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Lesson 212 | A fascinating gadget🕹️

2025/6/15
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Speaker: 我发现智能手表非常吸引人,特别是Apple Watch。几年前,我从朋友那里第一次了解到智能手表,当时我就对它能够接收消息、追踪步数和监测心率感到惊讶。现在,我主要使用智能手表来追踪我的日常健身目标,它能记录步数、燃烧的卡路里,甚至提醒我站起来活动。此外,我还可以用它来快速查看通知,而无需频繁查看手机。最让我着迷的是,它将健康、通信和便利性完美地结合在一起。智能手表甚至可以检测跌倒和测量血氧水平,这真是太棒了。我认为,像智能手表这样的可穿戴技术将在未来的健康管理中扮演越来越重要的角色,它不仅仅是一个小工具,更是我们健康生活的好帮手,时刻提醒我关注自己的身体状况,并提供及时的反馈和建议。我期待着未来智能手表在健康领域能够有更多的创新和应用,为我们的生活带来更多的便利和健康。

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This chapter introduces a sample IELTS speaking part 2 response about a fascinating gadget, a smartwatch. The speaker details their experience with the Apple Watch, highlighting its features, and explaining why they find it fascinating.
  • Smartwatch as a fascinating gadget
  • Apple Watch features: message receiving, step tracking, heart rate monitoring
  • Fitness tracking, notification checking, health management

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Remember to scan this QR code to join my WhatsApp IELTS speech shadowing group. Search for IELTS Ryan on YouTube to get access to all lessons. This week, we are looking at an IELTS Speaking Part 2 cue card on the topic of a technology or gadget that you find interesting. I'll read the cue card to you now. Describe a technology or gadget that you find fascinating. You should say what the technology or gadget is.

how you first learned about it, what you use it for, and explain why you find it fascinating. In this week's sample, you will hear the speaker describe something as absolutely fascinating. When combining longer words like this, it is very important you stress the correct part of each word to ensure your listener understands what you are saying. Listen to how I stress the third syllable and then the first syllable when saying this phrase.

Absolutely fascinating. Absolutely fascinating. Absolutely fascinating. Alright, let's listen to the sample. Remember to listen for the phrase, absolutely fascinating. We will now start part two of the exam. Start speaking now, please. One piece of technology that I find absolutely fascinating is the smartwatch. Specifically, I use an Apple Watch, but I believe most smartwatches these days offer similar features.

I first learned about smartwatches a few years ago when a friend of mine showed me his new watch during a coffee meetup. I remember being amazed at how he was able to receive messages, track his steps, and even monitor his heart rate, all from his wrist. I primarily use my smartwatch to keep track of my daily fitness goals.

It records how many steps I take, how many calories I burn, and it even reminds me to stand up and move around if I've been sitting for too long. Additionally, I use it to quickly check notifications without having to constantly reach for my phone. What I find most fascinating about this gadget is how it seamlessly combines health, communication, and convenience into one compact device.

The fact that it can even detect if I've fallen or measure my blood oxygen levels is truly remarkable. I believe wearable technology like this will play an increasingly important role in how we manage our health in the future. Thank you. Okay, we will now start this week's speech shadowing exercise.

In this week's free sample exercise, you will repeat the response to 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 piece of technology that I find absolutely fascinating is the smartwatch. Specifically, I use an Apple Watch, but I believe most smartwatches these days offer similar features.

Okay, let's go ahead and start the speech shadowing exercise. 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 piece of technology that I find absolutely fascinating is the smartwatch.

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One piece of technology that I find absolutely fascinating is the smartwatch. Specifically, I use an Apple Watch, but I believe most smartwatches these days offer similar features.

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Specifically, I use an Apple Watch, but I believe most smartwatches these days offer similar features. Thank you for leaving a like or share on this work. If you have found these exercises helpful and would like more training, search for IELTS Ryan on YouTube, where you can find access to over 200 lessons. Thank you for leaving a 5-star review at iTunes, and join me again next week for another speech shadowing exercise.