Lesson 209 | Something unusual👽
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Hi, welcome to Lesson 209. If you find these resources helpful, hit that like button and click the join link at my YouTube page to unlock non-stop repeat-after-me lessons. This week, we are looking at an IELTS Speaking Part 2 cue card on the topic of something you experienced that is unusual. I'll read the cue card to you now.

Describe a time when you saw something very unusual or surprising. You should say what it was, where you saw it, who was with you, and explain why it was so unusual or surprising. All right, 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. Start speaking now, please.

One of the most unusual things I've ever seen happened when I was in Japan a couple of years ago. I was visiting a small town called Nara, which is famous for its ancient temples and friendly wild deer that roam freely in the city. What surprised me was something the deer did that was completely unexpected. In one of the parks, my friends and I saw a deer walk up to a vending machine and wait in front of it patiently.

A moment later, a local man walked over and actually bought the deer a snack from the machine. The vending machine, oddly enough, sold little packs of deer crackers, and the deer seemed to know exactly how the whole system worked. I was completely fascinated. I had seen smart animals before, like parrots mimicking speech.

but this level of awareness in a wild animal was something else. The deer behaved almost like a polite citizen, waiting its turn like it had done it a hundred times. To this day, that moment has stayed with me, not just because it was unusual, but because it was so oddly civilized for a wild animal. Thank you.

Okay, in this week's free sample exercise, you will repeat the first few sentences from the model. I'll read this section of the response again to you now, just to refresh your memory. "One of the most unusual things I've ever seen happened when I was in Japan a couple of years ago. I was visiting a small town called Nara, which is famous for its ancient temples and friendly wild deer that roam freely in the city.

What surprised me was something the deer did that was completely unexpected. 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. Remember that at the IELTS Ryan YouTube members channel, just 25 US dollars per month gives you access to the full shadowing lessons.

Find a link to join in the description of this video. Okay, here's this week's speech shadowing exercise. Enjoy. We will now start part two of the exam. Start speaking now, please. One of the most unusual things I've ever seen happened when I was in Japan a couple of years ago. Happened when I was in Japan a couple of years ago. A couple of years ago. Years ago. Years ago. A couple of years ago.

Happened when I was in Japan a couple of years ago. One of the most unusual things I've ever seen happened when I was in Japan a couple of years ago.

One of the most unusual things I've ever seen happened when I was in Japan a couple of years ago. I was visiting a small town called Nara, which is famous for its ancient temples and friendly wild deer that roam freely in the city. And friendly wild deer that roam freely in the city. That roam freely in the city. That roam freely in the city. And friendly wild deer. And friendly wild deer.

and friendly wild deer that roam freely in the city. I was visiting a small town called Nara, which is famous for its ancient temples, which is famous for its ancient temples, for its ancient temples, for its ancient temples, which is famous for its ancient temples, which is famous for its ancient temples,

I was visiting a small town called Nara, which is famous for its ancient temples, and friendly wild deer that roam freely in the city.

I was visiting a small town called Nara, which is famous for its ancient temples and friendly wild deer that roam freely in the city. What surprised me was something the deer did that was completely unexpected. That was completely unexpected. Completely unexpected. Completely unexpected. That was completely unexpected. What surprised me was something the deer did... was something the deer did...

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