1 00:00:00,450 --> 00:00:00,670 All right. 2 00:00:00,690 --> 00:00:05,100 We're going to go ahead and do this is set number four. 3 00:00:05,970 --> 00:00:12,390 And from this point forward, please don't please don't ask any questions in the box from this point 4 00:00:12,390 --> 00:00:12,990 forward. 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:18,410 All right. 6 00:00:18,420 --> 00:00:20,050 Here is your speaking card. 7 00:00:20,070 --> 00:00:24,900 On the left hand side, talk about a country where you wish to live in the future. 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,000 Please say what country and where? 9 00:00:27,030 --> 00:00:28,080 Where is it? 10 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:29,070 What would you like? 11 00:00:29,310 --> 00:00:30,030 What would. 12 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:31,710 Why would you like to live there? 13 00:00:32,220 --> 00:00:33,630 And what do you know about the country? 14 00:00:33,630 --> 00:00:35,130 You have one minute to prepare. 15 00:01:38,310 --> 00:01:38,680 Okay. 16 00:01:38,730 --> 00:01:39,670 Time's up. 17 00:01:39,690 --> 00:01:40,800 Please stop. 18 00:01:41,010 --> 00:01:43,810 You now have 2 minutes to give a response. 19 00:01:43,830 --> 00:01:45,300 You may begin speaking. 20 00:01:49,710 --> 00:01:50,370 I would like to. 21 00:01:50,790 --> 00:01:51,720 I would like to. 22 00:01:51,990 --> 00:01:57,360 Today, I'm going to talk about the country where I wish to live in. 23 00:01:57,990 --> 00:02:00,780 I wish to live in the United States of America. 24 00:02:03,300 --> 00:02:04,840 It's American. 25 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:07,510 Consonant. 26 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,380 I love the country. 27 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:18,930 It allows black people because I'm from Nigeria and I have families there. 28 00:02:19,050 --> 00:02:20,520 So I have friends. 29 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,700 I have colleagues that have relocated. 30 00:02:22,770 --> 00:02:23,970 So the country. 31 00:02:29,410 --> 00:02:34,020 Not to leave because of safety here in Nigeria. 32 00:02:34,030 --> 00:02:39,520 Now, there's a lot of kidnapping by Boko Haram. 33 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:41,700 You are not safe in the transport. 34 00:02:41,710 --> 00:02:43,440 You are not safe working on the roads. 35 00:02:43,570 --> 00:02:46,740 Even children are being kidnapped in schools. 36 00:02:46,750 --> 00:02:52,490 So I would like to move there with my family so that my children can live without fear. 37 00:02:52,510 --> 00:02:57,390 I can also live without fear when they are in school where my husband goes out. 38 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,280 When I go out, you are in fear. 39 00:02:59,290 --> 00:03:04,960 You don't know what is going to happen the next minute, whether you are going to be kidnapped, whether 40 00:03:05,170 --> 00:03:07,540 the roads are not even good in Nigeria. 41 00:03:07,930 --> 00:03:14,110 Every time you you have to take your vehicle to the mechanic workshop to be worked on. 42 00:03:14,260 --> 00:03:15,920 There are so many potholes. 43 00:03:15,940 --> 00:03:18,220 If you are traveling from state to state. 44 00:03:18,250 --> 00:03:22,480 My mother lives in another state in our hometown. 45 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:27,040 You have to think of the money you are going to spend by the time you get there because. 46 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,910 Your vehicle would not be in a good state by the time you get. 47 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:37,470 Okay. 48 00:03:37,710 --> 00:03:38,580 The United States. 49 00:03:39,740 --> 00:03:40,670 Of My America. 50 00:03:40,670 --> 00:03:44,120 I learned that people are very hospitable. 51 00:03:44,570 --> 00:03:46,100 They are very welcoming. 52 00:03:47,650 --> 00:03:52,300 And my family, the family and friends that have left, they live in Dallas. 53 00:03:52,450 --> 00:03:54,580 So they told me not to stop. 54 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,140 Let's move on to part number three. 55 00:03:59,710 --> 00:04:00,090 All right. 56 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:01,420 First question. 57 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,790 Why are people moving to urban settings or big cities? 58 00:04:08,750 --> 00:04:14,740 People are moving to big cities or cities because of employment. 59 00:04:14,750 --> 00:04:21,830 There are better opportunities, better employment to make more money for better to live, better lives, 60 00:04:21,860 --> 00:04:24,440 to be able to spend better for their families. 61 00:04:26,830 --> 00:04:27,340 Okay. 62 00:04:27,340 --> 00:04:28,450 Next question. 63 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,670 Do you think large cities have an impact on the environment? 64 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:36,290 Yes. 65 00:04:36,290 --> 00:04:40,730 Large cities have impact on the environment like pollution, which is negative. 66 00:04:41,180 --> 00:04:50,420 There is air pollution, there is light pollution based traffic everywhere that results into stress 67 00:04:50,420 --> 00:04:51,950 or anxieties. 68 00:04:52,820 --> 00:04:59,360 And final question, do you think it's possible to build buildings that are in harmony with nature? 69 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:02,730 In the city's. 70 00:05:05,910 --> 00:05:08,400 Yes, I believe so. 71 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:10,980 I can't really. 72 00:05:11,340 --> 00:05:12,930 I'm not sure what the question. 73 00:05:14,730 --> 00:05:15,540 Okay. 74 00:05:15,810 --> 00:05:16,460 All right. 75 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:17,810 So all right. 76 00:05:17,820 --> 00:05:26,310 So I'm going to make a few comments about what about her response in your part. 77 00:05:26,340 --> 00:05:29,010 Number two, in your part. 78 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,020 Number two. 79 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:32,340 And actually, I want to go back to it for a moment. 80 00:05:32,550 --> 00:05:34,950 Look at look at what part number two talks about. 81 00:05:35,670 --> 00:05:37,170 Part number two talks about talk. 82 00:05:37,350 --> 00:05:41,280 Talk about a country where you wish to live in the future. 83 00:05:42,090 --> 00:05:48,720 Right now, you probably spent a minute and 20 seconds or a minute, 30 seconds talking about what's 84 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:49,800 wrong with Nigeria. 85 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:55,950 You talk you talk more about what's wrong with Nigeria. 86 00:05:56,700 --> 00:06:01,080 Then you did about why you want to move to the United States. 87 00:06:01,770 --> 00:06:09,540 So, you know, and understand I understand that that information probably related to discussion point 88 00:06:09,540 --> 00:06:12,240 to like why you want to live there. 89 00:06:13,650 --> 00:06:15,000 And that's fine. 90 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:24,030 But you probably needed to put some more of your time in terms of just talking about why you want to 91 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,030 in terms of talking about the country where you want to move to. 92 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:35,160 And so, you know, you've got to be careful that you you don't extend too far and not give the information 93 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,920 that is more answering the question. 94 00:06:38,430 --> 00:06:38,730 All right. 95 00:06:38,730 --> 00:06:46,530 Now, this is the last one that you're going to hear an example on from me on this fourth set in the 96 00:06:46,530 --> 00:06:47,370 practices. 97 00:06:47,370 --> 00:06:48,690 Five, six, seven. 98 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,170 Five, six, seven and eight. 99 00:06:51,170 --> 00:06:53,300 I don't I'm not giving any examples. 100 00:06:53,900 --> 00:06:54,230 All right. 101 00:06:54,230 --> 00:06:56,990 So this is the last one that you're going to hear an example from me on. 102 00:06:58,130 --> 00:07:00,380 Here's my outline and here's the speech. 103 00:07:02,470 --> 00:07:03,190 Now. 104 00:07:03,190 --> 00:07:06,820 I've visited many countries all over the world. 105 00:07:07,090 --> 00:07:13,060 However, there are very few places that I would actually settle down and live permanently. 106 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:21,130 One of those places would happen to be Ghana, West Africa, specifically around the city of Accra. 107 00:07:21,730 --> 00:07:28,150 Now, if you don't know Ghana, it's in West Africa, as I see it, and right next to the Ivory Coast 108 00:07:28,150 --> 00:07:30,640 or Cote d'Ivoire, as it's pronounced in French. 109 00:07:31,090 --> 00:07:36,130 And on the other side, you'll find Togo and Benin and a little bit further down Nigeria. 110 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:44,980 So the reason why I would definitely move and live in Ghana is because of the culture, food, historical 111 00:07:44,980 --> 00:07:48,700 connections and the climate in terms of the culture. 112 00:07:48,850 --> 00:07:52,390 The Ghanaian people are very welcoming and open. 113 00:07:52,900 --> 00:07:57,850 They are wonderful, wonderful people and their food is outstanding. 114 00:07:58,330 --> 00:08:04,840 For someone like me who loves food that, you know, involves different types of sauces and spices. 115 00:08:05,290 --> 00:08:06,310 It's great. 116 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:09,110 And like I said, the historical connections. 117 00:08:09,130 --> 00:08:14,140 Being an African American, we have a lot of historical connections with Ghana. 118 00:08:14,140 --> 00:08:16,990 And so that's very important to me as well. 119 00:08:17,500 --> 00:08:23,860 Finally, the climate is warm all the time, hot all the time, and that suits me just fine. 120 00:08:24,610 --> 00:08:31,990 So if I can tell you anything about Ghana, I would tell you that, number one, it has a thriving Ashanti 121 00:08:31,990 --> 00:08:37,630 kingdom where it gives you an opportunity to really see Ghana the way it's always been in the past and 122 00:08:37,630 --> 00:08:38,800 still exist today. 123 00:08:39,370 --> 00:08:44,200 There are outstanding beaches where you can surf and swim and enjoy the sun. 124 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:52,450 And then finally, Ghana is a country that has mountains, lakes, a wonderful democracy and peaceful 125 00:08:52,450 --> 00:08:53,680 and welcoming people. 126 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:58,300 If I can move anywhere and live, I would definitely choose Ghana. 127 00:08:59,750 --> 00:09:00,370 All right. 128 00:09:00,380 --> 00:09:03,500 There is my response to the topic card. 129 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:09,440 If you have any comments or questions about my response, please feel free to ask me about it. 130 00:09:10,710 --> 00:09:11,090 Right. 131 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:22,040 So I've tried to give you all some really good examples of really giving a coherent, structured response 132 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,130 that proceeds in a logical manner. 133 00:09:26,060 --> 00:09:29,900 And like I said, for each one of my responses, I did not practice. 134 00:09:30,950 --> 00:09:39,140 I took my notes, gave the response one time, one take, because if I made a mistake or I made a hesitation 135 00:09:39,140 --> 00:09:40,790 or something, I wanted you to hear it. 136 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:46,950 Because there's no, you know, just having getting a bad nine does not require perfection. 137 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:48,320 All right. 138 00:09:50,130 --> 00:09:56,040 So these are some examples to some of those questions. 139 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:57,630 And speaking part number three.