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hello hello dear listener and welcome into speaking part two describe a beautiful sky you enjoyed seeing i know it's crazy isn't it describe a beautiful sky you enjoyed seeing you should say where you saw it who you saw it with what you saw and how you felt about it okay what a weird topic very odd yeah but like if you don't have a story if you never look at the sky the listener you should make it up this topic of the sky and stars could be in speaking part one two maybe they can ask you questions about space in speaking part three rory give us your story uh well i've really liked the new york
city skyline and the skies above it whenever i've been to visit it's got the sort of timeless quality despite having changed over the course of the years as different buildings go up and have come down i've seen it with different people from my parents when we went there to visit relatives to some friends that I lived with briefly and even by myself just on a short break by alone.
These trips were all over the course of the last three decades so obviously in that time like I say it's changed a lot.
I was there in the summer so the sky was always clear and full of planes and other aircraft which makes sense since New York is a major city.
Some big differences are the addition of and removal of things like skyscrapers.
Due to everything that's happened there it's type past like I mentioned.
Despite the changes though it's always beautiful.
For example the water first of all reflects the colour of the sky and since it's always blue at that time of year that's really nice.
And then And it also, light reflects off the water onto the glass of the buildings and the water itself that surrounds the city as well.
And that creates a sort of shining or sparkling effect.
You'd think that would make it hard to see, but I think it's quite nice to sit back and enjoy it from different angles.
Whether that's in the city itself or the other bank of the river between it and the mainland.
And I suppose that describes how I feel about it quite nicely.
there's something about seeing a city skyline which I find really engaging and energising It wasn't like that at first I actually found it a little overwhelming and claustrophobic when I was a bit closer up but I got used to it I'm glad that I had the chance to see it for myself even though it's a popular site on television and at the cinema it's always better to see it in real life and hopefully I'll have the chance again soon We'll be right back.
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See you soon! Right dear listener, first of all you should make up a story about a beautiful sky that you enjoy seeing and here seeing is a very strange verb.
Rory, you kind of see the sky like we look at the sky, right?
Oh yeah but you also see it with your eyes so it It sounds weird but that's what we've got to work with.
The story should be in the past. So I saw the sky, I enjoyed the sky.
But you can start it off with some present perfect.
Like I've been to New York or once I've visited London.
And then you can use the past tense.
Like I saw, I enjoyed, the sky was blue.
You can say skyline.
so the new york skyline which means the new york sky or do we say skies well it's where the skyline is the uh where the buildings stand out from the rest of the sky so every city has its own unique skyline here but can i say like i enjoyed the beautiful skies oh well the skies here if it's in a specific place.
I enjoyed the beautiful skies.
Yeah, I enjoyed the beautiful sky or the beautiful skies.
Also possible. So you say that I enjoyed a beautiful sky when I was in New York or when I was in London when I was in the countryside at night so with my friends or alone.
The listener can say yeah, I saw it alone.
It was in the summer or it was in winter.
winter so the sky was clear no clouds and you can talk about the sky at night or during the day okay or perhaps there was some clouds actually clouds make the sky really beautiful this like fluffy white clouds very nice so the sky was clear and full of planes like I saw many planes or other aircrafts, like helicopters, hot air balloons.
If you were by the water, you can say that the light reflected off the water, and I really enjoyed the water and the sky.
The water reflects the colour of the sky, so it's still something connected to the sky.
And the light created this shining effect.
so you could see the sky in the water and it's shining the Sun is shining brightly it was quite nice to sit back and enjoy the beautiful sky well maybe not just the sky but also the view of the people as well I quite like people watching you can say that I find watching the sky really engaging and And energizing.
Energizing, it gives you energy.
It, I don't know, relaxes you.
And engaging, it's exciting to look at the sky, to see how clouds move, how the sky changes.
Or, for example, if you enjoy looking at the stars.
I really enjoy looking at the sky at night because it's really engaging and energizing and rory what exactly did you find claustrophobic just too many buildings especially up close it makes you feel very small yeah because rory was talking about new york and the skyline and lots of buildings skyscrapers lots of glass and when you're standing there looking at this city skyline, you could feel a bit claustrophobic and it could be overwhelming.
So, it could be a bit too much. Rory, what if our listener chooses to talk about a night sky?
What can they say? Oh, wow.
Well, they'd still need to talk about where it is.
So, again, mentioning the location, why you were there is very important.
But then for this night sky specifically, well, we need to describe the color.
So depending on the time of year, some skies can be totally black.
Other night skies can be a little lighter because sometimes the sun sets later.
And then we talk about what's in the sky.
So you might be able to see the clouds or you might not be able to or it's a cloudless night or maybe the moon is out.
So we can talk about the position of the moon and the stars too and the planets you can see the planets in some parts of the world yeah different constellations and what equipment do you use to look at different stars your eyes no um it could be a telescope or binoculars I don't know how many people do that these days and dear listener please listen to our episodes about stars and the sky speaking part one episodes they will help you with vocabulary and grammar for this particular cue cards this topic a beautiful sky and you have to choose if you're going to be talking about and night sky about stars
then a different vocabulary or about some the sky during the day or like Rory you can talk about a city skyline so buildings buildings skyscrapers water and how the light reflects off the water and also the sky so you see so three different options rory what helped you organize your answer i'm going to new york so many times really um i have followed the uh the cue card i could have said a bit more about where to be honest i could have said where new york is although i think most people are aware of that and I then I moved on to say who I've seen it with I didn't introduce that part but I said
I've seen it so seen this sky the skyline and then talked about who that was with and because I'd been there different times I mentioned different groups of people as well I also didn't introduce the next point as well I said these trips were over the course of decades so it was just describing where I'd been before so that's another connecting phrase as well or a way to connect this then I moved into it in more detail though the sky was clear it's full of planes and the skyscrapers are visible or not they've been taken down and then saying that it's beautiful and it's nice to sit back and enjoy
it and then I came to the end and this is maybe the one part where I did introduce it a bit more formally because I said um that describes how i feel about it quite nicely but that's just referring back to what i said before again so things like this and that and these are very important to do that and then um i went into my feelings about it in a bit more detail i said about how i felt about it now but also at first just to highlight the difference between those two things and then i finished by saying hopefully i'll see it again so i talked about the past but i can also make a reference to the future
as well Well, I liked it so much I want to see it again.
Thank you very much for listening.
We'll get back to you in our speaking part 3 about astronomy and space exploration.
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describe a beautiful sky you enjoyed seeing you should say where you saw it who you saw it with what you saw and how you felt about it Rory give us your story uh well I've really liked the New York City skyline and the skies above it whenever I've been to visit it's got the sort of timeless quality despite having changed over the course of the years as different buildings go up and have come down.
I've seen it with different people from my parents, when we went there to visit relatives, to some friends that I lived with briefly and even by myself just on a short break by alone.
These trips were all over the course of the last three decades, so obviously in that time, like I I say it's changed a lot.
I was there in the summer, so the sky was always clear and full of planes and other aircraft, which makes sense since New York is a major city.
Some big differences are the addition of and removal of things like skyscrapers, due to everything that's happened there is tight past, like I mentioned.
Despite the changes though, it's always beautiful.
for example the um the water first of all uh reflects the color of the sky uh and since it's always blue at that time of year that's really nice and then it also light reflects off the water onto the glass of the buildings and um that and the water itself that surrounds the city as well and that creates a sort of shining or sparkling effect and you'd think that would make it hard to see but I think it's quite nice to sit back and enjoy it from different angles whether whether that's in the city itself or the other bank of the river between it and the mainland.
And I suppose that describes how I feel about it quite nicely.
There's something about seeing a city skyline which I find really engaging and energising.
It wasn't like that at first. I actually found it a little overwhelming and claustrophobic when I was a bit closer up, but I got used to it.
I'm glad that I had the chance to see it for myself, even though it's a popular sight on television and at the cinema.
It's always better to see it in real life.
And hopefully I'll have the chance again soon.
