1- a situation when you waited for a bus or a train 2- a challenging profession you know about

Describe a project you had to do in your studies or job.
 
You should say:
x
what type of project it was 
x
what the main aim of the project was 
x
who helped you with it 
and say what you learned from this project.
[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 1:
I want to establish myself as an interior designer and accordingly got admitted 
at Martin School of Design in Brisbane, Australia. I recently have completed a 
designing project related to my course completion. 
This project was about designing the interior of an office building and I was 
assigned as the chief designer of the entire project. Though it was a 
demonstration, I had to complete the project successfully to get my desired 
degree. The School authority assigned me a moderate space of a large building 
to decorate for a multinational corporation and I had to complete the project 

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within three days. I had to measure the space, check the wall colour, furniture 
size and number, the budget for the decoration and many other things 
together. At first, I drew a sketch and separated that into several sections. 
Then I drew the furniture placed on different spaces to have an idea how they 
will look like when they are really placed in the office. Then I had to think 
about the colour pattern and its similarity with the furniture. The School 
authority told me to use suitable colours with the furniture and I picked so. 
Finally, when the project was done, I was surprised with the result! The design 
brought and A+ for me in the course. 
I had studied the course for over one year and learnt everything related to the 
interior decoration. The course instructors cordially trained me with the issues 
related to interior decoration like the use of stylish elements, colour 
combination, how to make spaces in small rooms, lighting at the rooms and 
many other relevant things. So, the project solely aimed to test my skills and 
expertise over the things that I have learnt. The authority wanted to check my 
real life ability in interior decoration and how I deal with troublesome 
situations. In fact, the project was seriously a trouble with the issues of colour 
and furniture size. The majority of the furniture was of medium size and I had 
to place them in different small chambers and also had to match the room 
colour with the furniture. I had to use different light and deep shades to meet 
the purpose and some of the shades were tougher to find out. Besides, it was 
the final test for me to pass the diploma course and based on this practical 
project, my scores were to be set. However, the project was a grand success 
for me and I achieved the highest grade point against the project. 
Since it was my last project and the responsibilities were huge, the School 
authority engaged some of the junior students with me to support me and 
learn something practical that they have been reading in the books. I was 
associated with four junior students of my department who were of great help 
to me to complete the project smoothly. They followed all of my orders and 
turned useful most during the furniture replacement. Being a female, it was 
difficult indeed for me to shift medium-sized weighty furniture like wooden 
tables, wooden chairs and other stuff. They helped me to the largest extent in 
this case and I am grateful to them for their unconditional contribution. But I 
have also shared my knowledge and understanding over the entire course with 
them as well to make their senses developed like mine. As a result, we formed 
a team and worked excellently until the project finished. The project was truly 
helpful for them and as their first experience, they had done very well.

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To be frank, I learnt lots of things from the project. Earlier, all my knowledge 
was based on the books and power point presentations. But when I was 
assigned to the project, I found that I had to apply all my earned knowledge. 
The knowledge was useful for many purposes and I effectively applied them. 
But I had some troubles regarding the colour selection in rooms. Each of the 
spaces was different from the other and thus the colour pattern was dissimilar 
too. Besides, the lighting system also was a bit difficult and concealing the 
lights under different shades and covers which were the two other most 
challenging tasks in the project. I also had to use some mirrors for special 
lighting effects and in that case, I had to invest my ready wit and common 
sense to adjust the issue. Finally, I completed the project with a deep sense of 
satisfaction and learnt to decorate the interior perfectly.