1- a situation when you waited for a bus or a train 2- a challenging profession you know about

"Describe a person who likes to travel 
by plane."
you should be able to talk about the following IELTS cue card topics 
as well: 
x
Describe someone you know who travels a lot.
x
Describe an interesting person you know about. 
x
Describe someone adventurous you know about. 
Describe a time when you waited for something or someone.
 
You should say:
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who or what you waited for 
x
when and how long you waited for the person or thing 
x
where you waited 
and explain why you waited for the person or thing.
[You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one 
minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to 
help you if you wish.]

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Model Answer 1:
Waiting is always unpleasant but we cannot avoid it. Sometimes we are to wait 
even we do not want to. In last week, I also had to wait for a friend who came 
to my place for attending my elder sister’s marriage ceremony. 
Though I invited few of my college friends to attend the ceremony, all of them 
could not attend due to their private business and send me their regrets for 
their absence. But, Stephen Robert, one of my closest friends attended the 
ceremony and I went at the Amaravati railways station in Maharashtra. Robert 
came from Delhi where he lives with his family in India. Mostly his family 
belongs to Britain and since his parents are working at the local British 
embassy, he is to stay with them. Both Robert and I are in the same college 
and share a deep friendship. So, he arrived finally after keeping me waited for 
about two and a half hour. 
Right before the day of the marriage ceremony, he arrived at Maharashtra. 
Since he is unfamiliar with the locality, he asked me to go to the Amaravati 
station to bring him at my home. Accordingly, I reached the station about 20 
minutes before of the train’s arrival. But I had to wait long (2.5 hours) as the 
train missed the schedule. The train made late due to an accident that derailed 
another train filled with cargo. So, the train could not move until the distressed 
waggons and locomotive were removed. I wanted to get back home but Robert 
asked me to wait. He was a bit afraid as this was his first solo travel. So, I had 
to wait for him. 
Waiting was not that much unsatisfactory as I read books on the platform. 
There were many small benches attached to the ground. I took my seat at a 
corner and started reading a thriller. By the same time, I was listening songs 
from my iPod. I also took some snacks from a nearby store. However, the 
waiting period was not that much pleasant as the station is a crowded place. 
Trains from different stations are arriving here while some of the passengers 
are boarding and the rest other are descending. Porters are moving here and 
there in search of work. The entire station turns lively when a train arrives and 
becomes calm when the train leaves the station. I have found that some of the 
people were there to see off their relations. It was truly painful to see 
someone cry. 
I, in fact, waited for Robert for some specific reasons. Firstly, he is a stranger in 
my locality. The second issue is that he was travelling a long distance. It took 

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over 24 hours for him to reach Maharashtra from Delhi. When he asked me to 
stay at the station, I replied him that I will. But I did not have the idea that train 
will be late. But I waited for the long hours on my moral ground. After all, he is 
my invited guest and I must be there to receive him. I could have sent 
someone else at the station but he said that he would be happier to see me 
there. Considering all the issues, I went to the station and waited until he 
reached.