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Speaking Task 1: Sample Answer
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
“Co-workers make the best friends.”
Provide details and examples to explain your opinion.
To me, I definitely do not think that co-workers make good friends because it is best to keep your work and personal life separate. I remember when I worked at an English school in South Korea, I had a co-worker who had a bit too much to drink at a work party. After that, everyone in the office looked at him differently. Also, even if you are friends with your colleagues, the relationship often ends when one of you leaves the job. For example, at that same job in Korea, when my friend Andrew unexpectedly quit and moved to another school in Seoul, we hardly ever spoke since we were no longer in the same office together. That’s why I think that co-workers do not make very good friends.
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Speaking Task 2: Sample Answer
The reading passage announces a change on campus. In particular, the school has made it mandatory for students to meet with an advisor to make their schedule in future semesters. And the man in the conversation thinks it’s a great idea. To start, he says that he had a bunch of classmates in his World History II class that weren’t prepared for it. These few students turned out to be a huge distraction. They consistently interrupted lectures with questions about material that had been covered in World History I. Secondly, he explains that meeting with advisors is a good way for students to properly plan out their schedules so they can ensure that they graduate on time. Before meeting with his own advisor, he almost took a history rock-n-roll class that wasn’t required for his major. As you can see, the man in the conversation thinks this is a fantastic idea.
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Speaking Task 3: Sample Answer
According to the reading, compassionate consumerism is when a customer makes a purchase, and part of the proceeds goes towards a charitable cause. In the lecture, the professor delves deeper into this subject by providing two examples of this type of marketing. To start, ABC Shoes made huge profits by marketing their one-for-one model. Basically, if customers buy a pair of shoes for themselves, then the company would donate another pair to someone in need. Another example mentioned in the lecture is Bob’s Coffee, which works closely with South American farmers. This coffee company announced a new campaign where 10% of all of their proceeds would be donated to the conservation of the rainforest. On the day they launched the campaign there was a line out the door at one location. So, after listening, I now have a better understanding of what compassionate consumerism is and how it can help businesses become more profitable.
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Speaking Task 4: Sample Answer
The professor goes into a ton of detail about human aggression, which is behavior that causes a person psychological or physical harm. After introducing the topic, the lecturer describes two theories about why aggression exists. The first theory is that aggression is a product of evolution. In the past, life was much more dangerous than it is today, and so males would act aggressively in order to show that they can protect their mate and offspring. Women gravitated towards more aggressive men, and passed on this trait through their genes. She goes on to say that another popular theory on aggression is known as social learning theory, which proposes that aggression is a learned behavior. For example, children who observe a lot of violence at home, or through movies and video games, are more likely to demonstrate aggressive behavior towards others. So, after hearing this lecture, I now have a better understanding of human aggression and why it exists.
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