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Describe a time when you were in a public place and you overheard a stranger talking on the phone. v.1

Describe a time when you were in a public place and you overheard a stranger talking on the phone. v. 1
Describe a time when you were in a public place and you overheard a stranger talking on the phone. You should say: where this happened when it happened what the person was talking about and explain how you felt about hearing the conversation. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. ]   Model Answer: I always try my best not to overhear any conversation whether they come from a stranger or the people, I know. In fact, I consider that doing such a thing is generally the characteristic of a nosy person, and I have set a standard for myself not to be nosy at any time. But, unfortunately, sticking to this standard just may not be easy, when you are in a public place, and when strangers around you talk about all sorts of things, just as I couldn’t do it on a few occasions. Anyway, it wasn’t like I was actually trying to overhear the conversation of that stranger when I was sitting at a food court of a shopping mall and enjoying some gourmet foods about a few months ago. Rather, I felt like the stranger, talking over his smartphone, was actually trying to attract attention from other people around him by boasting about how he tricked one of his fellow co-workers to cover for him at his work by making up some fabricated stories (I could call them just some “lies” in plain English). The conversation had continued for almost 15 minutes, which provided complete details to the person on the other end as to how the stranger was planning to use his “holidays” into finding some real estate properties in another city instead of actually seeing his “imaginary” seriously sick uncle. At one point of his conversation, I even felt like moving away from the stranger after giving him some clues on how people around him were actually listening to his conversation, but I decided against it and just wanted to finish my food as soon as possible and leave that place. Anyway, I felt a bit awkward and also embarrassed at the same time because I overheard a conversation which was quite distasteful by my standard. I also felt like we all have some kinds of secrets, and we all should try to keep them as such, by trying not to talk about them in any kind of public places, because our secrets can always be used against us.
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a time when you were in a public place and you overheard a
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stranger
talking on the phone. You should say: where this happened when it happened what the person was talking about and
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explain
how you
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felt
about hearing the
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conversation
. [You will
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have to
talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to
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think
about what you are going to say. You can
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make
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some
notes to
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help
you if you wish.
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Model Answer:

I always try my best not to overhear any
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conversation
whether they
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come
from a
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stranger
or the
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people
, I know. In fact, I consider that doing such a thing is
generally
the characteristic of a nosy person, and I have set a standard for myself not to be nosy at any time.
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But
, unfortunately, sticking to this standard
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just
may not be easy, when you are in a public place, and when
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strangers
around you talk about all sorts of things,
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just
as I couldn’t do it
Consider using "occasionally"
on a few occasions
.

Anyway
, it wasn’t like I was
actually
trying to overhear the
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conversation
of that
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stranger
when I was sitting at a food court of a shopping mall and enjoying
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some
gourmet foods about a few months ago.
Rather
, I
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felt
like the
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stranger
, talking over his smartphone, was
actually
trying to attract attention from other
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people
around him by boasting about how he tricked one of his fellow co-workers to cover for him at his work by making up
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some
fabricated stories (I could call them
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just
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some
“lies” in plain English).

The
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conversation
had continued for almost 15 minutes, which provided complete
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details
to the person on the other
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end
as to how the
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stranger
was planning to
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use
his “holidays” into finding
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some
real estate properties in another city
instead
of
actually
seeing his “imaginary”
seriously
sick uncle. At one point of his
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conversation
, I even
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felt
like moving away from the
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stranger
after giving him
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some
clues on how
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people
around him were
actually
listening to his
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conversation
,
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but
I decided against it and
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just
wanted to finish my food as
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soon
as possible and
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leave
that place.

Anyway
, I
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felt
a bit awkward and
also
embarrassed at the same time
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because
I overheard a
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conversation
which was quite distasteful by my standard. I
also
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felt
like we all have
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some
kinds of secrets, and we all should try to
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keep
them as such, by trying not to talk about them in any kind of public places,
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because
our secrets can always be
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used
against us.
5Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
19Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
3Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe a time when you were in a public place and you overheard a stranger talking on the phone. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
5 paragraphs
435 words
6.0
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 6.5
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    Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.5
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  • Use less common question specific words that accurately convey meaning
  • Check your work for spelling and word formation mistakes
Grammatical Range: 6.5
  • Use a variety of complex and simple sentences
  • Check your writing for errors
Task Achievement: 5.0
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    Present relevant ideas
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    Support ideas with relevant, specific examples
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