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Hello hello dear listener and welcome into IELTSPAKING PART 2.
Describe a place you've been to and would like to recommend to others.
You should say where it is, what the place is like, when you visited this place, and explain why you would recommend this place to Hello!
Give us your story!
Well, I don't think many people have been to Jaco Island, so I'll talk about that.
It's part of a marine reserve in a country called Istimo, so people are banned from hunting, fishing or living there to allow the local wildlife to remain at sustainable levels.
It's also great for tourism for that reason and the fact that you can swim there in relative safety since there are fewer crocodiles in the water.
To tell you more about the place itself, I think it's only about 2 or 3 square kilometres in size and it's located to the east of the country.
Actually, I think it's the most easterly point, to be honest. It's located behind a mountain range so it takes about 3 hours to get there by bus because have to go up this very treacherous road in order to actually reach the place but it's well worth the trip since you, once you get there and you're treated to these magnificent views of largely undisturbed nature and people who live nearby are exceptionally friendly and helpful.
Not only that but the tourist facilities there are amazing.
They have these wood and straw huts that are suspended above the ground on platforms right next to the beach but they're sheltered by trees.
So you can go to sleep hearing the sound of the waves but you don't have to worry about being flooded for example.
As if that wasn't reason enough to go, the very fact of you being there contributes to the local economy and the sort of general upkeep of the reserve since everything is run as a social enterprise so the money that gets spent there gets funneled into supporting and preserving things for people to enjoy in the future.
I feel like all of these Most reasons are good enough to go just by themselves, but they make for a particularly winning combination.
I think if people never get the chance to go, I would say they're missing out on something that's not just special, it's priceless.
And will you go there any time soon?
No, because it's on the other side of the world, so it's difficult to get to.
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See you soon. So dear listener, describe a place you've been to, so you've visited this place sometime in your life and you would like to recommend this place to other people so it shouldn't be your hometown so the card might say not your hometown so some other place a foreign country a city somewhere outside your country or outside your hometown and we have this recommend so i'd like to recommend it to other people And you can say like I recommend it, I'd strongly recommend it to other people.
So, recommend something to others or to other people.
Rory talked about Jaco Island.
The best approach here is to open Google and just Google Jaco Island, have a look at the images.
It's beautiful. Ooh la la...
Jekyll Island is in East Timor...
It's between Australia and Indonesia.
Wow, so far away...
It's a tiny place, I don't think many people will have heard of it.
You start with present perfect.
I've been to Paris, I've been to New York, I've been to Thailand, and I'd like to talk about that.
It's a marine reserve.
And that's just a place that's protected from economic exploitation, to allow the nature there to thrive?
Yeah, it's like a reservation.
A reserve is an area of land kept in its natural state.
Usually, we say a nature reserve, a game reserve, a wildlife reserve, and marine means connected to the sea.
People are banned from hunting and fishing them.
So, they cannot hunt for animals or go fishing on an island.
They are banned from doing something.
It is prohibited and this allows the local wildlife to remain at sustainable levels.
Hmm the local wildlife animals plants and they remain at sustainable levels sustainable, meaning They don't die or they don't die completely.
Yeah, they continue living They are not damaged by people by hunting or fishing It's also great for tourism.
This place is good for tourism.
You can swim them Safely, so there are like no sharks There's no huge spiders, crocodiles.
I imagine there are large animals, but there are definitely fewer of them compared to the rest of the country.
And then you describe the place.
It's small, it's to the east of the country, it's located in the mountains for example, or it's located in the center of the country.
It takes about three hours to get there from the airport.
Or it takes 15 minutes by taxi or by bus, by train.
And then you recommend this place to other people.
So you say like, it's well worth the trip.
So you should go there because it's well worth the trip.
Well if it's well worth doing something then it means it's a good idea.
Like you should do it, right?
it's well worth the trip or it's well worth visiting this place.
There are magnificent views of nature.
So you can see magnificent, like lovely views of undisturbed nature, so like pristine nature undisturbed.
Nature hasn't been damaged by people and people are exceptionally friendly, people are super friendly, really friendly and helpful.
When you add more ideas you can say not only that, the tourist facilities are also amazing.
Tourist facilities in restaurants, cafes, swimming pools, hotels.
I'm kind of in love with Inversion, especially not only that at the moment, just because I'm teaching it to students a lot.
There are wood huts.
huts are like one story houses huts and you can sleep hearing the sound of the waves like you go to sleep and you hear the sound of the waves beautiful I should have said the crashing of the waves actually that would have been much more topic specific wouldn't it and when you go there you contribute to the local economy.
So you help the locals to survive, and the money gets funneled back into supporting and preserving the people who live there and the nature.
So, the money gets funneled back, so the money goes to the people.
To recommend this place to other people you can say, If you get the chance to go there, I can say that it's well worth the trip.
I would definitely say that it's a great place to visit.
It's special... It's priceless, there is no price.
So, you see, dear listener, lots of adjectives to describe the place, because when we describe a place and recommend it to other people, we use loads of adjectives.
To make people want to go there.
Exactly, like positive adjectives, like magnificent views, exceptionally friendly people, amazing facilities.
Crocodile infested.
No, like no crocodiles.
Rory, what helped you organize this answer?
Well, I'll confess actually it wasn't completely organized because there was that one part in the middle where I was trying to think of other things to say and I was like, ooh, not only that, but, And then I talked about the tourist facilities as well.
It doesn't have to be completely organised from the start to the finish, if you suddenly remember something then here's one way you can introduce it.
Hello, I gave a little bit of background about the place, telling people where it was.
And then we investigated more what it was like, so the size, where it is, what it looks like when you get there, why it's amazing to go there.
And then of course, that's sort of connected too.
Why I would recommend it as well!
I didn't actually say when I visited, to be honest, but obviously it was in the past. But yes, I kind of skipped out on that one.
But of course, for part two, you don't need to talk about everything.
Yeah. Actually, if you don't talk about all the bullet points, there are usually like one, two, three, four bullet points in your Speaking Path 2 card. So if you mention only three of them, it's absolutely fine, okay, you may not have the time for everything So that's okay As long as your answer is organized logical and you are not jumping from one idea to the other idea So don't do that.
So it's logical. It's about this topic.
So yeah, that's fine The easiest way is to talk about a city you've been to not your hometown or a country you've been to.
Think about your holidays.
Where did you go? Like a nice place.
Where would you recommend, Marie?
Argentina, Italy, Cuba, Cuba such a lovely place.
Peru. And if you've always wanted to go to some country you can talk about the country you wanna go, but you've never been, but don't say that oh I've never been to the but I want to recommend it, no just imagine that you've been there, okay?
Thank you very much for listening and we'll get back to you in our next episode.
Bye! Well, I don't think many people have been to Jaco island, so I'll talk about that.
It's part of a marine reserve in a country called Istimo.
people. So people are banned from hunting, fishing, or living there, to allow the local wildlife to remain at sustainable levels.
It's also great for tourism for that reason and the fact that you can swim there in relative safety since there are fewer crocodiles in the water.
To tell you more about the place itself.
I think it's only about 2 or 3 square kilometres in size and it's located to the East of the country.
Actually I think it's the most Easternly point to be honest. It's located behind a mountain range so it takes about three hours to get there by bus because you have to go up this very treacherous road in order to actually reach the place.
But it's well worth the trip, once you get there you're treated to these magnificent views of largely undisturbed nature and the people who live nearby are exceptionally friendly and helpful.
And not only that, but the tourist facilities there are amazing!
They have these wood and straw huts that are suspended above the ground on platforms right next to the beach, but they're sheltered by the trees, so you can go to sleep hearing the sound of the waves but you don't have to worry about being flooded for example.
As if that wasn't reason enough to go, the very fact of you being there contributes to the local economy and the general upkeep of the reserve, since everything is run as a social enterprise.
So the money get spent there, gets funneled into supporting and preserving things for people to enjoy in the future.
I feel like all of these reasons are good enough to go just by themselves, but they make for a particularly winning combination.
I think if people never get the chance to go, I would say they're missing out on something that's not just special, it's kind of priceless.
And will you go there anytime soon?
Uh, no, because it's on the other side of the world!
So it's... it's difficult to get to.
