Ielts jeremy Chiron Ideas and Examples for ielts speaking

5. How important is it to maintain individuality?
It is fundamental to maintain individuality. Even if you are part of a team, you should fix
yourself some personal goals, because you can't always depend on others. In addition, if you
improve yourself, everyone will benefit from it. Nowadays, I think that it is important to think by
one's self, and make decisions independently. In China, we receive an education that does not

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encourage individuality or originality (everyone learns the same things, and everyone must learn
the same philosophies), but it is essential to be creative and independent in today's world. You should
realize what is good for your own future. Plus, I think it is very nice to have time on your own
sometimes. I was raised as an only child, and I enjoy being alone from time to time.
6. What kinds of public events are popular where you live?
Well, in my city there are a lot of concerts held in theaters or stadiums. In addition, during
traditional festivals, it is very common to see parades in the streets, as well as exhibitions and
performances unfolding in the city center. We usually have the Dragon Dance for Spring Festival,
and it is followed by the Lantern Festival which brightens up the whole city. There is also a very
popular road race in my city. People from all over the province come to take part in a 10-kilometer
run.
Agriculture in China
Tell me about agriculture in your country.
You should say:
how important agriculture is in your country
whether it is difficult to be a farmer
what the main agricultural products are in your country
and explain what people think about the agricultural world in your country.
• Millions of fanners in China = num
ber 1 in fann output
• Difficult life for fa
mers
• Townships: fanners share the land
•
A lot of fanners move to the city
• Innovations in the field: organic food + production techniques
Agriculture plays an important role in the Chinese economy. I read somewhere that there were
some 300 million fanners in China! That's a huge number and that is why China is ranked number
1 in the world for farm output (production). Chinese fanners mostly produce rice, wheat, potatoes,
peanuts, tea and cotton.
Although there are many fanners all around the country, most of them have a difficult life and
they struggle to make money. The problem is that they don't have so much land to cultivate. In the
mountains, farmers cannot use machinery to work the fields. They must use a cow or buffalo to
plough the land. It's very labor-intensive. In addition, the weather can have some dramatic
consequences for farm productions.
Most famers work together. They create their own little groups made up of different families,
and they all farm the land together. Most plots are organized into community areas (we call
"townships").
As China continues to industrialize, big sections of agricultural land are converted into
industrial land. Fanners lose their farms and they very often migrate to the city to become factory
workers. There is a big gap between urban and rural lifestyles and most young people don't want to
stay in the countryside. They believe they could have a better future in the city.
However, there have also been some recent innovations in Chinese agriculture, such as the
development of organic agriculture. Farmers in some areas understand that they must organize crop
rotation (to allow the earth to produce more) and use compost and biological pest control in order

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to be more successful. This is beneficial in terms of food safety and export opportunities.