English for Exams Karen Kovacs
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Collins Speaking for IELTS
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CD 1 Track 01 1 The person I'm clo s e s t to in m y fa m ily is d e fin ite ly m y m u m , Kate. W e've alw ays got on and we ha rdly ever fa ll out. I k n o w th a t's u n u s u a l! She's re a lly ou tgoing and sociable - she 's alw ays going out w ith frie n d s and collea gu es. Everyone th in k s she's good fun . I lo ok up to h e r because she's so hard w o rk in g - she ne ver s its s t ill and she w o rk s long ho urs. She can be a bit im p a tie n t, th o ugh - she ge ts annoyed w h en he r co lle a g u e s a re n 't as e ffic ie n t as her. I take a fte r h e r in th a t - I'm im p a tie n t, too. And she's o v e r-s e n s itiv e , often g e ttin g offen ded fo r se e m in g ly no reason. 2 My cousin K ieron and I gre w up together. We w e re in se p a ra b le . He w as so creative - he'd alw ays th in k of new gam es w e could play and m ake up the se s to rie s to m ake m e la ug h. I w a s co n s ta n tly am azed by his o p e n -m in d e d n e s s as w e ll - he w a s never ju d g e m e n ta l. I w is h I could be lik e th a t. U n fo rtu n a te ly , we g re w a p art, s lo w ly but surely, and by th e tim e we w e n t to uni we w e re n 't in tou ch any m ore. I haven 't seen him fo r years. It's re a lly sad. I w o u ld bla m e it p a rtly on th e fact th a t h e ’s not v e ry re lia b le , so fo r exam ple, if I e m a il him he w o n 't respond. I'm not sure w h a t he's up to the se days. 3 I k n o w th is is a c lic h e , b u t I d o n 't g e t on w ith m y in -la w s , e s p e c ia lly m y m o th e r - in -la w , Jane. She's so nosy, alw ays w a n tin g to k n o w w h a t w e 're doing and w h o w e 're w ith , and s h e 's te r r ib ly b lu n t, w h ic h m ea ns she q u ite ofte n u p s e ts us w ith th in g s she com e s o u t w ith . And th e n she can be q u ite stingy. W hen w e go ou t fo r a m e a l w ith h e r and m y fa th e r - in - la w , she n e ve r o ffe rs to pay, even th o u g h th e y 're m uch b e tte r o ff th a n us. I m u s t say, th o u g h , s h e 's e x tre m e ly c le v e r and I do re s p e c t h e r fo r th a t. She se t up h e r ow n b u s in e s s five ye a rs ago and it's gone fro m s tre n g th to s tre n g th . S he's so s e lf-a s s u re d and a m b itio u s too, w h ic h I sup po se is w h y s h e 's so s u c c e s s fu l in b u sin ess. Track 02 T ell m e s o m e th in g about y o u r fam ily. W hat do you lik e doing m ost w ith y o u r fam ily? W ho are you close to in y o u r fam ily? In w h a t way is y o u r fa m ily im p o rta n t to you? Download Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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