Ielts jeremy Chiron Ideas and Examples for ielts speaking

1.On what occasions do people give gifts in your country?
We always give gifts to each other during Spring Festival. It is traditional to offer food, clothes, and
sometimes money to children in the family. Whenever we go to visit our relatives we usually
exchange red envelopes that contain money, and we bring tea or liquor alcohol) to each other. In
addition, nowadays it is pretty common to bring a gift to friends or relatives on their birthdays,
although most people generally just buy a card and a cake, because birthdays are not such a big deal
in my country.

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2. Compare the kinds of presents that are given to children now with those given in
the past.
Okay. Well, I guess that in the past, children frequently received clothes, books or candy on
important occasions, like the traditional festivals. But nowadays electronic items might be more
popular. Things like portable video games
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MP3s, or mobile phones are great gifts for kids and
teenagers· Of course they cost quite a lot of money, but people also earn more than in the past. The
differences between the toys kids received 30 years ago and today's toys are huge. In the past they
had card games, marbles, and usually toys their grandpas made of wood, but today's toys are
sophisticated action figures, Game Boys and other technological items. It's on a whole different
level.
3. How important is the cost of a present?
Well, we usually say that what really matters is the thought, not the cost, but I think it really
depends on who is giving the present. For example, if it's a friend who doesn't have much money,
of course the price of the gift doesn't matter at all. But I am sure that if a man only buys something
cheap for his girlfriend, the girl will complain or think that her boyfriend is stingy
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I guess that
sometimes just remembering a birthday or Valentine's Day
is not enough…Men also need to make
an effort to make it special and memorable.