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

If you can talk about the cue card topic 
"Describe a modern building."
 you 
should be able to talk about the following IELTS cue cards topics as well: 
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Describe a beautiful house or building in your hometown.
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Describe an interesting building you have seen.
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Describe the office where you or someone you know once worked.
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Describe the largest building you have ever seen.
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Describe a structure or building with architectural interest.

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Describe a famous building in your country.
Describe an artist or entertainer you admire.
 
You should say:
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who is s/he
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what s/he does 
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how successful s/he is 
and explain why you admire him/her. 
[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.]
Model Answer:
Charlie Chaplin is one of the most popular comic actors of all times. The English 
actor has won the heart of global audiences with his extraordinary 
performance even in the age of silent movies. He not only is an actor, rather is 
a composer and filmmaker. 
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE, is commonly known as Charlie Chaplin in the 
entertainment history. He was born in the 18th century in London, though 
there are no official records for his birthplace. His parents were music hall 
entertainers and he gained the legacy. He established himself as an icon in the 
film industry. He is a special actor who performed over 75 years at a stretch. 
He started performing the comic character since his childhood and continued 
till the year before his death. All of his performances have been adored and 
criticised. But the most important thing about him is that nobody could have 
surpassed his success so far. All of his performances were filled with satire to 
the society and often gave messages to the audiences to change themselves. 
He began his career at an early childhood for his survival. 
Charlie Chaplin is probably the best comedian of the world. He has performed 
in many movies though he began his career with stage shows. His early life was 
filled with hardship. His family turned poor as his father left while his mother 
had to struggle for survival and she was financially insolvent. So, he had to take 
responsibility of himself for his own survival. He started performing in different 
music halls and after some days, he turned into a stage actor. He was skilled in 

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comedy and thus he became a comedian. When he was 19, he got engaged 
with a prestigious company that accelerated his career. He settled in the USA. 
He officially started appearing in movies since 1914. He developed the Tramp 
persona which made him more famous than before. The number of his fans 
increased after adopting the specific walking style and costume. Making a 
Living was his first movie but his debut on Tramp was in his second released 
movie named Kid Auto Races at Venice. 
Charlie Chaplin is one of most successful comic actors. He also directed his own 
movies from his early age. He believed that only he would be able to express 
the things which are required for the success of his movies. The results were 
awesome. The movies he directed are still popular among the audiences. He 
became globally famous by 1918 and it was done only by his excellent and 
sincere performance on the movies. He made movies with silent features. In 
fact, the movies only showed the scenes and expression of the artists but there 
were no sounds against the expressions. Though he was asked to move in the 
sound films, he rejected the ideas. The combined foundation of a distribution 
company made him complete and he started directing his own movies without 
any further troubles. But he was made controversial after the making of The 
Great Dictator that satirised Adolf Hitler and that started losing his popularity. 
He was also made subject to different scandals and especially the marriage of a 
younger woman was in the focus of attentions. Later he was forced to go away 
from the USA. All such issues made him a bit nervous and he left his Tramp in 
the later films. 
I like Charlie Chaplin for different reasons. The first and the most important 
cause behind preferring his is that he was a perfectionist. Besides, he was a 
brilliant actor, a great musician, a perfect director, a great producer and an 
expert editor. He has directed almost all of his movies, composed music for the 
movies, has produced and edited them. He took years to make films and 
majority of the movies were about social and political issues and themes that 
were preferred by the audiences. Some of his movies are considered as the 
greatest movies ever made in the entertainment industry. He struggled in the 
early part of his life but later he gained financial stability that allowed him to 
make movies independently. Before making a movie, he underwent lots of 
preparations to make them perfect and thus the movies he made are still 
appealing to all ages of audiences.