All right.
We're going to go ahead and do this is set number four.
And from this point forward, please don't please don't ask any questions in the box from this point
forward.
All right.
Here is your speaking card.
On the left hand side, talk about a country where you wish to live in the future.
Please say what country and where?
Where is it?
What would you like?
What would.
Why would you like to live there?
And what do you know about the country?
You have one minute to prepare.
Okay.
Time's up.
Please stop.
You now have 2 minutes to give a response.
You may begin speaking.
I would like to.
Today, I'm going to talk about the country where I wish to live in.
I wish to live in the United States of America.
It's American.
Consonant.
I love the country.
It allows black people because I'm from Nigeria and I have families there.
So I have friends.
I have colleagues that have relocated.
So the country.
Not to leave because of safety here in Nigeria.
Now, there's a lot of kidnapping by Boko Haram.
You are not safe in the transport.
You are not safe working on the roads.
Even children are being kidnapped in schools.
So I would like to move there with my family so that my children can live without fear.
I can also live without fear when they are in school where my husband goes out.
When I go out, you are in fear.
You don't know what is going to happen the next minute, whether you are going to be kidnapped, whether
the roads are not even good in Nigeria.
Every time you you have to take your vehicle to the mechanic workshop to be worked on.
There are so many potholes.
If you are traveling from state to state.
My mother lives in another state in our hometown.
You have to think of the money you are going to spend by the time you get there because.
Your vehicle would not be in a good state by the time you get.
Okay.
The United States.
Of My America.
I learned that people are very hospitable.
They are very welcoming.
And my family, the family and friends that have left, they live in Dallas.
So they told me not to stop.
Let's move on to part number three.
All right.
First question.
Why are people moving to urban settings or big cities?
People are moving to big cities or cities because of employment.
There are better opportunities, better employment to make more money for better to live, better lives,
to be able to spend better for their families.
Okay.
Next question.
Do you think large cities have an impact on the environment?
Yes.
Large cities have impact on the environment like pollution, which is negative.
There is air pollution, there is light pollution based traffic everywhere that results into stress
or anxieties.
And final question, do you think it's possible to build buildings that are in harmony with nature?
In the city's.
Yes, I believe so.
I can't really.
I'm not sure what the question.
Okay.
All right.
So all right.
So I'm going to make a few comments about what about her response in your part.
Number two, in your part.
Number two.
And actually, I want to go back to it for a moment.
Look at look at what part number two talks about.
Part number two talks about talk.
Talk about a country where you wish to live in the future.
Right now, you probably spent a minute and 20 seconds or a minute, 30 seconds talking about what's
wrong with Nigeria.
You talk you talk more about what's wrong with Nigeria.
Then you did about why you want to move to the United States.
So, you know, and understand I understand that that information probably related to discussion point
to like why you want to live there.
And that's fine.
But you probably needed to put some more of your time in terms of just talking about why you want to
in terms of talking about the country where you want to move to.
And so, you know, you've got to be careful that you you don't extend too far and not give the information
that is more answering the question.
All right.
Now, this is the last one that you're going to hear an example on from me on this fourth set in the
practices.
Five, six, seven.
Five, six, seven and eight.
I don't I'm not giving any examples.
All right.
So this is the last one that you're going to hear an example from me on.
Here's my outline and here's the speech.
Now.
I've visited many countries all over the world.
However, there are very few places that I would actually settle down and live permanently.
One of those places would happen to be Ghana, West Africa, specifically around the city of Accra.
Now, if you don't know Ghana, it's in West Africa, as I see it, and right next to the Ivory Coast
or Cote d'Ivoire, as it's pronounced in French.
And on the other side, you'll find Togo and Benin and a little bit further down Nigeria.
So the reason why I would definitely move and live in Ghana is because of the culture, food, historical
connections and the climate in terms of the culture.
The Ghanaian people are very welcoming and open.
They are wonderful, wonderful people and their food is outstanding.
For someone like me who loves food that, you know, involves different types of sauces and spices.
It's great.
And like I said, the historical connections.
Being an African American, we have a lot of historical connections with Ghana.
And so that's very important to me as well.
Finally, the climate is warm all the time, hot all the time, and that suits me just fine.
So if I can tell you anything about Ghana, I would tell you that, number one, it has a thriving Ashanti
kingdom where it gives you an opportunity to really see Ghana the way it's always been in the past and
still exist today.
There are outstanding beaches where you can surf and swim and enjoy the sun.
And then finally, Ghana is a country that has mountains, lakes, a wonderful democracy and peaceful
and welcoming people.
If I can move anywhere and live, I would definitely choose Ghana.
All right.
There is my response to the topic card.
If you have any comments or questions about my response, please feel free to ask me about it.
Right.
So I've tried to give you all some really good examples of really giving a coherent, structured response
that proceeds in a logical manner.
And like I said, for each one of my responses, I did not practice.
I took my notes, gave the response one time, one take, because if I made a mistake or I made a hesitation
or something, I wanted you to hear it.
Because there's no, you know, just having getting a bad nine does not require perfection.
All right.
So these are some examples to some of those questions.
And speaking part number three.