Episode 180 | Talk about a popular public location in your country🏞️
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Hi, this is IELTS, IELTS.com, Lesson 180. If you find these resources helpful, please leave a like on this work, and if you're feeling extra nice, please share this work to your Facebook feed. I really do appreciate those of you that do this week after week. This week, we're looking at a Part 2 cue card on the topic of a popular location in your country.

I'll read the cue card to you now. Talk about a popular public location in your country. You should say where this place is, what people do there, why it is popular, and explain how you feel about this place. Okay, first thing, let's listen to the sample so you can hear the model spoken naturally. Here it is. We will now start part two of the exam. Here is your cue card. Start speaking now, please.

I'm from Los Angeles in the United States. A highly visited location in Los Angeles is Venice Beach. It's known for its mix of art, recreation, and local culture. Venice Beach is located west of downtown, and it attracts both locals and tourists who come for the beach life and the vibrant boardwalk.

Here, people can walk or cycle along the boardwalk and shop for handmade items at small vendor stalls. The area also has skate parks and open-air gyms, including the iconic Muscle Beach, where bodybuilders train in front of audiences. Venice Beach is celebrated for its eclectic and energetic environment. It combines California's beach culture with artistic and bohemian vibes.

Its famous canals, which were designed to be similar to Venice, Italy, add a quiet contrast to the more lively atmosphere of the boardwalk.

For me, Venice Beach represents the spirit of Los Angeles. It's a place where diverse communities and creative expressions come together. The mix of natural beauty, art, and open-minded culture makes it an inspiring place to visit, and I find the lively energy there refreshing. It's a space where you can observe a unique blend of art and individuality that's hard to find anywhere else. Thank you.

Okay, we will now start this week's speech shadowing exercise. In this week's free sample exercise, you will repeat the first few sentences from the model. I'll read the section of the response again to you now, just to refresh your memory. The candidate says, "I'm from Los Angeles in the United States." A highly visited location in Los Angeles is Venice Beach. It's known for its mix of art, recreation, and local culture.

Venice Beach is located west of downtown, and it attracts both locals and tourists who come for the beach life and the vibrant boardwalk. Okay, let's go ahead and start this week's speech shadowing exercise. If this is your first time doing a speech shadowing exercise, remember, you should be speaking aloud as you listen. So, you will first hear a portion of the sample, and then you will be given a pause within which to repeat what you have heard.

and the point of the exercise is to try to adjust your pronunciation to sound as much like the model as possible. Remember that at ieltsielts.com, just 25 US dollars per month gives you access to the full shadowing lessons.

and 199 US dollars per month gives you access to the full lessons plus a private WhatsApp group where you will submit one speaking sample each day from Monday to Friday and receive feedback on it from a qualified instructor. Okay, here's this week's speech shadowing exercise. Enjoy. We will now start part two of the exam. Here is your cue card. Start speaking now, please. I'm from Los Angeles in the United States.

in the United States. I'm from Los Angeles in the United States. A highly visited location in Los Angeles is Venice Beach.

A highly visited location in Los Angeles is Venice Beach. It's known for its mix of art, recreation, and local culture. Art, recreation, and local culture. And local culture. And local culture. Art, recreation, and local culture. It's known for its mix of art. It's known for its mix. It's known for its mix. It's known for its mix of art.

It's known for its mix of art, recreation, and local culture. Venice Beach is located west of downtown, and it attracts both locals and tourists who come for the beach life and the vibrant boardwalk.

who come for the beach life, who come for the beach life and the vibrant boardwalk. Venice Beach is located west of downtown, and it attracts both locals and tourists, attracts both locals and tourists, locals and tourists, locals and tourists, attracts both locals and tourists. Venice Beach is located west of downtown, west of downtown, west of downtown,

Venice Beach is located west of downtown. Venice Beach is located west of downtown, and it attracts both locals and tourists who come for the beach life and the vibrant boardwalk.

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