What is your favourite season of the year, and why? · Band 5.5

Vex: I am Turna. Let's begin. What is your favourite season of the year, and why?

You: Oh, my favorite season of the year is I think summer because um because simply it has a lot of holidays and I love holidays and I love skipping my school. I think school is sometimes like boring thing to go. So because of that, I love summer. Vex: I see. And are there any activities you particularly enjoy during summer?

You: Yes, definitely. I um strive for becoming a professional chess player for a professional chess player. So I I always work hard and go to some kind of classes, you know. So I think another reason why I love summer is that it has beautiful environment and the environment I think is suitable for me to study and hit books. Vex: Do you prefer to spend your free time outdoors or indoors?

You: I prefer to spend time outdoors with my friends because it can help me to unwind my mind and recharge my batteries. However, I also live I also like indoors playing I also like spending my leisure time indoors because Vex: Now, I am going to give you a topic, and I would like you to speak

You: It can it can be Vex: Pardon. Now, I will give you a topic. I'd like you to talk about it for one to two minutes. Before you begin, you have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make notes if you wish. I would like you to describe a memorable journey you have taken. Say where you went and why it was memorable. Is that clear?

You: Yes. Vex: I would like you to describe a memorable journey you have taken. Say where you went and why it was memorable. Here is a paper and pencil for notes. All right, you may begin now.

You: So, I would like to talk about a memorable journey I have taken. It was about two months ago and I went to the um to the Istanbul. It was very It was two months ago and I went there with my family. Um precisely with my sister, my mother, my brother [name] me. My father [name] to go there because he doesn't he didn't like that stuff. So, uh and as I said before, we went there with family and we had a great time together. I was always we went for a different restaurants and bars. We had very delicious meal meals and I think Istanbul is renowned for that. So, is renowned for that. Another reason uh another thing that I enjoyed is that Istanbul has a lot of greenery. It's a feature that's not meet in our Uzbekistan and everyone knows that in Uzbekistan there is not much greenery. So, there is not much green spaces. So, yeah, I think um as I said before, Istanbul was renowned famous for its culinary culinary. And it's uh food and like um environment that it has. It's like every people is friendly also. Yeah, so all in all, I think it was a pleasure experience to go It was a memorable experience to go there because I enjoyed and our family also enjoyed. So, I think I would go there I I would go there again a second time to just um to just um not forget everything that I had. Vex: And who do you think enjoyed the trip the most?

You: I think my family, but from my family, um, I enjoyed the most, yeah. Vex: We will continue with a broader discussion. Do you think people generally have a higher quality of life living in cities or the countryside?

You: I think people have higher quality of life in both uh in both aspects. On the one hand, cities uh can be negative cities can be negative because of the traffic noise. Some congestion and overcrowding. Uh however, it can also more positive because there are faster, there are more uh there are medicals who that is um has better quality. Uh countrysides on the other hand are think more better because I think better because um they have like everything. Uh in can they don't have everything like cities, but they have a small village that is uh not crowded with people and doesn't have such a traffic noises. Vex: Some would argue that living in the countryside provides a better quality of life because of the greater space and cleaner environment. What are your thoughts on that?

You: in city every uh like um every tree, every green spaces are demolished to and and substituted by a big high skyscrapers. Vex: Considering that, do you think local governments should focus more on improving the quality of life in cities or the countryside?