.

That's right, to keep making sure the time is over. Try not to think too much about that. If I was in your position, just, you know, stick to your ideas, just what you were doing. And yeah, again, it plays in the back of your mind, "Okay, I do have to talk for up to two minutes." But you know how it works, the examiner stops you after the two minutes. So don't worry. I mean, if you just focus on that with controlling the speed, and if you control the speed and stop that slight hesitant side with the "um"s, because we all do it. Native speakers, we always have the "um"s and the pauses. So you just polish it. It's just basically polishing up what you have, and you'd easily get that nine band score. I don't see any problem.

Yeah, I hope so.

No, I know so. So I wish you the best of luck, and well done.

Thank you. Thank you very much. It was great, and I can really use the feedback you gave me.

Oh, it's my pleasure. Anytime.

好的，我们准备开始。这是国际英语语言测试系统的口语测试，时间是2月11日。中心编号是DDE120。考生是Harvey，考生编号是01313458。考官是Samson Sees，考官编号是443533。

下午好，我叫Samson。请告诉我你的全名。

是的，我叫Marina Zafi。

好的，我可以看看你的身份证明吗？

给你。

非常感谢。好的，现在在测试的第一部分，我将问你一些关于你自己的问题。首先，我想问你一些关于你空闲时间的问题。描述一个你喜欢在空闲时间去的你所在城市或镇上的地方。

嗯，我的城市西部有一个巨大的购物中心，叫做Bumland。我非常喜欢那里，它有很多各种各样的商店。我通常在空闲时间和我的妹妹一起去那里，我喜欢在那里逛街购物。虽然那里有很多其他事情可以做，人们可以去那里购物、一起消磨时光，享受空闲时间的乐趣。

很好。你特别喜欢去那里是为什么？

我想是因为在那里你可以做很多不同的活动。不管我需要买什么，我都可以在那里找到。或者如果我想和朋友们聚会，那是一个很棒的地方，可以让我们一起度过一段时间。总的来说，我可以说那就像一个屋檐下的小城市，非常棒。

很好。那里有什么你不喜欢的地方吗？

是的，唯一能想到的是停车问题。停车场非常拥挤，有时候我得花很多时间四处开车才能找到一个空位。此外，我刚拿到驾照，所以这有点烦人，这让我更加烦恼。所以我认为他们应该有一个系统告诉我们哪里有空位，这样我们就不用开来开去找很长时间了。

很好。那是你所在城市的热门地点吗？

当然，是的。这是伊朗人，特别是德黑兰人中非常知名的地方。我想其中一个原因是因为你可以在那里做很多不同的活动，就像我之前提到的，还有很多你可以购买的东西。另一个原因是你可以找到任何你需要的东西，人们可以买到各种物品，不用再去其他地方。

很好。现在我们来谈谈互联网。你多久使用一次互联网？

说实话，我几乎一直在线，因为我的工作和学习都可以通过互联网进行，尤其是自从新冠疫情发生以来，我们没有其他选择只能使用互联网。我通常使用互联网来查找信息，无论是为了工作还是一些个人原因。所以我可以说我一天使用互联网好几次。

哇，那你喜欢在线购物吗？

是的，我是在线购物的超级粉丝，因为这非常方便，可以说这是我的一种爱好。运费有点高，但还是值得的。我真的很喜欢在网上搜索和查找信息，然后再做大件购买。这是在线购物的一个大好处。

好的，非常感谢。现在我要给你一个话题，我希望你能就这个话题谈两分钟。在你说话之前，你有一分钟的时间来思考你要说什么，你可以做一些笔记帮助你。你明白吗？

是的，我明白。

好的，很好。这是一张纸和一支笔，供你做笔记。话题是：描述一个你喜欢做的爱好。你有一分钟时间做笔记，现在可以开始了。

哦，好的，我准备好了。

好的，一分钟也到了，现在你可以开始说了。

我非常喜欢的一个爱好是画画。我不能说我是一个艺术家，但我真的很喜欢它。我通常使用的材料是水彩笔和特殊的水彩纸。我几年前开始学习如何画画。坦白说，我不记得为什么决定这么做，但一旦我知道这是我想做的，我就开始寻找我工作地点附近的课程，那时候我是一个建筑学生。这些年来我学到了很多，现在我非常享受画画。那是因为它真的很放松，让我有一种满足感。这让我对自己和我的工作感觉很好。我能想到的另一个原因是我觉得这很有挑战性。我把它看作一种挑战。让一幅画看起来像我想要的样子一直是一个挑战，这些年来我也有一些挫折。但每当我觉得我终于让我的画看起来像我想象的那样，或在我脑海中描绘的那样，那感觉真是太棒了。这让我感到非常激动和自豪。所以这些是我真的很享受画画的原因。另外，我真的很喜欢我有一些可以挂在墙上的东西，但当然，我只挂成功的作品。但我同样爱我所有的作品。所以这个放松的爱好对我来说非常棒，非常有用。

非常感谢。好的，两分钟时间到了。请把纸和笔还给我。

好的，给你。

非常感谢。好的，我们一直在谈论你喜欢做的一个爱好，现在我想问你一些与这个话题相关的问题。

你文化中有哪些常见的爱好？

嗯，伊朗人一直对有各种各样的娱乐活动非常感兴趣。我朋友中流行的一个爱好是收集漫画书。我知道有些人可能会说这在伊朗人中不常见，但实际上是的。人们喜欢收集各种漫画书，包括来自其他国家的漫画书。然而，人们也喜欢收集其他东西，比如硬币或邮票，一些艺术或创意的人可能喜欢画画和素描。尽管我认为这可能是一个昂贵的收藏。

好的，有哪些爱好你认为不值得做？

说实话，有些爱好可能真的浪费时间。对我来说，比如说，收集棒球卡就不是我喜欢的，因为我对棒球完全没有兴趣。但当然，我不能说对一个喜欢棒球并喜欢这个爱好的人来说，这不值得。所以我认为，只要这个爱好对你自己和他人没有害处，并且你从中得到乐趣，那就没问题，是值得做的。

好的，为什么你认为人们有爱好？

我认为人们在空闲时间有不同的娱乐活动，因为他们想在一整周的工作或学习之后放松一下。我们都需要一些时间来放松和享受自己。也有人可能有爱好是为了学习一些新技能，比如画画、编织，甚至学习一门新语言。我能想到的另一个原因是结交新朋友和认识新朋友。你可以加入有相同爱好的群体，那会非常棒和有趣。所以我认为这些是人们为爱好分配时间的原因。

对了，鼓励孩子们培养爱好有多重要？

非常重要。我认为激励孩子们为自己培养爱好是非常好的。这是他们可以利用空闲时间的方式，而不是只是四处闲逛、看电视或玩手机。这可以是一个很好的经历，他们也可以学到一些新技能。即使他们的爱好只是画一些简单的东西，他们也可以学到一些有用的技能，比如组织能力、设定目标并实现它。所以我认为这对他们的日常生活也很有用。

哦，很好。你认为老年人，比如退休的人，培养一些爱好也重要吗？

是的，显然重要。正如我之前所说，爱好可以帮助你放松和享受你的空闲时间。这也可以帮助你从一些问题中解脱出来，无论是工作问题还是个人问题，你可以尽情享受你在做的事情并玩得开心。所以无论你多大年纪或生活中有多少问题，培养爱好都是一个很好的主意。

非常感谢。这是口语测试的结束。现在可以深呼吸了。

我有点紧张。

不，这很正常，这在每次考试中都会发生。实际上，我认为在模拟考试中发生得更多，所以不用担心。首先，我们看看四个评分标准，你知道，只是快速回顾一下以确定你的分数。所以你知道我们在这里看的很容易是八分，恭喜你。

非常感谢。

你应得的，因为基本上你符合雅思口语测试的所有要求。我们逐一讨论，你知道，你很容易可以把八分提高到九分。我不认为你在我们这里看的方面有任何特别的问题。所以我们从流利度和连贯性开始。这是我们要看的第一件事。再次完美，你知道，你的所有句子都非常流畅，听起来非常自然。我觉得你听起来非常自然，非常放松。你可能有几次自我重复，但很少。你有几个“呃”，你知道，这些只是一些小问题，你可以从你的清单中划掉，以获得九分而不是八分。但总的来说，你看起来非常放松。你的速度整体上很好，也许有时候你稍微快了一点，但你可以通过稍微放慢速度来多花一点时间。但再次，因为你在所有问题上都提供了令人惊叹的想法，我不认为你在时间上有特别的问题。但也许作为一种预防措施，你可以稍微放慢一点速度。词汇再次很棒。广泛的词汇量，使用在正确的地方，也许有些词你重复了一些，但这很正常。我指的是，母语者也会这样。我们都会重复我们的词汇，这是语言的另一个自然部分

。也许你可以在雅思口语测试中稍微打磨一下，如果你想获得九分。语法和准确性，你使用了复杂的结构，我不认为你在这方面有任何问题，因为你看起来非常放松，你在正确的时间使用它们，一个接一个。我不认为也许在某些时候你有点犹豫，但我认为这更多是关于你在讨论的想法。

有时候延展我的想法有点困难。

没错。我认为对于任何人来说，延展他们的想法都是困难的，尤其是如果他们没有准备好要被问到的问题。这同样可能发生在母语者身上，母语者也可能陷入这种困境。所以不要太担心。如果你有点犹豫在思考你的想法，也许只是稍微放慢一点。我会说，在第二部分和第三部分的回答中稍微放慢速度，因为当你试图思考多个想法时，这有点复杂，尤其是在第三部分与考官对话时。但再次，我不认为你在想法上有任何问题，你使用的复杂结构，再次，令人惊叹。发音，我不认为你在发音上有任何问题。我根本不会关注这一点。我的意思是，无论是简单的词还是某些绕口令，你听起来都非常舒服。我觉得你的舌头根本没有打结，非常好。所以绝对地，发音，我根本不会集中在这上面。总的来说，只是时间上的一点分配，稍微分散一下你的想法和回答，这只是降低节奏，也许如果你在五档，降低到四档。

是的，我的脑子里有很多想法，我需要思考，所以你说得对。

没错，这完全没问题。你有任何问题想问我吗？

实际上，我只是担心时间管理，这也是为什么我试图尽可能多地说，尽可能快地说。是的，这是对我很好的反馈，让我稍微放慢一点速度，更集中一点。

哦，这是我的荣幸。你做得非常好，你实际上在大多数情况下都很好地控制住了，尤其是第二部分。你甚至进一步详细说明了时间管理，确保时间到了。

没错，确保时间到了。尽量不要过多考虑这个问题。如果我是你，我会专注于你的想法，就像你在做的那样。是的，再次，它会在你的脑海中浮现，“好吧，我必须谈论长达两分钟。”但是你知道它是怎么运作的，考官会在两分钟后打断你。所以不要担心，如果你只是专注于控制速度，停止那些轻微的犹豫，包括“呃”，因为我们都会这样做。母语者总是有“呃”和暂停。所以你只是打磨一下你所拥有的，你很容易获得九分。我不认为有任何问题。

是的，我希望如此。

不，我知道你可以。所以祝你好运，干得好。

谢谢，非常感谢。这很棒，我真的可以用到你给我的反馈。

哦，这是我的荣幸。随时欢迎。