Ielts jeremy Chiron Ideas and Examples for ielts speaking

Vocabulary
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I always seem. to be hard-up these days
（
=short of money
．）
·
I would like to buy a car. My budget is around 150;000 yuan
．
What can I get for this price?
．
At the age of 23 my father used to work like crazy to make ends meet. He set up his own
business.
．
He started from scratch
．
He didn't have much and he couldn't squander it all on silly things
like fancy clothes.
．
He now makes a decent salary, and he likes to splurge on
（
= indulge in
）
a nice dinner once in
a while.
(Source
：
World Link series)

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1 .How important is it to save money for the future?
It's fundamental to save money for the future for many reasons. First of all, if you really want
to enjoy life, you need to put money aside to pay for a holiday or to buy a car or a house. In addition,
in case of emergency, it's wise to have money saved somewhere. For example, if someone in my
family gets sick, which I hope won't happen (knock on wood!), getting a top-notch doctor or surgeon
costs a lot of money in my country, and it's essential to have enough to afford medical care. On top
of this, if you want to get married, you need money because girls won't get married to a guy who
doesn't have anything. Later on, you have kids, and giving them a good education comes at a price.
Saving money is indispensable in today's world.
2. Do parents and children have different attitudes to saving money?
Yes, most probably, because children don't usually fully understand the notion of money. Young
people don't need to worry about money or their future, because their parents are taking care of them.
However, I think that children's attitude towards money will depend on their parents' behavior.
Parents act as role models for their kids and kids will
parents)
，
no matter whether they
’re careful about money or don’
hesitate to spend it.