Part of the ielts speaking Test Yourself 13 Reading Your Family 14

2 Your Family

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3. What kind of work do members of your family do?
BE PRECISE! It’s a great chance to show your vocabulary: DON’T BE BORING!
My Dad is a businessman
一
What kind of business? Since when? Is he busy? His
salary
？
My mother is a nurse
一
Does she like her job
？
What makes her a good nurse
？
(considerate, patient…
）
My mother is a doctor
一
What
’s her specialty (pediatrician, gynecologist, cardiologist,
psychiatrist...
）？
4. How much time do you manage to spend with family and relatives?
I only get to see my parents on the weekend, because from Monday to Friday I stay on campus
at university. My
college is located in the suburbs of my city. It’s like 45 minutes
away from my home. I usually get home on Friday night. On the weekend we (my parents
and I) have a big dinner together. It’s a good chance for us to catch up. We frequently watch
TV together, and occasionally we go for a walk.
DON’T SAY
:
“
in my university”
×
YOU SHOULD SAY:
at university
√
“
in my school”
×
at school
√
“
in my high school”
×
in high school
√
I only get to see my parents twice a year because my university is located in Sichuan
Province, far away from my hometown. It’s a four
-hour flight. I come home for Spring
Festival, you know, Chinese New Year, and during the summer holiday. Otherwise my
parents often call me, and I try to send them emails as often as possible.
5. Do you get
。门
well with your family?
Yes, we get on pretty well. Of course, we occasionally disagree and fight
（＝
quarrel),
but my parents are quite open-minded and relaxed. They always support me and encourage
me. You know, I plan to go overseas next year, and they will pay for my studies. They are
extremely helpful, and I consider myself very lucky to have such parents
．
One of my
classmates has big issues with his parents. He says t
here’s a huge generation gap between
him and his folks. At least I don’t have to worry about that. My parents always listen to whatI have
to say.