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

"Describe a gift you bought for others 
that took you a long time to choose."
you should be able to talk about the 
following IELTS cue card topics as well: 
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Describe a gift you gave to someone. 
x
Describe something you gave to a friend recently.
x
Describe a gift or present you gave to someone. 
Describe a person who likes to travel by plane.
You should say:
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who this person is 
x
how you know this person 
x
where this person travels to 
and explain why this person likes to travel by plane.

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[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:
Travelling is always pleasant, and if it is on a plane the joys know no bounds. 
Travelling on air has some special benefits and there are some people who 
prefer to travel on an aeroplane for some specific reasons. 
Mr Nicholas Alberto, a Spanish national and businessman whom I share the 
apartment in Paris, loves to travel by plane. He is a perfect gentleman and I 
have never seen him travel by road for his business and other purposes. In fact, 
he loves to travel y planes for some benefits. The first and most important 
benefit, according to Mr Alberto, is the comfort. When he travels on a plane, 
he feels more comfortable than travelling by road or by sea. Besides, he 
prefers the speed. He believes that air travel is the speediest medium of 
transport. In fact, there are some truths in his belief. Travelling by air saves 
more time than travelling by the other possible means. He also adores the 
safety issues. To him, air travel is almost risk-free. 
I am a student of Paris College of Art and live in a rented apartment in Paris. 
My parents live in Strasbourg. Since my father is a government employee, he 
cannot leave his station and my mother is a high school teacher. So, I have to 
live alone in the city and I hired an apartment here to live in. As it was a bit 
expensive for me, I advertised for a roommate to be with me in the apartment. 
Accordingly, Mr Alberto arrived and both of us started sharing the apartment. 
It has been about three and a half years we are living under the same roof. He 
is a gentleman and most of the time he remains out of the home for his 
business purposes. But he shares the rent and some other necessary expenses 
for the apartment with me. 
Mr Alberto has different business and he is solely responsible to look after all 
the things. So, he is always busy. He imports olive oil from Spain and 
distributes those in the local markets. Sometimes he also imports spices from 
different countries to be sold to the superstores and markets. As a result, he is 
always in a hurry. To maintain liaison with the Spanish businessmen and other 
people he has to travel in different parts of the globe. Sometimes he travels to 
Spain, his native land, sometimes in Asian countries including India, 
Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka to collect spices and other food ingredients. I heard 
him saying that he also travelled to the South American countries and have 

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travelled almost half of the world.
Mr Alberto has some special theories of his own and he always follows them. I 
have some travelling experiences with him and found that he is fond of 
comfort. He never compromises with comfort even if he is to pay some extra 
bucks. Since the air travel is more comfortable, he travels by plane in every 
case. But if he is to travel inside France, he never uses the public transports 
rather hires cars from the car rentals even if it is a half an hour journey. 
Another important issue is that he is to maintain deadlines. If he is late to 
reach the destinations, he may have to experience losses. So, he does not want 
to take risks in this case. Travelling by planes is speedier and takes less time to 
reach places out of France. Besides, the travelling by plane is economic in 
many cases. You do not need to wait in a queue for tickets or suffer the solar 
heat in a clogged road. For all these reasons, Mr Alberto travels by planes in 
most of the time.