Ielts jeremy Chiron Ideas and Examples for ielts speaking

3. Compare living in older housing with more modern accommodations.
4. Do young adults normally live in the family home in your culture?
Vocabulary
Your house can be…
Size: average, big, colossal, giant, gigantic, great, huge, immense, large, mammoth, massive
Style: modern, ancient, old, old-fashioned, abundant, empty, bright, dark, colorful, crowded,
cute, drab (= boring), dull, distinct (= special), elegant, fancy (= highly decorated
），
gleaming
(= flashy), grotesque (= looks ridiculous), homely (= lacks elegance), spotless (= clean
），
haunted

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5 Your Hometown
Proverb
：
Home is where the heart is
．
=No matter where you are
，
"home" is where you feel
most comfortable and content
．
Sample Answer:
Your Hometown
A Place of Interest in Your City
A Modern Building in Your Hometown
Practice
：
The Best Parts of Your Hometown
A Place You Have Visited
Key Words
Nice = pleasant = enjoyable
amazing = stunning
impressive = spectacular
quiet = calm = peaceful
a huge city = a metropolis
famous = renowned
architecture = construction design
lively = dynamic = colorful

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Your Hometown
Tell me about your hometown
．
You should say:
where you are from
what is special about your hometown
whether the city has changed in recent years
and explain whether you like staying in your hometown or not.
·
Which city? Geographical situation
- Fuzhou, Fujian, southern China
·
Qualify the city
- Pleasant and peaceful: mountains
·
Tourist destinations +food specialties
- Temples architecture colorful dishes
·
Compare with other cities (modern and old)
- a mix of ancient and modern (great changes)
·
Changes in recent years
- old areas were destroyed =modern residences
I was born and raised in Fuzhou. This is my hometown, and I have lived here most of my life.
Fuzhou is the capital city of Fujian Province, and it is also one of the major harbors in southern
China.
It is a pleasant and peaceful city in spite of its 7 million inhabitants
．
Fuzhou is surrounded by
mountains and bamboo forests
．
As a result, it is easy to get away for the weekend, to enjoy
impressive waterfalls or to go hiking up in the woods. When people come to Fuzhou, they usually
visit a temple or two, take photos of the huge banyan trees, and take a dip in the natural hot
springs
．
Fuzhou is famous for its colorful and sweet cuisine
．
The specialties here are sweet and
sour pork and sea food, since we are not far at all from the coast. The locals will definitely try to
make you taste the renowned fish balls and drink local green tea.
Although Fuzhou is the largest city in Fujian, it does not seem as developed as other
metropolises in the country. Fuzhou is an ancient city that spread out around the Min River. The
areas worth visiting are scattered
（＝
spread) about the city. The best way to discover Fuzhou is by
bike. You will discover several old neighborhoods with narrow alleyways and paved streets
．
There
are some charming places
．
Nevertheless, most of the old city has been torn apart, and skyscrapers and high-rises have now
replaced the typical old wooden houses pretty much everywhere
．
In addition, wider streets were
built to facilitate traffic
．
Fuzhou has undergone massive changes in the last ten years, and now the
city is still expanding both north and south of the Min River. I like to think that the city is becoming
cleaner and better organized although I know there is still work to do. I love my hometown because
it's an incredible mix of old and new, and next year if I get to go abroad I will miss both my city and
its people.
Vocabulary
·
Engineers must make sure that the new bridge can withstand both high winds and earthquakes.
·
This dam is an amazing engineering feat. The engineers changed the course of a huge river to
build it.
·
Some people were against the project, while others supported it. It was a big controversy. (Sources
：
World Link series)
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