Describe a person whom you recently met and liked. You should say: when and where you met what he/ she does why you liked him/ her and say whether you would like to spend more time with this person. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. ] Sample Answer 1:
Last year I joined a multinational bank and as an investment banker, I often meet new people. Rahul is a young IT professional and a great person whom I have recently met and liked. I would like to thank you for this great opportunity to talk about a person I have lately met and made a friendship with.
It would be few months, 4 months to be more specific since I have first met Rahul. I met him in his office at Royal Street to discuss a loan he had applied for. This was strictly a professional visit to discuss the terms of the loan and investigate his company and type of business he runs. After we got introduced, I found him very friendly and amiable. He graduated from the same university from where I completed my MBA in 2014.
Rahul is a website and online application developer who owns a medium-sized IT firm. He comes from a rich family and has chased a different dream than his forefathers. I liked him for his friendly behaviours, innovative thinking, bravery and the sense of humour. He is such a nice person that he invited me to meet his family members at a party his family arranged a month ago, though our friendship has just begun. The main reason I found him to be a good person and nice friend is his honesty and ethics. The loan he applied for is still under review. I know that he has some good connections and powerful family members who he could easily turn to for the quick approval of this loan. But he has never used any of his influences to get advantages. He wants to achieve things he really deserves as an individual, not as a privileged person. The IT firm he is running is entirely his personal dream and achievement. He told me that he had not even taken a single penny from his father while starting this business and this is, in fact, a great determination to chase his own dream and build things with his own ability. I simply revere this quality in him. The kind of determination he has shown so far is rare among young people in our country these days.
I would definitely like to spend more time with him and enhance our friendship further. In fact, I consider him a good friend already. I would like to know more about his friends, business, future plan as well as other aspects as we expect to know about from our friends. I guess we become very calculative and choosy while making friends after a certain age and in my opinion, he is worthy to be a good friend of mine. Sample Answer 2:
Recently I have met with Jack Ethan, a student at the undergraduate level at the Cairo University. In fact, he is one of my bosom friends now. He is from Australia and studying under the International studentship. Now I will describe him in brief and thank you for the chance to talk about him.
Cairo University is one of the reputed universities in the world and enriched with a good number of faculties. The university offers its courses to the natives and the international students as well. Ethan joined here as an international student and I met him last month at the inauguration of our class. He is really a young gentleman and comes from a noble family in Australia. I was introduced to him as he took his seat beside me on the first day of university. Gradually, both of us discussed many issues and come to know each other. He was glad to be a part of the university like me.
Jack Ethan is an undergraduate student of Mass Communication at the Cairo University. Like me, he is a fresher here and proudly owns a very good academic record. In fact, he never stood second in his academic career so far and thus achieved a scholarship with the Cairo University. A moderately tall-figured boy, Ethan likes to read books of varied interest. The most important thing about him is that he is ready with a witty answer to almost every question. Even the professors are also unable, at times, to argue with him over any issue. For his sharper brain and analytical ability, he is now a popular one in the class. Despite being a boy from a rich family, he loves to lead a simple life. He is not an exhibitionist.
Everyone likes him for his modest nature and sincerity. But I like him for some other reasons. He is a man of word. Immediately after the startup of the class, one of the course instructors asked us all to bring an assignment on report writing for media. I was no idea how should I complete that. I sought help to many but none of them agreed to help me with an idea. In that moment, Ethan came to my help. He showed me how to write a report. Besides, he also suggested some potential ideas that I can apply to the report. Though some of the classmates were my school buddies, they denied to help me while a foreigner in my land, Egypt, came forward with a helping hand. Suddenly, I realised his nobleness and started liking him from deep of my heart.
As an Egyptian, I am aware of the culture and histories of my own country. In opposite, Ethan is aware of the very recent political issues as well. He analyses issues with different perspective and the analysis results are outstanding. He does not talk much but able to express his feelings in a splendid way that the other students cannot. I think if I spend more time with him, it would be beneficial for me. His feelings are simple and he never rejects anyone for anything possible to him. He can deal with the worst situations and changes them in his favour. In fact, he could be a great teacher for me to teach about the real-life issues. So, I want to spend more time with Ethan. More Ideas to talk about this Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card topic: Topic: Describe a person whom you recently met and liked. 1. Meeting with people gives me newer experience and my meeting with Nero was an exceptional event, I believe. I met him at the metro station in New York City while boarding the train to move to a destination. He is a banker in the profession. I liked him for his politeness and sincerity. Of course, I would like to spend more time with this person because he talks nice. And he shares his experiences with people.
2. Ada is one of my good friends and I met her first in the university compound in Paris recently. She is an engineering student at the local engineering university like me. I like Ada much of her real-life skills. She knows almost everything about life and deals with them easily. I would like to spend more times with her only to know how she deals everything so craftily. She is, in fact, my inspiration and I try to follow her steps whenever I am in trouble.
3. While buying a book for my next semester at a local library in Punjab, I met with Victor. He is the bookseller. I like him because he is cooperative and sold me books on credit. that I paid later. I would like to spend more time with him because he is a lovable and kind person. When I told him that I do not have sufficient money with me, he spontaneously gave the books in credit. In fact, he has a big heart.
4. I went to a street market in Singapore and met with Tom. He is a small coffee shop owner in the market and sells different types of food ingredients. I had spent around half an hour with him and conversation with this young man made me like him. Obviously, I will spend more time with him. In fact, his thoughts are different from the other sellers of the market. He also knows how to treat people nicely.
5. Maria is a cooperative student at the University of Athens and helped me nicely to fill in my application form. She is a student supervisor and takes care of the international students in the university. She speaks cordially and provides the necessary attention to everyone. So, I liked her much. I would like to spend more time with her because I want to know the art of talking with people. She has a charming personality that attracted me most.
Describe
a
person
whom you
recently
met
and liked. You should say: when and where you
met
what he/ she does why you liked him/ her and say whether you would
like
to
spend
more
time
with this
person
. [You will
have to
talk
about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to
think
about what you're going to say. You can
make
some
notes to
help
you if you wish.
]
Sample Answer 1:
Last year I
joined
a multinational bank and as an investment banker, I
often
meet
new
people
. Rahul is a
young
IT professional and a
great
person
whom I have
recently
met
and liked. I would
like
to thank you for this
great
opportunity to
talk
about a
person
I have lately
met
and made a friendship with.
It would be few
months
, 4
months
to be more specific since I have
first
met
Rahul. I
met
him in his office at Royal Street to discuss a
loan
he had applied for. This was
strictly
a professional visit to discuss the terms of the
loan
and investigate his
company
and type of business he runs. After we
got
introduced, I found him
very
friendly and amiable. He graduated from the same
university
from where I completed my MBA in 2014.
Rahul is a website and online application developer who
owns
a medium-sized IT firm. He
comes
from a rich
family
and has chased a
different
dream than his forefathers. I liked him for his friendly
behaviours
, innovative thinking, bravery and the sense of
humour
. He is such a nice
person
that he invited me to
meet
his
family
members at a party his
family
arranged a
month
ago, though our friendship has
just
begun. The main reason I found him to be a
good
person
and nice
friend
is his honesty and ethics. The
loan
he applied for is
still
under review. I
know
that he has
some
good
connections and powerful
family
members who he could
easily
turn to for the quick approval of this
loan
.
But
he has never
used
any of his influences to
get
advantages. He wants to achieve things he
really
deserves as an individual, not as a privileged
person
. The IT firm he is running is
entirely
his personal dream and achievement. He
told
me that he had not even taken a single penny from his father while starting this business and this is, in
fact
, a
great
determination to chase his
own
dream and build things with his
own
ability. I
simply
revere this quality in him. The kind of determination he has shown
so
far is rare among
young
people
in our country these days.
I would definitely
like
to
spend
more
time
with him and enhance our friendship
further
. In
fact
, I consider him a
good
friend
already. I would
like
to
know
more about his
friends
, business, future plan as
well
as
other
aspects as we
expect
to
know
about from our
friends
.
I guess
we become
very
calculative and choosy while making
friends
after a certain age and in my opinion, he is worthy to be a
good
friend
of mine.
Sample Answer
2:
Recently
I have
met
with Jack Ethan, a
student
at the undergraduate level at the Cairo
University
. In
fact
, he is one of my bosom
friends
now
. He is from Australia and studying under the
International
studentship.
Now
I will
describe
him
in brief
and thank you for the chance to
talk
about him.
Cairo
University
is one of the reputed
universities
in the world and enriched with a
good
number of faculties. The
university
offers its courses to the natives and the
international
students
as
well
. Ethan
joined
here as an
international
student
and I
met
him last
month
at the inauguration of our
class
. He is
really
a
young
gentleman and
comes
from a noble
family
in Australia. I
was introduced
to him as he took his seat beside me on the
first
day of
university
.
Gradually
, both of us discussed
many
issues
and
come
to
know
each
other
. He was glad to be a part of the
university
like
me.
Jack Ethan is an undergraduate
student
of Mass Communication at the Cairo
University
.
Like
me, he is a fresher here and
proudly
owns
a
very
good
academic record. In
fact
, he never stood second in his academic career
so
far and
thus
achieved a scholarship with the Cairo
University
. A
moderately
tall-figured boy, Ethan
likes
to read
books
of varied interest. The most
important
thing about him is that he is ready with a witty answer to almost every question. Even the professors are
also
unable, at
times
, to argue with him over any
issue
. For his sharper brain and analytical ability, he is
now
a popular one in the
class
. Despite being a boy from a rich
family
, he
loves
to lead a simple life. He is not an exhibitionist.
Everyone
likes
him for his modest nature and sincerity.
But
I
like
him for
some
other
reasons. He is a
man
of word. Immediately after the startup of the
class
, one of the course instructors asked us all to bring an assignment on report writing for media. I was no
idea
how should I complete that. I sought
help
to
many
but
none of them
agreed
to
help
me with an
idea
.
In that moment
, Ethan came to my
help
. He
showed
me how to write a report.
Besides
, he
also
suggested
some
potential
ideas
that I can apply to the report. Though
some of the
classmates were my school buddies, they denied to
help
me while a foreigner in my land, Egypt, came forward with a helping hand.
Suddenly
, I
realised
his nobleness and
started
liking him from deep of my heart.
As an Egyptian, I am aware of the culture and histories of my
own
country. In opposite, Ethan is aware of the
very
recent political
issues
as
well
. He analyses
issues
with
different
perspective and the analysis results are outstanding. He does not
talk
much
but
able to express his feelings
in a splendid way
that the
other
students
cannot. I
think
if I
spend
more
time
with him, it would be beneficial for me. His feelings are
simple and
he never rejects anyone for anything possible to him. He can deal with the worst situations and
changes
them in his
favour
. In
fact
, he could be a
great
teacher for me to teach about the real-life
issues
.
So
, I want to
spend
more
time
with Ethan. More
Ideas
to
talk
about this Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card topic: Topic:
Describe
a
person
whom you
recently
met
and liked. 1. Meeting with
people
gives
me newer experience and my meeting with Nero was an exceptional
event
, I believe. I
met
him at the metro station in New York City while boarding the train to
move
to a destination. He is a banker in the profession. I liked him for his politeness and sincerity.
Of course
, I would
like
to
spend
more
time
with this
person
because
he
talks
nice. And he shares his experiences with
people.
2
. Ada is one of my
good
friends
and I
met
her
first
in the
university
compound in Paris
recently
. She is an engineering
student
at the local engineering
university
like
me. I
like
Ada much of her real-life
skills
. She
knows
almost everything about life and deals with them
easily
. I would
like
to
spend
more
times
with her
only
to
know
how she deals everything
so
craftily
. She is, in
fact
, my inspiration and I try to follow her steps whenever I am in trouble.
3. While buying a
book
for my
next
semester at a local library in Punjab, I
met
with Victor. He is the bookseller. I
like
him
because
he is cooperative and sold me
books
on credit.
that
I paid later. I would
like
to
spend
more
time
with him
because
he is a lovable and kind
person
. When I
told
him that I do not have sufficient money with me, he
spontaneously
gave the
books
in credit. In
fact
, he has a
big
heart.
4. I went to a street market in Singapore and
met
with Tom. He is a
small
coffee shop owner in the market and sells
different
types of food ingredients. I had spent around half an hour with him and conversation with this
young
man
made me
like
him.
Obviously
, I will
spend
more
time
with him. In
fact
, his thoughts are
different
from the
other
sellers of the market. He
also
knows
how to treat
people
nicely
.
5. Maria is a cooperative
student
at the
University
of Athens and
helped
me
nicely
to fill in my application form. She is a
student
supervisor and takes care of the
international
students
in the
university
. She speaks
cordially
and provides the necessary attention to everyone.
So
, I liked her much. I would
like
to
spend
more
time
with her
because
I want to
know
the art of talking with
people
. She has a charming personality that attracted me most.