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 an artist or entertainer you 
admire."
 you should be able to talk about the following IELTS cue cards topics 
as well:

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Describe an actor/ actress you admire.
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Describe a famous actor in your country.
x
Describe a celebrity you like. 
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Describe a famous actor you really admire.
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Describe your favourite artist or actor.
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Describe someone who is very popular in your country.
Describe a foreign culture that you like.
 
You should say:
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what culture it is 
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how you know about it 
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what differences there are between that culture and your own 
and explain why you like that foreign culture. 
[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:
My father is a businessman and he owns some of the reputed clothing stores in 
India. Recently I went to China with him to open a branch there. The traditional 
Lion Dance attracted me most in my short visit to China. 
Every nation has their respective cultures and traditions. Similarly, Chinese 
people also have their respective norms and rules, and they follow the rules 
strictly. In fact, China is enriched with cultures and rituals and the citizens of 
the country are busy round the year to celebrate those. Lion Dance is one of 
the traditional Chinese dance and a part of Chinese cultural traditions. The 
dances are mostly during different festivals. Most of the Chinese citizens are 
on the view that the dance helps to bring good luck for those who arrange it 
and eliminates the impacts of evil powers from those specific organisers. So, 
they also organise the dance during different events like opening a new 
business or company or starting any activities that need the backings from the 
luck. However, the dance is enjoyable all of the times regardless of its 

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arrangement either for a business opening or marking any local festival. 
Before visiting China, I was not familiar with the culture. In fact, I had no idea 
about this. In my land, people usually break coconuts before doing something 
good. The events may vary of size and shape but the activity is always the 
same. A coconut will be broken by the owner or any important individual so 
that all the barriers go away or get broken by the coconut. But when I came to 
China with my father, I was surprised about the Lion Dance. I had seen such 
types of dances on television and thought that the dance was something to be 
performed during the festivals. But when the dance took place before our 
branch in China, I was amazed by the dance. The dancing moves were also 
attractive and the performers maintained the perfect balance of their moves 
which made it enjoyable. The performers of the dance have displayed a varied 
range of dances with the large lion mask on them and they did it cheerfully so 
that the dance could be effective in eliminating the evil powers. 
In India, typically some religious activities are done during the opening of any 
business or something new. Even when people make a new house for them, 
they follow some religious norms. Almost all of the people from different 
religions follow their respective norms directed from the religious leaders. 
Breaking a hard piece of coconut is one of the most popular norms when 
people start something new for them. If the coconut is not broken in a single 
strike, it is considered that the initiative will not be fruitful for them who have 
organised the event. So, they try to leave the project or the initiative. But in 
China, the rituals are a bit different. The Lion Dance is organised in a large scale 
and a team of participants perform here. They are hired to perform the dance 
perfectly so that there are no chances of evil forces to come back there again. 
I think the Lion Dance is powerful as it does not require breaking coconuts in 
single strikes which often becomes risky. The people in India firmly believe that 
the first time failure to break the coconut will invite negative forces but in 
China, there are no such issues. Due to the performance of the Lion Dance, 
there are no such scopes for the evils to penetrate in the project. 
I like the Lion Dance for some specific reasons. In India, the religious activities 
or breaking the coconut occurs in a small scale. Only a few people who are 
intimately related to the project are invited to the event. This is not an 
attractive event at all. But the Lion Dance is entirely opposite to my culture. It 
begins with the walking of the lion before the business, company or the 
project. The lion opens its eyes on the doors of the project where some 

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traditional fruits and food crops are hanged. The dance is performed by some 
professional service providers and thus the chances for mistakes are less. 
Besides, a couple of lions are used in the dance and each of the lions contains 
two men to perform it. The performers imitate the moves of the lions and take 
different shapes with the mask that a real lion makes. The dresses and the 
masks used in the dance are colourful and the performances are really 
wonderful. So, I like this culture in China.