1 00:00:01,390 --> 00:00:04,390 All right, Bushra, we're going to go through parts two and three. 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:06,550 Yeah. 3 00:00:09,260 --> 00:00:09,470 All right. 4 00:00:09,470 --> 00:00:16,910 Here's your part to describe a tall building in your hometown that you like or dislike, whereas where 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,840 this building is, what it looks like, what is used for. 6 00:00:20,870 --> 00:00:24,710 And explain why you like or dislike this building. 7 00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:27,260 You have one minute to prepare. 8 00:01:32,260 --> 00:01:32,680 Okay. 9 00:01:32,710 --> 00:01:33,490 Time's up. 10 00:01:33,490 --> 00:01:34,450 Please stop. 11 00:01:35,410 --> 00:01:39,460 You now have 2 minutes to speak and you may begin now. 12 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:40,870 Okay. 13 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:46,450 I'm going to talk about a very interesting building that is situated in our city. 14 00:01:46,450 --> 00:01:53,800 And the city I'm talking about is Ahmedabad, situated in the Gujarat state and about this building. 15 00:01:54,340 --> 00:02:03,730 It is a cloud tower block, and it is situated in the middle part of the area known as Collingwood, 16 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:15,760 and it has the digital ancient looking clock situated on the top of the tower and it has a Roman number 17 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:22,240 encrypted in this, and it dates back to like many years, like 50 years. 18 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:34,360 And since when I was a kid I used to see that building and mainly it was it was used for the main purpose 19 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,630 of the building was to to 20 00:02:40,510 --> 00:02:44,500 to give the specific time for the visitors if they are visiting. 21 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:51,880 And due to its height, it can be seen from a very long distance, from very long distance also. 22 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:59,710 And so nowadays, many, many food stores have been installed nearby. 23 00:02:59,980 --> 00:03:04,360 So people can gather that and have a quality time spent there. 24 00:03:04,930 --> 00:03:10,180 And I like this building because it has some heritage value and it connects to connects to the route 25 00:03:10,180 --> 00:03:20,350 of the establishment of the of the area, which has been forgotten quite which has been forgotten since 26 00:03:20,350 --> 00:03:20,920 long. 27 00:03:20,950 --> 00:03:22,150 And so 28 00:03:24,940 --> 00:03:29,950 it is it has a very special value in in my city. 29 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:32,680 Okay. 30 00:03:33,610 --> 00:03:35,170 Let's move on to part three. 31 00:03:36,350 --> 00:03:36,610 All right. 32 00:03:36,610 --> 00:03:38,680 Now, please don't look at your screen. 33 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:45,030 First question, will it become more common to live in heights? 34 00:03:45,340 --> 00:03:50,170 Will it become more common to live in high rise buildings in the future? 35 00:03:52,240 --> 00:04:02,650 Yes, I think so, because as the population has been increasing day by day and so the need for housing 36 00:04:02,650 --> 00:04:03,910 is also increasing. 37 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:12,910 And due to the lack of the lack of the land nowadays, builders are building tall buildings so they 38 00:04:12,910 --> 00:04:19,360 can accumulate a large number of the people in small areas and they can also provide different amenities 39 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:24,110 also in a small income in compact area only. 40 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:26,590 All right, next question. 41 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:32,980 Is it better to expand the existing city or to build a new one? 42 00:04:34,540 --> 00:04:39,460 Well, according to me, for which everything has a limit. 43 00:04:40,060 --> 00:04:45,580 And I think that if we can extend it, it will be a great idea. 44 00:04:45,580 --> 00:04:55,150 So we can be more near to the nature in the life of the nature, and we can have more land and we can 45 00:04:55,150 --> 00:05:02,890 have different opportunities to build a new buildings which are not which which which is impossible 46 00:05:02,890 --> 00:05:09,460 to build in the old cities, like due to the lack of space, we cannot have a play area or a children's 47 00:05:09,460 --> 00:05:18,490 parks, but if we extend or expand our surroundings and then the rural area in the rural areas, then 48 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,120 we can we can have these facilities. 49 00:05:22,750 --> 00:05:23,170 Okay. 50 00:05:23,170 --> 00:05:24,610 And final question. 51 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:31,330 Should the people in charge of city development consult with the local residents 52 00:05:34,150 --> 00:05:35,480 so they can repeat it? 53 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:36,550 Sure. 54 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:45,560 Should the people in charge of city development consult with the local residents? 55 00:05:48,060 --> 00:05:51,050 Of the city where I am living. 56 00:05:51,050 --> 00:05:51,400 It is. 57 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:59,810 I do not think that they consult with the residents, but I think it's a good idea if if the residents 58 00:05:59,810 --> 00:06:00,860 are involved in the city. 59 00:06:01,310 --> 00:06:03,230 City building and restructuring. 60 00:06:03,230 --> 00:06:06,050 Then they can help. 61 00:06:06,710 --> 00:06:13,820 They can help in building more model, more facilitator societies, the like. 62 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:20,720 They can explain their shortcoming, their shortcomings, which they are facing right now, and also 63 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,670 the lack of amenities. 64 00:06:23,780 --> 00:06:26,330 They can they can say it very clearly. 65 00:06:26,330 --> 00:06:36,410 And according to the according to this, the city the city consultant can lay out a plan and they can 66 00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:40,910 they can give a better life to the people. 67 00:06:41,660 --> 00:06:44,210 All right, Bushra, thank you very much. 68 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:49,100 My number one advice, Bushra, is take a deep breath and relax. 69 00:06:50,180 --> 00:06:52,070 Some some sometimes. 70 00:06:52,390 --> 00:06:56,990 So sometimes you're like you almost going to run out of breath, right? 71 00:06:57,170 --> 00:06:58,880 You're obviously going to run out of breath. 72 00:06:59,150 --> 00:07:06,230 You know, relax because because you actually have really good fluency. 73 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:08,930 You have really good pronunciation. 74 00:07:08,930 --> 00:07:13,190 But sometimes you're you're you're you're running out of breath. 75 00:07:15,170 --> 00:07:16,160 You're running out of breath. 76 00:07:16,370 --> 00:07:17,330 So relax. 77 00:07:17,930 --> 00:07:23,720 Number two, do not say, according to me, when you're speaking on your writing, that is not proper 78 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:24,440 English. 79 00:07:25,130 --> 00:07:26,810 I know you probably have heard that. 80 00:07:26,810 --> 00:07:36,680 I know you've heard people say, according to me, but that is in proper lexical, improper lexical 81 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,120 phrase, don't use it. 82 00:07:39,050 --> 00:07:39,360 Right. 83 00:07:39,380 --> 00:07:44,600 I believe in my opinion, I suppose. 84 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:45,310 Right. 85 00:07:45,350 --> 00:07:47,810 There are other things you can say, but don't say according to me. 86 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,040 Don't say according to me a couple of times. 87 00:07:52,150 --> 00:07:59,180 There's a little bit of pausing and hesitation, but it's it didn't really take away from from coherence. 88 00:07:59,330 --> 00:08:05,210 Some of that dealt with you running out of breath and needing to catch your breath or whatever. 89 00:08:05,540 --> 00:08:12,230 But I think your fluency your fluency was really well done. 90 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:15,290 I don't know if somebody somewhat the topic was memorized. 91 00:08:15,290 --> 00:08:22,220 I don't believe that because nobody sees these topics beforehand in terms of she she just has really 92 00:08:22,220 --> 00:08:25,820 good fluency and good pronunciation. 93 00:08:26,150 --> 00:08:30,110 Somebody might somebody might think that my my responses are memorized and they're not. 94 00:08:30,620 --> 00:08:36,350 If you have good fluency in pronunciation, you know, it may sound that way, but I can tell that was 95 00:08:36,350 --> 00:08:37,580 not memorized. 96 00:08:39,150 --> 00:08:44,930 Yeah, I mentioned about the arms and all, but overall a really good job, Bushra, and thank you for 97 00:08:44,930 --> 00:08:45,590 participating. 98 00:08:46,820 --> 00:08:47,060 Thank you. 99 00:08:47,570 --> 00:08:49,760 Turn off your audio and video, please. 100 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:50,930 All right. 101 00:08:51,830 --> 00:08:53,720 My next person is Jan. 102 00:08:54,350 --> 00:08:55,880 Jan, I'm going to turn on.