Hello and in this part two speaking video I'm going to discuss the topic describe something that you
are given that you needed.
You should say what it was who gave it to you why you needed it and explain how you felt about it.
And after the part two I would look at a couple of part three questions connected with this topic.
I was struggling to think of something that I was given because the older you get the fewer presence
you receive.
But then I remembered that I was given my smartphone by my parents.
I had completely forgotten about that.
Prior to getting it I had a rubbish phone.
I can't even remember the make of it.
It was cheap and nasty and I was totally embarrassed by it.
Not only that but it was next to useless because I couldn't access the Internet.
I kept pleading with my parents to get me a new one for my birthday.
But I was absolutely convinced that they wouldn't.
To my surprise when I opened my presence on my birthday there was a brand new top of the range smartphone.
I was over the moon.
I have never owned such a luxury item before and I feel very lucky that they bought it for me.
My parents aren't well-off so it is a generous gift from them.
And for that reason I really appreciate it.
I could have saved up and bought one myself but to be brutally honest I am hopeless with money.
It burns a hole in my pocket.
I'm definitely a spender rather than a saver.
So that is why I was delighted when I was given this new toy.
I have never had such a fancy phone before and unfortunately I am quite a clumsy person so I'm terrified
that I'm going to drop it and smash the screen.
Not only is it a special present but like I said my old one wasn't a smartphone and it was pretty useless
and I needed something to help me study English when I'm out and about.
I have downloaded several apps that I can use for language learning and I can listen to podcasts when
I'm on the train which makes good use of my commuting time.
So it is invaluable to me.
I couldn't be without it now.
OK so let's take a look at some of the language I found this topic very difficult to think of something
I was given that I was needed.
So very useful opening sentence for many topics.
In Part 2 I was struggling to think of something you could say to talk about if it's not this topic.
I was struggling to think of something to talk about and it's very good opening sentence because you've
got some past continuous in there.
You've got complex language with the verb to struggle which means to find something difficult.
So a very very useful opening sentence for any part too.
I was struggling to think of something to think about.
I was given because this is something that you were given.
So you must use the passive and also a very useful sentence which uses some complex grammar the past
perfect.
I had completely forgotten about that.
So if you whatever topic you're talking about I was struggling to think of that at a.
But then I remembered that at a the I had completely forgotten about that.
So if you learn those structures you can get some complex grammar at the start of your path to speaking
and really impressed the isles Examiner.
So when you're practicing just use these over and over again and whatever topic you get.
Try to include them prior to for a useful for writing as well.
We follow it with an ink verb prior to having prior to doing prior to knowing and it means before the
make.
So that's Apple or some song the make of the phone.
This is a qualification cheap and nasty.
It's something that's cheap and not nice at all.
It's like saying cheap and bad cheap and horrible.
But the qualification we like to use is cheap and nasty.
I was totally embarrassed by it.
When you feel uncomfortable about other people seeing it because it's embarrassing because it's so cheap
and horrible next to useless.
So it's not completely useless because I could use it as a phone but we say when things are almost completely
useless next to useless because I couldn't access the internet I couldn't use the Internet to plead.
This is a verb which means to say please please please please please.
That is to plead.
So when you're asking for something over and over again you're pleading with someone I kept pleading
with my parents and you might want to use your wife your husband your friend whatever it doesn't have
to be your parents.
I was absolutely convinced to be convinced is a very useful objective for writing as well if you are
convinced of something you are certain of something.
So I was absolutely certain I was sure that they wouldn't get it.
To my surprise to my shock you could use as well.
And then just some complex language to describe the item brand new meaning new not second hand top of
the range.
So the best one you can get.
This is idiomatic.
Never use it in writing to be over the moon means to be very very happy.
A luxury item so an item a thing that not many people have because it is quite expensive.
This is a very good objective.
Well-off to be well-off means rich but I'm saying my parents aren't rich to be well-off.
And we can also use it as a noun.
The well-off the rich the wealthy so use those in aisles writing instead of just saying rich people
the rich the wealthy though well-off very useful in isles writing Tusk to a generous gift.
When somebody is spent quite a lot of money and maybe more money than you were expecting them to spend.
This is a generous gift and I appreciate it if you appreciate something you are grateful you are thankful
for it.
So some very good passive grammar here.
I could have saved up.
So looking back to the past and saying well yes I could have saved up and bought one.
But to be brutally honest I've been using to be perfectly honest and a lot of videos.
If you've used to be perfectly honest in one of your answers you can use to be brutally honest and this
is quite strong.
It's when you're usually saying something quite negative and I'm saying I'm hopeless with money.
If you are hopeless with something you are very bad at it.
You can say hopeless at cooking.
So you're very bad at cooking but when you're following the verb you would use it with an eye energy
with a noun with some hopeless with money.
It burns a hole in my pocket.
This is an idiomatic expression very complex not useful for its writing but fabulous for oil speaking
if some money burns a hole in your pocket.
It means as soon as you get the money you want to spend it.
You cannot keep it in your pocket because it's on fire.
You need to spend it.
It burns a hole in my pocket and then we have two types of people spenders savers.
So if you are a person who always likes to spend your money you're a spender.
If you're a person who likes to save your money you are a saver.
You need lots of words in speaking to describe feelings and how you felt particular moments.
Delighted is a useful one and it means you're very very happy when we're talking about gadgets and things
like that.
Things we like to play with as adults like phones and iPods and smartphones.
We call them toys.
So this new toy a fancy phone fancy means luxurious and expensive and quite sophisticated.
I'm quite a clumsy person clumsy is an adjective which means somebody who has lots of accidents.
Somebody who drops things.
Somebody yes who just always having accidents and breaking things.
So I am terrified frightened afraid that I'm going to drop it and smashed the screen so break the screen
when I'm out and about.
This just means when I'm out of my house so when I'm in town or just whenever I'm out of my house when
I'm out and about you download apps.
These are things you put on your phone you can have apps for language learning apps for booking hotels.
These kind of things commuting the verb to commute a person who commutes a lot as a commuter my commuting
time is the time I spend commuting.
So traveling from one place to another usually from home to work invaluable.
This means you cannot put a price on it.
It's so useful.
So a lot of vocabulary in this one.
Like I said at the start is really important that you know you're opening sentences that you're going
to use in your part to don't just go into the test and think Oh I will just start talking.
Know what you're going to say.
I was struggling to think of what to talk about.
I had forgotten about the time I blah blah blah.
So you learn these phrases and get them in your part too and they will really impress the adults.
Examiner So let's take a look at some part 3 questions now connected with this topic so they might ask
you what things do young people like to buy loads of things because the younger generation are quite
materialistic.
So this topic is about receiving things buying things material goods.
These are things and young people.
The younger generation are materialistic.
This means they put a lot of importance on things objects.
So they want to buy lots of things very useful word for both writing and speaking materialistic.
Sadly nowadays there is so much peer pressure to have the latest gadgets or trainers and so teens and
those in their 20s are addicted to shopping peer pressure.
This is when your friends have something such as an iPhone and you've got cheap and nasty phone so you
feel the pressure to have the same as them because otherwise you look cheap and so you can't afford
it.
This is called peer pressure your peers are people the same age as you.
The latest gadgets these are the latest phones iPhones etc. and in writing and speaking just try to
avoid the word people.
So here I've used younger generation teens those in their 20s.
One of the easiest ways to improve your child's writing is just look through it and see how many times
have used the word people and focus on that.
Try to use alternatives.
There are so many different words and phrases that you can use instead of saying people and they're
addicted to shopping so they're doing it all the time I feel there is an increasing tendency particularly
in my country to buy high end designer goods and they often get into debt to buy them.
An increasing tendency useful for writing and speaking so when people are doing more and more of something
high end designer goods this means very expensive designer goods such as these trainers which are made
by cheap.
I think so this is a good example of a high end designer good to get into debt to get into debt means
to spend money you don't have so to buy it on a credit card but you don't have the money to pay for
them.
This means to get into debt so let's take a look at another question connected to this topic.
What should parents do when their children ask for things their friends have.
Oh gosh this is an incredibly tricky question and I'm not sure anyone knows the right answer.
So very useful filler sentence when you get asked a question that is extremely difficult to answer.
Firstly a lot of you won't be parents so you have no experience of this.
Secondly as a parent myself I do not know the answer to this question.
If I did I would be a millionaire because I would be advising parents on how to bring up children.
It is so hard and I also ask some of these questions that you need to be a psychologist to answer so.
Oh gosh this is like saying oh my goodness this is incredible.
Trick question and I'm not sure anyone knows the right answer.
So good filler phrase that if they buy the item then the child could become a spoilt brat because they
get everything they want a spoilt brat is a quite informal phrase for a child.
He was like I want I want I want and then the parents give them what they want and then they want more
and more and more and they look like this child here.
So sort of saying on the one hand if you do this then you could create a spoiled brat.
However if they refused to buy the desired product then the poor child feels left out of his or her
friendship circle.
It really is a no win situation.
So the desired product the thing that the child wants the poor child feels left out.
If you feel left out you feel excluded you don't feel part of the group you're outside of the group
because if everybody's got a phone and your child doesn't have one then they're left out there outside
of the group.
So outside of the friendship circle we talk about a circle of friends of friendship circle and this
last expression is so useful very very useful for writing and speaking.
You may have heard win win situation where you have two positives.
So for example encouraging people to not use cars is a win win situation because it's better for the
environment and people will save money and get fitter.
So that's a win win situation.
But if you have a situation like this where if you do one thing it can have negative consequences.
But if you do another thing it can also have negative consequences.
It's a no win situation.
So like I said great for writing and great for speaking.
So I hope you found this lesson useful.
Lots of vocabulary but don't try to learn everything.
Just make sure that you've got your opening sentences and that you've learnt some complex language that
will help you such as that first sentence in answer to this question to give you a filler phrase some
thinking time while you think about what to say.
Thanks for watching.