IELTS Speaking Normal Lesson (NL) Class Notes Teacher Zim

Part 1: GARBAGE

 Why do some people throw garbage on the street?

Several reasons.
They don't have awareness that it's important to protect our environment so they just throw garbage on the street.
Second, there is not enough garbage can on the street so they just throw it anywhere.
Lastly, they do not have sense of environmental protection and education.

 What do you do with garbage when you are on the street?

If I have some garbage while I'm on the street - hold garbage until I find a trashcan, if there's none, I will hold it and bring it home. Why?

 How do you feel when you see people throw garbage on the street?
I feel uncomfortable - the behavior makes our city lose its beauty and I think it's a lack of education that caused many people to do it. I want to
advise them to pick up their garbage and throw it to the trash can.

 Do you think your city is clean or not?

I think our city is clean and neat - because the cleaners work every day from the morning to the night and there are many equipment for cleaning
the city such as the _________. I think that our government did what they can do to make our city clean.

 Have you ever helped someone clean up the trash?

Yes, we are educated that we should clean the trash by ourselves from primary school and we do our cleaning by ourselves, and besides, I usually
clean up the trash of my ______ because it's a heavy work for him. When I live in the university, I often do the work of cleaning up in our room
and keep our room neat.

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Describe an occasion when you  Vision Protection  When I saw this topic, the occasion when I got an incorrect information which
got incorrect information came first to my mind was about the advertisement of Vision Protection.

You should say:

Why you got it  Nearsighted  A heavy homework and the wrong way of reading gave harm to my eyes and
 Glasses led to the NEARSIGHTEDNESS of my eyes at a very young age, of about 10
 Worry years old. I have to wear glasses all day and my mother was worried about my
eye health, so she browsed some books and asked her friends about how to
improve my eyes.
When you got it  12 years old  When I was 12 years old, I heard that there was a method of curing my eyes.
How you got it  Mother  The information came from my mother, telling that one of her workmates
 Quack found a doctor who has a special medicine for the eyes, but actually, the Doctor
was a quack and he sold the medicine to me and told me not to wear glasses
except for the classes.
How you found it was incorrect  Worse Vision  However, following his directions, my vision got worse and worse as well as
 Eye-Degree the sight of my mother’s workmate. The grade of my eyes rose rapidly and
 Astigmatism what’s more, the astigmatism appeared. So, I turned to a Doctor in the best
 Doctor hospital in my province to ask for help. He told me that it is useless taking this
medicine and suggested me wearing glasses all day. Thanks to his advices that
the grade of my eyes stopped rising.
And how you felt about it  Regret  I regret trusting the Quack doctor and my vision could have been better
without the incorrect information that I have heard of.

So, we must have to ascertain information before we believe them.

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 What kinds of professions are related to giving information to others?
I think there are many kinds of profession which are related to giving information.
a. Customer Service – give you product details, for example, they give the functions of the mobile phone, the price, the discount.
b. NEWS Anchor – they share updates about current events.
c. Salesmen on the mall – if you ask about the product and its functions, they will also discuss to you.

 What’s the difference between giving information by phone and by email?

I think there are 2 differences:
a. If you get information by phone, it may be annoying and disturbing. If interested, you can talk with the salesman.
b. If by email, it's difficult to connect with profession and to talk about the details.

A. Phone
Advantage:
- It is convenient to discuss the details.
- It is sure that the other person understood the details.

Disadvantage:
- Annoying and disturbing

B. Email
Advantage:
- It is very formal and looks charming.
- It’s not annoying

Disadvantage:
- It might be neglected.
- It might not be seen immediately.