IELTS Speaking Band 8.5 – Germany Full with Subtitles

 Reference : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0lSNzh5f-U&ab_channel=AcademicEnglishHelp

Welcome to the speaking portion of the IELTS exam. My name is Adrian. I will be your examiner for this part of the test. May i see your identification please? Thank you and what is your  full name ? My last name is Mayer, My first name is Leon. You can refer to me as Leo. Okay Leo, the exam has three parts. I will give you instructions for each. I'm going to record this for marking purposes. For Part 1, I will ask you a couple of questions to get to knw you better and some questions on a general topic. (Okay) Here is your identification back. 

Who do you live with? 

I live with my girlfriend in a one bedroom apartment in downtown Munich. 

Where do you go to relax?

So, when i want to relax, I go to the gym  and exercise for an hour. I know it does not sound too relaxing, but it is for me. 

Let's talk about teachers. Who was your favorite teacher?

I would say my favorite teacher was my gym class instructor in grade twelve, that was Mr. Klaus. He had a very positive attitude, and yeah he inspired me to be athletic. 

Where do you learn from a teacher?

I think obviously in the classroom, but today it can also be virtual learning or physical learning. For example, I take YouTube classes, or yoga classes on YouTube. 

What is important to be a good teacher?

I would say that on of the most important characteristics of a good teacher is patience because it's very easy to lose your patience with student and to give up on instruction. 

Have you ever taught anyone? 

Oh yeah I have. I've been working part-time as a German instructor. I'm very passionate about languages and helping other people, and so this is an activity that I've done most of my adult life, if you could teach any subject,

What would it be ? 

Hmm, that will be public speaking classes, As i said I'm very passionate about helping other people to communicate, and I think that communication today is really the key to success. 

That is the end of Part 1. Now for Part 2. I'm going to give you a card. Here it is. Please don't turn that over yet. And here is some note paper and here is a pencil. You will have one minute to look at the questions on the card, think about your answer. You may take notes in the one minute if you wish, and then you will have two minutes to speak. I will tell you when to start when to stop. Are you ready to begin ? Yeah, I am. Okay, then your one-minute preparation time begins now. Go ahead and turn over the card.

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Talk about a river, lake, sea or ocean that is important for your country's economy.

- What is this body of water?

- How was it used in ancient times?

- How is it used today?

- Why is it important for your country's welfare?

You will have one to two minutes to talk about this topic.

You will have one minute to prepare what you are going to say.

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Okay that is the end of the one-minute Leo. Please begin speaking. Okay, so arguably the most important body of water for the German economy is the North Sea. It connects Germany with the other major European countries like, Norway, France Britain, And, it spans roughly 500 kilometers in length, and 120 kilometers across. And, I would say it has dark blue water. it is usually quite rough. So, what i mean by that is that there are often storms and the waves are quite large, so that is one of the places where they first tried to generate energy from, from wave, from wave power. Then, in ancient times. it was used for exploration, for military, and for trade. So many German sailors, they set sails through the seas to discover the world. And not only Europe, they also went to Africa to Asia to America. And they brought with them furs and steel to trade them against other goods like gold and silver. And, then in modern times the North Sea is still used for many of the same purposes as in the ancient times. So it's an exit and an entry port for a lot of tourists that come to Germany, but also for Germans that go to other places by the way of cruise ships. Then, large cargo of cars. for examples, enter the German market through the North Sea like cars from the US or from Japan, and on the other hand, for example, cars like Mercedes exit the German market via the North Sea as well. 

Part 3

Okay your time is up Leo. I'm going to stop you there. And, please give back the pencil, the card and the notepaper. Thank you. And now, we will continue with Part 3. For Part 3, I will ask you some more questions related to the topic of Part 2. 

Let's talk about trade and commerce. Alright. Why is it important for countries to trade goods and services with each other? 

Well, I think the most important argument is that none of the countries is able to provide all the necessities and produce all the necessities that citizens consume by itself. So, the countries rely on trade to su, supply this demand. 

Can you give some examples? 

Hmm, yeah. Of course like i would say Germans import bananas, for example, from Honduras. And, on the other hand, we export steel to the nations that need it. 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of importing products from other countries that are also available locally? 

Hmm, I think one of the major disadvantages is that it is very bad for the, for the inner economy. So, it's a loss of business because labour in some countries of the world is so cheap that Germans just cannot compete with that. So, on the other hand, one advantage is that the products become more affordable or available at more affordable rates. If trading among nations were to suddenly stop. 

how would this affect people's lives ?

As i said, that none of the countries can supply the demand by themselves. so if international commerce ceased, then this, the products would become unavailable. 

is this good or bad? 

Well that will be bad because for example i like tropical fruits and we will not have bananas anymore. Let's talk about product and service delivery. 

What are the most common ways that products and services are delivered to customers? 

Hmm, I think to individuals it's most common to deliver by a carrier like, the post or DHL. And, for retailers it can be like boats. planes or trains to get the products to the final destination. 

Which is the best and why? 

I think usually the best is the cheapest, the fastest and most eco-friendly. So if you would ask me, then i would say that trains are quite good. 

How will product and service delivery systems change in the future ? 

I think that drone delivery might become commonplace. Recently. I've seen a documentary on TV where they had drones delivering pizza to the customers. 

How long will this take ?

Well we already have the drones, So I don't think it will take too long, maybe half a decade or so. 

Why are multinational corporations always looking for different ways to deliver products?

As said the best way is usually the cheapest, fastest, and most environmentally friendly, so I think these are, these are the main motivators, I think. 

that is the end of Part 3